Sheriff Faces Lynch Mob After War Ner Confession
ST JOSEPH MO Nov 29 Sheriff Otto Theisen described an invasion by a lynch mob that attacked the Buchanan county jail. They sought Lloyd Warner a 19 year old negro who had confessed assaulting a white girl. Theisen said Irish residents outnumbered him and he surrendered the prisoner after hours of defense. The jail and home suffered serious damage estimated at 5000 dollars.
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ST. Joseph
Otto Theisen
Buchanan County
Lloyd Warner
Jefferson City
National
Warner
Crowd confronts jail over Thornbruch shooting in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas a white bank and post office robber Cecil Thornbruch was shot by jailer Benjamin J Davidson and died en route to Lansing state penitentiary after a fray outside Shawnee county jail. Davidson perished trying to prevent Thornbruch escape and a crowd gathered as the incident unfolded. The Kansas House convened in special session and approved a capital punishment return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Benjamin J. Davidson
Shawnee County
Cecil Thornbrach
Bank and Post Office
Thornbrugh
Lansing
George Reid
Kansas Desperado
Kansas House of Representatives
State House
Thornbruch
Davidson
Czechoslovakia Offers Token Payment on Debt to U S
Washington reports Czechoslovakia offered the United States 150000 today as a token payment on 1680812 due December 15. Acting Secretary Phillips was told of the proposal after minister Ferdinand Veverka made the offer. No agreement was reached and previous payments were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Czzechoslovakia
United States
Ferdinand Veverka
Czechoslovakia
Phillips
State Department
Latvia
Finland
Havana Welcomes Ambassador Welles After Roosevelt Conference
Sumner Welles United States ambassador to Cuba returns from a U S conference with President Roosevelt to a cheering crowd of over 1 000 at the Pan American Airways dock. Cuban and American flags wave as crowds line streets and gather at the embassy to salute the envoy with cries of Viva Welles and Welcome back, Cuba’s Savior.
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Havana
Sumner Welles
United States
Cuba
Roosevelt
Pan- American Airways
Mr. Welles
Patterson Defense Tries to Discredit Witness in Scottsboro Case
In Decatur Alabama on November 9 the Patterson defense sought to question Victoria Price's credibility by calling Lester Carter and Samuel Leibowitz to introduce the character of Price the state's complaining witness. Judge Callahan labeled the move vicious and denied the mistrial request for the second time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
Heywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Lester Carter
Knoxville
W. W. Callahan
Leibowitz
Shank's Luncheon Fit-of-Insanity Described in Deposit
A defense deposition details Mark H. Shank's outburst at a Brenton luncheon club in Akron Ohio three weeks before he was accused of poisoning four people near Brenton. Funeral director John C. Hope testified the meeting was calm until Shank suddenly raved pounded the table and flailed his arms in an unprovoked display.
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Brenton
Ark
Mark H. Shank
Arkon
Ohio
Akron
John C. Hope
Shank
A Plymouth Church Gratitude Poem by Bruce Catton
Ey went to church in Plymouth to thank God for His goodness after enduring hunger and cold through a harsh winter. The poem recalls the road of blood and fear and celebrates faith that led to a dawning of a glorious tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Town
Witnesses Cite Marked Change in Shank in Colley Murder Trial
Witnesses testified to a marked change in Shank over the past year as the jury heard the case accusing him of murdering Alvin Colley of Akron by allegedly poisoning grape juice at a picnic lunch.
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Shank
Alvin Colley
Akron
Supreme Court Decisions Listed for Oklahoma 1930s Case Rulings
Oklahoma Supreme Court issues include rulings on writs of prohibition in insurance and bond cases, real estate disputes, damages and estates, and child support. Several appeals are affirmed or reversed, with one writ granted. The report notes other legal actions and a discussion of contract code compliance.
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Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Eulalie
Sissie McCoy Et
Serrine Lewis
McCurtain County
Teddie Impson
Jefferson County
W. A. Green
D. F. Scott
Carter County
Ww. T. Chandler
J. F. McKeel
Pontotoc County
Bartlesville Water Company
Washington County Excise Board
City of
Bartlesville
Washington County
Bryan County
Ada E. Walden
Prohibition
Kiowa and
Tillman County Commissioners
Kiowa National Bank of Snyder
Tillman County
Tonkawa
Wilbur Danielson
Kay County
Actress Claire Windsor Victim in Theft Conviction Trial
A municipal court jury in Los Angeles finds Alfred C. Read Jr. guilty of petty theft for taking $11 from Claire Windsor's purse. Read acted as his own attorney and faces up to 180 days in jail and a $500 fine if a new trial is denied.
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Los Angeles
Claire Windsor
Alfred C. Read, Jr
Oakland
Purse
Read
Ford Wins Decision for Second Time
Washington November 29. Comptroller General J R McCarl ruled Ford Motor company products are eligible for government contracts. The decision came in an opinion to the Department of Agriculture after NRA administrator Hugh S Johnson sought to bar Northwest Motors of Bathesda Md a Ford dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. R. McCarl
Ford Motor Company
Department of Agriculture
Hush S. Johnson
NRA
Northwest Motors Company
Bathesada
Ford
Pre-Prohibition Import Projections Set For Spirits and Wine
The survey assessed imports before repeal and estimated 20,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits and 15,000,000 gallons of wines for the year after repeal, outlining expected demand and scale.
Gandhi Disciple Rejects Rigidity for Film Contract
New Delhi Nov 25 Nila Cram Cook 22 daughter of poet George Cram Cook fled Gandhi’s seminary seeking thrills. She says she was offered a movie contract in Bombay and plans to flee religious life for speed dances and orchestras, despite Gandhi’s urging to return. She adopted Hinduism in 1922 and was renamed Nila Nagini Devi The Blue Serpent Goddess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Nila Cram Cook
Mahatma Gandhi
Bombay
Mahatma
Gandhi
Muttra
George Cram Cook
Nila Nagini Devi
Bullitt Departs for Moscow as U S Ambassador
William Christian Bullitt of Philadelphia sails for Moscow aboard the S S President Harding to take up duties as the United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. He is accompanied by his secretary George A Moreloch and Keith Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Morgan W. Will
United States
New York
William Christian Bullitt
Philadelphia
Mosotov
S. S
Harding
Geo. A. Moreloch
Keith Merrill
East Central college debate teams named for season
East Central selects senior boys Leonard Grindstaff and Paul Hughes, senior girls Viola Ramsey and Laura Armstrong, and juniors Homer Ledbetter and Nell Cotton. Judges were Edward Davis John Zimmermann and Harrell of Horace Mann. Debates center on increasing presidential powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central
Leonard Grindstaff
Paul Hughes
Viola Ramsey
Laura Armstrong
Homer Ledbetter
Nell Cotton
Science Hall
Edward Davis
John Zimmermann
Coach Harrell
Horace Mann
United States
Twe Durant
Winfield
Kansas
Durant
Lexington
Kentucky
Charles F. Spencer
Government to lower liquor tariff barriers via imports
Washington reports the Treasury and Agriculture secretaries will allocate liquor imports after December 5 to ease foreign competition and aid American distillers. Edward G. Lowry Jr. forecasts strong foreign demand for U S liquor and says a code will regulate import volumes and origins with an industry authority and federal agency oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward G. Lowry, Jr
Treasury Department
Lowry
Secretaries of Agriculture
Treasury
E. S. Greenbaum
Inter-Departmental
Alcohol Control Committee
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Federal
A. S. McLeod
St Lawrence Plan Opposition Highlights Seaway Debate
The St Lawrence plan faces resistance as the Mississippi Valley Association rejects the treaty arguing it would divert water from Lake Michigan and endanger the Illinois waterway. The group backs 9 foot channels, inland waterway growth, and public works including Fort Peck dam and Trinity river improvements.
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ST. Louis
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley Association
St. Lawrence Seaway
Gulf Waterway
Lake Michigan
Canada
Chicago
Illinois Waterway
Mississippi River
Association
National Administration
Fort Peck
Missouri
Arkansas
Ohio
Upper Mississippi
Red
Tributaries
Inland Waterway
Inland Waterways Corporation
Trinity River
Texas
War Department
Hennepin Canal
Warrior
Chattahoochee
Apalachicola River
Baker Israel Wolf’s Layer Cake Deal Nets $850 Credit
In a Cincinnati real estate matter, Israel Wolf a baker received $850 as a layer cake in partial payment. Paul Koeppe reduced a note he held against Wolf citing the cake as compensation. Wolf maintained he truly gave a cake to Koeppe to settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Israel Wolf
Paul Koeppe
Wolf
Koeppe
Druggists named to enforce code in six Oklahoma districts
Officials who will enforce the Retail Druggists Association fair practices code in Oklahoma took office across six districts. Names include district presidents O L Prather and T J Dean, with secretaries and committees from Tulsa, Muskogee, Ardmore, Shawnee, Oklahoma City, and El Reno.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ned Milligan
Retail Druggists’ Association
O. L. Prather
C.K. Menkenmiller
B. M. Jones
Gary Vandever
Frank Dray
Tulsa
Lawrence Puryear
Pawhuska
Don
Hugo
John Bender
McAlester
Pink Timerlin
Ardmore
Phil Short
Madill
Orvis Saul
Durant
Stokley Helm
Idabel
Graham Barbour
Shawnee
M. F. Bayless
Ada
T. L. Neal
Wetumka
W. R. Franklin
McLoud
J. D. Mickle
Chandler
Ray Aubrey
Wewoka
Claude Whittaker
Bristow
Frank Foster
Ray Reavis
Pauls Valley
G. M. Pearce
Stillwater
S. R. Adams
Norman
Lewis G. Roberts
H. P. Beckley
Harold McEwen
W. D. Patterson
el Reno
Ross Jones
Kingfisher
C. V. Nichols
Anadarko
Roosevelt Plans and Gold Buy Program Steady at Warm Springs
President Roosevelt continues toward the commodity dollar objective with no change in policy. He remains amused by speculation on gold prices and sees Gov Black of the Federal Reserve Board visiting Atlanta for Thanksgiving as incidental to the main plan.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
White House
Governor Black
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Black
Atlanta
Collector of Similes Dies at 68 in New York
Frank Jenners Wilstach known as the simile man died of influenza just before his 69th birthday. A publicity man for actors, he started collecting similes after finding repeated phrasing in Boston newspapers. In 1916 he published a dictionary of similes that became a standard reference.
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New York
Frank Jenners Wilstach
Wilstach
Boston
State House
Rockefeller Grippe Keeps Rockefeller at Home This Winter
In Tarrytown New York on November 29 an old fashioned grippe attack and lingering cough from John D Rockefeller Jr may prevent the 94 year old capitalist from leaving for his winter home in Ormond Beach Florida this year for the first time in 30 years. His physician postponed departure saying the aged magnate remains remarkably fit for his age though still afflicted by cough. Rockefeller hopes to live to 100.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Ormond Peach
Fla
Pocantico Hills
Rocckefeller
Rockefeller
Smith Denounces Priest's Charge About Morgan Loan
Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith rejects Father Coughlin's claim of a loan from J. P. Morgan tied to Empire State Building funding. Smith says the charge is absolutely false and resents the implication on his monetary stance. Coughlin spoke in support of Roosevelt's monetary policy.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Charles E. Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
Smith
J. P. Morgan
Empire State Building
Couchlin
Father Coughlin
House of
Local district officers and committeemen listed
The document lists District 7 officers Scottie Grinnell president Jay Blanchard Snyder secretary and committeemen Bert Holt Altus Ira B. Taylor Cordell Howard Langston Frederick C. E. Stanley Clinton and Guy Russell Sayre. District 8 officers Guy Rank president Hayden Dunne Enid secretary and committeemen L. D. Farmer Blackwell A. J. Alberti Enid Claude Davis Woodward Harvey Benton Cherokee and Ayres Milligan Tonkawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Brownson
Chickasha
Charles Rogers
Geary
R. E. Randall
Duncan
R. Preston
Lawton
Scottie Grinnell
Hobart
Jay Blanchard
Snyder
Bert Holt
Altus
Ira B. Taylor
Cordell
Howard Langston
Frederick
C. E. Stanley
Clinton
Guy Russell
Sayre
Guy Rank
Ponca City
Hayden Dunne
Enid
L. D. Farmer
Blackwell
A. J. Alberti
Claude Davis
Woodward
Harvey Benton
Cherokee
Ayres Milligan
Ton- Kawa
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Harold
Hopkins
Otto P. Peterson
Omaha
Cecil
Sergt
J. S. Poage
Missouri Highway Patrol
Harold Thornburgh
Ambassador Welles
Hank
BY Bruce Catton
Civilian Conservation Corps
Johnson
McCarl
AFAD
By Williams
Russia
W. C. Bullitt
Grindstaff
Hughes
Armstrong and
Ramsey
East Central Journal
ST. Lawrence
Baker Man
Dil King
Grippe
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