Heiress Receives Settlement From Bonding Firm
Ann Cooper Hewitt 21 receives over 150000 in out of court settlement from United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company which bonded her mother guardian in the estate of Peter Cooper Hewitt. Attorney Russell P. Tyler notes this is part of broader litigation including sterilization damages and guardians of the Hewitt Trust Fund. Mrs Hewitt faces criminal mayhem charges and is confined in a Jersey City sanitarium after a suicide attempt.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Russell P. Tyler
Ann
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of
Maryland
Mrs. Hewitt
Tyler
New Jersey
Guardians of the Hewitt Trust Fund
Hewitt
Jersey City
Calles Resting Comfortably at Los Angeles Hospital
Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, former Mexican president, was reported resting comfortably at St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles after several days of medical checkups. The update comes from hospital officials amid ongoingevaluation of his health.
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Los Angeles
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rudy Vallee's Supreme Dance Orchestra to Perform in Texas
The News Globe reports Rudy Vallee's Dance Orchestra called supreme by Norris Ewing of The News-Globe after a New York debut. Vallee and his band will appear Monday night in Municipal Auditorium and at The Nat in Texas, his first Texas appearance. Admission scales 40 cents to 1.65 for reservations. dance admission 2.20 per person from 10:30 to 1:30. Vocalists include Judy Starr, the Stewart Sisters, and the Three Graces.
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Vallee
United States
Norris Ewing
News-Globe
Astor Hotel
New York
Rudy
Municipal Auditorium
Nat
Texas
Lois Black
News- Globe
Connecticut Yankees
Judy Starr
Stewart Sisters
Three Graces
Woman Burns After Placing Wax. Victim Dashes Outside
Mrs Tron Shelton 26 rushed from her home at 809 North Fast Eighth Avenue with her body ablaze after a kerosene and floor wax fire. She ran to the lawn in flames, aided by Cecil Flannigan who witnessed the scene as the blaze spread, and was taken to St Anthony's Hospital in critical condition.
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Tron Shelton
St. An
North Fast
Eighth Avenue
Four Die When Family Overboard Near Cuba
First Lieutenant Lindsay M. Bawsel an army flier and three of his children drowned after going overboard from the Army Transport Chateau Thierry near Cuba early yesterday Captain Gordon S Arnes at Brooklyn army headquarters said the incident occurred between 3 and 4 AM and was confirmed by a wireless message from Major Gilmer Bell in command aboard the transport
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Lindsay M. Bawsel
Chateau Thierry
Cuba
Gordon S. Arnes
Arnes
Gilmer Bell
Two Die and Five Hurt in Highway Crash
An Oklahoma highway collision west of Binger killed William McCaughey 56 of Bakley and Fred Moore of Bakley. Fort Sill sergeant Omar Evans lost his right arm. five others were injured and admitted to Anadarko hospital. The two cars carried five uninjured riders.
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Anadarko
Okla
Fort Sill
Binger
William McCaughey
Bakley
Fred Moore
Omar Evans
Anadorko
Ice-Pick Slaying Case Goes To Jury In Hand Of Court
In Childress a murder case reached the jury at noon. W F Stroud, charged with stabbing his wife four times during a domestic scuffle in 1935, seeks a new trial after a life sentence was set last December. State witnesses described the attack. defense contends the defendant was mentally unbalanced.
Juan Rivera Dies in Electric Chair at Huntsville
Juan Rivera a Bastrop County farm hand convicted of attacking a small Bas trop girl died in the state prison electric chair early today. He told witnesses I bear no ill will toward anyone in connection with this case as he was strapped in.
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Huntsville
Juan Rivera
Bastrop
Convict Attacks Scarface at Alcatraz Penitentiary
Al Capone was attacked at Alcatraz by fellow prisoner James C. Lucas who used scissors to stab Capone in the lower left back. A guard intervened. Capone's wound is described as slight and the incident seems personal over a dispute about money.
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San Francisco
al Capone
Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary
James A. Johnston
James C. Lucas
Texas
Lucas
Capone
Johnston
First Cotton Brings 40.9 Cents at Corpus Christi Exchange
The Corpus Christi Cotton Exchange sold the first bale of 1936 cotton at 26 cents per pound. Teofila Garcia of Starr County earned 140.92 plus a $500 bonus from a bagging company for the year’s first marketable bale. A Hidalgo County bale by Villaneuva Brothers was disqualified as green and wet, selling later to George E. Gibbons for 15 cents per pound with a $250 buyers’ purse.
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Corpus Christi
Teofila Garcia
Starr County
Villaneuva Brothers
Hidalgo County
Garcia
George E. Gibbons
Hospital Attendant Fatally Beaten by Patient at Austin State Hospital
Officials report Hugh Franklin Lancaster 23 of Fentress a hospital attendant was killed after a patient beat him with a chair in the kitchen area at the Austin State Hospital. Guards overpowered the assailant who was placed in solitary confinement. Lancaster died about three hours after the attack.
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Austin State Hospital
Hugh Franklin Lancaster
Fentress
Lancaster
Long missing tourists seen at army post
A report indicates Mr and Mrs George Lorius and Mr and Mrs Albert Heberer of East St Louis were at Ft Bliss Texas before vanishing after May 1935. Sheriff Fox and Troop FE Sergeant Dollard recall a brief 10 minute conversation on May 20 about routes to California and meeting a ranch man near White Sands.
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Army Post
EL Paso
George Lorius
Albert Heberer
East St. Louis
New Mexico
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Chris P. Fox
Set. C. A. Dollard
Troop FE
Seventh Cavalry
S. D. Shea
Shea
Lorius
St. Louis
California
White Sands
Here
Two Breckenridge Men Die in Hobbs Auto Crash
Breckenridge residents John Henderson aged 37 and IL D Henderson aged 24 died in a highway collision near Funice, just outside Hobbs New Mexico. They had left Breckenridge two weeks earlier seeking oil field work. Ray Hughes of Hobbs drove the car that hit them and was unhurt. D C Benton of Hobbs, driver of the other car, sustained minor injuries.
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Breckenridge
U.P
Hobbes
N. M
John Henderson
IL. D. Henderson
Hobbs
Funice
Ray Hughes
D.C. Benton
Mher
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Brief
Forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for Wednesday fair skies and slightly warmer temperatures in the Panhandle. West Texas west of 190th meridian remains fair with mild warming. New Mexico expects unsettled conditions Wednesday with hourly temperatures noted for Amarillo yesterday and a dated historical table.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Sedan
American Captain Forced From Road by Japanese Bayonet
Report from Peiping describes Japanese bayonets clearing crowds during a martial display. Captain Henry B Jernigan U S A attached to the U S embassy was shoved from the roadway with a bayonet held at his stomach but escaped injury. Other foreigners were forced from sidewalks as 3000 Japanese troops paraded through Peiping with a ceremonial flag from Emperor Hirohito.
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Peiping
United States Army
Henry 8. Jernigan
United States
Hirohito
North China
Jernigan
Legation
Bank of France Lowers Discount Rate to Five Percent
The Bank of France reduced its discount rate from 6 percent to 5 percent at an extraordinary board meeting in Paris. The move came after a rise in franc quotations in world foreign exchange markets.
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Paris
Bank of France
Board of Regents
Heat Wave Eases as Winds and Hail Hit Texas
The heat wave subsides as cool fronts bring wind rain and hail across North Central Texas. A tornado damages Paducah in Cattle County with losses estimated at 10 600 dollars while roofs are wrecked and homes damaged. Rainfall totals reach up to two inches near Lubbock and Wichita Falls reports a quarter inch. Four deaths are attributed to extreme temperatures across Lufkin Waco Dallas Fort Worth and Olton.
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Texas
Paducah
Cattle County
L. C. Odum
Lufkin
Eugene Equyer
Waco
Dallas
William A. Falls
Fort Worth
John D. Jefferies
Olton
Lamb County
Vernon
Gulf
Peducah
Childress
Commons Defeats Motion of Censure in Italy Sanctions Vote
In London on June 23 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's government defeated a censure motion in the Commons over lifting sanctions on Italy. The tally stood 384 to 170 as the decision drew political support and opposition.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Commons
Italy
Connally to Head Speakers Bureau for Democratic Convention
Senator Tom Connally of Texas is slated to chair the speakers bureau for the Democratic National Convention. If he accepts, he would assign speakers for the Roosevelt Garner ticket in all states. Connally attends the convention as head of the Texas delegation.
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Philadelphia
Tom Connally
Texas
Connally
Ben
Zioncheck Is Taken To Private Hospital for Mental Care
Rep Marion A Zioncheck of Washington State was moved by ambulance from Gallinger Hospital to a private hospital in Towson Maryland for unspecified mental treatment. He has been under observation since June 1.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Towson
Maryland
Gallinger Municipal Hospital
District of Columbia
Barkley Raps GOP to Cheers at Democratic Convention
At Philadelphia on June 2 the Democratic keynote by Senator Alben Barkley blasted Alf Landon as the GOP standard bearer and urged calm correction of Supreme Court interpretations. Drafters wrestling with platform differences echoed “Nothing is settled” as they argued over Roosevelt policy.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Barkley
James A. Farley
George H. Farle
Pennsylvania
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Personalities Strut In Demo Limelight
Thousands of Democrats gather in Philadelphia for the convention with key figures James A. Farley and Alben W. Barkley drawing the most attention. Farley, 48, leads the DNC and is New York party chair and postmaster general. Barkley, 58, keynoter and Kentucky senator, is a staunch New Deal supporter who sometimes acts as Senate majority leader.
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Philadelphia
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
New York Democratic Committee
New
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
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