English jobless man jailed over fake kidnap extortion plot
Alfred Molyneux, 31, of Lancashire, admitted writing a letter proposing to reveal a kidnap plot against the three week old son of Countess Barbara Haugwitz Reventlow in exchange for £200. He said he acted out of low mood and financial pressure. Police trapped him when he came to collect the money at the Gaumont Picture Theater.
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Manchester
Eng
Barbara Haugwitz- Reventlow
Alfred Molyneux
Lancashire
Molyneux
Gaumont Picture Theater
Acreage hike threatened by Senate House conference tie up
Washington reports a delay in starting the new soil conservation subsidy program as Congress debates the $440 million farm relief appropriation. AAA officials seek a legal way to begin before funds are released. House subcommittee hearings and testimony by Chester Davis are cited as factors in schedule uncertainty.
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Washington
Senate House
AAA
Congress
House Appropriations
Senate
House
Capitol
Chester Davis
West Texas Pharmacists Convene For Fourteenth Annual Meeting
Druggists from across West Texas gather for the fourteenth annual West Texas Pharmaceutical Association spring meeting in Amarillo. Registration starts at 1 pm with a dance at the Amarillo Hotel opening the three day program. A district six meeting of six state boards tied to the National Association of State Pharmacy Boards precedes the convention. Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico boards convene for an all day session before joining the statewide group.
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West Texas
West Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Amarillo
National Association of State Pharmacy Boards
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
West Texas Association
E. E. Weaver
Fort Worth
Press
Paraguay Invited to All American Peace Conference
President Roosevelt cabled Provisional President Raphael Franco inviting Paraguay to participate in the proposed all American peace conference in Buenos Aires this year. The message mirrors prior invitations to other Latin American nations and Franco is expected to accept after his regime was recognized last Saturday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Raphael Franco
Buenos Aires
Franco
United States
Roosevelts to Mark 31st Wedding Anniversary
President and Mrs. Roosevelt celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary with a quiet dinner at the White House. They plan a Florida vacation starting Thursday where Mr. Roosevelt will begin fishing on the presidential yacht Potomac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Florida
Bahama
White House
Roosevelt
Jacksonville
Fla
Warm Springs
Winter Park
Rollins College
Tragic Hatchet Killing And Suicide Shocks Joliet Family
Joliet police report Laurence Dvorak 40 killed his aunt Anna Feeney 74 with a hatchet then hacked his mother and fatally shot himself amid fears over losing his two acre truck farm.
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Joliet
Ill
Laurence Dvorak
Anna Feeney
Judge Rules Job Insurance Invalid in New York
Supreme Court Justice Pierce H. Russell ruled the New York unemployment insurance law unconstitutional. He refused to grant an injunction to stop the program, delaying action until the Court of Appeals rules on its constitutionality.
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Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
New York State
Associated Industries
Court of Appeals
Cagney Wins Fight With Film Company
James Cagney, film star, wins a court ruling to abrogate his $4,500 weekly contract with Warner Brothers. Superior Judge Charles L. Bogue held the studio violated the agreement by failing to give Cagney top billing in all his pictures.
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Los Angeles
U.R
James Cagney
Warner Brothers Studio
Charles L. Bogue
Cagney
Frost Jr. Dies in Gravel Truck Crash Near Lockhart
Ben ton Frost Jr. was killed when his gravel truck from Austin struck a rock on a curve near Lockhart and he was thrown from the vehicle. The impact broke his neck.
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Lockhart
Benton Frost, Jr
Austin
Loan 70 Boosts Potter County Funds
Potter County commissioners secured a $50,000 general fund refunding warrants loan negotiated yesterday to avert a deep warrants spike. County Judge J N Riggs said the county will move to cash basis within 30 days after signing with Will Simpson bond house representative. The deal funds part of the warrants with available money.
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Potter County
J. N. Riggs
Will Simpson
Bond House
Strikers Move Into Gov LaFollette Office Camp at Madison
WPA strikers who seized the Wisconsin Capitol assembly chamber shift to Gov. Philip F. LaFollette’s office in Madison. Five workers join others outside the governor’s door as leaders demand $48 monthly pay and removal of strike-breakers. They warn of possible loss of life if not heard, hoping LaFollette can press Washington for action.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
WPA
Capitol
Assembly
Philip F. LaFollette
LaFollette
National
Washington
Lyle Olson
Ragged “Army
Plush
Marble
Texas Tax Returns Rise Across State In Tax Deadline Rush
The Associated Press reports a sharp rise in income tax filings in Texas as the midnight deadline neared. Southern district collector Frank Scofield in Austin cited 31,200 returns, up from 24,400 last year, with cash receipts about 2.4 million higher. Dallas district collector W. A. Thomas noted roughly 90,000 expected by midnight, a 12.5 percent rise from 80,000. Houston deputy C. C. Huddleston reported about 20,000 received so far, the largest total to date.
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Associated Press
Texas
Frank Scofield
Internal Revenue
W. A. Thomas
Dallas
Houston
Beatty Given National Funeral At St Pauls Cathedral
Admiral Earl Beatty hero of the Battle of Jutland received a national funeral in London. A ceremonial procession moved from Whitehall to St Pauls with the King’s representatives, the Duke of York and the Duke of Kent, and numerous admirals, generals, and foreign diplomats in attendance.
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London
U.P
Early Beatty
Jutland
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Horse Guards
Whitehall Street
St. Paul’s
Duke of York
Duke of Kent
Farm Deaths Cause of Four Victims Reopened
Sheriff reports three of the four McGehee family deaths on his East Texas farm were accidental. Patton reported shifting his story in Palestine jail as authorities seek stronger evidence and the case moves toward Dallas.
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Athens
Patton renounces statements in Dallas jail plea of innocence
George Patton, an Athens farmer accused in the quadruple slaying of the McGehee family, repudiates prior statements in Dallas County jail. He claims he did not kill the McGehee family and says they were friends, noting he had no trouble with them.
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Dallas
George Patton
Athens
McGehee
Man Confesses to Barnyard Killings After Dispute
A signed statement claims the defendant and McGehee fought with blunt tools in a barn yard over corn. They struck Mrs. McGehee and her sons Doyle and Bobbie, 4 and 2, killing them. He says Patton then buried the bodies in a shallow grave near his back door. Authorities found the remains yesterday.
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McGehee
Public safety witnesses harmed in courtroom incident in Sweden
In Nyko ping Sweden on March 16 a disbarred lawyer named Willen fatally injured the prosecutor and a court witness during a courtroom incident. He then took his own life after using three public safety items in the act.
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Nykoping
Sweden
Willen
Old Southwest stage driver Bill Horn dies at 85
Bill Horn 85, a veteran Southwest stage driver who once ejected Carrie Nation from his stage coach for jerking a cigar, died in Medicine Lodge Kansas today.
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Medicine Lodge
Eas
Bill Horn
Carrie Nation
Drab Future Drives Young Mother to Board Strangers
In San Francisco on March 16 a 22 year old mother, Mrs Linda Jones, sent her two young daughters to strangers after a separation from her husband and worsening poverty. A neighbor solicited foster homes in Jefferson Square and basement rooms where the two girls Edna and Marion Edwards Jr. were placed. Mrs Einar Simonsen, who sought to adopt the baby, found Edna with unknown adoptive parents while the mother said the child would have a home. The older child and the baby were moved to new households as the mother expressed despair and relief at their future prospects.
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San Francisco
Linda Jones
Einar Simonsen
Marion Edward, Jr
Sooner Republicans Bound by Unit Rule Support London
Funeral services for George P. Milton 58 first oil scout to Panhandle field held Monday at Blackburn Shaw chapel conducted by Dr. C. C. Grimes Polk Street Methodist Church. Body sent to McDade Texas for burial. Pallbearers named James Allison W E Sturdevant L A Hobbs Barney Barnhill George Mager Les Whittaker. Milton came to the area in 1919 representing the Texas Company.
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George P. Milton
Panhandle
Blackburn- Shaw Chapel
C. C. Grimes
Polk Street Methodist Church
McDade
Tex
James Allison
W. E. Sturdevant
L. A
Hobbs
Barney Barnhill
George Mager
Les Whittaker
Steel worker dies in four story fall on federal building
San Antonio report says Bill Wetz, 44, of Houston, and Andrew Barton, about 40, of Kansas City, fell 110 feet from the fourth floor of the steel superstructure to the basement. Barton may die.
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San Antonio
Bill Wetz
Houston
Federal
Andrew Barton
Barton
Kansas City
Holt Seeks Senate Probe of WPA Politics
Senator Holt of West Virginia announced a nationwide inquiry into alleged political influence in WPA operations across states. Senator Davis of Pennsylvania predicted quick Senate committee approval for a broader WPA investigation. President Roosevelt shapers relief funding discussions, with Burns signaling a potential under one billion dollar relief request. Mayors conference pressed for a 2.34 billion WPA fund through public statements by over 60 mayors.
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Washington
Holt
West Virginia
Davis
Pennsylvania
Senate Committee
Presi
Dent Roosevelt
ySpeaker
Burns
United States Conference of Mayors
Oklahoma Republicans adopt unit rule at convention
The Oklahoma Republican convention backed the unit rule, giving Gov Alf M Landon of Kansas 21 votes at the Cleveland convention. Six delegates at large and six district delegates were instructed for Landon, forming a majority to control the delegation. Resolutions urged re election of W G Skelly and H H Sayre. Nine delegates remained uninstructed as the unit rule could not be applied to them.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Clevend
Landon
Kansan
W. G. Skelly
Tulsa
H. H. Sayre
Ardmore
Reputed Capone Ally Loeffler Acquitted in Chicago
William C Loeffler president of Stickney, a suburban village, was acquitted by a criminal court jury of malfeasance charges. The state contended he allowed gambling taxi dancing and houses of ill repute. Captain Daniel Gilbert testified Ralph Capone and other Capone followers financed resorts as a comeback attempt.
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Chicago
William C. Loeffler
Stickney
al Capone
Loeffler
Daniel Gilbert
Ralph Capone
Scarface
Capone
Fifteen WPA mosquito control workers isolated in Texarkana
Fifteen black WPA mosquito control workers were ordered isolated in Texarkana after Jessie Williams fell ill with meningitis. The measure aims to prevent potential spread while Williams receives care and symptoms are investigated.
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Texarkana
Tex
Jessie Williams
League of Nations to tackle Rhineland clash
After secret debates the League of Nations council plans a Franco-Belgian resolution accusing Germany of violating Locarno and Versailles by reoccupying the Rhineland. The council chairs a 13 member committee Wednesday to seek settlement of the Italo Ethiopian war while Germany seeks equality at the table.
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London
League of Nations Council
Germany
Rhineland
League
Locarno
Versailles
Augusto Garcia
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
France
Council
Princeton Students Propose Veterans of Future Wars
Princeton undergraduates form The Veterans of Future Wars to push for a $1000 bonus due June 1 1935 and seek national inter collegiate growth. At Vassar an auxiliary group Association of Gold Star Mothers of Veterans of Future Wars is announced.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Veterans of Future Wars
Vassar College
Association of Gold Star Mothers of Veterans of Future Wars
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M'Dade, Texas
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Mrs. Sayre
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