Grim survey of murder pleas and famous trials in history
A literary montage traces defense tactics in notorious cases from Lizzie Borden to modern gangland killings. It cites famed lawyers Comrie Thomson and England’s Justice Dunham, notes quack theories about murder incentives, and bundles odd anecdotes from Prohibition era crime to literary reporters solving fictional bumps off.
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Ne Winchell
Lizzie Borden
New England
Chicago
Thomson
Alex
Woollcott
Madeleine Smith
France
Toffana
Italy
Leopold
Loeb
Bobby Franks
York City
John Coleman
Henry Hudson
Redskins
Jack Mullaney
Paddy
Happ
Henry Fine
Big Jack Selig
Gable
Nan Patterson
Floradora Lovely
Caesar Young
Hanson
Dearen
Miler Burke
Detroit
New York
Sruths
Helga
Young Women Seek Jobs In Home Work and Care
Classified notices show Wren Sage seeking house work sewing and dining room duties with references and no night shifts at 404 C Madison Street. A young married man advertises as an experienced mechanic seeking garage work with references at 199 Buchanan Street Room 4. A young girl offers evening and weekend child care with references.
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Tam
Buchanan St
Retirement of Uncle Dan Roper Ends an Era
Washington dispatch notes the retirement of Daniel Calhoun Roper from the Commerce Department. The piece portrays him as a cheerful, contented longtime official whose absence signals a shift in New Deal politics and the end of an era, with reflections on his career and the political context.
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Dan Roper
Washington
Daniel Calhoun Roper
Commerce Department
Dan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Uncle Dan
Kamchatka
Commerce
Roostvelt
Jim Farley
Cordell Hull
White House
South Carolina
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Harding
Drunken debutantes and hackies charm NYC in Garfield tale
John Garfield, back from Hollywood, extols New York while noting a cabbie subculture in SaloonLand. He recalls cab drivers who ferried debutantes and the nightlife milieu, including named taxi crews, reflecting a tough East Side upbringing and a wary view of street life.
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Jules
Hollywood
Mr. Garfield
New York
North American Newspaper Alliance
John Garfield
Here
Central Park
Vestris
Graf Zeppelin Moving and Hauling Company
Irving
Gasparilla
Garfield
East Side
Forty-fourth Street
Roosevelt Reinstates Loyal, Soft-Spoken Commerce Chief
The text depicts a compliant, benevolent official once restored to payroll by Roosevelt. It notes the commerce department under his leadership failed to function, producing inadequate statistics, while recognizing the subject as a genial, well-presented figure whose loyalty to the President is clear.
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Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Uncle Dan
Japs Install Chinese Puppet Government in Canton
Japanese forces in Canton installed the Kwangtung Provincial Government in Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall with two elderly Chinese as chair and vice chair, replacing ousted Chinese authorities in occupied areas. The ceremony marked another regime manned by Chinese under Japanese domination.
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Canton
China
Kwangtung
Sun Yat-Sen
Former Amarillean Dies in Colorado
Word reached here of the death of Mrs. N. D. Shannon a former Amarillo resident at Alamosa Colorado hospital She had been visiting a son H Shannon near Fort Garland Colo Survivors include a sister Mrs T J Wright and a daughter Mrs Bettie Jenkins both of Amarillo three nieces and two nephews
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N. D. Shanno
Alamosa
Colo
Shannon
8. H. Shannon
Fort Garland
T. J. Wright
Bettie Jenkins
Amarillo
Amarillo Livestock Sales Reach $1,270,000 for Year
Amarillo Livestock Sales Company marked its third anniversary with an auction that grossed $39,800 and pushed the annual cattle sales total to $1,270,000. More than 1,300 head of cattle were sold at yesterday's event.
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Amarillo Livestock Sales Comepany
Pope Observes 60th Anniversary of Ordination
Pope Pius marks the 60th anniversary of his ordination with Mass in his private chapel in Vatican City. Vatican news service reports the pope’s health is good.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Hirohito Cancels Engagements Due to Illness
The Japanese Emperor Hirohito was slightly indisposed today and canceled several engagements in Tokyo. The brief report notes no other details about his condition or rescheduled events.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Goering Invites Rublee to Berlin on Jewish Emigration
Field Marshal Goering invites George Rublee to Berlin to finalize a two year plan for removing the 600000 Jews remaining in Germany. Rublee heads the International Refugee Office and would present counter proposals after Schacht’s earlier briefing.
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London
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
George Rublee
International Refugee Office
Berlin
Germany
Rublee
International Committee
Goering
Hialmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Chamberlain
Schacht
Adolf Hitler
Reich
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Frank Murphy
Michigan
National Labor Relations Board
Ace Hollywood
U. S&s
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Edward Gonnaud
Eddie Garr
U. S
Fort Schuyler
Rome
N. Y
Macon
J. F. Cargile
New York State Board of Alcoholic Control
Wren Sage
Madison St
Daniel C. Roper
Toler
Amarillean
Colorado
Goons Home
Chall
Pietura
Radio Vo Lowboy
Radio Enger
Goodyear
LifeGuard
Goodyser Tire & Rubber Co
Gunn
Hinerman
Goonysrear Lifeguards
America
Rediargan
Litas
Nunn Electric Co
Calvert Blends
Calvert
Cope
PRDE
Caled Dintles Cop
Pawnlleren
Belnimore
End Lochnalle
Chevaler
N.Y . Calvert
Raneree
Riendred Phintey
Praaf
Grou Aenutral
Biindind
Mabry
Nedred Sperue
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