Means Climax to Long Role in Death Case
Dr John F Condon 74 year old Lindbergh ransom intermediary says testifying for New Jersey in the Hauptmann trial is a dreadful ordeal but worthwhile if it helps expiate the crime He remains unsure on Hauptmanns guilt but hopes the task ends soon He stands firm in his motives amid scrutiny and will only speak publicly when he testifies in court
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New York
John F. Condon
New Jersey
Bruno Hauptmann
Jassie
Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bronx
Dr. Condon
Charles Lindbergh
Henry Breckenridge
Rot
Col. Lindbergh
Howell to Try Pitching After Rose Bowl Fame
Beaumont Texas January 2 Divxie Howell former Alabama passer in the Rose Bowl may debut as a pitcher for the Beaumont Exporters next spring. Owner Rube Stewart praised his arm, saying if Howell can throw strikes with a baseball like he does on the football field, he may become a pitcher.
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Beaumont
Texas
Divxie Howell
Alabama Gridiro
Ster
Beaumont Exporters
Rube Stewart
Ten Best Stories of 1934 Selected by AP Editor
The AP's executive news editor J M Kendrick lists the top 10 developments of 1934. Highlights include: gradual U S economic improvement with major strikes and drought, key foreign crises including assassinations and Reich events, the Morro Castle fire, the Dionne quintuplets birth, Mrs Vanderbilt's custody case, Hauptmann arrest, public enemies killings, royal weddings including Princess Marina and John Jacob Astor, Insull's return and acquittal, and Huey Long plus U S events in California.
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New York
J. M. Kendrick
Associated Press
U. S
Johnson
NRA
San Francisco
Drouth
Dollfuss
Alexander
Barthou
Hitler
Albert
von Hindenburg
London
England
Japan
France
Belgium
Jaly
Morro Castle
Dionne Quintuplets
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Hauptmann
Princess Marina
Duke of Kent
John Jacob Astor
Ellen Tuck French
Insull
Upton Sinclair
California
Huey Long
Louisiana
Records Fall in Miami Bilt Meet as Stars Shine
Miami Fla Jan 2 Records fell at the Miami Biltmore aquatics meet with 27 events. Alice Bridges from Uxbridge Mass set a world record in the 400-meter free and added two national marks at 440 yards and 400 yards. Ralph Flanagan, 17, set four distance records, beating Buster Crabbe in three and reclaiming another. Lenore Eight of Homestead and Katherine Rawls of Fort Lauderdale also posted top times while Mrs Jarrett cut Bridges 50-yard backstroke record by 1-5 second.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Alice Bridges
Uxbridge
Mass
Miss Bridges
Sybil Bauers
Phyllis Harding
England
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Ralph Flanagan
Buster Crabbe
Lenore
Homestead
Helene Madison
Katherine Rawls
Fort Lauderdale
Jarrett
Risko Storms Into Middleweight Spotlight in Knockout
Ed “Babe” Risko of Syracuse burst into the middleweight scene by stopping champion Teddy Yarosz of Monica, Pa., with six knockdowns and a seventh-round technical knockout when Yarosz’s leg injury halted the bout. Yarosz, weighing 160 1/2, Risko 162.
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Scranton
U.P
Eddie
Babe” Risko
Syracuse
N. Y
Teddy Yarosz
Monica
Risko
Yarosz
Basketball scores from Indiana and Midwestern colleges
Indiana 32, Miami University 13. Ada Oklahoma Teachers 39, Midland Nebraska College 12. Iowa State College 41, Iowa University 33.
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Indiana
Miami University
Ada, Okla
Midland iNeb. College
Iowa State College
Iowa University
Arrest in $24 theft at Golden Light Coffee Co
An arrest was made in the robbery of Grover Mason at the Golden Light Coffee Company, 700 Washington Street. Mason lost $24 while asleep in the offices after the burglar gained entry by breaking a door in the garage. police said the thief knew the building layout. Rites set for crash victim Evalyne Connelley, 21, Fort Worth.
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Grover Mason
Golden Light Coffee Company
Washington Street
Mason
Nationwide holiday deaths tally 124 in survey
A national survey reports 124 total deaths from accidents and violence during the holiday period. Auto fatalities lead with 60, fires 12, personal crises 9, shootings 9, train accidents 2, alcohol 2, frozen deaths 1, and 21 from miscellaneous causes. Slippery streets and heavy traffic blamed for about half the deaths.
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Midwest
Cherokee County
Gaffney
D. C
New York
Anna F. Dunne
Mary McCrystal
Elizabeth
N. J
Blair Schuman
San Francisco
Easton
Charles Solomon
Fayette
Ida
Cecil Grant
Telwin Sweet
Self Lawrence Leis
Beaver
Robert Norton
Norton
Seattle
Wash
Floyd Lewis
Walter Nitsche
Pleana Johnson
Ike Rainey
Frank Reid
Ukia
Cal
Immigration officials probe mystery of young Japanese visitor
U S officials seek to identify a Japanese man detained after being found taking photos of a harbor where a U S warship rested. The man claimed to be Yoshio Matsuda a naval reserve officer funded by Japan. Tokyo officials said they are puzzled and noted a Lieutenant Commander Yoshio Matsuda is in the U S on a mission to buy naval materiel.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
United States
Yoshio Matsuda
Naval Department
Tokyo
Mavy
Secretary of State
R. S. Sterling
Ferguson
Ghiles Case to Grand Jury in Texas Assault
Bob Ghiles, 45, pleaded not guilty and waived examining trial on an assault with intent to kill charge after a Sunday shooting at Rex Cafe in Panhandle. Tom Hollida, 35, owner, was wounded and listed in critical condition at Pampa hospital. Ghiles held for the Carson County grand jury starting January 7 with $10,000 bond. bond may be reduced depending on Hollida’s status. Ghiles, formerly Hollida’s employee, remained in jail after arraignment.
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Globe
Panhandle
Bob Ghiles
Justice of the Peace
Fred Reiner
Tom Hollida
Ghiles
Carson County
Grand
Frank Murray
Hollida
Pampa Hospital
Rex Cafe
Plan Tribute to Railroader Here Thursday
Funeral services for M. P. Foxey Reynolds 70 year old veteran Fort Worth and Denver Railway conductor will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon from the N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel Rev FE B Fincher Ellwood Park Presbyterian pastor will officiate with pallbearers all members of the Order of Railway Conductors E D OBryant W R Gowdy Josh Kelly J E Hibbetts Tob Druin and W H Standish Burial will be in Llano Cemetery Mr Reynolds died yesterday afternoon at Childress Brief funeral services were to be held there this afternoon He had retired from active service a few months ago after serving 30 years
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M. P. ‘Foxey" Reynolds
Fort Worth & Denver
N.S. Griggs & Sons
FE. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park
Tob Druin
W. H. Standish
Llano Cemetery
Mr. Reynolds
Childress
Jones praises federal acts and RFC role in recovery
Houston RFC chairman Jesse Jones told Dallas residents that most RFC HOLC and similar loans were repaid without costs to taxpayers. He asserted the government had a crucial role during recovery and that unemployment remains the nation’s top problem. He expressed strong confidence in President Roosevelt’s leadership to solve it.
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Dallas
U.P
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Houston
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
RFC
HOLC
United States
Gun Victims Walter Ladd and Wife Buried Side by Side
Vernon Texas Jan 2 Victims of a double shooting Walter F Ladd 54 and Marian 39 were to be buried side by side. Ladd an insurance agent died of gunshot wounds yesterday. Mrs Ladd with three bullet wounds near her heart was dead when neighbors reached the house. A .38 pistol lay near Ladd's hand. Justice F M Taylor ruled murder and death by own action. Two letters alleged to explain the shooting were given to relatives who did not reveal their contents.
Allred Sends Envoy to Marland Oil Meet
Governor elect James V. Allred, ill with influenza, sent Jack Blalock of Marshall to Ponca City Oklahoma to represent him at the governor’s oil conference tomorrow. The gathering is the second of all state governors convened by Oklahoma Governor E W Marland.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Jack Blalock
Marshall
Ponca City
Okla
Erect E. W Marland
Oklahoma
Post Office Jetter Resigns and Moves to New Mexico Homestead
Joe S. Greer, a jetter earner for the Amarillo post office, has resigned and moved to Cuba New Mexico to live on a homestead, Assistant Postmaster C M Tyler said today. Greer had been employed three years delivering mail in East Amarillo.
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Joe S. Greer
Amarillo
Cuba
N. M
C. M. Tyler
Greer
Change in pardoning power promised by Allred
Austin reports Governor-elect James V. Allred plans a three member pardoning board with one appointee from the governor and two chief justices, shifting decision burden on clemency cases except death penalties. Automatic consideration may favor inmates with good records. Ferguson era totals show thousands of clemencies and revocations.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Allred
Ferguson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Alibi Is Sought In Faulkner Case
In Groesbeck Texas January 2 1950 defense lawyer Thomas W Menifee testified he provided legal services for Grady Faulkner on September 18 the day a body was found on Keechie Creek near Fairfield The state claims the body is A C Gibson Houston youth The defense challenged positive identification of the body as Gibsons
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Groesbeck
Texas
U.P
Grady Faulkner
Thomas W. Menifee
Houston
Faulkner
Keechie Creek
Fairfield
A. C. Gibson
Gibson
Young Roosevelt in Auto Crash on New Year Frolic
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of the President, was in an auto crash near Wayne on New Year's morning but escaped injury. Edward Newman of Radnor was hurt. Roosevelt appeared before Justice Howard Harbison and was released on his own recognizance for January 15. Roosevelt, Harvard sophomore, was holidaying with J Drexel Paul in Radnor and headed to a Philadelphia hotel dance.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Wayne
Edward Newman
Radnor
Justice of the Peace
Howard C. Harbison
Mayne
Newman
Young Roosevelt
Harvard
J. Drexel Paul
Census Takers Begin 1935 Agriculture Census Work
Early today 63 enumerators in the First District of Texas began counting livestock crops and land values across 18 Panhandle counties under C C Gibson. Training by Charles W Swan outlined data ownership by the Bureau of Census with reports due for checking in Amarillo. Separately in Mexico City Father Augustin Jiminez and Pedro Trejo Morales were sentenced to 20 and 14 years respectively for complicity in Obregon’s 1929 assassination.
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North Panhandle
Texas
C. C. Gibson
Charles W. Swan
West Texas
New Mexico
Gibson
Roy D. Chase
Swan
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Amarillo
Mexico City
Augustin Jiminez
Islas Marias
Alvardo Obregon
Pedro Trejo Morales
Creomulsion Promises Quick Relief For Coughs
A vintage advertisement touts Creomulsion as a seven in one remedy that fights coughs quickly without narcotics. It claims the product is powerful yet harmless and offers an on the spot refund by the druggist if relief is not achieved.
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