Haynes Gives Up to Police Denies Guilty
Fred Orrin Haynes walked into Seattle police with a known mug shot and denied involvement in the Mattson kidnapping murder case. He surrendered as officers, aided by a rental notice from California, investigated a possible connection to the Mattson disappearance.
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Haynes
Seattle
Wash
Fred Orrin Haynes
Charles Mattson
California
Marshall Scrafford
Scrafford
Mattson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Melvin Smith
San Jose
Calif
Everett
Miners Cut Railway as Loyalists Press In Spain
In Madrid dated Jan. 15 Loyalist reports said Asturian miners and Leon volunteers cut the La Robra Matallana railway and destroyed 500 yards of track on the Matallana Vecilla line while Loyalist posts near Matallana were seized. Loyalists also claimed Pejar Mountain El Ponquon district fell to their forces. On the Teruel front insurgents pressed attacks as government troops kept up pressure and captured Cascada and Templete with arms stores seized.
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Irving B. Pflaum
Madrid
U.P
Leon
Asturian
la Robra
Matallana
Matallana-Vecilla
Santanger
Pejar Mountain
el Ponquon
Teruel
Cascada
Templete
Union To Evacuate Its Sit Downers From Auto Plants
The United Automobile Workers and General Motors agreed to begin bargaining on wages hours and working conditions and to remove sit down strikers from five GM plants in Detroit Flint Michigan and Anderson Indiana before Monday. The deal also covers no tool removal and non discrimination based on union affiliation.
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Harry Ferguson
Lansing
Mich
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Frank Murphy
General Motors
Detroit
Flint
Michigan
Anderson
Indiana
Martin
Homer Martin
Automobile
Associated Press
Kidnap Plot Draws Caution From Mount Vernon Youth
Mount Vernon teen Austin Ryan, 16, admitted reading the Mattson case and plotted a 10000 dollar kidnap extortion against Bert J. Young of New Rochelle after sending fake ransom notes concerning missing Robert Young. The suspect appeared in police lineup as authorities investigated the case. Louis R. Shaver, 53, formerly of Troy, was hanged at San Quentin for the 1934 slaying of his wife Lillian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Austin Ryan
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Mattson
Bert J. Young
New Rochelle
Robert
Young Ryan
San Quentin
Cal
Louis R. Shaver
Troy
Lillian
Madrid Zoo Hog Eaten by Soldiers in War
Soldiers confessed they ate Willie the Madrid zoo warthog after killing him with a machine gun. They seasoned the meat and called it succulent. In Aravaca insurgent troops found a Loyalist cook’s wagon with the heads of a dozen cats nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Willie
Aravaca
Spain
U.P
Byrd Economy Plan Fails. RFC Extension Set to 1939
The Senate defeated Senator Harry F. Byrd's economy plan by 52 to 23. Byrd sought to limit RFC and allied lending agencies to June 1938, while the measure to extend RFC power until 1939 prevailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Harry FP
Byrd
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Retail credit assoc notes December 1936 collections rise
The National Retail Credit Association reported today that average collections in December 1936 rose 84 percent over December 1935, and 7.2 percent for December 1935 over December 1934, in a St. Louis dispatch.
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ST. Louis
National Retail Credit Association
Leaders Disagree On Roosevelt Reorganization Plan
Washington Jan 15 Uncertainty among President Roosevelt advisers and congressional leaders over concrete economies from government reorganization clouds prospects for major executive changes. Roosevelt and his committee stress efficiency. experts who drafted the plan predict large savings in money and time. Congress weighs a 1.2 percent or roughly 50 to 100 million dollar saving, while Brookings suggests 30 million. The Senate prepares to study a joint committee proposal as the Byrd committee recesses until after inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lylec. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
James P. Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Buchanan
Brookings Institution
Fatal Gulf Pipeline Blast Kills Six In Oklahoma
Six people die in a Gulf Refining Company pipeline explosion near Strang Oklahoma as a crew welding a leak triggers a fiery blast. Four women and two men are dead, four other workers are badly burned, and rescue teams struggle to identify victims seen burned in a car nearby.
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Oklahoma
Pryor
Okla
U.P
Gulf Refining Company
Strang
Here
John Estes
Avant
Currie Barnett
Guthrie
Arthur Gillum
Kathleen Lamb
Seminole
Joe Alton
Jenks
Sam Bleeson
John Lamb
Alton Romberg
Shawnee
Italy Binds to 1936 Navy Pact with 15 Inch Armament
London reports Italy will conform to the 1936 naval treaty by arming capital ships to 15 inches, matching Britain and France plans. The treaty caps at 14 inches unless Japan agrees by April 1. Washington reports on potential 16 inch guns for new US battleships are not commented on by authorities.
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London
Italy
Great Britain
Britain
United States
France
Japan
Washington
Japan Interprets U S 16 Inch Guns Plan As Cross Ocean Tactics
The Domei News Agency reported that Japanese naval authorities interpret the U S plan for two new 35,000 ton battleships with 16 inch guns as signaling a strategy of cross ocean warfare using capital ships and large guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Domei
United States
America
Rescue Crew Pushes Toward Nevada Shack
In Yucca Pass Nevada a rescue team advances through heavy snow seeking four stranded people in a mining shack. One person already dead, others seriously ill, as temperatures hover near zero and air support aids efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Las Vegas
Nev
U.P
Yucca Pass
Here
CCC
Jack Lewis
What makes the wildcats wild at Potter County zoo
Two captive wildcats named Tom and Tab glare with ferocious eyes at the Potter County zoo. Attendants note their enduring wild nature despite one feeder feathered prank, with elderly anecdotes about tame cats and wild ones alike. Wildcats scale from 20 to 46 pounds and show constant ferocity.
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Tom
Tab
Potter County
Crane
Celestiality
Chester Moore
Amarillo
San Angelo
Moore
Yassah
Louisville Herald-Post
Savannah-Statesboro
Peter Topp
Yosemite National Park
Amarillo Weather Forecast Cites Light Winds
Weather for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies tonight and through Sunday with a low near 30 degrees and light to moderate southeast to west winds. West Texas should remain fair with rising temperatures north Saturday, and New Mexico fair with little temp change. Temperature extremes in Amarillo reached 24 and 36 degrees by 1 pm. Boxwell Bros. quote noted.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Senators sue for damages in libel suits
Seven civil suits seeking 70 000 in total damages were filed against Ellen Fitz Simons widow of Alfred Vanderbilt and wife of Paul Fitz Simons in Newport Illinois. The suits were brought by seven Republican state senators charging she circulated a letter calling them yellow dogs and traitors to their party. Each senator named seeks 10 000 in damages, including Senate President Pro Tem Russell Handy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. IL
Ellen French Vanderbilt Fitz Simons
Alfred Vanderbilt
Paul Fitz Simons
Republican National
Frederick C. Broomhead
Oliver H. Stedman
Charles Watts
John Simpson, Jr
Senate
Russell H. Handy
Duke Plays Accordion Enzelfeld Waltz in Austria
The Duke of Windsor reportedly spends evenings practicing the Blue Danube Waltz on an accordion he received for Christmas. During holidays he polished bagpipe technique and continues to telephone Mrs Wallis Simpson at least once daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enzelfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Senate seeks new evidence in Gelders flogging case
The Senate Civil Liberties CommitteeExamines links between Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway Company and the Gelders flogging incident. Witnesses say Walter Hanna used a Birmingham number 3 2664 connected to the company. A Birmingham attorney testified of constant calls with Hanna via that line.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company
Joseph 8. Gelders
University of Alabama
Walter J. Hanna
Gelders
Birmingham
Sen. LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Yelverton Cowherd
Hanna
Coal and Iron Company
Talmadge Under Fire as Senator Drafts Inquiry Bill
State Senator Paul Lindsay said he was drafting a bill to appropriate all money needed for a legislative investigation of Governor Eugene Talmadge’s administration. Talmadge’s New Deal criticisms and centralized control drew Democratic opposition and Rivers succeeded him as governor.
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Atlanta
Paul Lindsay
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
E. D. Rivers
Lakeland
Vest for the heavy eater showcased by designers
Cincinnati January 15 report notes a relief fashion item a vest sewn with elastic threads to expand girth while eating or breathing demonstrated at a style show by members of the International Association of Clothing Designers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
International Association of Clothing Designers
Hearst Ordered to Reinstate Seattle Post Staff
The Labor Relations Board ordered William Randolph Hearst and five Hearst firms to rehire Frank M. Lynch and Philip Everhardt Armstrong at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The order requires back pay and a notice posting, following a strike tied to guild activity and a shutdown from August to November 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Relations Board
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Frank M. Lynch
Philip Everhardt Armstrong
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
American Newspaper Guild
Lynch
Armstrong
John Roettiger
Roosevelt
Roetimes
Lynch and Armstrong
Bonnet Accepts Paris Nomination as Washington Ambassador
Georges Bonnet former cabinet member said he would accept Premier Blum’s offer to be the French ambassador in Washington to negotiate a new settlement of the French war debt to the United States. He will succeed Andre De Laboulaye for a special debt mission as Washington prefers a longer term envoy. Roosevelt plans a new Anglo Franco American monetary agreement possibly inviting Germany and Italy.
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Paris
U.P
Georges Bonnet
United Press Today
Leon Blum
Germany
Italy
Ormiston Dies After Operative Complications in LA
Kenneth G. Ormiston a prominent figure linked to the sensational kidnapping case of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson died in a Los Angeles hospital after an operation. His death closes a long controversial chapter in the nationally publicized affair.
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Los Angeles
Van
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hitler to Speak Berlin on Foreign Policy Jan. 30
Adolf Hitler is expected to declare Germany s foreign policy in a planned Reichstag session set for January 30. The announcement said to occur in Berlin today notes the address will address major diplomatic issues and aims to clarify state policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Berlin
Pfehrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reichstag
Wake Up To Reality Real Estate Boom Predicted
The notice urges readers to buy homes now to profit from an anticipated surge in real estate values. It promotes low prices and daily bargains in the Globe News Want Ads as a path to riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News
Confession Clears Slaying of Nanking Doctor’s Wife
Police announced a ricke shaw coolie confessed to killing and robbing Dr. Susan Waddell Hsu, formerly of Berkeley, whose body was found beside a lonely Nanking road on October 15, 1935.
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Nanking
Susan Waddell Hsu
Berkeley
Calif
Ricke Shaw Coolie
Hsw Shi-Chu
Nanking Road
Plainview Man Honored at Fort Worth Meeting
The Texas Cream Improvement Association re elected Grant H. Johnson of Fort Worth president Roy Davis of Plainview vice president and J W Ridgway of Fort Worth secretary at a recent session in Fort Worth. Mars tin Johnson s widow Osa Johnson will continue their jungle photography career despite his death in the airliner crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Davis
Cream Association
Fort Worth
Texas Cream Improvement Association
Grant H. Johnson
Plainview
J. W. Ridgway
Los Angeles
Marstin Johnson
Osa Johnson
Band leader acquitted in murder and rape case
Robert A. Simpson, band leader, was acquitted of murder and rape charges today by a three judge court in Norwich Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Robert A. Simpson
President Roosevelt Grants Pension to Mrs Grace Coolidge
Washington January 15 President Roosevelt signs a bill granting a five thousand dollar annual pension to Mrs Grace G Coolidge widow of President Calvin Coolidge for life with payments to begin immediately per the act.
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Knudsen
State House
Syaling
F.D.R
House
Congressional
Byrd Committee
U. S
John Maynard Lor
Capt
Lewis
R. W. Martin
Ray Griffith
Lee Prettyman
Doris Dunn
James Poe
Fred Miller
By Fred Post
Boxwell Bros
Duke
FHA
Long-Bell Lb, Co
Albama
Heavy Eater
Bonnet
Ormiston
Rickeshaw
Coolie
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