Factor kidnap case in Chicago court under cross examination
John Factor testified about three Touhy gangsters he says abducted him for 70 000 dollars as defense attorney William S Stewart pressed lines of questioning. Prosecution tied Factor to Capone era figures and a Florida real estate dispute while jurors observed the defendants and questions about Jerome Hamm and the Hamm case were raised.
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Peing
Chicago
Jan
Bat
John Factor Realft
William Scott Stewart
Factor
Roger Touhy
Gustav
Gus” Schaefer
Albert “Bolly
Katos
Thomas
Tom” McFadden
Stewart
England
Murray Humphreys
Sam Hunt
Capone
Touhysn
St. Paul
Touhy
William Hamm, Jr
Brewer
Wilbert Crowley
Ttor
Toughys
Dranger
Jerome
Mr. Touhy
Debated Silver Remonetization Bill Passes Senate Vote
The silver bloc gains support with 43 votes as Roosevelt defers to devalue the dollar and stabilize the currency. The measure adds a 2.5 billion dollar Treasury note authority and places a stabilization fund under the Treasury secretary, sparking debate over risks to the banking system and foreign exchange.
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Farmer-Labor
Federal Reserve Banks
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgenthau
Robinson
Senate
Federal Reserve
Thomas Inflation
Legal quirks delay New Mexico PWA approvals
Legal quirks in New Mexico laws delay the Public Works Administration program with 19 applications worth 1,472,574 dollars sent to Washington. Emergency remedial legislation is needed before final action, and Governor A. W. Hockenhull signals the first bill if a spring special session is convened.
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Ovis
Sunday News Globe
Vis
N. M
New Mexico
Public Works Administration
Washington
PWA
A. W. Hockenhull
Citrus loans plan said agreed in Texas conference
Representative West announced a Texas contingent has finalized a plan to seek about 6 million dollars direct to citrus growers in the lower Rio Grande Valley for rehabilitating storm damage from September. Senators Connally and Sheppard, West, and E M Goodwin and Ted Melden of Mission represent the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Corporation. The effort would be pursued as an amendment to the farm credit appropriation bill, with civil works relief anticipated for workers and growers lacking land security beyond crop prospects.
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Washington
Rio Grande Valley
West
Democrat
Texas
Connally
Sheppard
E. M. Goodwin
Ted Melden
Mission
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Corporation
Con
Federal Land Banks
Bailey Opens Senate Drive in Texas Campaign
Joseph W. Bailey Jr. announces his bid against Tom Connally amid alleged whispers by appointees linked to Connally. Bailey accuses patronage driven publicity and government salaries used for political gain while defending labor rights and women in politics.
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Dallas
Joseph W. Bailey, Jr
Tom Connally
Texas
Bailey
Senate
Connally
Texas Press
Amarillo's free literacy classes draw 1000 applicants
Adults flock to a 15 hour weekly free school funded by FERA through the Civil Works Administration. Teachers earn 60 cents an hour, for a $12 weekly salary. The program, praised as democratic, aims to wipe illiteracy and honors Franklin D Roosevelt for making it possible.
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FERA
Civil Works Administration
Amarillo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Old Welfare Party Story From the Carpenter Shop
An anecdote recalls a wild party where partitions were knocked down to create space for about 200 people. Drinks flowed as a 50 gallon still was brought into the carpenters shop and loot included two guts, a tommy gun, a rip saw, torches, silk pajamas, and dynamite. The raid disrupted plans for a Valentine’s Day parade.
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George Washington
Indiana Prison Escape Tied to Bank Loot Gangs
Indiana authorities hunt three escapees from the state prison linked to a gang. Officials believe about 250000 dollars stolen from Midwestern banks may be used by confederates to help free the prisoners.
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Indiana
Indiana State Prison
President Authorized to Adjust Silver Dollar Weight
The document states that the President may reduce the weight of the standard silver dollar in the same percentage as reductions applied to the gold dollar, within the authority of the United States and its circulation.
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United States
Trea
Memphis Plans to Surface 75 City Blocks
Memphis on January 21 reports the city will gravel 75 blocks of streets under Mayor B E Davenport with aid sought from CWA. The plan requires city funds, raised via tax payments, and no aid will be given without the city contributing a share.
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Inlto
Sunday News-Globe
Memphis
B. E. Davenport
CWA
Cotton acreage cutback to be voluntary while coercion eyed
Washington officials said the 1934 voluntary cotton reduction program remains on track with about 16.6 million acres to sign contracts within a week. Cotton chief Cully Cobb warned compulsory control may be needed later, endorsing licensing quotas and a tax on excess cotton to ensure adherence while noting Texas resistance over tenant issues is being resolved.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Cully A. Cobb
Texas
Cobb
Lone Star State
Paris Site Edouard Herriott Heads to Calm Crisis
Edouard Herriott urged calm after resigning the ministry at the Elysee Palace. Lebrun received the resignation as the chamber and Senate backed the government to quell the scandal amid Stavisky whispers. Chautemps offered to head a new ministry but declined, as the cabinet fell for the fourth time in a year.
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Edouard Herriott
Elysee Palace
Lebrun
Chamber
Senate
Chautemps
Justice Raynaldy
Stavisky
Postmaster Jobs Open in Borger and Dalhart
The Civic Service Commission announced applications for Borger and Dalhart postmaster positions must reach Washington by February 13. Applicants should obtain application papers at local post offices and mail them to the commission. Borger offers $2,800 yearly and Dalhart $2,700.
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Sunday News
Washington, D. C
Borger and
Dalhart
Washington
Civic Service Commission
Commission
Borger
Young Diboll youth dies after highway crash near Lufkin
Elmo Johns age 18 of Diboll died from injuries this morning after a truck and an automobile collided on Highway 35 eleven miles south of Lufkin. Woodrow Kelly, also hurt, was expected to recover.
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Lufkin
Tex
Elmo Johns
Diboll
Highway 35
Woodrow Kelly
Mary Pickford Guards Against Threats in Falmouth
Mary Pickford said she is guarded at all times and not afraid of racketeers or kidnappers after unwanted attention from a man and a woman seeking to interest her in valuable documents. She described a meeting at a hotel and noted two guards accompany her. The report also notes a separate mine depth fact in Kellogg Idaho.
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Blackburn’s
Blackburn
Chicago
New York
Falmouth
Mass
Mary Pickford
Boston
Fulton Crusler
Miss Pickford
WOUND FATAL TO PEN GUARD IN PRISON ESCAPE
Major Joseph Crowson 33 Eastham prison farm guard died in a Huntsville hospital after being wounded during a January 16 escape by five convicts led by a man believed to be Clyde Barrow. Officials cited gunfire by Bill Palmer and noted Raymond Hamilton’s accomplicesMethvin Palmer Bybee and Hamilton escaped. J. B. French was recaptured but not believed to be part of the plot.
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Huntsville
Joseph Crowson
Eastham
Clyde Barrow
Crowson
Olan Bozeman
Bill Palmer
Barrow
Desperado
Raymond Hamilton
J. B. French
Hunt County
French
Hamilton
Palmer
Henry Methvin
Refugio County
W. H. Bybee
Abilene
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Herring Hotel
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