Nurse Betty Gow Questioned in Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Case
HOPEWELL N J March 4 Betty Gow the nurse in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case was subjected to lengthy police questioning at the Lindbergh home. Authorities began another session early today after a prior long examination. Gow discovered the kidnapping when she entered the nursery at 10 30 Thursday night. The shutter that could not close through which the thief entered was left open. Gow was chosen by Miss Elizabeth Morrow to be the baby’s nurse and was regarded by the family as a member of the household.
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Hopewell
N. J
Betty Gow
Miss Gow
Lindbergh
Elizabeth Morrow
The
Lindberghs
United Press
Shanghai
U.P
Nanjiang
Shanghai-Nanking
Wangtu
Yoshimori Shirakawa
Japan
Bank Loot in Shamrock Bank Heist Tops $10000
Two masked robbers entered the First National Bank in Shamrock at 5 am bound and gagged five employees and opened the vault at 9 am. They escaped with $9000 in currency and $1000 in silver, leaving no trace by noon. Sheriff Porter investigated as towns warned to spot a speeding car. One janitor Hays described a suspect. pursuit continued near McLean.
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Jim Smith
Teller
Smith
Charles Perry
Earl Roger
Tially
Stern
John Porter
Wheeler
McLean
Hays
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapers Offered Immunity
Hopewell New Jersey March 4 Col Charles A Lindbergh and Anne pledge immunity from prosecution to the kidnappers if the infant is returned. A letter to the kidnappers requests a meeting with representatives and promises confidentiality and no harm to those connected with the return. Five ten thousand dollar bills are kept in Newark ready for delivery upon definite contact.
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Hopewell
N. J
Erwin FE. Marshall
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
U.P
Charles A
Anne Lindbergh
Newark
Lindberghs
United Press
Lindbergh
Princeton
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
New York
Maryland
Kidnap Developments Cover Big Territory
Developments today in the Lindbergh kidnaping spread across several states as police pursue leads in Trenton Hopewell Dover Newark Auburn and Mexico City. Col and Mrs Lindbergh urge direct contact from kidnappers while Betty Gow is questioned and a postcard prompts warnings to beware.
Oil Man and Company Indicted for Unreported Payments
W L Pearson of Houston and W L Pearson and Company face 16 counts for failing to report $1 593 372 paid to 16 individuals. Indictments name Hidalgo and Duval County officials, plus a contractor and accountant. Case ties commissions to road contracts in Hutchinson Hidalgo and Duval Counties Texas. Bureau of Internal Revenue intelligence unit led by Elmer Trey investigated.
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Washington
W. L. Pearson
Houston
W. L. Pearson and Company
Corpus Christi
Texas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hidalgo
Duval
Pearson
Hutchinson
Duval Counties
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Elmer Trey
Santa Fe livestock agent R. E. Buchanan dies in Temple
Fort Worth March 4 R E Buchanan Santa Fe general livestock agent dies in Temple after months illness. He spent his career with the railroad beginning in 1886 in the claim department and became livestock agent 25 years ago.
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Santa FE
Fort Worth
R. E. Buchanan
Temple
Buchanan
Winter Stages Real Comeback on Plains
Winter returns to the Panhandle with freezing temperatures snow and blustering wind. Low temps reach 15 to 22 degrees across Clovis Boise City Texline Amarillo and Texline. Forester Temple Robinson warns of damage to budding trees as snow flurries drift east along the line.
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Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma Line
Boise City
Texline
Amarillo
Weather update for Amarillo and region
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a cold wave and a low around 15. Saturday should be fair. In West Texas snow this afternoon, then colder with strong northerly winds and a 14 to 24 degree range. livestock warnings. In New Mexico mainly fair and colder tonight with a southeast extreme cold wave and freezing temps.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Henry's Wedding draws big crowd for PTA charity
A matinee of Henry's Wedding prompted moving from the High School Auditorium to Municipal Auditorium. Amarillo Council PTA sponsors the comedy with performances tonight and Saturday night at the High School Auditorium. Proceeds benefit the Thrift Room helping needy Amarillo school children.
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Municipal Auditorium
Parent-Teacher Council For
Senate Orders Full Stock Market Probe
The Senate approved a broad investigation into stock market operations without opposition. The inquiry covers both buying and selling on the exchanges with a $50,000 fund set aside for the initial probe.
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Senate
Washington
Banking Committee
Miller Indicted for Two Robberies in Potter County
M. E. Miller was indicted by the Potter County grand jury on two robbery counts. He allegedly committed the crimes over six months ago, with a purported December 1930 identification by local grocer W. F. Zimmerman. Miller is jailed on a 5000 dollar bond after Zimmerman linked two robberies to him.
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M. E. Miller
Potter County
Grand Jury
Miller
W. F. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
East Twenty-second Street
Gas Prices at 219 Taylor Station on May 5
The notice lists fuel prices at five and fifty cents per gallon at location 219 Taylor. The brief indicates a local price change or sale point with this pricing detail and address.
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Taylor
Wonder Bar Ticket Sales At City Drug Store
The ticket board for The Wonder Bar, Al Jolson’s musical revue, will be at City Drug Store, 517 Polk Street, tomorrow morning and remain there until show night. Reserved-seat holders should collect tickets now. Mail orders are processed and tickets may be bought in person for 1.50, 2, 2.50, and 3 dollars.
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al Jolson
City Drug Store
Polk Street
City Drug
Rail Meet Held to Save World Railways
Paris on March 4 hosted transportation experts from around the world who gathered to devise a plan to rescue the global railway system from bankruptcy.
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Paris
U.P
Call Requests Immunity for Lindbergh Kidnappers
State police disclosed an anonymous telephone call to the Lindbergh home shortly after midnight asking if immunity would be granted to the kidnapers. The call was intercepted and traced. no details were released. Gov Moore invited a representative from President Hoover to a Lindbergh case conference in Trenton tomorrow. Scotland Yard’s renowned investigators were brought into the Lindbergh case.
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Hopewell
N. J
J. J. Lamb
New Jersey
Gradamne Conklin
Pace
Lamb
Jailor faces aggravated assault charge in jail beating
Seven trustees and night jailer Claude Smithers indicted on aggravated assault in Potter County jail case. Snodgrass, jailed for drunkenness, alleges he was beaten three times after trustees entered his cell with jailer consent. Bond set for Smithers at 500 dollars. sheriff dismissed him after indictment.
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Claude Smithers
Smithers
W. N. Thompson
Ross M. Lambdin
Potter County
Art Harris
Frank Barrett
Robert Cornelius
J. R. Schwartz
George Brown
Cecil Porter
Richard Smith
Harry Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Blackhand Threats Tied to Niles Kidnapping Case
In Niles Ohio authorities tie blackhand threats to the abduction of James DeJute Jr. as his 11 year old son remains missing. A. W. DeJute recalls threats years earlier warning to beware. A suspect arrested in Youngstown was released. no ransom note yet.
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Niles
James DeJute
A. W. DeJute
James
Board Reopens Oil Probation in Panhandle
On Shamrock Oil and Gas Company petition the railroad commission reopened the Panhandle proration question and set a new hearing for March 15 in Austin. Shamrock argues Moore County Shamrock and Vanderweide pools are distinct and separate from other fields to avoid treating local production as dependent on Bartex Pipeline Company purchases.
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Globe
Austin
Shamrock Oil and Gas Company
Moore County
Panhandle
Railroad Commission
R. D. Parker
Shamrock Company
Shamrock
Bartex Pipeline Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Insular Affairs Committee Approves Philippines Independence Plan
The House Insular Affairs Committee approved a bill aimed at granting the Philippine Islands full independence in seven to nine years. The measure would require the United States to retain sovereignty for five years after a new government is established.
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Washington
House Insular Affairs Committee
Philippine Islands
Hare
United States
Philippines
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