First Uvalde Death Verdict in Fifty Years
UVALDE March 1444 The first death sentence in Uvalde County in over 50 years was imposed on John Trapper, a Rosebud negro, for the February 28 slaying of Deputy Sheriff J. W. Haygood. The jury convicted after 30 minutes. sentencing deferred for a possible new trial or appeal as Trapper faces additional charges for murdering his wife the night before.
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Uvalde
Uvalde County
John Trapper
J. W. Hayrood
Trapper
Lee Wallace
Haygood
California Cheery Over 1935 Outlook
San Francisco reports a bright 1935 outlook from the Chamber of Commerce with construction up 85 percent from a year ago and real estate sales rising 37 percent. Industrial and commercial gas sales climb 33 percent, energy and electrical sales up 7 percent, payrolls 5.4 percent higher, postal receipts 5 percent, manufacturing employment up 0.84 percent and cargo tonnage up 1 percent.
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San Francisco
Sunny Side
Chamber of Commerce
Movies and music line the Paramount and Rialto billboards
The Night Is Young at the Fair stars Ramon Novarro with Evelyn Laye in a romantic musical drama, and Transient Lady at the Mission features Gene Raymond and Frances Drake in a gripping southern attorney tale. Rialto adds The Lemon Drop Kid with Lee Tracy, while The Nat hosts Lloyd Snyder and Ramon Saltonstall for Waltz Night. A 1934 California spinach crop value is reported at 418000.
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Paramount
Vanessa
Helen Hayes
Robert Montgomery
FAIR
Ramon Novarro
Gene Raymond
Texas
Roger Pryor
Rialto
Tee Tracy
Hill Billy Night
REX
Ts Young
Evelyn Laye
Navarro
Edward Everett Horton
Charles Butterworth
Una Merkel
Henry Hull
Jaggers
The
Lee Tracy
Damon Runyon
Collier Magazine
Fred Astaire
Nat
Lloyd Snyder
Ray Sanford
Snyder
Jean Frost
Suzanne
J. Wiley Taylor
Wood Clues To Play Greater Crime Role
Arthur Koehler, wood technologist and state witness in the Lindbergh case, argues for a central crime clues lab in wood technology balistics and chemistry. He notes the New York police already seeks wood identification methods after Hauptmann trial.
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Madison
Wis
Arthur Koehler
Lindbergh
U. S. Forest Products Laboratory
Koehler
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Pichard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
New York
Horses Losing Caste With Royal Mounted
In Montreal on March 14 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police report shows a shift from saddle horses to modern transport. In 1934 the force logged 13,506,622 miles chasing criminals. horses accounted for only a small portion, with 6,278,997 by rail and steam, 6,687,635 by auto, 170,000 by air and 50,000 by dog sled. The note ends with a remark about Andorra as the world’s oldest republic.
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Montreal
U.P
Mounted
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
J. E. Dancey
Hearst backs Roosevelt for president amid foreign and domestic talk
The statement notes W R Hearst plans to support Roosevelt for the Democratic nomination with possible Republican alternatives Chief Justice Hughes Hiram Johnson Borah and Norris. It covers Greece’s air-powered revolt, Venizelos fleeing Crete, and imperial air fleet influence. Also mentions California Townsend plan votes and old age pensions debate.
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W. R. Hearst
United Press
Roosevelt
Mr. Hearst
Hughes
Sen
Hiram Johnson
California
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senator Norris
Nebraska
United States
Borah
Norris
Venizelos
Crete
Aegean Sea
Averoff
California Assembly
Townsend
Senate
Modern Kidney Health Claim Ad Promises Quick Revival
An advertisement touts a treatment named Cystex for kidney and bladder issues claiming fast relief and renewed vitality. It promises a year of youth in a week with a money back guarantee if the package is returned empty.
Camay Soap Promotes Special Photo Offer Across Town
Advertisers tout Camay beauty soap with winter displays and low prices. Thousands of women are urged to try the soap known as The Soap of Beautiful Women. A photograph offer follows: send 3 Camay wrappers and 25 cents for a 5x7 framed enlargement of a favorite snapshot.
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Camay
Camay Sale Ad Offers Enlargements and Tint Options
Copy urges readers to get Camay at local dealers with low prices and mail in snapshots or negatives to Procter & Gamble in New York for enlargements. Instructions cover wrapping, sending, tint choices for hair eye and complexion, and return of original or negative.
Fragmented World Tangles Across Nations and Cuba
French papers denounce Germany’s defense as a Versailles Treaty violation while Hitler remains untouched. Labor unrest spreads in Cuba with government death penalties for terrorism and strikes threatening power and food supplies. Dionne quintuplet Annette teeth for first time.
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Germany
Hitler
NRA
Cuba
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Andorra
Pyrenees
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Chios
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Cook
Mytilene
Washington
Mr. Weber
Mr. Fields
Mr Weber
Air Sport” Association
Val
Penetro Okoes
Procter & Gamble
Room 400
42Nd St. N. Y. C
Uable
Sir John Moore
Annette
Dionne
Penney
Just
Smart
Real Penney
Men’s Bayon
Oxfords
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