Nassau Murder Case A Century Drama Unfolds in Nassau
Nassau Bahama trial of Sir Harry Oakes murder unfolds like a stage play with actors including Oakes the wealthiest man who built a fortune after crossing the globe and Marie Alfred Fouquereaux de Marigny a young French defendent of Mauritian aristocracy. The case weaves wealth exile and title into a courtroom drama.
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Bahamas
Nassau
Harry Oakes
Canada
Oakes
Marie Alfred Fouquereaux de Marigny
France
Mauritius
Witness in Bahamas murder case trembles on stand
Harold G. Christie testifies about blood stains on a door in Sir Harry Oakes’s room as defense attorney Higgs seeks to spare Count Alfred de Marigny from the gallows for the alleged murder of his father-in-law. Christie is an overnight guest in Oakes’s Nassau home and describes Oakes as his best friend. The cross examination lasts two hours.
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Bahamas
Harold G. Christie
Harry Oakes
Christie
Sir Harry
Godfrey W. Higgs
Count Alfred de Marigny
Higgs
Oakes
Noted Bahamas murder case linked to aristocrat and heiress
International yachtsman Sir Harry de Marigny faces murder charges in Nassau linked to the death of Nancy Oakes de Marigny s father. Key figures include Nancy's defense and prosecution backers, Bahamas officials, and experts such as Frank Conway and Prof. Leonardo Keeler. The trial features Sir Oscar Daly as chief justice with a slate of royal and Bahamian officials guiding the case.
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Eunice Oakes
Sydney
Australia
Harry S
Niagara Falls
Duke of Windsor
England
Miami
Fla
Harold G. Christie
Sir Harry
James O. Barker
E. W. Melchen
de Marigny
Frank Conway
New York
Raymond C. Schindler
Detive
Nancy de Marigny
Leonardo E. Keeler
Northwestern University
Crime Laboratory
Schindler
Herbert Pemberton
Bahamas
Godfrey S. Higgs
Eric Hallinan
Alfred F. Adderley
Oscar Bedford Daly
King's Counsel
Bahamas Supreme Court
French Population Figures Alarming
The DNB Agency quoted Philippe Renaudin, Vichy family affairs chief, saying France’s birth rate has fallen so low that a town of 40,000 could disappear yearly. He warned of an aging population and forecast 29 million by 1985, with deaths outpacing births by 40,000 annually over the past eight years.
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New York
DNB
Philippe Renaudin
Vichy
Paris
France
Renaudin
York road roller incident jolts bystander with tin can prank
John Powell, operator of the city road roller in York Pennsylvania, testified a woman waited for him and dumped two tin cans in front of the machine. She said she was tired of salvage cans for the project.
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York
John Powell
City Road Roller
Lana Turner to star in Marriage Is a Private Affair
Hollywood gossip column notes Lana Turner will headline a film titled Marriage Is a Private Affair amid public scrutiny of her private life. The piece blends critiques of publicity and playful digs at industry practices with anecdotes about Prank Sinatra, Lionel Barrymore, and Bob Hope's Churchill meeting.
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MGM
Lana Turner
Lana
Stephen Crane
Hubby
Steve
Warner Brothers
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Bob Hope
Winston Churchill
England
No. 10 Downing Street
Bob
Churchill
Six States Pass Horse Meat Regulations This Year
Six states enacted laws regulating horse meat for human consumption this year Maine and Arizona first followed by Indiana New York Michigan and California Five states require labeling and visible signs Maine California Michigan Indiana and New York The New York act also mandates four inch letters on signs California bans sale in public markets Indiana bans storing horse meat with other meats with fines up to 500 dollars and imprisonment Arizona requires licensing of all slaughterhouses for horses and state veterinary inspection with segregation of horse meat in stores
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Chicago
U.S
Public Administration Clearing House
Maine
Arizona
Indiana
New York
Michigan
California
Inet
Pra
Industry Prepares To Hire Men Discharged From Army
Frederick C Crawford president of the National Association of Manufacturers says members plan to hire up to 1,000,000 men medically discharged from the armed forces during 1944. He spoke at an executives conference on public relations after conferring with selective service officials, noting the army won’t release men until industry has placements. Japan seizes east term tropics cut off U S supplies of citronella oil.
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Philadelphia
Frederick C. Crawford
National Association of Manufacturers
Cleveland
Markets Report Shows Mixed Wall Street and Midwest Livestock
Dow Jones averages edge higher while Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show steady to varying gains. Hogs and cattle listings feature price ranges, with hogs at 14.25 to 14.40 for 180 lb plus and cattle mostly 12.75 to 15.75 across several classes. Sheep and lambs display softer trends, with early prices around 13 to 14 dollars for native lambs and weakened ewe demand.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Dry Goods Association Backs General Sales Tax
The National Retail Dry Goods Association favors a general sales levy over the treasury proposals. H. I. Klisenhaus, NRDGA controllers' congress general manager, announced this at the Southwest regional conference in Dallas on October 20.
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National Retail Dry Goods Association
Treasury
H. I. Klisenhaus
NRDGA
Congress
Association
Trolley Motorman Sells $10,000 in War Stamps
Joseph Santiago a 63 year old motorman in Philadelphia sold nearly ten thousand dollars in war stamps from his trolley platform. A Puerto Rico native he served as a private in a Puerto Rican regiment during the last war. He attempted Navy enlistment after Pearl Harbor but was turned down for age. He promoted war stamp sales turning 200 to 300 dollars weekly to the government.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Joseph Santiago
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Santiago
Navy
Camera slung under plane films action in Burma mission
A 55 pound belly camera fitted to a P-40 records air battles and ground targets in Burma. Captain Shirpser and Captain Goff describe the system which streams footage of tracer impacts and bombed barracks for training new pilots. Engineers Foley and Gross built the wind resistant unit with 400 feet of film, aiming to reveal ground hazards from the air.
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Albert V. Ravenholt
United Press
U. S. Army Air Base
Assam
U.P
Burma
War Department
Clifford M. Shirpser
Los Angeles
Cal
Hollywood
American Flying Fortresses Blast German Town
American bombers escorted by fighter planes hit an important industrial town in western Germany today. The operation involved formations of Flying Fortresses and Liberators targeting strategic facilities, with air support ensuring their approach and exit.
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London
U.P
Germany
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