Lindbergh baby case nears a key electrocution ruling
Prosecutor Anthony Hauck of Hunterdon County New Jersey speaks in Trenton amid a flurry of reporters as he criticizes Governor Hoffman actions. He pledges possible legal actions to block a reprieve and push for an impeachment inquiry. Arch W. Loney, federal employee and wood expert, backs the governor’s attic inspection showing ladder and lumber differences.
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Sareesert Hauptmann
Anthony Hauck
Hunterdon County
N. J
Trenton
Hoffman
Hauck
Arch W. Loney
New Jersey
Mercer County
Wendel
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
Sourland Hills
Hauptmann Pleas to Pardon Court Face Skeptical Judges
New Jersey appeals unfold as Governor Hoffman urges detailed clemency review for Bruno Hauptmann facing a Tuesday electric chair deadline. The pardon court, seen as merciful, weighs Hauptmann innocence claims and the fairness of his Flemington trial amid new confessions from Paul Wendel and Gaston Means and renewed questions about state witnesses.
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Dale Harrison
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Flemington
Pardons Court
Court of Mercy
Law
Jersey
Paul H. Wendel
Gaston B. Means
Bronx
New York
Wendel
Mercer County
Forced Vote Gives Hitler Big Majority
Germany completed a far reaching plebiscite on Hitler’s Rhineland march with 99 percent support. Officials announced 44,411,911 ballots clearly marked Hitler while 543,026 were invalid or wrote No. The result underscored Nazi unity as Hitler prepared counter proposals to the Locarno powers and called for a new Reichstag to affirm his policies.
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RLIN
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
der Fuehrer
Goung
Hitler
Locarno
London
Anthony Eden
Wilhelmstrasse
Versailles
Reichstag
Ohio River Drop Aids Work of Rehabilitation
The Ohio River fell below flood stage from Pittsburgh to Pom eroy helping rehabilitation efforts after floods two weeks earlier. Water level dropped from Pomeroy toward Louisville and then rose near Cairo with steady change downstream easing recovery tasks.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy
Louisville
Leavenworth
Ind
Cairo
Ohio CCC enrollee dies in accidental shooting
Klamath Falls Oregon report says 20 year old Richard Granger of Mt Gilead Ohio was killed at Tule Lake CCC Camp when a small caliber pistol discharged while he was handling it in his cabin corner. Officers said the weapon fired as it touched a box.
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Klamath Falls
Qre
Richard Granger
Mt. Gilead
Tule Lake
CCC
Odoriferous livities in Swiss customs referenced
The Messenger notes a satirical description of December traditions in Switzerland, highlighting a pageant for marriageable girls, a cheese and onion market, and Congress opening. The writer questions the taste of these customs and their alignment with lawmakers.
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Decemin
Switzerland
Wiss
the Messenger
Aching Feet Link to Divorce Courts Say Experts
Dr. H C Stahl of Canton Ohio told a chiropodists convention that foot problems make people irritable and clash with their mates. Dr E W Cordingley of Clinton Indiana demonstrated a suction device to stimulate foot circulation claiming it has saved limbs from gangrene in some cases.
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ST. Louis
H. C. Stahl
Canton
Ohio
Stahl
E. W. Cordingley
Clinton, Ind
Cordingley
Mrs Worstell Dies After Short Illness in Athens
Athens prominent resident Mrs Lenora Michael Worstell wife of Judge L G Worstell died after a brief hospital illness. Born near Nelsonville she studied at Ohio University and engaged in community clubs including Reading Club First Methodist Church and American Association of University Women. Funeral at home Tuesday at two with six bank officers as pallbearers, burial at West Union Street Cemetery.
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Lenora Michael Worstell
Athens
L. G. Worstell
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Worstell
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reading Club
First Methodist Episcopal Church
American Association of University Women
Mary QG. Ness
Pallas Club
Alpha Xi Delta
Judge Worstell
Lawrence Worstell
Cleveland
M. E. Twiss
Ed Shipley
Ray Michael
Edgar Michael
Phillip Michael
W. H. Fowler
Security Bank
Roger J. Jones
Samuel B. Erskine
Gordon Gray
C. M. Gill
Fred H. Beckler
Charles Beckler
W. Union St
Extent of Injury Will Decide Legal Charge
In Zanesville prosecutor Virgil E. Johnson postponed charging Raysher, 28, until the level of Morpeth’s injuries is known. Morpeth, 64, a county jail turnkey, was shot in the chest during an escape attempt. Fisher confessed to wounding him. Helen Jones, 26, allegedly smuggled the revolver in bread. Morpeth remains in critical condition. Fisher faces possible grand jury action on a burglary charge.
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Kirkham
New Lisbon
Carroll T. Jones
Wendel
P. H. Wendel
P. H. Wendel.’’) “It Treated Him Like A Guest,’’ Dr. Jones
Marshall
Hauptmann
Zanesville
Virgil E. Johnson
Raysher
William Morpeth
Fisher
Morpeth
Helen Jones
Johnson
Kidnapping Described by Bucyrus Theater Assistant
Harry White 26 assistant manager at Shine's Bucyrus theater reported being kidnapped by three men after closing Sunday night. He says they blindfolded him after demanding the safe combination, drove him out of the city, and left him in a ditch before he escaped unharmed.
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Bucyrus
Harry White
Shine
Bucyrus Theater
White
Limitation of Tax Plan Is Pointed Out
Washington AP An administration spokesman told the House Ways and Means committee the revenue program would advance tax equity but not fully cover needs for additional revenue. Helvering said revisions to the corporate tax would reduce inequality and boost federal revenue while targeting avoidance. He supported the plan but urged exploring temporary near term sources to bridge gaps between committee and Roosevelt recommendations. Business groups prepared to critique major features as Republican members called hearings irregular and a fishing expedition.
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Washington
Helvering
Treasury
Chamber
House
Italian Planes Destroy Harar
An Italian air raid on Harar caused widespread fires and panic in the Ethiopian city, burning several hospitals and French centers. A squadron dropped incendiary bombs for over two hours, but most residents fled after early warning leaving few casualties. The attack targets a strategic Moslem center 250 miles east of Addis Ababa.
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Addis Ababa
Harar
Ethiopia
Cold Wave Forecast Chips Away at Ohio Temperatures
In Columbus meteorologist W. H. Alexander said a new cold wave would push temperatures to 15 to 20 degrees by Tuesday afternoon. The system brings rain tonight changing to light snow on Tuesday with a sharp temperature drop ending the brief spring spell for a day.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. H. Alexander
Letters read in court reveal motive in Gebhardt case
Vera Stretz detailed her relationship with Dr. Fritz Gebhardt as prosecutors introduced letters in court. The German industrialist and the 32 year old university graduate exchanged messages from 1935 discussing longing and plans to live nearby.
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New York
Vera Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
Gebhardt
Toronto
Fritz
Wind Strikes Yakima Farms Fanning Chickens and Cows
Farmers report strong winds in Yakima Washington with chickens losing plumage and a pitch fork blown through a cow's eye from 200 feet away, alarming residents at the Boiselle farm.
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Yakima
Wash
M. Foy
Frank Boiselle
Drive Push For Building Of Reservoirs In Ohio Valley
Ohio valley leaders from three states unite to push immediate construction of 14 reservoirs at 85 million dollars to curb floods. They cite army engineers backing the plan and note a broader 39 reservoir project cost 211 million dollars, with 14 key to rapid aid.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Tri-State Authority
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Charles E. Holzer
Gallipolis
Flood Control Congress
Army
Cincinnati
Rural Farm Families To Receive Homesteads
The Rural Resettlement Administration approved final plans for the Scioto rural resettlement project to provide farm homesteads for 160 eligible families in Fayette, Ross and Pickaway Counties. First preference goes to families moving from the Zaleski and Ross Hocking forestry projects.
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Champaign
Ill
Rural Resettlement Administration
Scioto
Fayette, Ross and Pickaway
Dean
Jennings
Zaleski
Ross-Hocking
Japanese Raid Mongol Border Escalates Border Clash
Soviet dispatches report two fresh clashes on the Mongol frontier with Japanese Manchukuoan troops attacking border posts at Adik-Dollon and Bulun-Dersa. The invaders were repelled, with Japanese Manchukuoan losses cited. Outer Mongolia, allied with Soviet Russia, vows to resist further incursions.
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Moscow
Manchoukuo
Adik-Dollon
Bulun- Dersa
Russia
Seek Building Of Lake Canal Hearing In Washington
Representatives from 150 communities pressed for a Lake Erie to Ohio River canal to boost western Pennsylvania and Great Lakes industry. Railroad spokesmen and canal advocates opposed with plans to use French Creek in western Pennsylvania. Army engineers will hear both sides over several days after reports favored the Beaver Mahoning Canal.
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Washington
Army
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Army Board of Engineers
French Creek
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Beaver-Mahoning
Ohio Traffic Death Toll Declines Sunday
Ohio's traffic death toll fell sharply Sunday as highways crowded with autos. Two deaths were reported one from a truck crash in Cincinnati and another from injuries after a pedestrian collision in Cincinnati last week.
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Ohio
Associated Press
George Sanger
Cincinnati
William Espett
London publisher and former Lord Mayor dies at 71
Lord Marshall of Chipstead, a London publisher and former Lord Mayor of London, died Sunday night at age 71 in the capital.
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London
Lord Marshall of
Chipstead
Republicans Attack New Deal Farm Plan as Communistic
The Republican National Committee accused the New Deal of sponsoring farm communities that are communistic in conception. It said the Resettlement Administration is creating communal farms in West Virginia and other states modeled on the Russian pattern with cooperative work and shared proceeds.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
New Deal
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Autos To Blame for Increase In Heart Failures
Dr. John H. Upham of Ohio State University claims automobiles contribute to rising heart death rates over the past decade. He notes lack of regular exercise from car dependence, especially among professionals, and contrasts Europe where motor use is restricted with a steadier U.S. rise in heart deaths. He says most deaths are arteriosclerotic, not old-fashioned valvular disease.
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Dean
Columbus
John H. J. Upham
Ohio State University
America
Upham
United States
England
France
Death of Polo Star's Wife Attributed to Self Inflicted
Justice of the Peace O IL Wiley ruled that Mrs. Alice Morgan Coulter wife of Harold K Duke Coulter polo star and former Army captain shot herself in her San Antonio apartment Sunday a maid found her body with a revolver nearby a bullet in her head Coulter who trains ponies was located at Seguin Texas and notified of the tragedy.
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Ban Antonio
Tex
Justice of the Peace O. IL
Wiley
Alice Morgan Coulter
Harold K
Duke) Coulter
Justice Wiley
Brooklyn editor George Naeder, AP veteran, dies at 70
George Naeder, a former Associated Press news editor based in Brooklyn, died Sunday night at age 70. He spent decades shaping AP coverage and contributed to key wire service reporting in his career.
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Brooklyn
George Naeder
The
Associated Press
Lightning strikes near delivery at Mrs Kennedy home
Lightning hit a furniture delivery in Shelby North Carolina as Yates Hawkins and Marvin Byers worked at Mrs M B Kennedy residence. The truck cab burned, the home underpinning scattered, windows shattered and a radio ruined. No injuries reported.
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Shelby
N. C
Yates Hawkins
Marvin Byers
Disappearance To Be Probed In Ohio Town
Ottawa County sheriff Dewey Cullensen said he may seek help from the justice department to investigate the missing John Zetzer a 35 year old Port Clinton man last seen Friday. Relatives say Zetzer left his garage with three men posing as U S Department of rustic agents and were to take him to Fremont for identification.
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Toledo
Dewey Cullensen
Ottawa County
Department of Justice
John Zetzer
Port Clinton
Zetzer
U. S. Department of Rustic
Joseph Zetzer
Fremont
Mrs Vanderbilt Loses Appeal in Custody Case
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt failed to win Supreme Court review of a New York custody decree. The court denied the appeal, leaving custody of the 12 year old Gloria with her aunt Gertrude Van derbilt Whitney after sensational hearings in New York.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
New York
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
New York Supreme Court
Kentucky Flying Cadet Killed in Plane Crash
Mount Clemens Michigan report says Flying Cadet Charles E Kramer 23 of Selfridge Field died when his solo training pursuit plane crashed two miles north of New Baltimore near his Kentucky home. Authorities investigated the accident.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Charles E. Kramer
Selfridge Field
New Baltimore
Court Rules Violation In Sugar Institute Suit
The Supreme Court ruled that certain practices of the Sugar Institute Inc violate the Sherman Act. The decision marks a significant antitrust ruling in a high profile case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
The
Sugar Institute, Inc
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