Murder Case Sparks The Enson Benson Mystery
In New York County District Attorney Markham investigates the Alvin Benson murder case. Journalist narrator S. S. Van Dine discusses motive, opportunity, and psychology with Markham, noting that crime often hinges on human temperament and not just clear evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ance Philo
John F.X. Markham
New York County
Alvin H. Benson
Wall Street
Major Anthon
Anna Platz
Alvin Benson
Muriel ST Clair
Aon
Leacock
St. R’s
Fina Oe Pfyte
Alvin Nson
Acon Banning
Iugir
Hoffman
Benson and Benson
Bigsby Ostrander
William H. Moriarty
George G. Stitt
Stitt, and McCoy
Pone Dinwiddie
Ernest Wrarr
Burke
Snitxin
Emery
Ben Hanlon
Vance
Sumner
Author's League
Markham
Poets and Detectives on Murder and Misdirection
The discussion traces how Chaucer and Shakespeare influenced crime myth, notes Chesterton in Father Brown and the practice of sensational devices in detective fiction, and cites Pearon and Goring on English criminals. It concludes with a Sir Basil Thomson remark on murder outwitting the public eye and the danger of a poisoner’s careless progression.
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Chaucer
Mordre Wal
Shakespeare
Markham
Vance
G. K. Chesterton
Father Brown
Pearon and Goring
England
Sir Basil Thomson K. C. B
Metropolitan Police
London
Saturday Evening Post
Mount Vernon Woman Pleads for Death in Murder Trial
Mrs Elsie Sweetin of Mount Vernon Illinois pleaded for death if she killed her husband at her second trial. In the first trial she and Rev Lawrence Hight were sentenced to life imprisonment for the same murder.
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Benson
Markham
Miss St. Clair
Leacock
Vance
Elsie Sweetin
Mount Vernon, Il
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
Quick lunches improve appetite says ad urging readers to chew Pape's Diapepsin after meals. The product claims to keep food sweet and aid digestion within six minutes, with endorsements from druggists and thousands of users.
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Ingo
Pape
Opera broadcast features La Gioconda on WEAF network
National Grand Opera Company presents La Gioconda broadcast on WEAF tonight. Cast includes Frances Lebel as Gioconda, Devora Nadworney as Opheelia, Enzo Giuseppe di Benedetto as Enzo, with Ivan Ivantzoff and Cesare Sodero conducting. BOGS 2.600.
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National Grand Opera Company
WEAF
Red
Giocenda
Frances Lebel Bogs
Devora Nadworney
Enzo
Giuseppe di Benedetto
Otis Skinner to guest on Eveready Hour program
Otis Skinner, famed American actor and producer, will be the guest artist on tonight's Eveready Hour. The program will be broadcast by a score of stations affiliated with the National Broadcasting Company with incidental music by Shilkret's Orchestra and soloists.
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New York
U.P
Otis Skinner
National Broadcasting Company
Shilkret
Radio Schedule Highlights Across Networks and Times
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WDWM WSB WPG WLW WSAI WTAM WDAF WEAF WIZ WCAE WPG WSAI WWJ WCX WDAF WJZ WGY KDKA and more. It notes 7:00 talks, 8:00 studio features, 9:00 audiences and ensembles, 10:00 dance orchestras, and NBC WEAF broadcasts including opera and history features with varied hosts and ensembles.
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WDWM
Asbury Park
Go14 bullion arrives in Amsterdam from London by air
A bullion shipment worth five million dollars was flown from London to Amsterdam by aeroplane express. The rare metal, valued at five million dollars, was delivered to a local facility, with authorities noting secure handling procedures.
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Amsterdam
London
Aeroplane Express
Red Headed Woodpecker A Winter Visitor And Nesting Bird
The article explains how the red headed woodpecker relies on winter food sources in the region and often stays near beech trees when acorns allow. It describes nesting behavior including a maple tree nest used by children, clashes with English sparrows, vivid red head and black white body, and calls like Ker r uck. It notes use of poles and posts for drumming and feeding habits from berries to insects.
Descriptions of Birds and Landscape in Field Scene
The scene features a large female bird on the left with a dark warm grey head and light yellow, a light warm brown grey breast, dark brown wings with black feather lines, and a white wing patch like the males. Two smaller birds fly nearby. the male is closest to the tree trunk. The deadwood tree has dark brown to near black bark. foreground echoes the trees with a hint of green. Distant hills appear bluish purple. the sky shows blue with soft grey clouds.
SICK WOMAN PRAISES VEGETABLE COMPOUND FOR RELIEF
A neighbor suggested Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and two women report recovery. Mrs Bertha Meachan of Lansing Michigan says it ended dread in work after illness. Mrs Marie K Williams of Ketchikan Alaska says it let her do housework again. The compound, made from roots and herbs, has been used for over fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia F. Pinkham
Bertha Meachan
N. Penn. Ave
Lansing
Mich
Lydia BF. Pinkham
Marie K. Williams
Ketchikan
Alaska
Michigan
Maine
Oregon
Connecticut
California
Lyda E. Pinkham
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Cheenson
S. Ss
van Dine
Sunday Supplement
Couttary
Lombroso
Yellow Journals
DuBois
Karl Pearson
Goring
Burreau
Charles Scribner's Sons
Ponchielli
WSB
Atlanta
Roxy
Herren
the Wanderer
Atwater
Kent Foundation
WPG
Atlantic City
Traymore Orchestra
Tali Cedars
WLW
Cincinnati
Gibson
Johnson
WSAIL
NBC
WTAM
Cleveland
Memory's Garden
WWS
Detroit
Wcx-Wir
WJZ
Lingeman Minstrels
Goldkette
WDAF
Kansas City
School of the Air
Wiz
Breyer
Priedman
Pittsburgh
Latte Symphony
NBC Guabean
WCAE
Uins Orchestra
Sapical
Eogen R
Chmond
Wary
Eabencote
Seis
Biltmore
Atwater Kent Foundation
Howard Theatre
Chalfonte-Haddon
Jean Wiener
WwLw
Cocinnatta
Munich
Harmony Four
Crossey Orchestra
Formica Orchestra
Land O Dance
WSAI
State Theatre
WWJ
Goldzette
Kansas
Spee
School of the
NBC Sateteen
Kaufmann
Folger
Nighthawks
Waldorf
George O'Brien
Banka
Sealey Air Weavers
Hofbrau Orchestra
WII
New Y York
Prank Cole
Cook
the Continentals
Pennsylvania Orchestra
KDKA
WGY
Schenectady
Ollie Yettra
Daily News Feature Syndicate
Lydia E. Pinkham
Toledo
Ohio State Grotto Association
Piadas
Columbus
John L. Clifton
Hools
Chicago
George Werndt
Webster
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