Curtis Confession Repeats Lindbergh Case Deception
John H Curtis of Norfolk Virginia admitted to police that his alleged contacts with Lindbergh kidnappers were a total fabrication. He said money offers from newspapers and a film company pushed him to create a fictitious story, which he now regrets amid police investigations and potential charges.
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Hopewell
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk, Va
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Cin Se It
Curtis
Lindbergh
Harry Walsh
New York Herald- Tribune
the News
Fox Film Company
Colonel Lindbergh
Marie Truesdale
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
John H. Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Norfolk Officials Question Lindbergh Kidnap Case Figures
John Hughes Curtis confession that he and three Norfolk intermediaries dealt with phantoms in the Lindbergh kidnapping case shocks Norfolk. The Very Rev. H Dobson-Peacock, Rear Admiral Guy Burrage, and Col. Lindbergh had engaged in months of negotiations, and officials say the confession points to a fake scheme and a missing ransom.
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Curtis
Dean Peacock
Guy H. Burrage
Lindbergh
New York Herald-Tribune
Daily News
Richard Lee
Virginia
Harry Moore
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Moore
Schwarzkopf
Admiral Burrage
Memphis
New York
Paris
New Jersey
John F Condon
John Hughes Curtis
Pee
H. Dobson- Peacock
Mr. Curtis
United States Navy
Director of Public Safety
Charles H. Borland
S. W. Ironmonger
Sourland Hills
Associated Press
Dobson-Peacock
Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dean Dobeon-Peacock
Morrow
Mexico City
Guy Burrage
Flyer
Marcon
Charles H. Consolvo
Baltimore
Dean Dobson-Peacock
Schwarkopf
Second Meadow Lake victim found floating in water
Helena Independent reports Ralph H. Saum was recovered from Meadow Lake, joining Dr. William M. Copenhaver and H. L. Zimmerman in a tragedy that claimed three Helena residents. Saum, born 1880 in Kansas, worked for American Smelting and Refining Co. His body was found near the Watkins cabin, identified by clothing and papers, and prepared for burial in Kansas City.
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Watkins
Mitchell
Watkins Cabin
T. L Hawkins
Zimmerman
Helena
Saum
Hawkins
R. E. Morrison
American Smelter and Refining Company
Garfield
Utah
Tacoma
Shelby Smelter
American Smelting and Refining Company
San Francisco
East Helena
Kansas City
Meadow Lake
Wickersham Calls for National Prohibition Referendum
George W. Wickersham former chairman of Hoover’s crime commission backs a national referendum on the eighteenth amendment He advocates state conventions held in an off presidential year to sound out public opinion on prohibition He notes the commission’s broader work on crime and law enforcement deserves attention beyond the prohibition debate.
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Washington
Wickersham Commission
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Wickersham
Commission
Newton D. Baker
Justice Department
High School Cast Earns Semi Final Honors At Missoula
The Little Theater cast tied with Butte in the semi finals, with Butte advancing for originality. Big Timber placed second in the semi finals. Cast members included Ethel Epperson Belinda Tjaaland Cleve Langston and Donald Curtis. Final exams are Mar 23 24. Community events include Baccalaureate service at the Lutheran church and Commencement Monday evening. Visitors day in Home Economics on May 14 featured fresh men clothing exhibit. Seniors wore caps and gowns May 16. Faculty held an all day picnic on the Boulder near Cole's despite rain.
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Little Theater
Missoula
Butte
Big Timber
Ethel Epperson
Belinda Tjaaland
Cleve Langston
Donald Curtis
Lutheran Church
Cole's
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