Last Chance Hunt For Lost Airmen Proves Fruitless
Honolulu watchers lament the fruitless search for Flight Lieutenant C T P Ulm and his two companions aboard the Star of Australia. Navy and Army air crews and coast guard craft scoured 400 miles from Oahu with 30,000 gallons of fuel spent as the hunt shifted southwest of Honolulu. The Black Box of uncertainty remains as officials weigh wreckage theories and drifted objects spotted by scouts.
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Honolulu
C. T. P. Ulm
Pacific
Ulm
Lane
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Alm
George Littlejohn
J. Leon Skilling
Star of Australia
Harry E. Yarnall
Son
Oahu
Oakland
Calif
Australia
Itasca
Admiral Yarneau
Larry Doetsner
Maliko
Doestsner
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Paul Foley
Naval Flier
TAZEWELL MAN DECLARED DEATH BY OWN ACTION
Raymond Whitman age 32 living with his parents at Horsepen Cove was found dead in a field from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The investigation by Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph Gillespie found the wound self inflected during an ill health induced act. Funeral services to be held at the Whitman home with burial in the family cemetery.
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Raymond Whitman
John Whitman
Horsepen Cove
Tazewell
Whitman
Joseph Gillespie
Commonwealth
Miss Tennings
Tazewell County
Whitman Family
Woman on Trial in Slaying of Husband in Wheeling
Carrie Smith a 300 pound Black woman went on trial before an Ohio county jury charged with killing her husband Clarence May 26. The state seeks life imprisonment while defense indicates self defense will be proved.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Carrie Smith
Ohio
Clarence May
Australian pilot feared lost in Pacific crossing attempt
Lieutenant C T P Ulm an Australian flyer is believed lost with two companions after attempting to fly from California to Honolulu their aircraft missing over the Pacific as search efforts continue.
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Ieutenant C. T. P. Ulm
Pacific
California
Honolulu
Roosevelt Returns to Washington with New Deal Backing
President Roosevelt travels from Warm Springs to Washington conveying optimism about the new deal. He plans a moderate legislative program for the upcoming congress and will radio a national address in about ten days. He endorses continued CCC work and urges private sector job absorption while keeping public works available.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Warm Springs
Georgia
Congress
Little White House
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Russell Reynolds
Camp Merriwether CCC
Mr. Roosevelt
Private Industry Urges Government Cooperation For Recovery
At the American industry congress in New York, Dr. Virgil Jordan and Raymond Moley urged private business to lead the recovery, criticizing government mobs and calling for cooperation, reduced group coercion, and more private initiative to move money and reemploy workers. The group prepared a recovery platform to guide federal efforts.
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Moley
New York
Congress of American Industry
Virgil Jordan
National Industrial Conference Board
Raymond Moley
Congress
Jordan
Lawson Faces New Trial After Deadlocked Jury
Beckley West Virginia November 5 Former state auditor Edgar C Lawson was ordered held on 5000 bond for a January trial after a jury failed to reach a verdict on a conspiracy to defraud charge The eight day trial centered on a sale of a 2000 certificate by Guaranty Investment of which Lawson was president The state contends the company was insolvent when closed by Auditor Sims in 1933
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Edgar B. Sims
Lawson
C. E. McGee
Rhodell
Guaranty Investment Company
Sims
Scientists Reach Scene Of Mysterious Island Deaths
Los Angeles dispatch reports Captain G Allan Hancock arriving at Charles Island in the Galapagos with Smithsonian scientists. They identify victims Alfred Lorenz Paris and Charles Island and Trygve Nuggrud, note Baroness Eloise Bousquet de Wagner expelled Lorenz before vanishing, and recount Ritter and Prau Dore’s exodus to flee civilization.
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Los Angeles
Friederich Ritter
Marchena Island
G. Allan Hancock
Charles Island
Galapagos Archipelago
Alfred Rudolph Lorenz
Paris
Trygve Nuggrud
Eloise Bousquet de Wagner
Convict Island
Lorenz
Hancock
Charl Island
Smithsonian Institution
Ritter
Singer
Berlin
Prau Dore
Equator
Pacific
Ecuador
Arthur Whittman
Margaret
Frau Dore
Whittman
Men chained to poles in Paintsville street public punishment
Three men age 22 to 25 were chained to power poles with 25 pound iron balls at aPaintsville street corner after refusing to work off fines for drunkenness. Police Judge R A Patrick ordered the punishment but later kept the men jailed pending payment or a medical certificate. State officials said no Kentucky law supports pillorying prisoners in public.
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Paintsville
Dee
R. A. Patrick
Bailey P. Wootton
Frankfort
Kentucky
James Price
William Dills
Oscar
Blackie) Pelphrey
Price
Pelphrey
Dill
Patrick
Committee hears Hearsi College changes Dupont officials obtain support
In Washington the senate munitions inquiry records an indirect shipment of DuPont explosives to Manchuria amid embargo rules. DuPont officials deny knowledge of destination and challenge questioning of Herbert Hoover. Hoover blames the Senate for Geneva convention delays. Bluefield College plans to become a four year school with new programs and a nine week summer term.
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Hearsi College
Dupont
Washington
Manchuria
Senate
Irenee duPont
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Palo Alto
Frank B. Kellogg
John Q. Tilson
Geneva
House
Bluefield College
Edwin C. Wade
Wade
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Baptist Association
Virginia Department of Education
NRA Labor Posters Must Be Displayed In Retail Stores
Charleston W V December 5 NRA with new Washington instructions requires every retail store to display at least one labor poster outlining hour and wage provisions. F Witcher McCullough state NRA director urged display now during the Christmas season when stores hire extra help.
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Charleston
W. Va
Washington
F. Witcher McCullough
NRA
McCullough
Great Britain to Help Police Saar During Plebiscite
Geneva report outlines Britain to assist police in the Saar during the plebiscite set for January 13 while France refuses to send troops. France and Britain seek means to ensure fair balloting as tensions rise over potential German reunification plans.
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Great Britain
Geneva
France
Saar Basin
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations Council
Germany
League
Laval
Anthony Eden
Saar
Richberg cites NRA failures and urges continued govt role
Donald Richberg, executive director of the National Emergency Council, told a Manufacturers meeting that NRA has not yet fulfilled all its founders’ hopes. He blamed private business disorganization and missed opportunities while urging not to abandon federal support until private capital acts. He warned against using NRA for personal gain and overreaching rules.
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New York
NRA
Donald Richberg
National Emergency Council
Congress of American Industry
Richberg
Blankenship clemency plea to be decided in West Virginia
Greeley Blankenship, sentenced to hang Friday for the murder of John Christofone, hears a clemency decision after Pardon Attorney A. W. Garnett reviews trial records in Mingo county court. Blankenship claims trial error and unable to fund a Supreme Court appeal. defense cites self defense. Christofone died near Matewan as he urged his wife not to leave Blankenship. Blankenship says Christofone was his childhood sweetheart's husband.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dee
Greeley Blankenship
Mingo County
John Christofone
A. W. Garnett
H. G. Kump
Williamson
Blankenship
Supreme Court
Christofone
Matewan
Widow of Baby Face Nelson tells Barrington battle tale
RS Helen Gillis widow of outlaw Baby Face Nelson reveals details of the wounding and death of the hunted desperado in the Barrington clash. She says he died in her arms during the fight and describes the pivotal moments surrounding the end of the pursuit.
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Helen Gillis
Nelson
Barrington
Widow tells of death of Nelson in Dillinger case
Helen Gillis the widow of George Nelson faces a federal sentence for probation violation in Milwaukee. Government agents renew efforts to capture Dillinger gang remnants John Hamilton and Alvin Karpis as details emerge about Nelson’s death in the Lake Geneva shootout. Nelson died surrounded by family after a lengthy gun battle with federal agents Cowley and Hollis.
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Chicago
Helen Gillis
Federal
Department of Justice
George “Baby Face
Nelson
Madison
Wia
John Dillinger
John Hamilton
Alvin Karpis
Samuel P. Cowley
Herman
Hollis
Barrington
Juliette Fitzsimmons
The
Daily Times
Cowley
Mrs. Gillis
Les
Lester M. Gillis
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Serum that kills cancer cells shown by London scientist
Dr. Thomas Lumsden of London Hospital reports a new serum that kills cancer tissue removed from animals and preserves healthy tissue in experiments. He cautions it is in the experimental stage and not for human use, though it offers encouragement in targeting cancer cells without harming normal cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Thomas Lumsden
Cancer Research Laboratories
London Hospital
Dr. Lumsden
British Empire Cancer Campaign
Soviet executes on White Guards after terrorism trials
Sixty six White Guards labeled enemies of the Soviet were executed after trials by a military collegium in Leningrad and Moscow. Seventy one others faced trial for terrorism plans, while five were held for further investigation. The cases were held behind closed doors under new terror laws after Sergei Kirov's assassination.
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Moscow
Supreme Court
Leningrad
Sergei Kiroff
Communist Party
Russia
Finland
Via
Poland
Conn Kiroff
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