Grand jury opens inquiry into Thelma Todd death
Los Angeles investigators begin a grand jury inquiry into Thelma Todd death. Witnesses discuss a car in the garage emitting monoxide to kill, and a film party phone call hours after the alleged time of death. Key testimonies include cigar store proprietor W F Persson and Inspector Tom Cavett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Todd
Los Angeles
Ima Todd
Grand Jury
W. F. Persson
Tom Cavett
Miss Todd
George Rochester
Persson
Castellamarre
Shouse Attacks Roosevelts Atlanta Speech On Class Hatreds
Jouett Shouse president of the American Liberty League charges Roosevelt’s Atlanta homecoming address sought to inflame class prejudices. He notes the November 29 speech aimed to arouse class antagonisms and contrasts it with Farm Bureau remarks in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jouett Shouse
American Liberty League
Roosevelt
Atlanta, Ga
Shouse
Atlanta
United States
Liberty League
Lindy And Anne Seek Haven Abroad Amid Kidnap Threats
Col Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife and daughter left New York aboard a freighter en route to Europe amid intensified threats against their 3-year-old son Jon. Friends say they plan to settle in England while American sources link his move to Pan American air service plans. Hauptmann’s clemency appeal coincides as the Lindberghs sail secretly, with the ship due in Ireland and then Liverpool, ensuring Christmas at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon
Lindbergh
Englewood
N. J
England
Little Jon
London
Transatlantic Air Service
Colonel Lindbergh
Today
American Merchants Lines
United States Shipping Board
Frank Robinson
William Lee
Marine Funerae Cores
United States Lines
Cobh
Ireland
Liverpool
Lindberghs
Rioting and bloodshed grip Venezuela after Gomez death
Reports from Port of Spain say half a dozen Venezuelan cities are in a state of upheaval as provisional president Elcazar Lopez Contreras fights to hold power. Revoltors burned two Caracas theaters, destroyed a newspaper office, and property damage runs high as troops are deployed to quell disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Juan Vicente Gomez
Elcazar Lopez Contreras
Gomez
Caracas
el Nuevo Diario
Eustoquio Gomez
Cumana
Life of Lindberghs in New Jersey Chronicled in 1930s
Englewood New Jersey recounts the Lindberghs life events from 1928 to 1934, detailing happiness at anniversaries and births, followed by sorrow from travels, the Hopewell home, the 1932 kidnapping and death of Charles Jr, and Hauptmann's 1934 arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
New Jersey
Anne
Smith College
Hill
Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lindberghs
Orient
China
Yellow River
Dwight W. Morrow
America
Hopewell
Lindbergh
Jon
Filer
Greenland
Iceland
Europe
Africa
South America
Inspectors Probe Mine Explosion in West Virginia
State inspectors ruled the Morrison company mine blast was caused by a gas pocket and ordered more inquiry. The Wyatt Coal Sales operator blamed a miner hitting an electric wire with blasting powder. The most injured, Charles Berry, 45, a black coal loader, was hospitalized. Arthur Clark, 47, also injured. About 15 men were in the entry, with 282 in the mine, all able to walk out after ventilation was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Morrison
W. Va
Morrison Company
N. P. Rhinehart
Department of Mines
Wyatt Coal Sales Company
Charles Berry
Beckley Hospital
Arthur Clark
Wyoming County
J. T. Mayner
Mullens
John Laing
Wyatt Company
Roosevelt Signs Official Order Disbanding NRA
President Roosevelt issued a brief executive order terminating the National Recovery Administration and its office. About 1,400 employees will transfer to the Commerce Department to finish code histories and industrial studies by April 1. George L. Berry remains as coordinator for industrial cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Office of
Commerce Department
Supreme Court
Schechter
George L. Berry
Mr. Roosevelt
Gruff
Blunt
Hugh Robnson
Inard M. Baruch
New York
Perkins
Donald Richberg
Johnson
Richberg
Bodies of Victims of Madman Found
Sapulpa Oklahoma December 13 two bodies were found in a field west of town believed to be L A Simpson and his son Warren 14 who vanished a month ago after offer to ride with itinerant oil field worker Chester Comer Comer who died after a shootout with Marshal Oscar Morgan allegedly killed Simpson son and Ray Evans Shawnee civic leader Evans body found near Lindsay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapulpa
Okla
Squirrel Dunters
Here
L. A. Simpson
Piedmont
Warren
Chester Comer
Comer
Simpson
Marshal Oscar Morgan
Blanchard
Oklo
Simpsons
Ray Evans
Shawnee
Evans
Lindsay
WPA Workers Strike for Pay in Wheeling
More than 800 WPA laborers quit work in Wheeling West Virginia until their overdue checks arrive. They said wages should have been paid by Saturday. A courier was dispatched from Charleston with the payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
George Oldham
Charleston
Tragic Yuletide Gift From Father Ends In Death
In Muncie Indiana on December 23 a 33 year old father William E Tilley left notes for his daughter Patricia then cast himself into a cupola furnace at a foundry The notes spoke of a Christmas gift for Patricia and of his grief since his wife and child left last July He feared his mind might fail and endanger coworkers and left a final poem To Patricia From Daddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Patricia Tilley
Patricia
William E. Tilley
Tricia
Westral
Tilley
Convicts Free From Custody Shoot Guard In Taxi Escape
In Boston on December 23 two convicted burglars overpowered guard Walter Doucette 45 and shot him as they fled in a taxi while being returned to prison. The driver Frank Riordan was dragged from the cab. police later found the vehicle in Hanover Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Walter Doucette
City Hospital
Edward Guarnell
Antonio Repucci
North End
Union
Odham
Atlantic Avenue
Doucette
Frank Riordan
Hanover Street
Newlyweds Are Given Surprise Yule Present
In Wellsburg West Virginia on December 23 a surprised New Freeport Pennsylvania couple Ruth Fenner and Doyle Gregg learned they were license record number 5 826 for 1935. Courthouse workers had planned a mantle clock gift for the pair breaking the 1934 5 825 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
Freeport
Gretna Green
Ruth Fenner
Doyle Gregg
Ruth
Doyle
Bluefields Christmas Tree Program Set With Santa Here
Santa Claus will visit about 1800 underprivileged children in Bluefield today. About 2,500 dollars was raised December 15 for the Community Christmas Tree Association. White children in Ramsey auditorium at 4 pm, with toy and fruit distribution at Municipal auditorium. colored children at Genoa high school auditorium. The Bluefield Va tree at city hall was decorated and checked for every child. The Rev G E Lundy and Beaver's A Cappella choir will provide program and carols. Santa may arrive by plane or in a fast automobile due to possible snow.
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Santa Claus
Bluefield
Community Christmas Tree Association
W. Va
Ramsey Auditorium
Municipal Auditorium
Old St Nicholas
Genoa High School
E. Lundy
Beaver
Tom Wilson
al Rutherford
Mona County
Norman Claggett
Eden Takes Over Duties as Britains Foreign Minister
Anthony Eden formally assumed leadership of Britain's foreign affairs amid a cautious policy on further sanctions. Britain and France report satisfactory talks with military and naval staff as envoys push fortification of the Dardanelles and possible Rhodes return, while Spain and Portugal face shifts in defense pacts and British protection.
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Eden
Brit Oh Foreign Minister
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Dardanelles
Paris
Turkey
Asia
Rhodes
France
Russia
Treay
Lausanne
Aegean Sea
Italy
Rome
Spain
Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
Hauptmann files mercy plea in Lindbergh case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann signed and filed a four page petition for mercy in his death sentence case. The document was submitted to New Jersey's court of pardons by a prison attendant as Hauptmann faced imminent execution. A pardons court session was set for Monday to consider the petition and related matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
Death House
Irving Bleam
Mark O'Kimberling
Albert B. Hermann
Harold G. Hoffman
Charles Weise
Newburgh
Hermann
Guffey Coal Bill Takes Short Route To Supreme Court
A dis charged kitchen helper shot and killed Mrs. Mary L. Ginder housekeeper at Founder's Hall Haverford College during a holiday dinner. Roy Crittenden of Ardmore surrendered later and told police, I just shot a woman at Haverford College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guffey
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Mary L. Ginder
Founder's Hall
Laverford College
Ardmore
Wiliam Rogers
Lower Merion
Rogers
Haverford College
Cold Wave Sweeps from Northwest Spreading Snow Across Nation
Chicago December 23 A northwest cold wave brings ear tingling cold for Christmas across the nation. Frigid air drops to below zero in the north with four to ten inches of snow in parts of the Midwest and East. Accidents rise as dangerous travel continues with four Kentucky and one Minnesota death toll added to a week end total of 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Rockies
Moorhead Minn
Devils Lake
N. D
Iowa
Wisconsin
Washington
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Salt Lake City
Denver
California
Kentucky
Minnesota
Coal miner asks high court to review hanging conviction
A Logan county coal miner Aiben W. Chancey 42 seeks Supreme Court review of his murder conviction and January 24 hanging. He claims error for lack of a material witness and new evidence alleging Napier 46 fought him after being told to leave Chaney's Lundale home October 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
Supreme Court
Aiben W. Chancey
Logan Circuit
Henry Napier
Chancey
Lundale
Napier
Otis Chancey
Henry C. Getzendanner
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Frederick
Getzendanner
Frederick County Products, Incorporated
Tennessee
Fishback
Glasscock
Frederick Run
Frederick County
Kump
Cae Enners
Bert Youngblood Held on Prisoner Theft Charge
Bert Youngblood of Cacapon district is jailed again in Berkeley Springs West Virginia charged with stealing 13 16 dollars from fellow prisoners. State police say he spent the money after cashing two checks given to him by inmates after release. He pleaded guilty and drew a 10 day sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Bert Youngblood
Cacapon District
Youngblood
Justices Grant Short Cut To Rule On Guffey Act Cases
The Supreme Court signaled willingness to rule on the Guffey act and other New Deal measures after a brief session. It granted a government and coal operators’ request for a fast track, with January 6 set to hear cases including Guffey and related land condemnation for public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
AAA
PWA
Justice
Federal District Court For
Wisconsin
Halsey, Stuart and Company, Inc
Chicago
Circuit Courts of Appeal
Circuit Court
Stanley Reed
High Tribunal
Public Works Administration
Train Dispatcher Seriously Hurt In Auto Crash
W. A. Haun 32 of Bluefield Va assistant train dispatcher was hurled through his car windshield after a wheel draged a streetcar track causing a collision with a pole on Virginia Ave Bluefield. He was trapped then landed in a creek under a bridge and was listed in grave condition at St Luke s hospital with multiple facial injuries possible skull fracture and internal injuries.
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W. A
Bill) Haun
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Virginia Avenue
Old Dominion
Haun
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Ida Lupino
Miss Lupino
Mise Todd
Roland West
Jewel Carmen
Cavett
Lindy
Little Son
Engleone
Harold G.hof
Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey Board of Pardons
U. S
Col. Lindbergh
Venezuela
Nam
Pew
WPA
GET
Bluefields
Young Statesman
Ethiopia
The
Associated Press
Madrid
Mediterranean
Thiopia
Page Hight
Court of Pardon
Indiana
Detroit
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
James W. Carter
Carter Coal Company
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Carter
R. C. Tway Coal Company
Louwisville
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