Lindbergh kidnapping probe faces shifting clues
New Jersey police weigh conflicting statements as Ernest Brinkert, Violet Sharpe, and others are linked to the Lindbergh baby case. Miller and Catherine Minners assert Miss Sharpe’s companions on March 1 night ride. Brinkert maintains an alibi. Investigators check timelines in Alpine and Bridgeport, while England’s Scotland Yard notes Sharpe relatives not involved.
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Ernest Miller
Catherine Minners
Auto Party
Lindbergh
Alpine
N. J
Morrow
Violet Sharpe
Ernest Brinkert
Miss Sharpe
Brinkert
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Miller
Frank Page
Bridgeport
Conn
James Fitzpatrick
Page
Inspector Walsh
Washington
England
John F. Condon
Scotland Yard
Edna
Emily Sharpe
Question Sister Beenham Report Sparks Yard Probe
Scotland Yard officials said they were convinced Emily Sharpe sister of Violet Sharpe who died by her own action yesterday in New Turn to Page Tuer in Beenham England on June 11.
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Beenham
England
Scotland Yard
Emily Sharpe
Violet Sharpe
Page Tuer
Senate shifts stock inquiry to Continental Shares
Washington June 11. After more than an hour of closed door debate the senate banking committee directed its stock market probe to Continental Shares Cleveland Investment company when hearings resume next Thursday. Chairman Norbeck said investigator David Stock will testify and Cyrus Eaton of Cleveland will speak for the firm. The move followed Senator Bulkley’s objection to Stock testifying earlier in the day calling it unprecedented and unfair to a citizen without a hearing.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Ihs
Continental Shares
Cleveland Investment Company
Norbeck
David Stock
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Bulkley
Ohio
Stock
United States
Aut o Ride Night of Crime Details Shift in Lindbergh Case
Catherine Minners testifies that Ernest Brinkert was not in the car with Violet Sharpe on the night the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped. She says she rode with a man called Ernie from Gloster, New Jersey, and that Sharpe’s friend joined them. she recalls a 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. departure and a return around 1 a.m., denying any involvement by Brinkert and disputing the Hopewell trip.
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Associated Press
Palisades Park
N. J
Catherine Minners
Violet Sharpe
Lindbergh
Ernest Brinkert
Miss Sharpe
Ernie
Violet
Dwight Marrow
Englewood
Peanut Grill
East Orange
Minners
Charles Minners
Grand _avenue Palisades Park
Catherine
Alpine
Brinkert
Hopewell
Means case goes to jury Monday
Washington June 11 The fate of Gaston B Means charged with swindling Mrs Evelyn Walsh McLean of 104000 ransom and expenses in the Lindbergh baby return plan will be placed before a District of Columbia supreme court jury of eleven men and one woman Monday Justice James M Proctor heard defense and prosecution motions on jury instructions and took the rest under advisement The judge permitted a directed verdict of not guilty on the 4000 expense money count and refused to decide whether the government would present the remaining embezzlement counts or move to page two
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Lindbergh
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Monay
James M. Proctor
Prohibition Plank Sparks Three-Way GOP Rift Ahead of Convention
In Chicago on June 11, a heated fight over the prohibition issue dominates pre convention talks. Wets and drys clash with repeal advocates amid administration push for resubmission. Garfield to arrive from Cleveland to shape the resolutions committee stance and a broader tariff and monetary policy debate looms.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Wets
Dirys
James R. Garfield
Cleveland
Washington
Twelve Men Held In Kidnap Death In Ohio
In South Point Ohio twelve men are jailed without bond as possible murder charges loom over them after the body of Luke Murray a 35 year old Atlanta Georgia man was found in the Ohio River. Murray was dragged from the jail by a mob after threatening two white men with a knife. Prosecutor Lee C Andrews may file murder charges against all twelve. The group includes Theodore Johnson Taylor Napier and others including Gar land and Milford Massie former constable and his sons. The body was battered and decomposition prevented a clear ruling on beating or drowning.
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Ironton
South Point
Ohio
Luke Murray
Atlanta
Murray
Lee C. Andrews
Theodore Johnson
Taylor Napier
Williard Massie
Garland
Milford
Ray Robinson
Ben
James Hall
Ralph
Lewis McKee
Clyde Elkins
William Johnson
Howard Davidson
Ernest W. Bennett
J. 8. King
VETS HEAD WEST TO JOIN ARMY IN WASHINGTON
Hundreds of ex soldiers from the bonus forces moved through Cumberland on June 11 heading west and toward Washington. Autos and trucks carried men from Wheeling and nearby towns toward the capital while others rode freight trains for home in the West.
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VETS
Cumberland
Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
Capitolty
Washington session pares $20 million appropriation and conferees named
The Senate and House approved a $20,000,000 legislative appropriation bill and named new conferees on the economy measure included. President signed a transfer of juvenile delinquency cases to juvenile courts. Senate approved a District of Columbia bill and gave McNary farm relief preferred status. The $300,000,000 states relief bill faced Democratic opposition and was laid on the table. House did not vote on the home loan discount banks bill as Lamont testified before the Senate Banking Committee. Speaker Garner was ill with bronchitis.
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House
District of Columbia
Lamont
Senate Banking Committee
Garner
Washington
Congress
Rainey
Doles
Robinson
Watson
Indiana
Banking Committee
Two Local Lads Hurt In Explosion In Cabin
Albert Helton 15 and David Helton 12 were seriously hurt when a miniature boiler and stove exploded while they played in a log cabin near their Cedar Street home. Earl 8 escaped with minor cuts. Both brothers at St Luke's Hospital show serious leg injuries and multiple burns.
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Albert Helton
David Helton
Earl Helton
St. Luke's Hospital
Albert
David
J. A. Helton
Cedar Street
Wade School
Norfolk and Western Railroad
South Wales Voters Defeat Labor Party in Election
In Sydney on June 12 voters repudiated J. T. Lang's Labor government. The United Australia Party led by B. S. Stevens won 66 seats to Labor's 24, turning a minority into a majority of 42. Lang ousted after conflicts with the Commonwealth. Stevens formed a cabinet to manage state funds and interest payments.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Labor Party
J. T. Lang
United Australia Party
B. S. Stevens
Legislative Assembly
Labor
United Australia
Country Party
Lang
Commonwealth
Philip Game
Stevens
Australia
Veterans and Police Fight Explosives In Washington Encampments
More than 12 000 veterans join police to search for hidden dynamite and caps in Anacostia flats as troops prepare for a national bonus march. A Chicago-bound committee pushes for bonus payment in party platforms while Washington considers Patman delay.
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Chicago
Washington
Veterana Army
Anacostia Flats
Veterans
Health Chief Warns Against Long Bonus Army Camps
Charleston West Virginia June 11 health commissioner Dr W T Henshaw warns against maintaining bonus marcher camps at one site for more than two hours. He cites poor living conditions at the Washington camp posing health risks to marchers and travelers and urges strict sanitary measures to prevent disease spread along roads.
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Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League
Hugh S. Cumming
Public Health Service
Washington
Charleston
W. Va
W. T. Henshaw
Henshaw
West Virginia
GM Head Out For Repeal
New York June 17 Alfred P Sloan Jr president of General Motors announced he is convinced the road toward greater temperance is through repeal of the eighteenth amendment He urged abolishment of prohibition as soon as possible and favored strict government control of liquor He cited John D Rockefeller Jr who also called for repeal and said his views were changed by the prohibition experiment in recent years
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New York
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors Corporation
Sloan
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Anti-Saloon League
Rockefeller
Retired Oil Operator Dies in Crash at Butler
Lord Balsiger a 61 year old retired oil operator died in a road crash that also killed his mother Lydia Balsiger. He was struck by a truck driven by Edrie Raymond Meddkier who faces inquiry. Balsiger long worked in western Pennsylvania and with South Penn Oil Company.
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Butler
Lord Balsiger
Balsiger
Lydia Balsiger
Edrie Raymond Meddkier
Pennsylvania
South Penn Oil Company
London cocktail party murder case heard in court
Testimony from Dr. Durant described Mrs. Elvira Barney in hysteria beside the body of Thomas Stephen after a may 31 shooting. Prosecution alleged two earlier quarrels including threats to shoot and a final fatal shot with the defendant denying and offering to comply with demands.
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London
Elvira Dolores Barney
London Society
Thomas William Scott Stephen
T. Durant
Bishop Reelected Secretary of Brethren Church Conference
Bishop O. B. Ulfry of Springfield, Ohio was reelected secretary of the general conference of the Brethren church of the United States and Canada during today's church meeting in Upland California. The gathering of church members was underway here.
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Upland
Calif
O. B. Ulfry
Springfield
General Conference of the Brethren Church of the
United States
Canada
Mystery Flier Rescued After Week at Sea
A British tanker picked up the man known as the Mystery Flier, Bill Tanislaus Hausndpr, after he disappeared for more than a week during an attempted Atlantic crossing. The event followed a dramatic air saga and a cool reception in Congress over unemployment relief during June.
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Tanislaus Hausndpr
Atlantic
Honduran Forces Press Rebel Unit Amid Election Shakeup
In Tegucigalpa government troops pursued a northern mountain rebel unit as a candidate withdrew from the presidential race. Rafael Diaz Chavez, vice president and newly nominated candidate by dissident liberals, exited the race prompting the uprising. The Oct 30 election features Dr Angel Zungina Huete versus Gen Tiburcio Carias Andino, with Filibert Diaz Zelayani leading the rebel faction. Troops failed to surround the rebels, aiming for a decisive confrontation soon.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Rafael Diaz Chavez
Angel Zungina Huete
Tiburcio Carias Andino
Filibert Diaz Zelayani
Rescue of aviator Hausner Aboard derelict Bellanca monoplane
New York reports an aviator believed to be Stanislaus Felix Hausner was rescued from a burning Bellanca monoplane 7085 after a non stop attempt to Europe. The ship Circle Shell intercepted a message showing the craft drifted about one knot 500 miles west of Oporto. Hausner, Newark resident and Polish-born motion picture operator, had attempted a goodwill flight toward War saw Poland with 525 gallons of fuel and no radio.
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New York
Stanislaus Felix Hausner
Hausner
Europe
Radio Marine Corporation
Circle Shell
Leviathan
Chatham
Mass
Bellanca
Oporto
Portugal
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Hamburg
Floyd Bennett Field
Santa Maria Rosa
Warsaw
Poland
London
Paris
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Martha
Paul Knappek
Newark
Land’s End
Clarence Chamberlain
Chicago
United States
N. J
Department of Commerce
N. S
S. T
Blast aboard tanker Fatal to seaman named Paul Simpson
A gasol ine laden tanker Patmore exploded during gasoline transfer near Toronto. Paul Simpson, 24, of Cleveland, was killed at a hatchway, while John Peelman, chief engineer, was severely injured. Thirteen crew escaped unharmed as 40,000 gallons of 855,000 total cargo burned. The tanker Ohio Tankers Inc. of Cleveland owned carried fuel for Sun Oil Ltd.
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Toronto
Ont
Paul Simpson
John Peelman
Cleveland
Ohio
Simpson
Peelman
Ohio Tankers, Inc
Sun Oil Company, Ltd
Jackson Reelected State President In West Virginia Endeavor
Mary Jackson of Jane Lew was reelected state president of the West Virginia Christian Endeavor union in a convention in Charleston on June 11.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mary &. Jackson
Jane Lew
West Virginia Christan Endeavor Union
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