Attorney Reilly Seeks Fees After Hauptmann Defense
Edward J. Reilly who defended Bruno Hauptmann in the trial is accused of seeking $25,000 in fees from Mrs. Hauptmann while claiming to have aided Hauptmann’s defense. He reportedly arranged for the state to pay transcript costs and joined public fundraisers, drawing criticism for prioritizing his own finances over the client’s welfare.
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Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Hauptmann
Underworld
Jie
Hauptmann
No One of Importance in War Says Napoleon Letter
The author cites Napoleon Bonaparte writing to his wife after a battle claiming no one of any importance was killed. The piece argues that war's planners view soldiers as insignificant, while urging that glory and profit from war accrue to leaders rather than those who perish. It condemns political leaders who fund wars while treating soldiers as expendable.
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Napoleon Burnaparte
Napoleon
Alexander
Hindenburg
Mussolini
Congress
Parliament
Dallas
Editor Warns About Fish Stories In Honey Grove Signal
The Honey Grove Signal Citizen editor draws skepticism by noting his own fish tale claim while prompting readers to question extraordinary statements.
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Honey Grove Signal Citizen
War fears and political satire in a Texas newspaper
The piece critiques war buildup talk and plane production panic while lampooning radio preachers and political figures. It notes Dallas political shifts toward spendthrift policies, questions Roosevelt publicity, and warns of debt and public sentiment shaping policy.
Diocletian’s New Deal Recalled in Public Debate
In a San Francisco Chronicle excerpt, Charles Benedict cites Diocletian’s reign as Rome’s failed attempt at centralization and universal controls. The piece argues today’s plans echo past panaceas, noting tax burdens and public employe growth led to empire ruin and loss of wealth creators.
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Diocletian
Charles Benedict
Magazine of
Wall Street
Rome
Liocletian
Jocn Senf
Paradise
San Francisco Chronicle
Literary Quotes and a $100,000 Heart Balm Verdict
A collection of maxims on sincerity and temper plus a Chicago federal verdict. The piece notes moral gift as proof of truth and cites quotes from Lowell Irving and Emerson. It reports $100,000 heart balm awarded to Mrs Helen Bedford Jones in a Nelson-Edward case over affections of her ex husband Henry S Bedford Jones.
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Chicago
H.art
Helen Bedford-Jones
Klansville
Ind
Henry S Bedford- Jones
Mary Bernardin Bedford-Jones
The Day's Best From Texas Newspapers
A collage of quips and editorial comments from Texas papers noting punning headlines about the Texas Rangers raids on gambling dens and other brief observations on civics car plates wages and public welfare. The Dionne quintuplets case is mentioned with a light note on washing duties.
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Dallas News
Park Talk and Daily Laughs Chronicle Aims at Mary and Maps
A light public gathering features a park orator asking a man if he walks the straight path and if it comes easy. The man says it’s hard at first but now he stays on it as a tight rope walker. The scene shifts to a courtroom gag about cameras and sound. A Mary Wife joke references a fast sheep in the Himalayas. Montreal papers map Texas topics and prize prizes for flower work with a rooted fern and a life of Houston touched in a Texas review program.
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Signal Citizen
Texas
Houston
Bonham H D Club Celebrates Texas Centenary Theme
The Bonham H. D. Club presented a pre centennial program at Danney school on March 27 with 22 adults and 35 students. Members marched under the Six flags of Texas and sang The Eyes of Texas as audience members received outline maps of Texas featuring a centennial poem.
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Texas
Poem Reflects on Grief and Eternal Bonds
A devotional verse by Frederick Lucian Hosn contemplates loss and remembrance. The speaker finds comfort in the belief that loved ones remain present in spirit, their influence and love enduring beyond death, kept alive within the heart and by God's eternal bond.
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Frederick Lucian Hosn
Ham Demonstration Club Seeks 100 Cent Club Goal
At the Ham Demonstration Club meeting held at 4 Johnnie Moss's on April 1 Mrs Chas Sturgeon led activities including games with jumbled fish parts and word puzzles. Prizes were awarded and Mrs Frank McDowell was welcomed back after illness. The forty minutes wrapped with the Beans game.
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Bham
Johnnie Moss
Chas Sturgeon
Lea
Frank McDowell
Glasses in properly fitted frame seen becoming
Notes from a brief item discussing eyewear trends at First National Bank Building with mention of Thos D Cox O D.
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Natl Bank
Dik
Thos
D. Cox
O. D
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Rere
Toar
The
Bureau of Information
Bil Dwye
Thimble Theater
Popeye
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Chiea Untan
Ops
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E. C. Sesar
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Lowell
Washington Irving
Emerson
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Cowper
Humboldt
Taxes Rangers
Greenville Banner
Whitewright Sun
NRA
Pittsburg
Denison Herald
O. K
Toronto Globe
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Reading
Himalaya
Montreal
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Tod
Zimme
Bonham
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