Iowa farmer convicted in poison murder case
Floyd Horton a 38 year old farmer was found guilty of poisoning his wife Ella Horton dying at their snowbound Bedford Iowa home on February 14 15. The jury returned a life sentence while Hortons paramour Anna Johnston 38 was named as co conspirator and admitted plotting the murder.
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Bedford
INS
Floyd Horton
Ella Horton
Horton
Anna Johnston
Wan
Haggard
Winter Snowfall Signals Snowy Return Engagement
Cedar Rapids saw a fresh snowfall totaling one and one half inches by noon with .15 inch of precipitation. Temperatures peaked at 30 degrees Friday afternoon, dropped to 12 degrees at night, then rose to 31 by 8:30 a.m. Saturday and held around 30 as of 10 a.m. The 1:15 p.m. reading reached 35 degrees. Measurements come from Chambers Inskeep company charts.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Fugitive Mahan Reported Seen In Butte
Federal agents and Butte authorities pursue William Dainard alias William Mahan, the Tacoma kidnaping suspect. Sightings at a local tavern surfaced Thursday night but were not released publicly until Friday.
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Butte, Mont
William Dainard
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Tacoma
Wash
Mahan
Vera FreeAnd Ready For New Start In Life
Vera FreeAnd, a honey haired blonde, was found not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of economist Dr Fritz Gebhardt. The verdict came after a three hour jury deliberation. She fainted at the pronouncement and spoke of wanting sunshine and trees. Gebhardt, a German, was shot four times in his Beekman Place apartment on November 12. Stretz testified she acted in self defense.
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New York
INS
Viera Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
General Sessions Court
Vera
Gebhardt
Beekman Place
Miss Stretz
Storm Torn Cities Begin Rebuilding After Floods
Storm torn southern cities like Cordele Georgia and Greensboro North Carolina began major rehabilitation as officials estimate Cordele damage at 3 million and Greensboro over 1.5 million. Eighteen died in Cordele and 12 in Greensboro with hundreds injured. Sub freezing cold and eight inches of snow affected crops from Arkansas to Georgia.
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Cordele
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Georgia
Great. Smoky ‘Mountains
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Tennessee
Bruno's Executioner Opposed To Capital Punishment
Robert Elliott the 63 year old executioner who ended Bruno Hauptmann's life after the electrocution says he remains opposed to capital punishment. He describes himself as an electrician not a killer and asserts the state performs the killing.
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Bruno
Trenton
N. J
Robert Elliott
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Elliott
Three Cornered Fight Looms Over 799 Million Tax Program
Congress ends a week with adjournment and faces a three way clash over the 799 million tax plan. Representative Treadway leads Republican opposition calling the plan revolutionary while critics fear higher costs of living. A shift from Roosevelt’s commodity levy proposal sparks further dispute among administration and business factions.
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Washington
Congress
House ,Ways and Means Committee
Treadway
Mass
Roosevelt
Democrats Affirm Faith in Roosevelt at Iowa Convention
In Des Moines the Iowa Democrats reaffirmed faith in President Roosevelt and pledged all 22 national convention votes to renominate him. The party elected 44 delegates with half votes each, praised the New Deal, and expressed thanks for Roosevelt's leadership. Governor Clyde Herring and Rep. Hubert Utterback secured district delegate slots, with no delegates at large chosen.
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Roosevelt
Liberty League
Iowa
Henry Wallace
Clyde Herring
Wallace
Herring
Hubert Utterback
E.H. Pollard
Fort Madison
Vof
Editor's Pecuniary Interest Alleged in Maley Indictment
Des Moines AP reports Walter Maley's attorney L H Saling argues Cedar Rapids editor Verne Marshall had a pecuniary stake in obtaining Maley's indictment. Salinger contends special prosecutor Havner was privately paid by Marshall to influence the graft case indictments. Oral argument set for next Tuesday before the full Iowa Supreme Court.
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L. H. Saling
Walter Maley
Supreme Court
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Maley
M. E. “ Rawlings
Woodbury
Ray Harrison
Joe Gagen
Earl Peters
Salinger
H. M. Havner
Marshall
Addis Ababa Evacuated After Bombing by Italian Planes
Residents fled Addis Ababa on Saturday as five Italian warplanes bombed and machine gunned the airport. Observers noted planes may be mapping targets for a larger assault while the nearby town of Sijiga was bombed again.
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Addis. Ababa
Addis Ababa
Sijiga
Ethiopia protests League over Addis Ababa air raid
Ethiopia lodged a strong protest at Geneva on Saturday alleging the Italian air attack on Addis Ababa violated the 1907 Hague Convention which bans bombardment of undefended open towns.
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Geneva
Ethiopia
League ‘of Nations
Addis Ababa
Hauptmanns Sister in State of Collapse After Executions
Emma Gloeckner, sister of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, collapsed in Los Angeles upon learning of his execution in Trenton. She had long maintained his innocence and, aided by attorney Vincent Marco, sought to help in the case while her husband and daughter were with her.
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Los Angeles
INS
Emma Gloeckner
Bruno
Richard ‘Hauptmann
Trenton
Germany
Hauptmann
Vincent Marco
British reject Locarno parley plan at Brussels
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said a Locarno conference is not desirable now. Paris had pressed for a meeting of the remaining Locarno signatories, but Britain favors delaying negotiations and using diplomatic channels. France aims to lift sanctions on Germany over the Rhineland while seeking to abolish sanctions against Italy for East Africa aggression.
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Anthony’ Eden
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League .of Nations’ Committee of 13
Eden
Paris
France
Germany
Tal ‘A
Great Britain
Rhineland
Flandia
Italy
East Africa
Boy and mother die in Nashville fire
A small boy cried for help as a blaze consumed a two story home in Nashville. His mother Grace Phelps 28 and five year old brother Jimmie Phelps perished in an upstairs room.
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Nashville
Hauptmann Death Briefly Told By Associated Press
Bruno Richard Hauptmann died in the Trenton electric chair at 8 47 30 Friday night for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping slaying. Mrs Anna Hauptmann prepared to claim the body for cremation and interment. Paul Wendel, who repudiated his confession, faced a murder warrant. Hauptmann's mother in Kameng Germany collapsed on news. Lindberghs likely to stay in England at Weald Kent cottage rest of year.
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Brunos Widow Finds Refuge With Frears
New York report describes Mrs. Bruno Hauptmann seeking refuge at friends’ home after her husband’s execution in the electric chair. The widow suffered deeply as reporters and bystanders watched, while her baby Mannfred was cared for by relatives.
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Bruno
Frears
Winner Of 4000 Pool Ends Life After Hauptmann’s Death
Pottsville Pennsylvania man John Kepka won four thousand dollars in a numbers pool. He had pledged to die if Bruno Hauptmann died. He was found dead in his boarding house with a bullet wound and a .32 caliber revolver nearby after Hauptmann's execution was confirmed by radio.
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Pottsville
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John Kepka
Kepka
Trenton
Hauptmann
Hoffmans bid in doubt after Hauptmann case tensions
The outline of New Jersey politics dominates as Governor Hoffman's push for a legislative probe into the Lindbergh kidnapping case triggers party divisions. Proposals to pay the $25,000 reward are reviewed, while Assemblyman Kerner and Rep. Fort challenge Hoffman's delegate-at-large bid.
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Hoffman
Lindbergh
Townsend predicts early retirement from pension body
The 70-year-old former country doctor and real estate salesman Dr Townsend said in a signed editorial in the April 6 issue of the Townsend National Weekly that his retirement may come suddenly. He urged followers to elect a new body to carry on the pension movement.
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Washington
INS
Dr. Townsend
Mother of Bruno Hauptmann Denies Guilt After Execution
In Kamenz Germany Pauline Hauptmann the 71 year old mother of the executed kidnapper expressed belief in her son's innocence. She denounced neighbors praises of his death calling them untrue and bitterly resisted hysteria as relatives mourned her brother. The execution followed the burial of her brother the day before.
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Kamenz
Germany
Richard
Pauline Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Hausfrau
Condon Prays for Hauptmann as Lindbergh Case Ends
Dr. John F. Condon prayed for the soul of Bruno Hauptmann after learning of Hauptmann's death. The 74 year old educator told family he had done his duty and that his conscience was clear as the Lindbergh case reached its climax. Friends described his quiet, solemn demeanor during the moments before Hauptmann's execution.
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New York
INS
John F. Condon
Bruno
Richard’ ‘Hauptmann
Flemington
John
Hauptmann
Jaffic
Dr. Condon
Condon
Jassie
Hauptmann Dies in Lindbergh Case Electrocution
The Lindbergh kidnapping case ends as Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed in New Jersey. His last words are reported as innocent, with the world left to wonder about the full factual story of the infant son’s abduction and murder four years earlier. The state closes its books on the multistate mystery at 8:44 p.m. Friday in the prison electric chair.
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Bruno
Richard ‘Hauptmann
Hauptmann
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Cols
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sourland
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