Secret witness linked to Hauptmann. New Jersey case stirs nerves
An AP report claims a Dallas identified witness tied to the Lindbergh case may be Joseph Schaz, as New Jersey officials extradite Hauptmann suspects. Governor Hoffman doubts the death sentence will end the mystery, while officials note legal hurdles and possible delays before execution.
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New
YORK
Dallas
Tex
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Ectric Chair
Joseph Schaz
Reily
Mercer County
Trenton
Harold G. Hoffman
Haupt- Mann
Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Court of Pardons
Haupt
Mann
Mark C. Kimberling
Warsden
C. Lloyd
Woman Found Shot To Death On Outer Drive In Chicago
Chicago police found 27 year old Rama Barreras shot on the Outer Drive along Lake Michigan. Authorities described two bullet wounds one in the forehead and one in the left hand suggesting she fought her attacker. Housekeeper Mabel Holmes identified the victim.
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Outer Drive
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Rama Barreras
Mabel Holmes
Barreras
Soave Slain. Son-In-Law Confesses in Family Quarrel
Detroit report says Charles Soave father of eight was shot early Saturday. Within an hour Lieut Paul Wenzel said his son-in-law Char mine Franchi confessed to killing his father-in-law and blamed a family quarrel.
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Detroit (Ap
Charles Soave
Paul Wenzel
Detroit Police
Soave
Charmine Franchi
Maley Letter Triggers Flurry in Graft Trial
In Sioux City AP Special Prosecutor H M Havner revealed a letter allegedly by Walter F Maley to an Iowa sheriff ordering seized slot machines returned to owners The letter sparked courtroom clash as Havner grilled Jerome Drees former Carroll county attorney who testified he knew nothing of the note or Maleys handwriting The testimony references 1933 34 slot machine raids in Carroll County and seeks aid from Glenn Schmidt Park A Findley and Maley to curb gambling laws
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Sioux City
H. M. Havner
Walter F. Maley
Iowa
Havner
Edward L. O’connor
Jerome Drees
Carroll County
T. E. Diamond
Peters
Diamond
Drees
Maley
Glenn Schmidt
State Bureau of Investigation
Park A. Findley
Schmidt
O'Connor
State And Local Officials Probe Bellinger Fire
County officials announced deputy state fire marshal F. J. Carlson has worked with Cedar Rapids police and County Attorney G. Thompson on the Earl C. Bellinger home fire at 1809 Fifth Avenue SE. The house was unoccupied. $185 was reportedly stolen from an overcoat. Carlson and detectives met Friday. more investigation is planned.
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Cedar Rapids
F. J. Carlson
G. Thompson
Earl C. Bellinger
Fifth Avenue SE
Bellinger
Ross Convicted of Murdering Iowa Engineer
Denver jury convicts 53 year old Harry Ross for the 1932 murder of Erwin Thompson, a 32 year old Grand Junction Iowa engineer. The panel recommends life imprisonment after three hours of deliberation. Ross claimed he was Tennessee trader Charles T. Davis and had no Colorado ties.
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Denver
INS
Harry Ross
Erwin Thompson
Grand Junction
Iowa
Ross
Charles T. Davis
Colorado
Springfield
Ill
Kentuckian Sentenced to Hang for Federal Agent's Death
Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS INS George W Barrett a Kentucky feudist was sentenced to hang for the slaying of Nelson B Klein a federal agent of Cincinnati Ohio shot to death at West College Corners Ind on Aug 16 He becomes the first man to face execution under a 1934 federal law for killing a G man Judge Robert Baltzell ordered the execution before sunrise on March 24 1936 at Marion county jail
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Indianapolis
INS
George W. Barrett
Kentucky
Nelson B. Klein
Cincinnati
Ohio
West College Corners
Ind
Barrett
Robert C Baltzell
Marion County
Liggett Slaying Ties Chorusing Urschel and Lingle Cases
Minneapolis police connect Walter Liggett murder to Chicago cases Urschel kidnapping and Jake Lingle killing. They cite Liggett’s files on both crimes and mention Isadore Blumenfeld once linked to ransom money. Authorities seek details as federal action debate unfolds.
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Minneapolis
Urschel
Jake Lingle
Chicago
Walter Liggett
Frank Forestal
Liggett
Forestal
Berman
Cley
Senten
Isadore Blumenfeld
Kid Cann
Cann
Chicago Loop
Lingle
Duckworth must file $3 fee to pursue review
State supreme court attaches said Duckworth must pay a $3 filing fee before Tuesday morning for the court to consider his request to be freed from testifying in the gambling conspiracy case. Duckworth is jailed in Sioux City for contempt after refusing to testify and seeks review of Judge Peters' contempt ruling.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Max Duckworth
Edward L. O’connor
Duckworth
Woodbury
Sioux City
High Court
Earl Peters
Gazette Ad Deadline Tonight for Want Ads
Tonight at 8 p m is the closing time for Want Ads in the Big Sun Day Gazette. Call 2-1121 or visit The Gazette office in person to place your ad.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
Gazette Office
Free Theater Tickets Draws Daily in Want Ads
Public notice announces daily theater ticket prizes awarded to readers whose names appear in the want ads. Readers are urged to scan listings for their names and claim prizes.
Youth Arrest Solves Six Auto Thefts In City
Six automobile thefts since November were solved after William Barnett, 17, of 373 Sixteenth Street SE, confessed. Patrolmen Stearns and Hines nabbed him near Knollwood drive and Fifth Avenue SE after spotting a stolen car abandoned on a private driveway. Barnett admitted steering the crimes and implicated a 13 year old girl who was not detained. He faces larceny charges with a $3,000 bond set. he had been an Eldora training school parolee.
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William Barnett
Sixteenth Street
Eldora
Stearns and
Hines
Barnett
H. C. Ring
Knollwood Drive
Fifth Avenue SE
Harley Beck
Amana
Dodge
Fourth Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Cate Ery
Eldora Institution
Zippered Stomach Operation Faces Unprecedented Trial
Chicago report details a pioneering surgery using a zippered stomach incision to enable daily inspection and gradual removal of cancer, avoiding immediate full excision. The patient is a man with stomach cancer. the exact names are withheld for safety, and Dr. Morris Fishbein confirms the experiment as a radical approach in modern surgery.
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Chicago
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
New mouse trap idea uses oysters in cellar
Silas Stevens of Perry New York says a novel device caught two mice with oysters in his cellar. He left oysters on the floor to keep cool and found one shell opened trapping a mouse by the nose and another by the neck.
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Wayland
N. Y
Silas Stevens
Perry
Stevens
American missionary killed by dud Italian bomb in Ethiopia
Dr. Robert William Hockman, 29, an American medical missionary near Jijiga in Ethiopia, was killed when a bomb buried in the ground exploded as he attempted to dig it up. He had helped to establish a Red Cross hospital unit near Dugga Bar and treated Ethiopian wounded with three other doctors before the death.
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Addis Ababa
INS
Robert William Hockman
Hockman
Duggah Bar
Jijiga
W. H. Hockman
Wheaton
China
Robert
Ethiopia
Selassie’s
Red
Cross
Dr. Hockman
Egypt
United States
Muskingum, College
Ohio
Northwestern University Medical School
Lonon
Mussolini seeks clarification on French British peace plan
In Rome Premier Benito Mussolini asked for specifics on how an Italian zone of influence in southwestern Ethiopia would be governed and what defense would protect Italian immigrants. He delayed a direct government commitment and planned a formal reply to France and Britain before the fascist grand council meeting.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Grand Gl
Z Supreme
Taly
Ar Epekesman
France
Great Britain
League
Britain
Italy
League Council
Council
Iself
Masaryk Resigns as Czech Presidency Ends Era
Prague reports President Thomas G Masaryk resigns after serving since the republic’s founding. A new president to be elected Wednesday by national assembly with up to three ballots. Masaryk, 85, grants amnesty for most political offenses and plans to be called president liberator at Lanacastle for life.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Thomas G. Masaryk
Republic
Masaryk
Lana Castle
Pariament
Edouard Benes
National Assembly
Mussolini to Send Aloisi to Geneva for Oil Demands
Premier Mussolini plans to dispatch Baron Pompeo Aloisi to Geneva next week to press for oil lands in Ethiopia as the League of Nations sanctions committee weighs an oil embargo against Italy. Aloisi would deliver Mussolini’s reply to the Paris peace formula and present new demands, signaling a practical rejection.
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Geneva
Ins
Mussolini
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
League
Baron Aloisi
Paris
Protest Storm Deepens Over Paris Peace Plan
London dispatch says renewed fury over the Paris peace plan grows as Britain moves to challenge the proposal that would grant half of Ethiopia to Italy. Continued coverage noted on Page 2.
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London
INS
Paris
Ethiopia
Italy
Woman Struck by Car Receives Insults at Scene
Mrs. Arthur Smith 33 of 6 Avenue and Twentieth Street NW said a driver struck her at 5 30 p m Thursday and fled after cursing her for being in the road. She suffered bruises and reported the unidentified motorist did not check on her injuries. Her sister witnessed them near the Smith home.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur Smith
Avenue
Twentieth Street
Snowfall Widens as Cedar Rapids Sees Dimmed Daylight
Snow fell briskly in Cedar Rapids on Saturday afternoon as heavy skies dimmed daylight to twilight. Temperatures climbed from 30 at 3 am to 34 by 1:15 pm, with prior day highs around 36 and later dipping to 32.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Orly
Mercury
Reed Announces Vote for GOP If Roose velt Nominated in 1936
Former Senator James A Reed of Missouri, once a staunch Democrat, says he will vote for the Republican nominee in 1936 if that candidate pledges to uphold the Constitution and American civilization. He insists he remains a Democrat and criticizes the New Deal's direction as betraying democratic principles.
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United States
James A. Reed
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Reed
Gome
Missouri
Cheose
Republican
Republican Party
Townsend Threat Worries Politicians Ahead of 1936
Washington AP report notes Townsend plan for universal $200 monthly pensions for all over 60 draws silent concern from both major parties. Townsendites announce intent to enter candidates for President and Congress, with Republicans citing serious possibilities and Democrats predicting limited presidential impact but possible gains in Congress.
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Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Fe EB Townsend
Townsendites
Congress
Townsend plan delays third party until after Congress
Townsend old age pension movement will not launch a third party before the next congressional session. Secretary Robert E. Clements says the plan could pass in January if lawmakers represent the majority, else a third party would be considered as a last resort to counter possible collusion between party candidates.
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Chicago
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Robert E. Clements
Clements
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Cedar Rapids News
U.S
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