State Attack on Kennamer Self Defense Plea
In Pawnee Oklahoma the state closes in on Phil Kennamer over the killing of John Gorrell Jr. Prosecutors argue the 19 year old planned the act, reject insanity, and seek life imprisonment rather than the death penalty.
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Pawnee
Okla
John Gorrell
Phil Kennamer
Gorrell
Kennamer
Tom Wallace
Tulsa County
Tulsa
Holly Anderson
Wallace
Phil
U S
Franklin E. Kennamer
Tulsa youths held in fatal mystery case in Pawnee
Two affluent Tulsa youths were placed under technical arrest in a Pawnee hotel as Tulsa county investigators questioned them for ten hours about the death of Sidney Born Jr last fall. They had testified in the Phil Kennamer murder trial in Tulsa.
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Pawnee
Okla
INS
Tulsa
Sidney Born, Jr
Tulsa County
Phil Kennamer
John Gorrell
Kennamer
Dove emblem of peace inspires Boston woman and pet bird
In Boston Martha Knapp keeps a 19 year old dove named Pete as a living emblem of peace. The bird freely roams with her on streets and perches on her arm enjoying music and leisure as she tends to its pleasures.
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Boston
Martha Knapp
Pete
U.S. Steel plans major modernization totaling 47 million
U S Steel Corp approved a 47 million plant modernization program to finish mills and expand operations. The plan includes 15 million for American Sheet and Tin Plate at Gary Indiana and 5 million for Carnegie Steel to build a wide sheet and strip mill for auto industry demand.
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NEW York
Supreme Court
United States Steel Corporation
New York Times
U. S. Steel
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Gary
Ind
Carnegie Steel Company
Detroit Auto Industry Approaches Million-Unit First Quarter
Detroit reports ongoing gains in production with an expected first quarter total of at least 1,000,000 passenger cars and trucks. February output around 375,000 units and March forecast near 400,000, as Ford and Chevrolet both raise daily schedules amid industry-wide targets of about 3.35 million vehicles for the year.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Chevrolet
Ford
Lake Prepares For His Treasure Hunt In Sunken Vessel
New York AP Simon Lake submarine designer plans to salvage cargo from the Hussar sunk in the East River in 1780. He hopes to lift gold rumored to total 4 million dollars once ice floes clear at Hell Gate. Success would impress marine insurers and prove salvage feasibility.
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New York
Simon Lake
East River
Hell Gate
New York Bay
Long Island Sound
Lake
Atlantic
Take
Hoover Urges Return to Gold Standard for Jobs
Former President Hoover advocates convertible gold currency to restore employment and curb deficits. He warns devaluation raises living costs and inflation, and says convertibility would ease debt burdens while aiding universities and hospitals. He spoke en route to Chandler Arizona after leaving New York.
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Hoover
New York
Chandler
Ariz
San Marcos
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Lincoln
Amana colony profits and social programs reflect capitalism
The Amana society reports a 14 000 profit in agriculture and woolen mills despite 154 000 in wages in 1934. Acres fenced increased to 6 000 pasture, with over 2 000 cattle and 200 horses. Potato crop rose to 16 000 bushels, NRA and AAA cooperation noted, and social clubs G and Boy Scouts expanding. The columnist weighs capitalism versus communism, praising capitalism’s advantages for the Amana people and noting educational debates around Harold Rugg’s social science course.
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Amanas
Amana Society
NRA
AAA
Boy Scouts and
Girl Reserves
Amana
Flat Payroll Tax Written Into Job Insurance Measure
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to add a flat federal payroll tax for unemployment insurance to the social security bill. The levy would be 1 percent in 1936, 2 percent in 1937, and 3 percent in 1938, based on business conditions.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Doughton
Administration Opposed Bills Move To House Floor
Bonus inflation and labor forces in the house announce a drive to enact far reaching legislation opposed by the administration. Petitions will be filed to discharge committees from consideration of anti administration bills. 213 signatures needed to bring bills to the floor without committee approval. Twenty legislative days must pass before petitions can be filed. Time limit ends Thursday.
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Washington
INS
House
Woman sues Durante over alleged onstage incident
Mrs. Evelyn Loether and her husband Herman of Carrick sue Jimmy Durante for 5000 in Pittsburgh alleging the comedian pressed his head against her head from the stage and repeated insults as the crowd laughed and spectators strained to see better.
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Pittsburgh
Jimmy
Durante
Evelyn Loether
Herman
Carrick
Roosevelt Seeks Extension of NRA Rules
President Roosevelt calls for extension and simplification of the NRA codes and for stronger protection for small enterprises. He urges coordination among codes, clearer enforcement, and less reliance on jail for violations, while praising gains like reduced child labor and reemployment for millions.
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Roosevelt
NRA
M. W. McMullen
Waterloo
Annie J. Sheppard
Lucius E. Sheppard
McMullen
Sheppard
Order of Railway
Massillon
Ohio
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
S. W. Erion
Mary Erion
Sinclair Firm Sued for 21719 in Conversion Action
The National Livestock Credit Corporation of St. Louis sues T. M. Sinclair and Co. of Cedar Rapids for 21719.20 alleging misappropriation of Hereford cattle covered by a chattel mortgage. Plaintiffs claim 8215 head of Hereford steers calves and yearling heifers were converted to Sinclair use.
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National Livestock Credit Corporation of
St. Louis
T. M. Sinclair and Co., Ltd
Cedar Rapids
Parl Armstrong
Jefferson County
Burkholder
Three Months on Embezzlement Charge for McQueen
George W. McQueen aged 63 received a three month county jail term from District Court Judge H. C. Ring on a charge of embezzlement by disposing of mortgaged property. The case involved two heifers under a chattel mortgage held by the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of Sioux City.
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George W. McQueen
H. C. Ring
McQueen
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of
Sioux City
Slayer fails to find Maquoketa woman’s $1898 loot
Discovery by Sheriff and agents uncovers 1898 in currency, mostly small bills, hidden in Mrs. Sarah Tracy's kitchen. Deeds and papers stolen from the handbag indicate the robber sought wealth but gained only a few dollars. Vigilantes guard the home as investigators pursue leads on the Sunday night murder.
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Maquoketa
Leo Heinecke
J. J. Burke
L. C. Schroeder
Sarah Tracy
D. A. Joles
Witnesses Testify In Weitzman Murder Trial
The state nears closing in the Weitzman murder trial with claims that Walter Murphy wired $200 to Florida for Eli Daiches killing as part of a $300,000 insurance plot. Murphy and partner Jack London allegedly tracked Daiches in Florida and Chicago. London is a fugitive.
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Chicago
Weitzman
Walter Murphy
Eli Daiches
Thomas Kelly
Daiches
Harry B. Miller
Murphy
Florida
Datches
Jack London
London
Liquor Store Sales Hit 324 361 Gallons in Iowa
Des Moines AP report shows Iowans bought 324 361 gallons of legal liquor from June 19 to December 31 as 90 000 permit holders were counted. Whisky led at 69 percent, gin 20 percent, wines 5 percent, with total receipts of 2 486 117 dollars and an average price of 1.92 per quart.
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DES Moines
Iowa Legislators Urge Medal for Oelwein Youth Hero
Thirteen year old Clarence Steffen of Oelwein saved eight year old Rose Marie Boyle from death beneath a freight train. In Des Moines the Iowa legislature adopted a resolution honoring his bravery and urging the Carnegie Medal committee to award him a medal. The resolution was sent to the Oelwein chamber of commerce for reading at a banquet in his honor.
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Des Moines
Clarence Steffen
Oelwein
Iowa
House
Senate
Rose Marie Boyle
George S. Scott
Fayette
Carnegie Award Committee
Oelwein Chamber of Commerce
Spinets
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U.S. Steel Co
Bates
Federal Reserve Credit
Hartman
Rugg
Teachers College
Columbia University
Harold Rugg
Washington High
Sues Durante
NOVAK
First Street
Sinclair
Natl
Livestock Credit Corp
Homer S. Burkholder
Paul Cavros
Sanitary Construction and Supply Company
Cavros
Fifth Avenue
Third Street
Community Concert Association
The
Barrere Little Symphony
COE College
Association For the Barrere
America
George M. Cohan
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