Hauptmann defends himself in final pre trial talk
Bruno Richard Hauptmann spoke in a flat voice from his county jail cell as he met attorney Egbert Rosecrans for a last conference before his Wednesday trial for Baby Lindbergh's murder. Police and press flood the scene as more than 100 wires relay the world’s interest with top reporters and foreign correspondents present.
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Flemington
N. J
INS
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Egbert Rosecrans
Baby Lindbergh
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Hall-Mills
Severe Restrictions Placed On Jurors
In Flemington New Jersey Justice Thomas W Trenchard warned six men and four women selected as Hauptmann trial jurors to avoid talking about the case or listening to radio. The order contrasts with prior grand jury conduct during Hauptmanns indictment when scores were requested during deliberations.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno R. Hauptmann
Carpenter
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hauptmann
Justice Trenchard
Borowiec
Court House
Sound vibrations travel via bones easier than air
A concise note explains that sound travels more efficiently through human bones than through air, highlighting the role of skeletal conduction in transmitting vibrations.
King Zog Injured by Bomb Report From Corfu
Reports from Corfu say a bomb hit the palace at Tirana wounding King Zog of Albania amid a Turkish revolt in progress. Corfu sources mention a general mobilization of Mohammedan forces with Christians exempted and no immediate confirmation.
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Greece
Corfu
Tirana
Zog
Albania
Albanian King Zog Injury Reports Denied
The Albanian legation in London denied reports from Athens that King Zog was injured or that his palace had been damaged by bombs believed to be from rebels.
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London
Athens
Zog
Roosevelt to address new deal congress with reassurance
President Roosevelt prepares a reassuring message to the first New Deal congress meeting at noon. Unemployment dominates concerns as Democrats with margins of 322 and 42 plan to tackle veterans' bonus and inflationary pressures. He will address a joint session and submit a series of later budget and policy messages starting January 7.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congress
Hauptmann Trial Ignored In Germany
Berlin dispatches report most German newspapers ignored the Hauptmann trial in Flemington New Jersey for the Lindbergh baby murder. The foreign office said the government was not interested and the German consul had no instructions to monitor the case.
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Berlin
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Flemington
N. J
Foreign Office
Fire Threatens Wayne Center Rural Lutheran School
A Monday blaze at the Wayne Center Rural Lutheran school near Monticello damaged an estimated $250 in a newly built structure. Officials say an overheated furnace likely started the fire before firefighters controlled it.
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Wayne Center
Wayne Zion Lutheran
Jury panels daylong as Hauptmann trial nears verdict
Prospective jurors are questioned and excused in a lengthy empanelment for Bruno Hauptmann case. Justice Trenchard presses potential jurors on prejudice toward Hauptmann while warning spectators to stop laughing and avoid media influence.
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Justice Trenchard
Jafsie to Testify Against Hauptmann
Dr. John F. Condon says testifying for New Jersey to convict Bruno Hauptmann would be a dreadful ordeal yet worthwhile if it expiates the crime. The 74 year old Lindbergh intermediary declines to judge guilt but hopes the case nears resolution. He defends his motives as beyond reproach despite potential attempts to discredit him. The piece notes Parliament’s clock is now wound by electric motor after a history of six hour manual work by two men.
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New York Daily Paper
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Heckman
Winchell
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Califon
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West Amwrell
Larason
Hauptmann
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Charles Walton
High Bridge
Wilentz
Venireman
Walton
Hauptmann Jury
Carpenter
Linden Swackhamer
Readington
Albert Trimmer
Frenchtown
Hauck
John J Curtiss
Venuremen
Elmer Stockton
Union
Stockton
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Smith
Verna Snyder
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Bess Slack
Frances Updyke
Ella P Stryker
Charles F. Snyder
Clinton Township
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Whitehouse Station
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Herder
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Curtiss
Grace Stout
Lambertville
Stout
Robert Woodward
Lebanon Township
Woodward
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Sherif Curtiss
Irene Kovch
Raritan
Kevi
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Albert Matthews
A Lambert
Schuyler
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Barlow
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New Jersey
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Jassie
Tower of Parliament
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