Congress and courts dominate early 1930s headlines
Congress opens with 2300 bills in play and a rule change threatening quick votes. Bond disputes touch Nebraska officials while warrants spark investor risk. Oklahoma-Urschel ransom links surface as major crimes sprawl. Lupe Velez and Mary Pickford divorces loom. Hauptmann jury chosen as Roosevelt readies a national address on economic recovery.
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Lupe Velez
Tarzan Weissmuller
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Lupe
Mary
Doug
Burns Elected Speaker of Seventy Fourth Congress
Joseph W. Burns, the first Tennesseean speaker in 99 years, took office amid a Capitol ceremony as the Seventy Fourth Congress opened. The session saw plans for the New Deal and a 4000 word State of the Union to be delivered Friday, with partisan debates over veteran bonuses and employment relief.
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Congress
Capitol
Joseph W. Burns
Insull Trial Reflections on the Great Crash
The piece portrays Samuel Insull defending his accounting method while acknowledging a systemic failure that inflated a massive utility empire. It argues the crisis stemmed from all participants chasing rapid growth, not just one man, and urges a new shared prosperity and insight rather than a fresh ideology.
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Samuel Insull
Insull
Congress Today Meets in Joint Session for Roosevelt Message
United Press reports Congress convenes in a joint noon session with President Roosevelt expected to outline The State Of The Nation at 12 30 pm. Senate met and swore in new members House elected Joseph W Burns Speaker and adopted a gag rule. Read 2400 bills including bonus anti lynching anti war profits two cents postage national lottery and liquor tax bills.
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Tenn
Dorchester Postmaster Appointment In Dorchester Louisiana
Representative Biermann informs Dorchester that Mrs Helen Danaher is appointed acting postmaster at Dorchester Louisiana. The move places Danaher in charge of postal duties pending a permanent appointment.
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Washington
Biermann
Helen Danaher
Oklahoma Bandit Captured After Missouri Chase
Bob Johnson, linked to a Picher Oklahoma gun battle that left Deputy Gerald Hodge and ex-convict Buster Copper dead, was captured by Barry and Stone county deputies in Cassville Missouri after a 30 mile pursuit. He surrendered two revolvers and $80. Johnson faces Carthage charges of assault robbery and kidnapping in the Dillard cafe diamond robbery. Deputy Sheriff William Y McIntosh and Constable Pat Bray were wounded in the Picher incident.
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Bob Johnson
Picher
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Missouri
Ozarks
Abesville
Evan Shore
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Shore
Stone County
Johnson
Gerald Hodge
Buster Copper
Pat Bray
Treece
Kan
William Y. McIntosh
Carthage
L. H. Dillard
National And State Bank Calls Issued
The comptroller of currency J F T OConnor issued a call for the condition of national banks as of December 31 1934. The FDIC and Federal Reserve also issued calls for member banks as of that date. Des Moines IA D W Bates state superintendent issued a call for all Iowa state banks as of December 31 1934.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Des Moines
W. Bates
Iowa
Four Missing As Ship Sinks After Collision in East River
The Lexington bound for Providence with 130 passengers and 52 crew sank after a collision with the Jane Christenson near Manhattan Bridge. Four crew members are missing. more than 20 injured were rescued. Rescue efforts, investigations, and hearings were initiated with captains questioned. a heavy harbor traffic miscommunication was cited as a probable cause.
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East River
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Jane Christenson
Sylvester Cosantino
William Pendleton
John Wickman
Cosantino
Federal Steamboat Inspection Service
S. “Rasmussen
Varreiro
J. Linares
J. Fernandez
Long Island Sound
Colonial Line
Lower Manhattan
New York Harbor
Lindbergh Carries Gun In Courtroom As Usual
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh enters Flemington New Jersey court with a revolver in a shoulder holster under his coat. He has carried a pistol for five years to deter crank threats and protect himself and family. He wears the weapon while observing Bruno Hauptmann defending himself in the murder case of Lindbergh Jr.
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Flemington
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Defense rests in Union Station massacre conspiracy trial
The defense in the Union Station massacre conspiracy case rested shortly before noon in Kansas City. The defendants, seven people charged in the attack, faced a jury expected to hear closing arguments by late Thursday or Friday.
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Roosevelt son faces speeding charge in Connecticut case
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt asked Prosecutor Torrance for a continuance so her son Franklin D Roosevelt Jr can appear in court. The letter on White House stationery arrived Thursday and a telegram followed. The Harvard student seeks a postponement to 5 p.m. Saturday to avoid missing college classes.
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Lindbergh Tells First Full Story Of Kidnap Night
Charles A. Lindbergh testified as a state witness detailing his movements on the night of the kidnapping. He described returning to Sourland Mountain home at about 8:25 p.m. March 1, 1922, washing, dining with his wife, then moving through the living room to read at a southeast desk for about half an hour.
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Wilentz
Col. Lindbergh
Warner Boss Jack Warner Sued for Divorce
Los Angeles reports that Jack L. Warner vice president at Warner Bros Pictures was sued for divorce by his wife Irma S. Warner. She alleges he deserted her over a year ago and seeks dissolution of the marriage.
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Jack L. Warner
Warner Bros., Pictures, Inc
Irma S. Warner
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Report lists numbers of accidents injuries and deaths tied to Cedar Rapids auto toll in 1935. Details specify counts but OCR yields incomplete figures.
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Cedar Rapids
Jury lines up to decide Hauptmann fate in Lindbergh case
A panel of eight men and four women jurors is seated to weigh the state's bid to seek the death penalty for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The venire includes foreman Charles Walton Jr and jurors Rosie Pill Verna Snyder Ethel Stockton Elmer Smith Robert Cravatt Philip Hockenbury George Voorhees May Brelsford Liscom Case Howard V Biggs among others, all described by age occupation and family status.
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Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Flemington
N. J
Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Walton, Jr
High Bridge
Rosie Pill
Califon
Verna Snyder
Centerville
Charles F. Snyder
Clinton
Ethel Stockton
Union
Elmer Smith
Lambertville
Robert Cravatt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Philip Hockenbury
Annandale
George Voorhees
May F. Brelsford
Liscom C. Case
Carpenter
Franklin Howard
Biggs
Clinton Township
Lindberghs Describe Night of Baby Kidnapping
In Flemington New Jersey Charles A Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh testified about the night of March 1 1932 when their baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr was kidnapped from their Sourland mountains home. Anne Lindbergh wept as she recalled the events and Col Lindbergh described his movements and the moments before the crime.
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N. J
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Anne Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
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Bruno Richard’. Hauptmann
Lindbergh
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David
Wilentz
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Charles! Jr
Ann Harding Wins Custody of Six-Year-Old Daughter
In Reno Nevada actress Ann Harding was awarded sole custody of her six year old daughter Jane Bannister after a brief star chamber hearing before Judge Thomas Moran. Her ex husband Harry Bannister did not attend or be represented and had announced opposition to the action.
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