M'Anight Girl and Wightman Get 30 Years
Gladys MacKnight 17 and Donald Wightman 19 received 29 to 30 years each for second degree murder in the Bayonne kitchen slaying of Helen Mac Knight. Judge Thomas F. Meaney noted no quarrel with the verdict as the couple faced hard labor terms.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Helen MacKnight
Thomas F. Jeaney
MacKnight
Bayonne
Donald
Wightman
Gladys
Meaney
Villagers witness omen at Edward and Wallis Windsor wedding
In Monts France crowds gathered as the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield wed at Chateau de Cande. Villagers hailed the cloudy moment as a good omen while gendarmes kept roads open for a festive civilian turnout. Latvian line notes mention farm machinery bargains.
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Mercier
Chateau
Tours
Lose weight by Marmola treatment claim
An advertisement touts Marmola as a remedy for excess fat caused by a supposedly underactive gland. It urges readers to start the daily dose now and promises weight loss through a “formula” fed to the gland, claiming millions have used it successfully and to buy from a druggist.
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Erene
Jesiedre
Pace admits poisoning confession in pancake slaying trial
In Lewistown Illinois AP coverage judge allows newspaper interview as evidence against James Pace 29 riverman in his murder trial. Reporters testified Pace told them he bought two ounces of poison planned his own death and put poison in pancake batter last March. The state rests its case.
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Lewistown
Circuit Court
James Pace
William
Riley
Stevens
Pace
Treasury to issue 800 million in new money in June
Secretary Morgenthau announced a June quarter financing totaling 800 million dollars, including 500 million in new money. The remainder replaces 300 million in bills maturing June 15. The notes will be offered Monday, lifting the national debt above 35.7 billion and pushing 1937 borrowing beyond 2.2 billion.
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Washington
LLP
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
India salutes Windsor Wallis wedding amid celebrations
In Calcutta crowds of Hindus and Muslims joined in jubilant celebrations for the wedding of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield. Anglican church leaders in England criticized and disavowed the union.
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Calcutta
India
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
England
Religious Ceremony Sparks Nationwide Protests in Bengal
Indians staged demonstrations in honor of the duke with organized processions in many towns and cities. Marchers sang jubilation songs invoking blessings on the former British king and his American born bride.
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Bengal
Parochial Council Questions Vicar Over Wedding
In Darlington England the St. Pauls church parochial council an emergency meeting to ask Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine to explain why he married the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Willis Warfield without church consultation. The warden said the council would have advised against the ceremony.
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Darlington
England
St. Paul's Church
Robert Anderson Jardine
Duke of Windsor
Willis Warfield
L. Pattison
Des Moines Tavern Raid Nets 15 Arrested In Gambling Sweep
Police led by Roy Chamberlain raided the Mayflower tavern on Seventh Street arresting 15 men and seizing over $1,000 in cash used for gambling. Names given included Ward Anderson Art Bailey and H E Nelson among others as identities were being verified. The force vows a cleanup drive cracking down on establishments permitting gambling. Also noted are fines for horn blowing in Hong Kong and license losses for bank merchants.
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DES Moines
INS
Mayflower
Seventh Street
Roy Chamberlain
Ward Anderson
Creston
Art Bailey
Ames
H. E. Nelson
Sturgess
S. D
Chamberlain
Dr Broghammer Elected Grand Knight Of Knights Of Columbus
Dr B G Broghammer was elected grand knight of the local Knights of Columbus council at the semi monthly meeting on Wednesday. He succeeds Ward Loftus. Other officers named include Gordon Delaney deputy grand knight Ed McPartland chancellor Michael Rocco recorder Nor bert Engler treasurer M J Kelly advocate F D Collogan warden Walter Maher inside guard William Stewart Wilbur Lattner outside guards and Sam Grohl trustee. The largest crowd of the year attended the meeting.
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B. G. ‘Broghammer
Knights of Columbus Council
Ward Loftus
Gordon Delaney
Ed McPartland
Michael Rocco
Norbert Engler
M. J. Kelly
F. D. Collogan
Walter Maher
William Stewart
Wilbur Lattner
Sam Grohl
City Presents Deed to Frontier Park in Council Meeting
Clare Marshall and C D Moore representing the Chamber of Commerce and the All Iowa Dairy Cattle Show and Junior Livestock Exposition appeared before the city council Thursday to present the formally issued deed for Frontier Park following a $75 000 improvement program announcement due this summer.
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Frontier Park
Clare Marshall
C. D. Moore
Chamber of Commerce
All-Iowa Dairy Cattle Show
City moves to begin project with deed and lease approved
City council unanimously passed a resolution accepting a $75,000 property deed and filed the All Iowa fair grounds lease for seven day filing. Mr Moore heads to Waterloo to confer with WPA officials about starting work Friday and to Des Moines to finalize arrangements with WPA headquarters.
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Chamber of Commerce
Marshall
Moore
Waterloo
WPA
Des Moines
New York Firm Wins Sigourney Post Office Bid
The Bonded Construction Corporation of New York was the lowest bidder among eleven for the Sigourney Iowa post office project. The bid opened Thursday by the Treasury procurement division stood at 48957 dollars.
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Washington
New York
Bonded Construction Corporation
Sigourney, In
the Treasury
Hughes Couple Mark 70 Years Near Newbury
Mr and Mrs Joseph Hughes celebrate their seventieth wedding anniversary near Newbury England. Hughes aged 90 still sings in the church choir.
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Joseph Hughes
Newbury
England
Hughes
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the Gazette
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Worts
Welch-Cook-Beals Co
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Wie
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Jardine
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China
Dr. Broghammer
Knights Columbus
Sigourney Post Office
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