Silk Stocking Slayer Faces Gallows In San Francisco
Albert Walter Jr. 28, known as the silk stocking slayer, admits killing Blanche Cousins 24 in a Nob Hill apartment. He refuses a public defender and says he wants to die. Police investigate linked 1934 Golden Gate Park and 1935 waterfront hotel strangulations, with Walter denying knowledge of those cases.
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San Francisco
INS
Albert Walter Jr
Boston
Louise Jeppesen
Golden Gate Park
Betty Coffman
Blanche Cousins
Guards Guard Plant After Kent Strike Riot
Forty guards and strike breakers were held in Kent jail on John Doe warrants charging shooting with intent to wound after gunfire at the Black and Decker Electric plant. Fourteen wounded as authorities work to end a major labor disturbance in the city.
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Kent, O
Black & Decker Electric Company
John Doe
W. S. Harvey
Kent
Chicago Policeman's Wife And Another Man Slain
In Chicago, Mae Jensen, wife of a patrolman, and Nielsen Nielsen were found dead in Nielsen’s apartment. Investigators believe Nielsen shot Jensen then killed himself, despite his paralysis making a double murder unlikely. Nielsen, once jailed in Minnesota, left a divorced wife and two children there.
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Chicago
Myers Nielsen
Mae Jensen
Nielsen
St. Paul
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Congress Nears End of Session After Tax Bill Accord
Congress moves toward adjournment as a conference report on a sweeping tax measure gains House approval after a rapid, accorded finish. The plan includes corporate profits taxes from 8 to 15 percent and foreign firm levies, with exemptions for small corporations and banks.
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Robert L. Coughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Congress
Philadelphia
Robt. L. Coughton
Roosevelt
America
Doughton
Roosevelt Faces Senate Clash Over Corporate Tax Plan
The domestic tax plan discusses Normal Tax rates and seven to fourteen percent brackets on corporate income and undivided profits. A revolt by conservative Democrats halted the House approach, yielding a Senate backed, milder 1.
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House
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
N. C
David S. Walsh
Mass
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Zioncheck to Face Hearing on Sanity in DC Court
The District of Columbia commissioners seek to have Representative Marion A. Zioncheck interned at St. Elizabeth's hospital as insane. Zioncheck has been under mental observation at Gallinger hospital for over two weeks after a Sanity officer commitment. A jury hearing on the petition was set for June 26 by Justice Oscar Luhring.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Marion A. Zioncheck
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Zioncheck
Gallinger Hospital
Gallinger
White House
Roosevelt
Threeman
National Capital
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Oscar Luhring
Waltonians Raise 130 For Camp Conservation
Waltonians reported 130 dollars raised at their annual ice cream social to benefit Camp Conservation, the summer camp for Community House children. Members visited the camp to assist repairs, and the group will resume meetings September 3 after a summer break.
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R. F. Carnes
Waltonians
Cherry Burrell Sales Session Set for June 29
Branch managers for the Cherry Burrell corporation will attend a Cedar Rapids sales conference on Monday June 29 replacing the earlier June 22 date. Attendees will travel from Chicago and meet at the general offices for two days with other sales branch personnel.
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Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Slain Elephant Wally Kills Keeper and Dies
San Francisco police executed Wally the six ton bull elephant after he fatally wounded keeper Edward Brown. Protesters urged keeping the animal. lawsuits against the park commission were planned as biologists sought organs for study and research purposes.
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San Francisco
Wally
Edward Brown
San Francisco Park Commission
Brown
The
Park Commission
Herbert Fleishhacker
Circus trainer calls Wally the elephant a good riddance
Walter McLain, head trainer for the Al G Barnes circus, said the execution of Wally the six ton bull elephant in San Francisco was a good riddance. He explained that male elephants of Wallys age are dangerous and rarely kept with the circus, while females and younger males are safer around the grounds.
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Bemidji
Minn
Walter McLain
al G. Barnes
Wally
San Francisco
McLain
France Faces Empty Treasury and Hidden Inflation
Paris reports France’s treasury is exhausted with 14,000,000,000 francs already used as disguised inflation. Finance Minister Vincent Auriol told deputies that government needs through December total 8,000,000,000 francs while repaying a 3,000,000,000 franc British loan.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Chamber of Deputies
Auriol
France
Treasury
Bank of France
Applications For Class B Beer Permits Reach 109
One hundred nine applications for class B beer licenses were filed by 5 p.m. Thursday at the city clerk’s office, the deadline for beer cigarette and fireworks permits. Forty five applied for class C beer permits, 103 for cigarette licenses, and seventy one for fireworks licenses. The beer ordinance caps class B licenses at eighty two, with at least twenty seven applications to be rejected before July 1 when new licenses are issued.
Senate Debates Shipping Bill and Immigration Measures
The Senate debated the Walsh Healy government contracts bill and discussed ship subsidy measures. It approved a conference report on relief, passed several immigration bills, and continued Townsend old age pension hearings. Bell committee wrapped public hearings, while banking and currency considered Wagner housing.
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Associated Press
Senate
HOUSE
Walsh-Healey
Bell Committee
Townsend
Banking and Currency Committee
Wagner
France and Britain push for abolition of league sanctions
Paris reports France backs Great Britain in scrapping League of Nations sanctions on Italy. Yves Delbos and Baldwin speech cited as support for Anglo Franco German peace understanding. French delegation to league council to seek committee to revoke economic siege on Italy.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
London
Italy
Yves Delbos
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
League Council
League
Missing Girl Pat Seized After Eleven Weeks At Sea
The British fishing trawler Girl Pat, missing eleven weeks, was seized near Georgetown British Guiana after a crew of four were arrested. The vessel sailed from Grimsby on April 1 and reappeared outside Georgetown harbor Thursday night. Police boats were threatened as the crew resisted arrest but the ship was ultimately taken in by armed guards and towed to port.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
INS
Pat
Lloyds
Senate Passes Ship Subsidy Bill Amid Amendments
The Senate approved a ship subsidy measure reallocating ocean mail contracts to direct subsidies within one year. It caps officers' salaries at 25 000 dollars, limits profits to ten percent with reserves, and mandates crews on passenger ships be 80 to 90 percent American over time while cargo ships reach 100 percent. A six percent west coast construction subsidy is included.
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Senator Black
Alabama
Court of Claims
Black
City Briefs and Personal Items
Tom Trainer, 46, of Ryan, received a thirty day jail sentence for intoxication on Friday by Justice A S Reed after being arrested Thursday evening at Coggan and turned over to Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon. Louis Roth, 1956 Bever Avenue SE, former mayor and longtime finance commissioner, is reported improving at home following illness and can move about the house though not yet back downtown.
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Tom Trainer
Ryan
Justice A. S. Reed
Trainer
Coggan
Larry Condon
Louis Roth
Bever Avenue SE
Prevailing Wage Rate Bill Passes Lower House in Washington
The House approved the Healey bill restricting government contracts to firms paying prevailing wages and a 40 hour week. It targets contracts over 10 000 and bans convict and child labor while demanding sanitary conditions. The measure, backed by labor, moves to the Senate where it may supplant the Walsh bill. failure could end this session’s effort.
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Washington
LLP
House
Senate
Organized Labor
Secretary of Labor
La Porte City Youth Hurt as Car Runs Over He Falls
Merlin Fell age 14 of La Porte City suffered a broken shoulder after being run over by an automobile. He was standing on the front of the car when he fell Wednesday through mishap.
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LA Porte City
Merlin Fell
George Fell
Prison guard killed by three escaping Texas convicts
At a Texas prison farm three long term inmates Felix Smith attacked as a plowing squad moved out. The guard was killed with his own pistols after being thrown from his saddle. The escapees T N Atkinson Luke Trammel and Forrest Gibson rode off on Smiths horse and two mules into the brush. Each inmate faced life or long terms for crimes including murder robbery theft.
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Prison Farm
Tex
Felix Smith
Smith
T. N. Atkinson
Luke Trammel
Forrest Gibson
Bandits Steal Truck Carrying Meat Cargo in Iowa Heist
On Highway 71 between Storm Lake and Early Iowa, bandits halted a truck carrying meat en route from Chicago to Sioux City for Cudahy Packing. The owners J. G. Crockett and son E. C. Crockett, with driver George Scott of Superior Wisconsin, were released near Sioux City. The loot valued at six to seven thousand dollars. The robbers fled in a coupe with Iowa license 28 1641 and the truck bore Illinois plates T 1449.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Storm Lake
Early
J. G. Crockett
E. C. Crockett
George Scott
Superior
Wis
Crocketts
Crockett
Chicago
Sheldon
Cudahy Packing Company
Illinois
Newspapers Take Lead in 1935 Advertising Share
The American Newspaper Publishers Association bureau reports newspapers received 58.2 percent of national ad expenditures in 1935. Among 387 companies, total ad spend was 231,107,948 with newspapers at 134,440,000, magazines 61,943,228, chain broadcasts 34,724,720. Twenty-two of thirty-three groups favored newspapers.
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New York
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Chain Broadcast
Seamen in Marseille Threaten to Seize Harbor Ships
Striking members of the Marseille seamen union, about 8,000 strong, threaten to seize all harbor ships if pay and hours demands are not met by Monday. They warn of potential international repercussions and plan folded arms strikes aboard vessels to mirror factory occupations.
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Marseilles
France
INS
Church Speaker Raps Modernism at Free Church Conference
Dr H B Prince Minneapolis pastor denounces modernism calling the church to teach the will of God. Los Angeles selected as 1937 convention city for the synod. Roy Thompson and W B Hallman of Chicago elected to the church board of education. J C Olson Harry Lundell and Arnold Torsell named to publications board. A L Wedell of Chicago named acting president of the Bible institute and academy. Boone Iowa trustees elected for the old people's home.
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W. B. Hallman
Chicago
Free Church Board of Education
J. C. Olson
Harry Lundell
Arnold Torsell
Publications Board
A. L. Wedell
Free Church Bible Institute and Academy
Gustav Edwards
C. A. Johnson
L. E. Hanson
Carl Samuelson
Boone, Ia
Old People’s Home
Boone
Funeral rites for John O'Niell 82 in Volga City
Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart church for John O'Niell 82 who died Tuesday. Rev D P Cregan conducted mass with burial in Sacred Heart cemetery. Born May 28 1854 in New York. moved to McGregor then Illyria township as a child. Married Martha Little in 1894. they ran the O'Niell Cafe 13 years. Survived by wife a son Simon three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Volga City
Sacred Heart Church
John O’niell
D. P. Cregan
Sacred Heart Cemetery
O’niell
New York State
McGregor
Illyria Township
Martha Little
West Union
Simon
Frank O’niell
Maving
Adauah Kaege
Grana
Cedar Rapids
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