June Robles Kidnap Case Hints Lead to Suspects
A six year old June Robles provided officials with a definite lead on her kidnapping, sparking a manhunt in Arizona. Authorities say arrests are likely within hours as investigators study fingerprints and a Chicago letter connected to the case. The child had been held for 19 days in a desert underground cell demanding 15,000 dollars, with no ransom paid.
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Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
June
Colby S. Farrar
Pima County
Farrar
United States Department of Justice
Homer S. Cummings
Washington
Fernando Robles
Bernabe Robles
Chicago
B. B. Moeur
Phoenix
Herbert. H. Hotchkiss
Mocur
New Mexico
Santa
Greek legend of a return to life and the ache of memory
Phornton Wilder retells an ancient Greek tale of a man who dies after great service to the gods and asks to return for one day. He must relive his least eventful fifteenth year, seeing life anew and as an observer. He learns that hearts fail to love every moment yet we only live when we love.
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Phornton Wilder
Ae Renn Long Ars
Earth
Ronnie
Lfe
Glass resigns from Senate banking panel amid dispute
Virginia Senator Carter Glass quits the banking committee in protest after a presumed slight by the chairman. Majority Leader Robinson rejects the withdrawal and works to ease the clash. Glass, offended at not being named a conferee on the stock exchange bill, cites his seniority and his amendments as ranking member.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Banking Committee
Robinson
Glass
Thirty Feared Dead In Belgian Mine Blast
In Belgium at Patumages Air Field a mine fire damp explosion trapped workers. Rescue squads rushed to reach those believed buried in the pit as officials confirmed about thirty deaths.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paturages
Dillinger's Girl Heads Toward Jury Trial in Twin Cities
Evelyn Frechette, John Dillinger's ally, Dr. Clayton May, and Mrs. Augusta Salt face a federal jury in Minneapolis for harboring the outlaw. Eleven men and one woman are chosen as the panel. Frechette briefly escaped before being returned to court.
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ST. Paul
Evelyn Frechette
John Dillinger
Clayton May
Augusta Salt
Federal District Court
Miss Frechette
Dillinger
Twin Cities
May
Gunnard Nordbye
Ed Picha
M M
Joyce
Picha
Dillinger to Wed Marion Frechette After Divorce
John J. Dillinger plans to marry Marion Evelyn Frechette immediately after his divorce, his attorney Louis Piquette of Chicago said Tuesday. The confession follows Dillinger's notoriety for bank raids and prison break feats.
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ST Paul
John J. Dillinger
Indiana
Marion Evelyn Frechette
Dillinger
Louis Piquette
Chicago
Gettle Kidnappers Face Guilty Plea Or Trial
LA AP The Gettle kidnapping case advances as three suspects admit parts in the abduction of Beverly Hills millionaire William F Gettle. District Attorney Baron Fitts offers life sentences with guilty pleas or possible death for trial.
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Los Angeles
William F. Gettle
Beverly Hills
Baron Fitts
June Robles recounts kidnapping and nineteen days in desert prison
In her own words the 11 year old June Robles recalls being abducted with her cousin near Tucson and held for nineteen days in a hot box in the desert. She describes being fed scraps and water that tasted like slop while fearing darkness and seeking to return home.
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June Robles
International News Service
Tucson
Ariz
Barney
Barney Konela
Robles
Olympic Rams Nantucket Lightship in Fatal Collision
The White Star liner Olympic struck the Nantucket lightship amidships in heavy fog off Nantucket Shoals and sank, killing seven crew members aboard the lightship. four others remain missing with seven sailors rescued by small boats.
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New York
Olympic
Nantucket Shoals
Nantucket
New England
Camp Good Health Fund Aids Lost Children In Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids Gazette appeal explains how the Camp Good Health program helps malnourished and underprivileged children regain health through supervised camp stays. Donations fund medical exams, nursing follow ups, and annual reentries when needed, with public health nurses coordinating ongoing care.
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Mtte
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Public Health Nursing Association
Association
Wallace Replies On Hi-Bred stock and family paper
Secretary Wallace disclosed a small minority stake in the Hi-Bred Corn company of Grimes Iowa and said he had no current directing role. He also described his family's ownership of Wallaces Farm paper, noting his father held half the stock and left part by will.
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Washington
Wallace
Chicago Tribune
Grimes
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallaces’ Farmer
Wallaces
Wallace Publishing Company
Dollar Day Traffic Courtesy For Cedar Rapids Shoppers
Cedar Rapids police chief Ray Tapper announced special traffic courtesy for out-of-town visitors on Dollar Day. Signs restricting left turns will be ignored for the day, overtime parking rules relaxed from sun-up to late night, and double parking allowed where it does not hinder traffic or car owners.
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Cedar Rapids
Ray Tapper
Trafic
Tapper
Riverside
21 Drown In Wreck On Finnish Lake
A steamer Louhu sank near shore on Lake Kallevesi killing 21 passengers including three children. The 128 ton vessel foundered late Tuesday, with a tragedy unfolding close to land.
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Helsingforsn
Finland
Lake Kallevesi
Senate Passes Communication Control Bill
The Senate approved federal regulation of the communications sector after under five hours of debate. The bill creates a new five member Communications Commission to regulate telegraph telephone and radio firms, exempting single state independents, with interlocking directorates banned and extensive oversight of contracts and rates. The House must act, and amendments were defeated including one reallocating radio licenses for non profit air time.
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Washington
Senate
Clarence Dill
Wash
Federal Communications Commission
House
Roosevelt
Johnson
Supreme Court
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Henry Hatfield
W. Va
Ben. Sie D. Fess
Sup
Fess
Commission
Communications Commission
Radio Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Postal Telegraph Co
Western Union
Administration
Interior
Harold Ickes
White House
J. F. T. O'Connor
House Banking Committee
Frank urges focus on facts over labels in New Deal debate
Jerome Frank, general counsel of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, told National PTA delegates in Des Moines to study policy contents, not emotional labels, arguing the New Deal expands government powers while preserving liberties and property rights. He warned many critics use vague terms like revolutionary and undemocratic.
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Des Moines
National Parent Teachers Congress
Jerome Frank
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Frank
Russia
Two Army Planes Collide Killing Student Pilot Near Castroville
A student pilot from Kelly Field died when two Army pursuit planes collided 3000 feet above near Castroville. A second crewman parachuted to safety and landed unharmed. The incident occurred Tuesday during a training flight.
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SAN Antonio Tex
Kellyfield
Castroville
Roosevelt seeks 1.32 billion for recovery program
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 1.322 billion dollars to extend emergency recovery spending into the next government year. The plan allocates 940.905 million for general relief and public works with earmarks for road building, shipbuilding, the Tennessee Valley Authority, public buildings, and the inter-American highway. The request aims to avoid a 1936 budget deficit and signals greater bank credit use to sustain recovery efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Furd
Civilian Conservation Corps
House
Civil Works Administration
Kidnapped man recalls five days blindfolded ordeal
William F. Gettle tells officers and an INS correspondent how he was seized and held for five days in Beverly Hills. He details heat, pain in a damaged leg, being fed only on a bed, constant blindfolds, and fear for his wife and children as captors avoided threats and made no conversation in his presence.
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William F. Gettle
International News Service
Beverly Hills
Calif
INS
Pond and Sabelli fail non stop New York to Rome flight
Capt. George Pond and Lieut. Cesare Sabelli crash land on a Lahinch sandbank after a fuel line failure en route to Rome from New York. They began from Floyd Bennett at 6:24 a.m. Monday and landed 32 hours 6 minutes later, 8:30 p.m. local time.
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Lahinch
Irish Free State
George Pond
Cesare Sabelli
Rome
Here
New York Flyers
Floyd Bennett Airfield
New York
Atlantic
America
Postpone Insull Hearing A Week
Samuel Insull's bid for vindication was delayed for a week as his lawyer Floyd E. Thompson challenged the court's jurisdiction after Insull was brought back from Turkey to face trial. U S District Attorney Dwight H. Green secured a one week continuance to obtain documents from the state department.
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Chicago
INS
Samuel Insull
Czar
St. Luke's Hospital
Floyd E. Thompson
Insull
Philip S. Sullivan
Turkey
United States
Dwight H. Green
Sullivan
State Department
Washington
Pryor Re-Elected As Iowan Editor
Donald Pryor of Burlington was re-elected editor of the Daily Iowan by the board of publications. He named Tom Yoseloff of Mason City as managing editor and said further staff appointments would follow within two weeks. Both are journalism seniors at Iowa.
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Iowa City
Donald Pryor
Burlington
Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Pryor
Tom Yoseloff
Mason City
Yoseloff
School of
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Joan Burke
Cummings
Department of Justice
Ernest E. Noon
Arizona Desert
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Camp Good Health Fund
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Mollie
Florence Senger
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Henry A. Stearns
Board of Five
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Ulster
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British Isles
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Newfoundland
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Sabelli
Myers
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