Outlaw Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker Killed in Ambush
In Louisiana near Arcadia the famous Texas duo Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot dead by officers after a trap set on a Jamestown Sailes road. The ambush involved multiple patrolmen including Texas Ranger Fred Hamer and Ted Hinton. Barrow’s car carried numerous guns as the couple failed to draw their weapons before dying.
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Arcadia
Cylde Barrow
Texas
Bonnie Parker
Desperado
Jamestown- Sailes Road
Barrow
Dallas
Lennie Parker
Clyde
Bonnie
Ted Hinton
Black Lake
Fred Hamer
Texas Rangers
Louisiana
Ringgold
Southwest
Hamer
Hinton
B. M. Gault
Bob Alcorn
Dallas County
Louisiana Texas
Jordan
Bienville Parish
First National Bank of Arcadia
Benton
Gibsland
Paul M Oakley
Growlery Rooms for Grumpy Moods Proposed in Dickens Theme
A 1934 essay imagines a private Growlery where a person can vent anger without disturbing others. It cites Dickens Bleak House and Twain style swearing rooms as inspiration, praising a discreet retreat to vent gloom and frustration.
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Charles Dickens
Dickens
Himelf
Mark Twain
House Approves Arms Embargo Resolution
The House adopted the Chaco arms embargo resolution empowering President Roosevelt to ban sales of munitions to Bolivia and Paraguay. No record vote was taken. The measure allows the President to act with other nations to prohibit arms sales to the two warring countries.
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Washington
House
Chaco
Roosevelt
Bolivia
Paraguay
Seek injunction against hatchery in Iowa federal case
In Sioux City AP report, H M Reed US attorney filed a federal injunctive petition to restrain Spencer Chick Hatchery from code violations under NRA and AAA provisions. The action seeks limits on hours and wages, posting of labor terms, price coordination with Kansas City, and fair trade advertising rules for blood tested chicks. Morris E DeWolf received a code authority telegram demanding price raises and compliance.
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Sioux City
Spencer Chick Hatchery
H. M Reed
United States
Northern District of
Iowa
NRA
Morris E. DeWolf
Hatchery
J A. Hannah
Kansas City
Code Authority
AAA
House approves 440000 federal aid for small industry
The House voted 178 to 6 to authorize a federal credit of 440000 to aid small industries and RFC loans totaling 75000000 to cities for teachers salaries. The measure, with Senate plans for 700000000 to small business, aims to create up to 380000 jobs and extend working capital for 350000 and new hires for 380000. Debate included school loans and college loan defeat, with RFC and Fed loan limits specified.
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Washington
House
RFC
Bil
Senate
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Bank
RIC
Poisoned liquor mailed to lodge brothers shocks Oakland
Arthur J. Cleu, a 40 year old Oakland printer, confessed sending poison liquor to seven Native Sons lodge members. He was arrested in Ukiah at the grand parlor. Officials say handwriting matched the packages and a grand jury may indict him for attempted murder. Cleu cited a lodge quarrel as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Arthur J. Cleu
Cleo
Ukiah
The
Native Sons of the Golden West
Charles Wehr
Wehr
James Goaod
Night
L. M. Jewel
Cleu
Lodge
Five Million Relief Funds For Iowa Sought By Mulock
Iowa relief administrator E H Mulock requested five million dollars from the Federal Relief Administration for a five month period starting June 1 to meet surging drought relief needs. No action was taken after the conference with Aubrey Williams.
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Iowa
Mulock
Kansas City
E. H. Mulock
Town
Federal Relief Administration
Aubrey Williams
SeHis
Mullock
Ie Seon Uipan Rene
CWA
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934 Accidents Report
In Cedar Rapids the 1934 auto toll tally records accidents and injuries with deaths noted. The summary enumerates seven key data points including total accidents and casualties, reflecting the period’s roadway safety concerns. Local authorities compiled the figures as part of traffic management reporting.
Wednesday Major League Results Highlight Braves and Dodgers
Chicago and New York split with a 2 5 scoreline while Pittsburgh routed Boston 15 6 and Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 3 2. St Louis defeated Brooklyn 8 5 as New York rallied for a 26 14 win over Chicago. Detroit edged Philadelphia 5 11 and Boston beat Cleveland 7 5 in a varied set of league games. Washington topped St Louis 6 2 to close the day.
Rich New Yorker's Son Is Slain in San Francisco
In San Francisco a body found in the bay was identified as the son of Arne V. Gandy Jr., a wealthy New Yorker publisher linked with Barron Collier. Police traced a mysterious long distance call that informed the parents the youth would undergo an operation and led to the discovery of his burial in Potter’s Field.
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San Francisco
Wbys
Ingerprinta
eLete
New York
Pottersfield
Arne V. Gandy, Jr
Barron Collier
Dillinger Girl and Dr. May Convicted in Harboring Case
Evelyn Frechette and Dr. Clayton May were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to hide the outlaw John Dillinger. Miss Frechette received two years in a women’s reformatory and a $1000 fine. Dr. May two years in federal prison and a $1000 fine. Nurse Augusta Salt was acquitted, sobbing in court, while two other co-defendants remained at large.
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ST. Paul
Evelyn Frechette
John Dillinger
Clayton May
Minneapolis
Augusta Salt
Miss Frechette
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Alderston
W. Va
May
Louis Piquett
Chicago
Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Thomas McMeckin
John Hamilton
Ho F
Leutenant
Beth Green Sentenced in Dillinger Harboring Case
ST PAUL AP Beth Green wife of slain Eugene Green an aide of John Dillinger was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to 15 months in the federal women's industrial reformatory at Alderston West Virginia She pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to harbor Dillinger.
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ST Paul
Beth Green
Auburn
Eugene Green
John Dillinger
Federal
Women’s Industrial Reformatory
Alderston
West Virginia
Dillinger
New Suspect Arrested In Robles Case
Tucson police arrested a new suspect in the June Robles kidnapping. Fingerprints will be compared with prints from the letters and desert prison site. Joe Newton, linked to a separate mail train robbery, was questioned and released after refusing to talk.
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Robles
Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
June
Joe Newton
Rhieritt Belton
Newton
Sonora
Mexico
Robles Ranch
Here
Sasabe
Tull
Willie
Willis
Jesse
Department of Justice
Joe
Rondout
Nogales
Roosevelt 10 Back NRA For Another Year
Washington reports show a united labor advisory board of NRA leaders calling the Darrow report a disservice amid economic stress. Senator Nye plans a resolution demanding reactions from the FTC and DOJ to the report. Roosevelt remains committed to the NRA blue eagle for a second year and open to debate on its permanent future after 1935.
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Washington
Labor Advisory Board of
NRA
Darrow Board
Roosevelt
Darrow
Nla
Capitol Hill
Second forged Omaha bond issue found in Sioux City
Omaha officials announce a second batch of forged City of Omaha street improvement bonds from the 1925 issue surfaced in Sioux City. The new forgeries imitate the authentic form though signatures differ, with $4,000 sold on May 10 and a planned $6,000 sale attempted weeks later, involving first and second sections numbered 1–200 and 200–400.
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Omaha
Sioux City
Mary
Bolivia Repulses Paraguay Drive For Decisive Victory
Bolivian command says the four day Paraguayan offensive in the Gran Chaco ended with two Paraguayan divisions retreating. The eighth division remained in a weakened position as heavy losses and prisoner captures were reported. Bolivia said it would study the Mexican armistice proposal and reply to Foreign Minister Puig Casauranc on Thursday.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Jose M. Puig Casauranc
Hotel staff save guest in West Virginia nostril snipping incident
In Philadelphia AP report Hotel employees halted George Haines of Woodfield West Virginia as he snipped his nostrils with scissors in a suspected suicide attempt. Doctors said the cuts were not serious.
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Philadelphia
George Haines
Woodfield
W. Va
Day in Washington highlights NRA defense and relief plans
Senator Wagner defended the NRA amid Nye demand to stay in session. The farm department designated emergency drought counties as western relief starts. House passed 440 million for RFC and federal reserve loans. Cities Service book value inflated by 35.6 million per investigator. Senate leaders resisted trade negotiation information with Colombia. NRA labor board called the board report a disservice. House voted authority to bar arms shipments to Bolivia and Paraguay. Roosevelt urged oil control, prepared social legislation, and warned no general message planned. Swanson said Pacific bases would strengthen if Japanese fleet ratio rose. Walker predicted housing bill passage. Clarence Darrow and Hugh S Corpias were seen together.
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Associated Press
NRA
Wagner
N. Y
Nye
N. D
Congress
Farm Administration
RFC
Federal Reserve
House
The
Trade Commission
Cities Service
Senate
Coloma
Labor Advisory Board
Roosevelt
Bolivia
Paraguay
Wagner Labor Board
Swanson
Pacific
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Clarence Darrow
Hugh Scorpias
Farley Approves 3 Cent Stamp for Wisconsin Tercentenary
Washington Postmaster General James A Farley announced a special three cent stamp to commemorate Wisconsin's tercentenary. Details and the issuance date will be announced later.
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Washington
James
Planes Arrive On Island To Save Sick Explorer
William A. Robinson the Chicago millionaire and Lowell native, stricken with appendicitis aboard the ketch Swaap near the Galapagos Islands, received urgent naval aid after two seaplanes and a destroyer arrived 24 hours after his wife’s plea. Surgeons prepared to board the craft as Robinson lay very weak with violent pains. planes sped from the Canal Zone 1000 miles away into gale winds to reach the Swaap at Tagus Cove.
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Washington
William A. Robinson
Galapagos Islands
Navy
Panama
Navy Department
Tagus Cove
Robinson
Svaap
Santa Cruz
E.C.T
Httle Cove
Balboa
CG. Z
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Galapagos
Canal Zone
Ecuador
Rollo W. Hutchinson
Oscar D. Yarbrough
Navy Medical Corps
Herman E. Holland
Navy Air Corps
Mercy
Washing- Robinson
Two Kidnappers of Adler Plead Guilty
Chicago (INS) Two men, James Lacey and Benjamin Wolfram, pled guilty to attempting to kidnap BE F Adler, Davenport publisher, in a loop hotel on February 21. Trial for Edward Kindredge set for February. others to be sentenced May 29 by Judge Francis Allegretti. Charles Clyde Phillips, alias Mayo, committed suicide in a police cell the day after arrest.
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Associated Press
Black Lake
Clyde Barrow
Desperado
Bonnie Parker
ST. Paul
Evelyn Frechette
John Dilinger
Clayton May
Chicago
James Lacey
Benjamin Wolfram
Emanuel Philip Adler
Davenport
INS
BE. F. Adler
Francis Allegretti
Edward Kindredge
Charles Clyde Philips
Mayo
World drought may lift wheat prices
World droughts across the United States Canada and the lower Danube basin may push up global wheat prices next marketing season. The May report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts moderate price strengthening as droughts reduce carryover in four major exporters. Weather damage in the Soviet Union and other factors could influence the final world price while southern hemisphere planting under good prospects adds uncertainty.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Canada
Lower
Danube
Monterey woman gives birth to twins at home ranch
Monterey Mexico report confirms 70 year old Senora Rosario Lianas delivered twins at her Marcel ranch in Tamaulipas state. The birth is described as peaceful with mother and children reported in good condition.
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Monterey
Mexico
Senora Rosario Lianas
Marcel Ranch
Tamaulipas State
Seprhet
Sheriff asks for National Guard troops in Toledo riot
Sheriff David Krieger urged Governor White and Adjutant General Henderson to send state troops to quell Auto-Lite plant disorders as 3000 strikers and sympathizers besieged 1500 day workers. Four hospitalized. rioters used bricks, tear gas, rifles fired. Alma Hahn injured. guard response debated amid federal mediation efforts.
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Toledo, Ohio
David Krieger
George White
Frank D. Henderson
Toledo
Electric Auto-Lite Company
L. S. Conelly
Ohio National Guard
White
Krieger
Bagan
Alma” Hahn
Millbury
Ohio
Minneapolis Ends Eight Day Driver Strike Crisis
Employers formally accepted the labor board decision ending an eight day strike that sparked rioting. Strikers delayed their vote pending a meeting with Governor Olson about demobilization of troops and an extension of the 24 hour armistice. Three guard regiments were mobilized, stationed away from streets, as a massive rally formed near the downtown parade grounds amid tensions and calls for wage and work week concessions.
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Minneapolis
Regional
Floyd B. Olson
W. W. Hughes
Regional Labor Board
Olson
Capitol
St. Paul
E. A. Walsh
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Boston
Meine
Hoyt and
Grace
Frankhouse and
Spohrer
Cincinnati
Frey
Lombardi
Collins
Todd
St. Louis
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W. Davis
Benge
Berres
York
Chago
Ruffing
DeShong
Dickey
Lyons
Madjeski
Detroit
Mahaffey
Berry
Frasier
Auker
Rowe
Cochrane
Cleveland
Grove
Ferrell
Harder
Hildebrand
Pytlak
Stewart
Russell, McColl, Prim and Phillips
Newsom
Hemsley
Dillinger Girl
DR. May
Blue Eagle
Bulletin
North Dakota
Federal Trade Commission
FEAR
Adler
BEARS
National Guard
Auto-Lite Co
Hope
C. O. Miniger
Labor In Mass Meeting
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