Note of threat found in Reid Russell case shocks Morris note
Mrs Ruth Morris wife of mystery writer Gouverneur Morris collapsed while questioned at the district attorney office after reviving she said she burned a note left by Reid Russell. The unsigned note signed by Reid read I told you I was going to do it and now you see. The note was found in a jewel box on her dresser and identified as Reid’s handwriting by Mrs Morris. The district attorney indicated there are no suspects and the investigation seeks to clear contradictions in the case.
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Ruth Morris
Gouverneur Morris
Reid Russell
Manhattan Beach
Clyde Plummer
Russell
Morrises
Lila Lee
Morris
Miss Lee
Jimmy Kirkwood
Plummer
Mrs. Morris
Victoria Russell
Reid
Lila
Madison school property bought for new police station
The city council has purchased the Madison school property as the site for a new police station and the old building will soon be razed. The Sunday Gazette highlights this with reminiscences from former teachers and pupils and lists further edition contents across sections and pages.
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Madison
Madison School
Sunday Gazette
Reward Spurs Hunt For Revolver That Killed Nebrask a Mechanic
In Nebraska City Nebraska a $100 reward prompts search for a .22 revolver linked to the death of Otha Taylor a 33 year old garage mechanic His wife Mary 25 was charged with the slaying and pled innocent Her mother Maude Beard 45 remained jailed as a material witness A stained blanket found in a cistern at Mrs Beard home prompted cautious notes from Sheriff Carl Ryder An analysis on the stains is planned The Otoe county commissioners offered a reward for the gun and Taylor s missing clothing The body was found bound and nude in a ravine near town and Taylor was buried in Hamburg Iowa on Saturday
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Neb
Otha Taylor
Mary
Maude Beard
Carl Ryder
Otoe County
Taylor
Here
Hamburg
Iowa
President studies reorganization plan amid budget work
President Roosevelt nears completion of the new federal budget and begins a hands on review of reorganizing the government. He plans to leave for Charleston Tuesday night, then sail on the Indianapolis for a Buenos Aires December 1 opening session of the Inter American Peace Conference.
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Roosevelt
Charleston
S. C
Indianapolis
Buenos Aires
Harry B. Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Mitchell
Louis Brownlow
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Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth Administration
Gandhi's Son Reverts to Father’s Hindu Faith in Ceremony
In Bombay thousands cheered as Mahatma Gandhi’s son Hiralal was reborn as Abdulla after re conversion to Hinduism from Islam. The ceremony featured shouts of victory for Mahatma Gandhi and marked his return to his father’s faith.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Hiralal
Abdulla” Ey
Aith
Wallace backs united front on agriculture in Roosevelts plan
Secretary Wallace told 5000 National Grange members in Columbus that the new administration will aid farmers but urged a united front to meet possible 1930s price slumps. He warned farmers not to step on toes of others and said nine months will focus on coordinating bureaus.
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Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
National Grange
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Grange
Flames Destroy Contents Of Oskaloosa Supply Plant
Fire at the W. B. and I. F. Fitch wholesale automobile supply house in Oskaloosa was brought under control around 10 45 p m by local and nearby crews after several hours. The three story brick building lost its roof and all contents were destroyed with losses estimated near 100000 and insured.
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W. B. and
I. F. Fitch
Oskaloosa and
Pella
Marion Whitmore
Fitch Company
Hold Former Mental Hospital Inmate For Threatening F. D. R.
Fingerprints on letters threatening President Roosevelt led federal agents to John A. Bartenback, a former mental institution inmate, held in $25,000 bail. He was arrested to be committed to Philadelphia General Hospital for observation to determine mental responsibility. He sent three letters to the President. contents not disclosed.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
John A. Bartenback
Bartenback
Philadelphia General Hospital
A Wheelchair Hero Finds Joy Through Letters and Kindness
A reader profile shows how a wheelchair user with arthritis fills hours by writing cheerful letters to friends and families. Her notes span baby congratulations, sympathy, and verse, building friendships across states and even aiding inmate rehabilitation. Envy and jealousy later threaten happier ties explored on page 4.
Labor chiefs reject hints of arbitration
In Tampa Florida leaders of labor allied to expel the insurgent Lewis CIO from the American Federation of Labor. J W Williams says they have the votes to carry expulsion and reject arbitration as too late. Frey backs expulsion while Berry proposes arbitration.
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Fla
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
J. W. Williams
Building Trades Department
Federation
Williams
George L. Berry
Building Trades and Metal Trades
John P. Frey
Metal Trades
Lewis Cio
Frey
Berry
Fort Sumter
Arthur P. Wharton
Machinists Union
John Coefield
Plumbers
Mystery witnesses add twist to Verna Taylor death case
Two unnamed witnesses told Louisville police they saw a car on the road near the site of Verna Garr Taylor's death and recognized Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt near the vehicle. Denhardt, free on bond, faces an examining trial next Friday at New Castle, Ky. An autopsy confirmed the fatal bullet.
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Louisville
Verna Garr Taylor
John I. Messmer
Kentucky
Henry H. Denhardt
Taylor
Denhardt
New Castle
Sergt. Messmer
Gen. Denhardt
Chicago Returns to Central Standard Time
Chicago clocks were turned back one hour to central standard time as of 2 a.m. Sunday. Suburbs following eastern time also switched. The change altered business hours for the board of trade banking and the stock exchange, with revised daily and Saturday schedules.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Chicago Stock Exchange
Ponder Laws To Curb Costs Of Campaigns
President Roosevelt considers new legislation to tighten campaign spending after a record outlay in the latest campaign. White House experts draft a bill to curb expenditures for submission when Congress opens January 5. The Senate campaign funds committee and officials study British controls and compile a nationwide expenditure database.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Senate
Lonergan
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Friay
Senate Committee
Robert Jefferys
House
Week Ahead Weather Chicago Forecast
The outlook covers November 16 to 21 for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Generally fair overall with some precipitation possible in the northern portions midweek. Temperatures near normal in the south and near or somewhat below normal in the north.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Hunt G irl s Slayer Lynch Threat Made Chicago AP
Crowds in Little Italy voiced lynching threats after five year old Antoinette Tiritilli was murdered. Police seized four men in connection with the slaying as detectives and fifty officers scoured the Death Valley district for suspects.
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Chicago
Italy
Antoinette Tiritilli
Death Valley
Wallis Simpson Mingles With London Society At Concert
Mrs Wallis Simpson American friend of King Edward mingled with London's fashionable society at a concert given at the Jugoslavian legation. Attending were the king's brother the Duke of Kent and other nobles. She wore an emerald and diamond necklace with matching emerald ear clips.
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Wallis Simpson
King Edward
Jugoslavian Legation
Duke of Kent
Baltimore
Reginald Fellowes
Europe
Fascists Sink Spanish Freighter in Bay of Biscay
Reports say the Spanish government freighter Manuel was torpedoed and sunk by the fascist cruiser Canarias off Cape Creus with eighteen dead and nine rescued from a lifeboat. The ship carried food and clothing to Barcelona.
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Marseilles
France
Manuel
Canarias
Barcelona
Cape Creus
Madrid Bombing Hits Citizens as Siege Continues
Nationalist planes bomb Madrid causing heavy casualties and destruction. By afternoon at least 53 dead and 150 wounded, many women and children. The raid terrorizes civilians but lacks military value while Nationalist forces are stalled and government troops counterattack.
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Madrid
Street Car Motorman Robbed After End Of Line
Street car motorman L. L. Schucker reported to police he was held up and robbed of about $20 in change and street car tokens around 9 20 p m Saturday at the Ellis park end of his line. He described two men as about 5 10 and 5 7 tall, both wearing navy blue jackets and armed with guns.
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L. L. Schucker
C Avenue NW
Ellis Park
Schucker
President's Son and Ethel du Pont to Wed in June
Announcement confirms engagement of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. to Ethel du Pont of Owl's Nest Greenville Delaware. The couple, long observed together, plan marriage in late June with both families rooted in Harvard connections and Delaware society.
Mrs Roosevelt silent on engagement announcement
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt is said to be fully in accord with the engagement of her son Franklin D Roosevelt Jr to Miss Ethel du Pont. The first lady did not comment directly in public and communicated through her secretary Miss Malvina Thompson.
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Del
Ethel du Pont
du Pont
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Eugene du Pont
Roosevelt
du Ponts
Alf M. Landon
White House
Miss du Pont
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