Death of heiress husband sparks New City mystery
The slaying of Leroy Smith, 25, near New City, linked to a jealous love triangle involving Luther Philpot, 23, the husband of 17 year old heiress Mary Swope. Philpot questioned as authorities revive a shotgun wedding motive amid a damaged family feud and suspicions about Mary’s possible involvement.
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New City
N. Y
Stewart Smith
le Roy Smith
Luther Philpot
Philpot
Smith
Mary
Young Smith
PWA
Mary Swope
Nicholas Solomon
Leroy Smith
Miss Swope
Vincent Dorsey
Hudson Reser
Washigon Irving
Natal
Rockland County
Roosevelts
Dutchess County
Red Rain Douses Melbourne Streets and Wardrobe
Red rain fell at 10 p.m. in Melbourne and suburbs coloring streets and clothing. The short shower was blamed on red dust swept from Central Australia, leaving cars and sidewalks streaked with red and pedestrians' attire spotted.
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Melbourne
Australia
Parson's Daughter Faces Broadway Comedy Role
Merna Pace daughter of a Methodist minister, stars in a long Broadway run of a risqué comedy. Born in Knoxville Iowa she grew up in St Paul and Duluth and studied at DePauw and Northwestern. Her parents supported her stage career and she hints at future film work.
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New York
Merna Pace
Charles M. Pace
Hamline University
St. Paul
Mother
Merry-Eyed Merna
Knoxville
Iowa
Miss Pace
Duluth
de Pauw University
Indiana
Northwestern
University
Baltiimore
Chello
Chicago
Coast
Bulgarian Statesman Weds His Housekeeper
In a small Sofia village ceremony at Bovara the Bulgarian statesman married his housekeeper with a priest and four attendees. The minister stated they had loved each other for half a century, and the event featured the brother of the bride, an architect, and a cousin acting as sponsors and witnesses.
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Sofia
Ins
Goethe
Maerivig
Gheorghi Ruiosseiseroff
Arta
Vilna
Bovara
Mar
Arto Edo Te Vislage
Wassert
Murster
Kausselmanoff
Polygamy Banned In Siam By New Marriage Laws
In Bangkok Siam AP reports new marriage laws restrict a man to one wife while divorce remains possible by mutual consent or court action. The reform aims at equal rights in marriage and divorce though enforcement details and specific cases are unclear in the text.
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Siam
Bangkok
Marrie
Harkaway Testifies Against O Connor in Court Case
Harkaway identifies a group including Pontralo Brennan Scott Kroloff and Crasinas as present with O Connor at Brennan's place in late December 1934 and says slot machines were in the back room. He recalls meetings with Havner Loepp and mentions Maley as part of the crowd, while denying bootlegging.
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Red Brennan
Jim Pontrale
Tom Taggart
Gus Craginas
Maley
Harkaway
O'Connor
A. “Pontrala
Gus
Glen Scntt
Pontralo
Scott
Brennan
Kroloff
Crasinas
Walter Maley
Jim Pontralo
Free
C. F. Lytle
Grand Jury
Victor Mazie
Havner
David Loepp
Omaha
Iowa Graft Probe Urged by Colorado Example
The writer contrasts Colorado’s impeachment of Secretary James H. Carr with Iowa’s tepid inquiry into liquor governance. They condemn the Iowa Bureau of Investigation and Liquor Commission staff, question who minted bootlegger seals, and urge Governor Herring to act decisively to expose and remove corrupt officials.
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Colorado
E. C. Johnson
James H. Carr
Assembly
Carr
House of Representatives
Iowa
Liquor Commission
O’connor
Bureau of Investigation
The
State Bureau of Investigation
Herring
Johnson
Dog Saves Master Buried By Slide In Bavarian Pit
In Muhldorf Central Bavaria peasant August Thurmeier was buried to the neck in a gravel pit avalanche with his head trapped between a cart wheel and gravel. A loyal dog dug through the gravel and freed him after about forty minutes, while oxen barely moved.
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Munich
INS
Muhldorf
Bavaria
August Thurmeier
California Turkey Crop Escapes Thanksgiving
California Thanksgiving consumes only 15 to 20 percent of the state's gobbler crop. About 35 percent goes to market in the Christmas season, with the remainder sold after the new year, says George Makins, manager of the California Turkey Growers association.
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San Francisco
California
George Makins
California Turkey Growers Association
China Clipper Maiden Flight Begins Transpacific Service
The China Clipper leaves Alameda for Honolulu on the first leg of Pan American Airways transpacific mail service. The flight carries mail, includes 21 aboard at start, and will take about 17 to 18 hours over 2410 miles with guidance from radio beams. Messages of congratulations come from Roosevelt era officials as officials foresee future Atlantic service and quicker ocean crossings.
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Los Angeles Planetarium
Musick
Alameda
Honolulu
Midway
Guam
Pan-American First
Pacific
John Rodgers
Hawaii
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Australia
California
Charles T. P. Ulm
Dole
Pan-America
Wake Island
Calif
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Atlantic Ocean
Washington
United States
San Francisco
Century of Progress
America
Ann McKim
Baltimore
China
New York
Pan American Airways
American Aviation Engineers
Congress of the United States
Alaska
Europe
Vera Stretz Enters Not Guilty Plea In Murder Case
Vera Stretz, an art student, pled not guilty in general sessions court to an indictment charging first degree murder of her married sweetheart Dr. Fritz Gebhardt, German scientist and financier. She appeared with attorney Samuel Leibowitz and was remanded to the women's detention prison.
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New York
Vera Stretz
General Sessions
Fritz Gebhardt
Miss Stretz
Samuel Leibowitz
Leibowitz
Frank Stretz
Adeline Stretz
Younger MacDonald Named To New British Cabinet Role
London report says Lord Halifax secures the lord privy seal in Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's new government. He succeeds former premier James Ramsay MacDonald, defeated in the November 14 general election. Malcolm MacDonald, son of the former leader, is noted in the dispatch.
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London
Lord Halifax
Stanley Baldwin
James Ramsay MacDonald
Malcolm MacDonald
British cabinet reshuffle appoints Thomas and Cooper to key posts
The former premier is named dominions secretary and Duff Cooper becomes secretary of war while J. H. Thomas moves to the same post and Viscount Halifax exits as war secretary. Malcolm MacDonald must seek a Commons seat or be made a peer. Alfred Duff Cooper shifts to treasury finance alongside Morrison.
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Dominions
J. H. Thomas
Colonied
Duff Cooper
Viscount Halifax
Malcolm MacDonald
Commons
Alfred Duffy Cooper
The
Treasury
Church Of God Revival Closes This Evening
The revival at the Church of God on L avenue at Eighth street NW ends tonight at 7 30. Rev Lloyd L Rawlings will return to Sturgis Michigan to preach for his own congregation there Sunday. Evening includes special singing by Mrs A Charter and Mrs Stack, Vern Guttenfelder bass solo, and a duet by Mr and Mrs James Rissmiller. Evelyn Keller plays violin for the offertory. The Waerys sing tonight and a prize is offered to the visitor with the most newcomers during the revival.
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Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street
Lloyd L. Rawlings
Sturgis
Mich
A. Charter
Stack
Vern Guttenfelder
James Rissmiller
Evelyn Keller
J.W. Waery
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