Boy 10 Escapes Kidnapper Aids Arrest in Allentown
In Allentown on April, ten year old Henry Koch Jr. eluded his kidnapper Richard Taylor of Akron after being bound and gagged en route to school. He freed himself using a rock edge and led authorities to Taylor, who confessed to the abduction and ransom plot. The boy then guided police to recover him and secure the arrest, with a dramatic confrontation ending in Taylor’s surrender.
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Allentown
Little Henry T. Koch, Jr
Richard Taylor
Akron
Hbos
Clouser
Taylor
Henry
Fred
Koch
Mammy’s Troubles Over Pork Dinner
A fragment from a historical column depicts Mammy warning about pork causing headaches. The speaker jokes that every dinner ends with a slap for impudence, reflecting kitchen table humor and social tensions of the era.
Story of Stark Horror During Stay in Living Sepulchre
Dr Robertson recounts the entombment of D. Robertson and Charles Alfred Scadding in a Moose River gold mine. Eleven days underground ended with a perilous rescue after midnight from 141 feet below. Robertson, a 62 year old Toronto surgeon, described fear, the risk of ignition, and near death before surface contact. Scadding was evacuated to Halifax for treatment while Robertson recovered in Moose River Hospital.
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Moose River
N.S
Dr. D. &. Robertson
Charles Alfred Scadding
Draegermen
Robertson
Toronto
Mysteriuus
Where Men Were Trapped In Calamity At Mine
Reported from a provincial inquiry into the death of Herman B. Magill a twenty five year old attorney entombed in an abandoned mine with Robertson and Scadding. The rescue party and inquest were noted with remarks by Dr Robertson about their survival and the peril faced before emergence.
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Gii Meialime
Cald
Herman
B. Magill
Orwile Attornees
Robertson
Scadding
Maglite
Four Named In Wondel Case Indictment in Brooklyn Kidnapping
New York April 2 11 Ellis Parises jr son of a noted chief of Burlingto county detectives and four other men were indicted on kidnapping and assault charges related to Patt H Wendel who claimed torture forced a false Lindbergh case confession. Kings county grand jury handed up the indictment in Brooklyn court. Bail set for Schlossman at 7a, Breefeld held without bail.
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New York
Ellis Parises, Jr
Burlingto County
New Tersex
Patt H. Wendel
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Kings County Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Wendel
Trento
Young Parker
Harry Blerfeld, Jr
Yaorhies Avenue
Capii
Marvin Schlossian
Blecfald
Bleefeld
Har
Harry Weiss
George W. Martin
Schlossman
Breefeld
Aeleress
Brenton
Young woman sentenced to fifteen years for slaying
A 22 year old woman pleaded guilty to first degree murder and received a 15 year sentence after the fatal shooting of Ernest Parsons in front of her home. Her defense argued she acted under duress to support her mother and siblings. The court noted no alternative but to impose the punishment.
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Lam
Mary Johnson
Joseph Travis
Ernest Parsons
Miner
Tyra Jobson
Travis
Gil
Hin
Tian Wilting
Hereditary Infantile Paralysis Found in Dogs
Discovery reported to the American Philosophical Society by Prof. Charles R. Stockard traces hereditary infantile paralysis in dogs to a genetic mechanism. Studied in crossbred St. Bernards and Great Danes, the condition appeared in puppies by three months, suggesting a model for human muscle diseases.
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Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
Charles R. Stockard
Corte
Dink Fur Beter
House and Senate Clash on Taxes in 1936 Bill
Washington April 1936 the house opened debate on an 80 million dollar revenue measure amid party splits. Senate experts signaled possible expansion to broaden revenue scope while opposition to a second bill next session grew stronger. Page 4 Part 1 continues.
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Washington
House
Senate
Brig
New Place
Three Reservoirs Favored For State
The Tri State Authority submitted an 88,000,001 program for three reservoirs to the federal Rivers and Harbors Congress. Proposed sites span Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky with plans extending into Ohio. reservoirs would affect the upper Ohio and its tributaries and the Mississippi valley region.
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Wid
Tri-State Authority
Pennsylvania
Olin
West Vive
Kentuck
Congress
Ohjo
Mississippi Valley
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
West Fork
Bluestone
Big Bend
Zioncheck Fined for Speeding in Capitol Court Skirmish
Rep Zioncheck, 27, Washington, faced police in a Capitol Hill incident after speeding at 70 mph and causing a court disturbance. He paid $45 in fines to New York Rep O Connor plus a $25 collateral forfeiture and avoided 48 hours in jail after a scuffle with Officer Helmuth. He refused to attend court despite a warrant.
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Washington
Marion Zioncheck
Zionbheck
Ren. O'Connor
New York
Walter J. Casey
Zioneheck
Eong
Casey Tao Pa
George Helmutt
Capitol Hill
Zienbeck
Zioncheck
Helmuth
Capitol
Townsend Aide Generously Paid in Pension Scandal
Washington April 93 171 house investigating committees fold today that nickies and dimes paid into the Townsend old age pen stan movement had paid Robert E Clements cofounder about 77880 in salary expenses and dividends up to April 2 1936 when he resigned. The total covered Oct 1994 to April 1 this year and included 850 000 be rectired for his half share in the Townsend national weekly. It also included 7500 in dividends from the weekly a vital eelary for two and one half years of 9800 and living expenses. Townsend Got Some Ciider questioning. Dr Townsend founder of a pension plan received the main salary dividends and other profits. That total received by Dr Townsend anchidng expertes was as determined by commuter members and would be charged when he appears on Mason for questioning. Committees members estimated the then to Page 15 Part 4.
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Washington
House
Robert E. Clements
Clements
Eilary
Townsend
Ciider
FE. Townsend
Towa
Anchidng
Mason
Tien
Suitcase Is Victim of Heat in WULSA Ohio
The season's first heat victim, Elmer Foutch, was carried to the hospital in frigid gear in a humorous scene as he jokes about the heat. Temperature 65 degrees, unusual for the area.
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Wulsa
Ohio
Aprila
Elmer Foutch
Ethiopians Halt Italian Advance On Addis Ababa
Desperate Ethiopian forces and Italian bombers clash as Dessye to Addis Ababa road is pounded. Reports say Ethiopian columns near Dessye suffer dispersion after three days of bombardment while air strikes harry 2000 and 1000 strong Ethiopian units near Doba.
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Rome
Tials
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Dessye-Addis Ababa
Shoa
Hailugna Giafarie
Dessye
Hale Selassie
Doba
Jackson Farmer Held as Slayer
Ripley reports James Cunningham, a 45 year old farmer, admitted shooting Thomas Cobb amid an argument over Mrs. Cunningham. Cunningham said Cobb threw a hatchet and that he fired after being struck, Cobb dying on the scene. Cunningham was arrested after visiting Jatin R. Rader. he declined a preliminary hearing. Cobb is survived by his wife and nine children.
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Ripley
William B. Lanham
James Cunningham
Thomas Cobb
Cobb
Lva
Lanham
Cunningham
Jatin R. Rader
A. A. Shinn
France Refuses to Return Former German Colonies
Paris reports French government rejects handing back former German colonies, including Kameruns under French mandate, citing natives’ protection. The debate ties to Rhineland crisis and Germany’s push to rejoin League of Nations. Trullard says restoration impossible. plans for wartime strategy to be discussed by French and Russian staffs next week.
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France
Paris
Rhineland
Germany
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
der Fuehrer
Louis Trullard
Ministry of Colonies
Cameroons
West Africa
Nations Fear Nazi Putsch
France, Czechoslovakia, and Russia fear a Nazi putsch in Austria and take rapid measures. Austrian authorities prepare conscription by June for the 1915 class, about 50,000 men. Reports say France and Russia have supplied material aid to Czechoslovakia, boosting its military capacity.
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Czechoslovakia
France
Russia
Chrysler Reports Largest Earnings in First Quarter 1936
Chrysler corporation reported a first quarter 1936 net profit of 11,453,499, or 285 a share, the highest for any similar period. Directors declared a 150 a share dividend payable June 30 to stockholders of record June 7, with 1 a share paid in the previous quarter. Vehicle sales totaled 239,867 units, down slightly from 247,631 a year earlier, with dollar value at 148,463,735 versus 149,999,950 prior year.
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New York
Chrysler Corporation Today
Hudson Rules Today In Election Officer Row
Oral arguments loom in a mandamus petition by Democratic candidates to force the county court to certify a list of election officers submitted by Dr. G C Robertson as chairman of the county Democratic executive committee. Attys argued the county court overstepped authority. judge Hudson urged brief oral arguments on law only as other court matters await.
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Hudson
Taylor
Couny Court
Ethiopian troops blast highway to Dessye and Addis Ababa
Government report says Ethiopian forces destroyed entire sections of the Dessye Addis Ababa road and halted a southern Italian push in Ogaden. Official dispatches claim several thousand Salian soldiers killed and aircraft bombing the corridor to prevent Ethiopian destruction. Crown Prince Asfa Wosati oversees cabinet measures as Graziani’s southward advance stalls.
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Addis Ababa
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Desiye
Ogaden
Harar
Ccphains
Rodolfo Graziani
Jijiga-Haraz
Asfa Wosati
Nasibu
Graziani
Badu Danana
Planca
Ras Kabada
Avcho Galla
Rome
Tot Spiked to Death in Altoona Case
In Altoona Pennsylvania a 22 year old mother Margaret Karmendi and 24 year old Rey Lockard are charged in the death of three year old Matthew Sonny Karmendi. Police say Sonny died after a heavy blow to the skull and a suspected railroad spike incident. The couple gave conflicting statements about who struck the fatal blow. Investigators report Sonny died after being carried to a hospital and an object pierced his head.
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Altoona
Harry S. Carey
Altoona Police
Lockard
Karmendi
Matthew
Tm Hoapstat
Sonny
Flytin
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Man Than
Frank Clouser
Alegraph
Ile Willis
Robert Quillen
Doctor Robertson
Schedding
Halifax
Magill
D. E. Robertson
Alfred Scadaing
Moost River
Herman Manill
Reseuers
Parkers Law
Y Howard WW. Blakeslee
AP Science
Italy
Victory March
Jackson Farmer
Austria
Chrysler
Ari
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