Youth Confesses Writing Extortion Note Targeting Shirley Temple
Sterling Powell a 16 year old youth, arrested in Grant Nebraska, confessed writing the extortion note to Shirley Temple’s father George Temple. He denied attempting to collect the $23000 and claimed inspiration from gangland films. federal agents traced paper used to the stud mills as part of the probe.
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Washington
Shirley Temple
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Whea
Sterling Powell
Grant
Nebr
North Platte
Neb
U.S
Hoover
America
George Temple
Suze
G-men
Temple
Bureau of Investigation
Los Angeles
Gian Sore
Raw
Department of Justice
Probe of Wendel Case Is Extended
Newark dispatch reports federal grand jury extended its investigation into the Wendel kidnapping and torture case. Paul H. Wendel allegedly recounted a secret confession made after torture in Brooklyn and a final voluntary confession in New Jersey that was supposedly not to be used. The hearing on extradition of two Brooklyn suspects was set for next Thursday.
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Newark
N. J
Paul H. Wendel
Federal Grand Jury
Trenton
Harold G. Hoffman
Brooklyn
Wendel
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Labor Chiefs Lash Landon in Roosevelt Era Row
Washington July 31 three moves from organized labor on behalf of the New Deal coincided with James A Farley leaving the cabinet to campaign for Roosevelt George L Berry of Labor's Non Partisan League condemned London acceptance speech as paving for company unions owned and controlled by employers Philip Murray heading a union drive for steel workers urged Kansas officials to probe coercive tactics by Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
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Washington
Withis
New Deal
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
George L. Berry
Labor
League
Gov. Amm. London
Landon
Philip Murray
Stees
Kansas
Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Lifer Slain Two Pals Wounded in Oregon Prison Riot
Salem Ore July 31 A guard at Oregon state penitentiary fired into a rioting mob killing Thomas Naughn 48 who was serving life for murder and wounding two other prisoners James Hamilton 23 and Joseph Dupery 2 year burglary term. Prison tower gunfire started at 3 20 pm and only three shots were fired officials said
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
Thomas Naughn
James HW. Hamilton
Mier
Joseph Dupery
H. T. Corey
Plot to slay Detroit Jews by tainted milk and cheese
Detroit authorities disclosed a Black Legion plan to kill Jews by bacteriologically contaminating milk and cheese. Guthrie testified that Arthur Lupp and a chemist discussed breeding typhoid germs in a warmthed cellar, using syringes to contaminate bottles and cottage cheese for delivery to targeted districts.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Bernard Broggle
William H. Guthrie
Lupp
Bogrie
Guthrie
Arthur Lupp
Michigan
H .Lupp
The
Board of Health
Railroad Sues For Tax Slash In Elkins
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad, West Virginia’s largest utility taxpayer, sues for a reduction in its $85 million assessment and seeks to strike down the franchise tax. Attorney Henson asks that the assessment be set aside and the tax declared unconstitutional. Judge Baker plans a hearing at Martinsburg.
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Elkins
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia
Henson
Martinsburg
George E. Baker
Juder Baker
Board of Public Works
John J. Cornwell
Baltimore
Carver
Ate
Roosevelt Urges Frank Frank Dealing Between Nations
President Roosevelt in Quebec calls for frank dealing and give and take to solve world problems, praising Canadian American relations as a model. He speaks in English and French before a large crowd and meets with Governor General Tweedsmuir, Premier Mackenzie King, and officials. Talks cover joint hydroelectric development at Passamaquoddy Bay and the St. Lawrence. The reciprocal trade agreement is cited as tangible proof of neighborly aims.
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Quebec
America
Roosevelt
Lord Tweedsmuir
Mackenzie King
Lady Tweedsmuir
Mr. Roosevelt
Passamaquoddy Bay
St. Lawrence
U. S
Canada
British Empire
Mary Astor custody battle features love triangle claims
In Los Angeles a court fight over four year old Marylysa centers on Mary Astor allegedly abandoning the child for a married man, George Kaufman, while others demand refutations of nurse Welle Richardson testimony. Dr Franklyn Thorpe accuses Astor of unfitness and coercion, and Norma Taylor seeks vindication against links to Thorpe.
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Norma Taylor
Dr. Thorpe
Los Angeles
Mary Astor
George Kaufman
Joseph Anderson
Franklyn Thorpe
Astor
Goodwin J. Kilaht
Marylyn
Anderson
Thorpe
Miss Astor
Miss Taylor
Bullet Riddled Body Found In Wisconsin Woods
Irion River area near Inca River Wisconsin reports the body of Robert Hearnstein, 24, found shot with a 28 caliber rifle after a fishing trip with Laverne Marks, 19. Marks, son of a Clintonville clergyman, confessed to the murder and fled to Tacoma, Washington, after the crime. Authorities describe the burial site differently as the case develops.
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Iron River
Wir
Robert Flernstein
Laverne Marks
Clintonville
Wis
Inca River
Green Bay
Wiss
Tacoma
Wash
Wang
John Bernstein
Taneseville
Marks
Laverne
Pien
Man with 35 years in jail arrested again for counterfeiting
Federal officers collars Charles Kile a 35 year jail veteran identified by Wheeling Police Chief Albert Megale as the suspect in a Wheeling counterfeiting case. Kline said prior terms were served in Atlanta West Virginia and Ohio penitentiaries. Two brothers Sprey and Burley Clouston were also arrested with a portable counterfeiting outfit after reports of passing counterfeit half-dollars and dimra in Wheeling stores.
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Moundsville
Montersville
Privans
Albert C. Megale
Wheeling
Charles Kile
Megale
Kline
Atlanta
Weat
Virginia
Obie Penitentiaries
Hilne
Flashes of Life In These U S
Grants Pass Oregon notes a skunk raid on a state representative W A Johnsons hen house. He shot with two barrels, found the skunk, a hen and all but three chicks dead from pellets.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Skunk
W. A. Johnson
Johnson
Hurricane disrupts Gulf coast and sinks Tug Minute Lee
A midsummer hurricane lashed the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, sinking the tug Minute Lee with five crew missing. Winds reached 100 mph, while three vessels including the two masted fishing smack Bob and steamer Tarpon were unreported. The U S Weather Bureau lowered storm warnings as the disturbance moved northward over Alabama.
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Bullet Pensacola
Fla
Coast Guard
Choctowatchee Bay
U. S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Alabama
Minute Lee
Roast Guard
Pensacola. Fin
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Pensacola
Bob
Tarpon
Apalachicola
Panama City
Backwoods farmer admits emasculation claim in Tampa assault
Deputy Sheriff said Clarence L. Sullivan a 42 year old farmer confessed to emasculating by five attackers described as drunks including one woman. Sullivan found by a highway after the assault near Antioch and brought to a hospital where he recounted being robbed and attacked by two men and three women. He lived 15 years in the area and questioned the motive as investigators seek more details.
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Tampa
Fis
Clarence L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Antioch
L. MM. Hattan
Moss
Rebels Tighten Grip Near Madrid in 1936 Spanish War
Rebels push 26 miles toward Madrid to within 10 miles as government forces mobilize for renewed defense. Franco’s insurgents gain two towns in the Guadarrama mountains while the radical government mobilizes 1834 reserve troops and class of 1938 privates. Madrid faces critical crisis as France, Britain, and Italy consider tri power peace efforts.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
Universal Service
Madrid
Spain
Ford Motor
General Motors
Barcelona
France
Great Britain
Italy
Guadarrama
Emilio Mola
Ines
Jose Giral
Indalectu
Prieto
Redical
Zarrgoza
Seville
Zaragoza
Francisco Franco
Finger Man Ends Own Life in Jail Cell
ST PAUL July 21 John P Peifer the convicted kidnap plotter in the Hamm case ended his life in his jail cell presumably by chewing poisoned gum two hours after sentencing to 30 years in prison The former St Paul night club operator was blamed by a federal court jury as the finger man in the $100 000 abduction His death follows three year old crime as jailers attempted to revive him. Dr W D Kelly said the corpse showed signs of suicide.
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ST. Paul
John P. Peifer
William Hamm, Jr
Wille Sharkey
Chicago
Touhy
Alice
Hamm
Peifer
W. D. Kelly
Auto Sales Rise Sharply in State
The state road commission collected 108,796.87 in July from the automobile purchase privilege tax, up 31,266.35 from July 1935 and second only to June 1935. George Parrish noted July's 5,429,800 value of autos in West Virginia, while other license bureau receipts for July, including registrations and licenses, totaled 1,237,860.05.
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State Road Commission
George Parrish
Automobile Bureau
West Virginia
Road Commission License Bureau
Durin
Meensex
Turner Orders Children Taken From Poorhouses
West Virginia welfare officials instructed county agents to rescue 186 children from poorhouses. Many will be placed with relatives or private homes, some sent to Camp Fairchance for training, with reentry to homes later. Agencies will compile case histories and arrange homes without delay.
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West Virginia
Department of Welfare
Turner
Camp Fairthance
Firemen Protest Two Appointments in City Department
A civil service challenge will be filed in circuit court Monday over the recent appointments of R S Young and Rome Morgan to the city fire department. Local 317 argues both men were ineligible under Civil Service rules. Young was removed years ago and Morgan failed a required physical. The two men have served about a week without press notice, with details unsettled as the page 5 continuation indicates.
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Charleston
Baing Dre
Lst
Brayor Dawson
Civil Service Law
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