Hauptmann Linked to Lindbergh Kidnapping Gang
A U S witness, John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk Virginia, identifies a photo of Bruno Richard Kee as a gang member linked to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Curtis says he contacted the gang in 1932 and may influence Hauptmann’s murder trial next Wednesday.
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U.s.ington
zurEvidence
Bruno Richard Wauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Wieinert Universal
Hauptmann
U.S
Flemington
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Bruno Richard Kee
Curtis—lestimi
Fremington
Robbins
Curia
Third Tots Body Recovered From Northfork River Tragedy
In Mulville the north fork of the Huyta river yielded the third Mason child body La vera Mason aged sever of four siblings Mag gie Mason two Betts Mason six were recovered earlier after a rowboat overturned. Their mother Mrs Hilda Mason 20 of near Petroleum was rescued by Dennis Cunningham 16 who pulled her to shore. Sheriff Elder said no inquest will be held as the tragedy prompted funeral plans for the children and concern for the mother who may develop pneumonia from exposure.
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Mulville
Huyta River
Tour Iide
Lavera Mason
Sever
Maggie
Betts
Hilda ‘Maron
Petroleum
Dennis
Teddy* Cunningham
Mason
Cunningham
Frank Lewis
Rusk
Dexter Mason
Bright Spots From Pages of Business
New York reports eleven thousand Continental Can employees shared a 2.5 million Christmas bonus. Chicago notes Wilson and Co profits up to 180 million in 1934 from 140 million in 1933 with strong per share gains. Sixty percent steel capacity opening 1935 for Youngstown's blast furnace. Dun and Bradstreet finds holiday inventories low with 23 to 40 percent higher Christmas sales. Sioux Falls confirms a 10 percent salary cut for 20 workers amid wage pullback.
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Associated Press
New York
Continental Can Company
Chicago
Oel TT
Wilson and Company
Salex
AGU
Youngstown
Dun and Bradstreet
Roosevelt considers expanding Civilian Conservation Corps plan
President Roosevelt weighs a plan to more than double CCC enrollment as part of a broad winter works relief program. The talks involved cabinet members and advisors with possible expansion around 1,000 additional corps members. The current CCC exceeds 350,000, and a central employment mechanism may be created to coordinate jobs and benefits.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
CCC
The
National Resources
Kingfish Opens Longiana Probe in New Orleans
Huey Long leads a one day inquiry into New Orleans city government from a barricaded 7th floor office calling it the Kingfish inner lodge. He excludes the public and press while allowing a radio to broadcast the session.
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New Orleans
Huey Long
New Orleains
Long
Arnit
Firemen Revive Couple After Gas Fumes In Wheeling
In Wheeling on December 28 firemen revived Mr and Mrs Edward Flanigan after gas fumes from a furnace stove filled their bedroom. They were unconscious for about a hour before rescue and reported not seen for 12 hours. Both remained in serious condition.
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Wheeling
Edward Flanigan
State to Get Million From U. S. For Ronis
Washington December 28 The apportionment of 125 million dollars of federal funds for highway construction next fiscal year was announced by Secretary Wallace. States must match the funds with an identical amount. Included: West Virginia 1,336,793 dollars.
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Washington
Wallace
West Virginia
Einstein Proves Mass and Energy Are Equal
Albert Einstein unveiled a simpler proof of mass-energy equivalence using a collision of two material particles, dropping complex electromagnetic fields. The lecture at the American Association for the Advancement of Science drew 40 attendees, marking his first U.S. speech in years and a debut for new practical physics implications.
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Howard W. Bakesha
Edward Pittsburgh
Albert Einstein
Physical Science
United States
Advancement of Science
American Mathematical Society
Cornentie Tee
Einstein
Justices Hurry to Settle Their Delinquent Accounts
State auditor Edgar Sims reports a wave of settlements by justices of the peace to clear delinquent accounts. Letters show settlements with sheriffs and prosecutions officials noting payments and actions for noncompliance. Several cases cite full payments, including Fred Owens of Reed, with other filings from Gauley Bridge and West Union.
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Edgar Sims
Constablia
Audhtor Sims
Fred Owens
Reed
Af Pere
Molden
Kanawha
Owens
Charleston
F. J H. Mile
Gauley Bridge
L. Lowether
West Union
Mhese
Mary Pickford files divorce suit against Douglas Fairbanks
Loyd Weight, attorney for Mary Pickford, said he will press the divorce after January 1. Service by mail on Douglas Fairbanks has been completed in superior court, completing the steps for a trial date. The case has dragged for more than a year as Hollywood watchers await resolution.
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Los Angeles
Loyd Welght
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Wright
Superior Court
Ahathdayi
Fairbanks
Penthy
Miss Pickford
Boas
Hollywood
London
Lord Ashley
Lady Ashley
British Isles
Joseph Schentk
Momentous Session Forecast In Washington
Democratic leaders expect a long session as they await President Roosevelt's address next Friday. They say the plan is to publish a broad message then follow with specific recommendations in separate messages. Senate leader Robinson arrived to assess the situation and will speak tomorrow.
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Washington
Sen
Tobinson
Arckansan
Senate
Jeader
Tommorrow
Shackled Convicts Trigger Georgia Manhunt
A central Georgia manhunt pursued six shackled convicts who overpowered a guard and abducted a veterinarian whose car they commandeered. John Spears, a 40 year burglary convict, was captured within hours while the others, two whites and three Negroes, remained at large with prison stripes.
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Macon
Georgia
John Spears
Lobbying Practices in War Department Targeted by House Committee
The House Military Affairs Committee submitted a report condemning lobbying in the war department and urging Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois to be removed as chief of the Army Air Corps. It cited possible inspector general inquiries and warned that corrupt agents seek influence with government officials. One army official was alleged to have obtained fees from private corporations and influenced government transactions.
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Washington
War Department
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
House
Foulois
Air Corps
Jude
United States
Tur
Special Judge Dismisses 3.2 Beer Damage Suit in WV
Special circuit judge R. E. O Cortter in Judge Hudson's absence dismissed a damages suit filed by E. D. Martin Co. against driver Noble Flal er after ruling beer remains illegal under West Virginia constitutional constraints. The decision marks the first test of 3.2 beer legality in the state and leaves the Martin company to bear costs.
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West Virginia
R. E. O Cortter
Arthur P. Hudson
E. D. Martin Company
Noble Flaler
Brownsville
Charleston
Fisher
O'Care
Martin Company
Tuwer
Lydia Binks sought reprieve from child murder verdict
London detachment reports Lydia Hinks condemned for murdering her child faced reprieve after the home secretary’s decision. The solicitor at Dirham informed Mrs. Blake she would not hang. she had petitioned for clemency.
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London
Lydia Hinks
Home Secretary
Dirham
Blake
Binks
England
Ethel Like
Major
Hult der
Frederick Stushworth
Actor Lowell Sherman Dies at 47 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns director and actor Lowell Sherman died of pneumonia at a local hospital at age 47. He directed Mae West in She Done Him Wrong and Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory. Born in San Francisco, Sherman studied in New York public schools and came from a family with strong stage ties.
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Hollywood
Lowell Sherman
Sherman
Katharine Hepburn
Pathe
San Francisco
New York City
Stape Folk
Kate
Train Blast Second in Week
A dynamite blast derailed a coal train near Woodlawn Illinois blowing ten empty cars off the tracks. One trainman was bruised as officials note a wave of bombings tied to mine union conflict with no arrests despite repeated incidents.
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Woodlawn
Burlington
Ilinois
Mtinola Central
Springfield
Peabody
Woman dies from burns as dress catches fire
In Clarksburg on December 2 a woman, Grace Swiger, 18, died from burns after her dress caught a pipe stove fire. The incident occurred while she tended her infant in an Anmoore home. She was mother to a one-month-old son, Richard Lee, who was nearby in a high chair.
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Clarksburg
Des
Grace Switer
Ralph Swiger
Anmoore
Private Funerals For Sixteen Dead In Boiler Blast
Montgomery dispatch reports private funerals for sixteen victims of a boiler explosion aboard a locomotive in Powellton and Mount Carbon area. Hospital staff fought to save 26 others as two more were readmitted. the blast caused widespread burns and possible pneumonia.
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Montgomery
Coal Valley Hospital
Delmar Oxley
Saracel Ly Runyon
Rome Walters
Powellton
Eddie Mowlett
Samuel L Runyan
Everett Leech
Mount Carbon
Pattery
Martiig
Pat) Murphy
McDunp
Neem We Craft
Shy
Tuan Mayne
Willam B. Blankenship
Steve Kozma
Powellion
Johan’ Lowe
Kimberley
James Hunter
Wiliam Turner
Indiana
Boty
Persinger
Eagte
Saleney McMilllan
Powell Delmar L. Oxtey
Barnsce
James Snizzle
Otle "Hambrick
George Brages
Echt Weist
Lee Jonen
H. H. Holstein
William ‘Hurley
Spencer -Hurley
Lack of Water In Boiler Said Cause of Blast
Federal inquiry opens into an explosion at the Elkholm Piney coal line that killed 36 miners and injured 22. Three Interstate Commerce inspectors view wreckage near McBunn, while Clarence L. Jarrett notes low boiler water likely caused the blast. Engineer William Blankenship among the dead. boiler had regular inspections.
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Washington
Bureau
W. A. McKown
L. D. Allison
Columbus
Clarence L. Jarrett
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Pittsburgh
Kop ‘Pers Cool ‘Company
New Year Revelry At 20 Per Person Possible in Gotham
New York girds itself for 1935 with all night revelry and high prices. Hotels clubs and cars seek licenses to stay open past curfew and offer cover charges around 19 to 20 dollars. Extras quickly double the cost per reveler as the city hopes to welcome the new year with celebrity patrons and festive spectacles.
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Gotham
New York
Heve Stage Authority
Sid & Yetmen
Merelry
G. I
Tete) Deatwick
John Schiff
Victor E. Anuel
Stabte
Man Who Dies Rich Dies Disgraced Says Johnson
Dee Johnson a Daytona Beach based executive of Endicott Johnson Corp says no man has a right to heap wealth while others lack basic needs. He defends wealth as reinvested in company plants and jobs, and cites Carnegie while lamenting public hardship.
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Johnson
Binghamton
Dee
George WN. Johnson
Senate Munitions Committee
Aufferink
Daytona Beach
Fla
Endicott Johnson Corporation
Lst
Jolson
Andrew Carnegie
Harry 8. Endicott
Investigating committee faces plea for mercy in probe
The text suggests that anyone under investigation may plead guilty and seek mercy. It notes past inquiries show few emerge perfectly clean, regardless of status. The speaker mentions an investigator group and the difficulty of staying above reproach.
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Callf
Dee
Miyuele
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Foulvis
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Lease Turh
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Okie Litton
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Nichard Mays
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