Mysterious Macon Disaster Prompted Warship Rescue Praise
The Macon, famed American navy airship, plunged after a sudden lurch over 36 minutes and sank in the Pacific. Surviving crew described the out-of-control fall as they were rescued by rubber boats. two crewmen remain missing as search ends. President Roosevelt commended naval rescue work and suggested possible limits to dirigible development.
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Curtivers Lane
Germany
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Thorsach
House Naval Affairs Committee
Dirigible Tragedy Rescued By Wiley In Sea Incident
In San Francisco on February 13 05 Lieutenant Commander Mer bert V Wiley commander of the Maran displayed swift leadership saving a junior officer amid a drifting dirigible disaster. Wiley swam back to aid Lieutenant Scarge Gampeek who cried for help.
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Scarge Gampeek
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Richest Girl in World Weds New York Man
Doris Duke America's richest girl married James H R Cromwell, Knickerbocker scion, in a private ceremony at the Duke mansion New York. The couple, planning a honeymoon aboard Conte Di Savoia, tied the knot despite prior public speculation.
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Doris Duke
Cromwell
Italy
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Knickersbocker
Conte di Savoia
Egypt
James Buchanan Duke
E. T. Brotesbury
Philadelphia
Delphine Dodge
Detroit Automobile Family
State Liquor Stores Plan Faces Senate Debate
The Virginia senate opens a long debate on the administration state store bill with a vote to report it for passage after hours of speeches and a split on monopoly versus open retail sales. Senator Fleming chairs while Senator Ky Jones argues the plan is prohibitory and cites previous battles for state control.
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Wileh
Hodges
Dan B. Fleming
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Mitch
Jones Fichts
Virginia
Glamorous Fay Vallee Loses to Rudy Vallee
In New York on February 13, Supreme Court Justice Salvatore Cotillo ruled Fay Webb Vallee is entitled to only a weekly maintenance from husband Rudy Vallee. The court upheld the separation agreement finding no duress or coercion and that Vallee did not prove inadequacy of the allowance. The proceeding featured courtroom disruptions and contention over counsel conduct as the judge limited arguments.
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Navy
Supreme
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Rody Valle
Coulto
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Catila
Gehjamin Hartstein
Hauptmann convicted of murder in first degree
Brusque courtroom drama ends with Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder. Jury polled individually, verdict read as guilty of murder in the first degree. Judge sets death sentence for the week of March 18.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Haupt- Mann
Hauptmann
Malton
Hauptmann verdict and AP miscue corrected
The report traces a 10 30 flash announcing Bruno Hauptmann's death sentence, followed by an erroneous AP repeat, Gazelle newsboys street extras correcting the error, and a 10 46 AP flash confirming the death sentence. The Gazette notes the mistake as the first major AP error in its history.
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Bruno Hauptmann
Garellr
Menage
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Gazette
Exra
Tme
Associated
Crest
Hauptmann Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
Bruno Richard Hauptmann is found guilty of murder in the first degree with no recommendation and sentenced to be electrocuted in the week beginning March 18. The jury deliberated 11 hours, Hauptmann’s wife Anni Weegep sits sobbing, and outside a mob yells as courthouse bells toll.
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Universal Service
Flemington
N. J
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
New Jersey
Trenchard
Hauptmann
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O'Donnell
Jadee Taynhard
Verdict Near as Hauptmann Appears in Chains
The fraught courtroom scene shows Bruno Hauptmann entering in shackles with tense support from the crowd and spectators noting his grim demeanor as the verdict nears.
Hauptmann’s Wife Weeps After Death Sentence Pronouncement
In Flemington New Jersey on February 13 Anna Hauptmann expressed she has nothing left after her husband Bruno Hauptmann was sentenced to death in the electric chair. Boyd Fisher defense counsel supported her, urging composure and promising to see the case through. She maintained hope despite tears and left the courthouse undeterred.
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Anni
Autify Courte Room
Jersey
Hunterdon County
Jersey Uplands
Fisher
Mrs. Hauptmann
Guar ds Discuss with Lawyer Amid Damp Faced Court Scene
A courtroom scene centers on guards consulting with Lloyd Fisher, one of the defendant’s lawyers, as the atmosphere remains tense and damp with a decisive turn toward page five for further party coverage.
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