FDR Plans Transcontinental Speaking Tour in 1930s
President Roosevelt outlines a wide tour to promote his program and praise Democratic Senate nominees. Stops include Covington Kentucky Marietta Ohio and Memphis Tennessee with TVA remarks and possible stops in Oklahoma City Fort Worth and California. An ocean voyage to the Pacific coast is considered.
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Roosevelt
Covington
Sen
Barkley
Senate
Marietta
White House
Northwest Territory
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Memphis
TVA
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Tex
Colorado
California
Oklahoma
Sen. Thomas
E. W. Marland
Gomer Smith
Pacific
South America
Sen. McAdoo
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Equator
Ecuador
Panama Canal
Milwaukee police arrest boys after burglary attempt
In Milwaukee on June 9 a patrolman encountered two boys aged 9 and 11 attempting to force open a goods store. The younger boy described the incident as a burglary. Both youths were referred to juvenile authorities for further action.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eric Gesehrer
Esk- Sonithith
Sleepwalker Falls From Window In Chicago
Walter Rich aged 40 escaped the axiom that sleepwalkers stay safe by stepping from a second floor window of his apartment. He walked out and suffered a fractured leg as a result.
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Chicago
Walter Rich
Rich
Road safety forecast predicts high British road deaths
The Ministry of Transport in London predicts one Briton in every 200 will die on Britain’s roads in 1938. It cites past casualties to estimate outcomes, noting more than 68,500 deaths and 225,000 injuries occurred in 1837.
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Great Britain
Ministry of Transport
London
Ransom payments in kidnap cases cited in Hauptmann trial
Testimony in the Hauptmann trial recounts three ransom payments that failed to save kidnapped victims. Charles Lindbergh Jr. was believed dead when $50,000 was paid. Mrs. Ross’s $350,000 for her husband’s return ended in murder. another payment of $10,000 for Jimmy Cash led to a body found near Princeton, Florida. Franklin Pierce McCall confessed to related offenses.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
John F. Condon
Col. Lindbergh
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
Franklin Pierce MecCall
McCalls Mother Dazed by Arrest in Kidnaping Case
Mrs. Lily McCall mother of Franklin Pierce McCall, arrested in Miami in a James Cash Jr. kidnapping case, says she last saw her son three months ago at his father’s funeral. The Nazarene minister father died February 26 in Jasper Florida. She remained quiet, saying her son has no prior trouble and noting his wife Claudine Hilliam is from Princeton.
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Shepherd
Fragmentary fact snippet from a crowded speech report
The text notes a mother visiting a sister in Jacksonville and that the family has no children. It adds a comparison of Latin American countries importing from the United States and Great Britain, and a mention that Germany, Italy and Japan combined (implied in trade or influence).
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Jacksonville
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Japan
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