Baby Left On Porch Step In Old Suitcase
A two and a half month old boy was abandoned in a worn imitation leather suitcase on a doorstep near Richwood. He slept peacefully as state police and local residents cared for him at McClung hospital. A note inside described feeding instructions and asked for help locating the mother. Authorities plan a full investigation to identify the parents and may place the child in state guardianship.
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Boyaby
W. R. McCoy
LaFrank
Richwood
D. D. Wilfong
8.H. White
McClung
McCoy
Tess Poll
Aealthy
Phyalelana
Minister Lord Brother's Bombs Probers Informed
Washington notes the senate munitions committee links an Ecua dor missionary and his Pittsburgh based brother to a gas and bomb making operation. Senator Bone describes the man with a belligerent refrain as a tambourine in one hand and a bomb in the other. The witness protested at being mischaracterized as the "gas bomb maker."
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
Ecuador
Pittsburgh
Sen. Bone
D.wash
Paul Young
Christian Alliance
John W. Young
Federal Laboratories, Inc
Écouter
Meisner Denies Involvement in Labatt Kidnapping
Detroit authorities report David Meisner surrendered to detectives denying any role in the Labatt kidnapping of John Labatt the London brewer. Meisner claims he was in Cincinnati at the time and can provide witnesses including policemen to prove his innocence. He may face extradition by Canada to Ontario authorities.
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Detroit
David Meisner
John Labatt
London
Ont
Brewer
Meisner
Cincinnati
John Bollman
Special Investigation Squad
Hoffman
Meisener
Albert Pecram
Ontario
Messner
Fred W. Fraum
Selectives
Hamar Gardner
Pekrom
Timmins
New Jersey Raises Reward For Kidnapping Case
A New Jersey reward of 23 000 is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. The state legislature authorized a maximum 25 000 reward for child kidnap cases, with Gov A Harry Moore issuing the proclamation on May 24.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Boannpes Aences
Lindbergh, Jr
A. Harry Moore
Lindbergh
Plan For Textile Peace Proposed
President's mediation board headed by Governor Winant proposes a textile labor relations board akin to the steel board, plus FTC practice review and code provisions for the stretch-out system. The Labor Department would help enforce wages provisions. Roosevelt lauds the board as fair and reasonable. The report was presented at Hyde Park after failing to secure an agreement between operators and the union.
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Washington
Winant
New Hampshire
Textile Labor Relations Board
T Ihe
Federal Trade Commission
Labor Department
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Headless Body Identified As Highland Park Girl
Chicago police held Ziggi Rogodjinski after a headless body found in Ravinia was tentatively identified as Ruth Olson, 17, who vanished from Highland Park a year earlier after reportedly eloping with Rogodjinski to California. He denied knowledge of the death while a second man was sought.
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Chicago
Ravinia
Ruth Olson
Highland Park
Carl Eckyann
Evanston
Ziggi Rogodjinski
Olson
California
Rogodjinski
Lieut. Eckman
Wort
200 Children Killed As Building Falls In Typhoon
TOKYO reports a school building collapsed during a powerful typhoon sweeping central and eastern Japan. About 200 people are dead or missing, with many children among the casualties, according to Nenco news agency.
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Tokyo
MNA
Hyeoto
Japan
Nenco
Japancac
6-Year-Old Girl Feared Kidnapped And Slain
In Nashville a 6-year-old girl, Dorothy Distelhurst, vanished after leaving school. Police and federal agents probe whether she was kidnapped and killed, or struck by a train, with a bloodstained handkerchief and hairpin found on a neighborhood street as clues. W L Hamilton, the child's uncle, reported the bloodstained handkerchief near the railroad tracks. Page 12 Part 1 continues.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dorothy Distelhurst
U. S. Department of Justice
Nandkerehlel
W. L. Hamilton
Lindberghs leave New York mystery behind on West Coast
Col and Mrs Lindbergh, grieving over the Lindbergh Jr case, chose seclusion on the West Coast after learning police and federal agents were closing in on a key suspect. The couple, who learned of the latest developments via wires, decided not to return to New York. The era of public drama faded as they sought privacy away from memories of the March 1932 disappearance and May 1932 death.
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Los Angeles Examiner and
Universal Service
Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Charles A.lindbergh
Lindbergh
New York
Col. Lindbergh
Jin
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Hopewell
N. J
Col
Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect Hauptmann Arrested
New York news reports Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German immigrant and carpenter, arrested in the Lindbergh baby case. Authorities say money found in his Bronx home garage and his access to timber links to the ransom and ladder. Police, federal and state agents coordinated the arrest, with officials signaling the case may be solved.
Ransom Money Hidden In Floor Sash Revealed by Police
Police disclosed that the Lindbergh ransom money totaling 13750 dollars was hidden in the floor of a New Jersey garage and in a sash of the garage door. Police Commissioner John F. O'Ryan announced the finding in a formal statement tonight.
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New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John F. O'Ryan
Hauptmann Described as Carpenter by Trade
New York dispatch describes Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the Lindbergh kidnapping suspect, as five feet five inches tall, about 150 pounds, with reddish brown hair, grey eyes, and Teutonic features. He is identified as a carpenter by trade.
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New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Uncashed Checks Found With Late Pocahontas Clerk
Slow progress by the estate administrator of S. L. Brown, former Pocahontas County clerk, on collecting about 1,560 money orders and 3,000 unpresented checks some as old as 20 years. Most checks were for fees for records, licenses, and abstracts. Brown died after 40 years in office and left no close relatives. Some residents are urged to replace old checks. government will reportedly honor the money orders.
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Brown
Pocahontas County
S. L. Brown
J. A. Sydenstricker
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Squire" Brown
Hecks
Mr. Brown
Sydenatricker
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Case Recounted In Tabloid Form
A historical recap recalls the Lindbergh baby kidnapping at Hopewell New Jersey in 1932. The scene centered on the secluded Lindbergh home with a broken shutter and muddy footprints. Ransom notes demanded forty six thousand dollars as investigators pursued leads across New York Bronx to the sea and fields until May 12 when the baby was found dead.
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Presa
Lindbergh
Gourland
Vear
Hopewell
New Jersey
Ae Xandbergh, Jr
Moor
New York
Salvatore + Spitale
Irving’ Hitz
Bronx
Home News
John Condon
St. Raymond's Cemetery
Jafale
Safsts
Henry Breckenridge
Mie Tormoy
Martha's Vineyard
Jaby
Baby Lindbergh
Nelenticasly
Prisoner Hauptmann Worked Near Lindbergh Home Lumber Yard
New York, Sept. 20. Police said tonight that Bruno Richard Hauptmann admitted he had been employed in the Hopewell New Jersey vicinity as a carpenter. Officials said he had access to a lumber yard where timber with a peculiar mark was found, the same mark on the kidnaping ladder lumber.
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Frances A. Jamieson
The
A. P
New York
Jason
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
United States
Hans Mueller
Hauptmann
Bronx
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
John G.condon
Jafaie
Johnn F
Ryan
New Jersey
New York City
O’ryan
O'Ryan
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Department of Justice
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey State Police
Germany
Bruno Richard Happtmnn
Hopewell
Node
Handwriting Tied to Notes in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
The Justice Department examined ransom notes linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping, finding handwriting similar to that on other documents. Trauptmann’s auto license application in New York from the summer of 1933 was also referenced, though full contents remain unreleased.
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Wasitington
Justice Department
Brune
Trauptmann
New York
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Probers
Willie Wiltés
Robert Quillen
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
LaBatt
FDR
B. R. Hauptmann
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Dr. Condon
John, F, O'Ryan
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