Murderous Northcott farm case shocks Riverside region
New details emerge from Riverside California farm where four boys allegedly suffered mistreatment and were fatally harmed. Sanford Clark, a 15 year old grandson, links Gordon Northcott and his mother to torture and killings aided by a blood encrusted ax and a pit of quicklime.
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New York World News Service
Los Angeles
Riverside
Cal
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Cyrus Northcott
Northcott
C. G. Northcott
Sanford Clark
Clark
Saskatoon
Alta
F Uther
Gordon Northcott
Canada
Gordon Northeitt
Ther
Clark Jias
Walter Collins
Collins
Missing adopted child of slain village officer
Mrs. Peter Dumele of North College Hill reports her sixteen year old adopted daughter, employed at Ninth and Sycamore, disappeared after collecting her salary. Believed kidnapped, authorities treat case as connected to two day mystery involving a second missing young woman, Dorothy Schneeman of Reading. Meanwhile Dr. Randall J. Condon, Cincinnati Schools superintendent, will vote Republican citing a moral issue in Maine election.
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Peter Dumele
Cordova Avenue
North College Hill
Ninth and
Sycamore Streets
Dumele
Millcreek Valley
Dorothy Schneeman
East Benson Street
Reading
Tiffin
William Schneeman
Randall J. Condon
Herbert Hoover
Condon
Cincinnati Schoolmasters’ Club
Zoo
Maine
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Friendship, Me
United States Senate
Poor loom sweeper wins 100000 football prize
Tom Hartley of Blackburn cotton mill wins a 100000 prize offered by Rothermere Journals and The Sunday Dispatch among others for correctly predicting 24 football match results. Hartley, unemployed wartime veteran, and his wife work at the mill. The prize is taxed as unearned income.
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New York World News Service
London
Tom Hartley
Blackburn
Rothermere
The
Sunday Dispatch
Sunday Pictorial
Daily Mirror
Hartley
Mason Discussses Views on Smith
Supreme Court Justice Townsend Scudder a former New York Mason releases a letter via Democratic headquarters stating Freemasons cannot oppose Gov. Smith solely due to his Catholic faith. He argues Freemasonry requires loyalty to constitutional law and religious tests are forbidden for public office. He asserts support for Smith aligns with constitutional duties.
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New York
Supreme Court
Townsend Scudder
New York State
Masonic Order
Democratic National
Smith
Scudder
William Ritchie, Jr
Omaha
Nebraska
Cov. Smith
Freemasonry
Father quits search and offers reward in Billy Ranieri kidnapping
A. Frank Ranieri, father of 10-year-old Billy, ends the fruitless hunt and posts a 2000 reward, potentially rising to 5000 if relatives help. Police had raided a roadhouse near Elgin but found no sign of Billy. two suspects, Salvatore Mastroianni and Renaldo Schiedo, face kidnapping charges with bonds set at 25000.
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Chicago
Frank Rainieri
Billy
Polic
Ranieri
James E. Doherty
Billy Ranieri
Renaldo Schiedo
Mastroianni
Schiedo
Mastroiani
Butcher Boy Guilty Die on Gallows in Los Angeles
Leo Pat Kelley dubbed the butch er boy was found guilty of first degree murder in Superior Court for killing society woman Myrtle Mellus. The seven men and five women jury reached verdict in under three hours, with no leniency recommended. Sentencing set for next Thursday.
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Los Angeles
Leo “Pat” Kelley
Mrytle Mellus
Kelley
Josephine Kelley
Mellus
Frank Mellus
Wilshire
Fletcher Bowron
Kentucky rally backs tariff aid for farmers
At Woodland Park Kentucky Senator Curtis urged higher tariffs to aid farmers and touted Hoover's plan for agricultural conferences. He predicted a 50,000 vote Republican margin in Kentucky as rival women clubs settled a breakfast party truce. Curtis rode horses and toured Louisville before a State Fair visit.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Curtis
Herbert Hoover
Blue Grass
Woodland Park
Women’s
Republican Club of
Kentucky
Kentucky Women’s Republican League
Phoenix Hotel
Payne Whitney
Mad Hatter
Louisville
John M. Robison
Prince George Seen in Hollywood While Aboard Durban
A Royal Navy officer posing as Lieut Windsor visited Hollywood during the H M S Durban’s stay near Santa Barbara. Prince George, youngest son of King George, sought permission to attend a Montecito party but went to Hollywood instead meeting Lily Damita. Officials disputed news reports of the visit and discipline.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Prince Orge
George
Hollywood
Windsor
Durban
Montecito
Bermuda Islands
Prince George
Lily Damitta
Paris
Monterey
Colridge
H. M. S. Durban
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Britain
Fatal auto crash in Hyde Park streetcar incident
An elderly woman, Mrs. Carrie Ballauf, 70, was killed and her daughter, Miss Helen Ballauf, 45, seriously injured after a speeding car driven by John Sutherland swerved to avoid them as they alighted from a west bound Hyde Park streetcar at Madison and Observatory roads. Several other collisions injured three more people and traffic was disrupted for hours.
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John Sutherland
Grand Avenue
Ft. Thomas
Hyde Park
Carrie Ballauf
Mooney Avenue
Helen Ballauf
Ballouf
Hilda Schmidt
Sutherland
William Payne
Haven Avenue
Mortimer E. Abrahams
Mitchell Avenue
Forest
Washington Avenues
Abraham
Emanuel Abrahams
Carrie Abrahams
Yetta Hurtig
General Hospital
Payne
Reading Road
Washington and
Forest Avenues
John Leuthold
East Third Street
Pearl Street
Eggleston Avenue
Katherine Patton
Pleasant Street
Louis Orr
Peete Street
East
Clifton Avenue
Harold Werner
John Street
City Faces Real Estate Suit Over East Fifth Street Widening
Three lawsuits filed in U S District Court accuse Cincinnati of excess condemnation to widen East Fifth Street and claim the city plans to seize land at low prices for profit. Plaintiffs include Margaret Z. Vester L B Reakire and James and Paschal Richards alleging private use and due process violations under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Cincinnati
Fifth Street
United States District Court
John Weld Peck
Peck, Schaffer & Wilams
United States
Margaret Z. Vester
Broadway
L. B. Reakire
Fifth and
Sycamore Streets
James and
Paschal Richards
Fifth
Pike Street
East Fifth Street
Desperate Ship Calls for Help as Hurricane Rages
The hurricane roars across the Caribbean toward Nassau and the Florida coast, feared to bring famine and disease to Nassau, Cuba, and Gulf states. The Red Cross allocates 50000 dollars and trains to aid Porto Rico and the Bahamas as reports warn of high death tolls and massive property loss.
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Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Virgin Islands
Bahamas
Florida
Weather Bureau
Nassau
Cuba
Gulf States
Virginia Capes
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Turks Island
British West Indies
Caribbean
American Red Cross
Charleston
S. C
Ponce
Mexico Joins Anti War Pact as 51st Nation
Washington, Sept. 15. Mexico becomes the fifty first country to commit to the general pact renouncing war. Secretary Kellogg states Mexico informed him it will adhere to the treaty, leaving thirteen nations yet to hear from. Two certified copies will be sent to the sixty four associated nations early next week. Russia’s copies will go via the French Government.
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Washington
Mexico
Kellogg
Russia
Youth Rescues Boy From River Auto Ride
Laurence Schwartz, 20, of 2210 Gladstone Avenue, diving into the Ohio River, rescued 4-year-old Robert Branch from a car that rolled fifty feet down a hill into the water after the boy released the brakes. The child was saved with only minor injuries. Schwartz lost his fishing tackle in the effort. Mrs. Elmer Branch and Mrs. Bradford watched as patrolmen and firemen arrived. Robert apologized for the stunt, saying he did it for fun and would not do it again.
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Robert Branch
Eastern Avenue
Ohio River
Laurence Schwartz
Gladstone Avenue
Robert
Elmer Branch
Allen Bradford
Schwartz
Marshal Schraffenberger
Lindy Thrills Crowd at Races in Los Angeles
At Mines Field crowds gather for national air race program. Charles A Lindbergh flies his aerial daily dozen and later leads the army stunt group the three musketeers. Art Goebel appears in a Lockheed Vega exhibition aircraft. Lieut Barber wins the special army race at 127.49 mph over a ten lap course.
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Los Angeles
Mines Field
Army Air Flyer
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindy
Col. Lindbergh
Track Army
Three Musketeers
Art Goebel
Honolulu
New York
Observation
San Francisco
Frank H. Barber
Douglas
Hurricane Threat Drives Distress Calls To Key West Tug
A wireless message reports a ship in distress near Puerto Plata Santo Domingo as a hurricane path threatens Inagua Island Nassau Bahama radio links fail and barometer falls amid storm warnings. The wrecking tug Warbler is awaiting clearer details on the unidentified vessel.
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Turk’s Island
B. W.L
C. Maude Gaskill
William K. A. Naugler
Hawk
Miami
Fla
Key West
Miami Daily News
Warbiler
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Turk's Island
Inagua Island
Nassau
Bahamas
Inagua
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Riverside, Cal
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R. J. Condon
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Mason
Order
Lodge
Son
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H. H. Hoffman
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Curt Peng
Hoover Gloots
Ueok
DON
Edisons
Newark
Longworth
Ohio
Francis M. Stephenson
W. B. Ragsdale
Gov. Smith
Middle West
Hoover
Ballyhoo
North Dakota
Capper
Nye
Nicholas Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Hanford MacNider
Donovan
New England
Kansas
West Indies
Lieut
Lily Damita
Denies Story
Hyde Park Street
Prince Geor
Municipality
Glonel
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