Defense in Shockley case scores in Pampa trial
In Pampa Texas on June 22 AP report the defense gained a surprise when Dr V E Brunow testified he ran multiple tests on flour from the Higgins home in 1931 and found no poison trace. He said the flour was brought by Raymond Allred brother of the attorney general. The case concerns the alleged poisoning of W J Hudgins and others.
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Pampa
Tex
Louis H. Shockley
V. E Brunow
Higgins
Raymond Allred
Grey County
Kitorney
Brunow
Shockley
W. 7
Hudgins
Terry Erwin
Wardlow
Terays
Addie
Shockiey
McLean
Colorado
New Mexico
Smudgins’ Ranch
Howard Rogers
Sayre
Okla
Shockley Mot
Omahoma City
A. E. Horton
Jack
Marlow, Otla
Campo Colorado
Tom Horton
Santa Fe
N. M
Shack- Tey
Hagerman
GC. S. Rice
W. R. Exing
Two Monett Girls Found in Detention Home
Two missing Monet, Missouri teens Hazel Porter and Doris May were located in St. Clair county detention home. They left home June 10, rode to Aurora and were driven to East St. Louis by the husband of a dormitory teacher before relatives alerted police. The report notes that President Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act on the grounds that wartime prohibition was no longer in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Monet
St. Clair County
Hazel Marie Porter
Fred Porter
Doris Jane May
Dawgh
Joseph May
Aurora
Abe
Body proves store of oxygen aids high altitude flyin
Berkeley reports experiments on Albino rats show the human body can store oxygen. USC physiologists Robertson and Baldwin describe how extra oxygen before ascent may let aviators endure higher altitudes, potentially to 50 000 or 55 000 feet, by washing out nitrogen and supplying breathing apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harold B. Robertson
Francis Marsh Baldwin
University of Southern California
Leonard Hill
Southern
California
Hill
Mount Hyerest
Special Vice Squad To Curb Gambling In Central City
Central City Colorado residents will see a special vice squad patrolling during the play festival next month. Sheriff Oscar Williams of Gilpin County announced four officers will operate here to curb gambling, which had been permitted in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Colo
Oscar Wilams
Gilpin County
Indian Rain Maker in Kansas Resigns
A man claiming to be an Indian rain maker visited the Governor's office in Pe ka seeking drought relief funds. He returned with a light rain that day and demanded payment, but Gov. Alf Landon said there is no money in the rain making fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
J L Milligan Bids for Votes in Senate Race
J L Milligan spoke at Missouri Pacific shops on railroad legislation, arguing for his bid to represent Missouri in the U S Senate. The event drew a large crowd on the courthouse steps with Ray Hunt and William Gardner among speakers. Bennett Clark could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Gardner
Missouri
St. [Louis
Tuck' Milligan
United States Senate
Milligan
Ray Hunt
Sedalia
William K. Gardner
St. Lewis
W. D. Steel
Omaha extortionist suspect trapped in FBI sting
Lyle Erwin, 42, itinerant salesman, was captured by Iowa state agents in a highway trap two miles south of Council Bluffs Iowa. Federal officials say he faces charges under the Lindbergh law for attempted extortion of $6,000 from Earl May, a Shenandoah, Iowa merchant and radio operator. One of three agents fired at the scene. no injuries. Ervin denies involvement and says he was merely a hitchhiker, while letters threatening May’s home were received in the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Iowa State
Lyle Erwin
Werner Hanni
Lexa- Nebraska Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Earl Hy
Hanni
May
Council Bluffs
Cubist 77 Reaches Perpetual Youth Billiard Semi-Finals
In St Louis Jaime 22 1AP W M Webb 77 of Beatrice Nebraska qualified for the semi finals of the Perpetual Youth Billiard tournament by compiling a handbag of 120 in 2 innings and beating W Shumaker 20 to 80. Webb recently set a tourney high run record by clicking the ivories 45 times and today made a high sum of 35. Finals for players over 70 will be held Thursday.
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ST. Louis
Jaime
W. M Webb
Beatrice
Neb
W. ©. Shumaker
Webs
Ivories
Murder charge filed against Evelyn Anderson in Shawneetown
A first degree murder charge was filed here today against Mrs. Evelyn Anderson of Wooboro Texas, former traveling companion of Harold St. Clair, now in New Orleans on charges connected to the slaying of Dr. Momer I. Meyer, a wealthy Eldorado Illinois dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawneetown
Evelyn Anderson
Wooboro
Tex
Harold St. Clair
New Orleans
Momer I. Meyer
Eldorado
Probe on Ford contracts sparks boycott questions in House
Washington June 22 AP Representative Kvale of Minnesota said the house military affairs subcommittee will probe War Department purchases to learn why Henry Ford cannot obtain government contracts. He noted Ford did not sign the motor manufacturers code, while bids from Ford dealers for government work were rejected for lacking certificates of code compliance. McCarn said actions followed an executive order. The hearing touched on Woodring directing a contract issue investigated by a DC grand jury and further testimony about war department contracts and a Silverman affair. The inquiry aims to inform Roosevelt on the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kvale
F.L
Minn
House
War Department
Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Dealers
Campfetter
McCarn
McCain
McCarl
Roosevelt
Farmer-Laborite
Harry H. Woodring
Secrretary of War
District of Columbia Grand Jury
Silverman
Woodring
Wosdring
Jackson
O'Neil
George Combs
Combs
Boston
Army
McMuhen
Joseph ‘Silverman
Robert Jackson
Democratic National Committee
McMullen
Woodrins
Silvermen
Dillinger Sister Denies Reports He Wrote to Galion
Audrey Hancock of Maywood Ind denies writing to Mrs. Eulalia Callender about John Dillinger being alive. She says she believes he is alive but claims no family member heard from him since April 8. Hancock admits writing once to Callender but says the letter merely expressed belief, not a plea for pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maywood
Ind
Audrey Hancock
John Dillinger
Desperado
Eulalia Callender
Galion. C
Dillinger
Hancock
Tonh
Mooresville
John
Roosevelt
Iim
Mrs Dall Joins Friends At Ranch
Mrs Anna Dall moves to a desert ranch near Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation with her children Sissie and Buzzie. She begins divorce proceedings from Curtis B Dall, a New York broker, at Strow Head ranch owned by William Shepherd Dana, a prominent New York billionaire socialite. The move aligns with her stated plan to seek a divorce in a ranch setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stucliffe
Anna Dall
Sissie
Buzzie
Pyramid Lake
William Shepherd Dana
New York
Reports of treaty with Japs denied in Tokyo
Tokyo said the foreign office denied U S reports Japan seeks a bilateral Japanese American non aggression treaty. Officials noted such pacts are unnecessary beyond the Kellogg peace pact. Denials echoed March and April reports. Separate item said Ickes announced withholding 563 non federal public works allotments unless publicity steps are taken, provoking broad reaction with bids to be invited soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Foreign Office Today
United States
Japan
Foreign Office
Russia
Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt Enjoys Regatta Then Plans Return to Washington
President Roosevelt relaxed aboard the USS Sequoia on June 22 at Harvard Yale festivities. He watched the Harvard freshmen beat Yale crews, praised both races, and noted possible news the next day likely vetoes of late congress measures. He spoke of returning to work and headed to Hyde Park with family.
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Thames River
Conn
Roosevelt
Harvard
Franklin, Jr
Congress
Elliott
Jand
Washington
SaleSMAN held on fraud charges in St Louis
A salesman, Skinner, was held on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after posing as a representative of the auditor's department. The case emerged from the St Louis area with orders for ledgers and alleged misrepresentation. The report notes related legal actions and charges on Skinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Jane
Jan R. Skinnersmall
Skinner
Auditor’s Department
McNinch Keeps Federal Power post. Roosevelts action
President Roosevelt reappointed Frank R. McNinch as federal power chairman for a five year term despite Senator Bailey’s demand he be dropped for opposing Al Smith in 1928. The Appalachian Electric Power Company seeks to build a dam on the New River Virginia while the power commission weighs federal licensing over power sites and navigational rights. The move signals renewed push to complete Roosevelt’s power programme and broaden federal control across power projects and water use.
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Washington
Frank R. McNinch
Chaiman
Roosevelt
Enante
McNinch
Bailey D
N.C
Alfred EB. Smith
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Virginia
Appalachian
Federal Power Commission
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
McNineh
McNinchs
Power Commission
St- Lawrence
Commission
Congress
Pair Charged With Robbing Salesmen
Two men in a Missouri case were charged with robbing car salesmen after authorities linked them to a shooting near Sallisaw Oklahoma. They said they would waive extradition to Missouri pending warrants issued by Detective John Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratsas City
Missouri
Sallisaw
Okla
C. Am
Democratic Canc State Agricultural Board
John Grant
Basil P
Harsas Car Motor
Grant
Smith
Ross
Viast
Kidne
Turkish Women Prefer Harem Roles Says Singer
Oklahoma City June 22 AP Madame Olga D Allaz on tour says Turkish women would rather be second or third wives than single old maids. She notes dissatisfaction with the government and claims the harem system being discarded leaves women relegated to spinsterhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Olga D'Allaz
Oklahoma
Turkey
Mme. D'Allaz
Giant capybaras weigh up to 159 pounds largest rodents
Giant capybaras, the largest rodents, can reach weights up to 159 pounds. They are noted for their size among living rodent species and are often described as giant guinea pigs.
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Whein
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