Hoffmen press claims on Hauptmann case split by papers
New York papers disputed Governor Hoffmen of New Jersey motives in the Lindbergh Hauptmann case. They alleged a political smokescreen to legalize horse racing, while Hoffmen defended his actions as a duty to seek justice. A jury poll and new court filings in Trenton kept the case active with claims of fresh disclosures about the ladder and kidnapping verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold Hoffmen
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
von Overod Holleman
The
Evening Journal
Heuptmann
Rome
Hoffman
Hauptmann
Trenton State Penitentiary
Board of Pardons
Lillie
Trenton
N. J
Electric
Ono States Supreme Court
Pee Raege
Bronx
Penter
the Penter
Charles A. Lindbergh
C. Lloyd Fisher
Plans Pushed for Armory and National Guard Company
Adjutant General John Coleman notified city attorney T. C. Almon that Decatur has been awarded a national guard company. A minimum of 60 enlisted men and 3 commissioned officers are needed, with WPA funding sought to raise the armory budget from 14000 to 25000 dollars. Local Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and city officials met to push the project, pledging 1200 dollars from the Legion and awaiting WPA approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coleman
Montgomery
T. C. Almon
Morgan County Post
American
Decatur
Almon
Legion
WPA
City of Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Chamn Hotel
Clyde Hendrix
John Wilks
American Legion
Roy Nash
Joe Pettey
B. L. Ma Jone
Frank Yaney
167Th Infantry
France
America
Mexico
Shriners Meet Tonight ToDiscuss December Turkey Day Plans
All Shriners are asked to gather at 7 30 tonight at Smither and Strother offices on Grant street. The meeting will set Turkey Day events for December 20 and arrange details for the imperial potentate's visit later.
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Smither and Strother
Grant Street
Turkey
Lost Black and White Pointer Found by Burr
Seneca B. Burr placed a three day pet notice in The Daily for a black and white spotted pointer with a black head and ticked body. After the ad ran once he located his dog and told The Daily to buy cigars with the refund. The notice highlights a 54 cent three day rate for pet notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca B. Burr
Daily
Polygamy Case Moves Forward in Short Creek
Urban Colvin, 25, summoned by County Attorney Bollinger as the state seeks to expose polygamy in the Short Creek colony. I C Spencer, a 50 year old farmer, faces trial on open and notorious cohabitation charges with John Y. Barlow and Charles Heaton among witnesses.
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Kingman
Ariz
Urban Colvin
E. Elmo Bollinger
Short Creek
I. C. Spencer
Colvin
Bollinger
John Y. Barlow
Charles Heaton
High Council
the Church of Latter Day Saints
TVA Power Discussed at Hartselle Meeting
W H Gregory Morgan county farm agent announced a TVA power meeting at Hartselle public school at 10 a m Wednesday. Beauchamp in charge of TVA at Wilson Dam will discuss placing TVA power in homes and on farms. Communities should send delegations of leading citizens.
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W. H. Gregory
Morgan County
Beauchamp
TVA
Wilson Dam
Hartselle
Gregory
Imposter Faces Real Veteran in Leavenworth Case
Ben F. Armstrong a 49 year old parolee paralyzed from the waist down was moved to the federal prison hospital after pleading guilty to posing as a World War II veteran and defrauding the government of five years of Veterans Hospital treatment. The real veteran from Milky, Alabama confronted him in Kansas City court yesterday as the imposter was led away.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Ben F. Armstrong
Federal
Veterans’ Hospital
Milky
Ala
Kansas City
Tots Admit They Slew Little Girl
Two brothers aged 6 and 7 confessed to beating six year old Ardena Wilson as she walked to school in Hazel Park. They allegedly struck her with sticks, rode over her with a tricycle, tore off her clothing, and left her unconscious in a water-filled ditch. The girl is expected to recover. juvenile authorities continue questioning.
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Detroit
Walter Alschbach
Ardena Wilson
Hazel Park
Alschbach
Alabama parents group urges school closings if funds run out
The Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers predicts state funds will cover only about five and a half months of school. It calls for closing any schools unable to pay teachers promptly and urges the governor and legislature to provide enough funds to cover 1935 education appropriations in full.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers
Congress
J. A. Keller
Patrolmen Expected for County as State Patrol Assignment Looms
The sheriff reports new state highway patrol members assigned to Morgan county plan to report to the office within days. Athens serves as district headquarters and a patrol car seen today may be bound for Limestone capital. An extra force is hoped for the holiday period, number to be determined.
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State Highway Patrol
Morgan County
Athens
Limestone
Herman Sandlin
All Negro Juries Urged for Negroes in Tennessee
Chattanooga Tenn December 10 4 P M City Judge Martin Fleming recommends all negro juries to try negro defendants in murder cases citing 1100 negro slayers tried in Chattanooga courts with only three or four electrocutions and argues such juries would have sent them to the chair.
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Chattanoosa. Tenn
Martin Fleming
Chattanooga
Peace plan opposed by smaller League members
Reported in Geneva that representatives of smaller League powers rebel against Anglo French concessions to Italy as a price for peace with Ethiopia. Some delegates warned that newspaper versions of the peace plan could trigger a grave crisis within the League.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
France
Great Britain
Ethiopia
League
British cabinet rebellion clouds Italo-Ethiopian peace plan
London reports say the British cabinet opposed Foreign Secretary Hoare's settlement plan for the Italo-Ethiopian war arguing for modifications. Italy and Ethiopia continued battling in East Africa as sanctions and oil embargo discussions stalled at the League of Nations. Peace efforts in Paris and Geneva showed limited progress amid demands for changes.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Mussolini
Geneva
Paris
League
Great Britain
Rome
East Africa
Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
Meeting Cancelled By Alabama Anti-Sales Tax Leader
Irby Hall of Collinsville, president of the Alabama Anti-Sales Tax Association, wired friends that a Montgomery meeting scheduled for tonight would not be held but would be rescheduled later in the month.
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Montgomery
Ala
Irby Hall
Collinsville
Alabama Anti
Lights Bring Christmas Glow to Downtown Streets
Lyons Electric installs 611 bulbs on Second Avenue and 21 strings across the street 686 bulbs on Bank Street and twenty strings. Tests at noon today confirmed the lighting plan with red green blue amber waste lights. Lights go on at 430 pm and off at 10 pm tonight and all stores will stay open during the holidays inviting the public to enjoy the Christmas blaze.
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Santa Claus
Second Avenue
Bank Street
Lyons Electric Company
Bank Streets
Emiis
Uhil
Boy 14 Found Shot Dead In Sacramento Room
In Sacramento on December 10 AP reports Homer Lee, fourteen, was found dead from a gunshot in his room with a shotgun beside him. His pet bulldog lay nearby, aged and dead. A note from the boy read that his "best pal" would not be able to go on without them.
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Sacramento
Calif
Homer Lee
Better Days Seen By the President Roosevelt Visit
President Roosevelt returns to the White House ahead of Congress with conviction that better days lie ahead for the nation. He addresses farmers in Chicago and is hailed by Notre Dame students in South Bend as Cardinal Mundelein cautions Catholics on political opinions.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Toledo
Chicago
Notre Dame
South Bend
George Cardinal Mundelein
Knights of Columbus
Mexico
Mundelein
John FP. O'Hara
Cantata Rehearsal Set by Central Baptist Choir
Central Baptist Church schedules a 5 30 pm rehearsal tonight to prep the Christmas Cantata to be presented Sunday December 22 at the church. All choir members urged to attend.
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Central Baptist Church Choir
Weather synopsis for Alabama and Tennessee region
Alabama fair with frost in southern interior and 36 to 44 tonight. North cooler, partial sunshine Wednesday. Tennessee river readings fall to 34 feet with no rainfall. temperatures range 41 to 61 in the past 24 hours.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Supreme Court Split Seen In AAA Validity Case
The Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the AAA processing levies and crop control program with Pepper arguing the subsidies amount to bribery and coercion. Hoosac Mills contended the taxes are a regulatory exaction and unconstitutional, while Reed urged keeping the government position.
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James W. Douthat
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
AAA
George Wharton Pepper
Sta
Hoosac Mills
Massachusetts
Peter
Paul
Stanley Reed
Hoosac Mills Corporation
New Deal
Pepper
Mills
Court of Appeals
Boston
Reed
Foxx Joins Red Sox In Major Trade Shakeup
Boston announces purchase of Jimmy Foxx and Johnny Marcus from the Athletics for cash. Gordon Rhodes and George Savino also change hands. Eddie Collins says more moves, including Roger Cramer and Eric McNair, may follow for about 300000. Foxx will play first base after hitting 36 homers last season.
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Chicago
Boston Red Sox
Jimmy Foxx
Johnny Marcus
Athletics
Gordon Rhodes
George Savino
Syracuse
Eddie Collins
Red Sox
Roger Cramer
Eric McNair
Boston
Foxx
Collins
Hank Greenberg
Marcum
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