Red Haired Night Club Entertainer Slain in Chicago
A 29 year old red haired night club entertainer named Celia Mae Venable was shot to death in her north side Chicago hotel room. A man identified as Anthony Madona and an associate fled as clerk Harry Keeney summoned police. Investigators linked Madona to the crime as police issued warrants for his arrest.
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Chicago
North Side
Kller
Cecilia Venable
Harry Keeney
Tony
Jack Williams
Robert Smart
Carl A. Dahleen
Silmette
Williams
Butte
Anthony Madona
Madona
Smart
Celia Mae Venable
Union County
Ohio
Arthur Halvey
Keeney
Japan Accused Moscow Over Manchurian Demilitarization Demand
Izvestia charges that Soviet plans to dominate Central and Northern China drive Japan to demand demilitarization of Hopei Province. The accusation highlights Cold War tensions and regional power struggles.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Central
China
Hopei Province
Markets at a Glance New York June 11
Stocks strong with rails leading a late advance. Bonds firm, utilities rally in late trading. Curb steady, specialties and utilities in demand. Foreign exchanges mixed. gold and yerencies lower. sterling higher. Cotton quiet with favorable weather. sugar higher on spot demand. Coffee down. Brazilian markets easier. Chicago wheat easy with improved crop prospects. corn easy with wheat. Cattle steady. best steers 8 18.00. hogs 5 to 10 lower, top 9.90.
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New York
Chicago
Grass Roots Republican Conference Angles Bonus Payment Debate
Springfield finds midwestern delegates rallying for bonus payments. James A. Farley attacked as the source of wealthy funds. Harry Glasser of Enid urges funding from four billion work relief pot amid calls for a prairie bloc and a permanent policy committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
James A. Farley
Parley
Ill
Prairie States
Harry Glasser
Enid
Oklahoma
Glasser
Minneapolis
Conference Committee On Future
Nlist
George Olmstead
Des Moines
Young Republican National Committee
Kidnapper of Two Set for Death Sentence
Arthur Gooch the first man condemned to death for kidnapping under the Lindbergh law will hear his doom pronounced by Federal Judge R. L. Williams on Saturday. He was tried for abducting Paris Texas officers H. R. Marks and R. N. Baker and forcing them to take him into Pushmataha county hills where they released him. The judge rejected a guilty plea as a life sentence was the maximum and the case went to a sentencing jury. Gooch appeared unmoved by the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Okla
Arthur Gooch
R. L. Williams
Gooch
Williams
Paris
Texas
H. R. Marks
R. N. Baker
Pushmataha County
Oklahoma
Alabama Coal Operators Appeal to President Roosevelt
Alabama coal operators wired President Roosevelt asking aid to avert a shutdown of mining in the state and a suspension of work by 20,000 miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Roosevelt
Slaying of Sentry Sparks Russia Japan Boundary Dispute
The June 3 clash southwest of Mishan on the Manchoukuan frontier left a Soviet sentry dead and sparked a diplomatic row as Moscow and Tokyo exchanged notes accusing each other’s forces of invading territory.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Manchoukuan-Siberian
Russia
Japan
Moscow
Mishan
Red Army
Wreck Victims Shipped Home as TVA Workers Die Near Tuscumbia
Bodies of three TVA employees killed in a Joe Wheeler highway collision near Tuscumbia were sent to Tennessee homes today. A fourth victim, from Missouri, remained awaiting word. The deceased were Ross Thomas, John Harris, Odis McElhiney, and Joe Meade, all connected to the Wheeler Dam project. Authorities seek Harris relatives as investigation continues.
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TVA
Joe Wheeler
Tuscumbia
Tennessee
Missouri
Ross Thomas
Martha, Tenn
John Harris
Joe Meade
Florence
Odis McElhiney
Ramsey Street
Nashville
Thomas
Harris
Wright
Forest Avenue
Colbert County Hospital
Sheffield
Tennessee Vally Authority
Wheeler Dam
Better Housing Day Proclaimed by Decatur Mayor
Mayor James A. Nelson has proclaimed June 15, 1935 as Decatur Better Housing Day to spotlight the local Better Housing Program. The declaration urges citizens to observe the day and support home building and modernization to aid employment and economic recovery.
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James A. Nelson
Decatur
Cooper-Wells Team Splits Twin Bill
The Cooper-Wells softball team played two games. TVA defeated Cooper-Wellians 17 to 16 at Delano Park, while the Cooper-Wells beat Sterchi Brothers 19 to 15 on the mill back diamond. A large crowd witnessed both games.
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Cooper-Wells
Delano Park
TVA
Sterchi Brothers
Cooper-Wellians
Mil
Sterchi
Rates Reduced by Georgia Public Service Commission
The Georgia Public Service Commission ordered rate reductions for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. The change abolishes the evening station rate and shifts to a lower period, reducing long distance charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Georgia
State Public Service Commission
Fugitive Fleeing Falkville After Car Theft Chase
A tall unidentified man sought for a morning car theft from Hargrove and Murdock fled through fields and woods near Falkville after a 30 minute pursuit in which five pistol shots and a shotgun blast were fired. Decatur and local officers joined the search but the suspect, possibly wounded, vanished.
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Hargrove
Murdock
Falkville
Dan Ryan
William Drinkard
Howard Hardin
Ater
Decatur
J. Street Sandlin
Brazelton
Kilgore
Billy Green
Hargrove and Murdock
Pearl Buck to Marry Again in Nevada Divorce Case
Reno reports preliminary steps toward a remarriage for Pearl Buck. Ruth Abbott Walsh sues for divorce from Richard J. Walsh while Buck seeks dissolution from John L. Buck. Both seek private trials as ex tremere cruelty claims are leveled with few details.
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Reno
Peal Buck
Ruth Abbott Walsh
Richard J. Walsh
New York
Governor Graves to Attend Parley
Governor Bibb Graves leaves Montgomery for Biloxi to attend the annual governors conference with state executives from 48 states. After the meeting he will travel to Albany to sign the new 16.9 million refunding bonds, with state officials joining in signing and processing the bonds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Biloxi
Miss
Albany
G.v. W. Brooks
Graves
Senate agriculture chief declines to discuss cotton probe rumors
Washington June 11 Chairman Smith of the senate agriculture committee refused to discuss circulating rumors that the committee uncovered evidence involving a prominent trader in its inquiry into recent cotton price drops. He said progress is being made in the investigation.
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Washington
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Miss Estha Hutson Departed for Summer Study at Alabama
Miss Estha Hutson of Priceville left today for the University of Alabama to attend summer school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estha Hutson
Priceville
University of Alabama
NRA Blocked in the Senate Again
The Senate paused action on the NRA extension as Senator Gore proposed an amendment requiring confirmation for all government officials earning over 4000 dollars a year. The debate consumed time before Harrison indicated the NRA resolution would be reconsidered after the utility bill vote.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
NRA
Gore
D. Okla
Chamber
Public Utilities Holding Company
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Tydings
Borah
Ida
Donald R. Richberg
Roosevelt
Burns
House
Butter Eggs Chicago Market Prices Feed Daily Ledger
Butter and eggs provide a snapshot of Chicago market activity dated June 11. Butter totals reach 21 986 pounds with mixed classes from extras to standards. eggs tally 29 246 dozen with steady values for extra firsts and local grades amid current receipts and storage packed listings.
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Chicago
J D Speck Faces Murder Charge In Ingram Slaying
J D Speck a local painter faced a murder charge for the shotgun killing of Lester Ingram at 310 Canal street where the two lived jointly. Speck claiming self defense told Sheriff Sandlin he wished to surrender. Ingram died instantly from a head wound. Funeral services for Ingram were held at City Cemetery with survivors including his widow, his mother, and two Chicago sisters.
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J. D. Speck
Lester Ingram
Canal Street
Warrhent
R. BE. Wardlaw
Justice Bailey
Speck
J. Street Sandlin
Morgan County
Ingram
R. D. Nelson
Rose Garden
Delano Park
Fear of Peiping Diminished as Japanese Demands Met
June 11 reports say fear lessened in Peiping as Japanese demands in North China were met. General Shang Chen’s garrison pressed toward Tientsin while national government troops moved south along the Peiping Hankow railway. Ho Ying Ching confirms Kuomintang liquidation order. 200 agents depart for Hankow tonight.
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Peiping
China
North China
Shang Chen
Tientsin
Hopei
Peiping-Hankow
Ho Ying Ching
Koomintang
National Government Party
Hankow
Parole Application Withdrawn For Otis Goocher
The parole application of Otis Goocher, convicted in the 1932 Fountain L. Fletcher slaying near Millbrook, was continued for hearing today at Goocher’s counsel request. The board will re submit the case at the July sitting. no reason for the continuance was given.
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Montgomery
Ala
Otis Goocher
Fountain L. Fletcher
Millbrook
State Pardon Board
Goocher
Free textbooks funded by snuff tax urged in Alabama
Governor Bibb Graves pressed a 10 percent tax on snuff and chewing tobacco to finance free textbooks for Alabama public school children. The plan would fund one grade per year across grades one to three, with annual allocations rising from $125,000 to $226,000 by year three. The House debated revenue measures, including a tax on slot machines and adjustments to licenses and other taxes.
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William I. Truby
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
House
Walker
Limestone
Dominick
Tuscaloosa
Miller
Almon
Davis
McDermott
Mobile
Hot Money Cache Found In Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping Case
A cache of 90700 dollars from the 200000 ransom for 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser was unearthed near Salt Lake City in Immigration Pass. J Edgar Hoover announced the find as investigators press a nationwide manhunt for suspects including ex convicts Harmon Waley and William Mahan. Washington officials expect federal action and additional trials to pursue the case.
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John L. Wheeler
Lom
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Immigration Pass
Here
Hetr
Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Harmon M. Waley
Margaret
West
William Mahan
Ran
Butte
Mont
Hoover
Mahan
Waley
Justice Department
Kidnap Suspect Hunt Across West After Tacoma Boy Vanishing
Federal agents and local peace officers mobilized across scattered points in the West in a search for missing nine year old George Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma Washington. In Butte Montana and southeastern Washington officers pressed an intensive overnight search for William Mahan the scar faced ex convict who authorities say was named by two custody suspects.
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Salt Lake
Orrydune
George Weyer
Keeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Butte
Mont
Washington
William Mahan
Weather Update Along Tennessee River Stays Steady
The Tennessee River remained stationary this morning with the gauge at five feet at seven o'clock. Max temperature reached 81 degrees and the low was 64 despite rainfall noted in the past.
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Tennessee
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Coal Operators Wire President
Hartselle
Sharpe
Bee Line
Ryan
Drinkard
Hardin
Pearl Buck
J.D. Speck
Hunt
Waleys
J. Charles Dennis
Red States
Coma
Dennis
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