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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1932
Page
8
Emil Severin of Gary Indiana recalls April 26 1898 when the United States declared war on Spain and the Maine disaster. He was tasked with recovering the 258 officers and men who died aboard the battleship Maine after the Havana explosion.
Shakespeariana lovers praise the white marble shrine at Wa ton as the Folger Library dedication honors the English bard. Mrs. C. J. Folger, widow of the donor, turns over keys to a 1.5 million monument housing 20 000 volumes of Shakespeare and 80 000 volumes of Elizabethan writings with manuscripts and drawings as international celebrities attend the 11 ceremonies led by President Hoover and Prof. George Arthur Plimpton.
Letters to the Lindberghs hint at possible information on the missing child. The pair are described as financially strained in Downington after Colonel Lindbergh paid a $50,000 ransom to a suspected kidnapper's agent.
Dr James W Parker of Peoria TL was kidnapped for 18 days before ransom failed. Police arrested 12 near Peoria with eleven detained. some allegedly confessed. Photo shows Cecil Menninger Raymond Stoops Homer Massey Claude Evans Joseph Pursifall James Betson Ed Woodford Arlo Stoops Dean Stoops and Mrs Jennie Stoops. Mrs Stoops denied knowledge.
Automobiles leaders including Harvey Wirestone Alfred P Sloane Senator Pat Harrison and Edsel Ford testified before the senate finance committee in Washington opposing a proposed nationwide sales tax on cars. The hearing highlighted key industry figures arguing against the tax and defending auto sector interests.
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee plans subpoenas for John J. Raskob, W. C. Durant, and William F. Kenny following revelations in its Washington short selling inquiry. The trio, linked to major financial circles and political figures, is expected to testify.
World War I veteran Robert Weakley of Memphis Tennessee has been listed as dead in three separate memorial notices and plaques. He served in France beginning 1917, was wounded twice and gassed, yet he continues working daily in his print shop and rejects the repeated proclamations of his death.
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