Lindbergh baby case leads to hoax confession and trials
John H. Curtis, a Norfolk boat builder, admitted to Inspector Walsh that his tale of negotiations with the kidnappers was a hoax and he fabricated the entire story. He faces possible three years’ imprisonment or a $1,000 fine. Police continue to pursue leads as New Jersey authorities coordinate across state lines amid a broad nationwide search.
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John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Lindbergh
Cause
Harry Walsh
Jersey City Police
Colonel Lindbergh
Ysacht
Curtis
Sas
Cies
Brooklyn
Frank Pirayeh
New Jersey
William H. Stevens
Erwin Marshall
Mercer County
Marshall
Stevens
Trenton
Bankers Form Twelve Member Committee To Deploy Fed Funds
Prominent bankers and industrial lenders in New York form a twelve member committee led by Owen D Young to coordinate use of fed funds. The group, called by George J Harrigan of the New York Fed, aims to aid price recovery and business growth by aligning with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and other agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve System
New York
George J. Harrigan
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Qwen D. Young
Harrison
Federal Reserve Banks
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Garner Proposes Plan for Low Mood Relief Endorsed by Rainey
Speaker Garner outlines a new relief plan titled low mood relief and itcavas as the main feature. Representative Rainey from the reader of the houses endorses the measure. The proposal emphasizes welfare, psychological support, and heightened access to care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peaker Garner
Representative Rainey
Smiths radio address outlines plan to fix national woes
Smitn presents a platform to balance the budget, tax manufacturers, cut expenditures to a minimum, oppose a veterans' bonus, repeal the Eighteenth Amendment, modify the Volstead Act to permit alcohol, issue bonds for public works funded by wine and beer tax, defeat Hoover's unemployment plan, extend debt moratorium, and suppress legislative blocs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Smitn
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Board
Indiana Senator Proposes June Recess To July 11
PXATOR WATSON of Indiana the Senate majority leader doubts Congress can finish business before the June 14 Republican national convention and suggests a recess June 4 to July 11. Speaker Garner opposes, saying all legislation can be finished by June 11 and a decision was postponed to June 4. If work ends by June 11 the recess plan will not be pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pxator Watson
Indiana
Senate
Congress
Garner
Reparations Holdouts Stand Firm Across Little Entente
Belgrade conference of Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia warns that, without continued reparations payments, they will refuse to pay international debts. The nations, allied as the Little Entente and aligned with France, expect this stance at the Lausanne talks. Yugoslavia especially worries over damage-based debt assessments and fears Germany will not resume payments.
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Rumania
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Belgrade
Lausanne
France
Jugoslave
Germany
Pavan
Tsuyoshi Linkiai
Tokyo
Inukai
Kisaburoi Suzuki
Seiyukai Party
Japan
China
Russia
Satonji
Noted Sea Rescues and Obituaries Highlight Coast News
The report recalls AUER's rescue by the President Roosevelt under Captain Fried and Chief Officer Harry Manning after being near Ireland. It notes the deaths of Dollar, a Pacific lumber industry pioneer in San Rafael California, Rear Admiral Billard in Washington, and Dr. B J Cigrand founder of American Flag Day in Batavia Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
Auer
Ireland
Roosevelt
Fried
Harry Manning
Taapt
Robert. Dollar
Lumber Industries
Pacific Coast
San Rafael
Calif
Scotland
Quebec
Coast Guard
P. GC. Billard
Washington
B. J. Cigrand
Batavia
European Unity Tight on Far East Crisis and Japan Turmoil
Secretary of State Stimson reports Europe agrees with the United States on handling the far eastern situation and will cooperate with Washington. Tokyo unrest grows as army rebels and cabinet resignations threaten a nonpartisan government, while Manchurian tensions and planned policy shifts loom.
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Hex L. Stimson
Geneva
Europe
United States
Uncle Sam
Japan
Russia
Washington
Manchuria
Riots Between Hindus and Muslims Erupt Across Indian Cities
In Bombay clashes between INDUS and Moslems lasted days leaving about a hundred dead and many injured before British troops using rifle fire and tanks restored order. The fighting spread to Calcutta where police shot at mobs to quell the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indus
Bombay
Calcutta
Alon
Pope Pius XI Encyclical Charitas Christi Calls for Prayer
Pope Pius XI issued an encyclical titled Charitas Christi urging the faithful to devote themselves to prayer and penance as a response to contemporary challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pius. XI
Leavitt seeks second term in Republican bid for Congress
Montana congressman Scott Leavitt filed as a candidate for the Republican nomination to succeed himself. Farmers in Harlowton reported receiving ninety two seed and feed loan checks totaling 16151 dollars. The Montana division of the National Woman's organization for repeal of federal prohibition announced completion. The Montana State Press association set August 11 12 and 13 for meetings in Forsyth and Colstrip. A marker dedication for the Redwater valley site near Terry is planned for June 11 referencing a 1876 battle led by Gen BaldWIn. News notes mourn the deaths of William A Clark III and pilot Harold Lynch in a Cottonwood Arizona crash. More than seven thousand barrels of Montana royalty sales reported.
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Scott Leavitt
Harlowton
C. F. Kelley
Butte
Montana
National Woman’s Organization
Montana State Press Association
Forsyth
Colstrip
Great Falls
Redwater Valley
Terry
Frank D. Baldwin
Sitting Bull
William A. Clark Jii
Harold Lynch
Cottonwood
Ariz
Oil field notes show several new wells planned or underway
The Carbon Oil and Gas second well near Red Lodge is at about 4500 feet and expected to be productive. Ohio Oil resumes drilling in Carbon county Dry Creek. Fulton interests near Browning restart a two year old wildcat. A test well may be drilled on Flat Coulee in Liberty county this summer. California company advances on Bynum in Teton. Texas company awards three well contracts in Cut Bank. Peoples Oil and Gas near Chester solves lost pipe issue and aims to finish. Bruce Radigan and associates to drill in White lash field Toole county this summer.
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Carbon Oil and Gas Company
Dry Creek
Red Lodge
Ohio Oil
California Company
Bynum
Teton County
Texas Company
Cut Bank
Peoples Oil and Gas Company
Chester
Shelby
Bruce Radigan
Kansas Farmer Finds Partial Fallow Boosts Wheat Yield
In Stafford county Kansas, Eo Teagarden asks Ralph Suiter about sandy soil. Suiter explains summer partial fallow plus alternating corn rows reduced wind erosion and doubled wheat yield from 17 to 39.8 bushels per acre, with cooperation from Kansas State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TF. Eo Teagarden
Stafford
Kansas
Ralph Suitor
Mr. Suiter
Teagarden
Kansas State College
Capper
Testing Cream Separators Cuts Pig Feed Waste
Kansas associations tested 99 separators in December and found five leaving 60 percent or more fat in skim milk. In one group with ten tested, two were in the 100 percent class. A ten-cow herd loses 50 pounds or more of fat yearly in skim milk. Have separators tested, especially idle ones, and have a dealer or county agent adjust or replace worn parts. consider a new separator to avoid losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Farm Journal
Soil tests underline lime needs for legumes
Farmers should regularly test soil samples to determine lime needs for legumes. A study shows soil types differ in lime retention, with some soils needing frequent applications while others may suffice for years. The Rural New Yorker urges using the farm bureau for testing.
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Farm Bureau
New-Yorker
Nation's Beef Cattle Total on January First 1931
United States beef cattle numbered 89 980 000 as of January 1 1931 according to the 1981 Yearbook of Agriculture. With a population of 122 698 190 this implies about one cattle per three people.
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United States
Yearbook of Agriculture
Cake etiquette exchange from Tit-Bits
A humorous exchange where a mother instructs Krunk to refuse a second cake slice. Frank complies until the hostess offers more cake and the reply, No, thanks, I’ve had enough, astonishes everyone, as reported in Tit-Bits.
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Mother
Krunk
Conscientious Yegg Returns Extra Stolen Money
In a bank robbery tale, Sty-Eyed Stymie-Gus confesses and returns $2,000. The bank president reports $18,000 missing. Gus had $20,000, then sent back the extra $2,000 to balance the books.
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Gus
Benry
Barney
Paper doll cutting dispute in playful dialogue
In a short humorous exchange Little Ethel asks not to play with paper dolls while Little Willie defends his own caution saying it cut them out wrong. The snippet captures a childlike domestic moment with simple dialogue.
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Ethel
Willie
Wong
Meaning of chauf feur in old newspaper slang
Dialogue from Wall Street Journal explains chauf feur as the driver of a motor car. The father corrects the son who had a different nickname for the same role after a close incident with a vehicle yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Journal
Each to His Own Husband Would You Like to Go
A playful exchange between a husband and wife borrowing a line about going to the movies and joining a club, reflecting social banter and domestic humor of the era.
Saphead Dialogue Gets Bitter Kiss Offer
A comical exchange ends with a sharp reply as Gwennie dismisses a request with chloroform, illustrating a bleak joke between two characters in a compact dialogue.
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Gwennie
Stage Echoes Between Spouses Revealed
A terse exchange hints at dynamics between a husband and wife during a staged performance. The line suggests a playful boundary where the husband acts as a guide while the wife accepts lead in public moments.
Chance to Make Good
A quotation from the Wall Street Journal appears, contrasting a call to improve a business approach with the Better Business Bureau, implying an offer to help or reform. The fragment hints at corporate ethics and customer service improvements in a business context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Better Business Bureau
Wall Street Journal
No, Mother I fear Robert burns the candle at both ends
A wry exchange from the Boston Transcript highlights parental concern as Robert's overbusy habits are described with a humorously extended candle imagery. The quote contrasts a cautious mother’s fear with a father’s blunt, dotted remark about the boy’s four burning ends.
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Robert
Boston Transcript
Charwomen Chat Sparks Talk of Embezzlement
A fragment shows a dialogue between two charwomen Mrs Waggs and Mrs Taggs debating if a husband will be jailed for embezzlement. The exchange hints at distrust and concern over trustworthiness and legal consequences.
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Edward W. Pickard
W. H. Stevens
Trding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Wyoming
Territories
Owen D. Young
John Crowley
Times of
Little Falls
Young
Owen D
Arry J. Lee
Mount McKinley National Park
Alaska
Allen Carpe
Carpe
Theodore Koven
Karen
Muldrow
America
Arthur H. Compton
University of Chicago
KE. P. Beckwith
Percy T. Olton, Jr
Leik
Beckwith
N. D. Spadercochia
Helena
Joseph D. Scanlan
Miles City
L. C. Evans
Butté
Scott Leagitt
Joseph M. Dixon
Interior
J. R Leuthold
Columbus
M. D. Rowland
Libby
Thomas A. Marlow
J. B. MacKenzie
Havre
John L. Campbell
Missoula
Dan Whetstone
John E.corvette
Charles S. McDonald
Chateau
A. A. Franzke
Lewistown
J. B. Goose
Anaconda
H. C. Crippen
Billings
Matt Murray
Glasgow
A. W
J. Bruce Kremer
R. C. Battey
Chicago
W. W. Hamilton
Dodson
J. A. Lovelace
Bozeman
Raymond Hildebrand
Glen
Henry C
Hank” Hollenbeck
Steve” Stephenson
National Parks Airways
Yellowstone National Park
T. Inukal
Doris
Mrs. South
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