Lindbergh Kidnap Trial Moves Toward Secret Sessions
Hauptmann’s defense plans to call four suspects in secret to contest the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. Handwriting experts are consulted as defense aims to disprove the infant’s death claim. State and federal agents prepare for cross examination as the trial resumes.
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William A. Kinney
Associated Press
Lemington, N. J
Bruno Richard Haupton
Lindgh
Oth Legal
Haupt Woiann
Trenton
New York City
Fed
Edward J. Reilly
Brooklyn
Hese
Draser
Hunton County
Charles A. Lindgh
Hauptmann
Storc
Afate
Betty Gow
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Ivenes
Citses
Gov
Condon
Ollie Wheat
Henry “Red
Hunterdown County
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Sollywood Saloonists on Roosevelts Rescue Plan
Jen ZI recalls rushing to hear the Presidents message by radio and notes Roosevelt would not be impeached. He would simply go on the air. The speaker mentions big business and a new employment work program drawing Republican support.
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Sollywood
Cal
Jen ZI
Novie
Roosevelt
Veterans Of Grey To Meet Despite City Inconsistencies
MEMPHIS Tenn Jan 5 An aged band of Confederate veterans led by General C A Desaussure vows annual reunions regardless of convention city They will meet where able and will fund gatherings themselves if invitations fail Memphis officer says a staff meeting could be held there if no other city extends an invitation
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert E. Lee
C. A. Desaussure
United Confederate Veterans
America
Desaussure
St. Petersburg
Memphian
Atlanta
Rice A. Flerre
Veterans At Home
Union City
Saar Plebiscite Tension Flares Over Mass Meetings
In Saarbrucken Jan reports warn of potential disturbances as opposing groups plan mass meetings ahead of the plebiscite. Hitlerite supporters and backers of League of Nations administration aim to avoid clashes. International army presence, though brief, signals the tense atmosphere before the vote.
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Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Saar
League of Nations
International Army
Sol
Saarland
Missing ships sought off gale lashed Pacific coast
San Francisco January 5. Contact with two missing ships was sought today as a fierce Pacific storm raged inland. The British tanker La Crecentia with 35 aboard and the steam schooner Dan F Hanlon with a 25 crew were the primary targets, while the British steamer Langlee Crag and the sailing Mary Dollar also needed aid. The Mary Dollar broke from the Dan F Hanlon’s tow and the Dan F Hanlon vanished in fog and rain.
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San Francisco
la Creacentia
Dan F. Hanlon
Langlee Crag
Mary Dollar
San Pedro
First Tennessee City Gets TVA Cheap Power
Pulaski Tennessee shows TVA price cuts as municipal plant serves 800 local subscribers at 3 cents per kilowatt after 44 000 volt line from Wilson Dam is connected. City officials plan further use and countywide expansion with TVA. Mayor Goodrich of Fayetteville to meet TVA leaders in Fayetteville.
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Pulaski, Tenn
Pulaski
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Wilson Dam
Athens
Ala
George Goodrich
Fayetteville
Four in mass killing get two-year terms and fines
Kansas City dated January 5 AP reports four men received maximum two years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for conspiracy to release Frank Nash, ending in Nash and four officers killed at Union Station. Two women were placed on probation after sentences of two years and one day plus $500 fines were suspended.
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Kansas City
Frank Nash
Nash
Tnlon
Merrill E. Otis
Federal Penitentiary
Otis
Tinal
Department of Justice
Union Station
Merrill B. Otis
Herbert A. Farmer
Joplin
Esther
Richard T
Elizabeth Galatas
Hot Springs
Ark
Frank B
Fritz” Mulloy
Louis
Doc" Stacci
Chicago
Leavenworth, Kas
Vivian Mathis
Verne C. Miller
Francis Nash
Adam Richetti
Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd
Two Coeds Survive Night In Car In 20 Below Cold
Two university students Miss Mary Garner of Birmingham Alabama and Miss Ofelia Mendoza of Honduras rode out a freezing night after their car stalled near Governeur New York two miles south of the campus Both were near unconscious when found by trucker Ralph Dreher They had spent Christmas in Newark New Jersey before heading back to St. Lawrence University in Canton AP reports the women were rescued and are recovering.
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Canton
N. Y
Mary Garner
Birmingham
Ala
Ofelia Mendoza
Honduras
St. Lawrence University
Governeur
New York State
Newark
N. J
Ralph Dreher
Syracuse
Cold wave eases as northern U S holds frigid spell
A Canadian cold snap backing off across the Northern United States brought relief in the Northeast and Middle West with single digits to mid teens. Temperatures fell to 32 below at Mt Washington New Hampshire and 22 below at Malone New York while Western Canada endured fatalities and fishermen survived a 24 hour ice ordeal on Lake Simcoe.
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Associated Press
United States
Middle West
East
New England
New York State
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Malone
N. Y
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Lake Simcoe
Ontario
Albany
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Sault Ste. Marie
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Memphis
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Little Rock
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Miami
Macon
Savannah
Huntsville Vote Keeps Aldermanic Government In Place
In Huntsville a referendum upheld the aldermanic form of city government. Voters 1334 against the commission plan while 27 supported it, with December 1924 results showing 744 for aldermanic and 142 for commission. The aldermanic system has been in place since 1916.
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Huntsville
TVA
Tva-Alabama Power Company
Madison County
Vanderbilt Honeymoon for Third Bride in Far West
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr and his third wife Helen Warner were married by a justice of the peace in Albuquerque New Mexico after obtaining a license. The 36 year old heir and the 26 year old divorcee chose a civil ceremony because they could not find a clergyman and felt it more romantic where they met.
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Albuquerque
N. M
CornelIus Vanderbilt, Jr
New York
Grand Canyon
Helen Warner
Clarksburg
W. Va
Vanderbilt
National wildlife legislation meeting called in New York
Stone Game and Fish Commissioner I. T. Quinn announced a national committee on wildlife legislation will meet in New York on January 21 just before the three day American game conference. Invited are Rep A. W. Robertson Virginia chairman of the House wildlife committee and Carl Shoemaker secretary to the Senate wildlife committee. Also attending are Seth Gordon president of the American Game Association and J N Ding Darling chief of the U S Biological Survey.
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Montgomery
Stone Game and Fish
I. T. Quinn
National Committee On Wildlife Legislation
New York
A. W. Robertson
Virginia
House Committee On Wild Life
Carl Shoemaker
Senate Committee On the Conservation of Wildlife Resources
Quinn
Seth Gordon
American Game Association
J. N. “Ding” Darling
DeKalb Political Factions Engage Court Battleground
In DeKalb county a complex political clash reaches the Court of Appeals with three rulings. Separately the election board seeks mandates to adjust bonds and recusal while absentee ballots dispute hangs over county races won by narrow margins. The sheriff faces contempt fines and further reviews.
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Montgomery
Jan
DeKalb County
Court of Appeals
Arthur M. Hixon
A. Hawkins
DeKalb
W. A. Mitchell
Hawkins
Mitchell
County Election Commission
Sheriff & W. Popa
Supreme Court
Election Board
Nce
Election Commission
Circuit Court
Clark V. W. Scntt
G. J. Malone
Youngster Sets Out on Georgia Health Trek Gift From First Lady
Eight year old Walter Fox leaves Philadelphia by truck for Warm Springs Georgia to seek treatment for infantile paralysis. The gift comes from Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt who accepted the Gimbel award and designated the money for Walter’s sanatorium care. Walter, son of a truck driver, was chosen by four doctors for the trip.
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Philadelphia
Walter Fox
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter
Malaria Epidemic Ravages Keuye District in Ceylon
In a single district of Ceylon, nearly 3,000 deaths reported from malaria with about 240,000 affected. children and women most affected as the outbreak spreads across the island. The crisis prompts regional governmental concern amid estimates of up to half a million affected in a 3 million population. Florence voters back commission government in referendum, 843 supporting retention.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
Keenue
India
Florence
LAN Nsipf
Jan
Relief Plan Names Hopkins or Ickes to Run Jobs Program
Washington January 5 The debate over who will direct the giant jobs program centers on Harry L. Hopkins and Harold Ickes as Roosevelt shifts from dole to full employment. Hopkins directs relief while Ickes leads public works and both are tied to plans to mobilize work for millions, including highway construction rural electrification and housing, under a national program announced in Congress.
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Roosevelt
Dole
Hopkins
Ickes
Public Works
Congress
Relief Administration
Activitien
National Resources Board
Automobile Sales Gains Predicted as 1934 Recovery Noted
New York Jan 5 AP reports the automobile industry, citing lender statements, shows 1934 production up about 45 percent from 1933 with forecasts of further gains. Alvan Markle, president of the Manufacturers Association and Packard, calls 1934 outputs and sales a clear recovery. Industry output for 1934 is estimated at 2,885,000 units, wholesale value around 1.45 billion dollars. Export sales outside the United States reached about 350 million in 1934, vs 242,435 in 1968.
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New York
Tesa
Tiphert GC. Graham
Association
Vicw
Crsham- Paige Rotors Corporation
United States
Porter Returns Counterfeit Nickel to Governor Talmadge
Governor Eugene Talmadge questions the source after a porter delivers a counterfeit 9 cent nickel. The porter explains he spent his own money on tobacco and calls the nickel weak, prompting the governor to wonder who passed it.
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Talmadge
County cases await disposition in final county court term
Thirty three cases await disposition at Judge Harry K Martin's last term of county court. Judge Martin will leave the bench a week from Monday, to be succeeded by Saxon Pavnyer, winner in the Democratic primary.
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Harry K. Martin
Martin
Saxon Pavyner
Aring
Child Labor Amendment Gains Support in Congress
President Roosevelt’s message to the 74th Congress rallies support for the child labor amendment. Twenty states have ratified. need 18 more to add to the constitution. Farm bureau backs the measure after reversing opposition, while several states and groups vow to push ratification in 1935.
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Washington
Jan
Cap
Roosevelt
NRA
Recallerd
Conness
Whicch
Rederst Children's Bureau
Rinouevest
American Farm Baresi Federation
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Jthinois
Towa
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvanua
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Franco Italian Accord Sought as Laval Meets Mussolini
Premier Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval began talks aimed at a Franco Italian pact to ease tensions and promote peace in Europe. Laval arrived with Ambassador Charles de Chambrun and was greeted by a Fascist guard before entering Mussolini's office.
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Laval
IL Duce
Rome
Mussolini
Pierre Laval
France
Europe
Piazza Venezia
Charles de Chambrun
National Guard urged to quell Rosaville textile strike
Judge Claude Porter urged Governor Eugene Talmarige to dispatch national guard troops to Rosaville California where a textile strike is in progress.
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Rome
National Guard
Rosaville
Eugene Talmarige
Claude Porter
Roosevelt Plans 4 Billion Budget to Create Jobs
President Roosevelt seeks Congress approval of about 4 billion dollars for an American Plan to quit relief and put 3.5 million unemployed to work. The plan includes around 880 million for a transition from dole to jobs for all, with total annual spending near 8 billion.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hit
Dole
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
White House
Tanaka
New Salary Allotment Assures Teachers Pay
State Comptroller J H Hard Jr allotted 86489318 to public schools ensuring teachers receive pay before federal aid arrives. The sum lifts education allotments since Oct 1 to 296458176 with funds from December 20 to January 4 ad valorem tax.
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Montgomery
J. H. Hard, Jr
Hard
B. M. Miller
Department of Education
Weather forecast for Alabama and northwest Florida
Occasional rain tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions in northwest Alabama. Rain also expected tonight and Sunday in extreme northwest Florida. Outlook shows rain in the central and eastern Gulf states with generally fair middle of the week and colder by Monday or Tuesday.
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Alabama
Florida
Central
East Gulf
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