Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Chronicle Reveals Curtis Jail Bid
In Hopewell New Jersey 1932 court records show John Hughes Curtis jailed on bail default after waiving a hearing on selling information to aid in the Lindbergh kidnapping probe. Investigators disclose Curtis’s fake negotiations and contact with associates as they pursue the full truth.
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Hopewell
N. J
Linddegh
John Hughes Curtis
Jassie
Lindbergh
Curtis
Curti
Dean H. Dobson Peacock
Norfolk
Curts
Charles A. Lindebigh
Lee
Ques
Wean
Dean Cob Wa Peacock
Curty
George Webster
John Bushes Curtis
New Jersey
Fast Amwell
Hunterdon
Guil Watty
Hunterdon County
Coonel
Curtis M4tterany
Burglary at Brown Home Stages Theft of Cash and Purses
Police report burglars broke into the Brown residence by cutting a screen. They stole Mr Brown’s trousers with cash and Mrs Brown’s purse containing about eight dollars, plus Mr Brown’s keys later found outside. Four purses and clothes were also taken from Bass Warrick’s home the same night.
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Frank Brown
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Brown
Brown House
Bass Warrick
Garner Proposes Three Steps to Ease Economic Strain
Speaker Garner outlined three proposals to aid the national economy. He urged $1,000,000,000 in bonds for a government building program and broadening the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, plus adding $1,000,000,000 to its capital and enacting the Huddleston bill. He favored placing $100,000,000 in Hoover’s hands to relieve severe regional distress while opposing direct dole payments.
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Washington
John Garner
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Huddleston
Hoover
Garner
Dole
Woman Confesses Slaying Husband in Alabama
Linden Alabama May 19 AP Mrs Willie Huckabee 20 confessed to killing her husband Willie G Huckabee 22 last week after he threatened her life Sheriff Moody Drinkard said she was placed under arrest Wednesday The couple quarrelled after a crib door was left ajar and she said she outran him to a gun firing a full charge into his body The woman initially told officers her husband had killed himself Their two year old son is in the jail cell with her.
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Linden
Ala
Willie Huckabee
Willie G. Huckabee
Moody Drinkard
Huckabee
78 Missing After Georges Philippar Fire in Gulf of Arden
Seventy eight people are missing from the French motorship Georges Philippar after a blaze Monday in the Gulf of Arden. Owners announced 689 of 767 aboard had been saved. The report notes the tragedy and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Parts
France
Georges Philippar
Gulf of Arden
City schools present large musical program Friday night
Five hundred pupils from city schools will perform at the city auditorium Friday at 8 o clock. Miss Marie Turner announces the free event featuring advanced elementary and junior high students, the junior high orchestra, juvenile band and tots rhythm band. All elementary schools will be represented.
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Marie Turner
Woodman Circle Meeting Postponed Until Monday Night
The Woodman Circle Dothan Grove No. 25 meeting tonight is postponed due to weather. State manager Mrs Ethel Holliway was to arrive for the gathering.
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Woodman Circle
Dothan Grove No. 25
Ethel Holliway
Oil magnate Talbot sentenced for grand theft
James A. Talbot former Richfield Oil company chairman convicted of grand theft of 100009 dollars is sentenced to two to two years in San Quentin prison.
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Los Angeles
James A. Talbot
The
Richfield Oil Company
San Quentin
Norfolk shipbuilder denies Lindbergh negotiations
A Norfolk shipbuilder asserts that reports of negotiations with Charles Lindbergh are false. He speaks in defense of the aviator, addressing concerns raised for his wife and two children and asks for understanding during a period of grief.
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Norfolk Shipbuilder
Lindbergh
State to use 5000 acre forest tract for experiments in Geneva County
Gov Miller accepts a 5000 acre timber tract from Jackson Lumber in Lockhart to form a state forest in western Geneva County. Col Bunker says natural regrowth should restore timber with demonstrations on reforestation. No cost to the state. land donated to promote nonagricultural timber production. In a separate note, 17 year old Leslie Baxley is jailed in Houston County after riding a stolen bicycle 89 miles from Panama City to Dothan. companion Howard Carmichael rode a borrowed bike likewise from Panama City.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. M. Miller
Jackson Lumber Company
Lockhart
John Peach
Wesern
Geneva County
Page S. Bvinker
Bunker
Peach
Panama City
Fla
Dothan
Leslie Baxley
Florida
Howard Carmichael
Baxley
City Schools Welcomed 1,048 Visitors On Annual Day
More than a thousand people visited city schools on Wednesday for the annual visitors day despite rain. Senior High hosted 293 and Young’s Junior High 226 while Highland Elementary drew 2306 attendees, Rose Hill 116, South Side 98, and Howell 75, with 177 men among the visitors. Special exhibits highlighted student work.
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Young's
Highland
Rose Hill
South Side
Howell
Anxious City Teachers Receive Partial Payroll
About $5,000 was issued to city school teachers as a partial payment for half a month of work. The funds came from the three mill tax with $2,200 covered by the city. Teachers still await full payment for part of this year. council members and Mayor T. C. Ezel urged borrowing to cover the remainder.
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T. C. Eze
Health Department Inter-Grading Unit to Visit County
The state inter-grading health unit will be in Houston County next week working with the county health department. The team arrives Monday and stays through Friday, visiting every department in the state for about a week with a local partner.
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Health Department
Houston County
Three Negroes Held on Burglary Charge in Southern Store
Three Black men named J. R. Kelly Mitchell Smith and M C Dennis were arrested Wednesday night by city officers for burglary at the Southern store on Montana street. They were turned over to county officers for further proceedings.
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Montana
Aetreet
J. R. Kelly
Mitchell Smith
M. C. Dennis
Cotton Rushes Season By Blooming On Farm Near Dothan
On May 18, A. D. Whitehead’s cotton farm twelve miles south of Dothan reported a blooming season. Whitehead said it was the first time he has seen cotton bloom in May and showed a plant with a full bloom and several neophyte buds.
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Houston
A. D. Whitehead
Dothan
Tve
Mayor Proclaims June 14 Citizenship Day in Dothan
Mayor I C Ezell proclaims June 14, 1932 as Citizenship Day inviting all residents of Dothan and Houston County who reached majority in 1932 to join a two day celebration. Woman's League sponsors the event with plans for addresses parade and entertainment and urges broad organizational cooperation.
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Dothan
Houston County
I. C. Exell
Woman's League
Ezell
United States
Woman's League of
I. I. C. Ezel
City of
George Washington
Rainfall totals two and a half inches in Dothan
Two and a half inches of rain fell in Dothan since shortly after noon Tuesday, measured at the fire department gauge. A steady rain or drizzle continued, with residents in raincoats and umbrellas. Crops and city gardens benefited from the soaking, the heaviest in months, as forecasters predicted more rain tonight and a continued cloudy, overcast pattern into Friday.
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Dothan
Dox Hops Off On First Lap Of Home Trip
The German airliner D O X started from a point east of Manhassett Bay at 4 a m today for Harbor Grace Newfoundland on the first leg of its return to Germany. The craft carried 14 crew and a heavy fuel load and was overhauled for the voyage to Lake Constance Switzerland, its home port. It will stay in Newfoundland awaiting a favorable weather report before crossing the Atlantic to the Azores.
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New York
Harbor Grace
N. F
Germany
Manhassett Bay
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Newfoundland
Atlantic Ocean
Azores
Raiford Attacks U. S. Farm Board Policies In Alabama Speech
Mobile May 19 AP F T Raiford publisher of the Selma Times Journal assailed the U S Farm Board and its policies before the Alabama Bankers convention. He argued the board failed to fulfill Hoover era pledges and criticized its attempts to use supply and demand to save agriculture. He warned of continuing economic woes and urged bold leadership to confront global monetary issues and tariff policy.
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Mobile
Ala
F. T. Raiford
Selma
Times-Journal
Alabama Bankers Convention
Rafford
Farm Board
Hoover
Ralford
America
Europe
Raiford
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Lindy “Bisping
Norman Schwarzkopf
State Police
John H. Curtis
Gchwarskopf
John. Condon
Congan
Dobson- Peacock
Cme
Etter
Francis A. Jamieson
Associated Press
U. S
Hauck
Flemington
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Jack ReVolt
Alcazar Theater
A. J. Miller
John W. Bish
J. L. Vaughn
M. D. Black
Keyton
J. W. Parkman
Agriculture Committee
J. P. Wilson
Dothan High School
Colonel Lindbergh
Morrie Truesdale
Trenton
Brooklyn
Frank Parzach
Parzach
NEW State Forest
Miller
Lumber Co
Panaguna
Alshamn
Paxley
Faxley
Pehoteth
Gracevile
Paxtex
Perley
Three Mill
Dox
Atlantic
N.F
U. S. Farm Board
Alabama Bankers’ Conclave
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