Torch death puzzles Sacramento police in 83 year old heiress case
In Sacramento California police puzzled over the death of Virginia Johnson 83 daughter of state treasurer Charles G Johnson found in a garage near her home. kerosene soaked clothing ignition and matches found suggest fire set, no clear murder signs, fingerprints and a cement prop possibly used to open doors. authorities questioned her son Mike Johnson and a neighbor Leonam Titus as detectives pursued clues amid a family crisis the governor hopeful father learned of the tragedy in San Francisco.
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Sacramento
Calif
Virginia Johnson
Charles G. Johnson
Miss Johnson
C. KE. Mahoney
Mina Atly
Mike Johnson
Ald
Leonam Titus
Nell McAllister
Titus
San Francisco
Hammer Slayer of Children Held
New York May 29 AP A father who hunted for weeks after hammering his four daughters to death was held as a felon homicide. John McHale a CWA worker, was arrested after returning to the Bronx where his family lived. District Attorney Foley said McHale appeared hopelessly insane and ordered hospitalization. He confessed to striking the children with a hammer while claiming he believed they were alive. He said he feared they were not getting enough to eat while out of work.
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New York
St. Patrick's Day
John McHale
Bronx
Mckale
McHales
Newark
N. J
Cleveland
Samuel Foley
McHale
Mcale
Ride and Rob Gang Active in Tennessee
In Memphis Tennessee on May 28 AP reports a Humboldt merchant Joe H Wilkins was kidnapped robbed and bound on Horn Lake road seven miles south of Memphis. He is the third West Tennessee businessman targeted by the ride and rob gang in three weeks with investigators suspecting the same group. Humboldt officers found a broken door lock and ransacked safe at the scene.
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Memphis
Tenn
Joe H. Wilkins
Humboldt, Tenn
Horn Lake Road
Wilkins
West Tennessee
Po- Mos
Humboldt
Stone
Se More
Altruists and congress clash over stock act changes
Washington dispatch notes the exposure of private conferees guiding securities act revisions and the use of altruists Corcoran Cohen and Lamndis to steer policy. It credits Rayburn Byrnes and Fletcher for leadership, mentions Roosevelt support, and forecasts a quick adjournment after the tariff bill passage.
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Washington, D. C
Congressional Conference Committee
Tom Corcoran
Ben Cohen
Jim Lamndis
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Messera
Corcoran
Cohen
Mr. Landis
Wall
Rayburn
Fletcher
Byrnes
Three Day Pastors Bible Conference Near Sylacauga
A three day pastors Bible conference will be held at Camp Tallassee near Sylacauga Alabama from June lth to the 14th. Speakers include Dr W W Adams of Philadelphia Dr J R Robbs Dr J B Ditlard Dr W H Carson Dr T W Neil and Rev H W Fencer. For details write Rev J F Berkstresser Box 175 Decatur Alabama.
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Camp Tallasaee Hatcher
Sylacauga
Ala
W. W. Adams
Philadelphia
J. R. Robbs
J. B. Ditlard
W. H. Carson
T. W. Neil
H. W. Fencer
J. FE. Berkstresser
Box 175
Decatur
Rural mail carriers of Wiregrass to hold annual meet Friday
The Wiregrass Rural Letter Carriers Association will hold its annual meeting at Porter's Fairyland Friday afternoon at four o'clock. After a short business session and program, the carriers with their families will have a picnic. All carriers in southeast Alabama invited. Ralph Ables of Fyffe will address the group, and Julian Marritt of Dothan will also speak.
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Wiregrass Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Porter’s Fairyland
Alabama
Ralph Ables
Fyffe
Als
Julian Marritt
Dothan
State Supreme Court upholds salary prorate ruling
In Alabama the state supreme court affirmed a Montgomery circuit court decision denying a mandamus to prorate 2.5 million dollars for school funds. The court ruled fixed salaries and ordinary expenses are absolute and payable, while non essential appropriations may be prorated if funds are insufficient.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
W. H. Abramson
American Legion
James Fitts Hill
Parent-Teachers Association
Horace Stringfellow
Logan Martin
Birmingham
A. J. Harris
Decatur
W. O. Muley
Geneva
William Caffey, Jr
Mobile
Martin
Mulkey
Caffey
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Walter B. Jones
Mrs Emma Pittman Dies At Home At 73
Emma Pittman, 73, of 302 Morgan Street, died early today at her home. She is survived by her husband Charlie Pittman and a niece Mrs High Rainey of Macon Georgia. Active pallbearers include Herbert Walker and others. honorary pallbearers include Jimmy Jones and Circle No. 1 of First Baptist Church.
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Emma Pittman
Morgan Street
Charlie Pittman
Mra High Rainey
Macon
Herbert Walker
Ray
Roy Watford
Bill Kinsaul
Howard Glover
L. J. Thomas, Jr
Jimmy Jones
Eddie Woods
L. J. Thomas
Alta Pace
Circle No. 1
First Baptist Church
Wet Candidate Proves Liquor Is Available
Marshall C. Kurfees a wet platform state legislative candidate was found drunk on a Winston Salem street and jailed He told Judge Wilson I did it on purpose to prove people can get liquor despite the dry law He was fined five dollars and given a sixty day suspended sentence
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Winston Salem
N. C
Marshall C. Kurfees
W. T. Wilson
Kurfeer
North Carolina
Description of a murderer from Sing Sing psychiatrist
May 29 AP reports Dr. Amos T. Baker, Sing Sing Prison psychiatrist, described murderers as typically under 30, American born to foreign born parents, from the laboring class, with fair intelligence and education, unskilled in trade or profession, and generally unemployable. The description covers many cases studied before executions.
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New York
Amos T. Baker
Sing Sing
Mrs Frasier Addresses Auburn Kiwanis Club
Do then May 20 Mrs Sedttle McKenzie Frasier journalist addressed the Auburn Kiwanis Club as alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute returned for alumni exercises tied to the annual commencement. Attendees included Dr George Blue C W Ashcraft General Robert E Noble Warren Andrews Roland Hell Lawrence Pearce Haygood Patterson Mrs Kate Haigler and W C Davis among others. The National Association of Real Estate Boards reports a growing shortage of single family dwellings in 278 American cities surveyed recently.
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Auburn
Sedttle McKenzie Frasier
Dothen
Auburn Kiwanis Club
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Montgomery
Alumni Association
C. W. Ashcraft
Florence
Robert E. Noble
Ansiston
Warren Andrews
Roland Hell
Lawrence Pearce
Allanta
Haygood Paterson
Motgomery
Kate Haigler
Tulsa
Oklahoma
W. C. Davis
W. H. Bruce
Opelika
National Association of Resl Estate Boards
Historical note on defendant at time of murder
The document notes the defendant is healthy and commits the crime with others. It records no juvenile delinquency convictions and that he denies guilt while awaiting execution. It also states he does not develop mental disorder nor feign it during the process.
Black-Draught Natural Laxative For Constipation Relief
An elderly reader from Rome Kentucky writes about using Thedford’s Black-Draught for decades. He describes it as a dependable purgative for dizziness and head swimming, noting it is a purely vegetable laxative and provides prompt relief at the first sign of constipation.
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Thedford
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