Kidnap Threat Adds New Riddle To Thelma Todd Case
In Los Angeles a kidnap threat against a Hollywood club waiter who aided Thelma Todd's last party adds a fresh riddle to the actress death mystery. Police inspect a threatening postcard. ex-husband Di Cicco is subpoenaed as investigators probe possible murder by carbon monoxide and motives linked to the actor's circle.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Thelma Todd
Hourie
Troccadero Y Night
Miss Todd
Blaine Breed
Stanley Lupino
Housie
Fronch
Comedienne
Foreman
George W. Rochester
Stongly
Miss Told
Rochester
Pesquale di Cicco
di Cicco
New York
di Cisco
J W Thompson 86 Dies Pioneer Of Beadle County
J W Thompson aged 86 dies at home 1145 Ida ho avenue southeast after months of illness heart disease pneumonia. Born January 30 1849 in Kentucky married to Sarah E Thompson January 6 1881 in Kentucky. They lived in Vermillion Illinois before moving to Dakota Territory in 1882 settling Beadle County south of Huron. Survived by widow daughter Mrs Addye G Deugnerty of Huron six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at home 1 30 pm Sunday with Finyon chapel at 2 o clock Rev Sze Yrecerry of Baptist church officiating burial Riverside cemetery Elks in charge.
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Idaho Avenue
Mr. Thompson
Hen
Kentucky
Sarah E. Thompson
Jessamine County
Vermillion County
Ilinois
Datota
Huron
Beadle County
Fluron
Wabo Avenue
Ir. Theomrson
Furon Elles Lotte
County Board of Commissioners
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Sze ‘Yrecerry
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The
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Idaho Senator Borah Moves Toward 1936 Nomination
Senator Borah of Idaho signals liberal Republican aims and readiness to cooperate with any plan to build a liberal delegation for the 1936 convention. Wisconsin and Massachusetts Republicans discuss Borah delegations while Borah approves, saying he will back flexible tactics if helpful.
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Borah
Idaho
U.S
William E. Borah
Massachusetts
Robert M. Washburn
Theodore) Roosevelt Club
United States Senate
Wisconsin
Aberdeen Airport Project Approved by WPA Funds
The Commerce Department Bureau of Air Commerce announced four more airport projects approved for Works Progress Administration funding. Aberdeen Municipal Airport in South Dakota will condition three runways and upgrade others for 15,315 dollars, Mitchell port and hangar for 15,028 dollars, and Spearfish Stone administration building and shop improvements for 27,419 dollars, with technical clearance required before federal allotment.
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Washington
Commerce Department Bureau of Air Commerce
Works Progress Administration
Bureau
WPA
South Dakota
Mitchell
Ouro
Dolly the War Horse Still In Active Service
Charles Peek of 865 Lawn Ridge avenue owns Dolly the horse born in May 1904. Dolly followed the Peeks from Liberty township to Huron and still appears in public, drawing a buggy aged 40, seen at curbside and at Hand concerts in J.W. Campbell park on Thursday nights. The Evening Huronite notes such long service is uncommon and notes the column pays 25 cents per accepted Did You Know submission.
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Charles Peek
Lawn Ridge Avenue
Dolly
Peek
Huron
Liberty
Ruron
J.W. Campbell
Horze
Itera
Bad Eggs Digest Themselves In Vacuum Oiling Study
Washington report highlights a bureau finding that a digestive enzyme in living matter causes proteins to change chemically and may affect spoiled eggs. It notes a vacuum oiling method to retard spoilage in storage eggs and references a annual report on the enzyme’s role in digestion.
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Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Saita
Indictments Sought in Liggett Case in Minneapolis
Three indictments in the Walter Liggett case will be sought by Attorney General H H Peterson before the Hennepin county grand jury. One indictment targets Isadore Blumenfeld known as Kid Cann, with two others naming unidentified suspects. Witnesses include Mrs Liggett Andersch, and the Liggett file was secured in a vault after a prowler entered the attorney general office at night.
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Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
State Attorney General’s Office
Hennepin County
H. H. Peterson
Isadore
Kid Cann
Mia
Liggett
Andersch
Milne kidnapping case seen likely solved soon
Federal agents hunted a Wrightstown farmhouse as the Milne kidnaping mystery narrowed to a key hideout ten miles from Doylestown. Caleb Milne Jr described four men luring him from New York, forcing narcotics, and confinement for four days before his rescue and report to investigators.
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Milne
Wrightstown
New York
Department of Justice
Casey J. Milne
Fone
S0ai
Milnertha
New, York
Little Hospital
Scottland
Germantown
Philadelphia
Anita Smith
Bureau of Investigation
Western
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Milne Ag
Dr. Green
Gracie Square
Summit
N. J
South Dakota CCC Men Send Over Three Million Home
Emergency conservation chief Robert Fechner announced that South Dakota Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees sent 3 051 000 dollars home from April 1933 to November 20 1933. Most of each monthly 30 dollar pay went to dependents with 25 dollars kept by veterans or locally enrolled men.
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Washington
Robert Fechner
South Dakota
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
War Department
Hopkins Reports 3,476,682 Get Jobs Under Federal Works Plan
Washington noted that revised figures show 3,476,782 jobs under the $4 billion works program as of December 9. Hopkins said WPA employed 2,674,623. Civilian Conservation Corps 531,23. other agencies 260,358. Officials call the total a substantial progress toward the 3.5 million goal, with state by state totals listed for many programs and areas.
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Veterans Administration
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Nebraska
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Wyoming
Martin Lines Up With Townsend Pensioners
Hot Springs, Dec. 20(4) Paul B Martin, Hot Springs, announced candidacy for Republican nomination in the May 5 primaries. He backs the Townsend old age pension plan after canvassing district sentiment. He notes opponents admit they have not thoroughly studied the plan.
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Springs
Paul
Martin
Hot Springs
Canmess
Toguy
The News Behind the News by Paul Mallon
Washington reports discuss Roosevelt PWA policy and its limits. The president signals no new broad asks to Congress and aims for targeted appropriations through pet projects to aid districts. Critics doubt the approach will satisfy supporters or control expenditures.
Dog Is Winner Over Husband
Mrs Thelma William sought a peace bond against her husband Jack over tires let airouts and threats to kill her dog. The court denied the bond as Jack quipped she likes the dog more than him. She continues to pursue divorce while the dog is cited in the case.
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Los Angeles
Thelma William
Jack
Erosion Workers On New Schedule
H J Clemmer regional conservator Region 9 of the Soil Conservation service announced a winter schedule for WPA workers on Soil Conservation projects. Workers will leave for the field to start by 8 a m and return by 5 p m or be in town by 5 p m, reducing the day from about 11 to 12 hours to roughly 9 hours. The plan affects about 1 000 to 1 100 workers in the region and may last until next March. Committed to better conditions, the committee pressed for heated transport and eating quarters, and Clemmer pledged reforms as weather dictates travel time.
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WPA
H. J Clemmer
Region 9
The
Soil Conservation Service
PWA
Tthe
Clem‘mer
Huron Central Labor Union
Cremmer
Clemmer
Central Labor Union
H. B. Adams
Britain backs away from Franco British peace bid in Ethiopia
London reports Britain seeks to mobilize League of Nations members to avert an Italian attack on Ethiopia. Diplomats in Paris and Rome signal anxiety over a Franco British plan, Laval vows to stay active, and a successor for Sir Samuel Hoare is debated amid anti French sentiment at Geneva.
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Ethiopia
London
League of Nations
Baldwin
Paris
Laval
Great Britain
France
Rome
Ively
League of Nations Cives
Geneva
Im Tien
Sarassim
Unil
Samuel Hoare
L Howe
Commons
Tootley
Sus
Anthony
League Affairs
Viscrunt
Fox
Sir Chamberlain
Mreuure
Redfield Bank Seeks Recovery in Supreme Court
The American National Bank of Redfield through its receiver L. A. Pin filed an action in the supreme court seeking to recover funds alleged to have been taken from the bank’s assets when it closed. The case details the state’s receipt of about $28,000 and the receiver’s effort to liquidate bonds pledged as securities. The complaint asserts lawful rights to pledge bonds and the deposit, with total recoveries cited at $17,000 plus earlier sums, as the case proceeds.
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