Suspect in Vanderwell Yacht Slaying Tied to Indian Witness
Long Beach police pursue Edward De Larm Qaqui Indian as a material witness in the slaying of Capt. Vanderwell aboard the World yacht Carnia. William James Guy, a Curley associate, seeks to prove an alibi by placing himself with De Larm on December 5, but authorities say De Larm’s account conflicts.
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Long Beach
Calif
Edward de Larm
Aler Vanderwell
Globe
de Lam
William James
Curley
Carnia
Guy
Devarm
Associated Press
William James Guy
Soldier of Fortune
Los Angeles
Walter Vanderwell
Chicago Police Baffled by Abduction of Bandmaster
Edwin Schildhauer, 27, slain Austin High School bandmaster, was abducted by two men after leaving a concert. His widow Frances denies domestic discord and claims no motive tied to a teacher who once made advances. Police note skull fracture and two bullet wounds. robbery unlikely. Delay in reporting blamed on incoherent account from the widow. Four years earlier, a two man teacher alleged advances but was transferred at Schildhauer’s request.
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Chicago
Edwin O. Schildauer
Austin
S. Dougherty
Schildauer
Frances
Dougherty
Schildhauer
Cicero
George E.birkenshaw
Fellowsville Kiddies Revel In Marble Flood
In Fellowsville yesterday afternoon a fire destroyed a truck carrying marbles from the West Virginia Agate Company of Clarksburg en route to Philadelphia. The blaze drew every local boy to the scene as the truck burned, with some children leaving with up to about a thousand marbles, many high priced agates.
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Fellowsville
Santa Claus
Virginia Agate Company
Clarksburg
Philadelphia
Decision on Coal Imports Is Suspended
The customs bureau suspended decisions on coal imports from Germany and Great Britain awaiting the attorney general's ruling on taxability under the 1932 revenue act. The move does not rescind free entry or levy duty now, but keeps potential duties in reserve pending a legal determination. Britain and Germany protested favored nations clauses in their treaties.
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Washington
Customs Bureau
Collectors of Customs
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Nine killed in Southern California crashes include a baby
In heavy rain sleet and snow a gasoline truck plunged into the Stoeffel home in Los Angeles causing a nursery fire that burned to death 22 month old Herbert Adolph Stoeffel. The weekend wrecks also claimed eight other fatalities across the region.
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Los Angeles
Alif
California
Herbert Adolph Stoeffel
Stoeffel
Escaped From Sing Sing New Pen Section
Two inmates John Egan and William Sutton escaped from the new Sing Sing prison section once deemed escape proof. They cut steel bars, moved through a mess hall, bound a duty trustee, and scaled a 22 foot outer wall using stolen ladders.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
John Egan
Willia Sutton
Manhattan
Bank Failures Blamed on Incompetent Management
Washington reports by acting comptroller F G Awalt show 1119 bank failures in ten months of the year and 2299 panic failures in 1931 with 1345 suspensions in 1930. He urges new banking laws to reduce failures and notes eight months of abatement but warns 1932 remains alarming.
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Washington
F. G.awalt
Awalt
Congress
John Pole
State Buys Large Slice Of Taylor County Land At Delinquent Tax Sale
A diverse sale of delinquent properties in Taylor County saw the State of West Virginia acquire a large portion of land amid nonpayment of 1931 taxes. Auctioneer Deputy Sheriff Charles Payne announced titles as bids favored the state, with many tracts ultimately delayed three years before title transfer.
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Taylor County
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Charles Payne
Coumty
Col Robins Recovering After Disappearance
Col Raymond Robins, economist and prohibition worker, said he has come through a terrible experience and is being fully restored at his Brooksville Florida home after a 10 week disappearance in the North Carolina mountains. Dr Fred B Smith, who helped issue the statement, defended Robins against any insinuations of deception regarding his disappearance or discovery.
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New York
Raymond Robins
North Carolina Mountains
Brooksville
Fla
Fred B. Smith
World Alliance For International Friendship
Long
Col. Robbins
Fire destroys two buildings in downtown Fayetteville
A downtown Fayetteville fire destroyed two three story buildings and damaged a third, threatening two blocks of the business district. Estimated losses run about 200000 dollars, with firefighters bringing the blaze under control today.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Rail workers press to halt further wage cuts
Chicago reports a joint wage conference between railroad managers and labor representatives to decide how long the 10 percent wage deduction will continue for 1,700,000 workers. Union leaders refuse to discuss any renewal of reductions or a new wage scale.
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Chicago
F. Wituiey
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
W. F. Thiehoff
Comigs Parte
Thishoff
New Seale
Labor Executives’ Association
Standard Railway
Whitney
Court upholds wage cut act for public employees
Charleston December decision by the supreme court sustains a special session act reducing salaries of county and municipal workers. The ruling denied mandamus petitions by Charleston city officials Edward Carver and Lewis Medley seeking prior pay rates, citing government cost reduction goals.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Charleston City
Edward Carver
Lewis Medley
Oit Street
Premier Herriot Blames Debt Moratorium for Europe’s Woes
Premier Herriot told the chamber of deputies that the 1931 Hoover debt moratorium caused Europe’s current debt troubles and France would pay its installment with reservations. He would wait to see Britain's plan before final policy, noting England might credit the payment as a capital sum.
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Herriot
Europe
France
Paris
Hoover
America
Associated Press
House of Commons
Chamber of Deputies
London
England
United States
Beer Would Mean Less Revenue Declared
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee heard twelve women argue that beer would cut taxable wealth by reducing productivity. The Senate Judiciary Committee sent prohibition repeal bills to a Blaine headed sub committee. Mrs Peabody led witnesses asserting beer is intoxicating and even small amounts slow people, with tax losses shifted to other levies.
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Washington
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Blaine
Rep
Wis
W. Peabody
Work Relief Explained Tonight at Court House
Welfare board officials and R F C program advocates outline the work relief plan its eligibility and execution for city and county projects. About 2000 people were employed yesterday as investigators review applications and deny some who do not meet needs for actual necessities of life. Outside work pauses in bad weather with one day of suspension during a snow rain storm.
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Court House
Welfare Board
W. H. Arnold
R. F.C
Coal production shows increase in West Virginia week
West Virginia bituminous coal output for the week ending November 26 totaled 1,653,000 net tons, up 102,000 from 1931. Southern fields produced 1,323,000 tons and northern 330,000. WV led the nation in bituminous production, surpassing Pennsylvania by 160,000 tons.
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Washington
West Virginia
Bureau of Mines
Pennsylvania
Rep Hornor Seriously Ill In West Virginia
Rep Lynn B Hornor a Democrat from West Virginia is critically ill at his Clarksburg home after a decline Friday following illness since November 20. Dr Sidney Liller of Baltimore said the condition is so serious that death could come at any time, though recovery from heart and blood pressure problems remains possible but unlikely.
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Clarksburg
Lynn
Hornor
Dem
W. Va
Honor
Sidney Liller
Baltimore
Horner
Mother and Baby Die in Langhorne House Fire
Langhorne Pa December 12 a mother and her three year old daughter perished in a blaze that gutted their home. Mrs Mary Hennessy 40 saved two of her sons William 12 and Matthew 11 before being trapped on a final trip for the infant Alice.
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Langhorne
Mary Hennessy
William
Matthew
Alice
Os Il
Rescue youth from crater during expedition
Paso, Texas December 12 Berlin Brixner 21 fell 150 feet into an extinct volcano crater west of the town yesterday but is recovering. The rope lowering him broke triggering a rescue. Lenark New Mexico companions alerted rescuers while Highway Patrolman Bert Morris pulled Brixner to the surface with a steel cable and improvised saddle. He was unconscious with a broken ankle scalp cuts and possible internal injuries. Rescuers said a ledge saved him from a deeper fall.
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Paso
Tex
Berlin
Brixner
Lenark
Mexico
Bert Morris
Plan to pay farm mortgages within one generation
Gray Silver of Martinsburg West Virginia proposed refinancing and reorganizing the Federal Farm Loan System to retire the national farm mortgage debt in one generation. He asserts annual savings of 600 million dollars for farmers and notes current interest costs exceed seven percent plus amortization and insurance.
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Chicago
United States
Gray Silver
Martinsburg
W. Va
Silver
Yona
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