Kidnap Plot Heard by NY Convict
A former Welfare Island prisoner testified that he heard a New Jersey speakeasy plot the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. He named two men Bauer and Kaupman, whom he believes was Bruno Hauptmann. Detectives rushed him to headquarters amid expectations of another major development within 24 hours.
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New York
Welfare Island
New Jersey
Bauer
Kaupman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Pos!ng
Isador Fisch
Lindbergh
Fisch
Hauptmann
Germany
Henry Shug
Jeff
World News in Gist From The Associated Press
A patchwork of brief items from New York Washington Detroit and other places. Notable notes include a grand jury indicating extortion charges in the Lindbergh kidnap case with a plea likely from Bruno Hauptmann, Roosevelt naming a three member labor board over cattle strike disputes, a missing child case in Detroit with a body found in an apartment, Roosevelt returning to the White House to oversee NRA reforms, a Georgia prison breakout and an escape after a guard overpowered, a Washington shocks series in Ellenburg, Nye urging tax hikes on war profits, and international items from Warsaw Rome Geneva London and Hong Kong touching war profits disarmament and monetary ties.
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Associated
Pri T Nomratte New York
Bruno Achard Hauptmann
Henx Grand Jury
Washington
Roosvelt
Labor Relations Board
Detroit
M. W.oodrich
Amnu Gallaher
Rooscent
White House
Hyde Park
N. J
Pernally
NRA
Savannah
Prisner
Uck
Ellenburgh
Wash
Nye
Wunitiona
Warsaw
Warzawa
Rusaia
Rome
Musaoni
Geneva
Ruania
League of Nations Assembly
Hondon
Honda
Tax fears loom over future of mining industry
Paul H Hunt of Koeetley Utah warned at a San Francisco mining congress that higher taxes on mining properties threaten the nations mining industry and living standards. A Washington official echoed the forecast of added tax burdens as unemployment, insurance and workers compensation costs rise.
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San Francisco
American Mining Congress
Western Division
Paul H. Hunt
Koeetley
Utah
Want
A. W. Dickingon
Washington
Congress
Furniture of Kearns Seized on Mortgage
Four sheriff's deputies went to the home of Jack Kearns manager of prize fighters and today removed 2600 dollars worth of furniture and fixtures to satisfy a chattel mortgage held by Eddie Slocken. On Monday Kearns was arrested for drunkenness and fined 20 dollars then released.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Deputies
Jack Kearns
Eddie Slocken
Kearns
Governors Honor Cooney at California Pacific Exposition
San Diego September 26. Governors of seven states notified officials of the California Pacific International Exposition of their acceptance as honorary vice presidents. Included was Governor F H Cooney of Montana.
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San Diego
Calif
F. H. Cooney
Montana
Annon fodder required by dictator of all Italians
Theme Sept 28 Italy gov aims to raise birth rate by forcing single men to prove intent to marry. Mussolini orders all marriageable men to seek work or wed, with private industry urged to adopt similar rules.
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Italy
Benito
Nanalind Belleses
Duca
Musacci
Weight Control booklet offered through Washington bureau
The Helena Independent offers a Washington Information bureau booklet on weight control prepared with the U S Public Health Service. It stresses diet and exercise for weight balance and includes a ten cent mail-in coupon handled by director Frederic J Haskin in Washington D C.
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Washington Information Bureau
United States Public Health Service
Helena
Pound and Dollar Approach at Geneva Stabilizes Currencies
London reports the gold bloc nations will maintain gold backing at Geneva while efforts grow to tie the pound and the dollar. Bankers say the move could bring the two currencies closer together, despite six nations backing gold rather than lifting the standard. Trade circles see potential gains in tied exchange in coming months.
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London
Geneva
Great Britain
Explosions Reported Off Nova Scotia Coastal Vessel
Explosions and signal flares were observed by New Waterford residents off the Nova Scotia coast, with a ship reportedly about three miles offshore. The tug Cruizer was dispatched to investigate and provide aid if required.
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Sydney
New Waterford
Cruizer
Roosevelt forms textile labor board to settle disputes
President Roosevelt named three veteran mediators Walter Stacy Henry Wiley and James Mullenbach to head a textile industry dispute board. The move parallels the steel labor board and aims to address reemployment discrimination against strikers as workers return to mills nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Henry A. Wiley
James Mullenbach
Chicago
Steel Labor Board
Presidential Mediation Board
California doctors accused of selling babies for fees
Sacramento report accuses physicians of selling babies to cover maternity care costs. Elizabeth Owens of the state social welfare department cited several complaints of a "baby market" in California. Mothers, often poor, allegedly sell their infants to pay hospital and physician bills, with adoptions made under legal methods and payments hidden from public view.
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California
Sacramento
Calif
Calfornia
Governor’s Council
Elizabeth Owens
State Department of Social Welfare
Misa Owens
Body of 11 year old found in Detroit trunk
Detroit police report the body of 11 year old Lillian Gallsher was found strangled and assaulted in a trunk inside a Detroit apartment occupied by Mr. and Mrs. M W Goodrich. A hammer had been used, death from skull fracture or strangulation, while the Goodrich couple faced a wide police manhunt and possible asylum history for the man. A tenant saw the girl enter the apartment shortly before her disappearance.
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Detroit
Lillian Gallsher
M. W. Goodrich
Goodrich
Adrian
Mich
Elkhorn River
B. B. Hauser
Fremont
Omaha
Hoper
Neb
Osed Boty
Extortion Demand Sent to Philadelphia Cardinal
Philadelphia on September 26 authorities reported a $50,000 extortion demand delivered to Dennis Cardinal Dougherty via letter. A suspect who made a previous similar demand four years ago has escaped from the Philadelphia mental hospital. The author of today’s letter signed as George Hatridich, already committed last September after a prior demand for $50,000.
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Philadelphia
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
George Hatridich
Russian disarmament move stirs League of Nations
Geneva reports that Russia pressed the League of Nations to balance disarmament, triggering a tense reaction. Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov requested a council report on resuming the disarmament conference, prompting efforts to have it withdrawn. Some statesmen fear German withdrawal could undo progress and spark talk of German rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty, a topic England hopes to dodge.
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Council OF League
Geneva
Ronaia
Council of the
League of Nations
Trecause
Maxim Litvinoff
Arthur Henderson
Germany
England
Suspect Taken in Tennessee Tragedy
Magicville Tennessee September 26. District Attorney General J Carlton Loser said he has received information that if true will aid in solving the disappearance of 6 year old Dorothy Distelhurst last seen eight days ago on her way home from school. A man giving name William Strelthurst 30 of Brooklyn N Y was held at Kingsport for investigation
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Magicville
Ttenn
J. Carlton Loser
Dorothy Distelhurst
William Strelthurst
Brooklyn
Kingsport
Loans to Industry on Hard Terms Feared by GOP Leader
Washington September 26. Henry P. Fletcher spokesman said President Roosevelt and Reconstruction Finance Corporation Chairman Jesse H. Jones have frozen credit and made lending and borrowing near impossible. The Republican National Committee chair noted only about 4 percent of a 300 million dollar industry loan fund had been committed and said borrowers must swear to all regulations and patronize entities favored by those in power.
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Woashington
Henry P. Fletcher
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Republican National Committee
Congress
Future of NRA Being Considered Seeks New Board Governance
President Roosevelt directs NRA toward a new era of business control with board management, aiming for permanency and cautious reform. The approach contrasts with Hugh S. Johnson’s rapid blue eagle mobilization, leaving open whether reforms will trend liberal or conservative amid ongoing guidance from the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Blue Eagle
Hyde Park
N. Y
Clashes Loom in Congress Over Social Legislation
Washington reports looming clashes in Congress over social legislation as experts gather data for a president's committee on economic security. Debates center on unemployment insurance models, old age pensions, and who pays, with Perkins leading as committee chair. The panel plans to survey work done and focus on feasible recommendations before a longer term program is set.
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Washington
Congress
Perkins
Nye to push confiscatory wartime tax bill in Congress
Senator Nye of North Dakota, chair of the munitions investigating committee, said in Washington that in the next Congress he would introduce a bill imposing confiscatory income taxes during war. The plan doubles taxes under 10 000 and imposes 98 percent on incomes above that threshold, applying to individuals, firms, and corporations.
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Washington
Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Nye and
United States
E. J. du Pont de
New York East Wort Polo Game Recap
The old boat docked in time to see the east wort polo game. It was a real game with a close score of fourteen to thirteen. The eastern lads played a great game and deserved to win. Our team performed nobly and there was no hard feeling as they headed home to practice for next year.
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New York
Riot in strike claims death of woman in Chicago
Chicago dispatches report a 40 day bus strike turning deadly as violence flared through the day. A woman, Mrs. Mary Kennard, six, died after a stone shattered a bus window struck her head, following claims of a hired shooting plot against a bus dispatcher.
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Chicago
Stiiet
Mary Kennard
Lake Michelgan
Earthquakes Terrify Ellensburg Residents in Short Tremor Series
Four earthquake shocks in two minutes rattled Ellensburg Washington today at about 4:45 p m. the strongest of a long tremor sequence. The 20th quake in 18 days shook plaster from buildings and spread widespread fear among locals.
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Ellensburg
Wanh
Queen christens largest passenger ship Queen Mary
Clydebank Scotland September 26 Queen Mary of England christened the great Canael White Star liner giving the ship her name. King George described the vessel as stateliest in being. The 40000 ton hull slid into the River Cart basin as thousands roared and 250000 spectators cheered.
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Clydebank
Scotland
England
George
Britain
Sho
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