Curtis Leaves Norfolk Intermediary In Kidnapping Case
John Hughes Curtis, a Norfolk boat builder and negotiator for the Lindbergh baby return, left Norfolk on an undisclosed trip to aid the negotiations. Admiral Burrage and Dean Dobson Peacock said Curtis departed quietly for reasons connected to the case and did not reveal travel details or return timing.
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Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
Mindbergh
Way m1
Purrange
Curtie
Curtis
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Admiral Burrage
Dean H. Dobson- Peacock
Mr. Curtis
Prominent Norfolk trio cited in Lindbergh baby case
The Very Reverend Dean H. Dob son Peacock upper left rear Admiral Guy H Burrage and John Hughes Curtis all of Norfolk figure in the growing Lindbergh kidnaping story as alleged intermediaries for the baby's recovery. Curtis left Norfolk for an undisclosed destination fueling further speculation.
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Dean H. Dobson-Peacock
Guy H. Burrage
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Chesapeake Nay
Curtis
Missing flier found plane crashed in Sequoia National Park
The Army plane carrying Lieutenant Edward R Hoffman vanished February 1 during a storm and was found today by John Washburn and Gordon Garland. The wreckage lies about 5 000 feet up a mountain near Meadow King road with Hoffmann unaccounted for. Footprints extend four miles from the site toward the Meadow King road, and Lieutenant William A Cooke Jr parachuted to safety hoping Hoffman could land.
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Ash Mountain
Sequoia National Park
Edward R. Hoffman
Hoffman
Meadow King Road
John Washburn
Gordon Garland
Wood Lake
Cal
Oriole Lodge
Park
William A. Cooke, Jr
Cooke
E. L. Foote
Crissy Field
San Francisco
Army
Safey
Flames Destroy Wilson Motor Storage Building
Fire at the Wilson Motor storage site on East Washington Street destroyed the old brick building and its cars, endangering two adjacent houses and Guilford General Hospital. The blaze began around 3 00 am from a tower and spread rapidly with gasoline explosions complicating firefighting. Damage estimated in the thousands with no confirmed cause at dawn.
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East Washington Street
Wilson Motor Company
Guilford General Hospital
Vénable
S. 5
Swanson
Venable
Methodist Church
Former Solicitor Freed Of Guilt In Sheriff Death
Packed courtroom erupts as verdict of not guilty is read. Jury deliberated three hours before acquitting the solicitor in the death of the sheriff. Younce and Brinkley remain charged with perjury and under bond.
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Younce
Brinkley
Younce Acquitted in Manslaughter Case
George A. Younce former solicitor of the 12th district was acquitted of manslaughter in the death of Sheriff James A. Leonard by a Davidson county Superior court jury after four ballots and over three hours of deliberation. W Foil Brinkley indicted with Younce was freed on a non suit. Court cheered as verdict was announced and friends celebrated outside the courtroom.
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John Mebane
Lexington
George A. Younce
12Th Judicial District
James A. Leonard
Davidson County Superior Court
Ury
W. Foil Brinkley
G. Vernon Cowper
Younce
B. Hoke Loflin
Clyde R. Hu
Shelby
Bruce Talbert
Thomasville
R. P. Larkin
Oak Ridge
Cruetat
J. B. Fearer
Loftin
Brinkley
Davidson County
Eddie F. Sullivan
Palatka
Fla
Neil Wimmer
Roanoke
Younece
Wimmer
Cowper
Joseph Ae
Fortescues
Society
Thomas H. Massie
B. J. Lord
Albert O. Jones
Clarence Darrow
Kametham
Hawaiis
Thalia Massie
Massie
Kahahawai
Fortescue
Massacre bandits hunted across border after seven killed
In El Paso Texas on April 2 authorities pursued three bandits blamed for slaying seven members of Melquia dez Espinosa's family in Berino New Mexico during a robbery attempt. Texas rangers New Mexico officers and cross border police cooperated. A federal troop offer was rejected by New Mexico Governor Seligman who sent the National Guard to Berino to determine if suspects are Mexicans.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pstraight
Melquiadez Espinosa
Berino N. M
Dairyman
Texas Rangers
New Mexico
United States
Mexico
Washington
T'E
Arthur Seligman
Osborne C. Wood
New Mexico National Guard
Berino
Santa Fe
J. M. Puig Cassaurane
New York
Prohibition Board Sends Warning Circular Nationwide
The national prohibition board distributes eight thousand copies of a circular urging leaders to heed voters wishes or face replacement. The notice targets Anti-Saloon League and W C T U leaders nationwide and asks them to share it with convention delegates and key citizens.
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Washington
National Prohibition Board of Strategy
Anti-Saloon League
Stalin Declares Good Health In Letter To AP
Moscow April 2 Joseph Stalin told an Associated Press correspondent he is in good health and mocked rumors of illness. He denied a German specialist was summoned to Moscow to treat him and said false health rumors recur in the bourgeois press.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Associated Press
Herman Zondek
Butler to be questioned in probe of Columbia student expulsion
Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler will be asked to explain the expulsion of Reed Harris editor of the Columbia Spectator. The Spectator staff of 60 will meet Monday to decide their stance as the campus debates the disciplinary action over recent papers.
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Butler
Columbia
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
University of
Reed Harris
Columbia Spectator
Spectator
Wounded UNC student Penn’s condition worsens after bandit attack
Ashby Penn, UNC junior and son of a tobacco magnate, suffered a worsening condition after being shot near Chapel Hill while chasing a bandit car. Police pursue clues to bandits’ identity. investigators shift theory from robbery to possible rum runners.
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Penn
U.N. C
Durham
N. C
Ashby Penn
Charles A. Penn
New York
Reidsville
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Duke Hospital
Clay Williams Sees Real Estate Upswing From Low Prices
Winston-Salem April 2 Clay Williams president of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Co predicts depression may yield permanent prosperity for North Carolina. He cites Governor Gardner and others noting opportunities in low real estate prices and says rising home ownership will improve family budgets and cut rent as prosperity returns.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
R. Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Vicious Capone Report Reveals Gangster Power
Washington April 2 A senate committee published the inside story of Al Capone and Chicago gangsters told by District Attorney George E Q Johnson The account covers the government battle against the gang the overturned plea agreement and Wilkersons later reversal along with testimony on intimidation and murder that hindered prosecutions.
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Washington
al Capone
Chicago
Senate
Capone
George E. Q. Johnson
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Johnson
Jullano Job
Culbertson Reveals Par Of Bridge Olympics
New York April 2 Ely Culbertson the bridge star revealed the par for his world bridge Olympics and defended calling the event Olympic He criticized critics including Avery Brundage over the use of the term and announced two platinum trophies for the east west and north south pairs closest to the par last night about 590 contestants remain hopeful while 500 or so are far from the mark and must await teacher’s review of papers
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New York
Ely Culbertson
Barnum
Main Street
Broadway
Samoa
Shanghai
Culbertson
Avery Brundage
Homer
Culberteen
Democrats Hold Jefferson Day Dinner in New York
Democratic leaders from across the country gathered for the Jefferson Day dinner of the Democratic Club. Speakers denounced Hoover and predicted a Democratic victory in the fall election. They urged party harmony and called for a prohibition referendum to be added to the platform. Senator Bulkley urged liquor regulation to recover tax revenue, while Senator Lewis blamed the political oligarchy of big business for the era's woes.
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New York
National Democratic Club
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
J. Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
Hoover
Lewis
Raleigh Cops Follow Lindbergh Clue Then Learn It Was Hoax
Raleigh police executed the intercepted Lindbergh baby ransom telegram at a street corner but the staged delivery proved a hoax. Officers dressed in gray followed the instruction in a blue car with Virginia plates at Hargett and Swain streets to no avail.
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Raleigh
Lindy
Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
Virginia
Hargett and
Swain
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Rosenwald
Swain Street
Hargett
C. B. Barbour
Barbour
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