Murder Mysteries Chronicle Dramatic 1931 New York Year
A sweeping look at eight major 1931 homicide cases across the nation led by New York crimes. Vivian Gordon’s strangling in upper Manhattan opens a chain of fatal episodes from Crowley and Duringer in midtown to the Starr Faithful mystery in Long Island and the Apache reservation murder of Henrietta Schmelier. The year features high profile shipboard vanishings, a Fujimura romance gone fatal, and a Long Island Sound pirate raid ending with Benjamin Collings.
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Mark Barron Naw
Tone
Metropolitan Police
Vivian Gordon
Upper
Manhattan
Vivian
Midtown Manhattan
No Man's Land
Crowley
Long Island
Rudy Duringer
Virginia Brannen
Duringer
Starr
Greenwich Vilage Art Studios
Arizona
Henrietta Schmelier
Columbia University
New York
Hisashi Fujimura
Mary Dale
Fujimura
Toshika
Long Island Sound
Benjamin P. Collings
Starr Faithful
Winnie Ruth Judd
Phoenix
Ariz
Fiery proposal clash over marriage and money in town tale
Anne and Phil debate marriage as poverty tightens grip on the Fenwick family. Cecily and Mary Frances complicate plans while Cecily falls for Barry McKeel and Mary Frances eyes Earl De Romount. Phil presses for a concrete time and living arrangements as Anne hesitates amid family duties. The scene ends with a proposed arrangement to wed soon and move the grandparents to a comfortable home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Cecily
Mary Frances Fenwick
Caee
Philip Ecroyd
Rome
Barry McKeel
Mary- Frances
Ermin- En OS
Earl DE Rrmount
Mary-Frances
Phil
Favorite Sons Loom As Obstacle To Roosevelt
A UPI poll shows 14 states propping favorite sons in the Democratic nomination race for Roosevelt. The survey estimates 402 delegates for Roosevelt and 402 for favorite sons with 296 doubtful, totaling 734 needed for nomination, based on state confidences from Washington officials and congressmen.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Press
South
Mississippi River
Mason and Dixon
Divorce Motive Revealed by Diamond Ring on Right Hand
Humorous quip notes a woman divorces after discovering her husband wears a diamond ring on his right hand. The joke implies the ring signifies a romantic involvement with his young secretary, not a conventional grounds for divorce.
Roosevelt's Nomination Prospects In Early Convention Balloting
An analysis notes Roosevelt's potential to exceed a simple majority with favorite son and doubtful state strength. It cites Virginia Tennessee Louisiana Texas North Carolina as favorites and Colorado Iowa Kansas Pennsylvania New Mexico Indiana as doubtful, while Massachusetts Rhode Island back Smith and Baker garners undercurrents in Indiana Kansas Virginia Pennsylvania Kentucky and more.
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New York
Connecticu
Michigan
Virginia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Indiana
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Alfred E. Smith
Ely
Smith
New Jersey
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Illinois
California
Washington
Kentucky
Carolina News Briefs From Waynesville to Raeford
In Waynesville Lawrence Smith 22 a farmer was found shot to death near neighbor David Suttons home. Sutton says Smith shot himself and police investigate. In Lenoir Mrs J Reeves Pearson 22 married a month shot herself amid domestic trouble. she is seriously wounded but expected to recover. In Raeford fifty or more soldiers from Fort Bragg battled grass fires that consumed the chain area for a day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil
Ann
Mrs. Fenwick
Waynesville
Lawrence Smith
David Sutton
Smith
Lenoir
Raeford
Fort Bragg
Boy Scout Hurtles Across Street Injures Leg
Concord reports 2 year old Luther M Brown suffered a broken leg after rushing across a street toward a woman he believed to be his mother. Police say the incident occurred near a local intersection as bystanders rendered aid and the child was transported to a hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Luther M. Brown
SOS from Mexican freighter Superior sparks Caribbean distress fears
A wireless SOS from the Mexican freighter Superior, 1000-ton ship under the Venezuelan filibustering expedition, reached U S Navy and Colon stations off Costa Rica. Signals ceased after 12 minutes. cause unclear. Vessel sailed from Vera Cruz with about 150 Venezuelans, later seized by federal troops in Venezuela. The Gulf Navigation Co of Mexico is listed as owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Costa Ee
U. S. Naval
Pase
Colon Station
Vera Crus
Venezuela
Aean
Vera Cruz
Lloyds’ Registry
The
Gulf Navigation Company of Mexico
Argument Over Girl Ends in Fatal Shooting
Newlands Nebraska December 38. An argument over a girl led to a clash between Troy Ward 18 and Robert 18 returning from a service during which Esthep was fatally shot. Ward admitted shooting Esthep. he cited an argument over a girl as the cause and was held for a coroner's hearing awaiting further details.
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Newlands
Dea
Troy Ward
Robert
Esthep
Ward
Woman Dies After Struck by Taxicab
A woman accompanying her son was struck by a taxicab and died from injuries. Police investigated the incident and dispatched authorities to the scene.
Shriners Invite 2300 Members to Winter Ceremonial
Programs mailed to 2,300 Sudan Shriners inviting them to the annual business meeting and winter ceremonial in New Bern on January 7.
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New Bern
Sudan
Straw at Christmas display by Bumgarner farmers
Strawberries ripened during the holiday season were displayed here by F. E. Bumgarner and Lonnie Bumgarner, farmers. Louis Lyerly is hospitalized with a fractured skull from a fight. brothers Chester, George and Herman Pierce are jailed pending the investigation.
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F. E. Bumgarner
Lonnie Bumgarner
Salisbury
Louis Lyerly
Chester
George
Herman Pierce
Four Cars Collide on Winston-Salem Greensboro Highway
Four automobiles crashed on the Winston-Salem Greensboro highway yesterday causing heavy damage to each vehicle but injuring none of the occupants.
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Greensboro
Winston-Salem- Greensboro
Vicks Plans Cold Control Idea for Mothers
Makers of Vicks VapoRub announce a plan to reduce colds and their costs with a new prevention idea paired with VapoRub and Nose & Throat Drops. The approach emphasizes external treatment and aims to lessen illness duration and economic impact for families.
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Vicks VapoRub
Vicks
VapoRub
Vicks Plan for Cold Prevention and Relief
The guidance recommends using Vicks Drops at first nose irritation to prevent colds and Vicks VapoRub at night on the throat and chest for inhaled vapors. It suggests extended daytime use for comfort and warns against excessive internal dosing, highlighting safety for children.
Trial Offer By Local Druggists
A local drugstore runs a promotion offering Vicks VapoRule with Vicks Nose Drops under the Vick Plan for better control of colds. Druggists can refund your money if you are not delighted with the results.
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Iag
Phil
Ann
Vicks
Vick
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Hedvig Samuelson
Mrs. Judd
A&p
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Alaska
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Carolina News Briefs
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