Playboy Gangster Pays With His Life
Clintonville Wis Jan 1 A 15 year old boy Jon Popp died in a wooded glen near the George Popp farm after an extortion plot failed. His friends Douglas Parfitt 14 and Howard Hundertmark 17 confessed and were jailed in Waupaca. They planned to extort 10000 from Dr W H Finney using a typed letter and a bogus playhouse hideout. The doctor alerted authorities and a posse shot at the trio as they attempted to collect money. Howard and Douglas face the funeral of a supposed gangland figure in Illlinois.
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Clintonville
Wis
George Popp
Jon Popp
Douglas Parfitt
Howard Hundertmark
Waupaca
W. H. Finney
Dr. Finney
Howard
Illinois
Gordon
Douglas
Sheraton Hotel Undergoes Interior Makeover in NC
Sheraton Hotel undergoes extensive interior improvements announced by manager Ralph C. Erskine. Guest rooms are repapered and repainted while the second floor ballroom is transformed into an Egyptian banquet hall with ivory and nile green decor. Weather permitting, waterproofing the east front and additional renovations are planned.
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Sheraton Hotel
North Carolina
Ralph C. Erskine
Erskine
Board of Managers
British Aviatrix On Chinese Flight
Miss Amy Johnston, a 23 year old British aviatrix, started from Hendon at 10 40 am for Peiping China on a projected solo route via Lympne Berlin Moscow and across Asiatic Russia and Mongolia. Her expedition aims to be completed in about two months despite uncharted stretches and dangers. The plane will be equipped with skis at Moscow.
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Hendon
England
Amy Johnston
Aviatrix
Peiping
China
Lympne
Berlin
Moscow
Asiatic
Russia
Mongolia
Johnston
Australia
Purse Seized After Robbery in Greenville
Greenville police report a hold up in which Mrs. G. H. Ballard was robbed of 4250 dollars Friday night. She was carrying rent receipts in her purse when several men seized it and fled after the theft was discovered following investigations of clues.
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Greenville
N. C
G. H. Ballard
Government Radio Stations Sell Mostly Broadcast Programs
Eighty percent of the income of the government controlled radio stations in Czechoslovakia is spent on broadcasting programs.
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Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt Takes Oath Of Office In Albany
In Albany on January 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a second inaugural address warning against concentration of power in government and urging reform of local government. He cited a local breakdown cited by an editor and lamented voter indifference and wasteful spending at city town and county levels.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Central Committee
Lough
Man recalls meeting president on New Year’s Day voyage
An elderly man recounts braving cold near a box car to reach the White House gate on New Year’s Day 1931. He describes coffee and muffins served by a waiter, then meeting the president, shaking hands, and wishing a speedy recovery for the president’s sick child amid a crowd of dignitaries.
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Ruby
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
DeMars
Outlaw Otto Wood killed in Salisbury shootout
Otto Wood, wanted nationwide after escapes from a state prison where he served 22 to 30 years for second degree murder, was killed in a Salisbury gun battle with officers. Barker, 26, of Saint Pauls, was jailed. coroner ruled self defense. The car bore Missouri plates and contained liquor.
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Otto
Salisbury
Chie Rankin
J. W. Kesler
Wood
Barker
Rankin
Rankins
Kesler
Rapkin
Rowan County
Missouri
Rocky Mount
West Virginia
St. Paulo
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Wilkes County
Texas
California
Pulaski
Bluefield
Discovery of 20000-year-old Arizona butcher shop
Dr. Harold J. Cook reports a 20000-year-old butchering site in Yuma County Arizona with mammoth bones and flint knives buried together. The find suggests humans inhabited America that far back and may show knives made from flint and bone tool use.
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F. B. Colton
Associated Press
Cleveland, CO
Arizona
America
Harold J. Cook
Cook Museum of Natural History
Agate
Nebraska
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Yuma County
Perry
Harold Anderson
Cook Baid
Cook
Cr.ook
Peaches Browning to Seek Absolute Divorce
Frances "Peaches" Browning files for absolute divorce from Edward W. Browning the wealthy broker. In New York a guardian ad litem is appointed for the 20 year old bride, who remains a minor. They separated in 1927.
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Peaches Browning
Frances “Peaches” Browning
Edward W
Daddy” Browning
Mrs Ellen Wood Plans Burial For Son Otto Killed In Salisbury Battle
Mrs Ellen Wood of Coaldale and her daughter arrange for the body of Otto Wood to be returned to Coaldale for burial after he was killed in a clash with a Salisbury police officer.
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Ellen Wood
Coaldale
Here
Otto
Salisbury
Hold Services For Little Sexton Girl
Funeral services for Peggey Jean Sexton three weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Sexton were held at 11 o clock this morning at the home 109 Fisher street. Rev Edward Suite conducted the service and interment was in Lebanon cemetery. Pallbearers were R G Hendrix and D B Hedgecock. Flowers were carried by Mrs G R Hendrix Mrs D B Hedgecock and Mrs R M White. A mixed quartet sang Shall We Gather at the River Safe in the Arms of Jesus and Asleep in Jesus.
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Peggey Jean
J. R. Sexton
Fisher Street
Edward Suite
Lebanon Cemetery
Messrs
R. G. Hendrix
Electric power expands across Swiss towns and people
In Berne Switzerland ninety eight percent of municipalities are connected to an electric system and ninety percent of residents have electric lighting.
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Berne
Switzerland
Better and Worse Headaches Wanted
Chicago officials at the University of Illinois hospital on New Year’s Day sought a migraine sufferer for a study offering $50 monthly pay plus free board and lodging. About four hundred headaches entered the “headache race” but none qualified. one veteran received only a fair rating as officials pressed for a truly bad case.
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Chicago
University of Illinois Hospital
Great Britain Road Density Noted at 2.02 Miles per Square Mile
A report notes Great Britain maintains about 2.02 miles of road for every square mile of area. The data highlight stamina of infrastructure and potential traffic implications across regions.
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Great Britain
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