Former Convict Questioned For Kidnaping Youth
Tacoma police log new clues in the Charles Mattson kidnap case as a 33 year old former convict resembling the kidnapper is questioned after attempting to sell a ring. Officers examine an abandoned Olympia camp site and note a ransom ink color hint. Detectives study a man with a possible alibi and a hand built ladder clue remains at the Mattson home.
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Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Charles, Mattson
Charles
Department of Justice
George Burgeson
al Farrar
Olympia
Ray Hays
Detective
W. W. Matts
George Franklin
Novemf
Basques Order Fire On Attacking Vessels
The Basque government in Bilbao orders patrol boats to open fire on any vessel attacking Spanish merchant ships after the German cruiser Koenigsberg shelled the freighter Soton. Submarines and planes will patrol the coast to prevent repeats, with the Palos affair cited as cause for retaliation.
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Bilbao
Autonomous
Koenigsberg
Spain
Palos
International Non-Intervention Committee
London
Towns Captured in Guadalajara Sector by Madrid Forces
Madrid forces supported by aviation machine gunners seized three strategic towns Algora Yhenques and Mirabueno along the highway from Madrid northeast through Guadalajara province. Socialist air squadrons attacked enemy columns while defense around Madrid held after a nine hour assault.
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Madrid
Guadalajara
War Office
Nadalajara
Algora Yhenques
Mirabueno
University
Casa del Camp Park
Marid
Ap Iliery
Arrama
Tozovuela
Shrek's 825000 Damages Winston-Salem Train Collision
F Edwards filed a $25,000 damage suit in Winston-Salem alleging injuries when a train backed into his automobile on December 13.
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Shreks
Winston-Salem
F. Edwards
Argument Over Mothers Cooking Ends in Tragedy
In Baltimore on January 2, 16 year olds Daniel Sieger and William Antkowiak argued over mothers cooking. A knife flashed and Antkowiak was stabbed in the head. His father tried to pull out the blade but it was lodged. Antkowiak shows slight improvement. Sieger faces assault charges.
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Baltimore
Daniel Sieger
William Antkowiak
Antkowiak
John Antkowiak
City Hospital
Sieger
Antkowlak
Scott Plans Civil Service Civil Service Examination for Applicants
Raleigh January 2 W Kerr Scott soon to be commissioner of agriculture held a modified civil service exam for about 1000 applicants. County agents would administer if applicants could not be present. He aims to improve service to taxpayers and foster cooperation among state and federal agricultural agencies. He said he is not seeking the job forever and has a farm as insurance against unemployment. A workers committee met him after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
Commissioner of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Civil Service
Scott
State College
W. A. Graham
Britain Italy sign mediator pact to calm Med conflict
Rome reports a gentleman’s agreement between Great Britain and Italy to preserve the Mediterranean status quo and align on European issues including Spain. The brief communique notes friction between the nations has ended and stresses closer cooperation between Italy and Britain.
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Rome
Great Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
England
Virginio Gayda
Spain
Chigi Palace
Galeazzo Cliano
Eric Drummond
Count Ciano
Fear All Hands On Beaver Island Mail Boat Perished
In Charlevoix Michigan Coast Guard Captain William Ludwig said he feared all five crew members and possibly four others aboard the Harold II perished after the Beaver Island mail boat was blown to pieces by an explosion while salvaging gasoline from the abandoned tanker J. Oswald Boyd on Upper Lake Michigan. The two vessels burned through the night and no one else was reported missing as of morning.
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Berlin
Graf Spee
Span
Soton
Palos Cident
Palos Jq
Ger
Moenigsberg
Cruer
Santana
Koenigsberg
Seton
Charlevoix
Mich
Coast Guard
William Ludwig
Beaver Island
Harold II
J. Oswald Boyd
Upper Lake Michigan
Ludwig
Harold
Congress Opens With Heavy Agenda Amid New Session
Washington Jan. 2 Congress begins a new session facing a crowded first month. The administration seeks to extend the neutrality law for the Spanish civil war and to pass at least 500 million dollars in new relief funds. A January 30 sunset on the President word powers looms as a second major push.
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Washington
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
O'Connor
New
Pope Presses Church Talks Amid Disease and Pain
Pope Pius the ninth or seventy nine year old pontiff remains on limited sleep with a leg wound that shows risk of gangrene. He meets Archbishop Jean Chollet of Cambria to discuss church issues as physicians bolster his resistance. Cardinal Pacelli readies to assume duties in case of death during the sede vacante period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius
Jean Chollet
Cambria
Rouen
Vatican
Holy Father
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Cardinal Pacelli
Cameriengo
Holy See
Gotham's Exchanges Only Ones Operating
New York stock and curb exchanges were among the few markets open for trading amid an extended New Year’s week end. Foreign exchange trading resumed and the Chicago cattle market stayed open while the New York cotton exchange Chicago board of trade Liverpool grain market Paris course and the New York commodity exchanges remained closed.
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New York
Canada
Europe
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
Paris Course
Lawmakers Clash Over Capitol Grounds Plant Choice
In Oklahoma City Representative L. M. Nichols urges surrounding the capitol grounds with honeysuckle to hide oil wells. Representative Leon C. Phillips disagrees warning that all trees would be dug up and replanted since they would not grow, and the ground would be worn out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
L. M. Nichols
State Capitol
Leon C. Phillips
Philipis
Judge Is Stopped With 1936 Tags
Burlington reports a humorous incident as Corporal L. Willard stops a car with old license plates. The driver claims to be the judge, W Luther Cates, prompting the question who will judge the judge.
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Burlington
Jan
8. L. Willard
State Highway Patrol
Willard
W. Luther Cates
Three Officers Dead In Army Plane Crash Near Munford
Lieutenant Carey Clarke said a forest service fire tower reported an army aircraft wrecked in woods near Munford Alabama with three officers dead. Officials at Maxwell Field later said the Langley Field plane carried two crew. search parties and ambulances were dispatched as conditions were hazardous from heavy rains.
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Heflin
Ala
Carey Clarke
CCC
Forest Service
Munford
Clarke
Southeastern
F. J. Elgin
Howard E. Shelton, Jr
Langley Field
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Eglin
Alabama
Fort McClellan Army Camp
Anniston
Fire Tower
Langley Field Army
Dog-Gonke Luck: Prince Frees Pound Dogs in Final Act
In Huntington West Virginia the city cut expenses and Domenico Prince lost his job as dog catcher. In a final act he visited the city pound, opened the gates and shouted a farewell. Twelve mongrels were freed on that day, marking a curious end to his tenure.
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Associated Huntington
W. Va
Domenico Prince
Princ
Spanish Envoy Calls German Action an Act of War
Paris dispatch notes Spanish ambassador in Paris calls German shelling of the freighter Seton an act of war and says Spain will brief French and British governments. Bilbao Basque government seeks support to avert German blockade on the Basque coast as reports mount of seizures by German ships.
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France
Germany
Paris
Seton
Luis Araquistain
Valencia
Quai d'Orsay
Bilbao
Basque
Foreign Office
Spain
Koenigsberg
Graf Spee
Aragon
Two Of 10 Convicts Escaped Georgia Cage
Marietta Georgia January 2 two of ten convicts who sawed their way out of a cage at Cobb county prison camp were recaptured near the county line in Cherokee County. Officers continued the hunt for the remaining fugitives all wearing stripes as the escape involved sawing out of a steel cage and a roof hole.
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Marietta
Sheriff's
Cobb County
Cherokee County
Bizarre death of young man probed in Vermont
States Attorney Staney Chamberlain led an inquiry into the strange death of Marvin Follansbee 27 of West Lebanon New Hampshire during New Year celebrations in Barre Vermont. Follansbee collapsed as friends watched and attendants cut his hair stripped his clothing and painted his body and face with red and yellow stripes.
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Barre
Staney Chamberlain
Marvin Follansbee
West Lebanon
N. H
Follansbee
Senator Urges RFC Cotton Sale To Aid New England Mills
Senator Lonergan calls on the Reconstruction Finance Corp to liquidate part of its 3,000,000 bales of cotton held as loan security. He seeks a plan benefiting growers and manufacturers to rehabilitate New England textile plants. The Agriculture Department should aid by promoting domestic uses and relief clothing production, with cotton sold to textile firms at reduced rates for consumer goods.
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Washington
Jan
Lonergan
D-Conn
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New England
RFC
Secretary of Agriculture
Lavish St George Duke Wedding Draws Elite Guests
Priscilla St George daughter of Tuxedo socialite family wed Angier Biddle Duke in a noon ceremony at St Marys Episcopal Church. A grand reception followed in a terrace pavilion linked to the St George mansion by a staircase flanked by Easter lilies and silver decor. Notables from New York Philadelphia Washington and Newport attended including James Roosevelt and Betsy Cushing.
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Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Priscilla St. George
George B. St. George
Tuxedo
Angier Biddle Duke
T. Markoe Robertson
New York
Long Island
B. Duke
St. George Mansion
Philadelphia
Washington
Newport
St. Mary's
Weather Noon Today Report
Noon today weather figures show low last night and high yesterday with rainfall measured from 6 p m yesterday to noon today.
North and South Carolina Forecast With Rain and Cold
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with rain tonight and Sunday across eastern areas, colder in extreme sections Sunday. North Carolina precipitation to the east and southwest parts with winds shifting from Hatteras to Jacksonville, overcast skies tonight and Sunday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Winds Hatteras
Jacksonville
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Bankhead
D-Ala
Roosevelt
Harounal Raschid
J. Harvey Gravell
American Paint Company of
Gerald Romig
Gravel
Pope
Gotham
Georgia
Lonegran
St. George
Benjamin N. Duke
George St. George
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