Desperado Psker N C Captured In Florida Blaze
A hurricane wreck off Peacock spit columns the Iowa freighter, 34 crewmen missing or dead, coast guard crews search for bodies as Onondaga narrowly avoids the danger zone. The storm rages along the Oregon coast with 76 mph winds.
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Wild Pacific
Iowa
Peacock Spit
Davy Jones
Locker
Coast Guard
Onondaga
R. Stanley Patch
Oregon
Bill proposes veteran bonus bonds as cash alternative
Washington January 13 administration sponsors in the senate unveiled a bonus plan for fully paying bonus certificates with redeemable $50 bonds. The bill, backed by Senators Harrison Byrnes Steiner and Clark, calls for 3 percent interest, ten year term, and redemption only at post offices.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison
Byrnes
DSC
Steiner
Clark
Robinson
Veterans’ Organizations
Beard fugitive linked to multiple states held in Orlando
Officials report a man possibly Dwight Beard, sought in Georgia North Carolina and Minnesota, was arrested in Orlando Florida. Beard linked to robberies and a policeman shooting. he had escaped from North Carolina and later from Raleigh. He once fled the state penitentiary with Clarence Peterson.
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Atlanta
Dwight Beard
Georgia
North Carolina
Minnesota
Orlando
Fila
Beard
E. P. Jones
Greenville
N. C
North Carolina State Penitentiary
St. Paul
Minn
Raleigh
Lenoir
Oscar Pitts
State Penal Division
Pitts
Clarence Peterson
Peterson
Knoxville
Tenn
Hauptmann’s Counsel Launches Last-Ditch Plea Before Friday
Bruno Hauptmann’s lawyers, joined by two Washington attorneys, press a final appeal as clemency to spare him from the chair seems unlikely after the New Jersey pardon board rejected clemency. Chicago lawyer Bernard Finnigan arrived with a tip alleging three men held $22,000 in Lindbergh ransom money, based on a jailhouse source.
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Dale Eer
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
N. 13
Bruno Hauptmann
Washington
Nugent Dodds
Neil Burkinshaw
United States Supreme Court
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Bernard M. Finnigan
Chicago
Harold G. Hoffman
Cannon Will Appeal $12,600 Award in Heart Balm Suit
Joseph F. Cannon of Concord abandoned his motion for a new trial in the $250,000 heart balm suit brought by his former son-in-law F Brandon Smith Jr. A Mecklenburg Superior Court jury awarded Smith $12,600. Cannon’s lawyers announced an appeal to the state’s highest court with 40 days to file and 30 days for the plaintiff to answer.
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Charlotte
Joseph F. Cannon
Concord
F. Brandon Smith, Jr
State Supreme Court
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Smith
G. V. Cowper
Cannon
Farmers To Picket Solons For New Farm Program
WashingtonJanuary 13 The embattled farmers maintain a capital protest to push a new farm program Congress debates a seven point plan with soil conservation subsidies and cash grants amid talk of financing through excise taxes. Farm groups vow continued presence in the capitol during drafting and potential shifts away from administration proposals.
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Washington
Congress
Fourth Rescue Expedition Opens Search For Redfern
Georgetown Jamaica Jan 13 The fourth expedition joined three prior parties in a fresh bid to locate Paul Redfern the missing US flyer since 1927 from Wick Georgia to Rio de Janeiro The group led by Albert Ward of the American Legion set out for Trinidad Paramaribo and the interior with James Ryan and Arthur J Farrel aboard They aim to reach the Indian village where Redfern's fate is believed linked amid unbroken bushland swamps and mountains The search will take two weeks to reach the village and longer to return
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Paul Redfern
United States
Wick
Rio de Jan
Cristobal
Ee Zone
Ward T
American Legion
Trinidad
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
James Ryan
Arthur J. Farrel
Redfern
Art Williams
United States Army
Edward Sill
Harry Wendt
Brazil
Corentyne River
Tennessee Valley Authority Faces Supreme Court Ruling
In Knoxville on January 13, farmers bankers and business leaders across the TVA region await the Supreme Court decision on TVA legality and its power to sell generated electric current. The case involves Alabama Power preferred stockholders challenging TVA rights, a ruling seen as pivotal to the TVA’s future and regional impact.
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Knoxville
Tenn
TVA
Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Upper
Tennessee Valley
Alabama Power Company
Farmer Held For Admitting Slaying Of 21 Year Old Man
Fred Hall a 21 year old farmer from Williamsburg township was killed at the home of Ray Goodson 30 a farmer near Reidsville. Goodson says he shot Hall after finding him with his wife. Hall died from a 12 gauge shotgun wound to the left side. Goodson is held in county jail. The wife fled and was later found asleep in a nearby cabin.
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Reidsville
Fred Hall
Williamsburg Township
Here
Ray Goodson
Goodson
A. B. Roberson
Paul Coleman
Hall
Goods
Enraged Lawyer Kills Rival in Chicago Circuit Court
In Chicago on January 13, John W. Keogh, 59, shot and killed Attorney Christopher G. Kinney in a crowded circuit court. He then fired at Judge John Prystalski, who ducked behind the bench. Keogh was knocked out after a bystander struck his jaw. a chair and floor were hit by shots.
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Chicago
Christopher G. Kinney
John Prystalski
John W. Keogh
Prystalski
Kinney
Keogh
Judge Prystalski
Clemency Laws Could Extend Hauptmann Life to Mid April
Trenton January 13. The question of when Hauptmann’s life may end hinges on clemency power. New Jersey officials debate whether reprieve runs from conviction or final appeals, with potential extension to around April 13 if clemency is denied.
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New Jersey
Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Thomas W. Trenchard
United States Supreme Court
David T. Willentz
Hoffmen
Flemington
State Court of Pardons
William Conklin
Mauptmann
Prrdona
Kipling Undergoes Emergency Operation in London
Rudyard Kipling, nearing 70, became seriously ill and underwent an emergency gastric operation at Central Middlesex Hospital in London. He arrived by ambulance from Brown's hotel, with official notices later stating the operation was urgent and his condition was good for the time.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Britain
India
Brown's Hotel
Central Middlesex Hospital
Alfred E. Webb-Johnson
Middlesex Hospital
Burwash
Sussex
Woolavington
Bailey Is Given Life Sentence In Greenville Case
Ray Bailey, North Carolina desperado, pleaded guilty to the murder of Greenville police officer A. B. Hunt and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He claimed innocence after sentencing, saying lack of funds forced his plea. The 1932 gun battle occurred May 1 with five men who fled toward Asheville. Bailey later suffered gunshot wounds and faced multiple robbery and theft charges across three states.
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Greenville
8. C
Ray Bailey
North Carolina
Desperado
General Sessions Court
A. B. Hunt
Bailey
Hunt
Asheville
Sylva
N. C
South Carolina
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gainesville
Carolinas
Georgia
Supreme Court Upholds Bankhead Act Ruling
The Court orders $200 million in impounded AAA taxes returned to processors as invalid. It leaves open recovery for $1 billion paid to farmers. Justices dismiss the first test case on the head cotton act and note the Georgia Bankhead case will offer another ruling chance.
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AAA
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Hughes
Bankhead
Lee
Moor
Texas
Appeals
Rice Millers
Justice Roberts
Three Of Six Escapees Remain At Large In Lexington Jail Break
Lexington Jan. 13 Three of six prisoners who tunneled through a wall in the Davidson county jail escaped but three were captured soon after the breakout. Laurence Ridenhour held on auto theft Ed Kalliker a Negro charged with robbery and O Neal Candler with a similar charge were recaptured. Search continued for Gilbert Ridenhour John Henry Colk and Will Baldwin who faced larceny immorality and robbery charges respectively.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Laurence Ridenhour
Ed Kalliker
O'Neal Candler
Gilbert Ridenhour
John Henry Colk
Will Baldwin
Italians Face Weather and Heat Slows in Ethiopia Drive
Rains and fierce heat hamper Italian advances in Ethiopia with malaria and water shortages slowing t roops on the western and southern fronts. Air raids near Negele cause casualties while British cabinet debates oil embargo options as Laval meets the Italian envoy in Paris. Four British ships head south from Portsmouth toward Mediterranean posts.
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Roy P, Porter
Associated Press
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Ras Desta Demtu
Negele
Dole
London
Blanney Baldwin
Anthony Eden
Italy
Paris
Pierre Laval
Vittorio Cerruti
Cerruti
League of Nations Council
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
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