Lie detector test considered in Hauptmann case
Governor Hoffman invited Hauptmann prosecutors and defense to agree on a lie detector test to resolve doubts about the Lindbergh kidnap verdict. Officials noted legality and potential legislative changes. defense demanded expert handling and cautioned on framing or planted evidence concerns.
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Trenton
N. d
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Death House
Hoffman
New Jersey
Mark QO. Kimberlin
Lieoyd Fisher
Bronx
Bitter Testimony Scrambles Over Scottsboro Shooting
Birmingham al a Jan 25 bitter charges fly between officers and supporters of nine negro defendants in the Scottsboro case over a fight in which Ozie Powell and a deputy sheriff were wounded. Powell, once sentenced to the electric chair, had an even chance to recover from a bullet wound to the brain while Deputy Blalock sustained a three inch knife cut.
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Birmingham
Ala
Scottsboro
Ozie Powell
J. Street Sandlin
Powell
Rey Wright
Decatur
Sandlin
Edgar Blalock
Bombers Crash Night Collision Kills Six At Luke Field
Six army airmen were killed when two large bombers collided at Luke Field on Ford Island during the night. The aircraft burst into flames on impact at the military air base.
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Military Field
Honolulu
Luke Field
Military Air Base
Ford Island
Moderation Forecast in Cold Wave Across Nation
Chicago January 25. Slight moderation in the Arctic like weather was forecast as the death toll in the severe sub zero siege rose past 150. Despite the warmer outlook the mercury fell again in the northwest states, sources said. Weather bureau officials continued monitoring the frontier conditions.
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Chicago
Mercury
Northwest States
Weather Bureau
Senate committee delays action on new farm bill
The Senate agriculture committee deferred final action on the administration's subsidy soil conservation plan amid doubts about constitutionality. Secretary Wallace and legal aides were asked to present judgment Monday. The bill preserves secretary powers to grant payments to farmers under the program while adding policy statements on state aid and soil protection.
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Senate
Wallace
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
DSC
Secretary of Agriculture
Jones
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Schwellenbach
Roosevelt
New York
John W. Davis
League
Agriculture Department
Supreme Court
AAA
House
European Royalty Arrives in London for King George V's Funeral
European royalty converged on London to pay respects to King George V as Edward VIII faced state duties. Windsor funeral plans were set with a procession from Westminster Hall to Paddington, then Windsor, amid purple banners and grandstands.
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London
George V
England
Edward ViII
Westminster Hall
Windsor
George
Edward
Westminister Hall
Paddington Station
Edward VII
Chicago Produce Prices Stand Pat on Butter and Eggs
Chicago January 25 butter prices at 69.9 cents a pound, unchanged. Eggs at 4.90 cents per dozen for extras, with various graded and local categories listed, including firsts and local rates.
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Chicago
Xtra
Robin Report Tricky Harbinger in Asheville
In Asheville during zero weather H. K. Caskey claims a bird in his yard appeared to be a robin but jokes it might be a coo coo disguised as one. The remark reflects the lighthearted take on early spring signs.
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Asheville
H. K. Caskey
Caskey
Retail Trade Hit by Weather Across Regions
Dun & Bradstreet reported retail distribution fell due to cold and snow last week while wholesale markets kept expanding. Nationwide volume held 3 to 6 percent above 1925, with the east up 7 to 10 percent. Industrial output rose in a few divisions though durable goods schedules were modest. auto parts curtailment did not affect foundries and machine shops.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Inflationists push $2.49 billion veteran bonus passage
Senate set to write the $2.491 billion bill to distribute veteran bonds convertible to cash for 3.5 million veterans. House backed the measure 324 to 61 after Roosevelt vetoed. administration splits and funding questions loom for June cashouts.
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Senate
Chamber
White House
House
Congress
McCarran
Dnev
Treasury
Slembang
Federal Reserve Board
Italians Suffer Heavy Losses in Ethiopian Battle
Marshal Badoglio reports 453 Italian and 310 Eritrean deaths with about 389 more Italians and 310 Eritreans wounded. Ethiopian losses exceed 5,000 dead and wounded as air forces support the advance in Enderta and Tembien. The battle marks the first time Italians suffered more fatalities than Ethiopians.
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Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Badoglio
Badogliio
Ras Kassa
Ras Seyoum
Tembuen
Andino
Enderta
Makale
Haurien
Third Army
Debri
Zeban Kerkata
Mount Lata
Uarieu Pass
Air Corps
Ros Seyoum
Jury Votes Death For Man And Woman In Murder Case
In Mineola New York a 12 man jury sentenced Eg erett C Applegate and Mrs Mary Frances Creighton to death in the electric chair for the poisoning of Ada Applegate. The court noted Applegate admitted relations with Creighton’s daughter but denied murdering his wife. The verdict followed three hours forty minutes of deliberation and the trial painted a tangled tale of a shared household and rival loyalties.
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Mrs. Creighton
Mrs. Applegate
Applecate
Creighton
Parker Must Be College Professor
Adcox, a barber from Pinehurst, searched for his car after misplacing it. He phoned and telegrammed towns claiming theft, until a garage caller revealed the car had been greased and prepped as requested.
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Parker
Pinehurst
Dan
Adcox
Barber
Woman Weds Four Men One Returns And Others Dead
GOLDSBORO Jan 25 AP Forty nine years ago Jeanette Minshew of near Eureka married Bill Coley He died and later she married J F Day Thirty years ago Day went west and his wife heard he had died She then married a Mr Edwards Edwards died and she then married Walter Scott Several years ago Scott died and last week Day came home His former wife and he went down to see Will Or mond Wayne county register of deeds who remarried them.
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Gordon M. Parkhurst
Yorkville
N. Y
Charles EB. Fisher
Asheville
N. C
Thomas £.E. Lanigan
Richmond
Fisher
Lieut. Fisher
Lanigan
Lieutenant Fisher
Joseph H. Twenty
Army
Ness
Lake Field
Naval Air Base
Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
John K. Gerhart
Cearly
Tang
Asa Duncan
Lutefis'da
Fief
United States
Hawaii
New York
Peard
West Point
Jablonowsky
Goldsboro
Jeanette Minshew
Near
Eureka
Bill Coley
J. F. Day
Day
Mr. Edwards
Edwards
Walter Scott
Scott
Will Ormond
Wayne County Register of Deeds
Five Persons Injured In Truck-Car Crash
Five people were injured in a collision on highway No. 50 about 11 miles east of Lincolnton. L. E. Monroe of South Carolina and R. T. McClelland of Lincolnton were in serious condition with broken legs crushed shoulders and head lacerations. Also injured were Jimmy and William Walker of Norfolk Virginia and Mrs. H. W. Lail of Norfolk.
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Lincolnton
Here
Reeves Hospital
L. E. Monroe
South Carolina
R. T. McClelland
Lee
Jimmy
William Walker
Norfolk
H. W. Lail
Colonel McMullen arraigned for accepting illegal payments
The War Department disclosed that Colonel Joseph I. McMullen of the Army Judge Advocate General's department was arraigned before a general court martial on January 9. He faced charges of accepting money from a civilian interested in Army contracts.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph I. McMullen
Army Judge Advocate General's Department
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Scottsboro Case
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International Labor Defense
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Heywood Patterson
National Guardsmen
Ben Smith
Mid- West
William G. Beard
San Francisco
Bernard F. Jablonowsky
John B. Hartman
Bruce Taylor
Puyallup Wash
Truman J. Gardner
East South Ave
Olney
Hook
Fatteras
North Carolina
Max M
Rifalle
Atlanta
York
Liberty League
Alfred E. Smith
D-Walsh
Crooks
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Italy
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