Lindbergh kidnapping case deepens with ransom talks
Reporters detail two months of negotiations led by John K H Curtis with a five man group along the Atlantic seaboard as Dr. John F Condon claims he knew the kidnapper. Federal aid and Hoover involvement are offered while Dr. Condon asserts the kidnapper will be caught.
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Condon
Jassie
Our
Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Sete
Atlantic Seaboard
John KH Curtis
John F. Condon
Beer tax measure backed in House as anti prohibition forces grow
Lawmakers sign a 145 member petition to call up the O Connor Hull bill taxing three cents per pint of beer and declaring non intoxicating in fact. Representative O Connor predicts the vote will reveal stronger anti prohibition sentiment than the Beck Linthicum defeat.
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Washington
Howe
Mayay
Bachmann
West Virginia
O’connor-Hull
Ohio
Barhnaay
Cullen
Garner
McAdoo
William G. McAdoo
O'Connor
N. Y
Beck-Linthicum
House
James J. Walker
New York
Baptists Rally Against Any Pro-Wet Presidential Candidate
The 77th Southern Baptist convention in St. Petersburg Florida May 14 urged members to oppose parties or nominees who would undermine prohibition. The report backed prohibition world disarmament and better interracial relations while opposing military training movies gambling mob violence and referendums on prohibition. It called for stricter marriage laws to curb hasty ill conceived marriages and reduce divorces amid interstate competition to loosen rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Social Service Commission
Beer Parade Sparks Chicago Odd Event With Mixed Start
Chicago nearly staged a beer parade as C. B. Browning secured a permit and lined a route with detectives. A banner reading We Want Beer and route maps drew four reporters, a photographer, bystanders, a housewife, and 14 children. The start was delayed by daylight time and vehicle engine trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. B. Browning
Browning
Mexico and Lima sever diplomatic ties amid dispute
Mexico and Peru sever diplomatic relations after Peru demands withdrawal of Mexico’s Lima mission and staff. Foreign Minister Manuel C. Tellez cites Peruvian charges of improper use of diplomatic pouches and interference in politics. Spanish government to assume charge of Mexican affairs in Lima.
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Mexico City
Manuel C. Telez
Mexico
Peru
Juan Guabral
Lima
Senor Tellez
Haya de la Torre
Oscar Barrenechea _Y Raygadas
Tellez
de la Treve
Sanchez Cerro
Maxwell Promises Tax Saving Plans For Future Administration
Maxwell, candidate for governor in Charlotte, criticizes opponents Lieut.-Gov. Fountain and J. C. B. Ebringhaus for backing programs likely to raise taxes. He promotes a future constructive program aimed at cutting tax burdens as revenues fall and current levies strain funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
J. Maxwell
R. T. Fountain
J. C. B. Ebringhaus
Students At Junior Home Win Membership In Honorary Group
Five senior students at the Jr. O. U. A. M. Children's Home in TIFFIN OH have been elected to membership in the National Scholastic Athletic Society. Recipients include Gilee Hamlin, Holly Hill Kentucky. Maurice Newkirk Louisville Kentucky. George Thompson Swepsonville North Carolina. Walter Perry Garner North Carolina. Henry Peacock Atlanta Georgia. Fifty six home graduates await spring. two more will graduate from Heidelberg College, Mattie Jones Haw River North Carolina and Harry Stewart Montesano Alabama.
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Tiffin
National Scholastic Athletic Society
Gilee Hamlin
Holly Hill
Maurice Newkirk
Louisville
George Thompson
Swepsonville
N. C
Walter Perry
Garner
Henry Peacock
Atlanta
Mattie Jones
Haw River
Harry Stewart
Montesano
Ala
Heidelberg College
Infant Daughter of Twin City Couple Dies From Poisoning
Marion Irene Watford, 22 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Watford of Winston Salem, died in a local hospital after swallowing a small quantity of poison found in a bottle while playing at home. Her mother found the child ill and a physician was summoned, but she died shortly after.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Marion Irene Watford
J. E. Watford
Hearing Set This Month in Raleigh Restraining Order Case
A hearing on a temporary restraining order regarding the city of Raleigh additive and selling prorer tainted by Judge W C Harris has been set for May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Sinsi
City of
Prorer
W. C. Harris
Senate Advances Budget Balancing Tax Plan in New Deal Era
In Washington on May 14 the senate pushed ahead with budget balancing tax and economy measures led by a bipartisan majority. Debate centered on the income tax schedule with a roll call due Monday, as Senator Couzens urged wartime rates be kept in the bill. Leaders back the Mills compromise, forecasting defeat for Couzens proposals and other taxItem objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Couzens
Mich
Finance Committee
Reed Delivers Talk Against Bolshevism In Bid For Office
Former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri formally enters his second bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He warns of a present hour danger from socialism and Bolshevism and speaks as a guest of the Missouri delegation pledged to support him at the national convention.
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Louis
James A. Reed
Missouri
Houston
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures May 12
Treasury receipts for May 12 totaled $5,271,796.31 while expenditures reached $20,915,171.90 for the period, leaving a balance of $557,001,413.04. Customs duties for the first 12 days of May amounted to $6,835,306.95.
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Treasury
Washington
Rev Dobson Peacock Reveals Extortion Attempt In Kidnapped Baby Case
The Norfolk clergyman and John Hughes Curtis recount a second extortion bid connected to the Lindbergh baby case. A man in New York proposed $6500 dyment and $50,000 for delivery of the child, with Dean Dobson Peacock flying to New York April 21 to meet intermediaries.
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Norfolk
H. Dobson-Peacock
John Hughes Curtis
New York City
Dean Dobson-Peacock
New York
Mr. Curtis
Foundation Laid for State Symphony Orchestra
CHAPEL HILL NC May 14 The foundation of a permanent North Carolina symphony orchestra was laid at the first concert by artists from many sections of the state gathered under the state 10 year plan It is said to be the first such organization in America The personnel was drawn from 15 towns Colonel Joseph Hyde Prtt described the aims during intermission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N. C
North Carolina Symphony
America
Joseph Hyde
North Carolina Symphony Society
North Carolina Park Commission Meeting Discusses Bank Losses
The North Carolina park commission met to handle routine business. Attorney General Brum mitt noted a likely July trial to recover 120000 dollars lost with the failure of the Central Bank and Trust company in Asheville.
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Park Commission
Raleigh
North Carolina Park Commission
Brummitt
Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
Lindbergh Theory: Kidnappers Aimed at Lindbergh Himself
Norfolk authorities report Captain F H Lackmann proposed that the Lindbergh baby kidnapping may have aimed to abduct Col. Lindbergh instead. Lackmann recalled eight sea patrols aboard the Marcon with Lindbergh and Curtis, but no contact occurred. Police, led by Charles Borland and S W Ironmonger, continue probing clues from the Norfolk angle while denying any suspicions.
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Norfolk
Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
F. H. Lackmann
John Hughes Curtis
Lachmann
Marcon
Curtis
Charles B. Borland
Public Safety
S. W. Ironmonger
New Jersey
Borland
Lackmann
Lackman
Wild Bill Sizemore Surrenders After 10 Hours at Large
James Sizemore, an insanity case in Charlotte, seized an officer’s pistol and held authorities for ten hours as a flooded jail cell filled with car gas. Attorney A M Butler persuaded him to come to the bars and shake hands, then Ramsey’s reflex saved the day as Sizemore reached for the guard’s gun. He was cuffed and restrained, later reclaiming the handcuffs briefly before no further resistance.
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Charlotte
James
Wild Bill
Sizemore
A. M. Butler
Butler
Ramsey
Reward proposed in Lindbergh kidnap case
Washington May 14 a federal reward of $100000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Lindbergh kidnappers was proposed in the house today by Representative Douglas D Mass
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Washington
Lindbergh
Douglas
D., Mass
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Thor
Pollceinney
H. Norman Schwartskopf
Dr. Condon
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Norfolk, Va
Erwin HB. Marshall
Coast Guard
Cape May
Atlantic City
Attorney Oneral
A. Harry Moore
Schwartzkopf
J. Edgar Hoover
Department’s
Bureau of the Investigation
Hoover
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Charles B. McLaughlin
Bronx
Morris Rosner
Rosner
William Allen
Negro Ruckman
Ken
Tot
Sourland Mountains
Sourland
Stark
Evale Farmer
Dixie Church
Maxwell
Twin City
Reed
Rev. Dobsonpeacock
Gotham
Man
Bac
Central Park Hotel
James Hill
Cleveland
Wild Bill” Sizemore
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