Fake kidnapping revealed as victim admits story false
J. Drew Fague a 31 year old justice of the peace and former Democratic nominee for Congress confessed he wrote the ransom notes and bound his own mouth and hands with adhesive tape after running away from home last September due to financial reverses. He said the kidnapping tale was imaginary and planned to disguise his movements when found along a highway near Williamsport.
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William S. Ward
Jetta Richmond
Peace Maker Dies After Attempt to Break Up Fight
In Osceola Arkansas a 50 year old man named Tidy Young was killed when he tried to disarm Arthur Brown to prevent a shooting over a disputed day baler. P. B. Barton was wounded and hospitalized in Memphis in fair condition. Brown was jailed. mob risk led officials to relocate him.
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Arthur Brown
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Barton
Baler
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New Wall Paper Heating Tested on liner Duchess of Richmond
A novel heating system trials on the liner Duchess of Richmond uses wall and ceiling papers with embedded wires. When connected to electric mains these walls and ceilings emit a gentle heat.
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London
Ehringhaus lashes out at both Democratic rivals in campaign
In Raleigh on May 20 J C B Ehringhaus attacked his two Democratic gubernatorial opponents R T Fountain and A J Maxwell. He rebutted Fountain’s charges about his name and platform and criticized unemployment relief spending while detailing the opponents’ long years on the state payroll.
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Maxwell
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Young Filipino Gets Three to Five Years for Assault
In Atlanta on May 20 Ambile Subia a young Filipino convict was sentenced to three to five years for attempting to assault several Atlanta schoolgirls. Fortunato Annandato previously received a ten to fifteen year term after a conviction for criminal assault. Authorities say the pair targeted girls by inviting them to their apartment under the pretense of showing a toy.
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Fortunato Annandato
B C Pain Relief Promises Quick Comfort
An advertisement touts B C as a fast acting remedy for period pains and colds headaches neuralgia and body aches. Prepared by a registered pharmacist it claims multi ingredient blending works in minutes without opiates or habit forming drugs available in 10 and 25 cent packages.
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Gangs Help Lindbergh Search All Mob Leaders Cooperated
World Telegram reports Morris Rosner said organized crime groups nationwide joined the search for the Lindbergh baby. He claimed mob leaders hunted fugitives and questioned missing figures, risking danger to help Col. Lindbergh while eradicating ransom chiselers.
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World Telegram
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Earl Sparling
Rosner
Sparling
Osner
Col. Lindbergh
Dunn Boy Wins Scholarship to Culver Military Academy
E B Culbreth Jr of Dunn has won a six thousand dollar scholarship to Culver Military Academy for North Carolina U N. Sunset Commencement Chapel Hill holds UNC sunset graduation June 6 at 7 30 pm, the first of its kind. Raleigh hosts the North Carolina Society of Certified Public Accountants annual meeting in Asheville May 21. Lenoir schedules a June 4 hearing on injunction against tax property sales. Charlotte reports Jane Renfrew elected president of her class for her senior year after leading in freshman sophomore and junior years.
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Culver Military Academy
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Charlotte
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Action On Bonus Bill Deferred By House Group
Washington May 20 The House Rules Committee postponed action on the Patman resolution for full cash payment of adjusted service certificates until Monday. Patman said he would file a petition to force it out of rules if action is not soon forthcoming. The measure, reported unfavorably by Ways and Means, has no precedent for calendar placement against committee disapproval. May cause cataract New York Cataract vision clouding may result from vitamin G deficiency per Prof Paul L Day University of Arkansas. Rats showed eyesight impairment from the vitamin lacking in common fruits and vegetables.
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American Chemical Society
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University of Arkansas
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