Murder in Swing Era Mystery at the Fairmont Arms
Newspaper photographer Bob Tait interviews Leonard Macy about the Dombey murder case. Macy proposes swing music drives motive and offers theory linking Myrna Dombey to the killing, while signaling tension and danger surrounding the case as the plot advances.
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Myrna Dombey
Robert Tait
Anne Lester
Myrna
Dannie Feeley
Ludden Dombey
Tait
Fairmont Arms
Tat
Tate
Leonard Macy
Mr. Macy
Hires
Donnie Feeley
Bob Tait
Macy
Darryl Mattise
Mattise
Dombey
Happy Landing at Fair Promises Blind Flying Exhibit
The New York World's Fair 1939 Aviation Building will feature a "blind flying" display. A full size plane on a universal joint will show a pilot locating an airport using radio guidance to achieve a safe landing. The exhibit emphasizes precision from simulated flight and radio navigation.
Three Fined Half Costs of Court in Ball Park Disturbance
Six local men faced Thomasville Municipal Court on charges of creating a disturbance at the Ball Park on September 16 and assaulting umpire Walter Ryan. Witnesses testified but evidentiary gaps led to only three being convicted. Lester Lanier Burton Gantt and Tom Lookabill were ordered to pay half the court costs.
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Thomasville, Ov
Lester Lanier
Allen Bingham
Burton Gantt
Irvin Lookabill
Bert Beck
Tom Lookabill
Thomasville
J. Roy Proctor
Burton Ganti
Tom Lockabill
Proctor
Nazis Launch Campaign Against Cardinal Innitzer in Vienna
Vienna Nazis mobilize propaganda to attack Cardinal Innitzer and Catholicism, with a mass protest planned in Heroes Square expected to draw over 100,000. Chancellor aide Buerckel to announce measures against clerical provocations after Innitzer’s sermon and palace storming. Authorities note damage at the Cardinal’s residence and mass attendance at St Stephen’s Cathedral. A swastika flag flies at the Cardinal’s palace while Sudetenland’s return prompts jubilation flags.
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Melvin K. Whitesfather
Vienna
Ticodore Cardinal
Innitzer
Heroos’ Square
Odilo Globocnik
Joseph Buerckel
Hitler
Austria
Reichschaneller
Kuercker
Buerckel
Vienana
Saarbrucken
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Czechoslovak Sudetenland
Germany
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NEA Service, Inc
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Feeley
Weeley
Anne
Bayer
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Tov
Moskins
Aia
Moskins Presee
Best Credit
N. Main Street
Thomasville Ball Park
Cardinal Innitzer
Coats
Smart New Fabrice
The
Few
Efird Department Store
High Point
Chatham Ali
Children's Winter Unions
Oxfords
Pongee
Yara
Little Girls
Sivas
Kellogg's
Battie Creek
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