Five Suspects Held In Sumner Murder and Robbery
Greensboro reports arrest of Ralph Dill Rube Warner Paul Sams Luther Osborne and Robert Smith in connection with the murder of William Davis and the robbery of his father Ed Davis near Sumner township. Sheriff J. S. Phipps says charges not lodged yet but arrests may solve the crime. Officers tie Sams and Smith to the case though they are not believed to have played active roles.
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Greensboro
William Davis
Ed Davis
Sumner Township
J. 8. Phipps
Ralph Dill
High Point
Rube Warner
Jamestown
Paul Sams
Luther Osborne
Davidson County
Thomasville
Davidson
Guilford County
Robert Smith
Sams
Smith
Ransom notes tied Hauptmann to Lindbergh baby room
New Jersey Attorney General Wilentz argued to Justice Hammer that Lindbergh ransom notes were an admission and confession by Bruno Hauptmann that he was in the baby's room the night of the kidnapping. Handwriting expert Albert Osborn testified with reasonable certainty the notes matched Hauptmann’s handwriting.
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New York
David T. Wilentz
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Ernest E. L. Hammer
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Albert D. Osborn
Vilente
Wilentz
Osborn
Fawcett
Tranparent
Ten Known Dead And Thousands of People Homeless
A Turkish led dispatch reports in Aix en Provence and Manila that a political assassination plot involved Mio Kraj and Vlada Georgieff targeting King Alexander of Yugoslavia. The confession cites Ante Pavelich as mastermind and Kvaternik as an implicated delegate, with police noting multiple bombs found and a chaotic aftermath in Marseille and Manila after a typhoon battered the Philippine capital leaving thousands homeless and deep damage across Bulacan Rizal provinces.
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Melun
France
Surete Nationale
Mio Kraj
Sylvester Malny
Chalny
Marseille
Petrus Kalemen
Alexander
Yugoslavia
Kalemen
Vlada Georgieff
Tschernocemsky
Kraj
Associated Press Today
Tam
Surete
Ben Kvaternik
Ante Pavelich
Ustashi
Kvaternik
Georgieff
Aixen- Provence
Kaleman
Pavelich
Berlin
Aix-En- Provence
Toulon
Malny
Petrus Kaleman
Aix-En-Provence
Thonon
Mainy
Associated Press
Manila
Bulacan
Rizal
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Gertrude Kelloge
Manila Bay
Pests
Weather Bureau
James C. Rockwell
Manila Electric Company
Frank Murchy
Antonio de Las Alas
Bilidid
Insular
Five men rob Express truck driver at Perth Amboy
Five men armed with pistols stopped an American Railway Express Company truck outside the Central Railroad of New Jersey station in Perth Amboy New Jersey and escaped with a strong box containing about 9000 dollars in cash. Yugoslavia denies reports of an ultimatum to Hungary as foreign press notes spread from Vienna dated October 16.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
American Railway Express Company
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Family is Hopeful on Kidnapped Mrs Stoll Return
Louisville, Ky. October 16. Friends and press say Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, kidnapped society matron, may be alive and freed within 24 hours. Husband Berry Stoll, home since Wednesday, expressed cautious optimism as neighbors reported security around the estate and limited access. Reporters noted the long, anxious wait and prior pleas for release.
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Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville Times
Berry V. Stoll
Stoll Gate
Lime Kiln Lane
Upper River Road
Pierpont Dies Hope Ends as Clemency Denied
Columbus Ohio October 16 Gov George White refused Harry Pierpont clemency sealing his fate by the electric chair. Pierpont’s last hope for escape from execution was eliminated with the governor’s decision.
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Pierpont
Columbus, CO
Harry Pierpont
George White
Six Prisoners Granted Clemency by Raleigh Governor
Governor Ehringhaus announced parole for six prisoners and denial of clemency to 37 petitioners. Paroled: John Miller Robeson county manslaughter 1933, two to three years. William Andrews 60 days for drunkenness. Roy Andrews Forsyth county. Paul June for violating prohibition laws. John Bush Northampton county indecent conduct 1984. Milton Gurley Wake county store breaking and larceny five years 1931, noted for good conduct after arrest near Fuquay-Varina and Robeson county conviction.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
John Miller
Robeson County
William Andrews
Roy Andrews
Forsyth County
Paul June
Reath
John Bush
Northampton County
Milton Gurley
Wake County
Fuquay-Varina
Sermon notes on politics and reform in Beverly Hills letters
A reader from Beverly Hills writes about Sunday sermons and the shift of politics from platform to pulpit. He laments October election year sermons offering lofty but didactic theology, mentioning "the NR R, A," Fundamental Principles, and "Bless Brother Jones" as guides out of misery.
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Beverly Hilaia
Calif
N.rr
Weather Forecast North and South Carolina
North Carolina will see fair skies and slightly warmer temperatures in the extreme west tonight. South Carolina likewise stays fair tonight with partly cloudy and warmer conditions on Wednesday. Winds run northeast to east along Hatteras to Jacksonville, with moderate northeasts over the north and moderate northwest winds over the south.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
North
Stone Admits Knowledge of Girl Lived in Furnace Case
Lawrence Stone acknowledges knowing Nancy Jean Costigan, 4-year-old, was alive when dumped into an apartment furnace in Mount Vernon New York. Police say he claimed the fire was out while evidence shows the furnace burned all day Sunday. Stone, 24, faces murder questions as parents prepare to bury Nancy Jean in Chicago.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Lawrence Stone
Nancy Jean Costigan
Frank H. Coyne
Stone
Michael I. Silverstein
Silverstein
Richard J. Costigan
Forest Hills
Chicago
Nancy Jean
Hamilton Anderson
New York
Strong
New Milford
Conn
Bishop Proposes Additions To Prayer For Travellers
The Rt. Rev. Edwin Anderson Penick, bishop of North Carolina, urged adding the words and by air to the travel prayer. If approved by the bishops at the General Episcopal Convention, the change will appear in the official book of common prayer.
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Atlantic City
Edwin Anderson Penick
North Carolina
House of Bishops
General Episcopal Convention
Warms and four staff officers charged with negligence in disaster
The board of inquiry cites Captain William F. Warms and four Morro Castle officers for negligence in the Ward liner fire that killed 132. Officers named include Eben G. Abbott Clarence Hackney Harold Hansen and Antonio R Buija. Hearings set for October 29 to determine license suspensions or revocations. Freeman shown as not negligent for his actions during the blaze.
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New York
Board of Inquiry
United States Steamboat Service
William F. Warms
Morro Castle
Karl C. Neilsen
James Smith
New York District
The
Steamboat Inspection Service
Eben G. Abbott
Clarence Hackney
Harold Hansen
Antonio R. Buija
Ivan Freeman
Freeman
Warms
Abbott
Hackney
Hansen
Buija
Lindbergh Predicts Regular Transoceanic Flights Soon
Charles A Lindbergh told the Presidents aviation commission that regular trans oceanic flights are not far away. He favored flying boats for initial operations for safety and economy, urged government subsidies for a few years, and called for an independent aviation commission to regulate the industry. He projected longer range planes, two crews, and high altitude travel with advanced cabins.
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Washington
President’s Aviation Commission
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Aviation Commission
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