Weekend visitors and travels cited in Shreveport area notes
Emma Wilson Emery of Shreveport hosts weekend guests including Mr and Mrs Jack Meek and daughter Carolyn. Numerous relatives and friends travel to Dallas, Little Rock, Chicago, and various Arkansan towns for visits and vacations. Notable mentions include Mr and Mrs Urnald Stephenson in Idabel, Phil Foster, Joyce Beard, and Ward families returning from World’s Fair trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Meek
Carolyn of
Bradley
K. G. Melae
Philip Foster
Mortis Talley
Joyce Beard
Chicago
Dillinger Shot by Federal Agents in Chicago
Dillinger was shot at 1045 p.m. central time after non uniformed federal men crowded the theater entrance. He had been the bank robber sought for the slaying of Officer William O Malley and the East Chicago bank robbery. Authorities announced his death would not end the hunt for Dillinger associates. John Dillinger Sr. collapsed upon hearing the news at his Morreville farm, asking if it was true. Hoover pledged continued pursuit of the Dillinger gang and said the case remains active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver
Ind
Whiting
Crown Point
William O'Malley
East Chicago
Tuscon
Arizona
Mooreville
John W Dillinger Sr
Chicago
Dillinger
Ben
Ipearly
John
Doris
Frances
The
Outlaw
Washington
Justice Department
John Dillinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Desperado
Dillinger Mob
George
Baby Face) Nelson
Homer van Meter
Nelson
Department of Justice
W. Orrier Baum
Wisconsin Woods
Hoover
Hawaii
Resperando
Union Station
Milvgins
Neaver
Melvin TH. Pur
Dillinger Career Timeline and Police Chase Highlights
A long chain of events traces John Dillinger’s crime career from 1923 through his death in 1934. The timeline lists bank robberies, jail breaks, murders, escapes, and federal manhunts across Indiana Ohio Illinois Wisconsin Iowa and Denver, with key figures like Capi ain O'Neal Sergeant Zarkovich Samuel Crowley Paul McNutt and Evelyn Frenchetie. It notes arrests, escapes, bank robberies in Monticello Green Castle Racine and East Chicago and ends with his fatal shooting by federal agents and Indianapolis police on July 22, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Mooresville
B. F. Morgan
John
Michigan City
Morgan
John W. Dillinger
Paul McNutt
Indiana
Fred Visher
Monticello
Fisher
Dillinger
Dalesville
Ind
Montopelied
Dayston
Mary Langwaker
Lima
Limi
Jess Larber
Auburn
Greencastle
Sind
Os EE
Florida
Langwaker
Irving Park Boulevard
Keler Avenue
Chicago
Racine
Wis
Unity Trust & Savings Bank
Patric O'Malley
First National Bank
East Chicago
Tuscon
Arizona
Crown Point
John Hamilton
St. Paul
Evelyn Frenchetie
Little Bohemiay
Mercer
CWA
Bellwood
Department of Justice
Indianapolis
Sanity hearing planned for condemned killer Shank
Attorneys for Mark Shank say a sanity hearing before a Jefferson county jury will begin next Friday in the pending quadruple murder case. If the jury finds him insane, he would be committed to the State hospital until sanity returns. if sane, the verdict would be appealed or a new execution date set by the governor. The case moves through mandamus and certiorari petitions to the Arkansas Supreme Court as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark “Shani Rontidrined
Alyin Calley
Todhunter
Shank
Ch'eult Jude TG. Parham
Todhopter
Arkansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Cas
Jefferson Circnit Court
Circnit Court Manilates
Jefferson County
Petit Jury
State Hospital
Stolen Bonds in Oil Lease Scheme Recalled
The report details a 1933 Lawrence county attempt to drill a fest oil well with John St Gibson and trustee Myers handling bonds worth 35 40 thousand. Bonds were said to be stolen after being processed through a Memphis bank. Myers claims the oil deal was personal and that First National Bank of Lawrence county was not involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Memphis
First National Bank of
Lawrence County
Desperate inmates escape from Texas penitentiary
In Huntsville Texas three top Southwest bank robbers Raymond Hamilton Blackie Thompson and Joe Palmer escaped the state penitentiary in a wall dash. A guard was shot and Whitey Walker killed as the men fled in two waiting cars. Charlie Frazier was wounded fatally or near fatally while Roy Johnson was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
South
Raymond , Hamilton
Blackie Thompson
Joe Palmer
Hamilton
Thompson
Palmer
Whitey Walker
Charlie Frazier
Roy Johnson
H. E. George
Simmer Stump To Be Less Severe
Washington reports the NRA says business will rise modestly this summer with a smaller slump. Leon Senderson, head of Blue Eagle Research, cites data showing a gentler decline so far and signs of an upward trend, while noting no sharp recovery. Household rug sales rise and bachelor numbers fall as funds loosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Leon Senderson
Blue Eaglc
Henderson
Bond Offering and Prison Break Reported in Continuation
The article notes a bond offering delay with bonds only eligible if surrendered by September 14, 1934 and cites sinking fund totals, plus a dramatic prison escape. Five inmates fled the death house during a ball game, led by Frazier who used two 45 caliber pistols to compel the guard, then released Hamilton and Palmer before locking Braswell away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennard
Aed
Conroe
Death House
Braswell
Frazier
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Ociety Mus
Fienry Iuushe
Fate
Mate
Emma Wilson Emery
Shreveport
Mavie Antoinetts
Wiliams
Little Rock
C. C. McNeill
Dallas
Texas
Elmina Fontaine
C. I. Routon Sy
G. F. Routon
LaVerne, Sr
Milton Holt
William
Pine Bhi
Mablevale
Misa Jen Young
Relaitves
For
Wiedaughe
Nancy
Hear
Hose Miesty
Lee. Deiht
Frank Wellers
Jimmie
Franks
Thomas
Rogsford
Wallace Coole
Oxcenla
Ark
Young
Bentonville
Clarksville
Bella Vista
Pinley Ward
Bobbie
Springfield
8. Louis
Tenn
Siorts
Relly
Boop
Cartsen
la Gary
Nevieve Toan Sba
Sovmlotae Snr
Baer & Carnera Championship
John P. Cox Drug Co
Vallada
East
Hillside Avenue
Christ Church
United States Navy
Navy
Boston
Mass
Beryl Hovis
Chevrolet
New, Hempstead Motor Co
Harry W. Shiver
Fage One
Mary’s Beauty Shop
Phone 287 Cannon Apartments
Tilman B.parks
Hempstead County
Congress
Patmos
Spring Hill
J.C. Penney
S Natural Gas Corpora
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