Gunman Dillinger Breaks Out of Jail Captured in Robbery Escape
John Dillinger, famed killer and bank robber, with an armed companion, escaped Lake County jail by using a wooden pistol trick to scare guards. They seized machine guns, held Deputy Sheriff George Blunt hostage, then fled in a garage theft with Edward Sager guiding them toward Gary and Chicago. Dillinger had been previously captured near Tucson and released as a hostage.
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Crown Foint
John Dillinger
Lake Couiity
Lulian Holley
Lake County
Dillinger
Wee
George Blunt
Blunt
Edward Sager
Tem
Gary
Ind
Chicago
Tucson
Ariz
Poctone
Ill
Harvey
Here and There editorial on trial by public opinion
ALEX. H. WASH TM argues that sensational media coverage and public sympathy distort criminal justice in a Mississippi murder case. He urges reforms including restricted interviews, appointive judges, and a traveling jury system to restore neutrality and protect due process.
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Sub-Sisters
Mississippi
Wimes
Sarah Ruth Dean
United States
Alkawes
American Newspaper Publishers Association
National Editorial Association
American Bar Group
New Deal Shifts Foreign Policy From Isolation to Trade Drive
Roosevelt aims to boost global prosperity while protecting domestic recovery. The London conference faltered, leading to currency stabilization failures and a pivot toward intranational strength, naval readiness, and selective Latin American engagement. The policy emphasizes friendly ties with Soviet Russia, Latin America, and selective intervention in Cuba.
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Minerds
Politioa
Russia
Roosevelt
Latin Aime
Stunner Welles
Machady
de Cespedes
Uit
France Stands Ready to Resist German Rearmament
Paris reports that France will not disarm under Britain’s plan. The cabinet rejects ceding soldiers or weapons unless England pledges defense and insists on strict German limits. Premier Doumergue cites Petain on Germany’s heavy rearmament effort and signals France’s readiness to act if the Rhine corridor is threatened.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Rhine
Germany
Wye
Hitler
England
Gaston Doumergue
Anthony Eden
Henri Petain
Reich
Superior Council of National Defense
Samuel Insull Ordered to Leave Greece After Expiry
Athens Greece the foreign minister informed the interior minister that Samuel Insull must depart from Greece the final extension of his stay has expired and his exit is mandatory. It was unclear if he will return to the United States or seek asylum in another country with Syria mentioned as a possibility.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Insull
Chicago
United States
Syria
King of Bad Men Slain in Roadhouse
Fort Smith Arkansas reports Bill Harper, roadhouse proprietor at Arkoma, Oklahoma, shot and killed Ford Bradshaw known as the bad man king of Cookson hills after Bradshaw threatened to shoot and held patrons at bay for hours. The incident occurred early Saturday morning. Local authorities view the event as an unlucky omen with cultural references cited by the report.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Ford Bradshaw
Cookson Hills
Bill Harper
Arkoma
Okla
Harper
Bradshaw
Tur
Local farmers to receive first AAA payment soon
About $77,218 will be paid to Hempstead County farmers in the next weeks as the first half of the government acreage retirement and parity price program. Frank Stanley said the total due this year is about $199,196 with 22,62 farmers signed contracts. March and June installments are planned, though payment processing is slow.
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Hempstead
Frank Stanley
Hempstead County
Kiwanis Club
AAA
Mr. Stanley
Stanley
North Hempstead
Warren Nesbit
Government to Purchase Sweet Potato Seed Stock Here
The State Emergency Relief Commission will buy sweet potato seed stock from Hempstead county farmers at 70 cents per s-e bushel for No 1s, delivered to the commissary March 20, with a 10 cent per bushel allowance for standard bushel baskets. Seed potatoes must be smooth and free of defects. Listing closes next Saturday with local listings across multiple towns and agents.
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State Emergency Relief Commission
Frank Stanley
Hempstead
State Elections Announced for August Primaries
The Democratic State Central Committee formally calls next summer’s primary and runoff primary elections. Old county central committees will hold the runoff on August 28, two weeks after the first primary on August 14. New county committees form three to four weeks after the runoff.
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Litele Rock
Democratic State Central Committee
Court Throws Out Gurly Indictment in Arkansas Case
In Fort Smith Ark a federal court Friday quashed multiple indictments against S M Gurley former western Arkansas prohibition administrator and Gwen W Wilson of Texarkana for obstructing justice. Judge Heartsill Ragan sustained demurrers and dismissed charges relating to accepting money to influence judicial proceedings. The 1933 indictments named Gurley and Wilson with various sums alleged as bribes.
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Fort Smith
Ark
M. Gurley
Texarkana
Western District
Arkansas
Gwen W. Wilson
Heartsill Ragan
Gurley
Wilson
United States District Court For
Western Arkansas
George Bassett
Austria Germany Near Agreement Rumors Spread Peace Talks
Vienna reports that Austria may adopt a natural law constitution while rumors of an Austro German peace loom. Dutch dispatches claim General von Epp may visit Vienna to confer with Vice Chancellor Emil Fey as discussions unfold about the state and legal framework.
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Vienna
Austria
Germany
Emil Fey
Rotterdam
Fey
Fran von Epp
Aria
Utegetvedl
Robert Hecht
Testimony Ended by Dr Wynekoop in Murder Trial
Dr Alice Lindsay Wynekoop finished her witness appearance in the slaying case of Rheta Wynekoop as the trial adjourned until Monday. She testified for 1 hour 40 minutes despite collapsing briefly, denied knowledge of any operating room murder, and disputed police suggestions of a confession. The courtroom heat and crowding affected proceedings as cross examination continues.
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Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Alice Lindsay Wynekoog
Rhets
Rheta
Wynekoop
Rhela
Dr. Wynekoup
Harry B. Miller
Woman Physician Guilty of Murder of Her Associate
In Greenwood Mississippi Dr Sara Ruth Dean 36 was convicted of murdering her surgeon associate Dr John Preston Kennedy with poison whisky last summer. Jury deliberated 14 hours before life imprisonment with hard labor. Judge S F Davis sentenced Dean and defense planned a new trial. Widow of the victim, Mrs Bessie Barry Kennedy, embraced the prosecutor in a tense courtroom scene as photos were snapped and friends reacted in stunned silence.
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Davis
Bessie Barry Kennedy
Arthur Jordan
Barney Kennedy
Franklin C. Maull
Lewes
Del
Dean
Maull
Kennedy
Greenwood
Sarah R Uth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Arnett Still Lives Reported by Physicians
Brice Arnett, Hope’s big-hearted policeman, lay in Julia Chester hospital Saturday afternoon, fighting for life. Doctors at 1:30 PM said his condition was largely unchanged after slipping toward semi consciousness, as he endures yellow jaundice.
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Brice Arnetl
Hope
Julia Chester Hospital
Mr. Arnett
Markets Sense Or: Cotton Exchange Trading Snapshot
Cotton market activity shows May and July figures with open high low and close quotes. May contracts trade around 12.30 to 12.40, July near 12.27 to 12.50, with notes of small declines from prior close. Numerous commodity and corporate names appear, including General Motors, Standard Oil, Tel, American Smelter, and Missouri Pacific, alongside livestock prices for hens ducks broilers and eggs.
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New York
Atwricay
Armecigan Smelter
Anacondis Chrysler
General Motors
Missouri Pacific
Socally Vacuum Standard Oil
Little Rock
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NEA Service, Inc
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U.S
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H. N. Rider
Patmos
C. R. Calhoon
Fulton
John Wilson
Columbus
Letha Frazier
John Barrow
Ozan
H. W. Timberlake
Blevins
Stephens
Earl Holt
Bingen
H. H. Foster
Spring Hill
B. J. Ellis
Emmet
C. A. Hamilton
McCaskill
Old County
Dollfuss
Dr. Wynekoop
S. F. Davis
Arnett
Physicians
Coriwmbia
Hope Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
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