Hoover Urges Showdown Over Short Sellers
President Hoover urged senators to publish names of bear raiders and seek authority for an investigation into short selling. Senate friends are cool to the plan while the banking and currency committee meets to discuss a possible inquiry into market operations. The move aims to curb abuses seen as driving market declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Administration
Wis Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Stock Exchange
Senate
White House
Thomas L. Stokes
Loase
Lindbergh kidnapping dominates world press
Across Vienna Berlin Paris and Shanghai newspapers react to the Lindbergh child abduct case. International editors condemn the crime as a staggering US gang crime and express sympathy for Col Lindbergh and his family. Newspapers foresee global public demand for resolution and search efforts.
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Paris
Mar
Lindbergh
International Teague
France
Col
New York
le Jownal
Death Damages Of 200000 Asked
Lawsuits filed seek 200000 in damages over a fatal incident and injuries at an apartment. Miss Nettin Gordon owner and Clowes fumigator named defendants. plaintiffs include Mrs Florence Mohney Sint and sister Mrs Carolyn Mohney Gost, with claims of negligent fumigation and failure to notify residents. Federal court suits filed by Attorney Charles J. Mangiotti of Punxsutawney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pumpshurgh
Marek
Ote Yong
Hee
Nettin Gordon
Nihe Dick Ke
Clowes
Buth
Tittsburgh
Florence Mohny
Sint
Detroit
Carolyn Mohn
Charles J. Margiotti
Punxsutuwney
Lindbergh Kidnapping News Across Nations
International papers and leaders react to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Gen Calles declares Mexican guards on alert along the Rio Grande and at airports while President Ortiz Rubio vows use of the army to catch the criminals. Tokyo and Manila editions feature the story prominently as nations express sympathy and monitor developments.
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Mexico City
Plutarce Elias Carles
Rio Grande
Lindbergh
Mexico
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Dwight W. Marrow
Gen. Galles
United Pregs
Col
Calles
Mystery Deepens Over Sourland Mountain Kidnapping
Hope remains for Charles Lindbergh Jr. as residents of Sourland Mountain watch for his return. A plane hovered today with a mysterious mission, possibly scouting for clues, while Major Tanphier and state police air scouts checked roads for loiterers or parked vehicles.
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Sourland Mountain
Charles
Major Tanphier
Lindbergh
Inside Job In Lindbergh Kidnap Case Pointed To Family Insight
Reporter Jack Cuddy notes an inside job or close knowledge of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. abduction. The Lindberghs had recently spent a weekend at Sourland Mountain estate and were there Tuesday night, challenging the theory of nonresidents knowing their plans. Mrs. Dwight Morrow, grandfather to the kidnapped child, questions how outsiders could know their Tuesday return. The article highlights a curious chain of circumstances and ongoing investigations.
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Jack Cuddy
UWP
Sta
Hoprwrerli
N. 4
Mar
Ayany
Dwight Morrow
Charles A. i Ldndbergh
Lindberghs
Sourland Mountain
Castom
Lindberghs faced with baby kidnapping case details
National anxiety surged as investigators mapped grounds of Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh home near their marble mansion. Officials described the abduction, examined footprints and mudholes, and pursued clues while Col. Lindbergh and advisers weighed ransom and potential talks with captors. News crews roamed as planes circled, and the region remained on edge awaiting word on the missing child.
Oddities In Days News Miss Hampton Exhumed For Hypnotist
In Kansas City on March 8 a sensational case unfolds as Miss Marx Hampton, in a 14 hour nap under hypnotist Rajah Yogi, is exhumed from her grave after the health department objected. He previously buried her four feet, moved coffin and all to a theatre lobby to finish the trance. The hypnotist claims to have hypnotized and buried 18 persons. In Berlin a beer war truce brings civilians back to halls as price and tax protests threaten a nationwide strike. In Chicago, a divorce case features a man claiming he and his wife were bridge partners until she trumped his ace of hearts, leading to a divorce grant for the wife.
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Kansas City
Miss Marx Hampton
Rajah Yogi
City Health Department
Berlin
Chicago
John CG. Segeler
Jos. Sabath
Capone offers reward in Lindbergh kidnapping case
Al Capone from jail offered sympathy to Col and Mrs Lindbergh over their infant son's kidnapping and posted a 10000 dollar reward for information leading to recovery and apprehension of the kidnappers. Will Rogers voiced support for lynching the kidnappers after describing his visit with the Lindberghs.
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Shanghai
Qol
Lindbergh
China
North China Daily News
Capone
Chicago
al Capone
Charles A. Lindbergh
Will Rogers
Santa Monica
Galil
March K
Poll Books Being Prepared for Primary Election
Under acting County Commissioners Clerk Lawrence Robinson four young women are preparing poll books of the county voting districts in the clerk’s office for the primary election. They are compiling lists of qualified voters from the registry of the assessors.
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Lawrence Robinson
Square Dance Tonight At Army With Company F NG
Arrangements completed for a square dance sponsored by Company F NG in the Army tonight. Pay to make the event one of the season’s most delightful. Fine weather expected brings a record crowd as leading dancers travel for the evening. Lewis’ orchestra provides music and John Warner calls the figures.
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F. N.G
Square Dance
Lewis’ Orchestra
John Warner
G O P Ready To Launch Statewide Campaign
The Pennsylvania GOP announced its statewide slate with Edwin R. Crawford of McKeesport as a delegate and State Senator John J. McClure of Delaware as delegate at large. Other delegates-at-large include William S. Ware United States Senator David A. Reed Mrs Worthington Scranton Jay Cooke and General Edward Martin. Alternates named include Mrs Hannah M. Durham Mrs Sara M. Etter and others. Allegheny and Delaware counties pressed for specific Superior Court seats but the final ticket supports the slate after careful consideration.
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Edwin R. Crawford
McKeesport
John J. McClure
Delaware
Atlantic City
William S. Ware
Philadelphia
United States
David A. Reed
Pittsburgh
Worthington Scranton
Scranton
Jay Cooke
Montgomery County
Edward Martin
Washington
Hannah M. Durham
Allentown
Sara M. Etter
Flarrisburg
Marion L. Pyle
George Horace Lorimer
Ann M. Keech
Blair County
Mas
Francis Burke
Mildred M. Anderson
Allengheny County
Joseph Stadtfeld
Pinchot
Superior Court
James M. McClure
Martin
Smedley Darlington Butler
Marine Corps
James J. Davis
Butler
Davis
Allegheny
William Dutton McDade
Stadtdeld
Pennsylvania
McMichael and McCoy Deaths Reach City and County
Obituaries note Mrs McMichael of New Kensington and sister in New York City along with Frank McCoy of Indiana Pennsylvania who died at home and will be buried in Indiana. It records survivors including a son and grandson in Pittsburgh.
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Frank McCoy
Pittsburgh, Mar
Indiana
Gulf of Corporation
Marty
Carral McCoy
Pittsburgh
John E.trout
Nicktown
John FE. Trout
Samuel Stiles
McDowell Church
Indiana County
Church
Trout
Tt. A. Clevenger
Petersburg
William Trout
Pine Plaza
Benjamin Trout
Butler
New York
Pine Flats
Anthony O'Brien Stitt
Theodore
John
Apollo
Harriet Wilson
Avonmore
John Schriver
Join Hanna
Canton
Ray Foose
Leechburg
Sara Ann
Clifford
Stitt
Revival Meetings at Wesleyan Methodist Church Begin Soon
Revival services start next Sunday at the Wesleyan Methodist church at Twelfth and Church streets, continuing three weeks. Evangelist Rev John A Clement of Helifax Not leads the series, renowned for holiness preaching. Services: 7 40 each evening. Pastor Rev F J Davis of the Indiana Wesleyan Methodist Church oversees.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church
Twelfth
Church Streets
John A. Clement
Helifax
Clement
Codst
Coset
Dotn Wesley
F. J. Davis
Indiana Wesleyan Methodist Church
Risheberger Heads VFW Band in Indiana
John Risheberger elected manager of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Band at Memorial Hall. New officers include Secretary Joe Nudge, Treasurer Dominick Violi, Leader Joseph Rutherford, Assistant Leader Carl Craig, Conductor Henry J. Wilson, and Band Committee Sam Sciotta Micky Cherillo. The band, a new stellar musical organization, rehearses weekly and plans summer concerts across Indiana with a roster featuring DesBonets Craig Roby Romeo Tremontani and others.
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John Risheberger
Veterans of Foreign Wars Band
Memorial Hall
Joe Nudge
Dominick Violi
Joseph Rutherford
Carl Craig
W. L. Nes Bonets
Henry J. Wilson
Sam Sciotta
C. M. Marshall
Mickey’ Cherillo
Indiana
Clemets
A. L. DesBonets
Frank Craig
R- E. Roby
Joe Romeo
James Tremontani
Warren P. Kline
Sam Sciatto
Mickey Chirillo
Jas
Ohio Father Waits Ransom Bid For Child
Police report a kidnapping of James in Ohio as he and his cousin Anna May Malina 8 were headed to school near an Episcopal church. Two men halted them in church grounds and dragged James into a coupe. License tag fakes matched a stolen car from a Trumbull county farmer. The abduction occurred within 200 yards of the boy’s home. witness Mrs H. L described the scene.
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Episcopal Church
James
Anna May Malina
Nicholas
Trumbull County
Saties
H. 1
New Florence Pharmacist Killed in Head-On Crash
William B. Krigger, 84, of New Florence, a pharmacist and former Pittsburgh drug store manager, died when his car collided head on with another vehicle on Haws Pike near here. Fellow driver William B. Haromond of Pittsburgh sustained minor injuries. Krigger was a University of Pittsburgh Pharmacy graduate and moved to New Florence two years ago. Jonanstown, Pa March s-
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William B. Krigger
New Florence
William B. Haromond
Pittsburgh
Haws Pike
Here
Krigger
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Jonanstown
Pan
United Stand Formed Against Prohibition Straddle
Evanston Illinois March 3 United action against the plan to straddle the prohibition issue was announced by Mrs Elis A Boole president of the national Women's Christian Temperance Union The 28 regional conferences started December 4 in Washington marshaled a large effort with church groups women clubs and educational bodies aiding petitions to Congress and Senators for opposition to resubmission remarks note large pledges for total abstinence from about 1 200 000 youths many of whom are of voting age offering a strong response to wet polling figures
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United
Evanston
Uganda
Nqior Trafic
Mra. Boole
Peace bid seen as trick by skeptics at Shanghai
Shanghai report says Chinese forces were driven 12 1-2 miles from the city and Japanese troops held all contested areas after fighting since January 28. Consul General Kuramaten Mursi and Japanese high command announced an immediate halt to military operations as Chinese officials claimed the fight had just begun. James Shirakawa, now in command, stated fighting would stop at held points unless the Chinese resumed hostilities.
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Japan Command
Suanghai
Shanghai
Kuramaten Mursi
Woman mails letter to Lindy amid Lindbergh case notes
A woman mails a letter to Col Lindbergh area then police move toward headquarters. Authorities discuss handling the letter, with contents to be kept private until delivery. Separate New Jersey license details surface about a 1958 Buick roadster linked to Harry M Spring, an electrician from Milford.
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Downes
Polices
Colvin
Lindbergh
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Boston
Harry M. Spring
Bou
Milford
Hunterton County
Spring
Milford Electrical Co
REO
Jacob R. Anderson
Apri
New Jersey Light and Power Company
Holland
Anderson Sald
West Roxbury
Mayo
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Col. Lindbergh
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Manila
Treasury
Saatiatita, Cin
Celpis Marendo
Morrow
Atone
United Press
Permacon
Routan
Gant
Seon Wildwood
Helen
Colonyl Lindbergh
Pater
Lanphier Parler
Blanes
NEA Service, Inc
Newark
Seaboard
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Agency
Rogers
Mrs. Rogers
Lindy
Mrs. McMichael
Evangelist Services
REV
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Clemen'l
Risheberger
Ohio
League
W. W. Yen
T ‘At
Joseph Paul Boncour
Leter
Edward Jafrise Separaees
Wilbur May
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