Rochester youth confesses extortion plot against two Rochester men
Roland E. Markell, 21, of Rochester, confessed to writing letters demanding up to 100000 from Frank F. Gannett publisher and Louis A. Webble brewer, threatening death and kidnapping. Investigators traced calls, matched handwriting, and police credited Rochester officers and federal agents for solving the case.
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Brewer
Frank Gannett
Louis Wehle
New York
N.Y
Roland E. Markell
Rochester
Frank F. Gannett
Louis A. Webble
Markell
George A- Grobe
Gannett and
Welle
Leonold
Loeb Grobe
Leopold
Loeb
Grobe
Gannett
Webb
Genesee Brewing Company
George W. Doherty
Buffalo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G-men
Wrehie
Marcll
Doherty
Public Service Commission weighs Springfield gas rate case
The state public service commission took under advisement after a hearing on requests from the city of Springfield and two taxpayers groups for an emergency electric rate reduction by Springfield Gas and Electric. They claim the company earned an excess return and base their motion on annual reports pending a full property inventory.
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State Public Service Commission
City of
Springfield
Springfield Gas and Electric Company
Cloudy Tonight and Tuesday With Light Rain or Snow
Missouri forecast shows cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday with light rain or snow flurries possible. Minimal temperature change expected. lows near 27 and highs around 35. River stage readings vary across Kansas City, Boonville, Jefferson City, and Lake of the Ozarks, with some elevations noted.
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Missoure
Keokuk
Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
St. Thomas Fer
Union
Lake of the Ozarks
Jul Reservoir
Joyce McBrayer Given 10 Days in Jail
Joyce McBrayer formerly Joyce McGee Nash, identified by fingerprints, faces federal parole violation charges after failing to submit monthly reports. She previously served most of a two year narcotics sentence, released on parole from Alderson Federal Women’s Reformatory, and now awaits a warrant service on January 3.
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Joyce McBrayer
Joyce McGee Nash
Foster Wheatly
Federal Women’s Reformatory
Alderson
W. Va
Louisville
John Bruner
Parole Board
Here
United States Marshal
McGee
Kidnayer
Mary McElroy
Kansas City
McBrayer
Norman Peacock
Cincinnati
Slayer
Ohio State Prison
Man Sentenced to 60 Days for Disturbing Peace
Fred DeLong was sentenced to 60 days in jail by Police Judge Foster Wheally for disturbing the peace of John Twin. Police testified DeLong resisted arrest. only the peace disturbance charge was filed.
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Fred DeLong
Foster Wheally
John Twin
DeLong
Temporary Engineer Inspector Appointed for District 50 Sewer
John W. Comerford of St. Louis is named temporary resident engineer inspector of the PWA for the District 50 sewer project. He will oversee preliminary work from city hall quarters, with the project promising jobs for relief clients. Start of work delayed by weather and scheduling, now expected late this week.
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John W. Comerford
St. Louis
PWA
Comerford
Family quarrel leaves two dead in Chicago apartment
In a west side Chicago apartment, a mother Penelope Mikes 31 and her daughter Lulu Voor mas 17 were killed in a shooting by their husband and stepfather. The wounded were Louis Voor mas 16 and Philip Mikes 34 a milk wagon driver. The suspect was arrested on a prior disorderly conduct charge and, after a confrontation with the children as they prepared for court, shot the victims and himself. The suspect was hospitalized and quoted saying She’s been driving me nuts.
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Chicago
Dee
Daugher
West Side
Albert Mikes
Penelope Mikes
Lulu Voormas
Louis Voormas
Philip Mikes
Mikes
Ia Rea
Avas
Hela
Yes Covery
Borah enters Ohio presidential primary effort via allies
Senator Borah authorized to place his name on the Ohio presidential preference primary ballot after a meeting with three Ohio Republican liberals led by Roscoe C. McCulloch. Borah said delegates would be pledged to his nomination at the Republican national convention and that the Ohio group would direct his campaign there.
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Washington
Borah
Ohio
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Cleveland
McCullough
LePage Cousin Sues for Divorce and Custody
Tressie Jewel LePage filed for divorce in circuit court from Constant A LePage a cousin of County Recorder Henry LePage alleging general indignities and seeking custody of minors Robert 11 and Mary Law 9 The couple married November 29 1922 and separated last Saturday A separate filing Beulah Clatterbuck sued Roy Clatterbuck for divorce citing general indignities and non support married December 5 1917 at Mexico Missouri and parted October 28 1934 seeking alimony and custody of daughter Gladys 16 Small car fire reported at 1211 West High Street extinguished with negligible damage
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Tressie Jewel] LePage
Constant A. LePage
Henry LePage
Robert
Mary Law
Beulah Clatterbuck
Roy Clatterbuck
Blizzard Storm Drives Death Toll Across Atlantic Region
A fierce blizzard swept the mid Atlantic to New England, dropping six inches of snow and freezing temperatures. At least 16 people died, including five in the southeast and four in Philadelphia, with Atlanta reporting about 2 million dollars in damage. Utilities failed, transit froze, and coastal shipping plus rail and air travel faced widespread disruption as crews fought the heavy snow.
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Middle Atlantic Coast
New York City
New York
Middle Atlantic
New England
Atlanta
Oklahoma
Philadelphia
Georgia
Relief agencies mourn miss frede farris at missouri hotel
Miss Frede Farris, 34, executive housekeeper at the Missouri Hotel, died at home after pneumonia following an appendectomy. A Russellville native, she joined the Sweet hotel system and led the Missouri Hotel house-keeping. Burial in Russellville. Other notes report county relief tensions and a conference between the county court and state relief director Wallace Crossley over unemployment relief management and personnel changes.
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Frede Farris
Missouri Hotel
Monroe Street
Miss Farris
Sweet
Simpson
Marriage licenses tallied at 386 this year in county
The county recorder reports 386 licenses issued so far this year after two licenses were granted today. Names listed include William A. Powell and Nina Mae Barnett of Jefferson City, and J. T. Davis with Ida Florence Sith of Linn.
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Henry LePage
William A. Powell
Nina Mae Barnett
Jefferson City
J. T. Davis
Lamesa
Tex
Ida Florence
Sith
Linn
St Marys Hospital Thanks Santa Claus Visit Recalls Christmas Spirit
The Sisters hospital staff and patients at St Marys hospital thank Santa Claus for his December 24 visit. Mrs. Zenerica Bell Cannady Murphy, 63, died at her Marion home last week. she is survived by her husband and three children.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Santa Claus
Zenerica Bell Cannady Murphy
Marion
Boy Vanishes in Cavern Quest Near St James Me
In St James Maine a 6-year-old boy, Allen Hale, remains missing after a search party probed the Dry Fork river caverns for treasure said to be hidden by Civil War families. His distraught mother, Nancy Hale, insists he ran away not lost in a cave. No trace has been found by the teams.
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ST. James
Dee
Ural
Dry Fork River
Allen Hale
Nancy E. Hale
Tost
Sim
Discovery of a brain center described by scientist
ST Louis dispatch reports the first definite locating of a brain center that handles a single mental task. Dr Edmund Jacobson of the University of Chicago used an electrical thin wire telegraph placed in living gray matter to study brain activity through a brain window. The dairy farmer subject experienced no pain.
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St, Louis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Edmund Jacobson
Physiology Department
University of Chicago
William Beaumont
U.S .A
Alexis St. Martin
FIGHTING ORDERS BRING JOY IN ADDIS ABABA
Addis Ababa reports from Desige imperial headquarters say Emperor Haile Selassie ordered his forces to battle the Italian invaders. Government officials estimate 400,000 men on the Northern front under five commanders, signaling a planned counter offensive and encircling movement against Italian lines.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Desige
Haile Selassie
Pietro Badoglio
Makule
Ligve
Ogaden
Ras Mulughela
King of Kings
JET GEN LIGGETT DIES AT 78 IN CALIFORNIA
Lieut Gen Hunter Liggett veteran of the Indian wars and World War I, died at Letterman hospital in the Presidio San Francisco. He was 78 and had been ill since January 1935. His wife Harriet Lane Liggett survived him. Liggett commanded American forces in Europe, helped defeat Sioux at Poplar Bluff, and led the Army of German occupation in France.
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San Francisco
Hunter Liggett
Marne
Letterman Hospital
Presidio
General Liggett
Harriet Lane Liggett
A.ef
Congress
West Point
Montana
Chief Gall
Poplar Bluff
Cuba
Philippines
France
Execution date set for Claude McGee in Missouri
Fudge Frank Kelly fixed March 3 as the execution date for Claude McGee, convicted on December 7 for the May 7 murder of W. T. Carlton, operator at the Cotton Bell pumping station. McGee’s lawyers filed an appeal to the state supreme court. The judge asked for the defendant’s comment on the trial. McGee said he had not received a fair hearing.
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Benton, Mo
Fudge
Frank Kelly
Claude McGee
Dane Girardesu
W. T. Carlton
Cotton Bell
McGee
State Supreme Court
Kelly
Platform Raising For Judge Wheatly’s Room
Police Judge Foster Wheatly gains a higher view of his courtroom as workers erect a platform to elevate his desk a foot, improving sightlines for traffic violators and others appearing before him.
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Foster Wheatly
Prominent Local Woman Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Casper G. Bassman a leading southside figure dies at St. Marys hospital after a six hour illness. Born Margaret Lahr in 1858 she helped develop the southside and co owned the Nieghorn House hotel. Survived by husband Casper and seven children, twelve grandchildren, she was lifelong Evangelical member active in parish circles.
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Casper G. Bassman
Southside
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bassman
Margaret Lahr
Jefferson City
Casper Bassman
Nieghorn House
Ner Nus
Nieghorn
Jefferson Street
Jolnes E. Fricke
J. Prank Nash
Agnes Jones
Otto J. Bassman
Maryville
Cifornia
Oscar Wy
Georg Bassman
Sophia Basman
Evangelical Church
Persh
Dies Aidl
Turkey and quail seasons end tomorrow in Missouri
Missouri hunters will see the turkey month-long season and the two-day quail open season close after sundown tomorrow. The State Game and Fish Department reports quail shooting as the best in at least three years, with good turkey kills in Ozark counties noted.
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Missouri
Anny
Ozark
Two Earthquakes Felt Across Southwest Germany
Two violent earthquake shocks were recorded in Strasbourg and throughout southwestern Germany, reaching as far as Stuttgart. The tremors occurred at 3:07 a.m. and 3:40 a.m., Sunday CST, affecting readings from Strasbourg, France.
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Strasbourg
France
Germany
Stuttgart
Theater Manager Foils Robbery at Capitol Theater
Arnold Gone, theater manager, thwarted an attempted robbery at the Capitol theater last night. He locked himself in his upstairs office, drew police, and escaped with only the suspect fleeing after the plan to seize Saturday and Sunday receipts was interrupted. Police searched the building and a mysterious late night phone call may have been a prearranged signal.
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Arnold
Capitol Theater
Lista Ofelocke
Gould
Sldte Highway Patrol
Capito
State Nheaters
Mine union leader Morris must serve jail time
The IEF Mine leader Morris, linked to a Potosi Missouri strike, refused to pay a court assessment after being fined $50 for contempt for remarks about Circuit Judge E M Dearing. The Missouri Supreme Court denied habeas corpus relief and ordered his custody to Sheriff Stephen Richards of Washington county. Victor B Harris of St Louis represented Morris in the proceeding.
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Morris
Tifs
Potosi
E. M. Dearing
State Supreme Court
Dearing
Washington County
Victor B. Harris
St. Louis
Morrow
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Gannett and Wehle
Eee
FSA
PSG
Robert Lee ‘Scott
Jackson St
George McGee
Borar
OHI
Aegorder
Oworge
Martin Hirschman
West High Street
Freda Farris
Refuge
Crossley
Russellville
Hotel Corporation
Luella Farris
Charles
Raymond
Eugene
Emil
Lillian Dane
Opal Jones
City
Judge Bond
Wallace Crossley
WM. Crossley
Selassie
Jet
Gen. Liggett
Judge Wheatly
C. G. Bassman
Suncay
Turkey
Arnold Gould
STATE
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