Butcher Knife Slayer Hanes Self to Tree
Los Angeles June 4 AP detectives linked two deaths as murder and suicide in a grim case. Dolores Dufae 26 was found murdered with a butcher knife, and George Booth 25 hanged himself after leaving a farewell note claiming he killed Dolores. Booth’s car was borrowed from Arthur, his brother. Police found a bloody butcher knife and a note signed Amen. Booth’s mother reported his girlfriend known as Dolores Dunne. Initials on a wristwatch read I EB.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Dufae
George Booth
Booth
Dolores
Myles Ledbetter
Pacific Palisades
Tam
Arthur
Amen
Caty
Head of closed bank found dead in alley
Washington Ti Thomason 61 manager of the Blue Springs state bank under investigation was found dead in an Omaha hotel alley after a likely fall or jump from a seventh floor room where he had checked in as FIL Quinn of Blue Springs. He disappeared after meeting state bank examiners who could not answer questions about the bank. Thomason had long ties to the bank, deposits up to 5000 were FDIC guaranteed, and authorities said he drove to Omaha Saturday.
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Kansas City
Washington TI
Thomason
Blue Springs
State Bank
Omaha
Neb
Fil Quinn
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Famous quadruplets celebrate twentieth birthday with four cakes
Hollis Okio June 4 Ap The famous Bunch of Key Hollis quadruplet sisters Mona Roberta Mary and Leota Keys celebrate turning twenty born June 4 1915 Their clothes are alike and they all play the Saxophone Roberta notes one year to vote Mary resists growing up Mona laments leaving teens Leota still likes the high school group
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Hollis, Okio
Keys
Mona
Roberta
Mary
Leota
Flake Keys
Leela
Closed bank to pay ten percent dividends
R. L. Bradley announced a ten percent dividend to creditors of the closed First National Bank of Caruthersville, which shut in November 1930. The payment totals about $36,000 and is the fourth dividend, bringing total paid to date to about $230,000 or 63 percent.
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Caruthersville, Mo
R. L. Bradley
First National Bank of
Caruthersville
Lithuanian aviator ready for 4500 mile solo transatlantic hop
Felix Waitkus, stationed at Floyd Bennett airport New York City, prepares to fly non stop 4500 mile solo transatlantic flight to Kaunas Lithuania capital. The 27 year old Kohler Wisconsin pilot in the Lockheed Vega monoplane Lithuanica UU has five years flying experience. Flight expected to take 28 hours and would be the longest solo hop if successful.
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Fioyd Bennett
New York City
Felix Waitkus
Kohler
Wis
Kautas
Lithuania
Lithuanica UU
Day Betrayed By Woman Pal In Bremer Kidnap Case
Volney Davis, Barker-Karpis gangster, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Bremer kidnapping. Davis was captured after a Chicago tip led authorities to a Yorkville trap where he slugged a federal agent. Federal sentencing set for Friday. officials say he had no link to the Ta coma boy case.
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ST. Paul
Jime 4
Volney
Davis
Edward C. Bremer
Chicago
Miss Lim
Yorkville
Edna Murray
N. Chicago
Tacoma
George Weyerhaeuser
Taioma
Wash
Sangster
Jany
Bremer
Hikes to Washington to get appointment
Private Charles E. Oglesby, 20, from Fort Riley Kansas, plans West Point after hitchhiking there for an appointment. He earned one of the extra West Point seats approved to boost officer strength, passed mental and physical exams, and will become Cadet Oglesby on July 1. He joined the Army after high school in Aurora, Maine.
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Washington
Fort Riley
Kas
Charles E.oglesby
West Point
Oglesby
Representative Short
D-Mo
Congress
Army
Aurora
Lower water rates as flood hits city
Moberly Missouri, June 4. The board of public works set up special low water rates for June July August and September at 20 per 100 cubic feet. May rainfall reached 14 inches while three city lakes overflow spillways. Last year water use was limited to cooking sanitation and drinking.
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Moberly
Moberly Board of Public Works
Jyne
Kidnappers Sentenced In Taxi Operator Case
Boonville Mo June 4 two kidnapers of taxi operator John Jenry were among ten prisoners sent to Jefferson City by Bradley Mitchell and Shoemaker. Each received thirty year sentences for their role in the abduction. Ronald Wuebbeling pled not guilty. Mitchell and Shoemaker were also sentenced on robbery charges tied to Jenny’s taxi stakeout after a March 225 mile ride south of Boonville. both had escaped from the state reformatory.
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Boonville
Apj
John Jenry
Jefferson City
Shevitt Arthur Bradley
Vernon Mitchell
Tulsa
Bernard Shoemaker
St. Louis
Ronald Wuebbeling
F Mitchell
Shoemaker
Jenny
State Reformatory
Flood Devastates Indian Villages Near Mexico City
A cloudburst caused the Actopan river to flood villages 25 to 35 miles south of Mexico City near Cuernavaca. Estimates ranged from 150 to over 400 dead as rescue efforts stalled at Rifles Pointy and relief workers faced hostility from survivors. San Pedro Actopan and nearby hamlets suffered severe damage as a church collapsed with people inside and many bodies were recovered in the ruins.
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Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Adjusco
San Pedro Actopan
San Pedro
San Gregorio Aflapulco
San Fabio Ocosontepec
Milpaalla
Tulyehualco
Four Leaf Clover Collector Racks Up 16000 Emblems
FAIRMONT W Va Roman Fetheral pursues luck with a vast hoard of four leaf clovers stretching along a field when laid end to end He reports his 16000th find and adds collections of five six seven eight and nine leaf varieties Calbert Kelsey a 17 year old from Trenton NJ plays trumpet at a band concert when a jaw pain signals mumps during a Homeopathy convention drawing about 500 doctors Osier Johnson a full blood Indian is jailed for forging a county judge s name on a minor estate check He explains his motive was to cash out by signing both names and keeps a two year sentence New Boom in Cripple Creek Colo reports a new unbroken chain letter circulating the town claiming 15625 dollars were sent from May 17 to today.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Roman Fetheral
Roman
Fethero
Quick Service
New York
Calbert Kelsey
Trenton
N. J
American Institute of Homeopathy
Salbert
Law
Logic Hugo
Okla
Osier Johnson
Tom Hunter
Cripple Creek
Cole
E. J. Duffy
Duffy
C. L. Vitly
St. Johnsburg
Conn
L.A
Preferences shift from matrimony to hunting and fishing in Vernon County
Nevada Mo June 4 31 marriage licenses issued in May while 78 hunting and fishing permits were sold by County Clerk Carl Dickson Vernon County residents show a clear tilt toward outdoor life. The article notes over 3,000,000 square miles remain unexplored and lie underwater.
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Nevada
Vernon County
Ray Beisley
Carl Dickson
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