Crawford gets life term for Ilsley murder
In Lersburg Virginia on December 16 George Crawfort, a Black defendant, was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of murdering Mrs Agnes Boeing Ilsley, a Middlesburg sportswoman. He was moved to Richmond under guard as the state no longer sought the death penalty after the defendant’s appeal.
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Lersburg
George Crawfort
Agnes Boeing Ilsley
Middlesburg
Whiteen
Richmond
State Penitentiary
Memlin
Charlie Johnson
Charles
Uoustom
Crowned
Jistey
Jolson
Johnson
Cyawfant
Lst
Yaloombe
Flo
Russell
Trowlon County
James L
Mel Lemore
Sulfolk
Joh Gueland Pollard
Yreside
Crawford
le Set
Histeriitts
Tax Rate Proposals Target Private Banking Firms
Washington December 16. Public debate centers on raising highest income taxes for private banking partnerships like J P Morgan Co to curb large tax savings by financiers while also tightening anti dodging rules. House Ways and Means Committee hearings examine liquor revenue and overall tax law simplification with treasury experts pushing for closing avoidance opportunities.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan, &Co
House
Ways and Means
Hitt
D-Wash
Ways and, Means
General Revenue
Treasury
NRA OBEYED BY MOST 1S CLAIM
Washington December reports that only one in ten thousand of about 3,000,000 employers displaying the Blue Eagle is a deliberate violator. NRA contends voluntary 18 employment pledge will continue next year. Hugh O Johnson cites statistics of complaints and settlements as proof of consumer support and compliance among firms.
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Blue Eagle
Washington
NRA
Hugh O 'Johnson
Eagle
Moro Manufacturing
Fulmer Charges NRA Code Harms Small Lumber Operators
Representative Fulmer accuses the NRA lumber code of driving small southern mills out of business through strict hours and wage rules. He cites his exchange with Hugh S. Johnson, Recovery Administrator, urging code modifications to curb price fixing by large operators and protect smaller mills.
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Fulmer
Washington
D-30
Hugh S. Johnson
General Johnson
Dan. Plain
South Carolina
Anills
Southern Pine Lumbering
Johnson
Department of Justice
NIRA
Lumber Core Authority
Gold purchases abroad rise amid price fixation debate
Washington December 16. Officials cite a push to lift the world price of newly mined gold toward the treasury’s fixed rate as a reason for rising government purchases abroad. The disparity persists, prompting discussions between President Roosevelt and monetary advisers about a potential new move.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Nashville lynches Negro after indictment fails
Investigators learned that 18 year old Cheek was abducted from relatives in Nashville soon after release from jail when a mob seized him and hanged him from a tree. Sheriff Bauman denounced the kidnapping as highly brazen and federal authorities may be asked to handle the case. Chief deputy Pinkston said an inquiry began but no suspects identified.
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Columbia, Yenn
Cudrd Creek
Nashville
L. A. Bauman
Bauman
Cheek
Li. S
W. A. Pinkston
Lindy and Anne Arrive at Miami
Lindbergh and his wife Lindy land a seaplane at Miami International after a 900 mile hop from San Pedro ending five months of global flight. Crowds cheer as the couple returns to North American soil and reflects on data gathered for air route mapping across three continents.
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Miami
Pia
International
Lindberghs
San Pedro
Dominican Republic
New York
North Atlantic
Europe
Africa
South Atlantic
Brazil
West Ind
Birth of an Heir: Japan Awaits Crown Prince Hopeful
Anxious Japan awaits the birth of an heir to Emperor Hirohito after a series of royal daughters. Orthodoxy, history, and tradition frame the event as potentially decisive for the dynasty and national identity. If a son is born, he would be seen as the next Mikado and unbroken line successor.
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Tryo
Japan
Empire
Hirohito
Nagako
Chichibu
Jimmu Tenno
Go-Sakuramachi
Tariff quarrel endangers barter trade with France
Washington reports a tentative reciprocal deal on increased French wine imports may collapse amid a tariff dispute. The French agriculture minister reportedly plans to triple the import duty on American land products and impose a substantial tariff on apples and pears, a move that would jeopardize the barter negotiation.
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France
Washington
United States
France and Little Entente Resist Mussolini Demand
France Poland and the Little Entente unitedly rejected Mussolini’s bid to reform the League of Nations to allow German entry into disarmament talks. Boncour and Benes warned that dismantling the League would spark war and that any talks must occur in Geneva. Boncour pledged France would lead in the League even if others withdraw and prepared to push policy with Poland in Warsaw.
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Varis
Mussolini
League of Nations
France
Poland
Germany
I Day
Joseph Paul Boncour
Taul Bonecour
Geneva
Paul Boncour
Warsaw
Death closes books for Louis Vance and Robert Chambers
New York reports December 16 AP death ends careers of authors Louis Joseph Vance and Robert W. Chambers. Vance, 54, found burned in his apartment chair after a probable fall and fire. Chambers, 68, died after an intestinal operation three days prior at Doctors Hospital. Both men started as artists. Vance in a New York newspaper and Chambers after art study in Paris. Vance born in Washington. Chambers born in Brooklyn.
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New York
Louis Joseph Vance
Robert W. Chambers
Chambers
Doctors Hospital
Vance
Polytechnic Institute
Brooklyn
Paris
Magalines
Sthoal
Vane
Washington
Foreign Trade Agency Studied for Unified Export Role
The Peek tariff bartering committee contemplates one corporation to handle all American foreign trade with government private capital shared in an export agency likely near a billion dollars. Regulated by the government, it would supervise production for world trade and bargain on tariffs and imports to raise prices and access foreign markets. No decision has been reached, but focus remains on creating an export concern to coordinate government relations and promote cartel-like control.
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Associated Press
New York
Peek
White House
Tari Committee
George N. Pook
Peele Committee
Mystery of Daddy Dear letter ties to Siever death
Pasadena police probe into the death of Los Angeles dentist Leonard Siever follows a discovered letter titled Daddy Dear from an unnamed married woman. The note hints at a forbidden affair and was postmarked June 6 1982 from San Pedro. A coroner’s jury ruled Siever died at the hands of an unknown person with homicidal intent. The investigation centers on the woman and her husband with police and witnesses from Pasadena at the inquest in Los Angeles.
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Pasadena
Cal
Leonard Siever
Glain
Los Angeles
Siever
Denmountain
Wilnesses
San Pedro
Auto Speeds On After Accident In Highland Park
Aaron Roller 24 and Ada Tunell 21 were critically injured after a hit and run near Moore's store in Highland Park. The vehicle was later driven into a Sullivan street filling station by Roscoe Harrison, who said it was stolen. he was questioned and released with no charges.
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Aaron Roller
Ada Tunell
Marsh Clinic
Moore's
Highland Park
Sullivan Street
Roscoe Harrison
Harrison
Upchurch
Pierce
Witt
Car strike injures two pedestrians in dense fog
Nollers were listed in critical and serious shock after a Ford coupe, likely 1922 model, struck Miss Tunell and Roller on a highway in Highland Park. Witnesses said the car fled toward Kingsport as fog blocked visibility and police pursued suspect vehicles. Both victims were moved to Moore Store for treatment.
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Noller
Misg
Unell
Roller
Tunell
Kingsport
Miss Tunell
Highland Park
J. E. Upehureh
Dave Plevee
Moore Store
Steel Magnate Archibald Stevenson Dies in Philadelphia
Archibald Stevenson a long time leader in steel and iron industry died after a long illness in Philadelphia. He retired in 1929 after 21 years as vice president of Standard Steel Works. During World War I he chaired the Gun-Howitzer Production Club and helped key heat treating advances. He is survived by his widow and a daughter.
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Philadelphia
Archibald
Stevenson
Iron and Steel
Standard Steel Works Company
Dickension Injured in London Motorcycle Accident
Sir Henry Dickens, sixth son of Charles Dickens, was seriously injured in London when struck by a motorcycle. Admiral G C Dickens reported he is in shock but improving. Sir Henry, 84, was admitted to the bar in 1873 and published memoirs of his father five years ago.
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