Negro confesses assault murder of 9 year old girl
New York dispatch reports a 22 year old Negro, Llush Price, confessed to abducting and killing Helen Sterler, 9, in a Brooklyn cellar after showing her a pencil and 25 cents. He described leading her into a hall and down cellar stairs before the fatal attack. price previously served time for attacks on boys. Helen’s funeral was held as police pursued related cases in the same neighborhood amid community uproar.
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New York
Helen Sterler
Brooklyn
Neuvro
Llush Price
Cap'n
Helen
Vine
Price
Trey
Velen
Gvelatives
Louis
Lawmaker Pushes Repeal Of Oklahoma Duelling Statute
Oklahoma City Representative EB Landingham of Dilton introduces a bill to repeal the state law against duelling. The proposal seeks to remove the antiquated statute from the books, signaling a shift in how such matters might be handled legally.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
EB. Landingham Af Dilton
Ban on Marble Game Moves Through North London Authorities
A deputation of North London parents urges the education authorities to ban marbles in schools. They argue marbles have become a gambling instrument with youths acting as bookmakers for peers, using marbles as targets while shouting odds in the game.
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London
Quarantine Sign Delays Tax Levy Attempt in Erie
Constable Tom Furham tries to serve a two household tax levy on an Erie family but retreats after seeing a measles quarantine sign on the door. Health department confirms the quarantine is a tooler according to the physician, raising suspicion about the situation.
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Erie
Tom Furham
Gunman slays two in Philadelphia shooting
In a dark Philadelphia residence, a gunman killed two women identified as Yetta Cohen and Patay Miller and wounded another. Patrolman Frederick J. Dolan was killed during a gunfight as the assailant fled. Police detained more than twenty people, including Ben Gooper, with no arrests yet. The incident prompted a large police search and a continuation on page six.
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Philadnephia
Yetta Cooper
Cohen
Patay Miller
Frederick J. Dolan
Alayer
Ben Gooper
Gohon
Japanese Hold Wall Section as Chinese Attack Rages
Japanese troops defend a wall section amid a major Chinese assault along the coast leading toward Jehol. Tokyo reports a sixth bombing raid in two weeks over northeast Tohel while Chinese forces mass near Kaile.
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Associated Press
Chinmenkow
Great Wall of China
China
Jehol
Rai
Tohel
Kaile
Tokyo
Heiho
Siberian
Manchuria
Canton
Hongkong
League of Nations
iVokyo
Chiumienkow
Shanhaikwan
Bank Closes in Gantig City NW
The Chelsea Second National Bank and Trust Company, led by President Dr J B Thompson, will not open today becoming the first bank in the city to close. The January 5 1933 statement lists resources of 11 790 850 deposits 6 684 708 04 capital 600 000 surplus 800 000 and undivided profits and reserve 182 747 09 with bills payable 2 909 19 88 and federal reserve secured 1 513 008 40.
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Gantig City
Chelsea Second National Bank and Trust Company
J. B. Thompson
Federal Reserve
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Report for January
Treasury receipts for January 23 totaled $84,695,845.42 with expenditures of $88,886,008.60 leaving a balance of $355,488,137.56. Customs duties for 25 days of January amounted to $14,968,208.81.
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Treasury
Washington
Night Club Tragedy Ends Romance in New Orleans
In New Orleans at Avalon club Metalpie Ridge Lester Renaudin 21 and his wife 19 both entertainers died from self-inflicted gunshot and gunfire after a lovers quarrel. Police found a letter from Lester to his mother and father expressing despair and devotion to Mary Lee. Louis Prima club official recalls hearing Mary Lee cry I don’t want to die as he heard shots and a car horn.
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New Orleans
Lester Renaudin
Plantation
Renaudin
Julius Renaudin
Rénaudins
Papa
Bob
Lester
Mary Lee
Louis Prima
Weather Forecast Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Weather outlook shows fair and colder conditions in Tennessee tonight into Saturday with cooler temperatures. In Virginia coast rain likely, interior rain or snow tonight with clearing Saturday morning and cooler temperatures. High and low temperatures from yesterday noted, with historical reference to the same date last year and typical overnight rain observations.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Slayer Surrenders After Fatal Directors Meeting
Nashville January 27 A 66 year old real estate operator W Allison Buntin surrendered at Davidson County Jail after a 12 hour manhunt. He is charged with first degree murder in the killing of Rumsey Lewis 36 at a directors meeting of Arcade Company. Present were Will Steger Charles Nelson and J P W Brown. Lewis died of a bullet wound to the heart. Brown is Tennessee Electric Power Company district manager. The Lewis and Buntin families are prominent in middle Tennessee.
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Nashville
W. Allison Buntin
Rumsey Lewis
Davidson County
Chester Kk, Hart
Charles Gilpert
Criminal Court
Buntin
Hanvin
Lewis
Will Steger
Charles Nelson
J. P. W. Brown
Brown
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Middle Tennessee
Rumsey
Edwin
Louise Lewis
Lytle Brown
U.S. Army Engineers
Former Kaiser Celebrates His 74th Birthday in Doorn
In Doorn Netherlands on January 27 former Kaiser Wilhelm II marked his 74th birthday with a chapel service at Doorn House his exile since November 10 1918 conducted by Dr. Schneller his pastor followed by a family luncheon and an expected patriotic film for an evening gathering. Attending were members of the family including former Crown Prince A Friedrich Wilhelm now 50 Prince Eitel Friedrich Prince Auguste Wilhelm and grandson Prince Ferdinand along with Princess Hermine.
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Doorn
Holland
Wilhelm Hohenzallern
Ormer
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany
Doorn House
Schneller
Kaiser
Hermine
A. Friedrich Wilhelm
Eitel Friedrich
Auguste Wilhelm
Prince Ferdinand
Senate Dens To Balance Budget At Spring Meet
Washington January 27. Senate Democrats approved a move to pursue a balanced budget through cuts but not at final aim this session. They endorsed amendments to slash 35 to 30 million dollars below the current total, avoiding delay of vital appropriations until an extra session.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Democrats
Robinson
Arkansas
Hindenburg Holds Path of Germany
Germany faces political crisis as President Hindenburg weighs actions amid Reichstag tensions and emergency powers. Estimates place Schleicher seeking decree to dissolve parliament, while centrists oppose drastic moves. Wagenberg Papen push for Hitler revival and coalition cabinet.
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von Hindenburg
Council of Elders
Ecooneil
von Schleicher
Adolf Hitler
Alfred Wagenberg
von Papen
Accused In Giles Death Cited In Roosevelt Reconciliation
In Warm Springs Georgia a reconciliation between rival Roosevelt factions is marked by Kermit Roosevelt joining the next president’s party aboard Vincent Astor’s yacht. The cruise starts from Jacksonville on February 4 with Franklin D Roosevelt as a distant relative, amid no prior affection between the two Roosevelt lines.
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Kermit Roosevelt
America
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Theodore Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Jacksonville
Fla
Ithrough
Franklin D. Roosevelt
T. R
Trio on trial in Giles murder case in Tennessee
Ten Enior identified Clarence Miller Mibb Wishon and Newman Smith in circuit court as the men who attacked 65 year old politician William Isaac Giles and left him dead October 24, 1931. A codefendant Sam Wilson had charges dismissed as the trial opened. Enfor said Smith struck Giles with a blunt instrument then helped carry his body to Wilson's home.
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Jonestoro
Tenn
Ten Enior
Clarence Miller
Mibb Wishon
Newman Smith
William Isaac Giles
Seaten
Giles
Sam Wilson
Enfor
Smith
Giles Frey
Miller
Wishon
Boe
Ben Allen
Sidney Bereson
Milley
New Deal Plans Begin to Unfold
Warm Springs Ga Jan 27 The new deal of President elect Roosevelt for American government is beginning to unfold and is expected to be on the table promptly after he takes office March 4 One card in the stack is in sight organization of the sea air and transportation cuts under one government authority efficiency and economy are the aim and a central directorate would group railroads inland waterways commercial aviation shipping and motor bus traffic Arrival of Henry Morgenthal continues on page six
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Congress
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
William EH. Woodin
New York
American Car and Foundry Company
Henry Morganthau
Ford Plants Idle as Strike Ties Up Briggs Body Works
Detroit January 27 AP Ford Motor Co plants nationwide idle due to Briggs Manufacturing Co walls closing and labor dispute. Up to 150000 workers affected as Briggs supplies bodies to Ford and others. Briggs workers protest pay deductions for dead time. Roughly 46000 to 40000 Ford employees in Detroit, many on a three day week. Briggs employs about 6000. assembly plants 60000 to 100000 workers.
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FORD
Briggs Body Works
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Company
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Briggs Company
Clarence W. Avery
Murray Corp. of America
Ford Boxing
Jersey Coast Sways Under Wind Whirl
Heavy wind and high surf lash New Jersey coast from Newark to Long Branch with widespread bulkhead damage. Mayors estimate 500000 in repairs as authorities search for three missing harbor inlets after a yawl overturned offshore.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Harbor
Long Branch
Dothan McFaddin
West Land
South City
Atlantic
Oeean Avenue
Monmouth Beach
Sea Bright
Highends
Highlands
Shrewsbury
Hugh A. McIntyre
Jersey City
Albert Standberg
Staten Island
Charles M. Peterson
Brooklyn
New York Harbor
Amprose Channel
Farmers rally to curb foreclosures across nine states
In Des Moines Iowa on January 27 farmers from Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin the Dakotas and other states pressed a campaign against mortgage foreclosures. Ohio Oklahoma Idaho and others joined protests as mortgage debt totaling about 1.53 billion across nine states faced delay and court action. Judges in Tulsa halted foreclosures until March 13 while Iowa and Nebraska moves sought postponements and legislative relief.
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Des Moines
le Mars
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Tulsa
Okla
Nampa
Idaho
Ohio
Bowling Green
Acts
Herring
Wapello
Ati le Mars
John Carmody
Omaha Federal and Bank
Sarps
Judge Murray Posts Three Foot Distance Sign
In Hammond Indiana Judge William J. Murray of the criminal court orders a three foot buffer after feeling endangered by attorneys near his bench. The sign directs attorneys to stay back to ensure courtroom safety and proper conduct.
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Hammond, Ind
William J. Murray
Criminal Court
Call Any Time Portland Shanty Follows Burdened Bachelors
In Sullivan's Gulch a shanty town of about 200 unemployed bachelors exists to house them until payroll resumes. A doctor, unnamed, provides a telephone in Mayor Binkley's city hall shack, marking a makeshift link between relief and administration.
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Portland
Greg
Sullivan's Gulch
Ap Leaf Market Sales Dwindle and Payouts Noted
Burley tobacco sales on Thursday totaled 75,542 pounds at an average 11,052 per hundred. Knoxville sold 208,080 pounds for an average of 14.78 per hundred, lifting season payouts to 1,045,624 dollars to growers, warehousemen said. Greeneville and Knoxville markets close next Tuesday.
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Burley
Knoxville
Greeneville
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