State seeks to discount facts given by Reece in bond theft case
Nashville March 15 AP prosecution seeks to rebut Former Insurance Commissioner J J Reece testimony in a criminal trial charging him with stealing 100000 of bonds. Evidence includes telegrams hotel records and railroad schedules to place Tobin in Memphis February 7 1933 and question the February 7 8 conference claim.
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Reece
Nashville
J. J. Reece
Joseph S. Tobin
Tobin
Richard M. Atkinson
J. I. Reece
Greensboro
N. C
New York
T. B. Miles
Insurance Department
Memphis
Weather Summary Snapshot Tennessee and Virginia Forecast
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in eastern regions and colder in west and north areas. Virginia expects fair and warmer conditions tonight through Wednesday, with southeast warmth and cooler pockets in the north and extreme west by Wednesday afternoon. Yesterday’s high and low temperatures noted, readings from GWU for the preceding 24 hours show no rain on both dates.
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Tennessee
East
West
Virginia
Noutheast
Sorth
Await Trial In Massachusetts Hold Up Murders Case
Five policemen were shot in Needham Trust Company holdup. Norma Brighton Millen and Rose Enellar, young women, are held as accomplices. Abraham Faber, MIT Phi Beta Kappa, and Morton Millen with his brother are arrested as gunmen. A $2500 wedding gift and tied fiancé details emerge as investigators pursue motives and connections.
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Norma Brighton Millen
Rose Enellar
Massachusetts
Needham Trusts Company
Needham
Mass
Miss_Knellar
Abraham Faber
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Morten Millen
Iiving
Talks on Danubian futures open in Rome meeting
Central Europe tensions rise as Chancellor Dollfuss travels to Rome for a Danubian conference. Premiers Mussolini and Goemboes join discussions on Austrian independence and trade with Hungary, amid unrest reports from Vienna and Madrid.
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Europe
Rome
Devens
Danube
Dollfuss
Auglsia
Preminy Goemboes
Hungary
Mussolini
Vienna
Astonia
Spain
Sywinea
Trainiey Lerrons
Sisters Clear Up death by own action
MINEOLA New York March 12 AP The secret Sonny sought to seal for ever came out today A man identified as Edward Thomas Wevelle 32 of the Bronx killed himself by leaping in front of a train in Rockefeller Center last Oct 17 Three sisters identified him The man lived several hours after the leap but said only My mother called me Sonny to questioners
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Mineola
N. Y
Sonny
Rockefeller Center
Edward Thomas Wevelle
Bronx
Dillinger May Free Pal In Ohio Jail Raid
Crowing apprehension looms that John Dillinger may lead a raid to free his imprisoned ally Harry Pierpont from the county jail in Lima Ohio. Indicators include the disappearance of a Linap Ohio woman connected to a Dillinger man and a brief announcement of unclear significance.
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Lima
John Dillinger
Ohio
Dillinger
Harry Pierpont
Pierpont
Jess Lar‘ber
Great Smoky National Park expansion bill advances
March 12 The public lands committee favored the Weaver bill to expand Great Smoky Mountains National Park by adding land purchased or donated, lowering minimum area from 127 000 to 400 000 acres. The measure allows acquisition by purchase condemnation or gift and links a $1 450 000 presidential allocation to Rockefeller funds matching. Weaver aims to bring the bill to the House soon with confidence of passage.
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Wallington
Public Lands
Great Smoky Mountains
Orer
Weaver
N.C
Edmonds
Pap
Roosevelt
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Rockefeller Tenny
North Carolina
Tennessee
House
Air official letter questions Woodring aviation plans
Washington March 13 A high Army officer questioned aviation plans by Assistant Secretary of War Woodring. Brig Gen Oscar Westover testified before the House Military Affairs Committee that Woodring ruled against negotiations for buying airplanes until his approval. Westover warned the move could complicate procurement under public works or other programs. He cited a Wright Field report and a possible push by Lincoln Aircraft Corp. representative. Woodring later ordered competitive bids for 7.8 million dollars in planes. Committee members sought full explanation of Westover’s letter amid ongoing hearings and a grand jury transcript released to the panel.
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Washington
Tarry H. Woodring
Oscar Westover
Air Corps
House Military Affairs Committee
Henry Conger Pratt
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Woodring
Westover
Burdette Wright
PWA
American Eagle
Lincoln Aircraft Corporation
Wright
Army
House
Chainman McSwain
House Committee
Grand
Senate
War Department
Army Air and
Seer Dern
Orville Wright
Chaz Lindbergh
Clarette Champelin
Walter 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Comjany
Capitol
Treasury
Francis B. Sayre
Committee named to review Army air mail flight
Secretary Dern forms a special committee of aeronautical authorities to investigate Army air mail operations. Orville Wright Charles Lindbergh and Clarence Chamberlin named among members with Major General Hugh A. Drum as chairman. Roosevelt releases a letter criticizing Air Corps and urging efficiency improvements.
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Lindbergh
Wright
Chamberlin
Washington
Dern
Orville Wright
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlin
Army
Air Gorgas
Roosevelt
Army Air Mail
Air Corps
AI Corps
White House
Safety checks set for U S airmail routes
Washington March 12 The army high command double checked all safety factors before authorizing airmail flights. The pause was to ensure against more crashes and to handle personnel shifts. Weather and conditions were studied minutely and some mail moved by train. Capitol debates on private operation return continue with House committee hearings showing opposition to the administration plan.
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Washington
Army
High Command
Roosevelt
Air Corps
War Department
Capitol
House Post Office Committee
Kelly
R-Pa
Radio Station Is Banded Will Put to Sea on Yacht
Dr John R Brinkley buys a 150 foot yacht Shadow K in Miami amid plans for a high seas broadcasting station. His stations at Milford Kansas and Villa Acuna Mexico have been silenced and the vessel is undergoing repairs in drydock. Brinkley is reported to be in Del Rio Texas.
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Miami
Fla
High Seas
John R. Brinkley
Milford
Kansas
Villa Acuna
Mexico
Carl G. Fisher
Florida
Dr. Brinkley
del Rio
Texas
Woman and four men indicted in Kelley kidnapping case
St Louis March 13 AP Mrs Nellie Tipton Muench wife of Dr Ludwig O Muench and four men were indicted by the St Louis county grand jury on a charge of kidnapping Dr I D Kelley for ransom April 20 1931 The men named Felix McDonald Barry Davis Angelo Rosegrant and John C Johnson were held in Clayton after the alleged exposure by Adolph Fielder a Maplewood former justice of the peace Fielder claimed a woman was the mastermind behind the plot and that Kelley was lured from his home in a sensational confession that tied gang feuds to the case Continued on page six.
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ST. Louis
Nellie
Tipton Muench
Ludwig O. Muench
Clayton
I .D. Kelley
St. Louis ‘County
Grand Jury
Felix McDonald
Bary Davis
McDonald
Angelo Rosegrant
John C. Johnson
de. Kelley
Muench
Recverees
Adolph Fieldler
Justice of the Peace
Maple_wood
Fielder
Kelley
Dr. Kelley
Touhy gang member Ice Wagon Connors shot dead in Chicago
Charles Ice Wagon Connors, a Touhy gang member linked to the John Factor kidnapping, was found shot to death on Chicago's southwest side. Police compared prints to identify him as Connors amid ongoing trials and convictions of other gang associates in the Factor case.
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Chicago
Charles
Ice Wagon" Connors
John Factor
Jay
Pnese
Elkhorn
Wis
Roger Touhy
St. Paul
William Hamm, Jr
Wille Shankey
Albert Ka+tov
Gus Schaefer
Dglise
Edward “Feather
Tom” McFadden
Basil Hugh Fanghart
Isaac Costner
Bugk'’ Henrichaen
Touhy Aids
Defense rests in Factor kidnapping trial in Chicago
In Chicago on March 13 the defense rested its case in Basil Banghart’s Factor kidnapping trial after one alibi witness Miss Ella Costner testified Banghart stayed ten days at her Cosby Tennessee father’s home in late June. She is sister of Isaac Costner and Banghart had turned state’s evidence. The witness placed Banghart at the Cosby residence during Factor’s alleged kidnapping.
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Chicago
Basil Banghart
Touhy
John Factor
Ella Costner
Cosby, Tenn
Isaac Costner
Banghart
Factor
Trapped Seamen Rescued By Cutting Through Ship Hull
SASERO Japan March 18. Rescue efforts intensified as three engine room sailors were saved after drilling an air hole in the torpedo boat Tomozuru which capsized with about 113 aboard. The crew, amid grim rescue work, were brought to a hospital while others remained trapped as divers and engineers labored five hours to cut through hull plates.
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Glen. Babb
Associated Press
Sasero
Japan
Tomoauru
Shéir
Dmy
Watsuta
Washington predicts Senate divisions on treaty and bonus
Democratic leaders split on key issues as the St Lawrence treaty and the $2 2 million veteran bonus dominate Senate strategy. House action on the Bankhead cotton control bill and remnants of grand jury testimony color a busy Capitol ahead of votes and committees.
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Washington
St.Lawrence
Senate
St. Lawrence Treaty
Roosevelt
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