Search shores for new clues in Peter Levine kidnap slay
On May 30 about 100 police and volunteers searched shores along Long Island Sound near New Rochelle for clues to the Peter Levine kidnapping murder. The boy's body, found last night with a wire bound torso, raised hope and fear as investigators pursued leads and ransom notes amid a changing death scene.
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New Rochelle
Peter Levine
Long Island Sound
Willer
George Reifenberger
Rre Or
Muymereneck
Beret
Amos
Squire
Ter
Bolrcal
Peter
Mur
Squier
Sistant
Walter Ferris
New York
Transer
Foud
Weather showers forecast in Virginia and Kentucky
Occasional showers expected tonight in Kentucky and Virginia. Temperatures fluctuate with uncertain change. Virginia likely cloudy tonight and Tuesday with intermittent rain chances.
Bird-Slayers May Face Prison Term for Mass Shooting
Tupelo police destroyed 800 martins over three days chasing a migratory bird ban. Federal game project official C G Smn notes the Supreme Court upholds a ban with penalties up to $500 fine or six months per offense.
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Tupelo
Yin
Rose C. G. Smn
Federal Game Project
Congressmen Ask For Session End
Congressmen want to go home by June 11. Senate Leader Barkley expected progress on the relief bill by midweek and said only wage hour, deficiency, and a few odds and ends remain before adjournment. Southern senators push for geographic wage differentials to spare southern industry.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House
Roosevelt
Harrison
Mississippi
Efferder
Louisiana
Joint Conference Committee
Secretary of Labor
Teaders
Memorial Day Reflections Across a Nation Divided
Memorial Day observances at Arlington honor fallen soldiers as Civil War relics mix with current national tensions. Gen Robert E Lee’s Virginia home stands near solemn headstones once decorated by Grand Army of the Republic veterans now aging or gone. Senator David T Walsh of Massachusetts was selected for the main address as GAR traditions wane.
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Eddy Gilmore
Arlington National Cere
Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army
Grand Army of the Republic
America
GAR
David T. Walsh
D.mass
John A. Logan
Air attack report from Kyushu and Hankow leaflet flight
Dispatches report two unknown planes over Kyushu triggering an air raid warning. Earlier May 20 two Chinese warplanes from Hankow flew 2,500 miles to drop leaflets around Nagasaki and Sasebo, then returned to Hankow to a hero’s welcome from Chinese leaders.
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Tokyo
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Japan
Western
Hankow
Nagasaki
Sasebo
China
Fukkuoka
Imperial House
Hankaw
H. H. Hung
Ho Ying-Ching
Mankaw
Kung
Contempt Shown By Bund At Convention In San Francisco
Hundreds of sympathizers for Adolf Hitler gathered for the Pacific German American Bund convention in San Francisco. Police, led by Chief William Quinn, faced 2,000 anti Nazi demonstrators as four people were arrested for peace disturbances. The opening session featured Nazi salutes, German music, and banners while leaders claimed the movement’s greatness.
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San Francisco
Adolf Hitley
William Quinn
California Hall
Henry Sage
Herman Schwinn
Los Angeles
NLRB Testimony Sought For Trial in Kentucky Case
London Kentucky May 30 The third week of the suntians and trial of 44 Marion countians and 20 Harlan coal mining corporations in anti union conspiracy charges opened with government attorneys ready to renew a request for admission of Federal Labor Relations Board testimony as evidence. The government argues NLRB witnesses may claim immunity but if they do not they waive rights to challenge use of testimony in future proceedings. Prosecution seeks records from Ben Unthank chief Field agent for the Harlan County Coal Operators Association George Ward association secretary former Sheriff Theodore R Middleton and George Whitfield executive of the Claver Fork Coal Company.
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Ken White
London
Suntians
Marlan
Harlan
H. Church Ford
NLRB
Ben Unthank
Harlan County Coal Operatorssociation
George Ward
Theodore R. Middleton
George Whitfield
Claver Fork Coal Company
Six Men on Trial in Flogging Case at Tampa
Six men face trial in Polk County on kidnapping and flogging charges stemming from the 1935 Tampa incident. Five former policemen had previous trials and a murder acquittal. Avlie Nam of Orlando has not been tried before. Judge John Moore will preside the today trial moved on a defense request.
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Shoemaker
C. A. Brown, Jr
Sam &. Crosby
John P. Bridges
K. W. Switzer
C. W. Carlisle
Supreme Court
Robert Dowell
Avlie Or ‘Nam
Orlando
Polk County
John Moore
West Palm Beach
Ride the Range Philadelphia Horses Escape Captain Scene
Patrolmen Tony Eckeray and Ralph Clerk demonstrated lariat skills as they chased five horses that escaped from a riding academy in Philadelphia. They roped and guided the animals back to safety, showcasing a rodeo style maneuver on city streets. Meanwhile a separate report notes that Britain's cost of living on April 2, 193k was about 54 percent higher than July 1914, per the Ministry of Labour Gazette.
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Philadelphia
Tony Eckeray
Ralph Clerk
Great Britain
Ministry of Labor
Early recovery of missing mail loot eyed after raid
Frank WN. Littlejohn chief of detectives in Charlotte says investigators expect an early recovery of most of the $79,000 still missing from the $105,000 Charlotte mail truck robbery. Federal agents will search the area this week with a possible Thursday visit to Tennessee to locate more cash. A $38,000 sum was found near Newport, but no additional money emerged. Rufus Costner, jailed on conspiracy charges, led officers to a cliff where part of the loot was buried, and promised to guide agents to more caches.
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Xnoxville
Frank WN
Littlejohn
Charlotte
N. G
News-Sentinel
Tennessee
Newport
Lawn
Oga
Rufus Costner
Knoxville
Little Pigeon River
Costner
Government Wins Point in Harlan Conspiracy Trial
London Kentucky May 30. Government wins a point as Federal Judge H C Church Parr allows fortner Marks coal miner to testify he moved to Tennessee choosing not to return to Harlan county in the probe of the Harlan Ixbor conspiracy. Burglars captured after wrecking an automobile near Canton Canton library zone. Eight drowned as cloudburst washed a cabin down a creek in Manchester Kentucky. Missing child Shirley Woodburn found slain near her home in Cincinnati. Police Major Gustav Lorenz says she was ravished.
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London
Jackson
Mies
A. IS. Crawford
Canton
Mi Pe
Manchester
Loly Thompson
Cincinnati
Shirley Woodburn
Gustav Lorenz
Crop toll taken in local showers
County Agent G C Baker says Sulivan county rainfall over four weeks caused several thousand dollars in crop losses. Truck crops like tomatoes and potatoes damaged more than staples. Wet soil raises cutworms and harms corn. McKellar Airport tallies over three inches this month. last night 0.27 inch. Yesterday’s high 78.3 and low 60.4. All Year Club estimates Eastern tourists bring $24,000 per hour into Southern California trade tonight.
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G. C. Baker
Sulivan
Baker
Weather Bureau
McKellar
Angeles
All Year Club
Southern California
Southern
California
Gun battle leaves two officers dead in Cook's Valley
Bruce Barker was shot five times and died instantly near Clifton Shoemaker's briar thicket while attempting to arrest the fugitive. G M Frazier died of a heart attack about 15 minutes later as deputies pursued Shoemaker, who was captured two hours later near Bristol. Shoemaker and his father were arrested on murder and harboring a fugitive charges.
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Bruce Barker
George M. Frazier
Cooks 'Valley
Here
Clifton Shoemaker
Allie A. Shoemaker
Barker
Frazier
Shoemaker
W. L. Frazier
Fleay Hicks Farm
Bristol Highway
Reedy Creek
Virginia
Anderson Anderson
Anderson
Nashville
Hittie
Bristol
Shoe Maker
Johnson City
Cook's Valley
Obligation to Duty Ends in Tragic Death of Constable Frazier
The gun battle at Kingsport ends with Constable Georges MM. Frazier dying from a heart attack shortly after a fatal shooting of a fellow officer. Despite warnings of danger he joined the posse to arrest fugitive Shoemaker at Cook's Valley, then returned to the courthouse where he agreed to accompany officers. Frazier, known for unwavering duty, had previously been wounded in a similar pursuit years earlier, lingering in ill health before his death.
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Georges MM. Frazier
Kings- Port
Constable
Shoemaker
Cook's Valley
Frazier
Court House
Fraxier
Kinney Wagner
Sullivan County
Holston River
Wagner
Constable Frazier
Frasier
Treasure-Seeking Youths Sought On Missing Yacht Tira
In Santa Cruz California three youths aged 16 to 17 reportedly vanished with a diesel powered yacht named Tira after acquiring navigation books food and charts from the public library. Naval ships and aircraft were ordered to scour the sea for the missing trio and the vessel as authorities pursue a rumored pirate treasure bust.
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San Pedro
Celit
P—Nevy Ayes
Tira
Santa Cruz
Calif
Claude, C. Bloch
U. S
Cyama
Honolulu
Panama
Yyle Tara
Willian Grace
James Henninger
Santa Crus
Lew K. Foote
Foote
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John A. Moroso
Reitenberger
Id Cent
Murray Levine
Island of Japan
Brian Thicket
Tewis Heretic
Constable Barker
Inter
Constable Barter
George M. Brazier
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Iron Cape Hatteras
Atlantic City
Nantucket
Crump
Browning
Memphis
Shelby County
BE. H. Crump
Gordon Browning
Tennessee State Police
Crime Commission Act
State Board of Elections
G. M. Frazier
George Frazier
Pacific
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