Lindbergh in disguise attends Hauptmann hearing
In a Bronx courthouse, Colonel Lindbergh, disguised as a detective, observed Bruno Hauptmann as he pleaded not guilty to extortion charges tied to the Lindbergh case. District Attorney Foley announced the meeting after Hauptmann’s arraignment, noting Lindbergh’s discreet presence and Hauptmann's silent response. The judge adjourned the session with bail discussions continuing, and a next hearing date set by the district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Dichered
Bronx
Bruno Hauptmingnn
Samuel J. Foley
Hauptmann Iit
Brons County
Owl
Lindbergit
Bine
Osiid
New Jersey
Elavater
Tindbergh
Charles Brodie
Atlommey
Weoley
Tvde
Ing
Wve
Goldaivabergh
Eguney Patterseny
Antmiann
Nathanic Nci
Gad Tanweent
Pefonse
Querie of Justice
Paweett
Britteot
Corer
Jur
Patterson
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Weather notes indicate cooler conditions in Tennessee with tonight near frost risk and potential light drizzle in western areas. North portions may see showers, while inland sections trend fair and warmer, with low temperatures around historical averages. A reference date notes daily highs and lows from the previous day, and mentions expected patterns for the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Wai
Driday Fair
West Port
Vingenta
Cosier
North Portion
Ridaerally
Survivor testimony claims no alarms aboard Morro Castle
Ann Behling of Philadelphia, Morro Castle survivor, tells federal inquiry no alarms sounded as fire broke out. Her letter read by Dickerson Hoover says she woke at 2:980 am to smoke, saw flames through her cabin porthole, and that no officers were heard or engaged in fighting the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sept
Mise
Ann Behling
Philadelphia
Morro Castle
Misa Behting
Dickerson N. Hoover
Slekter
Leray Wamsn
An Dety
Ny Ang
R. Willmott
Alana
Roosevelt forms board to probe textile union charges
President Roosevelt names a 6 member board to investigate claims that textile mill owners discriminated against workers involved in a recent strike. Walter P. Stacy chairs the panel with Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley and James Mullenbach joining. The group can investigate disputes, refer cases, and hold secret elections for bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Steel Labor Board
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Henry A. Wiley
James Mullenbach
Chicago
Roosevelt Sloan Hold Conference Over Textile Settlement
President Roosevelt conferred with George A. Sloan president of the Cotton Textile Institute about a report on settlement terms for the textile code. Sloan said the cotton code authority finished a two day session in New York and would release the report once compiled. Francis Gorman urged workers to trust the new board and refrain from strike action pending the board’s decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
Code Authority
Sloan
Cotton Code Authority
New York
Francis. Gorman
Nithhold
Thadines
Plan for food distribution details to be worked out
In Nashville on Sept 27 a committee led by Middle Tennessee PRRA administrator Colonel Simpson said grocers and officials have tentatively agreed on a plan for distributing relief food. Details will be set by a grocers’ committee after a conference with grocers. The grocers called the meeting satisfactory but objected to using military commissaries and asked for changes to gain state approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashvills
Nouday
Er L Simpson
PRRA
Robert Fehr
Middle Tennessee
Survey Made in Sullivan Co
A government survey of Sullivan County authorized by the county court in cooperation with the Tennessee Taxpayers Association has been released. Largely compiled by William C. Brooks and two TA staff assistants, the 180 page mimeographed report states it is not an audit. Edited by V R Ponder, it uses county records without external verification and is interspersed with classic quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Tennessee Taxpayers Association
William C. Brooks
The
V . R K. Ponder
Tennessee
Injunction Asked In TVA Dispute Over Knoxville Plan
A federal suit filed in Knoxville seeks an injunction to halt the sale of Tennessee Public Service Company properties to the Tennessee Valley Authority and to stop the city from using a 2400 federal loan to build a municipal distributing system served by EVA power. The action, brought by Mrs. W. G. Ruble and other preferred stockholders, names local attorneys J. A. Susong and Jorney Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
United States District Court
George Taylor
Tennessee Public Service Company
Power
Tennessee Valley Authority
EVA Power
Morristown
W. G. Ruble
Morristown Tenn
J. A. Susong
Greeneville
Jorney Johnston
Kiwanians Meet for Convention in Chattanooga
Kiwanians from the Kentucky Tennessee district gather in Chattanooga for their 1934 convention. W. G. Foster forecasts at least 900 members plus spouses. Henry Heinz to deliver keynote. Activities include golf, bridge, mountain music, and a Friday program with officials introduced. Saturday covers officer elections, resolutions, and choosing a 1936 convention city. Speakers include J M Bradner and John J Sparkman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Signal Mountain
Kentucky-Tennessee
W. G. Foster
Stahlman, Jr
Nashville
Stahlman
Henry ©. Heinz
Ed D. Bess
Heinz
J. M. Bradner
John J. Sparkman
Porter to Run Again in Louisiana Supreme Court Primary
Lake Charles La Sept 27 P District Judge Thomas F Porter an anti Long leader said he would run again for the Louisiana supreme court from the third district in the second primary set for October He will face Lieutenant Governor John B Pourenol Long candidate Porter vows a vigorous campaign in the third district as Long campaigns for his pick Justice Winston Overton had died leaving re election unopposed Porter previously claimed the first primary null and void under Long influence prompting a second ballot October 9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Thomas F Porter
P. Long
Louisiana Supreme Court
John B. Pouren¢l
Long
Porter
Sewisx
Winston Overton
Tuake Charles
W. Carruth Jones
Baton Rouge
Supreme Court
Jones
Senator Long
District Committee
FDR Maps Plans for NBA Setup in Fireside Talk
President Roosevelt scheduled a national fireside chat to outline the New Deal’s path for fall and winter. The White House kept the talk’s core topic secret but NRA future and business leadership will likely be raised while avoiding a direct reply to the Chamber of Commerce questions on spending and currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Nation
White House
NRA
United States Chamber of Commerce
Trunk murder probe narrows to Goodrich couple
Detroit police focus on M W Goodrich a 26 year old trap drummer and his red haired wife Florence after Lillian Gallaher 11 was found beaten strangled and crammed in a trunk. Neighbors recalled the couple seen in Detroit as recently as Tuesday as investigators pressed the asylum case and followed leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
M. W. Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
Goodriches
Hunt
W. Goodrich
Florence
Gakaher
Lillian
Asylum
Hobo Declares He Did Not Take Girl
William Streithorst, 30, jailed Tuesday night over six year old Dorothy Distelhurst’s disappearance, faced possible return to Nashville as investigators probe his movements at the time. Federal agents joined the probe, focusing on Kingsport where Streithorst was arrested amid the sensational case. They hoped his statements would shed light on the Nashville child’s disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rule
William Streithorst
Dorothy Distelhurst
Nashville
Streithorst
C. G. Crawford
Eges
Tennessee
Kingsport
Streithurst
Textile workers protest arrests in Shannon Georgia
A Shannon Georgia delegation of textile strikers was expected in Atlanta to protest arrests of US strike leaders, described as radicals by National Guard officers. More than 50,000 of Georgia's 60,000 textile workers were back on the job as leaders faced charges, while mills across the state reported varied operation levels and ongoing discrimination complaints from union organizers.
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Atlanta
Shannon
National Guard
Morrion
Soul
Srnghton
Morrison
Lindley Camp
Georgia National Guard
Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia
S. A. Hallinan
Macon
J. Ralph Gay
Adams-Swirles
Atlantic Mills
Bibb Manufacturing Company
Youth Laughs At Doctors In Averting His Death
Cambridge, Sept 27 A youth identified as John TL Bauer 21 of Pittsburgh walks into Cambridge Relief Hospital and laughs at doctors efforts to save him saying he self administered a poison with no antidote He predicts death between 8 30 this morning and 1 30 this afternoon and tells physicians they are wasting their time as they pump his stomach Bauer a former Carnegie Tech student says he prepared the poison and will die He slept fitfully and smoked constantly while berating the doctors efforts to treat him
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Cambridge
Mass
JPI
John TL. Bauer
Anderson Road
Millgate
Pittsburgh
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Carnegie Tech
Bauer
Relief Hospital
Peter Cernado
Notson
Carlos Cériogola
Harvard
Althi Suspect Held Over Distelhurst Kidnapping Case
Kingsport Tenn officers hold suspect in connection with the kidnapping of Dorothy Distelhurst, 6, of Nastiville Tenn. Dr John C Ogaryan says the suspect Streithorst worked under him on a refinery project in Sept and had been in custody for two weeks prior. Distelhurst disappeared September 19.
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Mobile
Alu. Seyi
Will
Jalsy
Willian Streithorst
Kingsport
Tenn
Dorothy Distelhurst
Nastiville
Tennessees
John C. O'Garyan
Arabile Physi
Streithorst
Thansiens Burean
Ben
Distalhorst
Ogwynn
Streit
Jus Hinther
Brooklyn
Brocklyn
New Orleans
Algiers Naval Station
Tureau
Shaw
Refuting Claims on Nashville Trip by Streithorst
Streithorst denied to Chief Crawford and Federal Investigator Chambers that he was ever in Nashville. He admitted traveling from Jackson to Chattanooga and claimed routes via Birmingham to Jackson then to Chattanooga, later visiting Grist and Abingdon before Kingsport. Police doubt his Nashville stay while noting his map shows Birmingham to Jackson to Chattanooga then Knoxville and Abingdon, with a shift in marital status disclosed.
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Streithorst
Crawford
Robert Chambers
Nashville
Tennessee
Jackson
Chattanooga
Pirminghom
Alm
Chattanooeg
Distelhurst
Kingsport
Grist
Abingdon
Birmingham
Knoxville
Johnson City
Bristol
Surcithorst
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Lindbergh IN Disguise
Hauptmann
Lindy
Ruth Hooker
Princeas
Piedmont
Manassas
REW
Sullivan Co
NICE
Republican Choice For Service Co
TVA
Maryland
Baltimore
Ritchie
Marry W. Niece
Covernor Ritchie
Republican Party
United States
Long Man
Hobo
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