Money madness and roads loom in 1930s Nevada dispatches
A CPS column cites 1909 and 1932 fears of decline from materialism and crime, quoting Governor Haney on patriotism of peace. It notes Clarence Darrow’s crime eradiation talk, suggests applying it to Lindbergh’s kidnappers, and reports Arrowhead Highway improvements in California Nevada crossroad areas with oil and gravel surfacing replacing concrete on Reno Carson segments. Las Vegas to Los Angeles drive noted.
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Las Vegas
Frank J. Haney
Indiana
United States
California
Halloran Summit
Mountain Pass
Cajon Pass
Hoover Dam
Los Angeles
Ralph Thomas
Vegas
Reno
Carson City
Bishop Talks to Rotarians in Las Vegas Meeting
Al Cahlan president elect of Las Vegas Rotary presided for the first time in McNamee’s absence. Al Corradetti directed the day’s program and Rev. Arthur S. Kean introduced Rt. Rev. Bishop Thomas Jenkins who delivered the day’s address. McNamee Ed Clark and Charlie Ronnow attend district convention in San Francisco.
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al Cahlan
Las Vegas
Zack Miller Pleads Not Guilty After Ranch Attack
Newkirk Oklahoma May 13. (U P) Col Zach Miller wild west showman who rose from a sickbed fired a shotgun at the floor and chased two attorneys from his 101 ranch before pleading not guilty to assault charges. He is free on bond pending trial. The shots halted a receivership sale of ranch properties. On business trip Walter Houck leaves today for Los Angeles.
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Newkirk
Okla
U.P
Zach Miller
Miller
Reichers 19 saved by Captain Fried in Atlantic rescue
Lou Reichers, an American pilot flying from New York to Paris, was forced down in rough Atlantic waters off Ireland. Captain George S. Fried and Chief Officer Harry Manning led a lifeboat rescue from the S S President Roosevelt, saving Reichers after his monoplane Liberty was crippled. The event heightened Laurels for Fried and Manning, veterans of prior rescues, as Reichers reached safety aboard the liner.
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United Press
Lou Reichers
New York
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
S. S
Roosevelt
Ireland
Ocean
Rough Reichers
America
George S. Fried
Harry Manning
Fried
S. S.florida
S. S. Antonoe
Manning
President Roosevelt
Hamberg
Reichers
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Dublin
Fastnet
Cape Clear
Baldonnel Airdrome
le Bourget
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jantie
American Tragedy girl pledges aid for Frank Newland
In Los Angeles a 17 year old Lois Wade vows to testify for her jailed sweetheart Frank Newland who was sentenced for a statutory offense and attempted murder linked to an abandoned well incident. She plans to appeal to the parole board and says the fault lies with both, while Newland's wife Iane supports him.
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Los Angeles
Lois Wade
Frank Newland
Miss Wade
Iane
Theodore Dreiser
Oddie Romes Fund Favored by Senate Tasker L. Oddie Bill
Special to The Age Washington May 13 Sen Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada won committee approval to report favorably on his highway bill. It authorizes 125 million dollars for federal aid, 12.5 million for forest roads, 3 million for public domain road projects under the Oddie Colton act, and 7.5 million for national park highways for fiscal years 1934 and 1935.
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Washington
Sen Tasker L. Oddie
Nevada
Post Offices and Post Roads Committee
Oddie-Colton
Former S F Chief of Police Here
Jesse B. Cook, once San Francisco police chief and later police commissioner, is in Las Vegas for a few days. He recalls leading during the earthquake and his eyewitness account in Argonaut Magazine. Now he serves as general manager of the safe deposit department at the American Trust Company, San Francisco.
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Jesse B. Cook
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Dupont Street
Cook
Market Street
Argonaut Magazine
Safe Deposit Department
The
American Trust Company
Zipper Bags And Electric Fever As Asthma Cures
New Orleans May 13 Doctors at the American Medical association convention describe zipper bags and electric fever as new asthma treatments. The patient is anointed with oil wrapped in blankets, placed in a bag, electrodes attached, and a 104 degree current maintained for about eight hours under observation.
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New Orleans
American Medical Association
Kidnap Plot Revealed In St Petersburg Florida
Police announced two men were arrested after a plot to kidnap the six year old daughter of Rev. David M. Garner, general chairman of the Southern Baptist convention, in session there, and demand $30,000 ransom on the convention floor, was frustrated. The local kidnapping plan followed a resolution of sympathy for Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
David M. Garner
Southern Baptist Convention
PLC
Charles A. Lindbergh
Schaaf Edges Gross In Tight Garden Bout
Ernie Schaaf of Boston narrowly defeats Philadelphia's Jack Gross by ten round decision at Madison Square Garden in a contest watched by about four thousand. The bout remained even through eight rounds before Schaaf's body attack dominated the ninth, with one judge scoring a draw and boos greeting the victory gesture.
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Stuart Cameron
United Press
Madison Square Garden
New York
U.P
Ernie Schaaf
Boston
Jack Gross
Philadelphia
Gross
Garden
Eddie Farrell
Joe Humphries
Schaaf
Rob
Youth Buried But Is Saved In Narrow Mine Hole
Tamaqua Pa May 13 Patience saved Milton Frantz a 20 year old youth trapped in a sitting posture for 22 hours as a mine hole collapsed after a rain weakened wall. A cast iron plate wedged above him kept him from being buried while rescuers widened the shaft with acetylene torches and air pipes. He endured until freed and taken to Coaldale hospital with no ill effects.
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Tamaqua
Milton Frantz
Frantz
Coaldale Hospital
L D S Dance Ready At Eagles Hall Tonight
Final preparations complete for one of the season’s largest crowds as the L D S dance goes on tonight at Eagles Hall with all arrangements in place.
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Eagles Hall
Lindbergh Faces Cremation of Infant Body in Trenton
Col Charles A Lindbergh endured a brutal ordeal as he viewed the mutilated form of his son and then watched the body cremated at Linden Rose Hill crematory. He stood calm yet pale, asking the prosecutor to confirm the child’s identity before returning to the undertaker. Police then moved crowds away as the hearse carried the casket to Linden for cremation.
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Linden Crematory
Lindbergh
Col
Henry C. Breckenridge
Col. Lindbergh
Erwin Marshall
Rose Hill
Linden
Lena Tucker Fined In Municipal Court Case
Lena Tucker of 211 North Second Street was fined $100 for possession of intoxicating liquors when she appeared before Judge W G Morse in municipal court yesterday morning. The fine was paid and she was released.
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Lena Tucker
North Second Street
W. G. Morse
Entriloquist Dummies Used In Collect
In St Paul on May 13 Kenneth Spencer used his two ventriloquist dummies to demand a $15 debt from Gilman. A crowd gathered as he argued across the street about morals and finance, blocking traffic until police ordered him away. He threatened to repeat the stunt if payment wasn’t made.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Kenneth Spencer
Gilmaz
Spencer
New Bay
Davis
Gill Man
Gilan
Akron Moored To Wait Safe After Turbulent Crossing
Sunnyvale California May 14 The navy airship Akron is safely moored after a difficult cross country run. After a 12th attempt she reached the mast at 7 07 p m PST on Friday. Commander C E Rosendahl ordered her kept aloft until gas cooled to reduce buoyancy then she dropped in. Officials will decide if she will join the fleet at sea while spectators view the giant craft and restock helium gasoline and food.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
U.P
United States
Navy
San Francisco Bay District
C. E. Rosendahl
Akron
Peace Parley Again Called in Tokyo and Shanghai
May 13 dispatch reports Kenkichi Yoshizawa, chief of Japan's foreign office, calling a peace conference to ease foreign suspicions of Manchurian moves. He says the 14th army division is sent to Manchuria to set conditions, and expresses hope for the Shanghai round table's success. Chaplin arrives in Kobe on a world tour appearing fully covered due to illness in Singapore.
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Tokio
U.P
Manchuria
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
England
France
Italy
Yoshizawa
Japan
Shanghai
Black Cat on Friday 13th Almost Destroys Race Car
Indianapolis Memorial Day 500 practice sees Chester Miller of Detroit driving a Hudson special at 105 mph when a black cat crosses his path on the bricks. Miller spins into a concrete wall but escapes unhurt and expects the car to be rebuilt in time for the race.
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Black Cat
Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Chester Miller
Detroit
Miller
Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Case Brings New Leads From Two Negotiators
Police questioned Dr. John F. Condon of New York and John Hughes Curtis of Virginia after they provided details from the kidnappers who negotiated for Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. The Q and A revived the hunt, with Condon receiving a ransom note symbol and later meeting an emissary in Woodlawn cemetery to verify the child’s status.
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United Press
Hopewell
N. J
U.P
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Polce
John F. Condon
New York
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
New Jersey
Condon
Curtis
Sourland Mountain
Bronx
Joan F. Condon
Lindberghs
Jassie
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Lindbergh
Bronx Home News
Dr. Condon
Col. Lindbergh
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San Francisco Bar Association
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Zack Miller
Walter Houck
U. S
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Rober G. White
Islands
Charles H. Fair
Captain Fried
Oe E. Brown
Funny Man
Hollywood
L.A
Roy
Newland
Oddie Roms Fund
S.F
Hgat
Otto
H. Allen Smith
Trenton
Charles A. Lindberch
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