Oklahoma City Horror as Husband Confesses to Slaying Wife
In Oklahoma City the body of Mrs. Eudora Cunningham was recovered from a deep sewer grave after her husband Roger Cunningham, amid a 19 day silence, confessed to strangling her on March 6. He led authorities to the burial site with a crude map and said the motive was overwork and marital discord. The couple lived near the Stokes real estate family in a wooded residential district.
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Eudora Cunningham
Roger Cunningham
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George Goff
E. W. Brown
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Foster High School
Morris
S. R. Cunningham
Oklahoma
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Joel P. Stokes
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Seek Military Alliance With Germany Rumored in Tokyo
Pi circles close to the government in Tokyo report Germany pressing Japan toward a military alliance. Official silence leaves speculation that a pact could be concluded, while public opinion and the government seek to avoid entanglements in European war.
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Germany
Japan
Britain’s Sea Dogs See Germany Kiel Canal as Follies Monument
London reports review of Prime Minister Chamberlain and alliance policy amid criticism after Czecho Slovakia dismemberment. The Kiel Canal expansion is cited as a modern naval strategic folly, linking the Baltic and North Seas and signaling German naval reach.
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Kiel Canal Fortifications and World War II Implications
The piece discusses widening the Kiel Canal to handle 35 000 ton ships at a cost of 50 million dollars over two years, potentially signaling two years of naval peace. It notes Helgoland, its 1890 exchange, and contrasts Versailles open access with Hitler’s later restriction, detailing fortification changes.
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North Sea
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New England
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Kiel Canal
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Weser
Zanzibar
Execution Ordered for Roy Lockard at Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte Pa March 25 The electric chair in Rockview Penitentiary was ordered to proceed for 27 year old Roy Lockard who faced execution after each reprieve failed The governor Arthur H James stated there is nothing else to do and set the schedule for Monday morning Lockard once a WPA worker from Altoona was convicted in 1936 of the spike slaying of three year old Matthew Karmendi amid claims the child tattled about dates His wife Margaret Karmendi is serving a prison sentence for complicity The pardon board had again refused clemency and alienists deemed him unfit for mercy
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Roy Lockard
Arthur H. James
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Altoona, Pa
WPA
Matthew
Sonny” Karmendi
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Karmendi
Altoona
State
James
Avalanche Snaps Fifteen Workers on Lake Bank
Seventeen workers were buried or trapped when an avalanche swept across the Lake region near Toulouse on March 25. Rescue teams worked through the day to reach those affected, with authorities reporting initial injuries and hope for safer conditions ahead.
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Toulouse
France
Tsour in Pyrenees Foothills Reported Perished
Rescue squads reported a tragedy in the Pyrenees foothills with one death and 35 people rescued. Authorities confirmed details after an emergency response operation.
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Tsour
Pyrenees
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