Hauptmann Testifies in New Jersey Kidnapping Case
Bruno Hauptmann testified in Bronx Supreme Court describing his memory of the night of March 1 1932. He recalled taking his wife home, attending a bakery, and staying in his Bronx home until 5 p.m. before returning to the Bronx. His wife corroborated some timing but could not confirm his exact whereabouts. The defense pressed memory gaps while prosecutors asked about checks tied to the Majestic hotel and the ransom box.
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Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Brox Supreme Court
Be General
David T. Wilenz
New Jersey
Ganiterny
Hauptmann
New York
Bruno Bigrant Hauptmann
Supreme. Court
Ernestammer
Supreme Ce
Lindbergh
King
Arma
Bronx
Howne
Ames M
Fawcett
David ‘I. Wilentz
Althor Hauptmann
Majestic
Payni
Reliance Property ‘Management
cTp
Sixth ‘Avenue
Redericksen
Marell
Henry Stuckman
Aweett
Bavarian Protestants Defy Nazi Church Authority
In Bavaria a near unified Protestant front pledged to oppose Nazi church leaders. An estimated ninety percent of pastors and laypeople backed deposed Bishop Hans Meiser, opposing Reichsbishop Ludwig Mueller. Meiser’s followers gathered despite police threats, with officials warning children must not attend services under protective arrest.
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Munich
Germany
Bavaria
Hans Mei_ser
Reichsbishop
Ludwig Mueller
Meiser
Musser
Fifth day of Stoll kidnapping widens state search
Louisville notes a broader statewide effort as Alice Speed Stoll remains missing from Lime Kiln road. Justice agents work at top speed amid cautious optimism. Officials hold no firm outlook on alive or dead status, while ransom funds move toward Nashville. Local officials report intensive activity shifting away from the Stall estate.
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Louisville
Alice Speed
Basiz
Louisville Safety
Dunlan Wakefield
Wakefield
Neville “Miller
Stall
Nathan
Stoll
Nashville
J. Edgar Hoover
Division of Investigation
Hidaener
Weeping crowds greet royal coffin in Yugoslavia
Across Yugoslavia thousands line rail route from Split to Belgrade to pay last respects to Alexander. A royal train bearing the coffin travels through towns where crowds mourn with candles and wreaths as the body lies in state for two days before the funeral.
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Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Split
Marseille
Dubrovnik
Alexander
Belgrade
Fire losses decrease in Kansas in September
AP report shows Kansas September fire losses fell to 188,893 dollars from 3342,000 the previous month. Lightning blamed for many starts. Topeka saw zero losses while the state total reached 3,104,494. County damages listed at 109,656 across 14 fires.
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Topeka
Hungarians face dire mine hunger strike deep in pit
In Pees Hungary 1200 miners entombed 106 hours demand 8 gy weekly pay rise to 3.50. Parliamentarian Jangs Estergutyos reports miners are crazed and threaten death by action or mine destruction. Government fears troops and foreign ownership stake. wives send bread but miners refuse.
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Pees
Hungary
Jangs Estergutyos
Sistergatyos
Estervos
Mine Workers Union
Lamson Case Uncertain After Supreme Court Ruling
San Francisco October 15 AP. California supreme court set aside David A I Lamson's conviction for wife murder at Stanford campus home Memorial Day 1932 and death sentence. District Attorney Fred Thomas said outcome of retrial depends on new evidence and state action after study of ruling. Lamson's attorney Edwin V McKenzie argued the decision demolishes key evidence making retrial unlikely.
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San Francisco
David
A.i Lamson
California” Supreme Court
Santa Clara
Fred Thomas
San Jose
Supreme Court
Sepaties
Lamson
McKenzie
Stock Market Index Report From Saturated Trading
A brief stock market item notes a 90-stock index at 714 on Saturday. Dr E O Morris listed as chiropractor with office at 91748 Maas and phone 711- Ady.
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Maas
Ady
Seeing Pretty Boy Floyd Near Topeka Park
Topeka police were alerted after Gordon Clark, a Gage Park attendant, reported spotting a man resembling Charles Floyd in a Ford V-8 sedan with an Illinois plate at the park entrance about 10 AM. A radio alert shut down west and south routes as officers pursued leads across Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Iowa amid Floyd sightings linked to the June Kansas City massacre.
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Gage Park
Charles
Pretty Boy Floyd
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En- Lynhee
Floyd
Gage Boulevard
Wopekay
Dover
Eskridge
Council Grove
Konte
Maurice Je Leonard
United States
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Iowa
Batte
Central
Minsouri
Outlin
Arkansas
Oklahoma Hills
Cxr
Leonard
Merington
Junction City
Manhattan
Emporia
Ottawa teens report trio in mask demanding food
A farm house near Ottawa Kansas reported by Tom Boyles and Roscoe Ward that three armed men, one with a machine gun, visited around midnight Saturday. They showed likenesses of Pretty Boy Floyd and others, ate potatoes and bacon, and warned them not to tell anyone.
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Kan
Tom Boyles
Roscoe Ward
Here
Boyles
Ward
Charles
Pretty Boy
George
Baby Face
Nelson
Chicago
Henri Cheron
RFC Extends Washington Loans Five Years Where Possible
Extension policy issued by Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, urges leniency for borrowers and allows extensions up to five years from next January where security holds. Debt payments are coming in faster than RFC lending, encouraging use of current funds for other needs and longer debt stretch.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Jesse “H." Jones
RFC
REC
Airport activity report at Lawrence municipal airport details storage and fuel
Lawrence city commission received September reports from airport manager Louis Coghill showing seven planes in regular storage and four others at various times, plus nineteen passengers and ten departures. About 500 gallons of gasoline were sold. State highway maintenance funds of 261.75 were received, covering 4 188 miles of roads at 250 annually per acre. Rental of about 20 acres of land from the old water plant to Pall Arnall was approved with restrictions. Fire department ladder truck tires purchased from Fritz Co at 36.15 each, higher bids noted. Commission adjourned for Thursday morning with election clerks and judges to be named.
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Lawrence
Louis Coghill
State Highway Department
Pall Arnall
Fritz Co
Carter
Skelly
Raw Tire Co
O’co
Lone Star Camp talks energize Rotary audience
Rotary members heard Lieut. Lansing in charge of the Lone Star CCC camp and F O Miller describing youth labor in camp construction. The project includes 27 buildings, earth filled dam 1538 feet long, riprap, and new utilities. Officials praised volunteer work, camp aims, and community cooperation as plans proceed. Opened by local chamber leadership with Art Weaver as chair and Clift Ramsey handling preliminaries.
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Lawrence
Lone Star Farmers
Chamber of Commerce
Art. Weaver
Clift Ramsey
Bone Star
Uncheon
Lieut
Lansing
CCC
F O. Miller
Altlo
Guarter
Forestry Department
Prohibition Rally Draws 2500 At Kansas University
An audience of 2500 heard Homer Rodeheaver and Erwin Branson at a Keep Kansas Dry rally in the University of Kansas auditorium. Branson spoke on youth and prohibition and urged non voting youth to support the repeal fight. Rodeheaver contributed musically as the Kansas State Christian Endeavor Union led the event amid offerings to support the anti repeal campaign.
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Homer
Redéheavor
Billy
Kansas Dry
University of Kansas
Branson
Erwin Branson
Rodeheaver
Kansas _ State Christian Endeavor Union
Kansas
Third Suspect Captured in Roundup of Assassins
Paris October 15 AP police captured another suspected member in the Marseille assassination roundup near Melun Fontainebleau forest as Swiss authorities pursued the elusive "Mector" Kvaternsky. Sylvester Malayoaling Zilni was seized by two civilians and a road outside Melun after being identified at a tobacco shop for charrettes. Forest perimeter tightened as gendarmes search.
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Paris
Volice
Marseille
Melun
Fontainebleau Forest
Geneva
Mector
Sylvester
Malayoaling
Zilni
Fontainebleau
Malay
Malny
Fontainebleaus
Johnsons Name Drops From the NRA Payroll
Johnson leaves the NRA payroll after 16 months in public service as the private life returns. He previously led an agency under Roosevelt and may become a labor industry adviser. He is recovering in Walter Reed Hospital from a sinus infection as Frances Robinson departs with him.
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Washington
S. Johnson
NRA
Industrial Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Johnson
Walter Reedy Hospital
Frances Robinson
Robbie
Fire damages Kansas City stockyards cattle losses
A blaze at the Kansas City stockyards caused 55000 in damage and killed 20 cattle. Origin undetermined, the fire destroyed pens and chutes covering about a city block. Eight fire companies from Kansas City Mo and Kan fought the flames for two hours. two firefighters were slightly injured.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas’ City
Mother Saves Two Sons From Kansas City Fire
In Kansas City Kansas Cit area early today a mother, Lilian West, 36, carried her nine year old twin sons Marvin and Merrin West from a burning home on the first floor as smoke awakened her. The house was destroyed and the mother escaped with both children unharmed.
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Kansas Cit
Marvin
Merrin West
Liltian
West
Emoke
Ran’ Dowen
Kansas Bank Deposits Still Increasing
Topeka report shows deposits in state and private banks rose to 137,208,887 by September 12, up from 119,820,969 a year earlier and 154,498,182 three months prior. Legal reserves stood at 38.1 percent, above 37 percent three months earlier and 36.6 percent a year ago.
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Topeka
H. W. Koeneke
Koeneke
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Airmail Case
The Supreme Court refused to review a Transcontinental and Western Air challenge to Februarys airmail contract cancellations. Lower courts ruled the government cannot be sued without consent, a decision that stands. The court also declined to review Al Capones bid for freedom from Alcatraz.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
Alcatraz Federal
Effort to Revive Executed Criminals Nears Governors
Berkeley scientist Dr Robert E Cornish seeks permission from Arizona Colorado and Nevada governors to revive executed criminals for scientific study He has revived a clinically dead dog and argues revived convicts could choose a life term in fetters The proposal hinges on consent from the prisoner attorney or relatives and would grant freedom only if revived
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Berkeley
Cal
Arizona
Colorado
Nevada
Robert E. Cornish
Cornish
Seek more cattle aid to weather drought in Kansas
Kansas officials urge the federal government to increase distressed cattle purchases to 100,000 head beyond the present quota. Governor London and aides say feed supplies are improved but insufficient to carry about 5 percent of the usual cattle population through winter, with J H Mercer and Harry H Umber supporting the request.
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Topeka
London
Chaster
Davia
Mercer
Kangas ‘Livestock Association
Ger
Drouth
Kangas
Wreck Near Topeka Claims Hutchinson Woman
An automobile crash on highway 10 near Topeka killed Mrs Wilda Hartin of Hutchinson and injured five others. The wreck, involving a Terraplade sedan driven by W Harris, sent six people to hospital as Mrs Carrier and her family traveled from Topeka to visit relatives. The cause remains uncertain as the car struck a culvert and rolled down a 10 foot embankment before stopping. Mrs Harris’s body was to be sent to Hutchinson tonight for burial.
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Hutchinson
Seriou
Grace Carriot
Nick
Carcier
Carrier
Joe
Luther
Harri
Harris Wis
Topeka
Harris
Exhibit opens on third floor corridor walla display
An exhibit titled Pioneers Cowboys Indians and Western subjects opens today in the city schools department. It runs for two weeks from 2:30 to 10 each afternoon with viewing hours listed. Reproductions show improvements in technique and the presence of original painting markings for comparison.
One Killed in Parsons Auto Crash
An early report details a deadly collision six miles west of Parsons Kansas with one man killed instantly and six others injured. Stansbury Neodesha driver of one car died instantly. James Saylors of Parsons was seriously injured. Florence Hallaway 19 of Tyvale was severely hurt and rushed to Parsons hospital. Lloyd Cole and Ruby Finley of Tyvale suffered minor injuries, Zephry Cannon and George Adams also injured with minor cuts. Saylors suffered a skull fracture and possible eye loss.
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Parsons
Kan
St. Franklyn
I. Stanabi Ney Zi
Frank’ Stansbury Neodesha
James Saylors
Florence Hallaway
Cnes
Tyvale
Stansbury
Parsons Hospital
Lloyd Cole
Ruby
Finley
Che Tyvale
O Bury
Sxyl Zephry Cannon
Altamont
George Adams
Sayleys
Weather forecast for Kansas with scattered showers and cool
Readable fragments describe a Kansas weather forecast with scattered showers, cooler conditions in west central areas, and partial cloudiness. Mentions include morning and noon periods, dirt roads, and today’s maximum and minimum temperatures. Includes stray classifieds note about selling or renting items.
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Kansas
West Central
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