Prosecutor Attacks Slayer story Of Intended Assault
Vera Stretz on trial for murder told details of an illicit relationship with Dr. Fritz Gebhardt under defense questioning. She claimed Gebhardt lured her to his room while sick and needing help, then she fled after discovering alleged deception. the prosecutor challenged her version as the case proceeds.
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New York
Vera’ Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
Miles M. O’brien
Gebhardt
Samuel Leibowitz
Dr. Gebhardt
Germany
Mayor McNair confronts House committee over tax plan
Pittsburgh mayor William N McNair interrupted a house ways and means hearing on a new tax program urging restraint as Chairman Doughton pressed him. McNair insisted he had a right to speak and urged Congress to economize ask for leaving money for the community. He warned against taxing shirts off their backs while criticizing the government for taking the first bite of the cherry. The hearing proceeded as McNair departed in anger, vowing to keep speaking out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William N. McNair
Pittsburgh
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-N. Co
McNair
Hitler Angered by French Insult as Talks Move On
Berlin dispatch says Adolf Hitler summoned his cabinet to discuss counter proposals to Locarno powers Rhineland plan. Joachim von Ribbentrop ordered to London to present proposals to Anthony Eden. Hitler furious at Flandin for questioning his integrity. opposition to coordinating with British and French general staffs.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Locarno
Rhineland
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
London
Anthony Eden
Flandin
Germany
Foreign Office
Deutsche Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz
der Fuehrer
Cabinet splits over negotiations in Locarno plan
London reports a seriously split British cabinet over Hitler's reply to the Locarno plan for a Rhineland settlement. Prime Minister Baldwin's government tentatively decided to begin next week Anglo Franco Belgian defense conversations proposed in the Locarno framework, despite Hitler's objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
France
Belgium
Stanley Baldwin
Hitler
Mrs. Vanderbilt Vows to Keep Fighting for Daughter
Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt said she was confident she could find a way to obtain custody of her 13 year old daughter Gloria. She said she would keep on fighting for her child as long as there is a breath left in her body after learning the U S Supreme Court decision on her latest move.
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Cleveland, O
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
U. S. Supreme Court
Huntington Ironton Chesapeake airport site moved to Chesapeake
Huntington Chamber of Commerce officials announced the Huntington Ironton Chesapeake airport will be located in Chesapeake Ohio. Local leaders say the site, announced March 31, reflects regional planning in West Virginia and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Huntington-Ironton-Chesapeake
Huntington
W. Va
Chamber of Commerce Representatives
Chesapeake, O
Congress Debates Stockyards Bill and Tax Hearings
The house and senate discussed stockyards legislation and debated a commodity credit corp capitalization up to 100 million with a deferred action. Committees held hearings on four department appropriations and tax proposals with witness Guy T. Helvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Department
State, Justice, Labor, Commerce
Appropriations
Ways and Means
Veterans Committee
Dea&th
Florida
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ways and Means Committee
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Death claims Mrs. C. M. Price in Logan home
Mrs. May Price age 56 wife of Charles M. Price former Logan filling station operator died at 1271 E Main St at 3 30 a m after sudden illness through the night. Survivors include two sons Lowell Detroit and Wayne Logan electrician mechanic. Burial at Oak Grove cemetery with services at Wayne’s home conducted by Rev R C Babylon.
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May Price
Charles M. Price
Logan
E. Main St
E. O. Pettit
Nathan Pettit
Hocking County
Price
First Presbyterian Church
Venus Chapter
Eastern Star
Wayne
R. C. Babylon
Oak Grove Cemetery
Woodard Funeral Service
WPA projects set to resume after strike impact
Ravenna Ohio March 31 AP Work on twelve of twenty WPA projects closed by a strike was expected to be resumed today according to R E Norton chairman Portage County commissioners and WPA officials.
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Ravenna
R. E. Norton
Portage County
Karpis Search Proves Futile Near Hot Springs
After a day of wonder over Alvin Karpis, federal agents failed in the raid near Hot Springs Arkansas. Kansas highway patrol Lt. Col. Wint Smith and Frank Stone said Smith believed Karpis was there but had left. A man and two women were reported taken from the house but agents did not confirm details.
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Topeka
Kas
Alvin
Hot Springs
Ark
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wint Smith
Frank Stone
Smith
Karpis
Speedy Wind Up Seen for Ohio Assembly Session
Columbus dispatch reports both houses plan to return Wednesday with indications of a rapid legislative pace. If the session ends by week’s end, lawmakers would recess until June 1 when unemployment bills and relief measures await committee reports and consideration.
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Columbus
Business Predicts Best Spring In Six Years
New York March 31 AP America's economic recovery proceeds through the 1936 quarter end, with analysts forecasting the best spring in six years. Despite a harsh winter and floods abroad, steel capacity usage climbs above 60 percent and auto production topples one million in Q1. Electric power use hits a new high, up 10 percent from 1935 and 13 percent from 1929. Building lags but overall activity rises.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
America
Washington
Presen
Auto license tag sales end tonight in Logan
Warning to car owners that today is the last chance to buy 1936 license tags. The Logan Daily News office stays open until 8 30 PM for late buyers, then tags will only be sold until 5 PM. All cars must display 1936 tags to be driven tomorrow.
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Logan Daily News
MISS MILLER NEAR DEATH
Marilyn Miller stage and screen actress showed slight improvement, doctors said, after feared death earlier today. Dr W L Whittemore reported her fever fell from 106 to 104, but she remains very ill and semi conscious at Doctors Hospital with a severe toxic condition.
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New York
Marilyn Miller
W. L. Whittemore
Mayor Pulley’s generosity backfires in Oxford
Oxford Ohio March 31 AP mayor Vernon L Pulley faced a dog licensing boom after giving a license to nine year old Leon Fitzgerald to avoid a dog catcher visit. Since then thirteen more children have visited asking the same question creating ongoing demand and a growing line.
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Oxford
Vernon L. Pulley
Pulley
Leon Fitzgerald
Port Clinton Man Missing After Gang-Venture Shipment
John Zetzer, 35, vanished from his Port Clinton residence after leaving with three men who claimed to be federal agents. L. Cullenen of Ottawa county said no crew was found, relatives fear kidnapping or a gangland ride, no ransom demand reported, federal officials deny requesting Zetzer’s arrest.
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Toledo
L. Cullenen
Ottawa-co
John Zetzer
Port Clinton
Zetzer
Car Collision at Main and Mulberry Streets Involving Adolph Gompf
A wreck occurred last night at the Main and Mulberry intersection when Adolph Gompf's car traveling south on Mulberry and another car traveling east on Main collided. Both vehicles were damaged and no injuries were reported.
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Main and
Mulberry Streets
Adolph Gompf
Death Sentence Carried Out in New Jersey Prison
In a Flemington cell the condemned Hauptmann heard his death sentence. Minutes later he was escorted to the death house at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton for execution.
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Flemington
Hauptmann
New Jersey
Trenton
Soldiers' Home Chief Suspended Four-Week Ouster Drift
Ohio Gov. Martin Davey’s administration suspends Perry L. Null, commandant of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Sandusky, for 30 days with no pay. Mrs Null’s matron post is abolished. Lieut. Col. John C. Velka named acting superintendent as payroll trimmed by 1000 dollars monthly. Null vows to appeal to the civil service commission.
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Columbus
Civil Service
Martin Davey
Perry L. Null
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors
Sandusky
John C. Velka
Ohio National Guard
Null
Civil Service Commission
Hauptmann clemency refused as execution looms in Trenton
The AP reports Hauptmann’s final clemency appeal was denied and execution in Trenton, N J appeared certain. Rumors swirl he may speak to delay the death for the Lindbergh case involving Charles Jr. Hauptmann’s wife clings to hope while officials make no last minute intervention.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Charles, Jr
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anna
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Lindbergh
England
Kamenz
Germany
Paul H. Wendel
Dwight Morrow
Hangchow
China
Constance
Hauptmann Maintains Innocence At Death House
In Trenton on March 31 1956 Bruno Richard Hauptmann facing execution for the Southand Hills crime pleads innocence as the pardons court and Gov Hoffman refuse to intervene. He tells Col Kimberling I am innocent but not afraid to die and spends his final hours awaiting the electric chair.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Southand Hills
Pardons Court
Harold G. Hoffman
Flemington
Col. M
Kimberling
Hartmann
Col. Kimberling
Germany
Hauptmann
Hauptmann Faces Death In Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Case
Bruno Hauptmann awaits execution in Trenton as the 1936 case nears its end. The Brunswick carpenter, convicted of the Lindbergh baby murder, faces the electric chair at 8 o clock after eighteen months of appeals. A possible last hope rested on a new trial petition to Justice Trenchard, but doubt remained. Governor Harold Hoffman’s actions loom as the final gate.
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Dale Harrison
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hissel
Folten
Haroldman
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Florenz Ziegfeld
Allman
Ohio Penitentiary
Preston E Thomas
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