Hauptmann indicted in Lindbergh ransom case
New York and Paris reports detail Bruno Hauptmann facing an indictment for extorting $50,000 from Charles Lindbergh after the famed aviator testified to a Bronx grand jury. Lindbergh, accompanied by Norman Schwarzkopf, presented final testimony as Hauptmann’s bail was set at $100,000. Hauptmann wept in his cell as investigations tied to the kidnap and death of the Lindbergh baby deepen with new leads and arrests anticipated.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bronx County
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Samuel J. Foley
Hauptmann
Francis A. Jamieson
Associated Press
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles A.lindbergh
Bronx County Grand Jury
Lindbergh
Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey State Police
Bronx Court House
Dwight Morrow
Englewood
N.J
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
John
Court House
Grand Jury
John J. Sullivan
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington
Columbus
Sullivan
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Killing Charge Against Estevan Youth
At Estevan King's Bench Court jury trials James Nelson Watson 22 for the murder of Eileen Bailey 17 on March 24. Rupy Bailey 19 testified of a struggle at the farm home five smiles northwest of Estevan and Watson’s attack on her sister after doors were barred. A curved hunting knife lay beside Eileen in a pool of blood. Watson’s lawyer sought an adjournment pending a sanity appeal after a jury found him uncooperative with defense counsel. Justice Knowles granted the adjournment.
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Estevan
Sask
C.P
King’s Bench Court
James
Nelson Watson
Little Eileen Bailey
Rupy Bailey
Watson
Hileen
R. D
Newsome
Justice Knowles
Actress-aviatrix Marjorial Crawford files for divorce
Los Angeles dated September 26 AP reports Marjorial Crawford, actress and aviatrix, filed for divorce from Dapper Danny Dowling, former director. The pair were central to a sensational kidnapping case months earlier, during which she accused Dowling of abducting her to Arizona to force marriage.
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Los Angeles
Arjorie Crawford
Danny” Dowling
Owling
Arizona
Northland Tragedy Report From RCMP
Reports from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police detail a Northland tragedy at Little Buffalo River in the Northwest Territories. Francois Des Noir, a treaty Indian, died in a cabin fire on August 22 while sleeping. Mrs. Virginia Calumet alerted responders but a quick rescue was not possible.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Francois Des Noir
Little Buffalo River
N.W.T
Des Noir
Virginia Calumet
Hairy Hills Bank Robbery Suspects Held in Alberta
In Vegreville Alberta detectives pursue links between four Warwick district men and the Hairy Hills Bank of Commerce robbery. John Pawliuk Mike Olynyk and Alex Lakowski were committed for trial on stolen property charges, Fred Zotek remanded on a vagrancy count after partial identifications by bank officials.
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Vegreville
Alta
C.P
Hairy Hills
Canadian Bank of Commerce
John Pawliuk
Mike Olynyk
Alex Lakowski
Warwick
Gore- Hickman
Fred Zotek
A. L. Miller
Bank
B. Boulter
Végreville
Roosevelt in the Saddle in Roosevelt Era Policy Shift
President Roosevelt moved toward a board based management approach under NRA guidance marking a shift from Johnson’s rapid emergency plan. He emphasized evolution over speed and met with Donald Roachberg to discuss coordinating New Deal recovery efforts as unemployment concerns attracted AFL commentary.
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Washington
A.P
Roosevelt
N.R.A
Hugh
Ss. Johnson
Swift
Eagle
Hyde, Park, N.Y
Donald
R Jnchberg
Imperial Trade Conference urged for next year
The British Chamber of Commerce unanimously urged the government to hold another Imperial economic conference during the King's silver jubilee next year in London. Leaders from the Dominions will attend to review trade, referencing Ottawa agreements of 1982. Britain’s exports to the Empire surpassed exports to foreign nations for the first time.
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London
C.P
British Chamber
of Commerce Today
Dominions
Ottawa
Britain
Provinces Push Lower Domestic Grain Freight Rates
The Railway Commission heard final arguments from British Columbia and Alberta in a bid to cut domestic freight rates for feed grains and mill feeds moving from Prairie points to British Columbia. Alberta's A L Chard urged the reduction apply to all grains for domestic use from Alberta to BC, noting Western rates run higher than Eastern routes, such as Ontario to St John.
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Ottawa
C.P
British Columbia
Alberta
Prairie
Railway Commission
A. L. Chard
Edmonton
Pacific
Ontario
N.B
Canadians Honored Guests in Tokyo Visit
Canadian Secretary of State Co H Gahan and H L Keenleyside with their wives were hosted by Japanese royalty and Premier Koki Hirota. They attended a luncheon and reception, then met Prince Iyesato Tokuyama. Keenleyside sent condolences to Premier Hirato for Japan’s typhoon losses.
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Tokyo
C.P. Cable
H. . Gahan
Canada
H. L. Keenleyside
Koki Hirota
Cahan
Cient
Hirota
Takamatsu-i
Iyesato Tokuyama
Iyemasa
Tokugawa
Keenleyside
Herbert Marler
Hirato
Japan
Marler
Pacific
Mussolini to bar single Italian women from jobs
Italian government under Mussolini enacts restrictions forcing single women to leave work to make men available for marriage. The plan, announced in Rome on September 26, aims to boost birth rates by employing married women and requiring government and private employers to favor married applicants.
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Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Duce
Russia pushes disarmament report to League council
Geneva dispatch says Foreign Commissar Litvinov demanded a council report on resuming the disarmament conference. Apprehension grows that Henderson may blame Germany's withdrawal, risking a rearmament question tied to Versailles. Litvinov sent the proposal in a letter to League assembly president Sandler.
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Geneva
Joseph E. Sharkey
A.P
Russia
Council of the League of Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
Arthur Henderson
Germany
Litvinoff
League Council
Richard Sandler
League Assembly
France and Canada discuss wheat wine exchange pact
In Paris on September 27 Prime Minister Bennett of Canada and French Commerce Minister Lamoureux talked of a reciprocal trade pact. A supplemental agreement may be announced before Bennett departs for London, outlining Canadian wheat in exchange for French wines and tariff concessions.
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Paris
C.P
Exchange
R. B
Bennett
Canada
Lucien
Lamoureux
London
Sturgeon River gold rush crews rush to winter housing
In Agdon River Ont a rush to shelter from looming freeze up drives rapid construction of bunk houses cookeries and log houses near Sturgeon River camps. Rail and air transport face bottlenecks as crews convert tents to huts and officials seek freight and passenger service improvements.
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Leslie Roberts
Aghon River
Casey
Brennan-Kenty
U.S
National Railways
Jellicoe
Sturgeon
Hungarian immigrant Kassai sentenced to hang for Molnar murder
Julius Kassai, 30, was sentenced to hang at Fort Saskatoon jail on December 31 after being convicted of murdering Julius Molnar on Molnar’s farm west of Wetaskiwin on June 9. The body was found June 27 under a manure pile. the crown proved Kassai took and sold Molnar’s horses.
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Wetaskiwin
Alta
C.P
Julius Kassai
Fort Saskatchewan
Julius Molnar
Here
Kassal
Kassai
Justice Boyle
A Kassai
Canada
Hungary
Important Ruling Affecting Roman Catholic School
Ontario Court of Appeal in a majority ruling held Roman Catholic wives of Protestants cannot direct one half of the jointly owned property assessment to support Roman Catholic schools. Justice C A Masten dissented, arguing half ownership is a distinct interest. The appeal involved four Middlesex County cases from London Ontario. Thomas J. Holmes, ratepayer, appealed.
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Toronto
C.P
Ontario Court of Appeal
Court of Revision
London
of Middlesex
HaEich
Supreme Court of Ontario
Thomas J. Holmes
Man remanded after axe killing at a dance
Meas Donald McLean is remanded for murder after a 64 year old woman was struck with an axe during an argument at a dance on May 27. Rezansoff’s defense argues no intent and lack of knowledge of wrongdoing. Crown’s W. M. Graham, K.C. contends moral blameworthiness.
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Donald’ McLean
Rezansoff
Kamsacks
Graham
K.C
Not this is Expensive scam in Tacoma case
Tacoma police arrested James B Beals a 26 year old man posing as a Canadian with extensive Toronto links after a high pressure pocketbook scam. Beals allegedly used a chance meeting with Clifford E Andrews and his father to seek 50 000 in security to cover a supposed 100 000 win. The elder Andrews wired funds and Beals promised a clean up but case remains unsettled.
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Tacoma
Wash
C.P
James B. Beals
Hmself
Toronto
Harold Bird
Clifford Edward Ivan Andrews
Seattle
Beals
Andrews
Arnold
J Andrews
Itralia
Eine Arnold
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Gay
C.p.havas
R. B. Bennett
League of Nations
Philippe Roy
France
Graham F. Towers
New Central Bank
Col. Lindbergh
Europe
Rie
Fetevan Youth
Northland
N.R
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Princess Takamatsu
Prince Tokugawa
Saskatchewan
Bullivant
Hector Lang
McA
Ford
Stewart ‘Ashley
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