Wait A Minute You Kidnapper How Ransom Shaped a Career
A fragmentary feature argues on the fate of kidnappers like Machine Gun Kelly and others. It details how ransom funds funded crimes, legal costs, and futile flights, noting specific cases such as Urschel, Waley, Hamm, Stoll, and the grim outcomes of Thurmond and Holmes. The piece reflects on the dangers and ultimate punishment for those who snatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoe
Verne Sankey
Verne Bea
Denver
Cole
Chicago
Kelly
Gen
Charles F. Urschel
Harmon Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Waley
William Mahan
Ma” Barker
William Hamm
St. Paul
Robinson, Jr
Thomas
Alice Stoll
Louisville
Madmar
Roosevelt Newlyweds Tie The Knot In Nahant
John Roosevelt and Anne Clark wed at 12:11 pm in a flowered altar ceremony officiated by Rev. Endicott Peabody. The crowd of 300 at Nahant club toasted the couple over champagne and temperance punch, then left for a Brooklyn apartment retreat after a luncheon and reception.
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Endicott Peabody
Groton
Roosevelt
Anne
John
Mendelssohn
James Roosevelt
Nahant Club
Fredric Tudor
West Indies
Chapagne
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
F. Haven Clark
Brooklyn
Harvard
Isi
Boston
Joan Clark
Joan
Truck Question Before Solons
The prospect of three more weeks at the capitol with little to do is noted as administration bills remain for action. Committees hold bills to ban sit down strikes and to place civil service employees in labor, welfare, and hospital departments. Abandoned plans include limiting charges by the Louisiana Public Service Commission for investigations. Final House action Monday night will cover minor bills on state police dismissals and mineral rights leases for levee-board lands, plus Senate bills affecting Shreveport firemen’s pension board and penalties in the state printing law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
State Departments of Labor and Public Welfare
Louisiana Public Service
State Mineral Board
House
Senate
Shreveport Firemen’s Pension Board
Germans Extend Terror Campaign in Nazi Germany
A government statement claims police target social and criminal elements while Jews face protective custody in a broad crackdown. Reports describe mass Jewish roundups near Weimar and decrees by Heydrich. Cologne and Berlin show antisemitic signage, boycotts, and looting incidents as Nazi squads terrorize shops and homes.
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Buchwald
Weimar
Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
Heinrich Himmler
Greater
Germany
Frankfurt
Cologne
Vienna
Munich
Katzbach Street
Red
100th Birthday Father On Piney Woods Farm
A 99 year old New Orleans dad, Eugene LeFevre, plans to celebrate Father’s Day on his farm near Covington. He rises at 4:30 AM, hosts his two sons, 13 grandchildren, and 16 great grandchildren, and will mark his 100th birthday next April 30. He maintains self reliance by cooking, plowing, raising poultry, and caring for animals.
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New Orleans
Piney Woods
Covington
Eugene LeFevre
LeFevre
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Burnett West Monroe
The 66 year old Mrs Nancy Burnett of West Monroe died in a Monroe hospital early Friday. Her funeral was held Saturday at 9 30 am at National Funeral Home with Rev E L Tanner officiating. Interment followed in Riser Cemetery Prairie Road. She is survived by three sons Emmett Oscar and Willis Burnett. A note on the sensitive plant describes its reaction to touch folding its leaves and eventually reopening after continued disturbance.
Congressional campaigns open amid debt and reform talk
Senate leaders Barkley and Snell warned agencies to keep hands off campaigns and vowed prosecutions under corruption acts. They contrasted New Deal gains with Hoover era debt, arguing debt is manageable and benefits flow to communities. Snell cited 13 million unemployed and weak business indices while urging action to avert railroad collapse and slumping cotton prices.
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Barkley
Congress
Snell
Roosevelt
Hoover
America
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Chinese flood control system damaged as floods threaten major rivers
Amid severe flooding in Henan and Anhui, Chinese conservation officials fear the Hwai river tributaries will not carry heavy flood waters. The inundation risks extend toward Lake Hungtze and the Yangtze via the Grand Canal, with experts warning of possible record-breaking floods. A separate note mentions oil exploration rumors at Louisiana State University and a salt dome indicating potential deposits.
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China
Hwai
Henan
Anwhei
Lake
Hungtze
Grand Canal
Yangtze
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Navy program signals to world powers in talk of policy
The piece argues that U S foreign policy, centered on a strong navy, aims to shape public opinion and deter aggression by Italy Germany and Japan. It notes diplomacy hinges on allied support, a possible shift in world conditions, and a visible fleet showing resolve to defend China and other peaceful enterprises.
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Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
China
Hull
Italy
Germany
Japan
Atlantic
Panama Canal
America
Roosevelt
Plan Permanent Works Program trial era critique
The WPA survey deemed the plan inadequate to counter major low mood caused by employment instability and idle labor. It notes normal cycles of business, tech change, and a rising labor supply of about 500,000 annually, likely continuing for some time. The report warns unemployment will remain a serious issue and was sent to Harry Hopkins via Corrington Gill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Division of Research
Harry Hopkins
Corrington Gill
Farm payments speed up under soil program and relief aid
Officials said payments to crops including wheat cotton tobacco corn for soil-building compliance under a 50 million dollar soil conservation program should start in the fall. Twenty five million to sugar cane and beet producers from last year will begin within weeks. The surplus commodities program will spend 75 million dollars on surplus farm products next year, and the Farm Security administration will add 175 million for rural relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Farm Security Administration
War and money troubles arise
Contained report from the era notes Chamberlain's policy aims with Germany and Austria, including a German compromise offer on Austrian state loans. It covers British plans for clearing payments to German exporters, the Berlin Jewish purge, Sudeten German issues, and Goebbels statements on Czech provocations. It also mentions Spain’s war impact, ship owner protests, and a Bavarian sighting of a border incident. A German town features a large cigar museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Chamberlain
Walther Funk
Germany
Austria
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Praha
House of Commons
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Thomas Thurmond
John M. Holmes
Thurmond
Holmes
WARP
A Wilkins
City Bank
John Roosevelts
Roosevelt-Clark
Malcolm Lang
Russellville
Ark
Committee On Prohibition and Law Enforcement
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
D. D. Dowell
Nahant
Mass
General Assembly of the Church
Helena
Solons
Easy Home Furniture Company
DeSiard St
Monroe, la
Sindee
Auto Antennas Glade Bone
Massey Service
Betty Wagner
Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Betty
Ohio State University
Columbus
Congressional Campaigns
Kennebec
Meine
U. S
Geza Aczes
ARDIS
Shreveport
Spain
Bunde
Wenee
Gulf Coast Military Academy
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Eastern Colleges
Member
Association Military Colleges and Schools of United States
G.R. Ober & Son
South Grand
Catalpa St
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