Hauptmann Faces Tuesday Execution Amid Pardon Tug
A New Jersey battle over Bruno Hauptmann's fate unfolds as Governor Hoffman convenes the state pardons court after a purported confession is disclosed. Prosecutors plan to counter the claim while the governor weighs legal rights to another reprieve before the Tuesday night date.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Court of Pardons
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Pardons Court
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
Haupt
Dale Harrison
Associated
David T. Wilenta
Hauptmann
Mark ©. Kimberling
Court of Errors and Appeals
Mercy Court
Arant
Hoffaman
United States Supreme Court
Basa
News and Notes from 1936 The Pioneering and the Courtroom
Arthur Brisbane surveys emerging biotech ideas from Haldane to Pincus including ectogenesis and all female offspring. He praises Pittsburgh's grit after disaster and recalls Miss Tallulah Bankhead in court as Vera Stretz testifies about Gebhardt's death amid marriage tensions.
Texas Centennial Emissary To Give Noe 10-Gallon Hat
Special emissaries of Governor Allred depart Dallas with invitations to three governors for the Texas Centennial exposition. Governor Futrell of Arkansas will receive a ten gallon hat from former Governor Neft of Waco in Little Rock. Walter Cline of Wichita Falls will present a hat to Governor Noe at Baton Rouge, and Jeff Stinson will present a hat to Governor McAlister in Nashville.
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Dallas
James V. Allred
J. Marion Futrell
Arkansas
Pat M. Neft
Waco
Little Rock
Walter Cline
Wichita Falls
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
James A. Noe
Baton Rouge
Cline
Amite
Jeff Stinson
Lafayette, Tenn
Hill McAlister
Nashville, Tenn
Williamson Addresses Farmers at Alexandria
Cotton farmers from seven central Louisiana parishes heard Norris C. Williamson president of the Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association outline the union's program and the duties members owe to the organization. L. D. Brown, head of the local office, called the meeting in Alexandria on March 28.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association
L. D. Brown
Elssser
Norris C. Williamson
Gerton Votes Today on Hitler Regime
Berlin March 28 Germans face a monolithic vote to approve Reichsfuehrer Hitler's policies with no option to oppose or choose alternatives. The single ballot requires an X in the circle or invalidation, as Hitler argues the policies restore Germany to strength and status among nations.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
League of Nations
Paul von
Conner Enters Senate Race in Mississippi in 34 Words
Former Governor Sennett Conner formally entered the U S Senate race in Mississippi to challenge incumbent Pat Harrison in the August Democratic primary. He issued a brief statement asserting the people desire a new senator and will file his application.
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Jackson, Miss
Sennett Conner
United States Senate
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
United States
Rumblings of Democratic discontent threaten tax row
Democratic leaders hear rumblings over Roosevelt budget program as calls for restraint grow. President Roosevelt urges Congress to hold appropriations to budget figures or face higher taxes. Letters go to Sen Glass and Rep Buchanan with copies to Harrison and Doughton. Lamneck moves to attack new tax proposals on the House floor.
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Roosevelt
Congressional
Senate
House
Glass
Virginia
Buchanan
Texas
House Appropriations
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Lamneck
Ohio
Thompson
Sinois
Youthful killers admit 3 slayings in Chicago
Police said Durland Nash and Robert Goethe, both 19, confessed to aiding in the mercy slaying of Dr. Silber Peacock on January 2 and implicated Emil Reck in the December killing of Peter Pagor at a tailor shop. Nash also accused Reck of killing Ellen Anderson during a robbery last October 19.
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Chicago
Silber Peacock
John Horan
Horan
Durland Nash
Robert Goethe
Emil Reck
Peter Pagor
Nash
Reck
Ellen Anderson
Eight Die as Train Hits Bus in Georgia Village
Byron Georgia March 28. O B Lineberger operator of the Byron Telephone exchange said eight believed killed and several injured when a southbound passenger train struck a bus at a crossing in the business section. Five ambulances from Macon aided in rescue and removal of victims. Police and medical personnel were at the scene. The bus reportedly carried 11 or 12 people.
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Byron
O. B. Lineberger
Byron Telephone Exchange
Lineberger
Macon
Middle
Georgia
Exclusive Phantom Sniper Probed In Atlanta Streets
In Atlanta a rifle sniper activity expands from an industrial area to an exclusive residential district on East Lake Road near Bobby Jones Golf Course. Police pursue a suspect called Preacher linked to the Arnold murder as a grand jury indicts Robert Bloodworth. Detective Nahlick says three more targets include a noted bootlegger.
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Atlanta
East Lake Road
Bobby Jones
J. T. Mitchell
Robert Bloodworth
Leddus Arnold
Leo Nahlick
Arnold
Nahlick
Police Chief Killed Trying Stop Fleeing Car
Chief of Police Alex Russell aged 72 died when he attempted to halt a sedan pursued by Marion county officers on a fast and reckless driving charge. The car overturned near Bridgeport Alabama, deputies reported one occupant arrested and two others at large across Tennessee and Alabama.
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Pittsburgh
Alex Russell
Marion County
T. E. Coppinger
Jasper
Bridgeport
Ala
M. C. Thomas
Jackson County
Tennessee
Alabama
Chattanooga 13 Hit By Floods
The Tennessee River flooded low areas in Chattanooga causing 65 families to move and 600 workers jobless as two factories closed. Refugees crowded schools and soup kitchens opened while health officials prepared disease safeguards. National Guard available if needed. The river rose to 22.9 feet at Bridgeport and exceeded Guntersville’s flood levels.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
City Department of Streets and Sewers
Nashville
J. H. Ballew
National Guard
Guards
North Alabama
Bridgeport
Guntersville
Son of Ex-Dictator Sentenced for Insult in Spain
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of the late dictator, was sentenced in Madrid to two months in jail for insulting the chief of police after his arrest on March 14 as authorities moved against the Spanish Fascist party. He defended himself at a jail hearing, amid post-election disturbances that led to the party being outlawed.
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Madrid
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
Primo de Rivera
Spain
Il Lcra
Bowes Unit 14 Arrives for Parlor Program in Monroe
Major Bowes Unit No 14 arrives from Greenville Miss for shows at Ouachita Parish High School at 3 30 and 8 30 today and Monday. Governor Noe will escort members, declare Bowes honorary governor, and extend greetings from Twin Cities. publicity aims to boost Monroe as northeast Louisiana’s trade center.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Edward Bowes
Greenville
Miss
Ouachita Parish
L. B. Faulk Post
G. B. Cooley Sanatorium
Unit 14
James A. Noe
Major Bowes
New York
Twin Cities
Noe
Arnold Bernstein
C. C. Bell
Louisiana
Bowes
Patriotic address at Vicksburg meet of veterans descendants
Richard F. Locke of Glen Ellyn HL urged unity at the first grand assembly of the patriotic society of descendants and participants in the Vicksburg siege and defense. As commander in chief of the Sons of Union Veterans he led a joint reunion of blue and gray at the Vicksburg battlefield. He urged Americans to act in a common cause for the common good.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Richard F. Locke
Glen Ellyn
Grand Assembly of the Patriotic Society of Descendants
Locke
Sons of Union Veterans of
Music contest winners named at Louisiana junior event
Junior members of the Louisiana Federation of Music clubs held a statewide final at Central Grammar School auditorium on Saturday at 9 am. A public meeting followed at Hotel Virginia with a juniors luncheon at 1 pm. Frances Leavell presided. Vincent Ober spoke. Winners announced at lunch include Class A piano solo Lee Slagle Monroe first place.
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Louisiana Federation of Music Clubs
Central Grammar School
Hotel Virginia
Frances Leavell
Vera Stretz Ready for Sharp Questions in Trial
Vera Stretz, 32, the former secretary who shot Dr. Fritz Gebhardt, head of a German export firm, August 12 last year, faced stiff questioning by state attorneys after being returned to her cell in the women's detention house. Her lawyer Samuel Leibowitz tried to shield details of the romance at issue.
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New York
Vera Stretz
Samuel Leibowitz
Fritz Gebhardt
Gebhard
Leibowitz
Italian Troops Seize Key Caravan Hubs in Eritrea
Italian forces occupy two major caravan centers in north western Ethiopia as they advance toward Gondar. Socota, about 45 miles west of Lake Ashangi, and Debrarech, 50 miles from Gondar, serve as vital trading junctions linking northern provinces to central Ethiopia.
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Fthigyia
Socota
Lake Ashangi
Debrarech
Gondar
Laka Tani
Blue Nile
Ethiopia
Sixth Annual Cooking School Opens Tuesday at Neville High
The sixth annual cooking school sponsored by the Morning World and the News-Star will open at Neville high school auditorium at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and run each afternoon through Thursday with an 8 o'clock finale Thursday night. Mrs. Kate B. Stafford will again lead demonstrations, bringing her reputation as a dietician and home economist to the program. The event promises novel attractions and attendance likely to exceed prior years as housewives from across northeast Louisiana gather for practical cooking demonstrations and culinary activities.
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The
Morning World
News-Star
Neville High School
Kate B. Stafford
Louisiana
Neville High Auditorium
Stafford
No Menace Held for New Orleans in Eastern Flood
New Orleans March 28 United States Weather Bureau meteorologist W F McDonald said the Ohio river eastern flood posed no menace to New Orleans or nearby areas for now. The survey shows New Orleans about four feet below flood crest expected mid April barring major weather change. Western tributaries below Cairo are unusually low and water is just enough to fill the river channel.
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New Orleans
W. FL McDonald
United States Weather Bureau
Ohio River
McDonald
New Orabang
Mississippi
Cairo
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Texas Centennial
Williamson
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Conner
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Marie Blackwell
Canton
Brenau College
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