Asheville Negro Attorneys Claim Duress Confession Not Admitted
In Asheville, Aug 20, Martin Moore testified he was beaten with a rubber hose by a tall man before confessing to killing Helen Clevenger in her hotel room. Moore, six foot three and subdued, described a fat man who used his fist during the arrest and claimed fingerprints on a lampshade. His attorneys fought to exclude the signed confession alleging forced admission, while the prosecution pressed to admit it. Helen Clevenger’s father fainted when Moore took the stand and was helped from the courtroom.
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Asheville
N. C
Martin Moore
Don Phillips
Helen Clevenger
Moore
Eliff ‘Tom Brown
J. F. Clevenger
Graten Island
N. Y
Helen Glevenger
Nettles
German war ships en route to Spain in warning ultimatum
German naval reinforcements of seven warships head to Spain after a curt Nazi ultimatum to Madrid. Berlin reports orders to respond to untoward incidents with force, following a protest over the German steamer Kame run. Admiral Carl, the fleet commander, wired the Spanish government fleet commander with the directive.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Madrid
Kamerun
Spain
Carl
Drought group moves north toward Chadron Neb
The president's drought committee led by Morris L. Cooke proceeds 300 miles north from McCook Nebraska toward Chadron. They visit Senator Norris in Wisconsin by telegram after finding him away, while Rexford Tugwell calls at a cattle ranch in western Kansas en route. Governor Herring of Iowa is mentioned in connection with President Roosevelt.
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M’cook
Neb
Drouth
George Norris
Nebraska
Morris L. Cooke
Norris
Wisconsin
Chadron
Kansas
State Lake
Rexford Tugwell
Floyd Cook
Leche Frees Five Convicts in Clemency Action
Baton Rouge Louisiana five convicts were released by Governor Richard W Leche on the recommendation of the state pardon board. Recipients include Dan Carrier Tangipahoa life for murder commuted to time served, Thomas Cook Tangipahoa life for murder, Arthur L Jones Orleans embezzlement two to nine years pardoned, Neville Vezinat Evangeline life for murder pardoned, Augustine Morris Washington manslaughter four to twelve years commuted to time served.
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Baton Rouge
Overnor
Richard W. Leche
State Pardon Board
Dan Carrier
Tangipahoa
Thomas Cook
Arthur L. Jones
Orleans
Neville Vezinat
Evangeline
Mura
Augustine Morris
Washington
J M MYATT NOT CANDIDATE FOR CLERK OF COURT
J Morton Myatt general manager of the News Star and Morning World says he is not a candidate for Ouachita parish clerk of court. He cites full time duties at the newspapers and gratitude for supporters while hoping to continue serving the public through his papers.
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J. Morton Myatt
News-Star
Morning World
Ouachita Parish
Myatt
Crop Surety Plan Goes to President at Hyde Park
Louis J. Taber of the National Grange presented a federal state crop insurance program to President Roosevelt in Hyde Park, costing about 25 million annually. Taber noted constitutional limits and potential state amendments, contrasting costs with ongoing charity aid. He cited a severe drouth in many regions and a political drought elsewhere, with Governor Landon’s tentative support.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Taber
Alfn Landon
Kansas
Landon
White House
Fred Freestone
Grange
Wallace
Drouth
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Congress
Locomotive Converted Into Morganton Police Station
Morganton North Carolina police chief Fons Duckworth finally has a police station after buying a retired hydroelectric loco cab for five dollars. He remodeled the cab into a tiny headquarters at a busy intersection with a phone, sergeant’s desk, and other up to date equipment.
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Morganton
N. C
Fons Duckworth
Duckworth
Cantor Protege in Court Tangle
Eddie Cantor and his 10-year-old protégé Bobby Breen faced a lawsuit in Hollywood Superior Court. Joseph Hyman seeks an accounting of Breen’s earnings, a 10 percent commission, and $10,000 in damages. He alleges a management contract with Breen’s parents, Mr and Mrs Harry Borsuk, formed in February 1934.
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Hollywood
Eddie Cantor
Bobby Breen
Joseph Hyman
Superior Court
Bobby
Harry Borsuk
Men doggedly seek to reach buried miners near Moberly
Shifts of three men fought through grimy debris at a Missouri coal mine to reach four miners trapped since Tuesday after a fire collapsed the vertical main shaft. rescuers faced gas, dwindling air, and shifting debris as they continued through the night with hopeful, cautious progress.
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Moberly
Missour Fert
Indictment Sought in Murder Case of Trammell in Chicago
Cook county grand jury reportedly voted a true bill charging Rufe Swain 27 year old black man with murdering Mrs Mary Louise Trammell 24 a former Knoxville stenographer in her near north side hotel room Saturday night Assistant State's Attorney Morris Meyers said he would seek a murder indictment and Swain allegedly confessed The notebook found on a hotel fire escape linked to another slaying and may reference Berkshire Hotel while police investigated Florence Thompson Castle's killing with a brick earlier in June
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Chicago
Cook County
Rufe Swain
Mary Louise Trammell
Knoxville, Tenn
Near North Side
Morris Meyers
Near South Side
Meyers
Swain
Florence Thompson Castle
Berkshire
Heat Welcomed in Some Sections Across Deep South
New Orleans August 20. Heat favors cotton planters in Greenville Mississippi by suppressing leaf worm pests and boosts discipline for Arkansas convicts with shorter work hours. A death from heat prostration was reported of Harry Smith 56 near Memphis Tennessee. Arkansas crop damage linked to heat is estimated at 15 million dollars. Scattered showers and no relief were expected in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee.
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New Orleans
Greenville
Miss
Arkansas
Deep South
Harry Smith
Memphis
Tenn
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Soviet police mop up terrorists in Moscow trial of conspirators
Moscow reports say Russia's secret police arrest more suspects linked to a mass murder plot aimed at killing Stalin and overthrowing the government. The trial of 16 confessed conspirators includes two ex government leaders and testimony about plans to exterminate Ogpu agents. Trotzky calls the proceedings humbug from Norway.
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Moscow
Russia
Isaac Reingold
Gregory Zinovieff
Leon Kameneff
Joseph Stalin
Ogpu
Secret Police
Stalin
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
Norway
Dryfuss
Reichstag
Louisiana Seeks Fingerprints From All Residents
Baton Rouge Louisiana August 20 The state department of criminal identification and investigation seeks fingerprints from every resident. W D Atkins head of the department urged all to visit the office to record their prints as a precaution for identification in accidents memory loss or other contingencies of a machine age. He said unidentified persons are found daily and rapid identification would be possible by matching prints with records.
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Baton Rouge
State Department of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Louisiana
W. D. Atkins
Olson F an ill Governor grows weaker at Mayo Clinic
Rochester Minnesota August 20 Governor Floyd B Olson Minnesota's Farmer Labor executive is critically ill with a stomach ailment and is growing weaker with increasing difficulty in feeding Mayo clinic physicians disclosed at 3 a m central standard time today
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Rochester
Minn
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor
Mayo Clinic
Hamburger mishap lands Powell in pickle of a night
Hollywood report recounts actor William Powell's 3 am hamburger mishap. After leaving the studio for Libelled Lads, he drove onto a front yard, tearing through a paper sack and oily wrapping, then ripped off his costume in frustration.
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Hollywood
William Powell
City Hall
Rassling
Strange creed ties lovers in Johnson murder case in LA
In Los Angeles on August 20 41 Raymond E Johnson and Michi Takaoka are linked by an alleged shared creed in a preliminary hearing for the murder of dancer Michi Takaoka and assault on rival William Bachand. Johnson sister Marion Taylor testified they were deeply religious, though not churchgoers. Bachand had wooed the victim before her throat was cut on August 11 on her Los Angeles lawn.
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Los Angeles
Raymond E. Johnson
Michi Takaoka
Bachand
Military bloc by Mussolini plans appear to unite nations
Rome august 20 premier Mussolini plans to display a central European military bloc comprising Italy Germany Poland Austria Hungary and Albania during annual war maneuvers at Avellino starting next Tuesday. Germany and Poland may send missions for show while true cooperation is unlikely to be substantial.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Albania
Avellino
I Duce
Hull Expected to Be Sent 10 Peace Parley
Washington August 20 President Roosevelt will likely designate Secretary Hull as the U S representative at the all American peace conference in Buenos Aires. Sumner Welles is named Hulls chief aide with the conference set for December 1. Hulls role focuses on advancing the Roosevelt good neighbor policy and fostering inter American understanding.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
United States
Buenos Aires
Sumner Welles
Tennessee
Montevideo Assembly
Drouth Cuts Down Roosevelts Crops at Warm Springs
At Warm Springs Georgia President Roosevelt faces a poor farming season as drought devastated 12 acre vineyard and much of the 2 250 acre Georgia farm. Otis Moore, manager, says rains barely saved a hay crop and a fifth of potential yield may be harvested.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Georgia
Drouth
Otis Moore
Moore
Last Minute Briefs Across North America
United States Commissioner Wacker said John A. Bartenback will undergo a mental examination before a federal grand jury. In New York Jimmy Donahue Woolworth heir enters serious theatrical business. Knight of Columbus resolutions urge U S condemnation of Mexico on church treatment. A Miss Lamborghini, 18, attacked by seven greyhounds is rescued by Officer Gannon. Nevada mining hopes rise on a potential million dollar strike near Black Rock with George B. Austin tied to a producing mine. A Navajo lament on white rule discussed after Senate Indian affairs hearing.
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Philadelphia
United States
William S. Wacker
John A. Bartenback
Roosevelt
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Black Rock Desert
Here
George B. Austin
Multiple US cities report on legal and film industry events
Kenton county officials inform John Mortjoy that he will not be arraigned tomorrow after a habeas corpus stay granted by Federal Judge Church Ford in Lexing ton. In Hollywood Samuel Goldwyn returns to his desk and orders his schedule expanded. In Los Angeles a court hears a showcase order over 215 million dollars in assets from Pacific Mutual Life Insurance to a new company.
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Covington
Kenton County
John
Pete) Mortjoy
V. Church Ford
Lexington
Hollywood
Calif
Samuel Goldwyn
New York
Los Angeles
Germany issues ultimatum over ship search near Cadiz
Germany warned Spain that its warship commander would use all means to prevent the alleged search of vessels bearing the swastika. The protest followed reports that the Kamerun was stopped outside Cadiz's waters. Rome reports Italy delaying 1914 class demobilization and ordering 200,000 troops into wargames at Avellino to show a strong front.
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Associated Press
Germany
Reich
Kamerun
Cadiz
Berlin
Rome
Italy
Aveliine
Sterilization Ruling Flayed by Prosecutor in California
In San Francisco a prosecutor blasted a judge's dismissal of conspiracy charges against two doctors in the sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt. Assistant District Attorney August Fournier vowed to appeal and pursue related extradition and detainer moves while noting a $500,000 damage suit remains.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Herrces’ Paother
California
August Fournier
Mrs. Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Fourtner
Raglan Tuttle
Miss Hewitt
Tulane University Instructor Dies in New Orleans
Dr. M Earle Brown, 50, professor and head of Ophthalmology at Tulane, died yesterday at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. Co director of the Eye Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, he served in the Navy medical department during World War I and was once coroner of Jefferson Parish. He is survived by his widow Leah Perez.
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New Orleans
M. Earle Brown
Tulane University
Touro Infirmary
Navy
Jefferson Parish
Leah Perez
Paolino Uz cudun Reported Killed by Spanish Firing Squad
London Aug 20 Reuters reports from Madrid that Paolino Uz cudun, the Spanish prize fighter, and several others were killed by a government firing squad at Ponta Vedee radio station. Earlier reports of Arcadun death had circulated without confirmation.
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London
Reuter
Today
Madrid
Ponta Vedee
Paolino Uzcudun
Arcadun
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