Death by Own Action Deepens Tulsa Gorrell Case Mystery
The death of 19 year old Sidney Born by a self inflicted gunshot while seated in his father’s car near the Gorrell murder scene intensifies the case. Kennamer, the 19 year old shooter in the Gorrell killing, is jailed on murder charges. Born had earlier aided Kennamer and Kennamer’s self defense claim. Police note Born’s death occurred within minutes of a failed phone attempt to reach Kennamer, suggesting ties to the ongoing investigation and potential motives linked to the previous slaying.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sidney Born
Kennamer
Born
Young Kennamer
Gorrell
Sergt
Henry B. Maddux
University of Tulsa
Maddux
Young Born
Schultz
Fred Adams
Paul Fowler
Ted Bath
Robert Thomas
Longview
Texas
Young
Guerre destroys slot machines on ferry raid in Louisiana
Brigadier General L. F. Guerre saying he and a department agent smashed six slot machines found operating on a ferry between Destrahan and Luling. The raid follows Senator Huey P. Long’s anti gambling campaign. closures reported from New Orleans to Gretna and Westwego as authorities continue purifying gambling.
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New Orleans
L. F. Guerre
Huey P. Long
Luling
DeStrehan
Long
General Guerre
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Senator Long
Walms
Mass Meeting to Consider Gal Levy in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita parish voters are called to a mass meeting at the parish high school auditorium next Friday at 10 a m to discuss a proposed one cent gasoline tax. Police Jury President John M Breard says the tax funds relief for unemployables and mothers’ aid and warns federal relief could be withdrawn if not levied. He cites total federal relief expenditures for Ouachita since 1932 and notes time is tight with action required by December 17.
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Ouachita Parish
Harry J. Early
Early
Louisiana Police Jury Association
John M. Breard
Breard
Parish High School
New Orleans
Tenpoint Farm Plan Outlined At Federation Meeting
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation presented a 10 point program to the federation urging an honest medium of exchange and a dollar commodity standard to end financial inequality. He pressed farm price equality with industrial prices and urged action to cut distribution costs to benefit farmers. He criticized high tariffs for harming agriculture and warned against money lenders keeping farmers in debt. The remarks were prepared for the federation's 16th annual convention in Nashville Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
O'Neal
O’neal
Farmers Organization
Long to carry salvation plan to Washington
In New Orleans on December 10 senator Huey Long announced he would travel to Washington to push his wealth sharing program as the only plan to save the country. He condemned Hoover and Roosevelt for unmet promises and said critics starved on the streets. He aimed to seek a levy to fund his plan as he pursues the presidency.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Huey
Louisiana
Washington
WDSU
Hoover
Roosevelt
Long
Jinky Prizes Offered In Simple Chance To Win Cash
Everyday readers invited to join Jinky drawings with forty dollars in cash and various merchandise prizes. No cost to enter as oddity and originality judge entries. List of sponsors provided. entries encouraged before Christmas.
Executives' Pay Data Revealed in SEC Filings
Salaries of top corporate executives surged up to 200 percent in some firms according to SEC registration statements. Notable increases include E M Allen of Mathieson Alkali Works holding $86,740, Seton Porter of National Distillers Products at $75,620, and T M Girdler of Universal Steel at $129,372. The SEC weighs extending pay reporting to more top officials amid push to curb excessive compensation.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
E. M. Allen
Mathieson Alkali Works
Daniel K. Weiskopf
National Distillers Products Corporation
Internal Revenue Bureau
Securities Commission
Seton Porter
Otto H. Watkins
Arthur Loasby
Republic Sftel Corporation
T. M. Girdler
B. F. Fairless
R. J. Wysor
Roosevelt to Speak at National Crime Conference Opening
President Roosevelt leads national effort against the underworld as 750 plus detainees await hearings. Attorney General Cummings convenes a four day crime conference with 500 delegates including criminologists judges and lawyers seeking a tighter nationwide program.
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Cummings
J. H. J. Anslinger
The
Treasury
Labor to Strive for Organization in Harlan Coal Fields
Organized labor in Harlan Kentucky girds for a fight to unionize the coal fields after Adjutant General Denhardt warns that military rule could be established if local authorities fail to maintain peace. William Turnblazer of United Mine Workers District 19 vows to seek state or federal protection to enforce wage agreements with operators in the Harlan field.
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Harlan
Kentucky
Adjt
Henry H. Denhardt
Kentucky National Guard
William Turnblazer
United Mine Workers of America
Yugoslavia halts mass expulsion of Hungarians
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia ends the mass deportation of Hungarians today after diplomatic pressure from Britain and France. Prince Paul returned from London where he attended the wedding of Princes Marina and the Duke of Kent, with officials indicating border fighting had been averted.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Great Britain
France
Paul
Peter III
London
Marina
Duke of Kent
Deporta
Winter Sweeps Eastern Section Beyond Cold and Loss
Winter's severe weather hit the eastern United States with gales, snow, and freezing temperatures. The Japanese freighter Victoria Maru sank after losing its rudder and bridge, with the captain and chief officer dead and a third officer missing. In New York City one man died from freezing conditions and a six year old perished in a home fire. Mount Washington logged 20 degrees below zero.
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Associated Press
United States
mid-Atlantic
New York City
New England
Mount Washington
North
France’s Cabinet Approves Fifth War Debt Default Note
Paris December 10 The French cabinet approved default on the fifth war debt to the United States and authorized sending a note to Washington. The move seeks to reaffirm the obligation while explaining the parliamentary stance against payment and the need for a new settlement. Edouard Herriot urged payment and settlement with Washington. Louis Germain-Martin and Pierre Laval were tasked with drafting the note as Laval outlined the framework before leaving for Geneva.
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Paris
France
United States
Washington
Edouard Herriot
Louis Germain-Martin
Finance
Pierre Laval
Laval
Geneva
Night murder shocks small Mississippi town
In Cleveland Mississippi on a Saturday night Mr and Mrs A B Turner were killed in their home. Six year old Aurelius Turner, badly beaten, whispered that a big man did it and later vowed vengeance. The two year old Jimmie slept unhurt as investigators, aided by Memphis detectives, pursued leads led by District Attorney Greek P Rice and Major T B Birdsong.
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Cleveland
Miss
A. B. Turner
Aurelius
Turner
Jimmie
Merline
Greek P. Rice
T. B. Birdsong
State National Guard
Memphis
Tenn
McLean
Rescue efforts continue as well collapses trap worker
Frantic rescue teams worked around the clock after Joseph O Leary, a plumber, became buried in a well in Greystones Ireland. By 1 PM he had been trapped for 41 hours with only his upper body visible and a fresh earth slide blocked the shaft. A priest lowered into the well administered conditional absolution as crowds gathered hoping for a surface rescue.
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Greystones
Irish Free State
Joseph O'Leary
O'Leary
Notre Dame football praised amid war time chatter
In Santa Monica Notre Dame is praised for long passes and big kicks as Father O'Hara and Elmer Layden are hailed as worthy successors after the departure of the coach and president. The column notes war news focusing on Italy and France and criticizes outsiders meddling in European affairs.
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Santa Monica
Notre Dame
Wood From Lindbergh Ladder Linked To Hauptmann Home
A state wood expert matched a rung from the Lindbergh kidnapping ladder with a piece found in Bruno Hauptmann's Bronx home. Prosecutors say the match ties Hauptmann to the case, while defense counsel questions the findings and seeks full particulars ahead of the January trial.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Arthur Kohler
Hunterdon County
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hauptmann
Bronx
Lindbergh
Frederick A. Pope
Kohler
Pope
Hauck
George K. Large
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Trenchard
Good Fellows urged to aid needy families for Christmas
Editor receives letters from children and adults pleading for help from the Monroe and West Monroe Good Fellows. A houseboat family on South Grand Street asks for underwear, bloomers, toys, fruit, and Christmas dinner provisions, hoping for a hopeful holiday they cannot afford.
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Good Fellows
Monroe
West Monroe
South Grand Street
Japanese freighter Victoria Maru beset in mid Atlantic gale
The Victoria Maru lay damaged 500 miles north of the Azores as waves crushed its bridge and disabled its rudder. Captain and two mates were killed, seven crew injured, others aboard as Pacific Trader and Amsterdam stood by to assist. SOS signals and nearby ships rushed to aid once the storm eased.
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New York
Azores
Mackay Radio
Karl Clasen
Amsterdam
American Petroleum Company
Strickeen
SOS
S. S. Washington
Mackay Radio Corporation
Rockland
Radio Marine Corporation
Bremen
Hapag-Lloyd
Albert Ballin
Hamburg
Trans- Atlantic
Kokusai Line
Japan
United States Navigation Company of
Inmates Rescued From Eddington Home Fire
A fire at the Eddington Home for the Aged in Shreveport Louisiana displaced twenty one residents all brought to safety as flames gutted the third floor. John Perrell, 79, suffered shock and exposure and was hospitalized after the blaze damaged the second and third floors.
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Shreveport
Dee
Eddington
John Perrell
Chatelly Hospital
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