Death of Thelma Todd Mystery Baffles Investigators
Thelma Todd, 30, famed blonde actress, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in her Hollywood garage. The car ignition was on and the door ajar while her maid found the body. Police question how she ended up in the garage and what occurred beforehand. The autopsy surgeon also died at dawn, adding to the puzzling circumstances.
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Hollywood
Thelma Todd
A. F. Wagner
Martha Ford
Bou
May Whitehead
Miss Todd
Ernest Peters
Roland
Hauptmann Faces Pardon Hearing Show All Cards
Bruno Richard Hauptmann must reveal any new evidence if seeking relief from the New Jersey court of pardons. The panel, led by Governor Hoffman and Chancellor Campbell, requires five votes, including the governor’s, to commute the Lindbergh baby murder sentence.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
New Jersey
Court of Mercy
Harold G. Hoffman
Luther A. Campbell
Court of Errors and Appeals
Republicans Seek Anti New Deal Support in 1936 Push
The Republican National Committee outlined plans to win anti New Deal Democrats to defeat the Roosevelt administration. A June 9 1936 Cleveland convention was set as the target to halt a “socialistic state” and defend American constitutional government. The resolution urged Jeffersonian Democrats to unite with Republicans against what it called waste and dictatorship.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
R. B. Creager
Texas
Mark Requa
Herbert Hoover
Robbery Series Believed Solved
West Monroe police apprehend Ivy Dowdy and James Cotton in connection with a string of store burglaries across Monroe and West Monroe. Cotton admits involvement in two Monroe and four West Monroe break ins. a small amount of goods and cash were taken. Warrant lists Blue Bird restaurant break in near the West Monroe traffic bridge run by M R Rogers.
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West Monroe
Twin Cities
Ivy Dowdy
James Cotton
Cotton
Dowdy
Monroe
Blue Bird
M. R. Rogers
Worker Ray Navarre dies after barroom fight in Algiers
Ray Navarre a 29 year old Works Progress Administration worker died at Charity Hospital from a fractured skull suffered in a November 29 barroom brawl in Algiers. Police said he was struck with a brick and they were seeking a man known as Red for questioning.
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New Orleans
Ray Navarre
Works Progress Administration
Charity Hospital
Algiers
Red
Nipponese envoy warns no change to naval balance
Norman H. Davis told Admiral Osami Nagano that the United States and Japan have no intention of offensive moves, maintaining the 5-5-3 ratio of the Washington treaty. Nagano argued Japan sacrificed for equality and warned modern weapons alter the balance, leaving an apparent draw in the talks.
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London
Norman H. Davis
United States
Japan
Osami Nagano
Davis
Admiral Nagano
Great Britain
Mad gunman shoots five WPA workers in Los Angeles
Charles N. Layman, 44, a water boy, is held on suspicion of murder after five WPA workers are killed in a drain ditch. Two others wounded, including Harold Johnston near death, as Layman is to undergo psychopathic examination after an inquest set for soon. Witnesses recall a calm, deliberate attack.
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Los Angeles
Charles N. Layman
WPA
Layman
Lloyd E. Holden
Peter Meen
Harry Sell
Lloyd Davis
Francis Secrist
Harold Johnston
James Healey
Cliff Gill
Dear $40 000 a year for allens kin crowd at welch
A home rule advocate addresses a large Welch gathering urging aid for Allen kin while opposing funds for the aged. The Leche Ellender ticket holds a major meeting at a bridge location drawing strong support and attention.
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Allen
Welch
Leche - Ellender Ticket
Dear Accuses Allen Relatives Of Big State Salaries
In Welsh Louisiana December 17 Congressman Cleveland Dear on the Home Rule ticket claims Governor O K Allen’s relatives earn more than 40000 dollars a year from state government. He accuses Allen of profiting from leased oil lands and criticizes pensions for the aged and orphans while relatives prosper. The piece notes accompanying campaign events in New Orleans.
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Welsh
Cleveland Dear
Acadia
Jefferson Davis
O. K. Allen
Oscar Allen
Dear
Oscar
Louisiana
Dick Leche
Earl Long
Allen Ellender
New Orleans
Leche-Ellender
Mississippi
Walmsley
State Administration
United States
Senator Long
Jimmie Noe
Saturday Deadline Fixed For Receiving Donations
The Good Fellows fund seeks about 1000 to fill Christmas baskets for poor children in Monroe and West Monroe. Donations from individuals like Carolyn Peters Fred S. Hightower Jr Jerry Hightower and others support the fund’s child welfare mission.
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Good Fellows Fund
Carolyn Peters
H. C
Cuelal
Ples Meath
Joan
Jerry Sugar
Guy
Agnes
Pb Hoceemacu
Fred S. Hightower, Jr
Jerry Hightower
R. N. Slater
Book Review Club
Christendom
Monroe
West Monroe
Good Fellows
Three Held in Cuba Kidnapping Attack
Three men are held after a kidnapping attempt in Cuba that targeted an army car carrying prisoners. The attack resulted in a fatal shooting during the incident.
Abduction ring leader shot as Cuban raid kills three prisoners
In Havana on December 17 three prisoners in the Nicolas Castana kidnapping case died in a gunfire ambush during a transport raid. Two rural guards had earlier rescued the abducted capitalist near San Antonio de Las Vegas, prompting the roundup of five suspects including a woman. The ambush occurred as an army car enter Calvario outskirts. all three prisoners died, with one corporal wounded.
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Havana
Nicolas Castana
San Antonio de Las Vegas
Calvario
Senator Pope Uses Football Metaphor On Italy Ethiopia Clash
United States Senator James Pinkney Pope of Idaho told business leaders at Hotel Virginia that Italy’s expansion by force mirrors a football rule allowing spikes. He serves on the foreign relations committee and led a munition inquiry. He spoke after returning from Europe.
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United States
James Pinkney Pope
Idaho
Virginia
Ethiopia
Italy
Pope
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jackson Parish
Europe
Best Film Actors And Plays Selected
Robbin Coons lists 1935 film picks with Katharine Hepburn Victor McLaglen and Charles Laughton as top actors. He names The Informer Les Miserables A Tale of Two Cities and Sequoia as standout films with Shirley Temple and Freddie Bartholomew singled out, praising Laughton and Ford for their portrayals and direction.
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Katharine Hepburn
Victor McLaglen
Charles Laughton
Informer
Robbin Coons
Associated Press
Hollywood
Calif
the Informer
Two Cities
Chester Franklin
Shirley Temple
Miss Hepburn
Alice Adams
Nolan
John Ford
Ford
Richard Boleslawski
Jean Valjean
Laughton
Hoover proposes decentralized relief plan as alternative to New Deal
In St Louis Herbert Hoover attacked Roosevelt's relief program and outlined a decentralized relief plan relying on voluntary service by American men and women. He called the New Deal wasteful and destructive of self government, drawing cheers from supporters.
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ST. Louis
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Bonus plan put up to president at White House
Ray Murphy national commander of the American Legion presented to President Roosevelt at the White House a legislative program. It urged cash payment of the bonus along with pensions for widows and dependent children of World War I veterans the universal service bill and adequate national defense. John Thomas Tay accompanied Murphy.
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Washington
American Legion
Roosevelt
White House
Ray Murphy
Lowan
Murphy
John Thomas Tay
Poetess Lizette Reese Dies in Baltimore at 79
Lizette Woodworth Reese, noted poet and author of Tears, described as having one of the most perfect sonnets in English, died early today in Baltimore. She was 79 years old.
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Baltimore
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Pottess
Italians Admit Retreat Under Ethiopian Attack On Front
Rome reports that Italian troops retired before an assault by about 3000 Ethiopians on the northern front. The official communique marks the first WWII retreat Italy has publicly acknowledged.
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Rome
Italy
Laval Is Given Confidence Vote In Italo Ethiopan War
In Paris on December 17 the chamber of deputies backed Premier Laval 306 to 252 in a confidence vote after he challenged the chamber to oust his government. The session followed clashes on the Ethiopian front as Italian outposts faced overt Ethiopian probing ahead of a mass attack.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Tigre
Makale
Takkaze
Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
Chamber
Geneva
Trails Followed in Milne Search
Relatives of missing Caleb J. Milne fourth sped on mysterious errands in two states as federal state and municipal police hunted for him and his abductors. An aunt and a brother left Woodstock New York while a justice agent joined in the chase. Anita Smith expressed hope for a breakthrough.
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New York
Caleb J. Milne
Department of Justice
Hostiely
Woodstock
N. Y
Catskill Mountain
Milne
Anita Smith
Philadelphia
Square Deal Parade Amid New Orleans Primary Clash
The Square Deal association of New Orleans districts plans a military parade along Canal Street in opposition to the Cleveland Deal ticket in the January 21 Democratic primary. Oscar R. Whilden leads the parade with Dear supporting the Home Rule ticket against the O K Allen administration led by Judge Richard W. Leche. Whilden calls the event a peaceful citizen demonstration.
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New Orleans
Square Deal Association
Canal Street
Oscar R. Whilden
Square Deal
Representative Dear
State Administration
O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Richard W. Leche
Whilden
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Oscar Kelly Allen
T. Semmes Walmsley
Cuba
Senator Pope
Freddie Bartholomew
David Copperfield
Inspector Javert
Captain Bligh
Ruggles
Red Gap
Ben King
Washington, D. C
Miami
Fla
Hoover
New Deal
National Legion
Mussolini
Andrue Berding
Associated Press Foreign Staff
G-Men
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