Convicts Flee Oklahoma Prison After Guard Death
Eighteen inmates at large after a wholesale break from the Granite State reformatory with women and children used as shields. One guard was killed, 13 convicts returned to cells, and Mrs. Waters faced danger while authorities hunted fugitives across the southwest. Police blockades and posses scoured the plains as the investigation into inmate cruelty spurred the breakout.
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Granite
Oklo
George A. Waters
Rioting in Imperial Valley Leaves Two Dead
Two men were killed and about 500 shots fired as labor violence roiled California's Imperial Valley. Imperial County officials pleaded with Gov. Merriam for state officers to restore order after a confrontation at a lettuce packing shed left Eldred Hamaker of Westmoreland and Paul Knight of Santa Maria dead. The clash followed a labor conference presided by Edward Fitzgerald.
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EL Centro
Calif
California
Imperial Valley
Frank F. Merriam
Imperial County
Merriam
Martin Wahl
Eldred Kenneth Hamaker
Westmoreland
Paul Knight
Santa Maria
Edward Fitzgerald
National Labor
Cats That Come Back Enter Blackie in Contest
Letter describes entering a cat named Blackie in a local contest. The writer recounts past returns from long distances, revealing an 86 mile attempt ending with Blackie home after a year and three days. Also mentions Officer Parker recovering a German police dog and a St Matthews carnival run by volunteers.
Shank Loses Fourth Appeal in Arkansas Poison Murder Case
Mark H. Shank of Akron Ohio, sentenced to death in Arkansas for poison murder, loses his fourth appeal in the state supreme court. The court denies mandamus to force a sanity hearing at the penitentiary, amid Shank’s claim of insanity and Todhunter’s charge he fakes mental illness to avoid execution. The case stems from the 1933 Colley family killings in Saline County Arkansas.
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Ark
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Shank
S. L. Todhunter
Todhunter
Ohio
Alvin Colley
Colley
Saline County
Expert testifies for judge's son at murder trial
Famous psychiatrist Dr. Karl Menninger testified that Phil Kennamer was mentally ill and irrational during the Thanksgiving night killing of John F. Gorrell Jr. He described Kennamer as having a psychopathic personality and belief in his own omnipotence in response to a long hypothetical, with the defense arguing the act was in self defense and insanity.
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Pawneef
Okla
Karl A. Menninger
Topeka
Kas
Phil Kennamer
John F. Gorrell, Jr
Menninger
Kennamer
A. Flint Moss
J. Berry King
Oklahoma
Moss
Two Killed as Train Hits Bull Near Cecil Alabama
A Seaboard Air Line freight derailed after striking a bull one mile west of Cecil Alabama killing engineer T H Cox of Montgomery and fireman R C Vorus of Americus. Transients Morgan H Brown and Herman Fowlkes were injured critically in the wreck.
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Ala
Seaboard Air Line
T. H. Cox
Montgomery
R. C. Vorus
Americus
Bainbridge
Here
Morgan H. Brown
Haskell
Okla
Herman Fowlkes
Daytona Beach
Fla
Dave Dixon
Hauptmann lawyers press appeal for Lindbergh case
In Trenton New Jersey February 18 1932 Bruno Richard Hauptmann sits in the death house while his defense team seeks permission to print the trial record at state expense about ten thousand dollars. Frederick A Pope C Lloyd Fisher and Edbert Rosecranz plan to ask Justice Trenchard and Chancellor Campbell to grant the writ of error to the state supreme court. No word on Hauptmann’s reaction after 48 hours in custody.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Jersey
Frederick A. Pope
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Court of Errors and Appeals
Hauptmann
Taxes and relief to be discussed at Monroe meeting
The Police Jury association of Louisiana plans to press tax repeal and relief measures at its April 16 and 17 convention in Monroe. Key topics include eliminating grade crossings, abolishing levee taxes, unemployment relief, and ending running at large of stock on state highways. A resolution seeks repeal of the new one cent motor fuel tax.
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New Orleans
Police Jury Association of Louisiana
Monroe
John M. Breard
Louisiana
Two Family Members Die as Sister Opens Fire
In Leroy Illinois on February 18, Miss Ethel Howard 34 shot and killed her brother James I. Howard 54 and sister Maybell Campbell 44 within their home. She also wounded her father Charles W. Howard 78 and nephew Edmond Campbell 9 while pursuing the boy as authorities pressed a search for the shooter.
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Leroy
Ill
Ethel Howard
Maybell Campbell
Charles W. Howard
Edmond Campbell
Alleged Polish Spies Executed by Germans
Berlin reports Baroness Renate von Natzmer and Frau Benita von Falkenhayn were decapitated for espionage. Baron Sosnowski may avoid death due to concerns over German Polish friendship as four women linked to the case are named in the investigation including Von Berg Von Jena and Fraulein Zandersch.
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Berlin
Renate von Natzmer
Frau
Benita von Falkenhayn
Baron Sosnowski
Sosnowski
Poland
Baroness von Natzmer
Frau von Berg
Fraulein von Jena
Fraulein Zandersch
Fraulein von
National guard patrols city after Shelbyville mob attack
In Nashville 22 year old E. K. Harris faces trial for attacking a girl near Shelbyville as guards, deputies, city police and prison guards guard the criminal courts building. A mob earlier burned the Shelbyville courthouse after deadly clashes. Venue moved to Nashville.
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Nashville, Tenn
National Guard
Criminal Courts
E. K. Harris
Shelbyville
L. A. Bauman
Harris
National
Byrd Expedition Returns Safely Aide Weds In New Zealand
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the Antarctic expedition members arrived back to civilization. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter married Miss Helen Gray with Byrd giving away the bride. Wireless arrangements enabled the wedding. Poulter had met Gray at Iowa Wesleyan College.
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Dunedin
N. Z
Richard E. Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Thomas C. Poulter
Helen Gray
Poulter
Antarctic
Murder arrest in Fort Worth transient bureau case
Roy Purdue 28 and William Robertson 16 were arrested at the Fort Worth transient bureau for the murder of Eugene Kling, an inmate there. Police sent the two to Monroe with homicide squad members after returning to queue for custody. kling was found with seven head wounds on a vacant lot after a suspected robbery failed to yield money.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Roy Purdue
William Robertson
Monroe
Purdue
Robertson
Eugene Kling
Briefs ordered in Huey Long deputy appointment suit
The New Orleans criminal sheriff suit challenging Huey Long act that prevented him from appointing deputies without state approval was ordered submitted on briefs after argument in East Baton Rouge district court.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Huey Long
East Baton Rouge District Court
Bomb Sent to Huey Long Not Exploding at Capital
A non exploding bomb arrived by mail for Senator Huey P. Long in Washington. His secretary opened the six inch square box and found a dry cell battery connected to a bottle. officials took charge as postal inspectors investigated.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Long
New York
Earle Christenberry
Christenberry
Fascist Militia Boards Ship For War Zone In Eritrea
In Naples on February 18 more than 2,000 blackshirts with full colonial equipment boarded the S S Gange for Eritrea and Italian Somaliland as Mussolini called the move the start of a new war era. Two battalions of 950 men each sailed with 24 officers and 50 noncommissioned officers amid cheering crowds.
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Naples
Italy
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Rome
Il Duce
Sicily
Messina
Somaliland
Yalual
Afdab
Elevators halt in wage strike in New York Garment District
In a show of union strength the elevators of a 24 story building in Manhattan stopped five minutes before a mayoral conference began to avert a city wide tie up. The Brokaw building at 1385 Broadway housed 6000 workers with 1000 already in offices on upper floors. Police were ordered to report with nightsticks as 16 Brokaw strikers joined 300 sympathizers outside.
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New York
Brokaw
Broadway
Manhattan
Roosevelt Pushed NRA Message Toward Capitol Hill
President Roosevelt pressed toward completion of his NRA recommendations. He aimed to send the message to Congress by late today and hoped for swift action despite uncertainties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court Upholds Gold Regulation in New Deal Win
The Supreme Court invalidated Congress’s gold payment resolution for government obligations while ruling private bonds need not be paid in gold. It barred gold certificate holders from damages, affirming Congress power to regulate currency and establish a uniform monetary system. Chief Justice Hughes announced the opinion amid White House uncertainty.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Hughes
Roosevelt
White House
Court of Claims
Court of Claims Without Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court sustains the New Deal invalidation of gold clauses in private contracts but says it lacks jurisdiction over federal bonds. The government must pay off its own bonds in gold or devalued equivalents, while ruling differently for private agreements.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Supreme Court
Rogers Has His Say on a Proposed Old-Age Pension
In Santa Monica on February 18 special report, Mr Townsend testified before a senate committee. The discussion mixed humor with criticism of a new old-age pension idea framed as a poor farm concept. Officials argue the plan may require only a fraction of its original cost, but supporters insist on funding.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Townsend
Senate
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