Solon Escapes From Hospital By Quick Dash
Chicago dispatch recounts Florence Thompson Castle slain in a hotel room by a masked man or possible Black Legion symbol left on a dresser mirror. Her 1-year-old son James Castle witnessed the attack and identified the assailant, while bricks stained with blood lay by the bed and a fire escape window was left open. The boy, under shock, fled to the lobby as police investigated. The case echoes a deadly pattern linked to the Black Legion.
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Chicago
Florence Thompson Castle
Black Legion
James Castle
Near North Side
Steel chiefs open fight on closed shop
The $5 trillion steel industry mobilized to oppose a closed shop and unionization drive led by groups not connected to steel. The American Iron and Steel Institute said the move threatens ongoing recovery and worker gains from higher production, warning of harm to employers and the economy.
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Steel Chiefs
New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Committee For Industrial Organization
Institute
Lewis
Farm crops income up 9 percent from 1932 to 1935
A June 2 report by the AAA, compiled by Chester C. Davis, shows cash income from cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco and hogs rising 9 percent from 1.365 billion in 1932 to 2.593 billion in 1935. Total cash income for all farm products grew from 4.377 billion to 6.9 billion. The report notes price recovery for controlled crops outpaced those without programs, 120 percent versus 46 percent.
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Washington
AAA
Chester C. Davis
Jilted at 99, Civil War veteran finds humor in heartbreak
Charles Jeanette, 99, of Old Forge, a Civil War veteran, was jilted by fianc e Mrs Elia Manning 55 of Albany just before their wedding. He remarked he will use the engagement ring later as he shared cups with eight year old twins serving as fake flower girls. Manning left with her daughters after a drive and did not discuss the split. The couple had planned a wedding and a boat ride on Fulton chain lakes forming part of the program. Jeanette said perhaps they were not suited and that it may be for the best.
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Old Forge
N. Y
Charles Jeanette
Elia B. Manning
Albany
Saranac Lake
Jeannette
Margaret
Marian Ray
Fulton Chain Lakes
Jeanette
Manning
Augusta Bassinger
Syracuse
William Kerr
New Orleans Woman Fatally Injured in Auto Crash
Mrs. Stanley W. Ray, 41, died of internal injuries after a family car overturned near Bay St. Louis on Highway 990. Her husband, a New Orleans attorney and former commissioner of public safety, and their 13-year-old son Steigg Ray were injured and taken to Charity hospital for observation. The accident followed a tire blowout at about 55 miles per hour. Mrs. Ray died en route to New Orleans hospital.
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New Orleans
Stanley W. Ray
Bay St. Louis
Ray
Mississippi Coast
Steigg Ray
Charity Hospital
Young Ray
Robert H. Potts
Roosevelt hosts luncheon as election strategy talk begins
President Roosevelt invites Governor Henry Horner of Illinois and Frank Murphy of Michigan to a White House luncheon in Hyde Park. The talks follow a breakfast with Governor Lehman and are seen as the start of a series of parleys to map strategy for Roosevelt’s re election drive. Murphy, former Detroit mayor, now Philippine high commissioner, attended the Philadelphia Democratic convention and spoke in support of Roosevelt.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Henry Horner
Illinois
Frank Murphy
Michigan
White House
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Bob Murphy
Detroit
Philippines
Horner
Philadelphia
Murphy
Motion to Quash Jury Delays West Monroe Manslaughter Case
A Louisiana court faced a delay after jury commissioner R P Benson of West Monroe was charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Grady Wilhite on Trenton Street. The special two day term may discharge up to 30 veniremen if venue changes are ordered, delaying eight scheduled trials.
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Louisiana
Veniremen
R. P
Bob) Benson
West Monroe
Grady Wilhite
Trenton Street
Shell Kills Nine in Italian Field Accident
In Gorizia Italy nine people were killed when a heavy shell unearthed in a field exploded. The incident occurred today prompting rescue and safety investigations.
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Shell
Gorizia
Italy
Lawmakers to Finish Leche Bills Tonight
Louisiana lawmakers return to finish Leche administration priorities, scheduling four tax bills for final passage to fund social security measures and hospital aid. They will enact revenue measures on soft drinks, lubricants, gas transport and luxury sales tax, plus reorganize state departments and restore a state police structure.
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Senate
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Leche
Loyola coach charged in wedding reception death
Assistant District Attorney Rudolph F Becker prepared to file manslaughter charges against James S. Percy 27 Loyola University assistant freshman football coach after Harry Summers Carpenter 25 died Friday night in the Orleans club kitchen. Percy was arrested after Carpenter was found with a broken neck and released on a 2500 bond as witnesses described a drinking party ending in a melee.
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New Orleans
Rudolph F Becker
James S. Percy
Loyola University
Harry Summers Carpenter
Percy
Carpenter
Orleans
St. Charles Avenue
Rattlesnakes to Be Displayed in Trial
In Los Angeles on June 29 the state placed two rattlesnakes named Lethal and Lightning in courtroom exhibits in the murder case against Robert S. James. J. C. Houtenbrink testified as the first witness, identifying the snakes and recounting the plan to use them for insurance money on James's seventh wife.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. James
J. C. Houtenbrink
Charles Howe
James
Hope
Last-Minute Briefs: Bryant Appeal Dismissed
London report says Mrs. Charlotte Bryant, mother of five, whose hanging sentence for poisoning her husband was upheld, had her appeal rejected by the criminal court. She killed her former husband on May 30 amid alleged infatuation with an itinerant merchant.
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London
Charlotte Bryant
Criminal Court
Samuel Grabiner killed by train in Chicago
Chicago on June 29 reports Samuel Grabiner 84 father of Harry Grabiner vice president and secretary of the Chicago American league baseball team was struck by an Illinois Central train on the far south side. Mussolini ordered several contingents of the Italian army in Ethiopia to return home as a gesture of pacification before the League of Nations session in Geneva.
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Chicago
Samuel Grabiner
Harry Grabiner
Chicago American League Baseball
Illinois Central
Rome
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Advertising gains set record in week ending June 20
The Advertising Age reported Chicago retail newspaper ads for the week ending June 20 broke all previous gains. In Pikeville Kentucky the Pond Creek mine transfer from Fordson Coal to Eastern Coal was disclosed in a sales agreement on file with the county clerk, though the agreement did not specify certain details.
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Chicago
Advertising Age
Pikeville
Pond Creek
Fordson Coal Company
Henry Ford
Eastern Coal Corporation
Pike County
Bomb Planes Launch South China Attack
Associated Press reports Chiang Kai Shek forces bombed Kwangsi and Kwantung army positions in southern China. Reports from Nanking say Generalissimo Chiang seeks to assert control amid civil war fears and anti Japanese movements. General Lichung Jen leads the fourth army in the south.
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South China
Associated Press
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Hongkong
Nanking
Chiang
Canton Southwest
Wingchow
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
Lichung-Jen
Fourth Army
Ten Believed Plane Victims
A weekend air crash near Lake Champlain Essex New York may have killed ten people. Four victims from New York to Montreal goodwill flyers are believed to be in the submerged wreckage. names include Frank Saglimbene Steve Kaye George W Ericson and Dolly Zarlin. A Selfridge Field cadet died soon after.
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Associated Press
Lake Champlain
Essex
N. Y
New York
Montreal
R. F. Walter
Frank Saglimbene
Brooklyn
Steve Kaye
Truck Driver Killed in Gravel Road Accident Near Glenmore
Oliver Robbins died when his truck hit loose gravel 2 1 2 miles west of Glenmore late Saturday. An inquest by acting parish coroner Dr. B F Bremer ruled accidental death. Robbins' funeral was planned for this afternoon at Butler's Cemetery.
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Alexandria
Oliver Robbins
Glenmore
B. F. Bremer
Robbins
Butler's Cemetery
Roosevelt Urges Economic Freedom After Democratic Convention
Philadelphia reports Roosevelt’s renomination speech at Franklin Field where about 100,900 turned out. He denounced economic tyranny, emphasized government action to end it, and framed the 1932 election as a mandate to curb concentrated power over property, money, labor, and liberty.
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Franklin Field
Roosevelt
Showers Sought as Drought Bites Midwest Farmlands
Midwest farmers scanned skies for rain as forecasts promised showers and cooler air. Yet reports say precipitation was light and brief in many areas, while extreme heat persisted from Montana to Indiana. Record highs challenged farmers in Kansas City and Topeka as drought struggle continued.
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Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Prairie States
Indiana
Mercury
Brookfield
Kansas City
Topeka
Kans
Glendive
Mont
Grand Island
Neb
Sioux City
Corinne Griffith Weds Laundry Man in Armonk
In Armonk New York June 29 Reverend Daniel Piper presided at a small ceremony for Corinne Griffith star of silent films and George Preston Marshall Washington DC laundry owner. The couple wed with three friends as witnesses after Griffiths divorce from Walter M Morosco. Marshall came from Philadelphia where he attended the Democratic national convention.
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Armonk
N. Y
Daniel Piper
George Preston Marshall
Washington, D.C
Corinne Griffith
Armonk Methodist Church
Piper
Marshall
Philadelphia
Miss Griffith
Walter M. Morosco
Hollywood
The
Washington Times
Lemke Seeks Farm Backing Across Corn Belt
Congressman William Lemke, Union party presidential candidate, campaigns in Des Moines and Burlington urging a guaranteed cost of production and attacking Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. He targets Wall Street influence, cites AAA processing taxes, and promotes his farm aid stance before the National Farmers Holiday Association with campaign manager Asher Burdick.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Lemke
Union Party
Wallace
Lemke
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Burlington
Congress
Wall Street
Asher Burdick
North Dakota
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Burdick
St. Paul
Minn
The
Association
Former Oven Man Brown Healthy After Severe Burns
Memphis June 29 Jack Doty once called the oven man after a 1931 auto crash that seared his back and leg spent 412 days on his stomach. Despite dire forecasts he recovered and now plans wiener roasts for son Jack Jr. and vows to vote Democrat in 1932 and 1936.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jack Doty
Doty
Jack, Jr
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Solon
Quick Dash
DARK
Mrs. Guild
Marion A. Zioncheck
Towson, Md
Capitol Hill
Maryland
Washington State
Capitol
Towson
Maryland Institution
Young
Zioncheck
Chamberlin and Bride
Clarence Chamberlin
Louise Ashby
Fort Fairfield
Chamberlin
Maine
Jean Ashby
Vords Venire
Highway Police
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Bureau of Criminal Identification
State Supervisor of Public Accounts Office
Huey P. Long
State Advisory Board
FDR
Arizona
Henry J. Smythe
Garner
Smythe
Benjamin A. DeVarmon
Vancouver
Wash
United States
Lamborn and Company
Daytona Beach
Fla
al Stanley
Mary Lee Butler
Grabiner
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