Italians Seize Gondar After Bold Northern Drive
Italian truck columns led by Achille Starace captured Gondar at the head of Lake Tana cutting northern Ethiopia from Sudan supplies. The move follows Graziani style tactics as the operation stretches across the Danakil desert, threatening British Nile water routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
Gondar
Ethiopia
Lake Tana
Achille Starace
Fascist Party
Sudan
Blue Nile
Nile
Egypt
Rodolfo Graziani
Dolo
Neghelli
Ras Desta
Graziani
Starace
Danakils
Oreste Mariotti
Danakil
Hauptmann Faces Execution After Refused Appeal
In Trenton on March 31 Governor Hoffman stood firm with no reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann as the Lindbergh baby killer neared the electric chair. Hauptmann, insisting on innocence, faced final tests and declared I am innocent while legal avenues to save him dwindled. Prosecutors remained convinced of his guilt even as defense counsel sought any remaining remedy.
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Associated Press
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Mark O. Kimberling
Kimberling
Hauptmann
Anna
Harold G. Hoffman
Trenton
Lindbergh
England
Kamenz
Germany
Paul H. Wendel
N. J
Dale Harrison
N. Jo
Sourland Hills
Pardons Court
Flemington
Cooking expert draws large crowd at sixth annual school
The sixth annual cooking school sponsored by the Morning World and News-Star opened at 2 pm in the Nev ile High school auditorium. Mrs Kate Stafford, renowned culinary expert, lectured on kitchen efficiency and household care, urging contentment as the path to domestic happiness. She demonstrated dishes with special equipment as applause showed audience approval. Valuable awards were presented to attendees.
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Morning World
News-Star
Nevile High School
Kate Stafford
Cooking
North Louisiana
Hauptmann Death Time Tied to Lindbergh Ransom Payment
In Trenton New Jersey on March 31 the death hour of Bruno Hauptmann is linked to the moment the $50 000 Lindbergh ransom was paid in the Bronx two days short of four years earlier. Dr John F Condon delivered the funds to a figure called John Hauptmann and set the payment time at about 8 30 p m within two minutes of the ransom’s release time.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
John F. Condon
John
Hauptmann
Associated Press
Lindbergh
Hopewell
Jassie
John Hughes Curtis
Violet Sharpe
Morrow
Bruno Richard Haupt
Gov. Hoffman
New Jersey
U. S. Supreme Court
Lindberghs
England
Condon
Last Minute Briefs Delay in Impeachment Reply Sought
Washington March 31 Counsel for Federal Judge Halsted L Ritter says they will ask 48 hours to file a reply in the senate to house impeachment charges amid new articles accusing the Florida jurist of evading taxes on 1929 30 income. New Orleans March 31 The Connally act validating interstate transport of contraband or hot oil is upheld by the US circuit court of appeals. Washington March 31 Secretary Ickes to confer with Roosevelt on a 700 million public works appropriation. Chicago March 31 Patricia Maguire turns 31 with no birthday celebration.
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Washington
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Senate
New Orleans
United States New Circuit Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Ickes
Public Works Administration
Recovery in United States Forgets Ahead
New York March 31 America s economic recovery has forged ahead in the quarter ending today with analysts predicting the best spring in six years. Despite severe winter storms and rail disruptions, commerce expanded and steel output rose over 60 percent of capacity. Easter shopping reached a multi year high, unemployment remains high, auto production topped one million in the first quarter, and electricity use hit a new high record.
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Associated Press
New York
America
Washington
Trap in Arkansas Eluded by Karpis
A tear gas raid near Hot Springs, Arkansas, failed to capture Alvin Karpis, public enemy No. 1, despite initial reports he may have been at the farmhouse. Kansas highway patrol officials later said he likely had been there but left before officers arrived. An earlier claim of arrests was not confirmed.
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Topeka
Kas
Alvin Karpis
Hot Springs
Ark
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wint Smith
Frank Stone
Smith
Karpis
Wife of Judge Ellis Dies in Rayville
Mrs. Innie Morris Ellis, wife of District Judge Carey J. Ellis, died Sunday morning in Rayville Louisiana. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at her home followed by burial in Rayville cemetery. A longtime contributor to religious, cultural and civic life in Richland parish she supported the Richland parish Folk school. She was the daughter of the late Colonel P. S. Morris of New Orleans formerly head of Standard Oil Louisiana and a Sophia Newcomb College graduate.
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Rayville
Innie Morris Ellis
Carey J. Ellis
Ellis
P. S. Morris
New Orleans
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
Sophia Newcomb College
Oil output in US climbs after week to March 28
The One and Gas Journal reports US crude oil production for the week ended March 28 rose slightly from the prior week. The gain comes amid continued industry activity and production benchmarks, with usage and supply levels watched by market analysts.
Lindbergh Kidnapping Timeline Headlines Every Key Date
A detailed chronology recounts the Lindbergh kidnapping saga from March 1 1932 to Jan 10 1936. It lists events including the ransom payment, discovery of the child, Hauptmann arrest, trial, conviction, appeals, and the Lindberghs leaving for England with their son.
West Monroe Girls Win Exhibition Trophy at Local Contest
Lorraine Peddy and Mary Turk, both 17 and residents of West Monroe, won the Major Bowes Unit No. 14 amateur trophy for acrobatic dancing after a close contest among seven entrants. The cup, donated by the R. A. Jewelry Co, was presented by Bill Per Hamas, post commander of American Legion Post No. 18 which sponsored the event to benefit the G. B. Cooley sanatorium. Proceeds from the contest supported the sanatorium.
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Bowes
Lorraine Peddy
Mary Turk
Ludwig Avenue
West Monroe
Bill Per- Hamas
L. B. Faulk
American Legion
G. B. Cooley
R. & A. Jewelry Company
DeSiard Street
Hauptmann's Wife Remains Faithful as Death Looms
Anna Hauptmann, wife of Bruno Hauptmann, clings to innocence claims and seeks last pleas with Governor Hoffman as the electric chair looms. She ponders life after the trial, asking what life would be like for her and son Manfred, while friends fear for her fate.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Richard
Hauptmann
Trenton
Anna
Hoffman
John Matthiesen
Flemington
Manfred
Germany
Would I Burn as Lindbergh Case Figure Speaks
In Trenton on March 31 the John who received the Lindbergh ransom money asked Dr. John Condon in a Bronx cemetery if he would burn if the baby is dead. Hauptmann, identified as the ransom recipient in the Flemington trial, pondered the danger and the possibility of execution as he discussed payment with Condon.
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Trenton
N. J
John
John F. Condon
Bronx
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Dr. Condon
Elliott to receive $300 for work tonight
New York March 31. Robert G. Elliott, called the man who walks alone, was to be paid $300 in Trenton for executions carried out in four states. He acted as an executioner for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, though official records do not reveal the number of people he killed.
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New York
Robert G
Trenton
N. J
Elliott
Mann
Long Island
Lesan
Connie
Sacco
Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Lliott
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Eliott
JAFSIE TO SPEND EVENING AT HOME IN BRONX
Dr. John F. Condon the Lindbergh intermediary secluded himself in his Bronx home and declined comment on Hauptmann’s execution as the condemned man faced the electric chair at Tre.
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Britain
Lake
Tana
Monroe
Chicago
Patricia Maguire
United States
Arkansas
York
One and Gas Journal
M'Clain
Baton Rouge
Walter McClain
State Bureau of Identification
Angola
McClain
Camp “Ff
Bruno
Mary Elizabeth Plummer
Anna Hauptmann
Berenth
Jafsie
Richard Bruno Hauptmann
Dassie
Gee
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