Stoll kidnapping case shows contact with abductor
Louisville observers report the Stoll kidnaping may have established contact with the abductor as the $50,000 ransom note moves toward Nashville. Officers continue a wide search across Kentucky while fears for Alice Speed Stoll’s safety remain paramount.
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Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
Nashville
Mrs. Stoll
Warren County
Stoll
Kentucky
Harold Nathan
Department of Justice
Ohio River
Dog Switches Masters in Whimsical North Town Tale
In a lighthearted Riverside item a Scotch terrier named Bim abandons the Bennett family on North Second Street to live with Mrs. Fred Vaughan. The tale is joined by a young couple who, after homemade wine, joke about not being arrested for drunken driving as the car heads away with the wife at the wheel.
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Bennett
North Second Street
Bim
Fred Vaughan
North Side
Supreme Court upholds air mail contract cancellation
The Supreme Court refused to review Transcontinental and Western Airs challenge to the February cancellation of airmail contracts. The ruling also denied Capone relief and sustained a lower court injunction against a section of New Yorks milk control act barring milk sales by dealers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
New York Milk Control Act
Fifty Year Sentence Hanging Over Robber in Texas Bank Raid
Linden Texas Oct 15 A fifty year sentence looms for ILL Southerland of Little Rock Ark after his June 6 conviction for robbing the First National Bank of Atlanta Texas with a $10 000 loot The state sought the death penalty
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Linden
Texas
Southerland
Little Rock
Ark
First National Bank
Atlanta
Souther
Poincare, Wartime French Chief, Dies at 74
Paris reports Raymond Poincare aged 74 died at home after a brief illness. The former wartime president and savior of the franc was conscious overnight but his voice failed. He had been reelected to a departmental council and was planning a winter Riviera trip.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
France
Marseille
M. Poincare
Alexander
Louis Barthou
Poincare
Barthou
Telegram Delays Monroe Civic Luncheon with War Secretary
A planned Monroe civic luncheon for Secretary of War George Dern General Markham and General Ferguson was delayed three days after a telegram from Congressman Riley J Wilson. The party now arrives around October 22 delaying final arrangements and awaiting exact arrival date.
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George H. Dern
Markham
Ferguson
Mississippi River Commission
Monroe
Riley J. Wilson
A. V. Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Dern
Lower
Mississippi Valley
Congressman Wilson
Upper
Prison Head Minus Car Convict Driver Hunted
General Superintendent George W. Garig of the state penitentiary lost his car and chauffeur, a white convict trusty named Jack Huffmaster. Authorities asked to watch for Huffmaster, reported to have driven off with Garig’s car while en route from Arsola to Baton Rouge. Huffmaster, from Ida, La., is a four year burglary convict sentenced in Shreveport.
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Baton Rouge
George W. Garig
State Penitentiary
Caddo Parish
Jack Huffmaster
Gariy
Arsola
Huffmaster
Ida
Shreveport
Virginia Police Killings Tie To Family Tragedy
In Alexandria Virginia on October 15 George D. Roberts was held on murder charges after a shootout that killed Ward E. Stuart 44 and George Stuart 28 in their home and fatally wounded William F. Stuart 66 Roberts father in law. Roberts wife and other women in the house were not involved.
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Alexandria
George D. Roberts
William F. Stuart
Ward E. Stuart
Roberts
George
Winfield, Kans
Hauptmann testifies he was home during Lindbergh kidnaping night
Bruno Richard Hauptmann told Supreme Court Justice Ernest Hammer that he was at his Bronx home on the night of March 1 1932 when the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped. He said he recollected taking his wife Anna home from a Bronx lunch room, visiting a bakery between 6 and 7 p.m., and staying at home that night.
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New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Ernest E. L. Hammer
Bronx
James M. Fawcett
David T. Wilentz
New Jersey
Hauptmann
Majestic
Winners Of Jinky Prizes Receive Awards Monday
The first week of the Jinky contest yielded thirty prize winners announced in a World-News-Star page. Winners collected orders as doors opened and it promises more prizes next week with a $40 grand prize and various merchandise items. Local firms list offers free Jinkys at Iron Mountain Bakery Griffin Studio Johnnie S Elbert Central Savings Bank West Monroe Hardware Sur-War Stores Holloway Thompson Natural Gas Thompson's Pharmacy Monroe Automobile and Supply Slagle-Johnson Lumber L W Rogers Store West Monroe 707 Tire Service Lee Rogers Chevrolet R and A Jewelry Central and Circle S Stations Standard Office Supply Collens Pharmacy E Jack Selig Monroe Furniture Monroe Hardware Sandman's Pharmacy Bella Scherck Davidson Alice Henry Ruth Touchstone Beauty Salon E R Kiper Hardware Hemp's Cafeteria Ouachita Baking Co Ford Ke Stationery North Si
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World—News- Star
Monroe
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe Hardware and Furniture Co
West Monroe
Lee- Rogers Chevrolet Co
A. Jewelry
Central
Circle “S
Standard Office Supply Co
Collens Pharmacy, Inc
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Monroe Furniture Co
Monroe Hardware (Furniture) Co
Sandman’s Pharmacy
Bella Scherck Davidson
Alice Henry
Ruth Touchstone Beauty Salon
E. R. Kiper Hardware and Supply Co
Hemp’s Cafeteria
Ouachita Baking Co
Ford Ke Stationery Co
North Si
Hungarian Miners Threaten Mass Sit In For Higher Wages
About 1,200 coal miners in Pecs Hungary vow to die underground if wage demands of 3.50 dollars a week are not met. They request 345 coffins as a symbol while guards at the mine mouth block entry. Government emissaries fail to break the standoff as militia patrols increase and further mines are locked out.
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Pecs
Hungary
Minister of Commerce
Goemboes
Pan American eyes trans Pacific air route with flying boats
Pan American Airways announced plans to establish a passenger line across the Pacific linking California with the Orient. Six flying boats with 32 seats each were ordered, with the service potentially starting in six months. The firm already operates about 30,000 miles of international routes, mainly to South and Central America.
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Washington
United States
Pan-American Airways
Pacific
California
Orient
Pan-American
South
Central America
Appointment Of Hutchins To Labor Board Imminent
Washington October 15 The appointment of Robert M Hutchins president of the University of Chicago to the chairmanship of the National Labor Relations Board appeared imminent after talks with President Roosevelt Hutchins declined comment and a White House announcement was expected today Lloyd Garrison of Wisconsin University recently retired from the chair to return to Madison
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Washington
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Hutchins
White House
Lloyd Garrison
Wisconsin University
Labor Board
Madison
Man Messina Hit To Be Tried For Disorderliness
Baton Rouge October 15 A city court heard a disorderly charge against Willie W Broussard of St Gabriel La after he was allegedly struck by Joe Messina personal attendant of Senator Huey P Long when Broussard cursed the senator in a hotel coffee shop Police said the hearing was continued until Thursday because Broussard did not appear He was released on a $10 bond pending the next session
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Baton Rouge
Willie W. Broussard
St. Gabriel
Joe Messina
Huey P. Long
Broussard
Dewey Sanchez
RFC Extends Loans Five Years Where Possible
Washington Oct 15 Five year extensions were decreed for all outstanding RFC loans where feasible Jesse H Jones chairman released a note urging leniency for borrowers and stating extensions may run to January 31 next year Partial payments preferred but forced liquidation not in the interest of recovery and debt payments are coming in faster than new lending The RFC will allow borrowers to use current funds for other needs and stretch repayment over the long term
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Laborer Confesses Throwing Girl Into Furnace in Mount Vernon
Lawrence Stone a 24 year old laborer at the Pel Hutchinson apartment house admitted throwing Nancy Jean Costigan into a furnace. Police traced blood on his clothes to a brutal assault then said the child was hurt in a fall and he panicked. The case centers on the Mount Vernon incident involving a well to do Long Island family visiting relatives.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Lawrence Stone
Nancy Jean Costigan
Stone
Michael I. Silverstein
Nancy Jean
Richard J. Costigan
Forest Hills
Charles Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Silverstein
Frank Springer
Europe poised for freelance war as nations balk at signing
In Santa Monica on October 1 a columnist compares nations to moving picture stars, saying European powers will not sign exclusive alliances. France sought an option on Poland, which remains noncommittal, while others plan to “free lance” for the best offer once conflict begins.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Europe
Free Lancing
Free Lance
France
Poland
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Haggard Bruno Hauptmann
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