Maryland mob roundup follows George Armwood lynching
Maryland eastern shore becomes an armed camp as 400 national guardsmen and state troopers sweep the countryside seeking members of the Oct 18 mob that lynched George Armwood. Four alleged leaders are jailed at Salisbury awaiting a preliminary hearing in Princess Anne. Five more suspects are sought as authorities, led by Brig Gen Milton Reckord, continue the nationwide operation.
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International News Service
Baltimore
Maryland
George Armwood
Somerset County
Princess Anne
National Guard
Gold Purchase Policy Remains Policy Remains
Washington reports a $33.85 per ounce gold price, up from $33.76 as the administration presses ahead with its monetary policy. The move, first rise in a week, signals continued stabilization aims despite domestic and foreign critics. Rumors swirl of a potential shake up in financial leadership with Eugene R. Black among names mentioned.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Eugene R. Black
The
Hull Arrives in Montevideo for Pan American Conference
United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull arrived in Montevideo Uruguay to attend the Pan American conference bearing a program of economic cooperation for the nations of the two Americas. He was welcomed by the Uruguayan foreign minister and officials. Hull expressed optimism about the conference’s productivity and the seriousness of delegations.
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International News Service
Montevideo
Uruguay
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather data for the 24 hour period ending 9 AM shows a maximum 42 and minimum 23 with no precipitation. River stage is 5.8 feet. Year ago on same date, max 33 and min 12.
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U. S
McClure liquor control bill nears final passage with edits
After a six hour session the Senate moved the McClure liquor control bill to final passage with amendments loosening hotel rules while tightening private club provisions. The guest room requirement for hotels was cut to five rooms as part of the changes.
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McClure Liquor Control
Harrisburg
Senate
McClure
House
Witkin
Wilson Distillers
Administration
Scott
Lindberghs Not Decided On Hop Across Atlantic
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh rest at Cape Verde where they planned to decide within 24 hours if they will attempt a westward flight across the South Atlantic to Brazil. Their plane sits at the San Martinio airfield near Praia after a 750 mile hop from Villa Cisneros on the African coast.
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International News Service
ST. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
South Atlantic
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
San Martinio
Praia
Sao Thiago
Cape Verde
Villa Cisneros
Grand Jury Indicts Wyne Koop Case Signals
Chicago reports say grand jury indictments will be sought for Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop and her son Earle in the Rheta Wynekoop murder case. Prosecutor Charles S. Dougherty plans to present evidence, while Rheta’s husband remains jailed as an accessory. Dr. Wynekoop has renounced a prior confession claiming an accidental chloroform overdose and a shooting in Rheta’s nude back.
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International News Service
Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Earle
Rheta
Charles S. Dougherty
Dougherty
Earle Wynekoop
Spurious Checks Passed Here In New Castle Merchants Victimized
Merchants in New Castle were defrauded Saturday afternoon by crude checks printed on safety paper. The spurious instruments claimed to be from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and drawn on the First National Bank of Lawrence County. They ranged from 40 to 50 dollars and were exchanged for goods with cash given to the sender.
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New Castle
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
First National Bank
Lawrence County
Metropolitan Company
Volant Boy’s Dog Captures Live Hawk Shown in Court
Clifford Carr, a Volant youth, displayed a large live hawk in police court today. The hawk was caught by his dog yesterday on the Carr farm and had an unusually large wingspan. Carr planned to turn the hawk over to game authorities for disposal.
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Clifford Carr
Volant
Carr Farm
Will Speed Up Retail Liquor License Grants
Pennsylvania state police and highway patrol officers distributed questionnaires across the state to speed liquor license issuance once legislation passes. They also sought names of licensed beer retailers from county treasurers, denying they were inspecting licenses.
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C International News Service
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Cecil M. Wilhelm
W. C. Price
Highway Patrol
Department of Revenue
Liquor Control Board
Jury Ponders Touhy's Fate
The jury in the William Hamm kidnapping case deliberates in St Paul as Roger Touhy and three alleged accomplices face possible conviction. Ten men and two women remain sequestered, showing no signs of fatigue after more than two weeks of trial.
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International News Service
ST. Paul
Roger Touhy
William Hamm
Pennsylvania Public Works grants listed for week ending Nov 25
Harrisburg reports allocations from the Public Works Administration for highways in St Marys worth 82181, a $250000 bridge grant for Lawrence County Croton Viaduct, school grants to Bentleyville 14759.91 Midway 7258.07 Stoneboro 5000 Elderton 8000, and a $700000 Lawrence County municipal building project for a new courthouse.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Public Works Administration
St. Marys
Lawrence County
Croton
Bentleyville
Midway
Stoneboro
Elderton
New Court House
Slayer Beheaded After Nazi Storm Trooper Murder
In Breslau Germany on November 28 a 23 year old laborer Kurt Gerber was executed by the Nazi executioner for stabbing and killing Nazi storm trooper Walter Doctor on October 25. The telegram noting the action was sent to the president after a Democratic caucus.
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Breslau
Germany
Kurt Gerber
Walter Doktor
Depositors Push Plan to Reopen Colonial Trust Bank
A committee of Colonial Trust Company depositors, under restrictions since the banking holiday, planned action to reopen the bank. Attorney Benn Jarrett, appointed counsel, departed for Harrisburg seeking a 60 day extension.
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Farrell
Colonial Trust Company
Benn Jarrett
Harrisburg
Noted Engineer Lynch Dies In Edgewood Suburb
Tillman D. Lynch a leading metallurgical engineer in the United States died after months of illness. Funeral services were held at his late home in Edgewood, Pittsburgh suburbs, with his death announced today.
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Pittsburgh
Tillman D. Lynch
United States
Edgewood
Democrats Endorse Roosevelt Monetary Policy in Harrisburg
Democratic members of the general assembly in Harrisburg unanimously endorse President Roosevelt's monetary policies and pledge continued support. The session focused on fiscal measures and economic stabilization amid wartime and political pressures.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
Roosevelt
Mysterious plague strikes Ustupu Island children
A mysterious illness on the Island of Ustupu, home to San Blas Indians, has killed more than 100 children in recent days. American consular officials report an airplane has been ordered to transport doctors and nurses to the island for aid.
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Cristobal
C. Z
Ustupu
San Blas
Monoxide Gas Victim Saved After Quick Hospital Aid
Pro 4 C. Lausbaugh of 133 North Shenango Street was found unconscious in a garage with a running car engine. He was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital in an oxygen tent and soon regained consciousness, with doctors planning his release later that day.
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C. Lausbaugh
North Shenango Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Lausbaugh
John Jones
Lansbaugh
Local hunting party plans two week trip to Emporium Pa
A three man party will depart Wednesday for Emporium Pennsylvania to hunt for two weeks. The group includes John Delker of Moravia Street Extension John Yoho of Savannah Road and Charles Guernera of Brent.
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Emporium
John Delker
Moravia Street Extension
John Yoho
Savannah Road
Charles Guernera
Brent
Senator La Follette Visits Beverly Hills
Special To The News notes a visit by young Senator La Follette who advocates reevaluating NRA support with a revocable license rather than a pledge. He is praised by elderly senators and urged to push moral action beyond parades and promises.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
la Follette
NRA
Stanford Faces United States Army in New Year Football Showdown
The Wiehoo McNaught Syndicate reports a clash between Stanford and the United States Army. A caller urges mobilizing the Army for the game, insisting no school would top them if all voted.
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P. S
Army
Stanford
United States Army
Lou Gehrig Sees Castleton Overnight During Honeymoon
Lou Gehrig first baseman for the New York Yankees stayed at the Castleton Hotel Monday night during a motor honeymoon trip. He and his recently married wife dined in their room and departed early Tuesday for New York to spend Thanksgiving with family.
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Lou Gehrig
Castleton
Castleton Hotel
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
New York
Lou
Mrs. Gehrig
West
New York City
California Governor Voices Support For Punishment In Hart Case
Governor James Rolph Jr. said Californians are law-abiding yet oppose kidnapping after the lynching of Thomas Thurmond and Jack Holmes in San Jose for the Brooke Hart murder. He vowed to pardon those involved and hinted at paroling kidnappers now in state prisons.
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International News Service
Sacramento
Cal
James Rolph, Jr
Thomas Thurmond
Jack Holmes
San Jose
Brooke Hart
California
Rolph
Ralph
San Quentin
Folsom
Pension Measure Brought to House by Sowers
Harrisburg November 28. The house committee on pensions and gratuities considered Rep. C A Sowers Philadelphia sponsored old age pension bill. It would grant pensions of 20 to 30 dollars monthly for those over 65 with no other support. A separate bill would legalize lotteries in Pennsylvania to raise 100 million dollars for unemployment relief and old age pensions.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
House Committee On Pensions and Gratuities
Rep. C. A. Sowers
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sowers
Board of Appeals Schedules December 6 Hearings
City board of appeals and tax revision will meet twice next week to hear objections to triennial tax assessments from Fourth ward and Seventh ward residents on December 6 and December 8 respectively.
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City Board of Appeals
Fourth Ward
Seventh Ward
Await Approval Of Civil Works Projects In City
No approval from Harrisburg had arrived by noon but officials expected the twelve projects sent Sunday to gain approval. Once green lighted, men on federal job lists would be mobilized. Existing efforts at Croton wall Ray street quarry and Gaston Park continue daily with more projects anticipated.
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L. B. Round
Harrisburg
Federal Employment Office
Round
Croton Wall
Ray Street
Gaston Park
Identify Bank Robber Suspect
Washington, Pa. Nov. 28. Jack Mange, 35, of Canton, Ohio, identified as leader of the gang that robbed the First National Bank of Cecil on November 16. Mange, held for court after arrest by state police, was named by two bank employees. A second man is held for aiding the get-away car.
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Washington
Jack Mange
Canton
First National Bank
Cecil
Mange
Temporary Injunction Blocks Pennsylvania Liquor Tax
Federal judges issued a temporary restraining order stopping collection of Pennsylvania's floor tax of $2 per gallon on stored spirits. The order freezes the tax plan until December 6 when a hearing on an interlocutory injunction will occur. Attorney A Leo Weil Sr for Joseph S Finch Co argues the tax is unconstitutional and interferes with interstate commerce. He claims his client faces costs between six and eight million dollars.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
A. Leo Weil, Sr
Joseph S. Finch Company
Schenley
Weil
Death notices for four residents reported in regional records
Mrs Mary Carr 79 of Volant, Robert Harry Bauder eight months of Portersville, Joseph Heldish 54 of Pittsburgh are listed in the local death records. The brief items document ages and hometowns in an obituary-like notice.
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Mary Carr
Volant
Robert Harry Bauder
Portersville
Joseph Heldish
Pittsburgh
Lindbergh Baby Tale Repeats in Police Report
New York authorities found no credence in Harry Zeigler's claim that the Lindbergh baby is alive and held in Montreal. Zeigler previously told Atlanta police and others, with the Justice Department investigating and finding no foundation.
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International News Service
New York
Atlanta
Harry Zeigler
Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindebergh, Jr
Montreal
Zeigler
Department of Justice
Atlantic Police
Savannah
Richmond
Quiet Santa Clara Valley Reflects On Lynchings
Governor Ralph is praised and condemned for the mob killings of Jack Holmes and Thomas Thurmond over Brooke Hart's kidnapping. Justice of the peace Chester Moore will note in the court record that the case ended with an unofficial hanging on November 26, 1933, closing the affair as the valley resumes routine duties.
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San Jose
Cal
Jack Holmes
Thomas H. Thurmond
Brooke Hart
Finis
St. James Park
Holmes
Thurmond
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara Valley
Drowning Declared Cause Of Hart's Death
Oakland November 28 Brooke L Hart kidnap victim from San Jose died by drowning according to autopsy by O D Hamlin Alameda county district attorney's office. No bullet wounds or skull fracture evident on X rays. Hart's abductors Thomas Thurmond and Jack Holmes confessed to beating him and shooting as he struggled in the water.
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International News Service
Oakland
Cal
Brooke L. Hart
San Jose
O. D. Hamlin
Alameda County
Young Pa Nenee Notes Rough Phillips Street Request
The observer reports that Phillips street in the city, among the roughest, has been asked for action this morning. He notes the area’s conditions and highlights concerns about safety and upkeep.
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Pa Nenee
Phillips Street
The Turkeys and the Football Men End Week of Fame
The piece laments the turkeys and the football men as their week ends on Thursday. The turkey has feasted all summer while the football players traveled many fields. The hero and the turkey are set to depart with the football lad returning to college hall and class.
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Ruth Knoderer
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Miss Knoderer
Touhy
J. C. Lausbaugh
Wiehoo McNaught Syndicate
Board of Appeals
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Washington, Pa
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Ralph B. Jordan
Hart
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