Dr Peacock Murder Mystery Is Solved
Four youths ages 17 to 19 confessed to slain pediatrician Dr Silber C Peacock in a January 2 robbery that netted $20. They described fighting the doctor, then loading his body into his car and dividing the money. A second case linked to a cigaret murder remains under investigation.
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Associated Press
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Pi Peacock
Chicago
Silber C. Peacock
Harry O'Connell
Robert Goethe
Durland Nash
Emil Beck
Michael Livingston
Peacock
North Side
Nash
Kenneth A. Morrison
Chicago Park Board
Reck
West North Avenue
Andrew Aiken
Goethe
Beck
O'Connell
Blair Varnes
Dizzy Spell Of Financing Due To Bonus
Washington U P The payment of the soldiers bonus and related arrangements were in full swing today causing treasury officials to face complex calculations. They forecast a higher national debt and possible new bond issues while noting large cash balances and uncertain returns from the bonus.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Italian troops gain control of Wolkait region in Ethiopia
Marshal Pietro Bologlio reported Italian forces now fully occupy the northwest corner of Ethiopia. The advance includes Bircutan and Kafta, securing the Wolkait region. He noted intense aerial activity on both fronts.
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Rome
W.P
Pietro Bologlio
Ethiopia
Wolkait
Bircutan
Kafta
Who Received Big Money in AAA Handouts
Northwestern Bureau reports Washington Wisconsin Progressives demand details on AAA funds. Wisconsin average per farm was $60, while Rep Merlin Hull questions potential bonanza farmers in Congress. Hull cites a failed House resolution asking who got over $2,000 and notes a Senate move seeking disclosures of $10,000 plus.
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Northwestern Bureau
Washington
Wisconsin
AAA
Merlin Hull
Black River Falls
Congress
House
Hull
Senate
Dairy leaders denounce new farm plan as crippling industry
Chicago based National Dairy Association president Charles Hill condemned the Roosevelt administration farm program as harmful to dairying. Wisconsin officials echoed the critique, saying subsidies favor legume crops and dairy feed without soil restoration, hindering gains in milk output and dairy plant growth. The executive committee also announced Texas centennial dairy exposition in Dallas in October.
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Chicago
Charles Hill
National Dairy Association
Soil Conservation Act
Wisconsin State Agricultural Commissioner
Hill
Association
New Deal
Hil
Dallas
Mongolia and Soviet Union form mutual aid pact defense
Outer Mongolia proclaims approval of a mutual assistance agreement with the Soviet Union. Soviet advices report three Japanese invaders killed on the Far Eastern front. Japan forces concentrate near the Noril lake boundary area, signaling possible border raids. The USSR would aid Mongolia with its vast army if Far East invasion threats become real.
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John Lloyd
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Mongolia
Norih Lake
Outer Mongolia
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolian
Milwaukee to Tear Down First Skyscraper Soon
Preparations underway to raze Milwaukee's seven story Land and Trust Company building. Wrecking to start shortly after April 30 with plans for a new structure planned on the site.
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Milwaukee
U.P
the Land and Trust Company
Germany votes to tell world in ramped up Nazi campaign
Berlin coverage describes a city-wide push by the Nazi party with radio broadcasts posters and banners as Adolf Hitler plans a Cologne rally to urge Germans to vote. Official lists show 1 035 names on the election roll and about 660 seats available.
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Frederick C.oechsner
United Press
Berlin
U.P
Germany
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Cologne
Rhineland
Reichstag
Wilentz affirms Hauptmann guilt in Lindbergh case
Wilentz declares Bruno Hauptmann "as guilty today" as at conviction. He declines to state views on a gubernatorial reprieve, noting Gov. Hoffman will request his opinion and he will withhold until needed. He cites the trial and appellate court findings affirming guilt and criticizes the governor's framing of the case.
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Perth Ambos
N. J
Als
David T. Wilentz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Oshkosh Transients Center to Close If Federal Funds End
Federal funds will end soon forcing the Oshkosh transient center to shut after 60 to 90 days. The facility opened in 1932 in the old post office building and has served 70 to 80 men daily, with as many as 160 at times, costing about 1500 dollars monthly. City officials discussed continuing a regulated local provision with Mayor Wiechering and Judge Hughes.
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Oshkosh
P. D. Flanner
Public Welfare Department of Wisconsin
Flanner
Wiechering
Henry P. Hughes
Freight Rate Cut Will Benefit Lumber Industry
A 123 percent freight rate reduction on lumber and lumber products from Wisconsin and Michigan points toward an official new rate set to take effect April 10. The measure, backed by O T Swan secretary and F M Ducker traffic manager, aims to ease west coast competition with Midwest producers. A 60 000 pound car to New York could save about 32 dollars, with rates alternating against existing tariffs rather than canceling them.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Oshkosh
Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers Association
Lumber Association
Midwest
Hardwood Manufacturers Association
O. T. Swan
F. MM. Ducker
Thousands Driven Out In Ohio Valley
Rising rivers forced evacuations across the lower Ohio valley with about 100 residents leaving Pope county Illinois as flood crests threaten five foot depths along Golconda Illinois waterfront. The Cumberland and Ohio rivers rose to near four year highs while the upper Mississippi swelled and an ice field swept away a Reads Landing pontoon bridge in Minnesota. The House banking committee approved up to 25 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for relief in the stricken areas.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Pope County
Illinois
Ohio
Golconda
Tennessee River
Cumberland River
Mississippi
Reads Landing
Minn
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Evansville
Ind
Cincinnati
House Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tragic air wreck in Gulturo mountains claims four lives
Four Phoenix men perished in a plane crash in the Gulturo mountains, 26 miles east of town, after a night flight from Douglas to Phoenix. A two day search by posses, army planes and cross border troops located the flaming wreck, with evidence pointing to a lost pilot in a snowstorm striking a canyon rock as the right wing hit a pinnacle.
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Mountain Canyon
Arizona
Oracle
Aziz
Gulturo Mountains
Here
Phoenix
Atiz
WTC
Paul Odneal
Copperclad Airways
Arold Marks
United Sates Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Powles
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Paul Swasey
Douglas
Hoffman rejects further reprieve for Hauptmann in Lindbergh case
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman said he has no intention of granting Bruno Hauptmann another reprieve. He dodged whether a confession or major development could justify prolonging Hauptmann's life. The mercy court will meet Monday to consider Hauptmann's new clemency appeal amid claims of new evidence.
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J. M. Kendrick
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Dale Harrison
Court of Pardons
Carpenter
Mercy Court
Hauptmann
Robert W. Hicks
Washington
Cuba
Seven Women Flee Fire at Wisconsin Deaf School
Seven women employes woke to a blaze at the state school for the deaf in Delavan Wisconsin. They fled their beds as fire destroyed the dining hall and kitchen with the chapel, while 225 students were safe in nearby dormitories. Authorities blamed faulty wiring. The building valued at 75000 dollars.
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State School For Deaf
Delavan
Wis
State School For the Deaf
T. Emory Bray
John Ganz
Ganz
Selma Goff
Elkhorn
Delavan Lake
Darien
Bray
Bradley Hall
Bradley Knitting Company
Washington Budget Warnings and Campaign Moves
Congress faces heightened pressure as President Roosevelt warns chairmen to keep spending within budget while tax plans loom. Borah expands campaign into the Northwest, and probes into Townsend aging program and AT&T resume amid legislative activity. Proposals progress include lobbyist disclosure and anti price discrimination bills gaining support.
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Washington
Congress
Hauptmann
Roosevelt
House
Senate Appropriations Committees
Senate
Borah
Northwest
Oregon
The
Communications Commission
Senate Lobby Committee
Justice Department
Securities Commission
Ways and Means Committee
Townsend Ite
Robert E. Clements
F.E. Townsend
Townsend
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Federal Communication Commission
Robinson-Patman
Representative Bankhead
Alabama
Two Women Killed in Auto Accident near Milwaukee
A car crash on a north side highway killed two women, Mrs. Esther Francisco and Mrs. Esther La Cart, and left James Francisco and Henry S. La Cart critically injured. The vehicle, carrying four occupants, struck a tree and rolled over, sending the men to County General Hospital.
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Milwaukee
Esther Francisco
Esther la Cart
County General Hospital
James Francisco
Henry S. la Cart
Gambling raid nets 74 suspects at Manhattan club
Milwaukee police hauled 74 people from the Manhattan club in the downtown district after a raid. Keeper Louis Hober was booked and bailed. The other inmates posted 20 dollar bonds each, totaling 1960 dollars raised within minutes.
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Milwaukee
Manhattan Club
Louis Hober
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Auaala
Japa
Tellworld
Wilentz
Center For
Hoffman
National Capital
Gambling
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