Hauptmann Case Costs Hit Million in Protracted Trial
New Jersey officials estimate over 1 million dollars spent to solve the Lindbergh baby murder, including the Hauptmann trial in Flemington. The figure covers two and a half years of investigation by state, city, and federal authorities and cites high expert fees and travel costs.
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Joseph A. Lanigan
Joint Legislative Appropriations Committee
Flemington
Lanigan
New Jersey
New York
David T. Wilentz
Wilentz
Isidor Fisch
Germany
Hannah
Isidor
Charles H. Mitchell
Charles Lindbergh
George H. Priest
Princeton
Hauptmann
Fisch
Samuel Foley
Bronx
Wilmer Souder
Washington
Albert S. Osborn
Albert D. Osborn
Elbridge W. Stein
Herbert J. Walter
Harry E. Cassidy
J. Clark Sellers
John F. Tyrell
Water Plants Lured Mastodons to Death
Beloit Wis A craving for underwater plants brought death to 40 coal scoop mastodons and preserved their skeletons until they were found by Dr Roy Chapman Andrews Beloit College alumnus. He describes how the mastodons drew their name from jutting jaws for scooping plants in inland lake mud and how they sank while foraging.
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Beloit
Wis
Roy Chapman Andrews
Gobi Desert
Beloit College
Andrews
Highway to Mexico Seen Drawing Tourists and Trade
Rep Kent Keller of Illinois leads an informal panel to celebrate the Laredo to Mexico City segment of the Pan American highway. He predicts 1,000,000 annual tourist trips will soon arise as hotels and facilities develop along the route. Keller foresees US support for Central American segments and notes the road will boost regional productivity and international commerce.
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Washington
Kent BR. Keller
Illinois
Mexico
Laredo to-Mexico City
Keller
United States
Laredo
Mexico City
Central America
Panama
Tropics
Strong quits baseball tryout after wrist injury limits throw
Ken Strong, famed New York University football strongman and now a professional star, attempted a baseball tryout with Brooklyn but gave up after discovering a wrist injury from football hampered his throwing ability.
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Ken Strong
New York University
Brooklyn
British Railways to Install Camping Coaches
British Railways plans camping coaches offered by Southern and Great Western railways to boost passenger traffic. Sites chosen for scenic value, weekly rents from 50 to 80 shillings plus four monthly return tickets. Cars will be old stock refitted for camping use.
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Washington
Commerce Department
London
Southern Railway
Great Western Railway
Germans adopt invisible electric torpedo for U boats
The Daily Telegraph reports a new invisible torpedo for German submarines using electric propulsion and unseen firing. The naval correspondent says it will make attacks on slow or moderate speed merchant ships far more deadly, though faster warships may still be safer.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Color Problem Child Wilford Price Has Split Traits
Wilford Price, a three and one half year old boy, exhibits two distinct colorings. His right side mirrors his mother's red hair and brown eye, while his left side matches his father's blond hair and blue eye.
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Wilford Price
Old Fashioned Dances Planned for Jubilee
London reports King George dislikes dancing so the silver jubilee balls at Buckingham Palace will be court balls not state events. Dances will be old fashioned like reels lancers and the waltz with rare fox trots for the king’s sons. State balls last occurred in 1924 for Italian and Rumanian royalty.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Italy
Rumania
Alabappleseed Johnny’s Labors Remembered in Ohio
A tribute to John Chapman known as Johnny Appleseed. The article recalls his early 1800s journey down the Ohio in a two canoes craft carrying rotten apples from Pennsylvania cider presses. He planted seeds to found orchards for settlers and tended trees for 46 years, living simply and aiding frontier families.
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Johnny Appleseed
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Boston
Emmanuel Swedenborg
Boston Globe
Greek scholar translates motto at women’s college
A renowned Greek scholar visiting a U S women's college agrees to translate their motto into Greek. He reads the motto and politely notes its meaning before offering a witty critique. The piece closes with an unrelated advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Pellets claiming relief for stomach and bowels.
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United States
And It's a Heavy One The Penalty for Intimacy
A reflective column explores how sharing private woes imposes a heavy burden on those who hear them. The piece weighs emotional strain and social boundaries in personal conversations and group life.
Rockefeller On Business Success Routine
An archival quote from John D. Rockefeller emphasizes disciplined daily tasks, adherence to commercial law, and clear judgment as the path to success in business. The advice frames steady practice as the main driver of favorable outcomes.
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John D. Rockefeller
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