Joe Barry Faces Murder Charge After Circus Temptation
Joe Barry, a New York country youth and restaurant pianist, is arrested near Newburgh after a night in the fields and a tense sequence with a man named Martin who offered him money. Detectives link him to the murders and robbery of two prohibition agents, while a waiter named Fullhouse weakens his case. Joe plans to refuse Martin but remains silent to protect Sue Dayton as Pete Maxwell the detective shifts from friend to wary authority.
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Joe Barry
New York
Louie Bertolini
Newburgh
Bertolini
Martin
Joe
Joseph Bradley
Sue Dayton
Fullhouse
Bertolini’s
Dayton
Pete Maxwell
Prison Cell Conspiracy Echoes Through Night
In a dim Newburgh road jail cell, Joe Barry and Hymie Fradke shift from suspicion to uneasy alliance. Fradke believes Big Friday’s setup spans Oswego to Albany, foretelling a deadly double cross. A bell rings, guards surge, and a wounding clash leaves one man bloodied and the night alive with fear.
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Joe Barry
Newburgh Road
Hymie Fradke
Joe
Barry
Martin
Big Friday
Louie Bertolini
Oswego
Schenectady
Albany
Newburgh
Bronx
Dannemora
Wem
Big
Levi
Wade
Prison Cage Drama Builds Around Hymie and Joe
In a New York jail cell, Hymie Fradke schemes and pressures Joe as they await trial. Hymie slips a twenty dollar certificate to Joe and bets on beating Dannemora, while the pair navigate guards, cages, and the Bridge of Sighs toward an afternoon court session.
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Hymie Fradke
Joe
Bridge of Sighs
Criminal Courts
Jeze
Dannemora
Pete Maxwell
Transatlantic Air Service in Five Years Predicted
Holger Hobbs, pilot of the Lib erty, forecasts weekly transatlantic flights within five years. He envisions Bermu da and Azores stops, water landings, and intermediate hops about 600 miles each with seadromes. He doubts a Nord Atlantic nonstop route due to fog.
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New York
Holger Hobbs
Liberty
Copenhagen
Hobbs
Ocean
Bermuda
Azores
Lindbergh Circle
Harbor Grace
Ireland
Otto Hillig
N. Y
North Atlantic
Hoims
Enforce Uniform Dress to Keep Girls in School
Port Huron Michigan Miss Margaret Franklin dean of women enforces a uniform dress rule for all girl students to prevent enrollment declines. The garb requires middles and skirts and aims to ensure parity with peers.
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Port Huron
Mich
Margaret Franklin
Port Huron High School
Franklin
Forestry Service Man Wins Fishing Honors
Kemmerer Wyoming honors for 1931 go to Bert Cheeseman of the United States forest service who caught a 14 pound rainbow trout in the Green river. The fish, 30 inches long, fought for nearly an hour using a small reel and common tackle becoming the largest rainbow trout taken in western Wyoming.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Wyoming
Bert Cheeseman
United States Forest Service
Green River
Cheeseman
Jailer Frees Wrong Prisoner By Mistake
In Memphis Willie Mitchell jailed on a larceny charge was released by a turnkey who mistook him for Mack Mitchell, the man named in the release order. The incident shows a mistaken identity led to an unintended early release.
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Memphis
Willie Mitchell
Mack Mitchell
Undertakers Convention Triggers Rum Cache Confusion
A busybody misread a box being carried into a house and alerted authorities. Special liquor investigator Joe Deimler led police to uncover an undertakers’ convention in progress with the suspicious box containing a sample casket.
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Topeka
Kan
Joe Deimler
Undertakers
Flight plan favors intermediate stops for trans oceanic service
The report notes aviation expert Hoims says long range flights benefit from intermediate stops. He asserts that for 600 mile hops planes can work efficiently at 2,000 feet and that a miscalculation of position on the Copenhagen flight forced the two flyers to land at an intermediate stop.
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Copenhagen
Hoims
Buck with freak horn shot in Nevada town
William Marsh, a Tonopah rancher and veteran, bagged a 187 pound five point buck near town with a central horn about four inches long. Sportsmen said it was the first such horn they had seen.
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Buck
Building Airplanes for Stratosphere
Washington report notes Germany and France advancing stratosphere planes capable of transatlantic flight. The German Junkers design, 36 foot wing span, all metal low-deck hull, 800 horsepower L-88 engine, uses a bellows oxygen system for the motor and a low pressure cabin for the crew. Preliminary tests planned in the near future.
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Washington
Germany
France
Atlantic
New York
Junkers
Dessau
Merce Department
Marriage Rate Among Youths Is Increasing
In St Louis Missouri Peter Kasius executive secretary of the Missouri Social Hygiene association says the marriage rate for ages eighteen to twenty four has risen since 1890 He notes twice as many marriages for fifteen to nineteen year old girls on the Pacific coast than in New England and cites climatic religious social and educational factors as influences.
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St. Louis
Peter Kasius
The
Missouri Social Hygiene Association
Pacific Coast
New England States
Kasius
Bear Flag marks California's brief republic era
The Bear Flag became the symbol of California after Col. John C. Fremont seized Sonoma and proclaimed a republic on July 4, 1846. Fremont, with Stockton and Kearney, accelerated the territory's move toward annexation by the United States, which occurred on August 15, 1846.
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California
America
Mexico
United States
Texas
John C. Fremont
Sonoma
Republic
Fremont
Stockton
Kearney
Republic of California
Radium Mine Reported Found in Czechoslovakia
A new radium mine has been reported located between Joachimsthal and Karlsbad in Czechoslovakia.
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Joachimsthal
Karlsbad
Czechoslovakia
Pain relief claim for rheumatism and neuritis by B. M. germicide
The advertisement states that most rheumatism and neuritis cases are caused by germ action and that consistent use of B. & M. germicide will relieve acute pain and stop germ growth. It offers $1.25 and 75 cent sizes through druggists or direct shipment from F. B. Rollins Company, 53 Beverly St., Boston.
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F. B. Rollins Company
Beverly St
Boston
Mass
Adv
Flattering Naturally Women Like a Strong Silent Saint
A brief opinion notes that women respond to a confident quiet man who seems to listen. The piece suggests men who project calm strength attract attention and admiration from women in social settings.
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Sant
Outing Described as Short Overnight Trip
A traveler recounts a short excursion driving sixty miles from home sleeping in a corn shack bed and eating unfamiliar foods before returning the next day, framing it as a casual outing.
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