Lindbergh case hoaxer Curtis confesses to fake talks
John H. Curtis a Norfolk boat builder admitted to Jersey City police that his negotiations with the Lindbergh kidnapers were a complete fabrication. He said he feigned ties to the crime and to Colonel Lindbergh and that his cover story was driven by a temporary frenzy. He faces charges for giving false reports hindering the search and could face prison or fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Lindbergh
Harry Walsh
Jersey City Police
Colonel Lindbergh
Curtis
Brooklyn
Frank Parzych
New Jersey
William H. Stevens
Erwin Marshall
Mercer County
Stevens
Trenton
Garner Plan for Mood Relief Endorsed by Rainey Leader
Speaker Garner proposed a relief plan funded by 110 million dollars at the President’s discretion to aid destitution. It also calls for a billion dollar increase in borrowing power for the Reconstruction Corporation to support loans to local governments and corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve System
New York
George L. Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Owen D. Young
Harrison
Federal Reserve Banks
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Peaker Garner
Representative Rainey
House
Daring flyer fails in attempt to cross Atlantic
A 1920s report recounts OUT. REICHERS, an ambitious transatlantic hopeful, abandoning Harbor Grace for Paris via Dublin, overruns and is rescued near Ireland by the President Roosevelt. Other items note deaths of Apt. Dollar and Admiral Billard, plus political upheaval in Japan and a Mount McKinley ascent ending in tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichers
Harbor Grace
Paris
Dublin
Ireland
Roosevelt
Fried
Harry Manning
Robert Dollar
Pacific Coast
San Rafael
Calif
Scotland
Quebec
Coast Guard
F. ©. Billard
Washington
B. J. Cigrand
The
American Flag Day Association
Batavia
APAN
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Tokyo
Inukai
Kisaburo Suzuki
Seiyukai Party
Japan
China
Russia
Saionji
Lou Reichers
N. F
Pius XI Calls for Prayer and Penance in Charitas Christi Encyclical
Pope Pius XI issues Charitas Christi urging world prayer penance and mortification to avert terrorism and anarchy and other grave evils. He designates an eight day reparations period starting June 3 in the octave of the Sacred Heart feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pius XI
Union
First Kiwanian to Welcome Detroit Kiwanis Convention
Joseph G. Prance of Detroit, recognized as the first Kiwanian, will give a welcome to thousands of Kiwanis members attending the sixteenth annual convention in Detroit from June 26 to 30. Kiwanis was founded in Detroit in January 1915, marking a return to the birthplace after 15 years to plan greater service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph G. Prance
Detroit
Kiwanis
Pirate Gasparilla's Rise and Fall in 1782
Gasparalios Gasparilla, former high ranking Spanish naval officer, was caught stealing crown jewels and turned pirate in 1782. He seized a ship, anchored at Charlotte Harbor, built a fort, and imprisoned many men. In 1821 the United States dismantled his pirate regime, distributing a booty of 30 million dollars. He attempted flight by binding the anchor chain to his waist and leaping overboard, drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasparalios Gasparilla
Charlotte Harbor
United States
No Lover of His Neighbors
Farmer Corntessel advises his son Josh to leave home and seek luck elsewhere, claiming local honesty standards will worsen his business deals. The farmer notes the household’s principles may backfire in any future venture around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh
Farmer Corntessel
Curious Telegram Turns Tomato Tale Into Passport Fun
A lighthearted note from the Montreal Star recalls Potts sending a letter to Smithson the grocer asking for tomatoes. The tale spirals as the item is used as a passport to France and Spain and as a driving license in Italy, then played on the piano.
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Potts
Smithson
France
Spain
Italy
Montreal Star
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Edward W. Pickard
W. H. Stevens
Gulf of Aden
Georges Philippar
Messageries Maritimes
Aden
Tyding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Wyoming
Territories
John Crowley
Times of
Little Falls
Young
L Smith
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Board
Enator Watson
Indiana
Senate
Congress
Garner
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Belgrade
Lausanne
Jugoslavs
Germany
Enry L. Stimson
Geneva
Europe
Uncle Sam
Manchuria
Arry J. Leik
Mount McKinley National Park
Alaska
Allen Carpe
Carpe
Theodore Koven
Koven
Muldrow
America
Arthur H. Compton
University of Chicago
E. P. Beckwith
Percy T. Olton, Jr
Leik
Beckwith
N. D. Spadercochia
Indus
Bombay
Calcutta
T. Inukai
Senate At Work
Senator Jones
Jimmy Walker
Los Angeles Harbor
Dneprostroi
Ukraine
Max
Max Schmeling
Greenhill Lodge
Kingston
N. Y
Jack Sharkey
Kiwanian
Herbert Hoover
Wooster
Ohio
University
Elma Sage
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