Woman on Isle of Jersey Convicted of Murder in Bread Knife Slaying
Gertrude Elizabeth Delemare, 20, the first woman to be tried for murder on Saint Peters Port Isle of Jersey, was convicted and sentenced to death for slashing her employer’s throat with a bread knife. In a separate ad note, a bakery in a town of about 7000 near San Antonio is listed for sale at $1800.
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Saint Peters
Isle of Uertisey
t-Gertrude Elizabeth Delemare
Channel Island
San Antonio
Woodul names Beery colonel amid lookalike claim
Austin April 18 CGNS Acting Governor Walter Woodul named actor Jace Beery a colonel on the governor's staff saying he appointed him because he looks like him. Nine other honorary colonels were appointed including Tom Gooch Dallas and J. W. Neal Houston among others.
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Austin
Wal
Jace Beery
Walter Woodul
Woodul
Tom Gooch
Dallas
AL Elkins
Houston
J. W. Neal
Rice M. Tilley
Fort Worth
Russell Jacobs
A. Phithips
Chicago Killing Suspect Held in Laredo
Chicago police seek Walter Cairns a 25 year old man wanted on a murder charge. He is held in Laredo awaiting Illinois officers. Cairns was identified by fingerprints sent to Washington. extradition papers are being prepared.
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Chicago
Laredo
Walter, Cairns
Illinois
Cairns
Washington
Paigon Probe Secrecy Kept in Angleton Session
The Texas house committee investigating brutality at Retrieve prison farm held secret sessions to protect convicts and encourage testimony. Witnesses were kept unnamed. about a dozen convicts testified yesterday, with some maimed, alleging harsh work, self-mutilation to escape labor, and abuse by farm officials.
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Angleton
Texas House
Retrieve Prison Farm
Kenneth McCalla
Bome
Dezen
I. L. Kelly
Hag Mtan
Granddaughter of Rockefeller Takes Hospital Post
Mary Adeline Prentice, 25, granddaughter of John J Rockefeller, has become office nurse and secretary to a leading physician in New York. She left her parents’ home and moved into her own apartment to further her career.
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New York
Mary Adeline Prentice
John J. Rockefeller
Former county judge doubts brutality at farm evidence
A.R. Bucks, former county judge, discounted brutality charges against guards at the farm and expressed confidence in its management. Prison authorities said the practice of maiming to shorten sentences had been started there by Clyde Barrow years ago, with the Dallas gangster cutting off a toe himself.
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Pathy
A.R. Bucks
Clyde Barrow
Dallas
Bexar Relief Load Reduced in Texas Counties
The Texas relief commission cut caseloads and relief costs in eight big city counties including Bexar Dallas El Paso Galveston Harris Jefferson Travis and Tarrant. Relief costs fell from 1 036 659 to 869 095 with the average relief per case dropping from 14 40 to 12 54. Bexar county still reported the highest relief total despite the reduction. An unfurnished apartment at 208 Queen Anne is offered for rent at 304 per month, classified 28.
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Austin
Texas Relief Commission
Cazes
Bexar
Dallas
el Paso
Galveston
Harris
Jefferson
Tarmant
Travis
Bexar County
Wll
Queen Anne
Dust States Seek PUA Aid for Irrigation Projects
Washington April 16 Dust storms and drought threaten the Middle West as sentiment grows for expanding work relief funds into irrigation, erosion control, oil recovery and rural rehabilitation. A Mead report urges over 100 million dollars for irrigation with 75 million for materials and elements tied to civilian conservation corps plans under Roosevelt.
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Washington
1. C
Middle West
Ickes
Elwood Mead
Reclamation
Roosevelt
Conservation Corps
Adiloroston Service
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Ike Woodul
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George S. Butter
New York Hattker
William T. Kelley
Roy Atterbury
Aki
Joske’s
A. B. Frank Co.’S
Betty Lee
Feader Gas Pure
Attande
Townsend
James O. Rail
Townsend Will
Highland Park Recreation Center
Paigon
John D
Roche
Quina Laroche
Richmond
Durham
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San Francisco
California
Liggett & Myers
Chesterfield
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