Adoption Offers Poured In for Burpes Child and Clyde Jr
Reports from Columbia detail multiple families offering to adopt Beatrice Burpes unborn child and her five year old son Clyde Jr as the mother faces execution for murder. Relatives say Clyde Jr will stay with kin near the state penitentiary while the adoption talks proceed and the child placement bureau weighs options.
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Columbia
8. C
INS
Beatrice Ferguson Burpes
Clyde
Gulpes
Bulpes
Lean
Clyde Jr
Oo Jusobin
State Penitentiary
Enipss
W. C. Cathcart
State
Bnipes
Little Clyde
Banta
Clyde Snipes Jr
Beatrice Snipes
Columbia, D. C
Santa
Autopsy Held in Death of L A Girl Named Dorothy Tenner
Justice J R Shook opened the inquiry into the girl Dorothy Tenner’s death after an autopsy. City chemist Herman A. Nester was asked to analyze the contents of her stomach before a verdict is announced.
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L.A
Justine of the
J. R. Shook
Tusday
Dorothy Tenner
Den
Shook
Herman A. Nester
Blackman Confesses Poisoning Wife in Escape Plot
Sidney J Hawkes, 36, an unemployed man, wrote a confession claiming he poisoned his wife to be free to live with another woman. The bizarre note surfaced amid a Kansas City classified ads section as authorities tried to verify the details of the crime and motive.
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Kansas City
Sidney J. Hawkes
Texas Railroad Commission reports big 1931 pipe line earnings
Col Exnest C. Thompson announced a Texas pipe line earnings study showing 37 companies analyzed for 1931 with substantial returns. Twenty reporting firms earned over 40 percent, 15 over 25 percent, 30 over 10 percent, and six under 10 percent, ranging from 52 to 989 percent in net earnings.
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Ambrrillo
Texas
Lew
Col Exnest C.thompson
Commission On
Commieion
Thompson
Slide Endangers Denver Rail Line
Durango Cols Dec 21 INS disturbance blamed on main Denver line and a subterranean fault. Scalding charged in New York with poured boiling water on sleeping roommate. Kostoe y Filipski 60 of Brooklyn held on $1500 bail. hearing Friday.
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Denver
Durango
Cols
New York
Kostoey Filipski
Brooklyn
Stanley Pulowek
Weather report fragment notes deficient precipitation for December
The document records low precipitation for December at 7 inches for the month and 36.61 inches accumulated to date, with scattered observations of sun and cloud cover. It mentions flying weather from Antonia to various destinations with broken ceilings and rain beyond Houston, and lists ceiling heights near 6000 to 2400 feet in scattered routes.
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Tanwar Vito Tam
Msn
Antonia
Baltan
Girar
Ban
Antonio
Brownerilia
Wil Ben Antonia
New Orleans
Moneton
Houston
New Orleanns
Bet Nylog
Medea
Mellon to Quit Public Career After March 4
Ambassador Andrew W. Mellon plans to return to private life after March 4 ending a national political career begun when he moved from banking to secretary of the treasury. He said he would not actively engage in Pennsylvania politics and will resume duties at St James after January 4 to finish work in London.
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Pittsburgh
Des
Andrew W. Mellon
Millionaires Down Incomes In Four States In 1930
Final IRS statistics show 160 individuals with incomes of 1 million dollars or more in four states in 1930. New York led with 38 millionaires, followed by Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Michigan. Eight individuals earned over 5 million. other high brackets spread across New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Michigan reported no incomes above 4 million. Total taxes paid by these millionaires were about 61.1 million, with net incomes around 359.2 million. Rough roll counts by state cited for 1930 and notes on 1931 preliminary declines.
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Washington, D. C
Dre
Internal Revenue Bureau
Millinnaire
New York
Tindy
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Michigan
Ohio
Henry Ford
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Incieng
Town
Kentucky
Maryland
Masachusetts
Missouri
North Carolina
Rhoads Island
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin
Texas oil field tests pressure in 116 East Texas wells
E C Ew, head of the Texas railroad and Texas commission, announced tests of bottom hole pressure in 116 wells across the East Texas field. The commission ordered a temporary halt of wells from December 17 to January 1 to allow measurement, with a hearing for operators planned for tomorrow.
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E. Texas
Austin
E. C
Buck
East Texas
Eld
Eset Texas
Runaway Boy Pulls Pistol on Sheriff
Sheriff Marcus Flohr chased a 12 year old runaway boy in Banta Rosa Cull Dec 4. The youth drew a large pistol when approached, warned the sheriff not to advance, then fired into the air from behind a tree before dropping the weapon.
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Sherif Marcus Flohr
Mt Ehoot
Gheri Ficbr
Squirrel Wanders in Boston Downtown to Office Capture
A small brown squirrel on the Boston Common wandered through downtown for two days and nights dodging vehicles and stray objects before entering an office building. It was captured and returned to the common.
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Boston
Most Civic Minded Will Be Selected
A contest named The Most Civic Minded San Antonian was set for Tuesday afternoon by a group led by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Judges listed include Willian M. McIntosh Whaley H H Ocha A L Becker and Frank Tuntreng. A. Andersen 9% War shot to death last night at his Austin residence after quarrel.
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San Antonian
Chamber of Commerce
Willian M. McTntoah
BR. L. Whaley
H. H. Ocha
A. L. Becker
Frank Tuntreng
Austin
A. Andersen
War
Wilson
Carl
Rime
Four Jimmu Kai Members Arrested in Plot to Kill Premier Balto
Tokyo reports that four members of the Jimmu Kai, a reactionary patriotic group, were arrested last August and charged with plotting the assassination of Premier Makoto Balto. The revelation comes as authorities unveil details of the suspected conspiracy and the individuals involved.
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Tokio
Jimmu-Kai
Emperor Party
Makoto Balto
Butler to Offer Course on Marriage in 1933
Indiana report from Indianapolis notes Butler University will start a course on marriage in 1933 addressing physical, psychological, economic, social and religious aspects. Open to students and non students, single and married, led by Charles B. Meteger, a divorce referee and Indianapolis attorney.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Butler University
Butler Watversly
Marion County
Charles B. Meteger
Courag
Pair Found Dead at Tourist Camp Near Aurora
Denver December 27. Two young lovers Doris Gillan Col 19 and Harold Crayford 20 were found dead in a tourist camp cabin near Aurora. Investigators say they may have suffocated as a gas heater burned full and the cabin was tightly sealed.
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Denver
Doris Gillan Col
Harold Crayford
Aurora
Waco Judge Named DeMolay Deputy in Texas
Judge Alva Bryan of Waco was named deputy grand council, Order of DeMolay, for Texas succeeding Bam P Cochran of Dallas. The appointment, effective immediately, was announced by Frank B. Leand grand archite of the order.
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Bangas City
Vee
Alva Bryan
Waco
Grand Council
Order of DeMolay
State of Texas
Bam P Cochran
Dallas
Frank B. Tleand
Death takes Straus executive at 61 in city
David Joseph Straus, 61, president of the Straus Frank company and prominent in local business circles, died there early Tuesday. Services pending, awaiting arrival of his mother and sister. Survived by widow Ida, three sons Joseph Frederick and Robert, and other relatives. Burial at 315 Lynwood Avenue. Straus built the firm into the South’s largest saddle and harness maker, supplying Russian armies in WWI and later producing rubber and electrical automotive equipment. He was active in the San Antonio Manufacturers Association, the chamber of commerce, and civic affairs.
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David Joseph Straus
Straus-Frank Company
Sam Antonio
David Joseph Blraus
Converm
Mra
Hannah Straus
Ape Harry Harry Friedman
Ida Straus
Song
Joseph
Frederick
Robert ‘Straus
Lynwood Avenue
Straus
South
Mr. Straus
Rubbera
San Antonio Manufactureers Association
The
Chamber of Commerce
Was & Civic Worker
Flu Epidemics Warn Readers To Take Precautions
A period style health notice warns of flu outbreaks and urges readers to avoid crowded, smoky places and coughers, stay warm and dry, drink water, eat citrus, and use Grove’s Br once Quinine products to prevent colds and flu. The advisory cites traditional remedies and stresses early treatment and hygiene.
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