Widow Frances Nash Testifies In Union Station Conspiracy Trial
Frank Nash widow Frances Nash testified from the witness stand in Kansas City about a 1933 plot to rescue Nash from federal custody. She recounted calls with Verne Miller and others, detailing how plans to move Nash by train were discussed and coordinated from Joplin and Hot Springs, with voices clearly identified. The testimony supports prosecutors’ claim that six defendants plotted Nash’s release, while several named conspirators are dead or facing charges.
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Kansas City
Frank Nash
Union Station
Verne Miller
Hot Springs
Ark
Frances
Nash
Milley
Jelly
Union Slation Plaza
Miller
Charles
Floyd
Adam Richetts
Nast
Farmer
Louis
Doc
Vivian Mathis
Verne CG. Milker
Wicer
Bootleg Gas Costly to Colorado as Smuggling Rises
Denver reports the state loses about 40000 per month from bant gasoline smuggled in from surrounding states to evade Colorado tax. Peter Beerle, chairman of the state highway advisory board, cites authorities. The note highlights tax evasion and highway funding impacts from illegal fuel sales.
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Colorado
Denver
Wate
Tex
Peter Beerle
State Highway Advisory Board
Panama Lock Under Guard Amid A Canal Threat
Unusual precautions were ordered around Gatun locks after rumors of a bomb threat. Guarded by troops and police, workers and visitors faced identification checks and searches as overhaul plans loomed, with officials denying the threat and extending night guards.
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Colon
Panama
Panama Canal
H. M. Thomas
Ab Gatun
Thomas
Military
Fourteenth Infantry
Canstone
United States
Gatun Golf Club
Starr County Opens First Rural Work Center in Grande City
Starr County announces the approval of a two project work center for the San Isidro community three miles north of Grande City. A three room building on the San Isidro school property will house a small canning plant, mattress and broom factories, workshops for men and women, and equipment for farm repair leather tanning and garment work.
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Grande City
Texas
State County
South Texas
Florence J. Scott
San Isidro
Here
Bab Isidro
Man Says Alimony Hard to Pay in Wealthy Divorce
New York January 1 A jeweler Chapin Mateus told Justice Carew that paying $15000 alimony is unpleasant yet tolerable but continuing annual payments to his ex wife so she can spend on another man is a harder hardship. He noted his former wife Gladys Butler of Santa Fe New Mexico is wealthy in her own right.
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New York
Gaga
Sony
Chapin Mateus
Supreme Court
Carew
Dormer
Gladys Butler
Santa Fe
N. M
Woman Scientist Uses Ladybugs to Alter Spots
Denver report on Miriam A. Palmer of Colorado State College who demonstrates heredity by shifting spots on ladybug beetles. She shows the Arendelin law at the Colorado Wyoming Academy of Science meeting, applying genetics to observed color patterns.
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Denver
Jas
Miriam A. Palmer
Colorado State College
Colorado- Wyoming Academy of Science
Four Die and Four Injured in Utah Wreck
Four New Year revelers were killed and four others injured in a highway crash near Huntington Utah. The group, returning from a dance, were in a 1920s automobile when the wreck occurred early today.
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Huntington
Utah
Hoover marks fortieth birthday with crime squad goals
In Washington DC on January 1, John Edgar Hoover head of the Justice Department’s crime squadrons celebrated his fortieth birthday. He expressed hope that 1935 will bring increased success in the movement to curb crime.
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Waghangton
D.C
John Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Division of Investigation
Thieves Haul Off Valuable Clothing At Local Plant
Thieves entered the American Overall company at 425 Live Oak street early Tuesday during New Year celebrations and stole clothing valued at hundreds of dollars. The haul included 24 dozen undershirts 36 pairs of overalls and nearly 400 pairs of pants. Investigating official H G Dusty Rhodes is handling the case.
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American Overall
Live Oak Street
H. G
Dusty
Rhodes
Ingere Pring
Chicago Welcomes First 1935 Baby At Midnight
Chicago records its first baby of 1935 a seven pound son born to Mrs Catherine Mitchell at midnight in a race against time. A second birth Soon after brought a ten pound girl to Mrs Anna Sheenan marked by the New Year moment in Chicago hospitals.
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Chigago
Cmsr—Norn
Catherine Mitchell
Chicago
Harret Vogt
Anna Sheenan
Bexar Court Forgets Pay Sparks Budget Glitch
In a midday session the Bexar County commissioners realized they had no funds in the budget for the new district attorney's office payroll. Judge Jann R. Shook backed a staff of 19, while Commissioner Robert F. Uhr dissented, arguing for fewer hires. the rest approved after shifting $22,009 from the general fund. Other payrolls were approved or held for technicalities.
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Bexar County Commissioners’ Court Fund
Robert F. Uhr
Shook
District Attorney's
Uhr
Hart. McCormick
Albert ¥. Huth
George W. Huntress
Revival of construction to boost 1936 recovery in Fort Worth
Jesse H. Jones, chair of the Reconstruction Finance Corp, predicted a 1945 lift in construction as the main aid to recovery. He said a large backlog of projects will be released, with abundant capital and diminishing fear of investment.
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Fort Worth
Jay 1
Jesse Hy Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
San Antonio Fire Losses Held Down in 1904
Fire losses in San Antonio during 1904 totaled under $100000, the lowest for a city of its size in the United States. Fire and Police Commissioner Phil Wright on Tuesday noted the city’s fire insurance rate is the lowest in Texas. He added the fire department saves San Antonians about $200000 annually. the department, under Chief G. Sarran, employs 260 men.
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Fie
San Antonio
United States
Phil Wright
Wright
Texas
San Antonians
G. Sarran
Acee Brooks Observation Plan For Winter Flight Test
Acee Brooks field planes will participate in a composite winter weather test from Sel fridge field Michigan to Dyfietd Minnesota and Great Falls Montana. The Third attack group at Parl Crockett will also send a flight of three attack planes. Brooksfield pilots include Captain Calvin E. Giffin First Lieutenants Heuben Kyle Jr Isaac W Olt with staff sergeant John Murphy and others as crew and alternates.
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Acee Brooks Field
Poder Coltermand
Calvin E. Giffin
Selfridge Field
Mich
Dyfietd
Minn
Great Falls
Mont
Mighty Corps
Parl Crockett
Brooksfield
Giffin
Heuben Kyle Jr
Isaac W. Olt
John Murphy
P. Paterson
Jamies P. Pollock
W. TF. Melchey
Donald F. Stace
Gary N. Tindal
Henry Williamson
W. J. Shrimpton
A. W. Owens
Akron University Bowl Progress Report
On the Akron campus smoke drifted away as old rusting hardware or structures yielded to time, signaling progress on campus facilities. A brief note records unobtrusive changes during January in Akron Ohio with no further details.
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Akron
Rabbits Destroyed In Finney County Drive
In Finney County Kansas a large rabbit drive killed about 5000 jackrabbits to curb crop damage. Armed groups used chisels as tools in the operation, targeting marauders in Garden City area.
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Garden City
Kan
INS
Finney County
Roosevelt New Year Dinner for 80 at White House
President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted a New Year’s Eve dinner for about 80 guests including Mr and Mrs James Roosevelt and Eliott Roosevelt. The event marked the first White House party with Elliott among the guests, as the Roosevelts shifted from dancing to a modern ball hosted by Sumner Welles, while Roosevelt prepared his message to Congress.
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Washington
DB. C
Sumner Welles
Massachusetts Avenue
Roosevelt
Congress
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