Hauptmann Trial Opens in Lindbergh Baby Case
State prosecutors move to present a full evidentiary case to jurors in Flemington as the Hauptmann trial nears opening. Walter Roberts will describe the Lindbergh home in the Sourland mountains, Betty Gow testifies on baby’s last hours, and witnesses place Hauptmann near the crime scene while the defense maintains his denial of kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
N. J
Brute Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Trenton
Hauptmann Jury
Hauptmann Stoical
Hauptmann
Walter Roberts
Hunterdon County
Sourland Mountains
Foperel
Testife
Betty Gow
Ocean
Tha
John FL
Datsie
New Jersey
Bronx
Jett
Tsador Fisch
Anna Hauptmann
New York
Rescued Fliers Tell of Ordeal
Four men survived a crash on Wilder mountain after their air liner went down in a blizzard. Rescuers led them through deep Adirondack snows to safety. Pilot Ernest Dryer and Dale Dryer suffered injuries. R W Hambrook of the federal bureau of education aided the group and pressed on to safety in Utica before flying to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Jan. J
Adirondack
Wilder Mountain
Feng
Here
Dale Dryer
Oie
Ueblows
Ernest Dryer
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Pertello
J.” B.brown
R. W. Hambrook
Federal Bureau of Education
New York City
New York
Washington
Body Found in Furnace Near Greensburg
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on January 1 17 the body of 39 year old Margaret Werkman was found burned nearly beyond recognition when her father Leopold Werkman opened the furnace to fix the fire. Coroner H A McMurray and state police are on the case with suspicions of possible foul play and possible forcible entry into the fire box. The pair lived alone in their home at Shay Pump near Irwin in the Straw Pump village area once named in Colonial days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenburg
Leopold Werkman
Margaret Werkman
H. A. McMurray
Workman
Shay Pump
Irwin
Greensburg
Straw Pump
Green Hails Upward Trend in Labor Outlook
By William Green, president of the AFL, in Washington reports optimism for 1935. He cites signs of national recovery, falling unemployment, and expected federal unemployment insurance and social security measures. He predicts labor gains in health, age security, and other social justice laws as the year progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Congress
United States
English Farmer Hanged for Baby Murder in Leeds
Frederick Rushworth, a 2 year old farm hand, was hanged at Armley prison for the murder of his baby. He and Lydia Binks, 24, domestic, buried the child alive and were sentenced to death. Binks’ sentence was commuted to life in prison after a large clemency petition to the home office.
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Leeds
England
Frederick Rushworth
Armley
Lydia Binks
Home Office
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Bing Richard Hauptmann
John Hughes Gurtiss
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Ehstee
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Ellergo
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China
Royal Doulton
Bone
Tonga
Cambridge
Alee
Chotee Ab VO
Jena
Prays
West Commerce
Choice
Lates
BIG Crockery
Baby
Ox West
Craig
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