Today Hauptmann Trial A Voice in the Graveyard
The column describes the start of the Hauptmann trial for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder. Judge Trenchard presides as jurors and reporters fill the courtroom while Colonel Lindbergh, emotionally strained, sits near Hauptmann, who is defended by Lawyer Reilly. Prosecution aims to prove guilt with circumstantial evidence and Lindbergh’s identification challenges.
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Aso
Ring
Silmer
Cevenved
Flemington
Tar Renorter
Iruno
Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
dudge'Trenchard
Lo Fnees
Hauptmann
Golone Lindbergt
Haupt‘eann
Thei
Corane Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Jetl
Hauphmann
Tle
Wilentz
Trenchard
Jucymen
Hauptmann Hag
Reilly
Sclairman
Wiltntz
Mt of
Tauptmann
Thgentong
Paul T. Wentz
Edward Jay Reilly
Thomas W. Trenchard
Witentz
Colgenie
Surors
Anne Morrow Tindbergh
Anna Hauptmann
Whentz
Lindberghs
Mrs. Lindbergh
Justiee Trenchard
Hauptmann Trial Opens With Lindbergh Baby Case Charge
The court heard the state charge that Bruno Hauptmann kidnapped and killed the Lindbergh baby, with prosecutor Wilentz outlining the crime and the ransom motive. Testimony began with engineer Waller Roberts detailing the estate while defense moved for a mistrial.
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Cogy't
Br Fae
Peers
Coronel Charles A
Anns Morrow Lindbergh
Waller £. Roberts
Hunterton County
Cheese and beer touted to calm nervous babies in Madison
Dr H Curtis Jonson, a leading child specialist, endorses giving cheese and beer to nervous babies. He claims American cheese is rich in vitamins and aids colds, while beer adds vitamin content and the yeast vitamin. Not all cases respond, but the method poses no harm.
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Madison
Wis
Jana
Laval Heads to Rome to Patch Europe Peace Plan
Premier Laval flies to Rome to advance Franco Italian accord aimed at preserving Central Europe independence and security. He may sign documents to guarantee Austria’s independence and settle Africa’s Prairie-Italia questions, with a possible stop in London for talks with Sir John Simon.
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Laval
Rome
Europe
Pierre Laval
Linus Barthou Yee
Marseilles
Austria
Africa
London
Pierre Flandin
John Simon
Forure
Firemen Die as Stairs Collapse in Brooklyn Tenement
Two firemen died and eight others were critically injured when three flights of stairs collapsed under a crowd of 40 firefighters battling a stubborn Brooklyn fire. The stairways gave way, dumping crews into a cellar filled with about three feet of water.
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New York
Jan
Brooklyn
Call Issued for U. S. Banks and State Bank Reports
Washington news: Comptroller of the Currency issues call for the condition of national banks at close of business December. Austin dispatch: State banking department orders statements of condition for November 30.
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U.8
Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Currency
Austin
State Banking Department
Cali
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Partly downy forecast for San Antonio and nearby areas shows a colder Friday with Thursday night lows around 42 and Friday highs near 41. Expect light to gentile variable winds. Wednesday high 53, Thursday low 39 to 34 at Kelly Field, Thursday high about 62. East Texas warms southeast, chills north with freezing temps in northwest and central Thursday night into Friday. Rio Grande valley and coast see south to east winds. West Texas colder especially in the northwest Thursday night into Friday.
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San Antonio
Kelly Field
East Texas
Rio Grande Valley
West
Texas
Congress Opens As Roosevelt Faces Big New Deal Fight
Washington January 3 Roosevelt faces a daunting agenda as the 74th Congress convenes. Leaders assign and battles begin over relief measures NRA budget taxation and labor issues with a looming Roosevelt plan to push employment relief forward. Bankhead hospital bound and Garner presides Senate as Burns Byrns Robinson and others take on top posts. The House votes to end forced floor access by signatories and party leaders outline early moves on major proposals.
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Washington,d.c
Roosevelt
Jos
Fennesses
Garner
Texas
Senate
Congress Ak Non
Pribhely
Bankhead
North
West
Willam B. Bankhead
Alnbaron
Tallulah Bankhead
Naval Hospital
John N. Gamer
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Joseph W. Byrns
Tennessee
Byrns
Henry T. Rainey
Burns and
Bank Jead
Democratic Citicus
Byrns Takes Speaker Role With Broad Power in House
Tennesseean James H Byrns ascended to the speakership, gaining power unmatched since Longworth. He was sworn in as a 99 year gap since Polk, representing the 2nd district and linked to Andrew Jackson’s era. The Hermitage visited by President Roosevelt at Byrns’ request last summer.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Beelow
Mathowe
Nicholas Longworth
Joseph Wellington
Hert Tind Wynell
New York
James E Polk
Byrs
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Jackson
Roosevelt
Byrns
Texas Woman Freed in Staying Over Infidelity
Governor Mitlein and Ferguson granted a full pardon to Mrs. Mary Boone for the killing of Mrs. Pearl Hall last October in Dallas. The pardon cites self defense as supported and uncontradicted. Boone allegedly shot Hall after Hall and a friend confronted Boone over alleged improper relations.
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Texas
Austin
Jat
Mitlein
Ferguson
Mary Boone
Dallas
Pearl Hall
Boone
Halt Talene
Hall
Wildcat Well Strikes Strong Gas Pocket Near Toyah Reeves County
In Reeves County Texas a wildcat well named J and Cunningham and Eppelhauer Drilling No 1 near Toyah produced a substantial gas flow estimated between 10 and 13 million cubic feet daily. The field lies about twenty miles west of Pecos with surface flow topping the strong gas show.
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Reeves County
Pecos
Texas
Pecos River
Here
Toyah
J. & Cunningham and Eppelhauer Drilling Company
Toyals
Jarboe Forecasts Slightly Cooler Temperatures
East Texas will see slightly cooler afternoon temperatures Friday with little change otherwise, according to Jarboe. Overnight lows drop to about 42 degrees from Thursday's 35 downtown and 34 in the suburbs, with light winds. The city expects only a light touch of cold air from the north, keeping the daytime high near 62 degrees Thursday.
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Texas
Bireai
Avauh
H. Jarves
Burgau
New York Woman Freed From Nazi Pen After 10 Days
Miss Elsa Littell a 31 year old New York woman jailed in Waldmohr Germany for allegedly calling Reichsfuhrer Hitler a Jew was released after 10 days. She was spirited from the prison with utmost secrecy and freed without trial under a liberty accord that barred her from publicizing her experiences.
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Waldmohr
Germany
van O.m
Elsa Littell
New York
Reichsuehrer
Hitler
Sittell
Vacancies in Light Classified Rent Ads
Classified rent listings show furnished and unfurnished apartments with monthly rates from 32 to 350 dollars and weekly rates around 2.50. Locations include Fredericssburs Cucner Nelson Wau Florida Arsenal Glenwood and Craig, with multiple street addresses and varying terms. Includes requests for complete information and subscription promos for the Light newspaper.
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Fredericssburs
Jia Lafitte
Sis B. Gen
W. Aw
Nelson
WU Sants Barbara
Florida
E. Arsenal
Gulf
Glenwood
W. Craig
Lupe Velez and Johnny Weissmuller Divorce Action
Lupe Velez files a second divorce action against Johnny Weissmuller amid claims of repeated cruelty and furniture throwing. The couple, who wed secretly in Las Vegas on October 5, 1933, have a history of quarrels and separations, with Lupe alleging furniture strikes that cut and bruise her and stating her film work requires concentration affected by the alleged cruelty.
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Los Angrias
Lupe Velez
Johny Weissmuller
Sereen Tarzan
Johnny
Lupe
Las Vegas
Nevada
Port Som to Get New Military Hospital in 8th Corps Area
The long sought Port Som military hospital project gains final approval from the comptroller general and moves to construction. Maj. Gen. Hogend and Senator Sheppard announce that $1,233,460 in PWA funds will fund an eight story main building, barracks for 200, nurses’ quarters, and capacity for up to 958 beds, with emergency expansion to 475. Construction could begin within 30 days, employing hundreds of carpenters and workers from San Antonio and nearby areas.
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Port Som
Houston
Washington
Jonge Hogend
Third Army
Elehth
LB. Clegg
Chamber of Commerce
Morris Shepppard
Eighth’ Corps
Prea
Treasury Department
War Department
Maverick
Lovely
United States Army
Maury Maverick
Dexar County
J. D. Heysinger
Station Hospital
PWA
Mainiven
Iersinger
Heysinger
Argonne Heights
Amy
Sheppard
Comptroller General
Ozickina- Sons
San
Tonio
Lancer
Texas Delinquent Tax Plan Debated in Senate Committee
The senate tax investigating committee advances a three phase program to collect part of the 60 million dollars of delinquent Texas taxes. It seeks simpler tax sale procedures, easier borrowing for tax payments, and appointment of delinquent tax collectors by county courts. Sales would use notice by proclamation and registered mail, replacing court suits, with redemption allowed in two years.
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Texas
Senate Tax Investigating Committee
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