Blue clay clues Spur Northwest child murder hunt
Tacoma report details a statewide manhunt for the kidnapper and killer of Charles Matson. Blue soil found on the victim’s body near Everett guides investigators toward the suspect, with federal agents and local police pursuing leads as Dr W W Mattson fights to recover his son. No ransom was paid, and authorities vet clues while the Mattson family remains sheltered.
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International News Service
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Matson
Northwest
Washington State
Branc
Charles
Evérett
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harold Nathan
J. Edgar Moorer
Bay
W. W. Mattson
Mattson
Mrs. Mattson
William
Muriel
Washington
Nathan
Paul H. Sceva
Sceva
Mettson
Maniac
Federal Bureau of
Everett
Otto H. Mittelstadt
Seattle
Lisut
Gis B. Appelmin
Texas Legislature Opens Four Month General Session
Austin observers report the Forty-fifth Texas Legislature convened with gavels sounding as 180 representatives and 46 senators took oaths. Calvert unopposed for speaker at 31, with WorXhul presiding in the senate. budget gaps and tax proposals loom amid expected early fights over horse betting, oil proration, and sales taxes.
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Texas
OFC
B. P. Malocha
House of Representatives
Robert W. Calvert
Millbors
Walter F. Worxiul
Houston
Senate
Calvert
Tomorow
General Revenue Fund
Louise Snow Phinney
Dallas
Jonnie Mat Watson
James E. Ferguson
Fromer
Ray Samerford
Persuso
Pickings Easy in Barnyard
In Stuttgart Arkansas state representative Louis E. Buerkle reports burglar gangs steal poultry by driving to chicken roosts in trucks and using ether to render the fowl unconscious. Thieves calmly load the birds as farmers sleep.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Louis E. Buerkle
Prairie Solons Outline Aid Plans
Washington story notes the House prairie state bloc outlines a threepoint relief plan for droughtstricken farmers in the Mississippi region. They urge immediate WPA work relief for farmers, government emergency funds to feed starving families and livestock, and a Congress enacted relief bill by February 15.
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Washington
Jim
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Prairie
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Congress
Ochs to Address San Marcos Chamber Meeting
Ban Marcos Jan 12 Ferman Ochs of San Antonio and Wolff and Marx will be the principal speaker at the annual chamber of commerce membership meeting and banquet at the San Marcos academy Thursday night. Ochs is a past president of the San Antonio chamber and a director. A net president and five new directors will be chosen. Rodgers storey is the present president.
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Ferman
Ochs
San Antonio
Wolff and Marx
Chamber of Commerce
San Marcos Academy
Clad Halley
Net
Rodgers Storey
Seven rescued after night in storm near Arizona
Seven members of a radio hillbilly troupe were rescued today after spending a night in a storm near Arizona. The group rode a radio-equipped bus that became stranded, and authorities or local rescuers assisted their safe return.
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Ariz
Jan
Radio Hilbilly
Arizona Plate
Tos
Man Tattoos Social Security Number for Security
Leon Reest, 45, took drastic steps to avoid losing his social security act number. He had it tattooed on his left arm in a bid to safeguard identity.
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Leon Reest
Oosener
San Antonians to Attend Texas Laundry Owners Session
Seven San Antonians will attend the Texas Laundry Owners association session in Waco on Wednesday and Friday. Attendees include RP Chest French Will Shepherd Grant Cechtel George Fox Ja A Yates J C Bush and GG Reber.
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San Antonians
Sen Amonians
Texas Laundry Owners’ Association
Waco
Chest French
Will Shepherd
Grant Cechtel
George Fox
Ja A. Yates
J. C. Bush
Reber
Banknotes Missing As Mattson Clues Fade
TACOMA Washington January 12 07 The men hunting the Lindbergh kidnap murderer will not have the aid of what proved the most crucial clue in the Charles August Lindbergh Jr ransom case Colonel Lindbergh paid 50800 ransom not knowing his son had been killed Two and a half years later Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested Dr V W Mattson failed to pay the 28008 ransom for his son in the case
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Tacoma
Wash
Charl Mattson
Duried
Charles Augustis Lindbergh
al Teady
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
V. W. Mattson
Tunnel At Alamo Comes to Dead End
Workers at the Alamo site halted excavation after discovering that a supposed tunnel from the fortress chapel to the patio well was only debris. The well had been filled in 1915 as a mosquito breeding site, ending hopes of a hidden passage.
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Alamo
Get Out the Umbrellas Weatherman Forecast For San Antonio
Weatherman J H Jayboe predicted a slow warm drizzle would begin as temperatures rose from midnight. High near 48 degrees Tuesday, low 37 Wednesday, with east winds easing the freeze. Telegraph and telephone lines repair crews worked west of the outage area as Southwestern Bell faced fines in Dallas.
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J. H. Jayboe Tirstay
San Antonio
Jarboa
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dallas
Orter
Support Promised Newspaper Measure
More than 300 House members have voiced support for Representative Curley’s bill to protect newspaper reporters from being forced to disclose sources. Curley said editors reporters and publishers are benefactors of the American people and should receive immunity.
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Washington
House
Edward Gurluy
Democrat
New York
Curley
Husband Arraigned in Death of Wife in Oakland
In Oakland on January 12, Aratio Randall was arraigned on a murder charge in the death of his wife Elsie. The eight pound newborn son, Weldon Edward, was delivered by Caesarean section minutes before her death. The plea was scheduled for Thursday along with an inquest into Elsie Randall’s death. The ceremony naming Weldon Edward was authorized by Mrs. Randall’s aunt Amelia Hohntuies.
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Oaxland
Walk
Aoratio Randall
Elsie
Weldon Edward
Fort Wayne
Ind
Specialists to Transplant Cornea in Memphis Meeting
In Memphis on January 12, surgeons at a regional medical meeting attempted cornea transplants on two women blind since childhood. The delicate operations highlighted the Southern Section meeting of the American Laryngological Rhinological and Otological Society, marking a historic effort.
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Memphis
Wenp
Texas Reaches $150 Million Spent Under Works Program
President Roosevelt reported in Congress that $150,804,967 had been spent in Texas since the works program began 21 months ago. National Emergency Council figures show $186,460,373 allocated and obligations totaling $15,301,888 incurred in the state. A veteran, Robert Filsworth Davis, 42, was found dead in an automobile camp near Ontario California while en route to a veterans hospital. heat in the room was burning.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Texas
National Emergency Council
Ontario
Calif
Robert Filsworth Davis
Dayton
Ohio
Veterans’ Hospital
Los Angeles
Agés Hentes
Weather overview for San Antonio and East Texas
Cloudy with probable rain and slight warmth forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. Low Tuesday around 40 degrees with a high near 49 on Tuesday. Winds light to gentle northerly to easterly. East Texas predicts cloudy skies with possible rain Tuesday night and Wednesday. Coastal winds northeast to easterly. slight warming in east and north Tuesday night. West Texas cloudy with possible rain in southeast Tuesday night and Wednesday.
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San Antonio
East Texas
West Texas
Flint Strikes Draw in National Guard Mobilization
Governor Frank Murphy ordered a company of the Michigan National Guard mobilized at the Armory to quell rioting outside Fisher Body plant No. 2 after gunshot injuries were reported and clashes continued. Police and pickets maintained lines as officers used tear gas and riot guns. the crowd, estimated at about 1600, persisted despite freezing temperatures. General Motors expressed regret, while union leaders condemned police action as premeditated. The governor stated the state would not take sides, aiming to protect public peace.
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Mich
Jan
Frank Murphy
Punt
Fisher
Frank Millard
Lester Wy Pingle
Erimly
WES
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Crend
Thertlen Hart
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
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Lans
Ing
James V. Willis
James F. Dewey
United States Department of
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News
Reorganization Plans Outlined
Washington on January 12 outlines proposed cabinet level reorganizations for state Treasury Justice Post Office War Navy Interior Agriculture Commerce Labor Social Welfare Public Works. Each department would advise the president on its domain, from foreign affairs and revenue to health and public works, with governance and funding roles specified.
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Congress
Interior
Army Engineers
Missing Mexican airliner found in Vera Cruz state search continues
Nine aboard a Mexicana transport plane remain missing after a Lockheed Electra disappeared in Vera Cruz state. Weather forced earlier search suspensions as three Clatiés resume efforts between Mexico City and Minatitlan. Onboard were six passengers and a crew of three including Alfonso Rodriguez and Hugh Wedward Buckingham with other unidentified Mexicans.
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Mexico City
Vera Craz State
Here
Minatitlan
Deere
Ab Igt
A. m. Yesteray
Alfonso Rodriguez
Mix Nautlen Field
Hugh Wedward Buckingham
Aquilan
Niles Lingatrom
Pedro Gretom
Sifrench Nazis Nearing Accord in Franco German Talks
Reports say France and Germany move toward a full lasting settlement of Moroccan tensions. Dr Hijal mar Schacht may visit Paris to advance economic and political understandings. Spain, Morocco, and Spanish border policies figure in the shifting Franco German discussions amid war talk quieting.
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France
Germany
Paris
Spain
African
Great Britain
Eid
Belgium
Spani
Madrid
Crimes Report Cites Fearful Crime Rates at Notre Dame
J Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, warned Notre Dame students that in the United States a major crime is committed every 20 seconds and a homicide every 45 minutes, underscoring rising urban violence and enforcement needs.
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Van
United States
Twenty two feared drowned as Finn boat sinks
Inverness Scotland January 12. Twenty two persons including women were feared drowned when the Finnish motor vessel Ja Banna Phasder sank in Pentland Firth near the Orkney islands today.
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Inverness
Sotland
Pentland Firth
Orkney Islands
Girl, Feet Frozen Found in Shack
In Salt Lake City a 14-year-old girl lay four days in an abandoned coal shed as temperatures fell to ten below. She said she slept outside after leaving home on Wednesday and could not move her feet the next morning. Found by an elderly recluse, doctors consider amputation but she survives after exposure and neglect.
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Salt Lake City
Mary Bargatel Davly
Three Hurt in Texas Auto Crash Near Royse City
Three persons were injured in an automobile crash on the Greenville Dallas highway near Royse City Texas one believed fatally injured was Rev AH Etheridge pastor of Wolfe City Baptist church. Etheridge suffered skull fracture concussion of brain broken neck and other injuries.
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Texas
Royss City
Greenville-Dallas
AH. Etheridge
Wolfe City Baptist Church
MacFadden offers $1000 reward for Mattson child murderer
MacFadden, noted publisher and promoter of physical culture, announced a $1000 reward last night for the apprehension or capture of the murderer of the Mattson child in Miami Beach. He urged swift cooperation from residents and law officers, promising rapid delivery of information leading to charges.
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MacFadden
Miame Beach
Fla
Pi—Bemnast
Mattson
Roosevelt proposes sweeping cabinet reorganization
President Roosevelt urged Congress to adopt a major government reorganization creating two new cabinet posts, broadening civil service, and expanding the budget bureau. The plan includes 108 agencies across 18 departments, six executive assistants for the president, and a seven member citizen board to oversee merit hiring.
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