Harriman banker arrested on $1,393,000 embezzlement charge
Joseph W. Bickman, Harriman National Bank chairman, faced federal grand jury action after being arrested in a dramatic illness scene. He is charged with false entries and the misuse of $1,393,000 tied to stock purchases for three depositors unaware of the transactions. Bail set at $25,000 as guards kept him under custody.
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New York
Joseph W. Bickman
United States
George Z. Medalie
Harriman
FALSF
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Medaile
Marshe
Ferriman
Raymond J. Sullivan
Federal Reserve
Ruth Repeats Slaying Story in Final Appeal
Winnie Ruth Judd, at Florence State Prison, recounts the killings of Agnes LeRoy and Hedvig Samuelson with sorrow and unusual coherence in a last appeal from the noose. Arizona pardon board adjourns as judges consider sanity. Judd faces an April 14 execution for LeRoy’s murder.
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Florence
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne LeRoy
Hedvig Samuelson
Noose
Arinona Board of Pardons
Phoenix
Ganvery
LeRoi
Massive Gold Drawn From Federal Reserve
Hoarders pulled $250 million in gold from the Federal Reserve system between January 1 and the bank holiday. About $140 million has been returned and the rest is coming in rapidly, officials said in New York.
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New York
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Fourders of gold Return Funds to Gonzales Bank
Local report notes $3700 returned to Gonzales State Bank, Gonzales' only bank, by early Monday noon. About $700 remained deposited before a wave of unrest followed the update, reflecting tense conditions in the town.
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Gonzales
Gonzales State Bank
Garton? LSTA District Holds Runoff in Texas
In Brownsville on March 15 voters in Texas Fifteenth district chose a Democratic runoff nominee to succeed John N. Garner. Milton West of Brownsville, a state legislator, faced Gordon Griffin of McAllen, Hidalgo county insurgent leader. The runoff winner faces Republican Carlos G. Watson, running as independent after a legal ruling on party designation.
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Brownsville
Fifteenth
John N. Garner
Milton West
Gordon Griffin
McAllen
Good Government
Hidalgo County
West
Carlos G. Watson
Four Premiers May Meet to Salvage Arms Conference
Rome report says Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald plans pressure on Mussolini to attend a secret conference at Turin or Stresa to salvage the World disarmament talks. A formal invitation was not admitted, but Mussolini may accept. Daladier and possibly Hitler could join MacDonald and Mussolini.
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Rome
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Mussolini
Turin
Stresa
MacDonald
Edouard Daladier
France
Adolf Hitler
Germany
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