Yacket Fatal To Gymnast Yacket FATAL TO GYMNAST
Erik Baumann a 27 year old gymnast was found strangled in an Orient torture room setup. Police debated murder motive while a theory of a Houdini style self restraint failed to explain the scene. Baumann’s valuables remained untouched as investigators weigh consent versus foul play. Also Denver reports an escaped convict William Crosby hid in a bedroom floor compartment during a three week search.
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Erik Baumann
Baumann
Husky
Denver
William Crosby
State Penitentiary
Crosby
Blue Star Ointment Promises Quick Germ Removal
An old advertisement claims Blue Star Ointment kills itch germs and quickly soothes rash foot and ringworm. It promises to melt in and cover the germ, with a money back guarantee if it falls.
1941 Chevrolet For Sale in Classified Ads
Classified ad notes a 1941 Chevrolet for sale with price unclear and classification 58 Eight Classified Ads. No further details on condition model or location are readable.
Open Forum on Brackenridge Park Uses and Proposals
The writer laments proposals for Brackenridge Park including a Japanese tea garden Mexican village sculpture yard and a movie colony. He questions whether Brackenridge would approve and urges preservation of the park as he recalls its original grounds.
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the Light
Georges W. Brackenridge
Galt
Golgh
Brackenridge Park
Brackenridge
Joske
George W. Brackenridge
Lady Texan
Cotton as Highway Foundation Editor Letter
Edwin Watler argues that using highly compressed cotton in southern highway construction could boost cotton prices, noting England built a railroad line on cotton bales and London streets with rubber roads, claiming a price rise would improve farmers’ fortunes. He suggests highway departments adopt cotton in road building to lift cotton values.
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England
London
Fanner
Harkbone
Edwin Watler
Medieval Players Present Comedy Little Miss Fortune
Medieval Players join Indies auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians to present a three act comedy at San Pedro Playhouse Friday night. Bully Miller designed the play about small town people. A furnished apartment for rent at 205 Queen Anne is listed for 40 per month in classified ads.
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Indies Auxiary
Order of Hibernians
San Pedro
Bully Miller
Queen Anne
JAPANESE RESTAURANT NIGHT MANAGER SHOT
Kioka Kamataro, 44, night manager at a Japanese restaurant on Soledad Street, died at Santa Rose Infirmary after resisting a pistol-wielding bandit who hijacked his car at West Sabinas and Salinas. Witness Rudy Diaz, 24, escaped unharmed. the bandit fled in Kioka's car, leaving behind about $11. The bandit ransacked Kioka’s bags, taking around $20 and dropping $2 in the street during the escape.
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Soledad Street
Santa Rose Infirmary
Con- Adidusnees
Kioka
Buene Vista
West Sabinas
Salinas
Hioka
Diaz
S3abinas
Martin Streets
Klaka
Suspended Pastor Faces Accuser in Church Trial
In Muncie Indiana on March 16 Rev G Lemuel Conway suspended pastor of Madison Street M E church faced his accuser Miss Helen Huffman 18 a church member who says he attempted to attack her in his car last December 20 The trial before a jury of 12 ministers at Normal City church began with 62 summonses and was expected to conclude today
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Ind
G. Lemuel Conway
Madison Street
M. E
Helen Huffman
Conway
Woman makes first bank deposit on horseback at Brodhead
A 10 year old? woman rode ten miles on horseback to deposit $200 at Citizens Bank of Brodhead, saying it was her first bank deposit, having kept money at home. Officials withheld her name. In Toronto, extradition proceedings against Martin J. Insull, tied to the Middle West Utilities Company, were postponed to March 25 due to a judge's illness.
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Citizens Bank of
Insull
Toronto
Mrs Walker Denies Settlement in Mayor Walker Divorce
Janet Allen Walker denies a settlement with former New York Mayor Jimmy Walker in a divorce suit for desertion. She states there has been no settlement or discussions, despite reports of a $106,000 payment. The Miami report places the case in a broader national context.
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Miami
Janet Allen Walker
Jimmy Walker
New York
Three Indicted in Slaying of Child in Linden
In Linden Texas three people were indicted for the death of a crippled child. Paul Oakley a self-styled divine healer Coy Oakley who called himself the brother’s disciple and Sherman Clayton the child's father were charged in the December 19 death amid alleged weird religious rites.
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Linden
Texas
Bernice Clayton
Paul Oakley
Coy Oakley
Sherman Clayton
British Leaders to Confer on Arms with Mussolini
Rome March 16 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon will leave Geneva tomorrow night for disarmament talks with Premier Benito Mussolini. The report notes schedules and plans for the high level discussions in Italy.
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Ramsay MacDonald
John Simon
Great Britain
Geneva
Benito Mussolini
Luther Quits as Reichsbank Head
Berlin March 16 Dr Hans Luther resigned as president of the Reichsbank. Dr Hjalmar Schacht, former head, is expected to succeed him. Cunningham and Mistletoe are new homesites for gale or trade. Bee Classification 11 Light Classified Ads
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Reichsbank
Berlin
Hans’ Luther
Hjalmar Sehecht
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