Organist Confesses to Killing Grandmother for Property
Courtney Fred Rogers a 24 year old church organist in Los Angeles disclosed to officers that he killed his aged grandmother Mrs Sophie Spiegelmann and his parents to obtain their estate The deaths were initially attributed to a food poisoning and a personal crisis Rogers said he used his chemistry knowledge from high school to poison his grandmother and later caused his father's death by gas ignition He admitted planning to exhuming Spiegelmann's body in San Diego to quell questions and stated two houses in San Diego and 500 cash would go to him or his mother The case ties to an insurance dispute and alleged theft of 600 worth of energy equipment from an insurance company Gleaming clues point to a motive of property and inheritance as investigators pursue the broader family deaths
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Angeles
Courtney Fred Rogers
Sophie Spiegelmann
Ogers
Rogers
Courtney
Spiegelmann
Larry Carmars
Carmack
San Diego
Garmack
Roogers
Enerry
Court Closes 38 Vagrancy Prosecutions in Daw County
Thirty eight vagrancy cases, mostly involving prostitution, were dismissed or upheld on appeal in County Court at Daw No 2 before Judge C J Matthews. In 13 trials fines from 10 to 100 dollars were sustained, appeals taxed costs, nine cases forfeited bonds for failure to appear, and remaining cases dismissed for defective complaints.
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Cigny
Priday
Daw No. 2
C. J. Matthews
Corporation Court
Workers Return to San Francisco Bay Shipyards
More than a thousand workers who quit at the Tor-Calif ornia ship yards were back at work after union officials called the walkout official error and a misunderstanding. The administrative head Clay Bedford said the walkout was not paid and workers protested seeking other yards over reports of 10 hour shifts with double pay for overtime.
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Richmond
Calif
INS
San Francisco Bay Region
Tord-California
Uneirwilan
Clay Bedford
San Francisco Bay
Nob
U S Trailer Production to Set Record
Washington reports the government estimates U S trailer output will reach a record 50 000 units this year under War Production Board orders. Trailers will be sold only in war industry areas and tire supply is managed by a five to one quota with tires returned after delivery to inductees.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
War 25 Years Ago Today War 25 Years Ago Today
A dated wrap recounts events around March 20 1917 including Russia moving toward an accord with the United States French forces offensive moves toward La Ferte Germans claim sinking of a French battleship in the Mediterranean and a Yugoslav cabinet emergency meeting in Belgrade amid Nazi demands British subs sink five Italian troopships in the Mediterranean and a Plymouth bombing. Corpus Christi Nazarl blood drive pledges donations to the city plasma bank as a substitute for rubber tires in WPB housing trailers plan.
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T.X. 8
Russia
United States
France
la Fers
Mediterranean
Belgrade
Flymouth
England
Corpus Christi
Corpus, Christi
National Association of Letter Carriers
Rumanians Threaten War Over Transylvania with Hungary
The London Daily Express reports a possible war within a war between Romania and Hungary over Transylvania. Romanian Premier Ion Antonescu pledges to regain the region as ethnically Romanian, while Hungarian sources expect Bulgarian aid if conflict erupts. The note follows months of mutual tension and echoes the 1939 Transylvania detachment by Hitler.
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London
Rumania
Hungary
Transylvania
London Daily Express
The
Express
Ion Antonescu
Transylvani
Bulgaria
Romania
Ankara
Capital Duty Set For Lieut Sutton
First Lieut Leon Sutton, formerly technical sergeant in charge of izgal supply and personnel records of the air office Highth Corps area Fort Sam Houston, has been offered duty in Washington. Sutton served at Fort Sam Houston since 1936 after transfer from the 12th Cavalry Fort Ringgold. He enlisted in the 6th Cavalry in 1927 at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. He is a native of De Funiak Springs Florida. his wife Mrs Hazel Sutton will join him in Washington.
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Leon Sutton
Isgal
Air Office
Highth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Washington
Sutton
12Th Cavalry
Fort Ringgold
Air Corps
6Th Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
de Funiak ‘Springs, Fla
Hazel Sutton
Mothers to Study children's Games
Mothers and teachers will find a dozen or more playable games in a three way institute Saturday from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the House of Neighborly SER yo naee 4¢7 North Calaveras street. The governor said his birthday celebration was at Junction yestec. Sponsored by the Federation of Settlements, an experiment in a no cost fun with a birthday cake for him.
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Aothers
Candies Club
Governor Has 54th Birthday Celebrated in Austin
Governor celebrated his fifty fourth birthday in Austin on March 20. Reports note the event marked by officials and local observers, with no details on attendees or festivities beyond the milestone.
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Austin
Gov~ Armor Coke Stevengan
Second War Powers Bill Goes to FDR
Congress sent to the White House a second war powers bill granting government agencies added authority for war production. It extends priorities to machinery, tools, and materials, and imposes up to a $10,000 fine and one-year prison for violations. It regulates motor carriers and wares, diverts coinage to arms, examines war contractors, provides free postage for services, and exempts some part time federal workers from Hatch Act limits. The Senate completed action by removing civilian defense injury compensation benefits.
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Congress
Wales
Senate
Bir
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