Greenwich Socialite Assault Case Probed Further
A 31 year old chauffeur butler Joseph Spell faced arraignment on a tape charge after confessing to multiple assaults on a Greenwich society matron and forcing a ransom note. FBI involvement followed possible kidnapping as detectives questioned Spell and the victim recovered in a hospital.
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Greenwich
Conn
Archibald H. Tunick
Greenwich Society
Tunick
Joseph Spell
FBI
Martin H. Nee
John K. Strubing, Jr
White Plains
Spell
Butler confesses in Lake Kensico attack on Mrs Strubing
Mrs Eleanor Strubing, formerly of Philadelphia society, was attacked in her Westchester home after emerging from a shower. The butler Tunick confessed after 15 hours of questioning that he threw her into Lake Kensico nine miles away, where she floated and survived with minor injuries. Her husband, a Princeton athlete, flew in from Cincinnati to be at her bedside.
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Lake Kensica
Westchester County
New York
Strubing
Nee
Tunick
Swiontek Acquitted In Hammer Slaying Insane Verdict
Frank Swiontek aged 19 was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the bludgeoning deaths of Gordon 10 and Theresa 12 Swiontek while they slept on July 5. A jury ordered commitment to Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane within days after district attorney Hagerty announced the move. Swiontek had been on parole from Elmira Reformatory since February and had earlier faced an ax murder charge in 1937 against his brother Leo 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swiontek
Buffalo
Frank Swiontek
Matteawan State Hospital
Leo J. Hagerty
Elmire Reformatory
Leo
Gordon
Theresa Swiontek
House Group Studies Union Initiation Fees in Defense Labor
Washington December 12. The House Judiciary Committee weighs a study of union initiation fees amid labor legislation amid defense production concerns. Rep Francis E Walter and Rep Clare E Hofman lead the debate on open versus closed shop and possible anti strike measures. A migrant worker testified he faced a 3000 initiation cost to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 26. The union agent said the fee has long stood at 300 and funded benefits. Walter urged Congress to limit or bar initiation fees as a condition of union membership in defense industries.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Clare E. Hofman
R-Mich
House Committee
Ft. Belvoir
Walter
Congress
Wang Ching-Wei envoy named ambassador to Japan
Domei a Japanese news agency dispatch from Nanking reported that Dr Chu Min l Foreign Minister in Wang Ching-wei government was named ambassador to Japan. He is Wang's brother in law and expected to present credentials before year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chu
Wang
Japan
Shanghai
Domei
Nanking
Chu Min-l
Wang Ching-Wei
Engineer Gives New Twist To U Turn Alibi
Milwaukee engineering student Tom White received a suspended sentence after an icy street U turn. He claimed the skid was safer to finish than brake, citing wheel rotation and gravity effects. The article notes other brief items from Salisbury to Seattle and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Milwaukee
Tom White
Milwaukee Street
Venison Dinner Cancelled After Deer Disappears
In Chicago on December 12 a tavern owner Frank Ferrera planned a venison dinner and hung the deer carcass above the door. The deer vanished and a knife on a pole lay on the sidewalk beneath the sign. Officials had appointed Vernon E. Ross Jr. as successor amid drafts and conscientious objectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Vernon E. Ross, Jr
Ross
Chicago
Frank Ferrera
Siegel Freed In Slaying
Benjamin Siegel, held for four months in a Holmby Hills home attic, was released on a murder charge after a court confrontation. District attorneys sought dismissal while Siegel’s lawyers pressed for a trial. He faced charges in the death of Harry Greenberg on a Hollywood street. The DA Dockweiler and Brooklyn DA O Dwyer moved to drop the case. O Dwyer cited witness nonappearance and linked testimony to Murder Inc prosecutions in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Benjamin Siegel
Holmby Hills
Siegel
Harry Greenberg
Schacter
Hollywood
John F. Dockweiler
Wiliam F. O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kings County
O'Dwyer
al Tannenbaum
Abe Reles
New York City
Murder, Inc
New York
Baby dies from burns in Sparta family home
Jessie Arlene Ellis two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Ellis of Sparta died at Dansville General Hospital from second and third degree burns suffered while playing with matches in her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dansville
Jessie Arlene Ellis
Leonard Ellis
Sparta
Dansville General Hospital
British Food Ban Will Not Be Changed
The United States signals no challenge to Britain's refusal to allow food shipments to German-occupied Europe. Hull hints private relief groups may approach Germany on civilian aid, while Chief Justice Hughes warns against actions conflicting with U S sentiment. Officials doubt a European food blockade will become an US Britain issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Cordell Hull
Lord Lothian
Hull
United States
Great Britain
Hughes
Supreme Court
Red Cross
Germany
Chiang Council May Rule Rice Price Cut
Chungking December 12 Sun Fo son of Sun Yat Sen and president of the legislative Yuan urged the Yuan to action rice price cuts. He proposed government purchase of 60000 tons monthly paid half cash half bonds to flood the market and lower a war swollen price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Sun Fo
Sun Yat-Sen
Legislative Yuan
Council
Yuan
Adonis Joins Police in Columbus After Ice Route
Charles H. Koehler once named Ohio's handsomest iceman leaves his ice route to start police rookie training in Columbus. He won top looks at the state fair this summer and earned third in a national competition before switching to law enforcement duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adonis
Police
Columbus
Ohio
Charles H. Koehler
Koehler
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Whitney
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Ame Ghai
House Group
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Raleigh
Vernon W. Richards
Charleston
W. Va
Killeen
Harley M. Kilgore
Kilgore
Seattle
Wash
Roberts M. Jones
Frank Kombol
Portland
Ore
Albany College
Leslie Pete
Iindorsing
U.S
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Calais
Longchamps
N&champs
Chiang Council
Rome
W. Adams St
Manhattan
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