Winnie Judd Caught Tells Slaying Story in Self Defense
Winnie Ruth Judd, captured near Yuma after a 200 mile trek, recounts in Phoenix a self defense killing of Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson in 1931. She alleges an accomplice hired a physician to dissect Samuelson to fit bodies into trunks bound for Los Angeles.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
Mrrs
Judd
Miss Samuel Son
Los Angeles
Airs
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Love Dynamiting Case Heads To Jury Today
A Dallas jury is asked to determine if E R Wyatt Jank former school superintendent blew up the home of his former secretary after her rejection of his advances. Jank claims he was miles away when the dynamite wrecked her room. He testified to intimate relations with Mary Jo Miller at Brookeland from 1931 to 1937, then said she left after he refused marriage. Miller testified she feared for her job before rejecting him, and the state accuses the rejection provoked the threats and later bombing attempt.
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Dallas
E.R. Wyatt Jank
Wyatt
Mary Jo Miller
Brookeland
Hunting Licenses Suspended After Fatal Accidents
The State Conservation Department suspended 22 New York hunting licenses for one month to 10 years due to involvement in fatal or injurious accidents. The season saw 22 accidental shooting deaths, plus two heart attacks and five drownings. Richard Lawrence and Anthony Dzimitrowicz faced the harshest penalty of 10 years.
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Albany
State Conservation Department
New York State
Richard Lawrence
West Day
Anthony Dzimitrowicz
Herkimer
Boy on Sled Killed After Hitting Tree in Albany
Eleven year old Richard Daley sledded down a gentle incline near his home in Albany and struck a tree head on. His companions saw him rush home silently and collapse at his father’s feet. Dr. Burns arrived minutes later to find him dead from severe larynx injuries.
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Albany
Richard Daley
William J. Burns
Deaths of Prominent Persons in America
Dr. Amedee Granger of New Orleans died at 60 noted for pioneering X ray work earning decorations from France Belgium and Italy. Alexander Frank an English born actor died in New York at 73, early years he served as secretary to a distinguished figure.
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America
Amedee Granger
New Orleans
York
Alexand Frank
Finns score multiple victories in four days of fighting
Finnish forces repelled Russian assaults on the Karelian Isthmus and near Lake Ladoga, severed a road to the frontier, and captured tanks while pushing the invaders back toward the border. Coastal batteries at Aabo reportedly damaged a Gordij class destroyer.
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Britain
America
Suomusalmi
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Mannerheim
Karelian
Finnish Gulf
Pinnus
Lake Vouoski
Loimola
Aabo
Turku
Finns Reds Battle On Norwegian Frontier
On December 16 Finns and Russians clash south of Salmajaervi on the Finnish Norwegian frontier. Russians push from Salmajaervi toward Pitkajarvi with whippet tanks and light armored cars, while Finnish sharpshooters and patrols cover withdrawals and destroy roads to slow the advance. Artillery roars echo border hills as Soviet planes bomb targets and eleven Russian tanks are reported near Svansk.
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Svansk
Norway
Salmajaervi
Finland
Pitkajarvi
Salmapaervi
Hamiltons Son 22 Hurt in Auto Crash
Lawrence Kan Dec 16 Dan Hamilton 22 son of John Hamilton Republican National Committee chairman was critically injured today when his car overturned on a highway near Mate. The crash left him in serious condition with emergency crews responding at the scene.
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Hamiltons
Lawrence
Kan
Dan Hamilton
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
British Say Spee Time Limit to Be Up 8 30 Tonight
The British Press Association reported from official sources that Uruguay fixed a 72 hour limit for the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee to remain at Montevideo. It began when the ship entered the harbor at 10 P.M. Wednesday, Montevideo time, expiring at 10 P.M. tonight (8 30 P.M. EST).
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Spee
London
British Press Association
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
The
Press Association
E.S.T
Duce Signals Italy Willing to Back Peace Move
Italian Foreign Minister Ciano outlined Mussolini's unity with Il Duce and Italy's non belligerent stance amid European tensions. He claimed Germany would seek Russian neutrality via a pact and warned Britain and France against guarantees to Poland. The chamber heard of Italy's long policy since Versailles and the need to revise postwar treaties.
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von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Ciano
Europe
Mussolini
Il Duce
Italy
Poland
Grand Council
Balkans
Ciana
Dino Grandi
Costanzo Ciano
Clano
Martes
Tagua
Uruguay Intends Spee's Exit From Montevideo Harbor
The Graf Spee is deemed unseaworthy after field battle damage and a damaged control tower. British observers track progress while Uruguay and Pan American nations seek a joint stance and to strengthen the Panama neutrality declaration. Four possible escape routes are outlined as options for the Spee, with the last considered most likely.
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Eugen Millington-Drake
Graf
United Press
Spee
Exeter
Ajax
Achilles
Guani
Montevideo
Foreign Office
Panama
United States
Graf Spee
Cumberland
Barham
Renown
Ark Royal
No Man’s Land
Buenos Aires
Indian Lake Child Vanishes. Search Under Way
Four year old Eugene Bauman Jr. is missing near Indian Lake New Jersey. State Police aided by bloodhounds and volunteers including men and children scoured nearby woods after he wandered from home while playing with a dog.
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Indian Lake
INS
Eugene Bauman, Jr
Exeter Chased Toward Falklands With 100 Wounded In Crew
The British cruiser Exeter, damaged by the Graf Spee, reportedly heads for Bahia Blanca base in Argentina. Naval sources estimate about 100 wounded with unknown dead, and say the ship has loss of battery power and damaged control turret.
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Buenos Aires
Falkland Island
South Atlantic
Graf Spee
Bahia Blanca
Letters Excluded From Tower Magazines Trial
In New York a mail fraud trial of Tower Magazines officials saw three letters ruled out of evidence. A forged signature on a letter to Woolworth Co. was identified, while prosecutors planned to prove the relevance of the excluded letters. The court would rule on the defense motion after further proof.
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New York
Tower Magazines, Inc
O. F. Douglas, Jr
F. W. Woolworth Company
Tower Publications
Woolworth
United States
Robert E. Pratt
Pratt
Barbara Carroll Marries in Maine Amid Legal Tangles
Barbara Carroll 19 and Armand P. Lacroix 20 wed by a justice of the peace in Rumford Maine in a secret ceremony. Carroll, daughter of former South Paris deputy sheriff Franc is M Carroll, was linked to the Dwyer murder case that led to her former sweetheart Paul N Dwyer receiving a life sentence for the 1937 killing of Dr James G Littlefield.
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Rumford
Barbara Carroll
Armand P. Lacroix
Francis M. Carroll
South Paris
Paul N. Dwyer
Barbara
James G. Littlefield
Lacroix
Dwyer
Carroll
Chinese Report First Mrs Chiang killed by Japanese
Shanghai dispatches report Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's first wife Miss Mao was among several killed in Fenghua. Miss Mao, described as his old-fashioned wife, had been divorced in 1927 while he later married Mei Ling Soong, sister of Sun Yat Sen's wife.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Miss Mao
Meilling Soong
Sun Yat-Sen
United States
Miss Soong
National Defense Deteriorates Says Gen Drum
Lieut. Gen Hugh A Drum warned in New York that America has fallen into a vicious cycle of wavering defense policy. He stated persistent aversion to sound preparedness has rapidly weakened national defense and risks greater sacrifice and costs.
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New York
Hugh A. Drum
America
United States
First Army
Mauretania Docks In New York After Fast Crossing
The British passenger liner Mauretania docked in New York City after a swift and uneventful crossing from Liverpool. It left England last Sunday with 166 passengers, including 29 American citizens, marking its second voyage since the war began and the ship may stay in port indefinitely.
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New York
Mauretania
Liverpool
England
Welles' Wife Heading to Reno for Divorce
A brief Hollywood item notes that Orson Welles' wife plans to travel to Reno for divorce proceedings. The fragment references December but provides no further names or specifics.
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Welles
Reno
Naval hearing seeks British crew testimony on Graf Spee battle
Washington congressional subcommittee discusses obtaining testimony from British sailors released from the Nazi ship after the Graf Spee clash with three British cruisers in the South Atlantic. Chairman Scrugham notes data could influence U S naval policy and explores ways to question witnesses in Montevideo or here.
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Washington
Graf Spee
Atlantic
Scrugham
House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
United States
Ola
Nevadan
Navy
Montevideo
Uruguay
Douglas Fairbanks Funeral Attended by Many Friends
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. rests in a Forest Lawn vault as 4000 spectators line the drive for the private funeral. Attendees include Harold Lloyd Norma Shearer Elsa Maxwell Kay Francis Tyrone Power wife Lady Sylvia Ashley and Fred Astaire. The service led by Rev Neal Dodd followed a simple rite. Fairbanks 56 died of a heart attack Tuesday.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Glendale
Cal
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Will Rogers
Harold Lloyd
Norma Shearer
Elsa Maxwell
Kay Francis
Tyrone Power
Annabella
Fred Astaire
Neal Dodd
Hollywood
Sylvia Ashley
Douglas, Jr
Fairbanks
All Money Raised In Finn Fund Drive Will Aid Victims
New York officials report Finland Day in almost half the states as funds pour in for the relief drive. Every dollar to the Finnish Relief Fund, Inc., goes to aid Finland with administration costs covered by private subscriptions, per chairman Herbert Hoover.
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New York
Finland
Russia
Finnish Relief Fund, Inc
Herbert Hoover
Christmas Town Fla Cannot Meet Baby Alligator Requests
Postmaster Juanita Tucker faces annual yuletide mail load of 60 000 letters in Christmas Town Florida. She must inform residents she cannot export baby alligators due to state law, after a photograph of her with a small alligator was published.
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Christmas Town
Fla
Christmas
Juanita Tucker
Yuletide
Rail Conductor Killed by Train in Buffalo Crash
Buffalo police report John Cotter a 42 year old yard conductor for the Buffalo Central Railroad was killed when his car was struck by a passing train late at night. A companion was seriously injured in the collision near Scranton Weed Yard.
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Buffalo
John_ Cotter
New York Central
Carl Czerniewskie
Lackawanna
Lieut. Edgar Grigat Dies After Montevideo Battle
In Montevideo Uruguay on December 16 Lieutenant Edgar Grigat of the Admiral Graf Spee was directing his men when a shell severed both legs. He refused evacuation and ordered others tended first, dying on the deck while his men relayed the battle's progress.
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Energi ‘Bhat
Montevideo
Uruguay
Edgar. Grigat
Graf Spee
Graf Spee retreats before Ajax and Achilles near Uruguay
German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, trapped between the British cruisers Ajax and Achilles off the Uruguayan coast, fights a running duel. Fire from Exeter and the two small cruisers inflicts heavy damage. Langsdorff seeks sea escape toward Montevideo amid a costly pursuit.
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Exeter
Ajax
Achilles
Langsdorff
Graf Spee
Tutn
Wolf Island
Punta del Este
Montevideo
No Time for Tea as Chamberlain Inspects Troops
Paris December 16 British Prime Minister Chamberlain, on day two of a tour of the British Expeditionary Forces in France, declines tea time with officers at a Royal Air Force drome. He says he has no time to take tea and feels he has lost the habit. In Buffalo, December 16 tractor operator Benjamin Bengert, 21, dies from injuries after his tractor toppled 16 feet from a trestle, his leg pinned beneath it.
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Paris
Chamberlain
France
Royal Air Force
Buffalo
Benjamin Bengert
Cheektowaga
Bengert
NLRB Member Smith Questioned Over Hosiery Mill Boycott
Washington investigators pressed NLRB member Edwin Smith and two other officials about alleged efforts to promote a union boycott of Berkshire Knitting Mills in Reading Pennsylvania. Smith denied deciding to boycott while the committee sought facts on the matter and the memorandum quoted by Philip Phillips and actions tied to John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers.
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Washington
Edwin
Smith
National Labor Relations Board
House
James Miller
Cleveland
Philip G. Phillips
Cincinnati
Philips
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Progressive
Berkshire Knitting Mills
Reading
Louis E. Kirstein
William Filene
Boston
John W. Edelman
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Berkshire Mills
Kirstein
Filene’s
Routzohn
Ohio
A. F. of L. Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Treasury aid denies Mexican finances in critical condition
Eduardo Villasenor the sub secretary of the treasury said the government’s state of emergency declaration in foreign exchange does not signal a financial crisis. The Bank of Mexico withdrew from the market as the peso sharply fell, but the official stated the bank will reenter once exchange conditions normalize.
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Treasury Aid
Mexico City
Eduardo Villasenor
The
Treasury
Bank of Mexico
United States
Villasenor
Vesuvius Spews Two Lava Rivers Toward Terzigno
Naples December 16 Vesuvius sent two new lava rivers each about 50 yards wide pouring from the mountainside toward the Valley of Hell and the town of Terzigno. Officials said there was no danger to residents after an initial alarm. A railroad at the volcano base and the funicular railway on its slopes continued to operate. The two lava streams began overnight and persisted through the day.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Hell
Terzigno
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