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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1932
Page
2
Markham trails criminals after a tense night of gunfire and escape. Betty fears for Owen Landis and Doctor Lawson as a rescue mission unfolds with a wild trek through rough hills toward Brewster. Stillings reports Betty missing and a line outage complicates the search.
Markham considers revealing his knowledge to Smith’s friends but lacks proof as the three name forgers vanish. He heads toward the hotel to find Landis, spotting Canby greeting the newcomers and noting Smith’s reluctance to be seen with Canby. He climbs to the mine office, where an elderly man in shirt sleeves answers that Mr Starbuck is not present.
A 1932 Western Newspaper Union piece explains the currency flow from the Treasury to Federal Reserve and national banks. It details the roles of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and three key officials, the aging vault, armored transport, and coded communications, ending with currency reaching banks and the public or returning to destruction.
Policewoman Alice McCarthy, praised by Captain Howard, has made 40 arrests of motor car thieves in recent months. She says she uses a pistol to compel suspects to drive to the station, then they comply without resistance.
In Tiffin Ohio Orrin Sternbarger a 57 year old former Wittenberg art instructor who suffered tuberculosis built a treetop home in a 100 foot elm and lived there eighteen years. He climbed by rope and pulley to gather food while curing himself, then moved to ground after a rope broke. Local aid from Amandus Grossman and Car Pugh provided a new rope.
West Frankfort city council prohibits dancing in any form within city limits. A written permit from the city clerk is required, with fines from 10 to 100 dollars for unpermitted dancing. Permits cost 50 dollars per year for sanctioned events, and no dances on Sundays.
In Annapolis Maryland a swimming party rescues Navy pharmacist's mate Charles A. Lewis who grew exhausted in a swift current. Mamie R. Conover of this city saved him from drowning, earning a distinguished distinction among sailors.
Wisconsin state prison readers prefer historical, biological, and scientific works along with novels and magazines. Librarian notes Harvard Classics were rebound three times in three years due to heavy use.
Hal Grandon confessed to a Seattle holdup and claimed a Tacoma robbery led to a seven year term for his double Lee Brandon. Authorities note Brandon had been convicted and imprisoned for that Tacoma crime.
Michael J. Kenny aged sixty and Miss Adella A. Snedeker aged sixty filed notice of marriage intentions after forty years of companionship in Newtonville Massachusetts.
In Woodmere New York Jean Phillips killed herself and two children Norma age nine and Chubby age three to free husband actor and coach Guy Phillips for a relationship with Mrs. Joseph Seltzer. After dinner the trio sat for a film then gas was detected in the bedroom. Phillips informed police and DA Edwards called it a tragedy of sacrificing love.
Five years after being pardoned for a brutal crime, Herr Augustus Decker killed Dr Carl Boes in his Berlin home and then fatally shot Herr Bucholtz in Duisburg. He fled toward Berlin but was captured by police while boarding a train.
In Marion Kansas John Wheeler attempted to ride a horse across a railroad bridge. The horse slipped between the ties as a train neared. The community rallied to rescue the animal, detach shoes, hog-tie, and lift the horse to safety while John kept vigil with the horse’s head in his lap. He pledged to ride on highways thereafter.
Mrs. Margaret Keller misplaced a brooch set with 25 brilliants and 1% inches long. She consulted a surgeon rather than a detective and underwent an abdominal operation for its removal. She plans to leave jewelry on a dresser rather than hold it in her mouth.
Evansville headlines an unusual burglary in which a male intruder obeyed a housekeeper’s instruction by returning a bottle of milk to the icebox after being caught leaving with a purse’s small change.
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