Lindbergh Baby Search Intensified After Secret Talks
New Jersey State Police and other authorities met with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in a secret conference. The search for the kidnapped baby son of the Col. continues with no results yet but belief remains that Lindbergh is in contact with the kidnapers. It is unclear if contact is direct or through intermediaries. More developments were anticipated.
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Hopewell
WN. J
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
House Measure Would Gut Out Four Officers
Washington report on Texas Democrat Hatton W Sumners bill to cut Alaska officials to one district judge clerk of court district attorney and U S marshal per division continue current terms until June 31 1932 nor until successors are qualified Norris Senate bill identical but no action since introduction locals doubted it would be pressed
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Washington
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
United States
Alaska
Senate
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Jury Deliberations Continue in Foshay Henley Mail Fraud Case
In Minneapolis on March 18 jurors in the W B Foshay H H Henley mail fraud trial worked 14 hours and will deliberate 14 hours daily until a verdict is reached. The case was sent to the jury last Wednesday afternoon.
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Minneapolis
Minn
W. B. Foshay
H. H. Henley
Soup kitchens lose patrons in Los Angeles cards plan
Los Angeles reports a drop in soup kitchen patronage after patrons must show cards proving three hours of public work for meals. Angelus Temple kitchen fed 32 with 25 holding disability cards, far below the prior week. Supervisor L N Watkins, once serving 900 daily at a cost of 20000, closed his operation as work cards cut customers to 13.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Aimere McPherson Hutton
Angelus Temple
L. N. Watkins
Irish ballad singer Chauncey Olcott dies abroad
Paris reports Chauncey Olcott retired actor and popular Irish ballad singer died in Monte Carlo. His wife was with him. He had a famed “Lucky House” in New York where he recovered from near death in 1920 and again in 1925 during a tour before recovering.
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Paris
Chauncey Olcott
Monte Carlo
Sutton Place
New York
Ann Arbor
Mich
Olcott
Plane and Auto Spell Defeat Moroccan Rebellious Tribes
In Morocco, French forces utilize planes and automobiles to overrun the Tafilalet oasis near the Atlas Mountains. A night attack by French columns and native partisans resulted in a sharp battle and a center capture, hailed as a major step toward pacification since Abd el Krim's 1896 surrender.
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Rabat
Morocco
Tafilalet
Great Atlas Range
Oasis
Abd el Krim
French Chamber Rejects Woman Suffrage in Electoral Reform
Paris March 18 The Chamber of Deputies defeated by 299 to 217 the equal suffrage clause in the electoral reform bill reversing a previous vote and triggering the fall of Premier Laval's cabinet. The Senate later ousted the Premier.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
Senate
Interior Dept officials to tour Alaska next summer
Assistant Secretary Jonathan H. Edwards Commissioner C. C. Moore and Frank M. Johnson of the General Land Office plan a summer visit to Alaska. Governor Parks says tentative plans exist with sail from Seattle late June. They will visit Juneau Ketchikan Metlakatla Wrangell Shoemaker Bay and Fairbanks and inspect Metlakatla industrial school. Governor Parks will accompany the trip.
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United States Department of Interior
Jonathan H. Edwards
C. C.moore
General Land Office
Frank M. Johnson
Alaska
George A. Parks
Territory
Edwards
Juneau
Ketchikan
Metlakatla
Wrangell
Shoemaker Bay
Fairbanks
Parks
Denver Gang Buns Kill One Wounds Three
Four men were shot in a gangland attack in Denver on March 18 1992 ending in one death. Vincent Mortellaro identified as a whiskey runner was killed. The other three victims were wounded and listed in non life threatening condition. All suspects remained unidentified.
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Denver Gang
Denver
Colo
St. Patrick’s Day
Vincent Mortellaro
Mrs Frank Wright Dies in Bellingham
Mrs Frank Wright wife of the Carlisle Packing Company president died in Bellingham Washington on March 18.
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Frank Wright
Bellingham
Bellingham, Wash
Carlisle Packing Company
New Crop of Taxpayers to Be Raised for 1933 Levy
The proposed revenue bill raises income taxes on more Americans in 1933. It cuts exemptions for singles and married filers, expands rates across brackets, and adds surtax on higher incomes. A sample shows a single earner with $1500 net income would owe $6.25 under the new plan, while a married with one dependent could face $18.25.
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Alexander R. G
Washington, D. C
John Jones
Jones
Henry Smith
Uncle Sam
Congress
Robbers Run Into Guns In Police Hands
Three men were shot during a grocery store robbery in Seattle as police hid in the back room. George Ikeda was wounded twice in the abdomen, Detective Lieutenant W D Rehmke was hit in the wrist, and one robber was captured while the other fled in a car.
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Seattle
Wash
George Ikeda
Ikeda
W. D. Rehmke
Japanese store keeper dies after attempted robbery
SEATTLE March 18 George Ikeda a Japanese store keeper died today from wounds after an attempted robbery last night The robber identified as George Slate 32 of Tacoma has slim chances of recovery He has a prison record according to the police
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Seattle
George Ikeda
George Slate
Tacoma
Earthy Blomgren Flats Welcomes Mr and Mrs Clifford
Mr and Mrs Earl Clifford move into the Blomgren Apartments after a two month absence spent in the south. Mr Clifford serves as Alaska representative for Marshal Wells and Company of Portland.
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Earl Clifford
Blomgren
South
Mr. Clifford
Alaska
Marshal Wells & Company of
Portland
Gamest Kid in America Dies After Long Respirator Era
Clarence Hastings aged 14 known as the Gamest Kid in America died in Syracuse after 1717 days on a respirator. He could move only his head due to infantile paralysis and died following complications from an operation for abdominal obstruction last Tuesday.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Clarence Hastings
America
Drops Dead at Cordova in Alaska Port
In Cordova Alaska on a Wednesday night P Otto Holm 63 dropped dead on the street while the steamer Yukon was in port. He carried $42 in his pockets and had a Seattle to Seward ticket. Papers offered no identification or occupation.
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Cordova
Alaska
P. Otto Holm
Yukon
Holm
Seattle
Seward
Stone Age Horse Relics Found at Saale RiverSettlement
In Germany at the Saale river a paleolithic site yielded many wild horse teeth and about 1,500 stone axes and knives. Researchers infer that hunters forced horses over cliffs into the river to drive them to water.
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Bad Kobsen
Germany
Saale
Murder plot foiled as nine held in raid
Washington police report a plot to kill Labor Union leaders Cr. E. Haury John Possehl and Frank Langdon was stopped in an eleventh hour raid. Four men and one woman were arrested after listening to group conversations and receiving anonymous warnings. Langdon previously suffered an eye wound and Huddell escaped harm when a pocketbook stopped a bullet.
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Washington
Cr. E. Haury
John Possehl
Frank Langdon
Langdon
Arthur Huddell
Harry
Copper tax withdrawn by House Ways and Means panel
The House Ways and Means Committee reversed itself and voted against a four cent per pound copper import excise tax in the major tax bill. The tax had been recommended the previous day.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Hurley Predicts Liberal Prohibition Stance at GOP Convention
Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley told the Irish Fellowship Club in Chicago that the Republican National Convention will take a more liberal stand on Prohibition. He said the issue will be settled on a state rights basis with federal enforcement limited to dry states. Hurley also predicted Hoover's reelection.
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Chicago
Ill
Patrick J. Hurley
United States
Otis F. Glenn
Ilinois
Hurley
Irish Fellowship Club
Hoover
Stocks End Mixed as Market Remains Light on Buying
New York stock trading showed heavy selling with limited bids. Declines spanned major issues as Alaska Juneau Mine touched 14 and United States Steel hovered around 42 while General Motors rose to 18 and International Harvester to 20 in closing prices.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph
American Tobacco
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Curtiss-Wright
Fox Films
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
Packard Motors
United States Steel
Bunker Hill
Pantages Sues His Attorney Over Settlement Funds
Alexander Pantages sues attorney L F E C Davis in Los Angeles seeking 5000 dollars alleging advance money for a damage suit against Eunice Pringle was not rendered as agreed. The prior suit was withdrawn and settled out of court.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander Pantages
L. F E. C. Davis
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Davis
Roosevelt Sweeps North Dakota for Democratic Nomination
Gov. Roosevelt won a decisive Democratic primary in North Dakota, signaling strong Western support and warning Republicans of agrarian discontent. The result leaves Roosevelt with 50 pledged delegates for the Chicago National Convention, while North Dakota Republicans favored uninstructed delegates for the Hoover ticket.
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Byron Price
Associated Press
Washington
North Dakota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
William H
Murray
Oklahoma
Hoover
Chicago
Gov. Roosevelt
Labor Leader Opposes Mackintosh Nomination to Ninth Circuit
Edward J. Tracy for the AFL challenged Kenneth Mackintosh of Seattle for the Ninth Circuit judgeship. Senator Wesley L. Jones defended Mackintosh during the Senate debate in Washington.
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Washington
Edward J. Tracy
American Federation of Labor Today
Kenneth Mackintosh
Seattle
Ninth Circuit
Wesley L. Jones
Mackintosh
Berlin finds Cranach sign on church painting
In Karlshorst a church artwork undergoing cleaning reveals the signature of Lucas Cranach the Elder. The piece, depicting Gethsemane, links to the 16th century master and his workshop.
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Berlin
Karlshorst
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Gethsemane
Bulgarian Reds Grow Despite Decrees and Crackdown
In SOFTA dated March 16 the article notes Bulgaria’s Communist party effectively operates as a labor party after illegalization. It cites 160000 Communist aligned votes in 1931 general elections, 31 labor deputies in a 274-member Parliament, and rising municipal gains with 37000 Communist votes in February. It reports 60 villages under red administrations and ongoing propaganda days often ending in clashes with police. The text attributes growth to economic crisis and proximity to Russia.
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SOFTA
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Labor Party
Sliven
Troyan
Red
Russia
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Ongerwessd , Cc
Hauncey. Olcott
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