Widow Faces Murder Charge In Bassett Disappearance
Mary Eleanor Smith 73 of Seattle stands charged with first degree murder in the 10 year old disappearance of James Eugene Bassett of Annapolis. Her son Deecasto Mayer 44, already in prison as an habitual criminal, killed himself in the county jail the day before. Prosecutor seeks Mayer’s confession and Bassett’s body location while Smith recounts the case and laments her son’s death. Mayer strangled himself with paper and a belt, reviving the old inquiry with a prison cell confession.
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Seattle
Mary Eleanor Smith
James Eugene Bassett
Annapolis
Deecasto Earl Mayer
State Penitentiary
B. Gray Warner
Walla Walla
Mayer
Smith
Bassett
Murder trial details reveal missing Marylander case
The trial centers on a disappearance and alleged murder linked to Mayer and Mrs. Smith. Witnesses describe confessions and grisly details of dismemberment, the body never found, and the couple's car in Oakland. Jailers report Mayer died in custody and evidence hinges on testimonies from Fawcett and Smith's inmate. More than 90,000 visitors from about 60 nations visited Sweden in early 1838.
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Maryland
Bassett
Honoluhu
Mayer
CC. Tiffin
M Smith
Bussell
Pacific Northwest
Sweden
Brothers in Local Co. B Maryland National Guard
Local Company B Maryland National Guard proudly notes four sets of brothers serving as active members. One group includes Carl J. Schotterbeck and Earl P. Schlotterbeck, plus William T. Bussard and Howard H. Bussard. Additional brothers include Edward L. Baker with Russell C. Baker, and Harry T. Raffensberger with Jon A. Raffensberger.
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Co. B
Maryland National Guard
Carl J. Schotterbeck
Earl P. Schlotterbeck
William T. Bussard
Howard HF. Bussard
Harold B.bussardt
Edward L. Baker
Russell C. Baker
Harry T. Raffensberger
Joni A. Raffensberger
Freshman Year college comedy at Henry's Theatre
Universal style film opens today at Henry's Theatre presenting Freshman Year a college life comedy drama with music. Dixie Dunbar leads as a chorus girl seeking education alongside William Laundigan Constance Ernest Truex Frank Melton and Stanley Hughes in a continuity film with Marian Sisters and Lucky Seven. Also featured are Sue My Lawyer with Harry Langdon and Movietone News short subjects as part of the program.
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Universal
William Laundigan
Constance
Ernest Truex
Frank Melton
Stanley Hughes
Marian Sisters
Sue My
Lawyer
Harry Langdon
Movietone
What Is Your News I Q AP Feature Service
A quiz style item poses five questions about current events and trivia. It asks about a Tipton Indiana farm title winner, a country planning to present a Roosevelt sloop, a disputed country spelling, a claim about U S family income, and a fascist group called the Tron Guard.
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What Is Your News
William H. Curry
Tipton
Ind
Roosevelt
Europe
U. S
Tron Guard
WANTS ACTION ON NEW LOCKS FOR PANAMA CANAL
Colonel C S Ridley urged quick feasibility checks and extra funding to study a possible third set of locks far from existing structures. Estimates exceed 250 million dollars and officials discuss location, defense against air attack, and security measures including American-flag only transit.
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Washington
C. S. Ridley
Panama Canal
Congress
Woodring
Ridley
Atlantic
Pacific
Arms Cache Found By Paris Officers
Paris police uncovered an arms cache in Rambouillet containing three Italian repeating rifles with bayonet attachments and German machine gun magazines with 6000 rounds. The seized property, tied to a man linked to a suspected kidnap attempt on Roger Paillard, belonged to Gaston Shott, a friend of Marcel Pessin.
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Paris
Rambouillet
Roger Paillard
Gaston Shott
Marcel Pessin
Paillard
Would Halt Flow of War Materials to Japan
Representative Ludlow proposes a bill to stop shipping munitions to foreign non American countries in peace or war. He cites moral guilt for bombing Chinese civilians due to U S munitions sales to Japan. Records show munitions exports to Japan totaling 14336852 between 1936 and 1939.
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Washington
Ludlow
D-Ind
Congress
Japan
United States
National Munitions Control Board
Frank Hogan Calls to Oppose Race Intolerance
Washington December 12 Frank J Hogan Catholic president of the American Bar Association urged fellow Catholics to oppose all forms of racial and religious intolerance. He cited Pope Pius XII denouncing anti Semitism as incompatible with Christianity and warned that hate breeds hate noting the Ku Klux Klan’s persecution in the United States risks spreading to other groups.
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Washington
Frank J. Hogan
American Bar Association
Pope Pius
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Public figure condemns bigotry aired by radio priest
A public figure denounces the spread of hatred beyond Catholics, noting that Jews and Negroes are included. He spoke on a special radio network used by Father Charles B. Coughlin after a Detroit priest's broadcast, aiming to refute any idea of blanket prejudice.
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Hogan
Charles B. Coughlin
Detroit
Watch theft report and religious intolerance remark
Mrs. C. E. Zepp of Franklin and Jonathan streets reports a gold watch stolen from her rooming house. The item mentions a question about who preaches racial or religious intolerance and who speaks for the Catholic laymen or the Catholic priesthood.
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C. E. Zepp
Franklin
Jonathan Street
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