Dempsey and Ruth Targeted in Kidnapping Probe
County Attorney M F Kinkead disclosed evidence found in Verne Sankey s home tying him to a potential kidnapping plot involving boxing great Jack Dempsey and actress Babe Ruth. The material linked ransom notes across Lindbergh Boettcher and Bohn cases and included earnings data and a Lindbergh case outline.
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Minn
Verne Sankey
M. F. Kinkead
Sankay
Gann Velley
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Babs Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Lindbergh
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Bohn
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Kinkead
Bebe Ruth
New York
Kate Ruth
Boettther
Spirit of St. Louis Train Crash Kills Truck Driver
The New York St. Louis express Spirit of St. Louis crashed into a fruit truck, killing the driver. Wreckage slammed onto the eastbound track and partly derailed an Atlantic City train seconds later.
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Deans
N. J
Spirit of
Wake Up Your Liver Bile Without Calomel
A vintage advertisement urges readers to boost bile flow with Carter's Little Liver Pills. It warns against laxatives and mineral waters for quick fixes, claims bile flow prevents digestion problems, and touts the red-labeled Carter's pills available in drug stores. The copy cites 25 cent price and credits C. M-Co from 1981.
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Carter
C. M-Co
Wynekoop Murder Trial Raises Maze of Questions
Chicago January 4 Dr Alice Wynekoop faces trial for the murder of Rheta Gardner Wynekoop as jurors weigh a host of unresolved questions. The defense and prosecution clash over a confession the elderly physician signed and a sequence of clues from weapons and insurance to letters and contacts. The case, already famous, centers on intra family intrigue and contested motives amid a sensational courtroom battle.
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John W. Stahr
Chicago
Trail
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop
Wynekoop
Rheta
Court stays execution of Jersey youth in Colorado case
Walter Reppin an 18 year old from Newark New Jersey facing death in Canon City Colorado for the murder of a taxi driver received a stay of execution from the Colorado Supreme Court. The stay was automatic while the court reviews a motion for a new trial and possible insanity or lack of mental responsibility. The defense argues he was a minor when pleading guilty and that the trial judge failed to instruct on first and second degree verdicts.
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Colo
Colorado Supreme Court
Walter Reppin
Newark
N. J
Colorado
Roy Best
Canon City
Reppin
Vincent Regan
Colorado Springs
David Rosner
Philip Hornbein
el Paso
Congressional Chuckles Start of a New Congress
The piece captures early Republican House members rushing to be listed in the roll of the new Congress with light humor. It notes jests about Senate brains, Huey Long, Borah, and Burns, plus a Yale student assignment and donations to the clerk as the gavel set the session. Pipe smoking on Broadway is also mentioned.
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House
Representative Snell
New York
House of Representatives
Arthur MacDonald
Representatives
Sumners
Tex
Huey P. Long
Carey
Yale
Roosevelt Given Power To Negotiate Trade Treaties
Washington dispatch: Roosevelt seeks authority for the executive to negotiate reciprocal trade treaties without senate ratification as Congress opens. Democratic leaders back the move amid debate. Republicans split with Borah opposing and Pittman supporting, citing flexible powers under past acts. The proposal, linked to improving bargaining with many nations, will reach the Senate after House action.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
Tariff Commission
Not Houdinis Philadelphia liquor store lockout
The new Pennsylvania state liquor store faced a bold internal escape as the manager and clerks left through the rear after unlocking many internal bolts. A policeman remained inside to guard the front while the staff ended their shift.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Greencastle Police Chief Faces Reelection Challenge
Oscar Ambrose, Greencastle chief of police, seeks reelection as the Greencastle council reorganizes next Monday night. Ambrose has two years in the post and previously served with the Hagerstown police. A report yesterday mentioned Fred Grosh as a possible opposition candidate.
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Oscar Ambrose
Greencastle
Ambrose
Hagerstown
Fred Grosh
Police Chief Ambrose to take Greencastle post
Greencastle may apply for the police chief job now held by Ambrose who succeeded Stephen W. Staley who was elected chief of police at Waynesboro. Green Castle has only one officer. Six hundred feet will be cut from the Oregon mountain in California for the Redding-Eurora highway.
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Ambrose
Stephen W. Staley
Waynesboro
Oregon Mountain
California
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