New Trial Sought in Damage Case After Jury Inspection
The Schindel heirs seek a new trial in the Mrs. Belen Barr versus Schindel heirs suit over a sidewalk accident on East Washington Street. A verdict of 789 was awarded to Barr, with the defense arguing that jurors inspected the scene during a noon recess. Attorneys Wagaman for Barr argued the evidence covered all angles and the inspection could not influence jurors.
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Belen Barr
Schindel
Enst
Washington Street
Woman Found Shot In Car In DC License Plate Case
A woman about 35 was found shot to death today inside an automobile bearing District of Columbia plates 143-862. The bullet entered between her eyes and a small pistol rested in her hands, with investigators not yet endorsing a suicide ruling.
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District of Columbia
Family tradition Belleville postmasters in Wangelin line
Belleville Manitoba reports postmaster lineage as Herman G Wangelin begins his term succeeding his father T H Wangelin who served under Wilson and grandfather Hugo Wangelin who ran the office during Cleveland era. Also Mexico raises liquor and saloon taxes in a Treasury decree as part of Cardenas alcohol crackdown.
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Belleville
Wangelin
Herman G. Wangelin
T. H. Wangelin
Wilson
Hugo Wangelin
Cleveland
Mexico
D. F
Treasury Department
Cardenas
President Roosevelt proposes slum clearance and grade crossing work plan
In a joint session, President Roosevelt unveiled a new expanded plan to put 3,500,000 unemployed to work on slum clearance, elimination of grade crossings, and other lasting public works. He pledged budget figures would be sound and warned against profiteering and private influence over public policy. He signaled forthcoming legislation on unemployment and old age insurance and social security benefits, while noting gains in 1934 and hope for the year ahead amid unsettled foreign tensions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Blizzards In West Canada Fatal To 11
Western Canada counted 11 dead today after a three day attack by blizzards, snowslides and gas explosions. Blizzards left five dead, snow slides took three lives while gas fumes took two and a gas explosion accounted for another.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Chicago teen receives 80000 for paralyzed half of body
Fourteen year old Charles Yerba in Chicago was awarded 80000 for the half of his body paralyzed after being shot by a railroad watchman while scavenging along the Santa Fe right of way for his dog Brownie. Doctors warn he may not survive six months. His attorney, Albert B. Fitzshal, presented the check and Yerba expressed plans to provide a steam heated flat for his mother and ongoing care for Brownie.
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Chicago
Charles Yerba
Ine
Santa Fe
Albert B. Fitzshal
Brownie
Charles
Hauptmann Defense Will Contend Kidnaping Plotted In Lindy Home
In Flemington New Jersey on January 4 the Hauptmann defense disclosed plans to argue the Lindbergh kidnapping was conceived in Col Charles Lindbergh’s home by five men not belonging to the family. Edward J Reilly said Hauptmann had no role and that the crime was planned and carried out by a gang of five. The defense will claim the child was taken from the house not down the ladder and question the photos of marks beneath the nursery window. Violet Sharpe’s death will be raised as an unexplained detail.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard M Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh Home
Pm Gang
Marke
Reilly
Violet Sharpe
Court Delays Decision in Branson Manslaughter Case
Richard Branson, a Black defendant, faced a new trial motion after a circuit court jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the death of Eddie Brooks last August. Chief Judge D Lindley Sloan told the court the ruling would be announced at 2 30 this afternoon after arguments from defense lawyer D Angie Wolfinger and John Wagaman and State's Attorney J Lloyd Harshman.
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Richard Branson
Eddie Brooks
D. Lindley Sloan
Sloan, Doub and Wagaman
D. Angie Wolfinger
John Wagaman
Branson
J. Lloyd Harshman
State
Harshman
Daffy Dean Snubbed by Hotel Clerks in Mobile
Baseball star Paul Daffy Dean and his bride faced a cold reception at a Mobile hotel as the disheveled pitcher and his wife were ignored in favor of a sharply dressed man. The couple left disappointed and found lodging at a different hotel without trouble.
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Mobile
Ala
Paul “Daffy” Dean
Daffy
Datty
Garage Workers Strike In Twin Cities Amid Wage Clash
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 4. Union garage mechanics and employees in Minneapolis and St. Paul initiated a strike and began picketing. The union seeks a scale of 65 to 90 cents per hour with 30 hours weekly and union recognition. Employers offer 60 cents hourly for class A mechanics with a $22.50 weekly minimum, arguing it exceeds the code minimum of $14.50.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Fourteen year old confesses in accidental cowboy shooting
Clarksbury January 4. Elmo Walter Prouts, 14, held after his chum Richard Sineei, 14, was found dead under the porch of Elmo’s home. Sheriff Reynolds said Richard was killed New Year’s Day during a boyish game of cowboys. Prouts reportedly said he shot him, was scared, and hid the body.
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Clarksburg
W. Way
Elmo Walter Prouts
Richard Sineei
Richard
Elmo
Fitzhugh Reynolds
Young Prouts
Ann Harding ex mate to fight custody ruling in Nevada
In Reno Nevada on January 4 Anns ex husband Byron Hanna a Los Angeles attorney said Harry Bannister would file in California to place six year old Jane in better hands claiming Ann Harding is not proper to have custody. He promised sensational evidence but gave no filing date.
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Reno
Nevada
Ann Harding
Los Angeles
Jane
Thomas F. Moran
Byron Hanna
Harry Bannister
California
Hanna
Young F D R To Face Charge Alone In Speeding Case
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr will answer a speeding charge in a few days while staying independent of his family. Prosecutor Torrence says no influence from the Roosevelts will affect the case and that Roosevelt has asked about appearing on a later date.
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Orange
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
David N. Torrence
Virginias Ave Scene of Four Burglaries
Virginia Avenue section faces a string of burglaries and one failed break in during the night. J Frank Bell at 1201 Virginia Avenue woke to a creaking door and footsteps as a burglar fled downstairs. Other homes on Virginia Avenue and Roessner Avenue were ransacked. Police investigate loot including cash and jewelry.
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Virginia Avenue
J. Frank Bell
N. E. Battler
Hazel Downs
Roessner
Edward Grimm
Bell
Large posse hunts slaver near Batesville Ark
A 24 year old man identified as Robert Rose by officers was captured near Batesville and sent to Little Rock for safekeeping. Five hundred citizens and peace officers with national guardsmen searched the Jocust Grove area ten miles southwest of Batesville for the slayer of Deputy Sheriff Everett Wheeler, detaining ten people after a secret parley and combing Independence and Stone counties hill sections.
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Batesville
Ark
Robert Rose
Everett W. Wheeler
Little Rock
Bathsville
Jocust Grove
Sherif Jake Engles
National Guard
Independence
Stone Counties
Seven Marooned On Big Ice Floes In Lake Simcoe
Royal Canadian Air Force pilots dropped food packages to seven men adrift on giant ice floes in Lake Simcoe after they spent the night in 20 below weather. Preparations were under way to rescue six Toronto lifeguards and three fishermen, one 76, trapped when their ice floe broke away amid a gale. A long test flight plan was announced for May from Baltimore to Miami aboard Clipper No. 7 before the Pan American handover.
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Barrie
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lake Simcoe
Lake Siticos
Oro Station
Here
Toronto
S. V. Jones
Baltimore
Miami
Fla
Pan American Airways
Glenn L. Martin Company
Gravely Ill Man Robbed In Waterford
In Waterford Wisconsin on January 4 two youths wearing red handkerchief masks robbed a gravely ill man, H. Peterson, near his bed after severing phone lines and stealing $15 from his trousers before escaping in a car. His wife daughter and a neighbor watched and prayed for his survival.
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Waterford
Wis
Peterson
Confesses to Slaying Girl After Threat
Morgantown, Jan 4. A $100 blackmail motive provided by authorities for the murder of Nellie Runion, 24, of near Point Marion, Pa. Loran Croston, 31, an ex convict, has admitted the killing after she threatened to reveal his parole violation. Prosecutor Saunders said the slaying occurred August 13 on a Cheat Mountains road after she refused more time to raise the money.
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Morgantown
W. Va
John W. Saunders
Loran Croston
Nellie Runion
Point Marion
Becae
Saunders
Croston
Cheat Mountains
Montgomery man to hang for assault in January
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie signed the death warrant for William Harold alias Alexander Jones, a Montgomery county negro, ordered to hang January 25 for criminal assault on a young white woman in Annapolis.
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Annapolis
William Harold
Alexander Jones
Montgomery County
Albert C. Ritchie
Oyster shell removal aids Clear Spring girl
A piece of oyster shell lodged in the throat of Jessie Troupe daughter of W E Troupe Clear Spring was removed last night at Washington County Hospital Wet condition reported improving today
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Jessie Troupe
W. E. Troupe
Washington Counity Hospital
U B Pastor Again Leads U S Agents in Moonshine Raid
The Rev Robert J Rugely U B pastor of Myersville helped federal agents raid a Wolfsville area still Wednesday night. Parker Wolfe and two unnamed men were arrested and await hearings before U S Commissioner D A Wolfinger. It remains unclear if Rugely will testify in the case.
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Robert J. Rugely
U. B
Myersville
Wolfsville
Parker Wolfe
Grover Horine
Smithsburg
Wolfe
U. S
D. A. Wolfinger
L Rev. Rugely
Former Premier Sent To Prison
Paris and Tyler reports describe Frederic Francois Marsal, ex Premier and ex Finance Minister, sentenced to eighteen months for embezzlement related to stock losses of 29,000,000 francs. He faces a fine and costs. Also noted is the return of 19 year old Mrs Johnnie Fay Oxford unharmed after a missing-person search in east Texas.
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Paris
Frederic Francois-Marsal
France
United States
François - Marsal
Socoa
Francois Marsal
Millerand
Poincare
Tyler
Tex
Johnnie Fay Oxford
Trier
East Texas
Hauptmann identified as the voice in Lindbergh case
In a courtroom account, Charles A Lindbergh recounts hearing a voice he says belonged to Bruno Hauptmann during the 1932 ransom period. Details cover the cemetery meeting, the note delivery, the amount of money, and the car locations as witness and attorney questions proceed.
Favor No Session Of Trial at Saturday in Hauptmann case
Flemington New Jersey January report says no Saturday sessions in the Hauptmann trial this week after defense and prosecution agree to a short session. Edward J. Reilly chief counsel for Hauptmann said he wanted to interview some witnesses.
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Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann
Edward J. Reilly
Belt Saves Him in Columbus Robbery Pursuit
In Columbus a fleeing suspect was shot at by Detective George Donaldson as he dashed toward a store. The bullet struck near a bystander, Estus Stephens, who praised his belt for saving him. The suspect fled in a car but dropped down after the incident.
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Columbus
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Cowboy
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Downs
Bottler
Bachtell
Betty Gow
Vurse
Bruno Hauptmann
Hunterdon County
Associated Press
U.B. Pastor
U.S
Charles. A. Lindber
Bruno Hauptm
Bronx Cemetery
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Jafale
Don
Ava
Ctery
Dr. Condon
St. Mond’s
Lowas
Wilentz
Belt ‘Saves Him
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