Gibson Trapped in Shootout Over Kidnapping Case
Federal agents killed Russell Gibson, 32, alleged gang member in the Edward G. Bremer kidnapping. Trapped in a northside Chicago apartment, Gibson tried to shoot it out with a 16 agent team but his jammed gun failed. A rifle bullet penetrated his vest and he died in hospital. The confrontation follows Dillinger era violence in the city.
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Chicago
Russell Gibson
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Gibson
Alvin Karpis
Arthur Barker
Detective Red Johnson to testify against Hauptmann
Le Havre reports Detective Arthur Johnson of the New York police sails for the United States with a party of three as one of four witnesses expected to testify in the Hauptmann trial. The Daily News lists Red Johnson, Hendrick Finn Johansen, a Norwegian sailor friend of Betty Gow, among the prosecution witnesses. Johnson has been in Europe investigating both the Lindbergh case and Hauptmann’s German background, and was previously deported from Norway after questioning.
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LE Havre
Arthur Johnson
New York Police
S. 8
le de France
United States
Johnson
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Europe
The
Daily News
Hen
Red) Johnson
Betty Gow
Lindbergh
John
Sullivan
Agnes Turverson
Hauptmann
Red” Johnson
Oslo
Norway
Hendrick Finn Johansen
County Board hires expert to audit heating at Court House
The Board of County Commissioners approved hiring an expert heating engineer through architect A J Klinkhart to conduct a full survey of the Court House heating system. The current setup remains inadequate even with 24 hour firing, and a new boiler is expected while radiators and pipes will be inspected to prevent future complaints. In severe cold, second floor offices are nearly uninhabitable and Judge Wagaman halted court twice due to coldness.
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Court House
Board of County Commissioners
A. J. Klinkhart
Frank G. Wagaman
Man claims Bruno Hauptmann seen near Lindbergh home
Charles Garrick of Whittier said he was certain Hauptmann asked him the way to Col. Lindbergh’s home the day the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped. Police in New Jersey said they discount the claim and are not pursuing it. Garrick gave his statement after a tip that he knows something about the case.
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Los Angeles
Jaan
Charles Garrick
Bruno Richard
Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
New Jersey
Whittier
Calif
Garrick
Nice Inaugurates Maryland Governor Amid Rain
Gov. Harry W. Nice assumed office in Annapolis after a delayed canvass sealed his election, ending Albert C. Ritchie’s 15 year tenure. Thousands filled State House corridors as rain drove parade crowds, with Nice taking the oath before Chief Judge Carroll T. Bond.
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Annapolis
Harry W. Nice
Maryland Ship of State
State House
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Nice
Albert Cabell Ritchie
Maryland
Carroll T. Bond
Court of Appeals
Mr. Nice
Ritchie
Too Late To Stop Death By Own Action
Washington dispatch reports detective Sgt Edgar Sims of Alexandria Va rushing to a hotel after Police Judge Fred G Duvall claimed he planned death by his own action. Sims arrived too late. Duvall was found unconscious from self administered poisoning and died in a hospital last night.
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Washington
Jan
Edgar Sims
Alexandria
Fred G. Duvall
Sims
Duvall
Four Million On Dole In Britain
London reports Britain takes over relief for more than four million unemployed under a centralized dole system. Local authorities cede administration to 240 new offices, a process expected to take about two months and funded at 275 million dollars.
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Dole
Britain
London
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Ritchie Retires Plans to Practice Law in Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie, four term Maryland governor and early 1932 Democratic presidential hopeful, retires to private life after losing reelection. He plans to resume law practice and may serve as attorney for a Baltimore bank receiver, while keeping political ties and potential for a future comeback in view.
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Annapolis
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Baltimore
New Industry Locates Here After Feb 1
The Ellis Silk Hosiery Company of Philadelphia will open a branch in this city, leasing part of the Victor Products building on Frederick Road. Machinery is being installed, and about 75 workers will be hired when fully operational after February 1. L Morris Ellis and the Chamber of Commerce had pursued negotiations since 1929, with activity resuming recently. No job applications will be taken until after February 1 when company officials visit.
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Chamber of Commerce
Victor Products Company
Frederick Road
Ellis Silk Hosiery Company
Philadelphia
Victor Products
L. Morris Ellis
Concern
Probe deaths of three in Honesdale family
Wayne County Coroner opened an inquiry into the deaths of a Honesdale family of three after Mrs Spangenberger 25 and her 3-year-old daughter were found dead in bed and the husband, initially treated for coal gas poisoning, died overnight after becoming unconscious and frothing at the mouth.
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Honesdale
Wayne County
Oliver B. Osborne
Joseph Spangenberger
New eruption feared at Kilauea in Hawaii
Visitors stayed away from Halemaumau fire pit as winds swept the summit area. Scientists at Hawaii National Park watched for signs of eruption after a fresh earthquake. The observatory seismograph trembled and long cracks opened around the fire pit, with shocks recorded for two days indicating possible activity.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Kilauea
Halemaumau
Hawaii National Park
Youth freed after 3 held him 48 hours in Chicago
Allen C. Bomberger a 21 year old Hammond Indiana college student was seized by two men and a woman in Chicago. He said he was forced to write a ransom note for 50000 dollars and held over 48 hours before being dumped near the federal building. FBI and family denied any payment. One kidnapper called Ed, he could identify.
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Chicago
Allen C. Bomberger
Hammond
Ind
Federal Building
Lowden Bomberger
Harold Natham
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bomberger
Young Bomberger
Crawfordville
Cold Weather Expected To End Fog Here
Forecast of colder weather to morrow gives hope of a break in the fog that has blanketed the East for three days. Atlantic shipping remains tied up with several vessels awaiting the fog lift near New York harbor and Massachusetts waters. Arcadia held in Boston harbor blocks night trip to New York for the second straight day. Two East River ferries were out of service for hours after one ran aground and the other pulled free. Air travel is largely at a standstill in the East while a Chicago bound plane is reported missing.
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East
Atlantic Seaboard
New York Harbor
Massachusetts
Arcadia
Boston
New York
Chicago
Dr George Morley Marshall Dies in Philadelphia at 77
Dr George Morley Marshall, 77, physician and laryngologist affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Postgraduate School, died in Philadelphia last night. He had a prominent medical career and contributions to otolaryngology.
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Philadelphia
George Morley Marshall
Post Graduate School
University of Pennsylvania
Kentuckian kills seven then shoots self in feud
George Collett went berserk in Copper Creek, Mt Vernon, killing seven people including his wife and her relatives, plus two others, and wounding an eighth before taking his own life. Sheriff Clark led a posse as state troops moved to surround him. the motive was a land dispute. Victims included Stella Collett, 28, Lola Helton, 23, Howard Helton, 26, William Helton, 65, Julian Borders, 52, and Mrs Borders, 52.
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MT. Vernon
George Collett
Collett
Copper Creek
D. C. Clark
Clark
H. H. Denhardt
Frankfort
Harrodsburg
Stella Collett
County Home Board files 1934 report
The Bellevue trustees report for the year ending January 1, 1935 shows receipts of 17307.68 and disbursements of 15349.97, approved by the County Commissioners. Board members are J C Butterbaugh president George H Thomas secretary and Harry T Brewer treasurer. Of receipts 13000 came from taxes. 4347 from estates inmates and other sources. Disbursements include about 7500 for food and supplies 4300 for salaries and the remainder for farm equipment sun dries and 1000 for repairs. Meals totaled 3947 for transients plus 126 inmates. average meal cost 11.9 cents. The year saw painting a new shed re roofing of a portion of the home and wiring of two wards. The report reflects economical diligent management and commendation for the board.
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Bellevue
Board of County Commissioners
J. C. Butterbaugh
George H. Thomas
Harry T. Brewer
Two Convicts Escape Prison in Boston Incident
Two inmates escaped from State prison after slugging two guards early today. Two others who tried to scale a wall were captured. The fugitives were Lawrence Baldway of Ware Point Conn and William Baker of Springfield. Baldway is serving 18 to 20 years for assault and battery and robbery. Baker 10 to 20 years for assault and battery with intent to kill.
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Boston
State Prison
Lawrence Baldway
Warehouse Point
Conn
William Baker
Springfield
Ito
City Measure Would Allow City Bonds Purchase
City of Hagerstown seeks authority to buy or retire its own bonds at up to 105 on the dollar. City Attorney E R Roulette said the measure, likely the sole filing for the term, would create a callable provision now missing and enable retirement before maturity to reduce mortgage costs. The city holds excess funds earning 2.4 percent vs bonds at 4 percent, prompting proposed purchases as funds permit.
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Hagerstown
General Assembly
E. R. Roulette
Roulette
Grand jury condemns old Lebanon court house
Lebanon Kentucky January 9 grand juries and Judge T Scott Mayes condemn the 100 year old courthouse. Judge Mayes held sessions in the courtyard and said he would never again occupy the old structure.
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Lebanon
T. Scott Mayes
Mayes
Condon Identifies Hauptmann Linked to Lindbergh Kidnapping
Dr. John F. Condon testifies that Bruno Richard Hauptmann was the man he met for the Lindbergh ransom and the one to whom $50,000 was paid. He recalls notes found under a stone and describes the ransom letters read to the jury.
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John F
Jatsie) Condon
Flemington
N.J
Jassie) Condon
Bruno Richard
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Chries
Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Bronx
John
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Dr. Condon
van Cortland Park
C. Lloyd Fisher
Defense Counsel
Wilentz
Condon
Wittemore Avenue
Jassie Ransom
Bored Woman Juror Focuses On Bruno Hauptmann Case
FLEMINGTON New Jersey January Behold Mrs Verna Snyder seated in chair No 3 in the Hauptmann jury box yawning at times her 250 pounds and stout legs show through yet she leans forward when a child witness identifies Bruno Hauptmann Her demeanor shifts from casual to engaged as the trial unfolds with other jurors like Rosie Pill Stockton Walton Voorhees and a few others noted for their grave attention and grandmotherly presence
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Flemington, N. J
Jan
Verna Snyder
Hauptmann
Ons
Hochmuth
Lind
Bergh
Union
Rosie Pill
Mra Stockton
Charles Walton, Sr
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John Dillinger
Runo
Red’ Johnson
Enroute
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Bruno Man
Chamber
New Industries Committee
DR. Marshall
William Helton
Mrs. Collett
Lola Helton
Howard Helton
Julian Borders
Crab Orchard
County Home Board
Woids
NRA
Clifford R. Powell
Associated Press
Judge
Jassie
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