Old Murder Mystery May Be Cleared
Shenandoah county authorities may close a 36 year old murder case tied to a $500000 estate. A New York lawyer researching Washington property found vital evidence in DC archives and turned the matter to a Washington detective agency, which has pursued the killer for weeks.
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Shenandoah County
Shenandoah Valley
New York
Washington
District of Columbia
Washington Detective Agency
Strashure
Jews appeal to Hitler and Hindenburg to avert boycott
Jews in Germany turn to Chancellor Hitler and President Hindenburg in a last effort to stop the nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses set for Saturday. Outbreaks continue in several cities with property damage. the Nazi radical element remains powerful while the conservative wing seeks restraint.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
von Hindenburg
National Socialist Party
Wilhelm Frick
Hermann , Goering
Joseph Goebbels
General Council of Jews
Milwaukee Boilermaker Jokes About Jail Stay
James Murphy arrived before Judge George Shaughnessy in municipal court with a joke about the Milwaukee house of correction boiler. He quipped that the boiler is on the Fritz again and that they always arrest him for being drunk when they need him at work. The judge commented that the process should take about 90 days and urged Murphy to do a good job.
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Milwaukee
Wis
James Murphy
George Shaughnessy
House of Correction
Three Railroads Consider Union Station In Hagerstown
Report says three railroads may consolidate here with Western Maryland as a union station for Pennsylvania Norfolk & Western and Western Maryland. Local shops would service engines of all three railroads boosting employment and centralizing repair work at the Western Maryland facilities.
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Hagerstown
Western Maryland
Pennsylvania
Norfolk & Western
Union Station
Western Maryland Parpenter
Maryland
Enfort
Asay
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Death by own action exaggerated says Senator Beck
Annapolis March 30 The death by own action of Senator Scott Beck is greatly exaggerated. Beck chairman of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and active in major questions said rumors reached his Kent County home about him ending his own life. His secretary received many welfare calls over the past day.
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Annapolis
Scott Beck
Dem
Kent County
Mark Twain
Beck
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Senate
Kent
Calle
Taylor Sues Over Gas Truck Explosion
John E. Taylor of Funkstown sues Atlantic Refiring Company for 20000 damages after a gasoline truck explosion at a Potomac avenue filling station left him permanently injured. The suit claims grounding chain negligence due to missing grounding equipment during fuel replenishment. Attorneys W P Wachter and A C Grice represent the plaintiff.
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John E. Taylor
Funkstown
Atlantic
W. P. Wachter
2A. C. Grice
Taylor
Potomac Avenue
Trix
Butterbaugh Sues Driver Over Fatal Nebraska City Crash
Em mert J. Butterbaugh, 63, brother of Rev. J. O. Butterbaugh, died after being struck March 12 in Nebraska City. John W. Butterbaugh, special administrator for the estate, sues Joseph Caleb, 21, driver of the car, for 15000. Caleb faces charges of death by operating under liquor influence speeding and failing to stop.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Emmert J. Butterbaugh
J. O. Butterbaugh
Joseph Caleb
John W. Butterhaugh
Slander Suits Docketed Against Three Defendants
Herman D. Huff through attorney C Bruce Lightner filed three suits for 5000 each in court alleging slander by Con stable Leister Tsanogle John Shockey and Samuel M Burger. The remarks were allegedly made in front of witnesses on March 28.
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Herman D. Huff
C. Bruce Lightner
Leister Tsanogle
John Shockey
Samuel M. Burger
Milk Strike Violence Shuts Roads Into Rochester
On a second day of Rochester milk strike pickets and armed watchers blocked farm trucks entering the city. Two men were injured as strikers dumped milk on highways while state troopers and deputies escorted trucks for the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association.
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Rochester
Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
Sam Hanna
Lima
West Henrietta
Hanna
Avon
Dairymen's League
American envoy Davis meets MacDonald in London talks
Norman H. Davis special ambassador of the United States in Europe and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald held talks at No 10 Downing Street on world problems. They focused on the upcoming world economic conference and disarmament. Davis arrived from America and planned further discussions and weekend stay in London.
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London
Norman H. Davis
United States
Europe
Romsay MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
Davis
England
America
Bandits Kidnap British Crew Off Manchurian Coast
British gunboats search off Newchang Manchuria for a daring gang of pirates who seized four British officers from the merchant ship Nanchang. Fourteen attackers wounded two Chinese sailors and carried off the officers as the Nanchang waited for high tide at the Newchang bar. The pirates fled in two junks toward shallow water along the Gulf of Lisotung.
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Newchang
Manchuria
Manchurian
Nanchang
Gulf of
Lisotung
Stingy husband kept mileage records on wife car
Mrs To retta Radke petitions for divorce alleging Edward J Radke forced constant mileage logs gasoline measurements and trips planning questions whenever she used the car He grew angry when she detoured and questioned his control in the Illinois case filed in Chicago March 30.
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Chicago
Toretta Radke
Edward, J
Village ordinance on drunken patrons and driving home from saloons
Golden Valley adopts a law effective April 7 to require licensees to place any drunken or disorderly patron in a closed car and return them home at the licensee's expense, regardless of whether the licensee contributed to the drunken condition.
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Minneapolis
Golden Valley
Escaped Maryland Cow Thief Recaught Then Returned
Albert Truitt, a cattle thief who vanished from Roxbury's penal farm last October, was recaptured near Rising Sun and today returned to Baltimore to begin a five year sentence plus additional time for breaking prison.
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Albert Truitt
Roxbury
Baltimore
Truitt
Rising Sun
Child Near Death After Scissors Removed From Brain
Three year old Angeline Montana nearly dies after surgeons remove a pair of sharp point scissors from her brain. Doctors say the operation saved her life due to a rapid blood transfusion from her mother and estimate her chances of recovery at about one in ten.
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Buffalo
Angeline Montana
Angeline
New Officials Qualify After Court Notice
Dr. I. M. Wertz and five councilmen elect were officially notified of their election by Clerk Edward Oswald and may qualify by swearing in within ten days. The new mayor and councilmen will assume office next Thursday night. Also, seven publisher creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Brentano's Inc. in Federal court in New York.
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I. M. Wertz
Edward Oswald
New York
Brentano's Inc
Bank Robbery in Knox City Stuns Citizens State Bank
Three masked and armed men robbed the Citizens State Bank vault in Knox City Texas, taking cash and securities totaling about 15 600. The trio fled by car. Separately, Judge Frank U Wagaman ruled against J C Stalter in a suit involving the Commercial Investment Trust and John D Stonebraker, tied to an automobile deal.
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Knox City
Tex
Citizens State Bank
Frank U. Wagaman
J. C. Statler
Commercial Investment Trust
John D. Stonebraker
Bruce Lightner
D. K. McTaughlin
Deferdanata
Sharp Southern California quake rattles region near Long Beach
An early morning 4:25 quake centered near Long Beach and Los Angeles shook a wide area for about five seconds. No damage was reported and the tremor was not felt in Santa Barbara or San Diego.
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Los Angeles
California
Long Beach
Santa Barbara
Walker Brothers Health Update on Former Mayor
Dr William H Walker brother of former Mayor James J Walker returned from Cannes aboard the Rex reporting the ex mayor in poor health His examination showed extremely high blood pressure and suffering from heart and kidney disease.
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New York
William H. Walker
James J. Walker
Cannes
France
Walker
Secretary Woodin Joins Senate Banking Committee Meeting
A jovial visitor, William H. Woodin, new Secretary of the Treasury, was briefly blocked from entering the Senate Banking Committee room as an executive meeting was underway. An aide halted the intruder until Woodin was admitted amid laughter from attendees.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
William H. Woodin
the Treasury
Woodin
Sea Lion Returns to Beach After Release
A 1,200 pound sea lion swam ashore at Nelscott Orc., drawing several thousand tourists. After several days in captivity he was released, but he swam seaward then returned to the beach, where visitors continued to feed him.
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Nelscott
Orc
Engineer Flags His Own Express After Blast Incident
Engineer Walter Fredericks was blown from his cab when an explosion ripped through the Atlantic Express near South Corning New York. He later flagged and boarded his own train at El Heights after ten miles without him, while Fireman M S Delap hid in the tender for safety.
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Elmira
N. Y
Atlantic Express
Ene
New York
Walter Fredericks
South Corning
Chicago
Fredericks
M. S. Delap
Arprens
Man Delap
Dender
Big Flats
Corning General Hospital
el Heights
Bomb Explodes at Father Coughlin Home in Royal Oak
A black powder bomb shattered a basement window at Reverend Charles E. Coughlin’s Royal Oak residence early this morning. No one was injured though several windows and basement canned goods were damaged. Police smelled black powder. neighbors alerted authorities, who found no bomb container. Father Coughlin, a nationally known radio personality, shared the home with Father John Tully. investigation continues.
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Detroit
Charles EB. Coughin
Royal Oak
Father Coughlin
Elmer Ball
Edward Lietzau
Royal Oak Police
Coughlin
Little Flower Church
John Tully
Truant 17yearold Violet Ganschow Found Slain Near Palatine
Violet Ganschow an eightenth year old truant from Palatine high school was found beaten to death in a roadside ditch near Suburban Palatine. Police found a New Year resolutions list in her purse expressing intent to stay on the straight path and be good to her parents.
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Chicago
Violet Ganschow
Palatine
Violet
Tere
Falatine
Howenia
Close shave at Pana crossing ends with two surprised occupants
A New York Central passenger train and a car reached a crossing simultaneously in Pana on March 30. The crew found the car split from its radiator and two wheels but recovered the intact body of the vehicle with occupants inside unharmed yet speechless from fright.
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New York Central
Anti German Boycott Spreads in Paris Markets
A protest movement surfaced in Paris with merchants posting signs rejecting German buyers and goods. French authorities planned mass gatherings to denounce German policy as part of a broader anti German boycott following recent events.
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Paris
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