Threat note writer sent to hospital
Benjamin Franklin Varn, writer of a clumsy letter threatening Roosevelt and his grandchildren, was committed to Belle vue Hospital for observation by Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey. He faced Lindbergh Kidnapping Act charges with $25,000 bail, claiming inspiration from a figure named Svengali. The letter, signed by order of Zangara, demanded $168,000 in specified denominations and threatened harm if not delivered. The Roosevelts learned of the threat at Hyde Park. officials urged careful handling of Varn.
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New York
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Roosevelt
Bellevue Hospital
Francis G. Caffey
Varn
Caffey
Lindbergh
United States
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Central Park
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William Sloane House
Zangara
Guiseppe Zangara
Mr. Roosevelt
Miami
Anton Cermak
Chicago
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Marvin H. McIntyre
Richard Jervis
Secret Service
White House
Buzzie
Sistie’ Dall
Spencer Aldrich
Bayshore
L. I
Aldrich
Curtis B. Dall
Hyde Park
Miss Perkins Calls for Higher Wages and Shorter Hours
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins outlines Labor Department goals on Labor Day 1934. She argues for permanent reforms including shorter hours, higher minimum wages, abolition of child labor, and use of government purchasing power to lift industry standards. She promotes social insurance and organized worker representation to secure economic security nationwide.
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Labor
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Frances Perkins
Department of Labor
Organized Labor
Eliic Organizations
Granges Meet at Smithsburg Plan Tax Relief Initiatives
The Pomona Grange gathering brings three Washington County Granges and seven Frederick County Granges to Smithsburg for a day of business and talks. Leader David Fry Jr presides. E F Holter directs the afternoon session. E I Osborne will discuss Extension Service work and AAA with 4H awards to Frederick and Washington clubs.
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Frederick County
Smithsburg
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Jefferson
J. Homer Remsberg
Middletown
Frederick
Edward F. Holter
Pomona
E. I. Osborne
Extension Service
University of Maryland
AAA
Washington Counties
Washington County
Two Men To Face Murder Charge In Ledwell Death
State's Attorney Walter E Sinn of Frederick County says he will press murder charges against two men in the death of Jack L Ledwell a 23 year old transient who died from stab wounds after a melee in the B and O Railroad yards at Brunswick Ledwell named Emory S Selby of Brunswick as his assailant in a death bed statement though Sinn expected to charge Arlie For further details remain unclear due to truncated text
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Walter E. Sinn
Frederick County
Jack L. Ledwell
Frederick
Brunswick
Ledwell
Emory 5. Selby
Simauld
Arlie
Robbery Suspects Freed By Police
Two men arrested as suspects in a Cumberland filling station robbery were released after an attendant and a nearby restaurant owner failed to identify them. The pair, armed with revolvers, forced the proprietor to the wall and looted the cash drawer before being detained and later freed. Lieut. Deamond and Sheriff Hotchkins guarded witnesses as the suspects were arrested on the street and released.
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Cumberland
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Hotchkins
Brunswick Fight Report Leaves Two Held Without Comment
Rest and another Brunswick man were detained after a Wednesday afternoon melee. Neither prisoner spoke about the incident as authorities investigated the brawl.
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Brunswick
Water Flow Plan Sought to Refill Big Pool at Dani No 6
Residents near Big Pool circulate a petition to persuade the State Board of Health to back improvements at Dani No 6 to allow Potomac River water into the pool. Low water endangers health and mosquitoes breed in summer, with CCC boys proposed to build a channel and possible outlet. Dr W Ross Cameron supports the project near Fort Frederick, where restoration is underway.
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Dani No. 6
CCC
Potomac River
C. and O. Canal
Clark Named in Statement In Death of Stevens
Omar Clark, 24, of near Clay Lick in Franklin County, named in a sworn statement by his brother Roy Clark as the man who struck Charles C. Stevens, 36, near Welsh Run last Monday. Clark denied wielding the heavy tire iron. coroner Dr. A W Thrush set the inquest for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Mercersburg Town Hall. Stevens, a Washington County native, has relatives in Hagerstown and nearby areas.
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Clay Lick
Franklin County
Roy Clark
Charles C. Stevens
Welsh Run
State ‘Police
Chambersburg
Omar
Stevens
A. W. Thrush
Mercersburg
Washington County
Hagerstown
Former Bank Head Slain In Texas
Borger Texas Sept 1 A P Borger president of the defunct Borger State Bank was shot to death Friday in the Borger post office Arthur Huey county tax collector walked out of the post office carrying two pistols and said Call the sheriff.
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Tex
A. P. Borger
Borger State Bank
Arthur Huey
Huey quote framed as police take suspect to jail
Huey declared he was persecuted as officers moved him to the city jail. Borger, a town namesake, was shot four times including a heart wound. Bystander Lloyd Duncan, Magnolia Petroleum supervisor, was wounded in the right hip.
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Borger
Lloyd Duncan
Magnolia Petroleum Company
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