Tragic cliff murder suicide shock New Haven
Ray C. Spang of Ansonia mentally unbalanced reportedly hurled his wife and four children from West Rock cliffs in New Haven and then leapt to his death. Four children and the parents died. another child remained missing as police and fire crews recovered bodies.
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New Haven
Conn
Ray C. Spang
Ansonia
West Rock
New Haven Park
Mrs. Spang
Helen
Lorraine
Raymond
Donald
Spang
Ruth Johnson
New York City
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
Seymour
Houston Youth Found Guilty in Shoe Store Hold-up
Emmett George of Atlanta Georgia was found guilty by a Houston jury and sentenced to five years in prison for a local shoe store robbery committed a year earlier. The defense argued hereditary insanity and a head tick from a boxing injury affected his ability to tell right from wrong.
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Houston
Texas
Emmett George
Atlanta
George
Woman found dead in Eldorado close to home
Nora Arnold, 30, wife of farmer Frank Arnold of Grannis Ark, was found with a crushed skull and dislocated neck in a residential street in Eldorado. She died en route to a hospital. Frank Arnold was arrested after arriving at the scene amid a gathered crowd. Police suspect a jump or a possible assault involving an automobile.
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Eldorado
Ark
Nora Arnold
Grannis
Frank Arnold
Fierro and Cortes Start Nonstop New York to Mexico City Flight
Colonel Roberto Fierro and mechanic Arnulfo Cortes launched from Roosevelt Field at 1 30 15 a m aiming for Mexico City 2200 miles away. They plan a 16 hour non stop flight following Lindberghs Gulf Coast route to Tampico and inland to the capital. Fierro is 33, head of Mexico's civil aeronautical department, Cortes 37, both married.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Mexico City
Roberto Fierro
Mexico
Arnulfo Cortes
New York
Fierro
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Lindbergh
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Sierra de Pachuca
Civil Aeronautical Department
Cortes
Mexico ready to welcome Fierro on non-stop New York flight
Mexico City crowds anticipate Colonel Roberto Fierro arriving at Valabuena Field after his bid for a non stop flight from New York. The nation still recalls Captain Emilio Carranza’s death and honors Fierro as Mexico’s leading aviator amid recent airman losses.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Roberto Fierro
New York
Valabuena Field
Emilio Carranza
Pablo Sidar
Buenos Aires
Fierro
Virginia Opens Arms To Its Native Son Byrd
Virginia hails its famed son Dick Byrd with a wave of tribute from across the state. Citizens from distant regions gather to honor him as the “Rock of the ends of the earth” in a ceremony reflecting widespread affection and national fame.
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Virginia
Byrd
Richmond
Dick Byrd
Dominion
Polar
Atlantic
Gun linked to Tribune reporter slaying leads to Foster
Chicago police traced the murder weapon of Jake Lingle to gangster Frank Foster who allegedly owned and then disposed of the gun. Investigators uncovered the serial number despite a plan to destroy it and linked the firearm to Peter Von Frantzius, tied to other gangland killings including the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. Foster has disappeared as the probe continues.
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Chicago
Jake Lingle
Tribune
Frank Foster
Foster
Peter von Frantzius
von Frantzius
M Kay Slain in Thicket Alleged Robber Attack
Police say M Kay was murdered in a thicket late last night during a robbery attempt. Investigators are pursuing suspects and urging anyone with information to come forward.
Fliers Still Aloft at Sky Harbor Airport Report
Early morning report from Sky Harbor tests confirms all well aboard the City of Chicago airship and its crew. The crew remains safe as operations continue.
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Sky Harbor
Schafer joins HGAT to bare Cannon facts
The fight to force Bishop Cannon to disclose his anti Smith campaign expenditures continues as Representative Schafer of Wisconsin plans a special house investigation. He denounced Cannon on the floor and says he will act if Representative Tinkham fails to pursue action after Cannon challenged a libel suit and immunity claim.
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William 8. Neal
International News Service
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Senate
Schafer
Wisconsin
House
Cannon
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Virginia Methodist
House of Representatives
Louisville and Nashville seeks rail merger control
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to purchase control of the Pontchartrain Railroad Company, which operates a short line in Louisiana, with plans to abandon its operation.
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Washington
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pontchartrain Railroad Company
First base shipped from New Orleans to Texas
A shipment labeled first base was sent today from south Texas to its destination in New Orleans. The transfer occurred June 21, with the exchange noted in market communications.
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New Orleans
South Texas
Tragedy in Jacksonville: Merchant Drowns Disabled Son then Kills Self
In Jacksonville Florida Louis Weiss a retired merchant drowned his 16 year old disabled son Francis in a tub and then killed himself. Family cited financial reverses and despondency over the boy’s condition as triggers. Mrs Weiss returned home to find both dead after hearing a scream and a gunshot.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Louis
Weiss
Francis
Discovery on fat digestion unsettles meat study at Cornell
Reports from Ithaca show a new fat digestion principle presented at Cornell Universitys eighth colloid symposium. Researchers led by Dr. S. Dew Ms Ludium A. E. Taft and R. L. Nugent from the Gladwin Penn laboratory described fat in meat being coated with lean protein, reversing the eye’s typical view.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
8. Dew
Ludium
A. E. Taft
R. L. Nugent
Gladwin, Penn
Stocks Break Under Severe Selling Pressure In New York
The New York markets extended a week of declines as major shares fell sharply on heavy selling. Chicago July wheat dropped over a cent per bushel to the lowest in about 15 years, cotton slid about $2 a bale on New York trading, and London silvers prices hit new lows.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
London
Charlie Brown injury after five cent cigar fall in New York
Charlie Brown, after a five year fast from smoking, puffed a black five center and collapsed on an East 14th street stoop. He woke in St Vincent's hospital with a gash to the scalp and possible skull fracture.
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New York
Charlie Brown
Charlie
St Vincent's Hospital
East 14Th Street
Canadian ace parachute jumper killed in car crash
Ottawa reports James Warrington of Toronto and his brother Stephen of the Royal Canadian Air Force were killed in an automobile accident near here. The two brothers were noted as Canada's ace parachute jumper.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
James Warrington
Toronto
Stephen
Royal Canadian Air Force
Schroeder Lied To Her as Prisoner Return Planned
Mobile 35 year old Harold H Schroeder faces Indianapolis authorities over a torch murder case. A 19 year old Mobile girl Gertrude Kittrell says Schroeder deceived her about his marriage and divorce plans. Police plan to return him to Indianapolis by car as proceedings move toward a grand jury.
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Schroeder
Gertrude Kittrell
Harold Herbert Schroeder
Mobile
Indianapolis
Misa KittFell
North Jackson Street
Jane
Ind
Torch
Lafayette Street
Warren Burch
George L. Winkler
Marion
Sch
Bond posted releases seized Mexican tug El Pelicano
The Mexican tug El Pelicano, seized in condemnation proceedings after liquor not on the manifest was found, was released Saturday morning after its owners posted bond in federal court. The question of release was argued before Judge Robert T. Ervin, who ruled the action proper. The government had started condemnation after master J. M. Pimienta was served with a warrant. Local ship chandler RK. B. Turner was arrested on charges of receiving and concealing illegally imported goods. Several bottles of liquor reportedly found in Turner's possession. The tug had come to Mobile for repairs.
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Robert T. Ervin
J. M. Pimienta
RK. B. Turner
Turner
Mobile
Maniac Slayer Writes Final Letter Claiming Red Diator Oath
A deranged letter writer claiming membership in a secret order called the Red Diator says he killed two men Mozyneski and another, threatened 13 more, and writes his last letter to police. He claims the mission is finished as papers are returned and mentions Miss Katherine May.
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Maniac
New York
Red Diatore
Preme Council
Russia
United States
Mozyneski
Ched
Katherine May
Check Made On Domdneaux J W
Gaston of the Mobile Electric Garage told officers at the county jail that J J Domineaux of Springfield Illinois a friend of Schroeder may be the body found in a charred automobile. He said Domineaux worked at Auto Motive Electric Company in Springfield and authorities began tracking him.
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Domdneaux
J. W. Gaston
Mobile Electric Garage
J. J. Domineaux
Springfield
Ill
Lafayette
Schroeder
Gaston
Domineaux
Auto Motive Electric Company
Charred body in Indiana car may be missing Sanders
A charred body found May 1 in a burning car near Indianapolis may be Jack Sanders, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sanders of Prichard. Parents, Chief Warren Burch, Sheriff George Winkler and H. H. Schroeder discussed the case. Schroeder’s confession claimed he gave a ride to a youth near Terre Haute, the neck broken in an accident, then set the car ablaze to avoid murder charges.
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H. H. Schroeder
Indianapolis
Ind
Jack Sanders
J. M. Sanders
Prichard
Warren Burch
George L. Winkler
Marion County
Oing Sanders
Schroeder
Terre Haute
No Relief Seen as Calooshatchee Floods Fort Myers County Seat
Fort Myers Florida June 21 La degle the marooned county seat of Henry county remained in flood waters from the Calooshatchee river with little relief in sight. Intermittent rains in the past hours worsened flooding with water two to four feet deep. River rampage stems from heavy rains over weeks. Train service disrupted. Labelle relies on small boats for transport.
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Fort Myers
Fra
Ladegle
Henry County
Labelle
May Fly Monday Flight Hope in Transatlantic Attempt
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith expressed hope to begin his proposed transatlantic flight on Monday morning as Dublin reports the event from the Irish Free State on June 21.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Sanders family linked to missing son in Massachusetts burn case
Mr and Mrs Sanders told authorities their gun left for New York then went to North Adams Massachusetts to visit his sister. Schroeder’s statement said his passenger’s home was in Massachusetts. A rosary was found near the blazing car and a youth may be the victim. Authorities wired North Adams for more information. The Sanderses said they received a letter from their son three weeks ago but have heard nothing since.
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North Adams
Removal of Telephones From Capitol Wing in June
Washington reports that 49 dial telephones are being removed from the senate wing of the capitol and the senate office building. A crew of 30 men started last night with deadline at midnight to restore the old fashioned number please system. Most senators were away and call volume was light as Capitol staff noted substantial reliance on the operators to place calls.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Dia
Bond Posted After Prohibition Charge
Charles A. Tuttle, a Black man, was arrested Saturday by Deputy U S Marshal D Penington for violating the prohibition law. He posted bond for his court appearance.
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Charles A. Tuttle
United States
D. 8. Pennington
Appeal Now Pending on Death Sentence for Eli Taylor
Attorneys Harry Seale and Don Bennett urged transfer of Eli Taylor from Kilby Prison to Mobile claiming jail here is unsafe. The youth, accused of hacking his wife, faces a death sentence. A motion was filed days ago seeking the return to Mobile, with Sheriff Pat noting the Kilby era.
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Henry
Taylor
Mobile
Harry Seale
Don Bennett
Eli Taylor
Kilby
Pat
Judge Rules On Bethlehem Youngstown Merger Case
In Youngstown, Judge David G. Jnn overruled Bethlehem counsel and approved an examination of books for the Bethlehem Youngstown and Tube Company case. He pushed to strike stipulations about salaries and executive pay in the court order amid ongoing disputes.
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Youngstown
Chem Steel
Bethlehem Youngstown and Tube Company
Ernst
David G. J Nn
Bethlehem
Hem
Hoover to Seek Bids on New Aircraft Carrier
The United States Navy plans to request bids for a new aircraft carrier costing about 19 million dollars after President Hoover raised objections. The ship would join Lexington and Saratoga already in service, offering greater air capacity than the smaller existing vessels.
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Washington
Hoover
Navy
Lexington
Saratoga
the & Ton
Bank Doors Close in Starke Florida Bank Failure
The County Bank of Starke Florida closed its doors after receiving state comptroller notice. The bank’s capital was 40000 dollars and deposits were listed at 350000 dollars as Florida experiences another bank failure within ten days.
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Tallahassee
Starke
Fla
Geen 1
Ernest
Eath Bank
Florida
Six Months Jail for James Johnson in Nashville Radiator Theft Case
In Nashville a Black man named James Johnson faced police court after being accused of attempting to steal several radiators from a church. Judge Harris found him guilty and he received a six month jail sentence.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Johnson
Church
Peter Judge Harris
Leo Feist Dies at 60 in Mount Vernon Home
Leo Feist died at his Mount Vernon New York home at age 60. He sang at his last moments and passed away today.
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Leo Feist
Mount, Vernon, N. Y
Weather Outlook: Fair Then Cool Nights Ahead
Local forecast calls for generally fair skies tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Alabama forecast shows fair conditions Saturday night with minimal variation in temperatures.
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Alabama
Sly Fair
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