Romance Tangles Surround Officer Charged in Wife's Death
Miss Grace Brandon testified in federal court about a two year romance with Maj. Charles A. Shepard from a Nuevo Laredo saloon to letters written during his service. She described their secret engagement and revealed love notes read to the court as the defense pressed its cross examination.
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Kansas City
Kan
U.P
Charles A. Shepard
Grace Brandon
Brandon
Major Shepard
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Zenana McCloskey Shepard
Fort Riley
Miss Brandon
Army
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Shepard
Brooksfield
Food Loan Called Dole
Washington dispatch reports Congress delaying final action on drought relief and unemployment plans. The House rejects Senate amendments to the 118 million emergency public works bill and chooses to tackle a 30 million drought loan fund instead of the Senate's 60 million proposal. Opposition arises over presidential interchanges of funds and local employment use, with Hoover seeking a six month limit on the fund.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Large group may take over assets of defunct bank
In New York on December 12 authorities eyed a potential acquisition of the assets of the closed Bank of the United States by a major New York banking group. The state banking department’s full examination was awaited to clear last obstacles from the lengthy merger process that preceded the closure.
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New York
Bank of the United States
State Banking Department
Necateros
Parachute Training Incident Near Oasane Cal
Funston, a student pilot and son of a late general, was practicing spins when his training ship entered a tailspin from 4,000 feet. He was picked up by duck hunters and survived without injury.
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Oasane
Cal
Duck Hunters
Funston
Soviet Asbestos Dumpers Sued by Arizona Miners
Bear canyon asbestos mine operators Keasley and Mattison prepared a suit against the Russian government for violation of an international dumping act. They asked Senators Ashurst and Hayden to seek a federal investigation into alleged Soviet asbestos dumping in New York and Philadelphia.
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Globe, Ariz
Bear Canyon
Keasley
Mattison
Ashurst and
Hayden
Arizona
New York
Philadelphia
Eight Million Misappropriated by Speculator
Los Angeles report on Gil bert Beesemyer a 45 year old promoter who confessed to misappropriating eight million dollars for personal speculation. He admitted taking six million from the Guaranty Building and Loan association and two million from the North American Bond and Mortgage Co as part of a faltering scheme. The Bank of Hollywood faced closure as rumors swirled and state officials moved to investigate.
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Los Angeles
Gilbert H. Beesemyer
Beesemyer
Guaranty Building & Loan Association
North American Bond & Mortgage Co
Guaranty Holding Corporation
Bank of Hollywood
Beesemyer's Speculations and State Building and Loan
Charles A. Whitmore
Guaranty Building and Loan
Reese
Cabaret Entertainer Pleads Not Guilty in Salt Lake Murder
Jean Dale 21, a cabaret entertainer, pleads not guilty to murdering Sam Frank 65, a Memphis jewelry auctioneer, in Salt Lake City. Accomplice Philip Guinan, a barber, pleads not guilty to being an accessory after the fact in robbing Frank of 6000 dollars. Dale reportedly confessed to the killing. prelim hearing set for December 20. Guinan bond fixed at 3000 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Jean Dale
Sam Frank
Memphis
Tennn
Philip
Jack) Guinan
Frank
Miss Dale
Guinan
Mystery murder farm yields more bodies near Haven homestead
In Watford City North Dakota authorities probe a rural house of death after coroner Harry Larson confirms multiple graves under a barn on the A E Haven farm. Farm hand Charles Bannon admits to hog theft and says Mrs Haven hired him to bury her husband and three children.
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Watford City
N. D
Here
A. E. Haven
Harry Larson
Charles Bannon
Haven Farm
China declares martial law in Canton to counter red terror
Canton on edge as government imposes martial law after red terror fears surge. Troops patrol streets. telegraph lines cut. reports of disorder on Hainan and Tsingshih amid red activity. Gunboats dispatched to Tsingshih to protect residents.
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Canton
China
Shinchow
Hainan
Kwantung
Hunan
Tsingshih
Nichow
Grand Council Fire to Honor Camp Fire Girls Sunday
The Grand Council Fire annual Camp Fire Girls event will be at 4 PM Sunday in the YMCA gym. Miss Connie Belle Hoover says 42 girls will receive honors as 385 girls are registered in 24 groups with 70 awaiting admission. The program includes songs, invocation by Rev Father Peter MacDonald, and a fire lighting ceremony with leaders Beulah Dubler Jane Burrough Virginia Haggerty and Marguerite Manning.
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Grand Council
Camp Fire Girls’ Organization
Connie Belle Hoover
Goirls
Camp Fire Organization
E. J. Rule
Marguerite Manning
Peter MacDonald
Beulah Dubler
Jane Burrough
Virginia Haggerty
Indebtedness Wiped Out for Local School District
County Treasurer Paul A. Rooney announced that all warrants against School District No. 11S will be called on December 15. Warrants Nos. 8579 through 9962 totaling over $100,000 will be retired, clearing the district of outstanding debt.
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Paul A. Rooney
House Approves Interior Bill With Boulder Canyon Funding
Washington December 12. The interior appropriation bill passed today provides 68.554 million dollars including 15 million for Boulder Canyon Dam work in the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
Boulder Canyon
Eight-Foot-Plus Skeletons Found in Mexican Cemetery
In Sonora near Soyopa, researchers uncover a six foot eight inch boy and three other children, with several eight foot plus adults, in a pre historic burial ground. Dean Byron H. Cummings of the University of Arizona notes the site yields pottery and dates back at least 2,000 years, amid a Yaqui encounter during excavations.
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Charles Holloway
United Press
Soyopa
Sonora
Mex
Here
Byron H. Cummings
University of Arizona Archaeological Staff
Cummings
Park Street Traffic Signals Complete In City
Traffic officers report Park Street automatic signals now in place with Wyoming Arizona and other intersections functioning. Pedestrians ignore lights causing risk while drivers face fewer issues. Main Broadway signal pending 100 percent enforcement to follow.
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Park Street
Thither
Yon
Wyoming Street
Arizona
Park and Main
Park
Montana
Main
Broadway
Cuba Imposes Censorship After Election Turmoil
Havana reports a fresh censorship clamp on all communications entering and leaving Cuba for about two months. Constitutional guarantees are suspended including home inviolability freedom of speech and right to assembly as President Machado seeks to quell unrest during the tourist season amid circulating manifestos criticizing his rule. Ambassador Guggenheim is among targets of these protests.
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Havana
Cuba
Machado
Congress
Harry F. Guggenheim
American State Department
Kidnapping Described in Anonymous Letter In Nebraska Case
Colorado teacher remains missing as officers reveal an anonymous letter detailing the kidnaping. The letter led to the arrest of a Nebraska rancher in connection with the case.
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Colorado
Nebraska
Abduction Charge Tied to Anonymous Letter in Colorado
An anonymous letter mailed December 4 in San Francisco led Sheriff Rufus Johnston to arrest M. C. McClanahan of Mitchell Nebraska on abduction charges for Enid Marriott a Wiggins Colorado grade school teacher who vanished November 17 after alighting from a train. The letter’s contents were revealed today.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
San Francisco
Rufus Johnston
Morgan County
M. C. McClanahan
Mitchell
Neb
Enid Marriott
Wiggins
Miss Marriott
Denver
Quieting Babies New Duty for Butte Police
A chilling incident last night in Butte led to a claim that officers may be required to carry milk bottles with nipples. Assistant Chief James Larkin answered a call from a woman reporting a crying baby, prompting unusual city concerns.
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Butte
James Larkin
Police
Larkin
Armed revolt erupts in Aragon northern Spain
In Northern Spain armed civilians and rebel troops clash amid a growing crisis. By 2:30 a.m. the scope remained unclear as the cabinet authorizes the Aragon captain general to declare a state of war in his area. The Jaca rebellion near the French border spurred rapid troop dispatch and reports of 350 soldiers and 1000 civilians involved at Ayérbe.
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Aragon
Spain
Madrid
U.P
Pyrenees
Jaca
Ayerbe
Great Falls Officer to Testify Against Companions
Lieutenant David T. McElliott of the Great Falls police, one of six officers indicted for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law, will testify for the government in co defendants' trial after changing his plea to nolo contendere. He faces sentencing after the remaining defendants are tried, with all cases set for Monday.
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Great Falls
David T. McElliott
District Attorney’s Office
McElliott
Climax as Radio Shouts Run During Idaho Arrest
In Moscow Idaho on December 12 4 police entered to arrest John Valentine of Potlatch Idaho for alleged possession of beer wine and whisky. He was arraigned in court and is standing by for further station announcements.
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Moscow
Idaho
John Valentine
Potlatch
Valentine
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Montana forecast calls for Saturday and Sunday fair in the east with light snow flurries in the west. Expect little temperature change across the state.
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Montana
Modern Woodmen plan giant rodeo in Butte next year
Silver Bow camp of Modern Woodmen of America outlines a major rodeo and wild west show for August 13 to 15 in Butte. A lodge committee has negotiated with regional directors to stage the event, with a decision on top talent expected soon. Potential arena director candidates include Johene Mullins, previously with Ringling West.
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West
Butte
Silver Bow Camp
Modern
Woodmen of America
Johene Mullins
Arena
Ringling
Yo West
Ie Shawmut
The
Roses
Mullins
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