Shielders of John Dillinger on Trial
Doctor Harold Bernard Cassidy testified in Chicago that lawyer Louis Piquett shielded John Dillinger by arranging an operation to revamp the gangster’s features. The May 28 1934 procedure and a June 3 facelift were described, with Homer Van Meter said to have erased fingerprints. Cassidy noted a twenty five hundred dollar fee and that Piquett and Arthur O’Leary handled the negotiations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harold Bernard Cassidy
Louis Piquett
John Dillinger
Wilhelm Loeser
Dillinger
Laurel and Hardy star in The Devil's Brother comedy film
The duo headline the feature The Devil's Brother based on Fra Diavolo with a Roach production. Condon Hauptmann testimony links to the Hauptmann case as actors like Dennis King and Thelma Todd join the cast. The plot follows two bandits who turn to crime after a robbery of their savings.
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Laurel and Hardy
Auber
Thelma Todd
Hauptmann
Jassie
Condon
James Finlayson
Ciue Brown
Arthur Pierson
Henry
Armetta
Matt McHugh
Lane Chan
Fur Idler
Nena Quartero
Wilfred Lucas
James C. Morton
Cary Harbaugh
Jeanie MacPherson
Hal Roach
Charles Rogers
Hardy
Laurel
Laurell
Laa Beals
First Housing Loans Made In Ketchikan
The First National Bank of Ketchikan has issued the first housing loan in the town as part of a new housing program. Bert Libe began work on the Jack Talbot residence, marking the initial loan under way. Chief details outline loan amounts from 100 to 2000 dollars with 1 to 5 year terms and strict use restrictions.
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Ketchikan
Fishing News
First National Bank of
Bert Libe
Jack Talbot
John Keel
First National Bank
Koel
Kingfish Huey Long praised and criticized in British press
The Manchester Guardian editorialized on Huey P. Long calling him a demagogue with humor and a governor who uses public opinion tricks. It noted his energetic leadership in Louisiana, his presidential ambitions for 1936, and debated the legality and impact of his reforms amid cautious British commentary.
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Teral
Manchester Guardian
Huey P. Long
Lousiana
Louisiana
Concensus
News- Chronicle
Torch Explosion Burns Fred Allyn in Nome Garage
Fred E. Allyn suffered facial burns when a gasoline pressure torch exploded while heating water in a five gallon can next to Nome Motor Co. guard shed. He was taken to Maynard Columbus Hospital where doctors dressed the burns. Officials say the injuries are not serious but painful.
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Fred E. Allyn
Nome Motor Co
Nomination of Guy E. Mish as Nome Postmaster
Washington January 10 nominations sent to the Senate include Guy E. Mish nominated for Nome Postmaster alongside Robert E. Sheldon for Fairbanks Albert Wise for Juneau Richard F. Brettan for Petersburg and William H. Murray for Skagway focusing on postmaster appointments across Alaska.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Guy E. Mish
Nome
Robert E. Sheldon
Fairbanks
Albert Wise
Juneau
Richard F. Brettan
Petersburg
William H. Murray
Skagway
Magazine Section Be Added Saturday By Nugget
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Nugget
Weather Toll in Europe Claims Twenty Lives
London reports at least twenty lives lost across Europe due to severe winter weather. A Hull fishing trawler with fifteen crew drowned when foundering near its home port.
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Wenty
England
Associated Press
London
Europe
Hull
Alaska Colonization Plans Discussed For 160 Acre Farms
Dr. Ernest Greuning of the Interior Department told Delegate Anthony J. Dimond that the government will present data to the Alaska Executive Departmental Committee about locating the colonization program. Plans call for 100 to 200 families this spring with 160 acres per family and a cooperative sawmill. Road construction from the Matanuska Valley is emphasized and the Anchorage Matanuska Highway is favored. Government to provide farm implements and livestock.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ernest Greuning
Interior Department Division of Territories and Island Possessos
Anthony J. Dimond
Alaska
Greuning
Dimond
Matanuska
Anchorage Matanuska
Huey Long Attacks Roosevelt Policies On Radio Run
Huey Long declared Roosevelt policies beyond hope in a radio address from Washington on January 10 1936 calling to end fortunes above three or four million dollars and make every man a king. He framed the 1936 election as a contest to wipe out wealth disparities and warned of worsening conditions in the third year of the New Deal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Huey Long
Roosevelt
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Fred Allyn
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