Winnie Ruth Judd Begins Final Legal Fight to Escape Death
Florence April 14 Winnie Ruth Judd enters a Pinal county sanity hearing as her last bid to avoid execution for the trunk murder of Agnes Anne Le Roi. The condemned 28 year old leaves her Arizona state prison cell in a nervous mood and resists being clothed for court.
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Florence, Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Joseph Catton
San Francisco
Arizona State Prison
Pinal County Court
Arizona Hospital
Agnes Anne le Roi
A. G. Walker
Sheriff Issues Mortgage Deed After Court Order
Twin Falls Idaho April 14 AP Sheriff E F Prater issued a mortgage deed on a 40 acre farm near Kimberly after District Court Judge Adams B Barclay ordered it despite Governor Ross guidance. Mortgagee Charles E Uhlig bought the property at foreclosure sale April 2 1932 and was entitled to title under due process rules though possession stayed with former owner Orville C Stansell.
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Twin Falls
C. Ben Ross
E. F. Prater
Twin Falls County
Adams B. Barclay
Charles E. Uhlig
Kimberly
Orville C. Stansell
Mother's Picture Hangs On Still
In Salt Lake City on April 14 authorities found a 75 gallon moonshine still in operation. A crayon portrait hung above it, and when asked who it depicted the operator replied it was his mother. He said he was from the Cumberland mountains and hung the picture so she would not be alone.
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Salt Lake City
Alice
H. K. Record
Cumberland Mountains
Officer Takes Blame For J-3 Fatal Flight
Lieutenant Commander Jesse L. Kenworthy Jr. testified at a court of inquiry in Lakehurst that bad weather made the J-3 rescue flight unsafe though he felt duty bound to act. He said an erroneous report of survivors spurred the mission after Commander Cummins first opposed the decision. The J-3 carried 40 life belts but the Akron disaster earlier claimed Lt. Cmdr. Cummins and Pasquale Bettie.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Jesse L. Kenworthy, Jr
Naval Air Station
Fredrick T. Berry
Akron
David E. Cummins
Pasquale Bettie
Kenworthy
Cummins
Weather and scores mix of postponed baseball games
National matchups were delayed by rain and cold with double header set for April 30. Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia teams all faced postponed games due to foul weather and wet grounds. Idaho forecast calls for pair tonight and Saturday with warmer southeast Sunday.
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National St
Idaho
Southeast
British Engineers on Trial for Bribery Sabotage in Soviet Russia
Russian witnesses testified at the trial of six Metropolitan-Vickers engineers for bribery and sabotage against the Soviet state. Witnesses named payments up to 2,500 and a fur coat, with Thornton admitting loans later written off as gifts. Lobanov denied Nordwell's accusations, while other defendants included Monkhouse and Dolgov with varying explanations.
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Moscow
Metropolitan-Vickers Company
Great Britain
L. C. Thornton
William H. MacDonald
Urals
Charles Nordwell
Ivanovo
A. T. Lobanov
Lobanov
Nordwell
Russia
Dolgov
Allan Monkhouse
Thornton
A. W. Gregory
Gregory
Dnieprostroy
States Act On Beer Question
Gov Ibra Blackwood signed the beer act legalizing 3.2 percent beer sales in South Carolina for first time in 16 years. Iowa Senate approved 3.2 beer bill by 31 to 19, moving toward legalization. Oklahoma House backed July 11 special election. Charleston West Virginia relegalization faced few licenses.
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Columbia
S. C
Ibra Blackwood
South Carolina
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Des Moines
Iowa
State Senate
House
Senate
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House of Representatives
William H. Murray
Seniors Plan Sneak Day and Picnic at Indian Springs
In a Thursday class meeting seniors formed plans for the annual sneak day and chose a picnic site at Indian Springs natatorium. Art Shultz appointed committees for Transportation Entertainments and Refreshments with members including Gerald French Clark Hadley Lynn Foster Jane Roberts Norma Townend Katharine Bjornstad Wilbur Just John Fellis George Phillips Howard Lund Stelle Stettler Robert Frazier Sam Hansen Geraldine Wagner Lewis Heaps Evelyn Bachelor Neil Griffith Ralph Newton Olga Smith and Dorothy Hard.
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Art” Shultz
Indian Springs Natatorium
Gerald French
Clark Hadley
Lynn Foster
Jane Roberts
Norma Townend
Katherine Bjornstad
Wilbur Just
John Fellis
George Phillips
Howard Lund
Stelle Stettler
Robert Frazier
Sam Hansen
Geraldine Wagner
Lewis Heaps
Evelyn Bachelor
Neil Griffith
Ralph Newton
Olga Smith
Dorothy Hard
Legion to Greet National Officer Visits Idaho May 29
National American Legion commander Louis A. Johnson will visit the Idaho Department on May 29 with Pocatello as the entertainment site. A working committee led by R F Brookhart will arrange events, meeting tonight at 8 in the Legion offices.
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American Legion
Louis A. Johnson
Department of Idaho
Pocatello
R. F P. Brookhart
Ross Rutherford
Boise
Nicholas Ifft
R. F. Brookhart
J. L. Downing
H.C. Brinkley
Ralph Jones
Henry O'Leary
Legion
Senate Refers Long Charges to Judiciary Committee
Washington April 14 The senate referred to its judiciary committee the question of whether charges in a petition by Louisiana citizens seeking to oust Senator Long were privileged for publication Senator Long a Democrat called the petition claptrap and said newspapers printing it could not be sued but the matter should be decided by the judiciary committee He attacked former Governor John M Parker a signer and tied Parker to past political and legal battles to discredit the petition
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Washington
Senate Today
Judiciary Committee
Louisiana
Senator Long
Senate
John M. Parker
Parkers
Long
United States Army
J 3 Dirigible Forced Landing After Sea Drop
AP dispatches report the non rigid dirigible J 3 near Lakehurst will make a forced landing as a motor nears detachment during a sea recovery run from a search for Akron survivors. Lieutenant John M Thornton testified to a naval board.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Akron
John M. Thornton
Naval Investigating Board
Lott and Sutter Reach Finals in North and South Tennis
George M. Lott Jr. of Chicago defeated Bryan Grant of Atlanta 6-3 6-3 6-3 to reach the finals. Clifford Sutter of New Orleans beat J. Gilbert Hall of Orange New Jersey 6-3 8-6 6-4 to advance as well in Pinehurst.
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Pinehurst
N. C
George M. Lott, Jr
Chicago
Clifford Sutter
New Orleans
Lott
Bryan Grant
Atlanta
Sutter
J. Gilbert Hall
Orange
N. J
Mexican envoy ambassador Daniels travels with guard train
April 14 in Mexico City a train bore ambassador designate Josephus Daniels to his new post as U S envoy. Reports of an armored car and half a company of federal soldiers guarded the train. A Mexican green set of detectives accompanied the journey amid political tension and prior Vera Cruz unrest linked to Daniels's Wilson era role.
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Mexico City
Josephus Daniels
United States
Washington
Vera Cruz
Daniels
Wilson
Collier Seen as Indian Commissioner Choice in Senate Talks
Washington April 14 AP John Collier secretary of the American Indian Defense Association is the apparent pick of Secretary Ickes and President Roosevelt for Indian commissioner. Delay stems from administration aims to pacify Senator Robinson Arkansas Democratic leader who supported E B Merritt Merritt faces opposition from several western senators over Collier's defense association work and Indian advocacy.
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Washington
John Collier
American Indian Defense Association
Senate
Ickes
Roosevelt
Robinson
Arkansas
E. B. Merrit
Fayetteville
Ark
Collier
Thomas
Gore
Oklahoma
Democrats
Merrit
Defense Association
Disabled Veterans Hold Convention Delegates Named
The local Disabled American Veterans chapter elected delegates George Walker J E Meilstrup and James Pearce for the state convention in Boise on May 24 with alternates Guy Dallencourt Harry Coder and Dominic Salvucci. The group aims to organize a state department in Boise and supports retention of the Veterans Bureau and hospital at the capitol.
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Boise
George Walker
J. E. Meilstrup
James Pearce
Guy Dallencourt
Harry Coder
Dominic Salvucci
State Department
Meilstrup
Veterans Bureau
Capitol City
Slayers Executed in Kentucky Penitentiary
John Young a Louisville white man and Kermit Roosevelt Pope and Richard Gaines two Black men were executed at the state penitentiary in Eddyville Kentucky after all confessed before the chair Young said he thought the policemen he killed were gangsters Pope killed his wife and Gaines killed another man in a money dispute.
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Eddyville
John Young
Louisville
Kermit Roosevelt Pope
Richard Gaines
State Penitentiary
Young
Pope
Gaines
Governor pardons twenty-two beer sellers in Ohio
Governor George White pardoned twenty-two people in Columbus for selling beer before legalization. Six were women. The oldest violator had been jailed since August 1932, with most pardoned recently in the past few months.
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Columbus
Ohio
George White
Troops Called Out to Quell Havana Riots in 10 Bomb Attacks
In Havana on April 14, troops were deployed after 17 bomb explosions killed one and injured several. Police rounded up youths as the city faced a wave of terror linked to opposition to President Machado. A bomb killed a three year old near Orestes Ferrara’s residence. Manuel Garcia, 19, was shot while placing another bomb.
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Havana
Principe
Cuba
Polce
Machado
Galiano Street
Orestes Ferrara
United States
Jose Montane
Manuel Garcia
Garcia
Christian Church Presents Program for Easter Evening
The Christian Endeavor at the Christian Church plans a leaderless Easter meeting Sunday at 7 30 p m featuring a brief prayer talk by LeRoy Walters vocal and piano solos by Katherine Friedel and Talmar Siebert poems by Thelma Hopper Ruth Romano Genevieve Baldwin and Cornelia Damewood trumpet trio performances and a benediction.
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Christian Endeavor
Christian Church
LeRoy Walters
Katherine Friedel
Talmar Siebert
Thelma Hopper
Ruth Romano
Douglas Huskey
The
Trumpet Trio
Cornelia Damewood
Genevieve Baldwin
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Beverly Hills April 14 Will Rogers writes to the Tribune about a joke offer to buy lawmakers a drink in exchange for public favors. He cites an anonymous New Hampshire note claiming to bill ex Senators Moses and Jim Watson for a beer, with a playful accounting of costs and discounts.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
New Hampshire
Moses
O. K
Jim Watson
Indiana
Will
Costigan Seeks Sugar Beets and Cane Sugar in Farm Bill
Senator Costigan of Colorado plans an amendment to add sugar beets and sugar cane to the basic commodities priced to parity under the administration farm bill. He also seeks to include private corporations in the mortgage refinancing provisions for a $50 million reconstruction fund for irrigation drainage and levee districts.
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Washington
Costigan
Colo
Eve Ways
Jane Reres
Eameeeew Tel
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate
House
Byron
Tennesse
Thomas
Okla
Roosevelt
The
National Change
Louis J. Taber
Grange
Kelly Chosen Chicago Mayor In 1934 Vote
Edward J. Kelly, 56, a former South Park commissioner and sanitary district official, was elected by the Chicago city council as mayor to serve until 1935. Born in Chicago to Irish parents, he left an mortician’s apprenticeship to rise in engineering and city service. He succeeds Anton J. Cermak, shot in Miami, and faces lifting Chicago from financial trouble. He is married to Nona Margaret Noll and they have three adopted children.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Stephen
Helen Kelly
Kelly
South Park
Anton J. Cermak
Miami, Fla
Patrick A. Nash
Nona Margaret Noll
Kansas City
Kellys
Officials Agree On Postage Cut
House leaders and post office officials reached a conference agreement with President Roosevelt on lowering local letter postage to two cents. The change applies to drop letters delivered within the city or its district, while the three cent rate for letters sent outside the origin city remains in place.
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Washington
House
Post Office
Roosevelt
Soong Plans to Attend Washington and London Conferences
Shanghai April 14 AP T. V. Soong minister of finance for the National government will sail Tuesday to attend international conferences. He will travel to Washington for talks with President Roosevelt and later proceed to London for the world economic conference.
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Shanghai
T. V. Soong
Washington
Roosevelt
London
Pius XI Revives Good Friday rites on its solemn anniversary
Vatican City April 14 Pius XI renewed the Good Friday custom by bearing the blessed sacrament from the Pauline chapel to the Sistine chapel for a special mass. Eighteen cardinals attended with Vice Chancellor Von Papen among pilgrims. streets emptied as worshippers prayed on Holy Stairs and churches rang no bells.
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John Lloyd
Vatican City
Pius XI
Christ
Sistine Chapel
Pauline Chapel
von Papen
Germany
Italy
Ron
St. Salvatore Church
Japs Continue China Attack As Tsienan Falls
Mukden Manchuria April 14 Jap troops advance south of the great wall and seize Tsienan about 100 miles northeast of Tientsin gaining control of over 1 000 square miles. The area east of the Swan river will form a buffer zone under Japanese Manchukuoan control as they press to expel Chinese forces. UTAH Fair tonight and Saturday warmer tonight and in south portion Saturday.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Great Wall of China
Tsienan
Tientsin
Swan River
Jehol
Manchukuo
China
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