Ogden Furnace Murder Case Baffles Police
In Ogden Utah the body of Joseph F Summerill night engineer at an ice plant is found burned in a furnace. An autopsy notes a six inch skull fracture and investigators suspect a prowler or enemy attacked him after he last checked the clock at 1 am. Relatives had conflicts with neighborhood coal thieves. police say no plant losses or tampered safes.
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Ogden
Utah
Joseph F. Summerill
W. J. Wilson
Ice Company
Summerill
Calles Amazed by Mexico Senate Actions
Former president Plutarco Elias Calles said he was amazed at the ousting of four governors and five senators, calling it unfounded and the result of illegal action by the federal senate. He noted the removals followed earlier Senate actions against the lawmakers and governors deemed friends of his.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Senate
Calles
Mexico
United States
Dapper ex-boxer testifies in murder trial at Port Orchard
Leo Hall a 33 year old former Seattle boxer and boilermaker took the stand in his own defense today on a first degree murder charge tied to the Erland's point massacre. He described his activities on Wednesday March 28 1934 and said he was in Seattle the entire day.
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Port Orchard
Wash
Leo Hall
Seattle
Erland’s Point
Hall
Frank Flieder
Smith wins Miami Biltmore Open in record by six strokes
Horton Smith of Oak Park Illinois, finishing the final round one under par, completed the 72 holes of the sixth annual $10,000 Miami Biltmore open in 281 strokes. He shattered the tournament record by six strokes to take the $2,500 top prize.
Thief Cribs Christmas Toys From Snapp Home
A thief, breaking into the E. M. Snapp residence in Lincoln Nebraska, opened five packages labeled Do not open till Christmas and stole toys valued at five dollars.
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Lincoln
Nebr
E. M. Snapp
Rome Admits Italian Troops Forced Back In Ethiopia
The Italian government acknowledged a reverse in the Italo-Ethiopian war as Ethiopian forces pressed 300 troops from northern outposts along the Takkaze river. Italian officers in Asmara predicted further skirmishes before potential mass attacks led by Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Takkaze
Asmara
Eritrea
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
Geneva
Mussolini
Italy
Hoover proposes decentralized relief plan at St Louis address
Former President Herbert Hoover attacked the Roosevelt administration and its New Deal relief system outlining a plan for decentralized relief based on voluntary service. He urged cutting state allotments, returning controls to local governments, and limiting public works to national needs to curb waste and debt.
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ST. Louis
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
John Marshall Republican Club
Hoover
Farm wife stays home 18 years for doctor and business trips
Elizabeth City report notes Mrs W M Cofield has not left her farm home in 18 years aside from three short trips to see a doctor and for business. She says staying at home fosters more staying in.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
W. M. Cofield
Morris Couple Celebrate 47th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Morris of 138 Wayne observed their 47th wedding anniversary with a dinner party. Alameda Ladies' Aid society gifted Christmas flowers. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hanes, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Morris, Ora Taylor, and Mrs. Alice Tucker. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Hanes are daughters, Clyde Morris is a son.
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L. W. Morris
Wayne
Alameda
Utah Weather Sees Pair Tonight and Wednesday
A pair of weather updates covers tonight and Wednesday with little change in temperatures. Forecasters expect steady conditions and mild highs and cool overnight lows across the state.
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Utah
Bonus push to Roosevelt by American Legion leaders
Ray Murphy and John Thomas Taylor delivered the Legion's cash bonus demand to President Roosevelt at the White House. They outlined a legislative program including the bonus, pensions for widows and dependents, universal service, and stronger national defense. Murphy said no veto was discussed and anticipated unity with the Veterans of Foreign Wars on a bonus bill in Congress.
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Washington
American Legion
Roosevelt
White House
Ray Murphy
Murphy
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
Half Billion For PWA Next Year
President Roosevelt announced that a public works bill likely under 500 million dollars would be sent to Congress next session. He noted ongoing emergency spending and said relief funds would not be a lump sum but allocated to specific under way projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Smelting & Refining Co Resumes Dividends After Four Years
New York December 17. American Smelting and Refining Company resumes dividends on its common stock after a four year lapse. The board authorized a payment of 40 cents a share. The move marks a return to profits and shareholder value.
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New York
American Smelting & Refining Co
Republicans Push Anti New Deal Split to Oust Roosevelt
The Republican National Committee outlined a 1936 plan to attract anti New Deal Democrats to join the GOP in blocking Roosevelt. A resolution proposed inviting “Jeffersonian Democrats” to curb a perceived socialist state while debates over delegate bonuses for GOP strong states dominated the meeting.
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Washington
Der
Repubican
Democra
Rowevelt
Republican National
Cleveland
R. B. Creager
Texas
Mark Requa
John Hamilton
Kansas
Ezra Whitla
Idaho
Borah
Old Guard
Hilles
Record Cold Sweep Across Idaho Falls And Salt Lake
Temperatures plummeted to minus five at Idaho Falls early Monday night, with zero official reading later as the cold deepened. The low marked a seasonal record while Salt Lake pilots noted sunny, warmer air aloft with readings from 35 to 41 degrees above zero at high altitudes and ground stations around 13 to 41.
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Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Here
Idaho Weather Tonight and Wednesday Outlook
Fair southeast tonight with increasing clouds elsewhere. West portion unsettled by Wednesday. Slightly warmer in the southwest tonight.
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Idaho
New Jersey Governor dodges Bruno rumor response
Bruno Hauptmann requests lie detector testing to prove innocence in the Lindbergh baby case. Governor Harold G Hoffman and state officials refuse to comment, with no official response to the appeal.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Harold G. Hoffman
Charles A. Lindoerph, Jr
David T. Wileniz
Hauptmann
Death House of State Prison
Hoffman
John J. Condon
C. Lloyd Fisher
Egbert Rosecrans
Amherst Memoir on Town Meetings Proposed Change
Rep. Gerald Jones introduces a bill in Massachusetts to limit town meetings to selected representatives. He argues the Amherst town hall is too small to hold all attendees, proposing a change in form of government while the full town would no longer vote in sessions.
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Boston
Amherst
Gerald Jones
Pups Weaned With Alarm Clock In Lawrence
John Davison raises pups in Lawrence Kansas and uses an alarm clock to quiet them at bedtime He notes the ticking calms the pups so they do not miss their mother provided regular feeding is kept up This quick welfare anecdote shows humane approaches to animal care in a home setting.
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John Davison
Rate protest to be heard January 31 in Salt Lake City
An interstate Commerce Commission hearing is set for January 31 in Salt Lake City to review the Utah Citizens' Rate Association protest against a new Idaho to California rate schedule. The schedule, suspended until the hearing, is claimed to unfairly advantage Pacific coast shippers over Utah shippers.
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Salt Lake City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utah Citizens’ Rate Association
Idaho
California
Ernest D. Salm
Utah
Pacific Coast
G men press hunt for missing Caleb Jones
Federal agents clash with New York police over the search for Caleb Milne Jones IV, heir to a Philadelphia textile family. No abductors or ransom confirmed as clues grow cold. A Times report cites a ransom demand note with a broken watch, unverified and untested.
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New York
Caleb Jones
Philadelphia
Rhea Whitley
Caleb Milne, Jr
New York Times
Times
The
Relief Checks to Help Yule Spirit
Idaho WPA workers will receive their paychecks before Christmas according to a statement by O K Hine director of the division of finance and reports. The announcement followed a telegram from Harry L Hopkins WPA administrator urging that all paychecks be in the hands of workers no later than December 24.
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Boise
Der
O. K Hine
Works Progress Administration
Idaho
WPA
Hine
Harry L. Hopkins
Five Men Shot by Mad Killer on Los Angeles Drainage Project
On a southwestern Los Angeles drainage project five men died and two were wounded as Charles N. Layman, 44, opened fire with a rifle. Layman, a former worker, fired from a ditch, claiming harassment over relief. He was captured nearby. police consider him for murder.
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Los Angeles
Writich
Charles N. Layman
Lloyd E. Holden
Peter M Coklt
Harry Sell
Lloyd Davis
Francis Secrist
Harold Johnston
James Healey
Iver
Cliff Gill
L. L. Curtis
Mother of Nine Children Hanged in Ontario Jail
Elizabeth Tilford, 56, mother of nine, executed by hanging in Woodstock county jail for poisoning her third husband. She was the first woman hanged in Ontario in 62 years. Family absent as she walked to the scaffold through falling snow from her cell.
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Woodstock
Morrises Return From Salt Lake City Visit
Mr and Mrs Clyde Morris of 160 Park Avenue return from a vacation trip to Salt Lake City where they visited friends and Mrs Moore’s brother Private James E Caudle stationed at Fort Douglas.
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Clyde Morris
Park Avenue
Salt Lake City
Moore
James E. Caudle
Fort Douglas
Thelma Todd Death Calls Inquest After Autopsy
Coroner Frank Nance ordered an inquest into Thelma Todd death after autopsy officials cited monoxide poisoning as the cause. The case centers on conflicting circumstances and missing details from the Hollywood party night and the actress being found in her car in a garage.
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Todd
Los Angeles
Frank Nance
Thelma Todd
A. F. Wagner
Hollywood
Ernest Peters
Auto Livery
Martha Ford
Wallace Ford
Two Bank Robbers Complimented by Bookkeeper
Euclid Avenue State Bank robbed by two gunmen described as not bad looking by bookkeeper Cecelia Galantine. She shows a postcard from St Cloud Minnesota signed Bart and Bill promising to be back before Christmas and nicer in December with beauty treatments.
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Des Moines
Euclid Avenue
Cecelia Galantine
St. Cloud
Minn
Bart
Bill
War department approves 100 attack planes contract
The War Department announces a contract for 100 attack planes valued at 2,065,074 dollars awarded to Northrop Corporation of Inglewood California.
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Washington
War Department
Northrop Corporation
Inglewood
Calif
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