Wynekoop Trial Opens Amid Courtroom Craze in Chicago
Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop goes to trial for the death of her daughter in law Rheta 23 with the prosecution seeking the death penalty. A thousand mourned crowded the building as the frail defendant was led in and the jury heard charges of murder by bullet or chloroform.
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Criminal Courts
Chicago
Wynekoop
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Ner
Charles Dougherty
Dougherty
James E. Gabriel
Gabriel
Catherine Wynekoop
Joseph B. David
Mary Kennedy
Mail contract probe reveals freezing out of independents
Senate inquiry hears testimony that independent operators were kept from air mail contracts. Delta Air Service chief C E Woolman says Post Office denied consideration and American Airways acquired the Atlanta to Fort Worth route, prompting a sale. Investigators note missing post office files including those of Postmaster General Brown.
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Washington
Senate
C. E. Woolman
Delta Air Service
Post Office Department
American Airways
Aviation Corporation
Atlanta
Fort Worth
Delta Service
Woolman
Brown
Delta
Black
Hoover
Fay Vallee Seeks Temporary Alimony From Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb Vallee files separate maintenance suit against Rudy Vallee in Los Angeles. She seeks temporary alimony of 7400 a month and attorney fees of 50000, citing alleged infidelities and a disputed property agreement reducing her support from 350000 a year to 50000 a month. She plans to appear in court despite ill health.
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Los Angeles
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Vallee
Boise Man Subdues Stranger Who Mistook House for Robbery
Lee Nokleby, a Boise insurance man, grabbed a man at his doorstep after a late night intrusion. The visitor claimed to be a railroad worker stranded after a car breakdown and showed ID. Nokleby helped him to town after the mistaken confrontation.
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Boise
Lee Nokleby
Nobleby
Nampa
Robber Shot Dead as Officers Face Resistance
In Wellington Kansas on January 11 a man identified as Red Carson, alleged head of a southwest bank robbery gang, was shot and killed when he resisted arrest as he emerged from a hotel. Deputies and a policeman returned fire, striking Carson who fell with bullet wounds.
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Wellington
Kas
Loyal Bourbon Lawmakers Push Federal Economy Powers
Washington dispatch reports Administration loyalists in the House move to renew federal economy powers sought by President Roosevelt. Senate reverses on liquor tax amendments, farm credit bonds eyed, and Edsel Ford attends bank inquiry. Treasury deficits loom as year end outlays near $3.0 billion with $8.9 billion more expected.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
William T. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
J. W. Pole
Hoover
Federal Treasury
Capitol
Salt Lake City elects Vorey head of El Kalah temple
George R. Vorey of Salt Lake City won the election to succeed Fred M. Nye of Ogden as potentate of El Kalah temple Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at the annual meeting in Salt Lake City. Dr. John Edward Carver of Ogden was named Oriental guide.
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Salt Lake City
George R. Vorey
Fred M. Nye
Ogden
el Kalah
John Edward Carver
Burglary Ring Busted In Hollywood Tunnels
Hollywood detectives captured a 33 year old man named Herbert Wright after a tunnel search beneath seven stores. Wright was shot in the hip and wounded by shotgun fire during the arrest. Police link the suspect to a $1700 burglary at a chain drug store and say he spent years tunneling the underground crime system.
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Hollywood
Herbert Wright
Wright
William Smith
Jack Gaines
Smith
Retail Trade In Far West For December Rises Over 1932
Far West retail trade for December shows an 9.1 percent rise over December 1932 across 81 department stores. Regional gains include Pacific Southwest 9.3 percent, Pacific Northwest 5.4 percent, and Intermountain 17.4 percent. Spokane led the Pacific cities with 19.8 percent, San Francisco 15.2 percent, Salt Lake City 149 percent, and Los Angeles 6.4 percent.
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Far West
Associated Press
San Francisco
Federal Reserve Studies
Pacific Southwest
Pacific Northwest
Intermountain
Spokane
Federal Reserve Bank ci
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Portland
Oakland
Seattle
San Francisco Bay
Ornia
Navy Pacific Flight Log non stop San Francisco to Honolulu
AP reports the Navy Pacific flight log detailing a nonstop San Francisco to Honolulu route with times and distances in nautical miles. Key checkpoints include Golden Gate near 3 pm 43 miles out and 12:05 pm 250 miles from Diamond Head, with aircraft around 92 mph and approaching Pearl Harbor by mid afternoon.
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Navy
San Francisco-Honolulu
Associated Press
All Times
San Francisco
Francisco
Wright
Honolulu
Pelican
Pearl Harbor
P.T
Diamond Head
Milk Returns to Chicago Doorsteps
Milk deliveries resumed in Chicago with the 100 mile strike zone returning to peaceful conditions. Dairymen and farmer representatives said deliveries would be back to normal tomorrow as most customers received limited quantities. Consumers awaited final pricing after transporter terms are settled.
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Chicago
Beet Sugar Firms Pledge to End Child Labor
Executives from firms supplying 85 percent of US beet sugar announced a plan via the United States Beet Sugar Association to eliminate child labor in beet fields. D W Lippitt of Denver, president of Great Western Sugar Co and chairman, said a committee would be formed to cooperate with beet growers’ organizations.
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Salt Lake City
America
United States Beet Sugar Association
D. W. Lippitt
Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
Lippitt
Beet Growers’ Organization of the
United States
Utah man may get U S post
Marriner S Eccles of Ogden is under consideration for assistant secretary of the treasury. John Clark of Cheyenne also viewed for the post. Eccles is president of First Security Corporation and Utah banks. He was born in Logan in 1880s and organized the Eccles Investment Company in 1914.
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Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Ogden
Treasury
John Clark
Cheyenne
Wyo
Clark
Morgenthau
Marriner
Eccles
First Security Corporation
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Logan
Eccles Investment Company
Famly
Pirst National Bank
Utah National Bank
Navy seaplane squadron speeds toward Honolulu
Six navy planes flying nonstop from San Francisco reached near Diamond Head two hundred fifty miles from Pearl Harbor as they pushed toward Hawaii. The crew reported favorable winds and lighter fuel loads aided higher speeds, with landing hoped at Pearl Harbor around 3 p.m. P.S.T. The flight faced dense fog and overcast skies, continuing a historic Pacific crossing first tackled by Rodgers and later by Dole and Kingsford Smith teams.
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McGinnis
Navy
P.S.T
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco Bay
Wright
Honolulu
John Perry
Adm
A. W. Johnson
Air Force
Admiral Johnson
Lieut. Perry
John Rodgers
Us.n
Rodgers
Asubmarine
Lester Maitland
Albert Hengenberger
Wheeler Field
Ernest Smith
Emory Bronte
Land
Molokai
Dole
Lindbergh
Paris
Oakland
Hawaii
Art Goebel
William V. Davis
Martin Jensen
Paul Scluter
Charles Kingsford~ Smith
Pacific
Here
Antipodes
Weather Outlook: Rain or Snow Friday North Area
Fair tonight and Friday but the northern portion may see rain or snow Friday. Temperatures remain steady with little to no change expected.
Johnson seeks shorter hours for U S labor
Washington reports Hugh S Johnson plans further cut in work hours due to NRA reemployment shortfalls. Officials estimate manufacturing gains from codes at most 1.5 million, with public and civil works employing about 4 million temporarily. Lasting recovery requires broad industry job gains before spring.
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Washington
NRA
Hughs. Johnson
Jurors Indict Four Chinese In Loute Gar Law Murder
Boise January 11 AP The State grand jury indicted four Chinese men Louie Yung Chin Yock Chong Louie Fat Tong and Louie See Bow for the December 10 murder of Loute Gar Law a wealthy Chinese herb doctor and banker Their detention followed habeas corpus actions in federal court and a judge ruled there was sufficient ground to hold them The victim was found in his home in the Chinese colony with throat cut the safe rifled and $1300 in bills left untouched
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Boise
State Grand Jury
Loute Gar Law
Louie Yung
Chin Yock Chong
Louie Fat Tong
Louie See Bow
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