Ex convict linked as Lindbergh kidnapping case widens
Ernest Brinkert, a 30 year old New York cab driver with prior assault sentences, is questioned as Violet Sharpe dies by poison after naming him as the man she rode with the night the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped. Police seek extradition as investigations expand to Englewood and New Rochelle jurisdictions.
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New York
Lindbergh
Ernest Brinkert
Englewood
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
New Rochelle
Ernie
Morrow Home
Violet Sharpe
Betty Gow
Morrow
Charles A. Lindberghs
Hopewell
Brinkert
White Plains
N. Y
New Jersey
John F. Condon
Jassie
John
Bronx
Mary Brinkert
Jersey City
Stocks Rally After Sharp Slump Amid Dollar Strength
The stock market cooled withMonday to Wednesday declines but recovered Thursday and Friday as the dollar rose against gold currencies and Congress eyed an early adjournment. Investors awaited word on a soldier bonus while Fed policy supported open market U.S. government bids.
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John L. Cooley
Associated Press
New York
Congress
Bond
Bank
Federal Reserve System
U. S
Washington
Hoover rejects reestablished wartime defense council
President Hoover defies calls to recreate the wartime National Defense Council. In a public reply to General Albert L. Cox and 86 signers, he says the move would be impractical and urges informed proposals for practical action by government or private agencies.
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Washington
Hoover
Council of National Defense
White House
Albert L. Cox
Raleigh
North Carolina
American Legion
Edsel Ford
Augusta Heckscher
John Hays Hammond
William Green
Stevens
Legion
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Cox
Prohibition Debate Dominates GOP Convention Coverage
Chicago June 11 delegates focus on wet versus dry issue as talks on next national chairman and Vice President Hoover running mate recede. Demonstrations erupt with wets planning two day actions and drys moving to anti prohibition meetings as James Garfield considers platform proposals and advisory referendum. Seating of South Carolina Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi delegates clears remaining committee details.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Chicago
Curtis
Hoover
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Crusaders
Republican Citizens’ Committee Against
Indiana
North Carolina
James Garfield
Ohio
Washington
Garfield
Republican National Committee
South Carolina
Joseph W. Tolbert
Georgia
James W. Arnold
Louisiana
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Mississippi
Perry Howard
Culbertson Goes Into Films With Golf Teaching Flair
New York June 11 report says Ely Culbertson has signed to star in movies. He will bring his teaching on the game to the screen with humor about its comedy and tragedy.
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New York
Ely Culbertson
Splinter of bone removed from seven year old in Atlanta
A tiny bone fragment was extracted from seven year old Willie McCord's brain at Grady Hospital after an automobile collision. X ray showed bones embedded in the brain and the operation was described as one of the hospital's most delicate. Willie's mother had been a patient there for days.
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Atlanta
Willia McCord
Grady Hospital
Willie
Means Expected The Case To Follow Present Lines
Washington June 11 Gaston B Means on trial for defrauding Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean of 104000 in the Lindbergh baby ransom case said developments were shaping up as he expected He cited the arrest of Ernest Brinkert and claimed inside involvement with a woman He offered to testify if needed and said police are on the right track The case involves counts of embezzlement and larceny and is before Judge James M Proctor with jury arguments due Monday
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Ernest Brinkert
New Jersey
James M. Proctor
District of Coluralia Supreme Court
Means
Bank Robbery in Plainview Hits Five to Eight Thousand
Two young men wearing goggles robbed the Bank of Plainview today, holding a lone woman bookkeeper at knifepoint. The haul was estimated between 5 000 and 8 000 dollars.
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Plainview
Ark
Bank of
Mass Meeting At Court House Monday
The Tax Payers League invites the public to a mass meeting at the Court House on Monday June 13 at 8 30 p m. Candidates will be given a chance to speak and all are welcome to attend as tax reduction plans are discussed in Thomas County.
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Court House
Tax Payers League
Thomas County
Rainey Blasts Senate Relief Dole Policy Amid Budget Clash
Washington June 11 A feud between House and Senate Democrats erupts as Rainey decries the Wagner relief bill as a dole for banks railroads farmers and states He hopes to tie the Garner bill to secure real relief while Republican leader Snell says the Wagner bill should pass quickly and warns of opposition if floor time is granted.
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House
Senate
Majority
Rainey
Congress
Robison
Arkansas
Senator Watson
Indiana
House Banking Committee
Garner
Snell
Wagner
Florida Day Backs Referendum Move in Florida Primary
Tallahassee June 11 Representative Tom Yon of Florida’s third district, a longtime dry, opens his second bid for renomination with a Washington telegram pledging support for referendum or resubmission of the prohibition issue. Yon and Millard Caldwell of Milton enter the June 28 second Democratic primary with R. G. Patterson of Pensacola also a referendum advocate, while Patterson led Caldwell in Tuesday’s first primary by more than 1,000 votes.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Tom Yon
Florida
Washington
Yon
Millard Caldwell
Milton
R. G. Patterson
Pensacola
Caldwell
Veterans Arrive in Washington as Bonus Army Grows
Washington reports a surge of veterans traveling to the capital to press for bonus payments. Registrations reach 12 033 at encampments, while food shortages and chilly nights burden the camps. Leaders urge a push to 50 000 veterans in two weeks as organizational weaknesses surface.
50 000 Veterans Aim For Leaders Now
Washington June 11 Unperturbed by fear of epidemics in ramshackle camps leaders of the bonus demanding army of war veterans launched an enlistment drive to reach 50 000. About 10 000 men now camp in the capital awaiting congress on immediate payment. Walter W Waters commander in chief and his committee ordered a systematic campaign to swell ranks in two weeks with recruiting officers to St Louis Philadelphia among concentration points. A 50 bed hospital and special dispensary were planned at a marine reserve armory to combat a health menace. Food supplies for 48 hours and a $5 000 donation from Father Charles E Loughlin aided morale.
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Police
Bonus Army of Occupation
Anacostia Flats
Congress
Palm Beach
Waters
Army of War
Walter W. Waters
Portland
Oregon
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Anacostia
Marine Corps
Charles E. Loughlin
Detroit
Congress Pushes Toward Final Sessions
Washington June 11 Congress pressed toward adjournment and cut into a stack of bills. The Senate approved a 300 million relief bill and sent it to the House while committees hurriedly finished more measures. The House neared passage on Hoover era home loan plan as conferees eyed an economy bill agreement. The relief measure authorizes 300 million in Reconstruction Finance loans to states and municipalities in dire need.
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Congress
Senate
District of Columbia
House
Hoover
Reconstruction Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Speaker Garner Falls Ill in Washington D C
In Washington D C on June 1 Speaker Garner was struck by lagrippe and left his Capitol office for bed at his hotel. His secretary said he expected to return to work on Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Garner
Capitol
Atlanta Council Objects To Power Tax In Resolution
Atlanta council approves a resolution urging the Georgia Public Service Commission to shift a 3 percent federal tax on electrical energy from consumers to power companies. Alderson Murphy states the tax burdens the poor, citing Congressman Crisp’s stance and urging rate revisions to protect consumers.
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Atlanta
Georgia Public Service Commission
James L. Key
Alderson J. C. Murphy
Public Service Commission
Congress
Council
Charles R. Crisp
Georgia
House of Representatives
Senate
Crisp
Commission
Far Flung Developments Since Maid Violet Sharpe's Death
AP reports from Alpine New Jersey to New York City reveal details in the Lindbergh case. Brinkert denies evening with Sharpe, Moody links him to a former job, and Edna Sharpe seeks a England visit amid $50 000 ransom. Autopsy says Violet Sharpe did not die from wilful harm.
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Associated Press
Violet Sharpe
N. J
Ernest Brinkcett
Miss Sharpe
Lindbergh
New Rochelle
N. Y
Bridgeport
Conn
Mamaroneck
Claude W. Moody
Brinkert
Washington
Edna Sharpe
England
Ransom Money Trail Deepens In Lindbergh Case
The New Jersey police report ongoing inquiry into whether any of the $50,000 ransom passed through Violet Sharpe or associates. They confirm Sharpe's bank deposits totaled 1600 and that she sent money to England. No London receipts or Brinkert cashing reports have been authenticated.
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New Jersey
Edna Sharpe
Violet
Edna
Morrow
England
Jassie
Col. Lindbergh
John
Colonel Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Englewood
Trenton
N. J
Lindbergh
John F
Jassie) Condon
Violet Sharpe
Alpine
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
State Police
Miss Sharpe
Ernest Brinkert
Schwarzkopf
London
Brinket
New Rochelle
Brinkert
Brenkert
Brinkest
Georgia Governor and rivals dine at Sea Island banquet
Governor Richard B. Russell Jr plus two Senate hopefuls attended the Georgia Hotel Men's Association banquet at Sea Island Beach Georgia. Russell spoke as principal speaker while hotel men urged repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Russell declined to comment on their action.
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Sea Island Beach
Georgia
Georgia Hotel Men's Association
Richard B. Russell
United States Senate
Russell
Business College Seeks Injunction Against Night Schools
In Savannah on June 11 a private business college sought to enjoin community opportunity and night schools from operation alleging injuries and illegal competition. The college claims the schools violated the act creating them while the board of education with federal aid denied the charge. No competition exists, say the school board attorneys. Judge Peter W. Meldrim took the matter under advisement.
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Savannah
Business College
Board of Education
Peter W. Meldrim
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic Stays Showery
Showers are expected in the interior at the start of the week and again around Friday. Temperatures are forecast to run mostly normal to above average across the region next week.
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South Atlantic
Weather Forecast for Southeast States
South Carolina remains cloudy with showers tonight and Sunday in the north. Georgia shows cloudiness with possible showers in the east and north tonight and Sunday. Florida expects showers tonight and partly cloudy with showers in the east tomorrow. Alabama and the extreme northwest Florida area forecast partly cloudy skies with possible local thunderstorms tonight and Sunday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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