Investigation Urged Into Series of 50 Mysterious Deaths
Springfield Massachusetts June 13 detectives from state police began interviewing survivors in Ludlow after three deaths spurred an inquiry into fifteen years of suspicious fatalities. Judge Haas says 35 to 50 deaths across Ludlow Chicopee and Indian Orchard involved insured victims. Authorities focus on possible poison and an insurance racket while noting similar dosages in the three recent victims.
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Springfield
Mass
Ludlow
Boston
George B. Haas
William Puzzo
Frank Halgas
Frank Knoll
Jacob Znos
Chicopee
Thomas F. Moriarty
Haas
Frank Kroll
Tulsa Car Theft Case Delivers 10 Year Verdict
Assistant county attorney M. L. Simms urged a 20 year sentence as the jury quickly returned with a 10 year verdict after a brief deliberation in a Tulsa court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
M. L. Simms
Round Beats Jacobs to Put England Ahead in Wightman Cup
Dorothy Round, former Wimbledon champion, defeated Helen Jacobs 6-3 6-3 to give England a 3-2 lead in the four-out-of-seven Wightman Cup series against the United States. Jacobs suffered a second straight loss, while Kay Stammers had beaten Jacobs yesterday and Carolin Babcock faced Ruth Hardwick in the decisive singles.
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Dorothy Round
Helen Jacobs
England
Wimbledon
Feng
United States
Kay Stammers
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Brookline
Maass
Miss Jacobs
Carolin Babcock
Los Angeles
America
Ruth Mary Hardwick
Miss Babcock
Isue
Missa Jacobs
Mrs. Fabian
Miss Stammers
Freda James
Flashes of Life and Local Oddities in Brief
A catfish dies after getting trapped by an oyster on a St Augustine sea wall. Deputy Sheriff Agee tightens a saddle horn before mounting a horse, the animal bucking him off. In Fairmont a drunk rider struggles with a bicycle and no lights, fined 13.50. In Kankakee a parrot up for auction showcases singing and swearing. attorney notes its varied talents during estate settlement.
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Associated Press
St. Augustine
Fla
Oklahoma City
W.ly, Agee
Kankakee
Harry S. Streeter
Dale buys a mare in a Sussex village intrigue
In Hope Enderson a tense scene unfolds as Squire Arthur Burdett stalks the main street while Dale Shirley negotiates a horse with Dawley the gypsy dealer. Dale offers fifty pounds. Dawley counters with sixty five as the plot hints at a larger purchase and trouble to come.
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Hope’ Enderson
Sussex
Arthur Burdett
Peter Steebdle
St. Leonard's
Fentons
Burdett
Enderton Court
Horseshoes
Enderton
Dale Shirley
William
Dale Shipley
Dawley
Bird Learns In A Good Christian Home To Avoid Bad Words
A brief note describes a bird placed in a good Christian home intended to expose it to proper language and prevent the use of offensive words.
Louis Seen Favorite to Beat Schmeling in Four Rounds
Fight experts expected Joe Louis to defeat Max Schmeling easily in a four round bout in Lakewood New Jersey. Louis’s trainer Jack Blackburn noted Louis will weigh about 195 pounds and amplify his uppercut while Schmeling’s right punch was feared but Louis could outwork him.
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Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Lakewood
N. J. Jane
Max Scehmeling
Louis
Levis
Schmellng
Jack Blackburn
Blackburn
Joe
Dey Maxie
Schmeling
Press Association awards trophies to papers and writers
Georgia Press Association honored newspapers and authors for top achievements. Delegates traveled from Milledgeville for the Golden Jubilee Convention with a final dinner hosted by the Savannah Evening Press and Savannah Morning News. Top figures included A W Starling and Mrs John March.
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Savannah
Georgia Press Association
Milledgeville
Savannah Evening Press
Savannah Morning News
Kirk Sutlive
Blackshear
A. W. Starling
Nashville Herald
John March
South
Georgia GOP votes for Landon. negro seeks anti lynching plank
Cleveland report says Georgia's 14 white GOP delegates backed Landon's 1336 platform. A Atlanta negro delegate Ben Davis criticized the platform for not including a federal anti lynching remedy.
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Georgia
Landon
Cleveland
Gov. Landon
Kansas
Ben Davis
Atlanta
Georgia National
Davis
Platform Committee
Page Organizes Group to Collect Payroll Taxes in Georgia
Atlanta Georgia June 13 A W E Page collector of internal revenue will begin shortly to organize a staff for collection of payroll taxes in Georgia under the national social security act The act becomes effective January
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PAGE
Georgia
Atlanta
W. E. Page
Internal Revenue
Free Termite Inspection Offered by Local Firm in Thomasville
Stand ard Exterminating Co presented by W. T. Smith offers free termite inspections for homes and businesses in Thomasville. The service includes a detailed report on presence and activity, with prior work on local buildings cited as proof of capability to prevent further damage.
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Standard Exterminating Co
Thomasville
W. T. Smith
Sciace
Smith
The
Dismantling and Remodeling Set for Broad Street Block
Thursday morning workmen began removing a display feature of the Capcroft Music Co. on South Broad Street to install a new front under contractor Prince Jinright. The project follows prior remodels at Levy's and the Coleman Bus Station, with tenancy shifts expected at multiple downtown buildings.
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Capcroft Music Co
South Broad Street
Prince Jinright
Simon Steverman
Ioan Dony Cecroft
Fines St
Jinright
Levy's
Broad and
Jackson Streets
Coleman Bus
Crawford Street
Coleman Motor Lines
N. Crawford Street
Rose Theatre
Wheat
Sani- Prozen Soda Grill
Omocern
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Game Protectors Seize Carload of Fissep Traps
Statesboro Ga June 13 game protectors seized a carload of traps from the Ogeechee River. Fifteen persons are charged with trapping fish and await trial in the county court.
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Statesboro
Bokloch County
Ogeechee River
Five survive fiery plane plunge near Dallas in June
Jesse Jones and five other passengers escape death after a private plane dived from a mile up and caught fire. Pilots Ed Hefley and Eugene Schacher praise the coolness of the passengers and credit the pilots for saving lives after a belly landing in a plowed field.
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Jesse Jones
Dallas
Texas
RFC
Jones
Ed Hefley
Eugene Schacher
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hefley
Roosevelt
Houston
Georgia Supreme Court upholds Herndon insurrection conviction
The Georgia Supreme Court sustained Angelo Herndon’s 18 to 20 year chain gang sentence under the Reconstruction era anti insurrection law. The court reversed a Fulton county judge’s ruling that the act was too vague, allowing appeals to continue toward U S Supreme Court review. Herndon remains free on bond as he pursues further legal action.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
Angelo Herndon
Hagrh M. Dorsey
Fulton
Herndon
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
International Labor Defense
Texas
Virginia
Fulton County
Georgia
Two Die in Collision Near Lyons Georgia
A collision between an automobile and a produce truck in Lyons killed Claude Henry Bray a 33 year old Lyons merchant and his 22 year old nephew Otis Perry Walker. Funeral services for both are set for tomorrow in Fitzgerald.
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Lyons
Claude Henry Bray
Lyons Merchant
Otis Perry Walker
Fitzgerald
State to gain no benefit from levy without federal-conform laws
The 1937 report notes the state will derive no benefit from the levy until it enacts laws conforming to the federal statute. This condition highlights the need for statutory alignment to access anticipated financial provisions and program support.
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Trial Justice
Massachusetts
Fairmont
Peter Nielson
Harry Serle
Anker Smed
Laure
Banner Dawley
Dale
Sud
Denly
Ducers
Cork
Kirby-Evans
Smith Avenue
Bracey Lumber Coo
Cooledge Paints
Stegall Electric CO
Starling
Globe
EO Jackson Street
Ainters
W. F. Smith
Mgr
East Jackson Street
State Supreme Court
Thomas County Federal Savings & Loan Association
N. Broad St
Masury Liquid House
Arnold
Arnold’s Brick-Yard
Adam Arnold
Prop
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