California Lynches Thurmond and Holmes Over Hart Slaying
In San Jose a mob of about 100 stormed the county jail after a two hour siege and hanged Thomas H. Thurmond and John M. Holmes, confessed kidnaper-slayers of Brooke Hart. Tear gas and battering rams failed to stop the attackers, who also looted and damaged the jail before authorities recovered. Sheriff Emig was injured but no arrests were made as the crowd dispersed. Governor Rolph was criticized for not sending National Guardsmen.
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Thomas Thurmond
John Holmes
Calif
Hart
San Jose
California
Ralph
Thomas H. Thurmond
John M. Holmes
Brooke Hart
Holmes
Thurmond
Young Hart
San Francisco Bay
Emig
Sacramento
James Rolph, Jr
Dolph
Thomas AH. Thurmond
Californian
Associated Press
Governor Rolph Pledges Pardons Over San Jose Lynchings
Sacramento reports Governor James Rolph Jr says the San Jose lynching of Holmes, a confessed kidnapper and slayer of Brooke Hart, should reduce future kidnapings and that he would pardon anyone arrested for the lynchings. He praises the act as a public lesson and explains he delayed a Boise trip to avoid troops being called out.
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Sacramento
James Rolph
San Jose
Thomas Thurmond
John Holmes
Brooke Hart
Rolph
Boise
Idaho
Los Angeles
Funds To Raise Strength Of U S Army
President Roosevelt will be asked by the War Department to seek funds to raise U S Army strength from below the danger line. General Douglas MacArthur reports the army seeks 165000 enlisted, $200 million for aircraft and modernization, and restoration of cut funds. He warns global unrest makes an efficient army essential.
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U S. Army
Congress
America
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Secretary of War
MacArthur
United States
More Men Seek Work Amid Higher Unemployment Figures
Washington reports a rise in unemployment with William Green attributing the October total of 10,076,000 out of work to more men seeking jobs. He notes October, normally a downturn, saw only a small employment gain and calls for broad citizen cooperation as winter worsens the job picture.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Administration Holds Gold Price Steady at 33.76
After Morgenthau return from Warm Springs talks with Roosevelt, the U S gold price remained fixed at 33.76 dollars per ounce, higher than London at 32.83. The dollar valued in French gold francs stood around 64.90 cents, up from 63.43 cents yesterday.
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New York
Johnson protests award of contract to a Ford agency
Hugh S. Johnson NRA administrator filed a protest with the Department of Agriculture challenging a government contract award to Northwest Motor Company of Bethesda Md the local Ford agency for Ford trucks. Johnson argues the dealer quoted below list price violating the NRA retail code for automobile dealers. The firm planned to bid to the War Department the next day for 700 new trucks despite claims to exclude Ford products.
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Johnson
FORD
Washington
Ford Motor Company
Ford Trucks
Department of Agriculture
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Northwest Motor Company
Bethesda, Md
War Department
Catholic Priest Sentenced Over Nazi Provocation Sermons
The Rev. Fr. Karl Klinkhammer, a Catholic priest in Essen Germany, was sentenced to six months in jail for derogatory pulpit remarks from sermons on March 12 and April 20 including a Hitler birthday observance that prosecutors said provoked public disturbance and Nazi provocations.
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Essen
Germany
Karl Klinkhammer
Real buying power of workers rises 2.3 percent in March
The text notes that total buying power of all workers increased by 2.2 percent, and after higher living costs is 23.1 percent above March. It highlights the real purchasing power gain across workers and the impact of cost of living.
Coughlin Calls Smith Ideas Baloney in Roosevelts Name
Father Coughlin arrives in New York to denounce Alfred E. Smith for endorsing the gold standard while backing Roosevelt monetary policy. He vows to summarize four speeches on monetary policy tonight at the Hippodrome and defends gold standard with silver backstop.
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New York
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
al Smith
Father Coughlin
Coughlin
Grand Central Station
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
New Outlook
Mr Smith
Price Now In Charge Convict Road Work
Hugh Price of Athens is placed in charge of convict crews building state roads under the highway board. H. H. Johnson remains head of the asphalt surfacing machines crews. Board cites efficiency gains and more task focus as the reason for the change.
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Price
Atlanta
Hugh Price
Athens
State Highway Board
H. H. Johnson
Highway Board
Weather Forecast for Southeast States
South Carolina fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the west tonight. Georgia fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. Florida fair with slightly milder tonight and warmer Tuesday. Alabama partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday, with cooler northwest portions. Extreme Northwest Florida fair and warmer in the west tonight and Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Confession Repudiated by Woman Doctor in Chicago Case
Dr. Alice Wynekoop repudiates confessing to shooting her daughter in law claiming police planted the statement. Her son Earle Wynekoop faces an accessory before the fact charge in Rheta Wynekoop death as he sits in county jail. Arraignments and habeas corpus hearings proceed with no bail. December hearings set for both mother and son.
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Chicago
Alice L. Wynekoop
Earle
Rheta
Earle Wynekoop
Alice Wynekoop
Jay A. Schiller
Young Wyncksop
Joseph B. David
Dr. Alice
Deputy Sheriff Recalls Holmes Thurmond Lynching at Jail
San Jose Calif Nov 27 Deputy Sheriff John Moore recounts the lynching of Brooke Hart suspects John M Holmes and Thomas H Thurmond. He describes mob entry past tear gas, beatings, rope hangings, and dragging the men to death with crowds watching from across the street.
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San Jose
Calif
John Moore
John M. Holmes
Thomas H. Thurmond
Brooke
Wallace Joins Talks at Warm Springs Recovery Meeting
Wallace joined Roosevelt at the Little White House in Warm Springs to discuss liquor control after repeal. Johnson and Ickes remained to aid in recovery planning as Morgenthau took charge of monetary programs from Washington.
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Secretary of Agriculture
White House
Warm Springs
Wallace
Recovery Council
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
Ickes
Treasury
Hugh S. Johnson
Henry Morgenthau
Escaped Life Term Convict Captured in Macon Shootout
Macon police under Chief Ben T. Watkins said they captured an escaped life term negro convict after a gun battle with a carful of suspects fleeing in a stolen machine. Wille Butts alias Ingram, from Washington county, who escaped from a Candler county gang ten months ago, was identified. No injuries were reported after more than 30 shots were exchanged.
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Macon
Ben T. Watkins
C. B. Willingham
Wille Butts
Ingram
Washington County
Candler County
Milledgeville
Park Mob Lynched Men Amid Chaos and Mockery
Eyewitness reports describe a park scene where a mob attacked men while women laughed and carried babies. The crowd pressed through the chaos with bare-eyed fury, showing little concern for the victims as the lynching proceeded.
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William J. Emig
Plang
Cotter
Presi
Green
London
Morgenthau
Coquglin
Smiths
Baloney
Smith
Mr. Smith
Hippodrome
Frank Tyrrell
Earle Hamilton
Howard Buffington
Fhurmond
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