No Bump on Head, So Faithless Wife Was Sent to Chair
New York story of Ruth Snyder and lover Judd Gray who killed artist husband for $100,000 life insurance. The murder was staged to fit a timetable with trains and mail movements. The pair were executed in the electric chair after their plan unraveled and evidence pointed to the head injury as key.
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New York
Albert Snyder
United States
Albert
Lorraine
Ruth
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Gray
Syracuse
Queen's Village
New York City
Snyder
Snyders
Dawn
Mommie
Judd
Wisconsin seeks study of state tariffs impact on trade
Wisconsin Assembly calls for an unbiased study of the oleomargarine tax and other state tariffs amid South retaliation threats. Critics say the 15 cent a pound tax harms dairy and non dairy producers, raises prices, and violates constitutional spirit. The South backs removal of discriminatory laws, urging end to interstate tariffs.
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Wisconsin
South
Assembly
The
Chicago Tribune
Fingerprinting Autoists Favored by Many States
CHICAGO. A trend toward fingerprinting all motor vehicle drivers is shown by a poll of 14 state commissioners. Fourteen favor universal fingerprinting with varied qualifications, nine oppose or doubt the method, and Florida rejects it as branding innocent drivers. An English inventor unveiled a portable sterilizing outfit to render small water bodies safe for bathers.
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Chicago
Council of State Governments
Florida
Texas Mothers Die At High Rate In 1936
In Texas during 1936 seven hundred mothers died in childbirth and related conditions, with eight thousand babies under one year and four thousand stillborn. Nationally the total nears eight thousand. Health officer Dr Geo W Cox blames neglect and urges early prenatal care and physician supervision from pregnancy onset to cut deaths. Science advances exist but rely on expectant mothers to act.
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Austin
Texas
Geo. W. Cox
Paper Industry Tells How Wasp Helped Pulp Rise
East Texas readers learn how the paper industry grew from wood pulp, tracing Keller’s grindstone process to modern Fourdrinier machines. The article notes 125,000 workers, forest management, and the growing demand shown by Gone With the Wind’s 1500 tons of book paper.
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East Texas
Harry Daniel
Department of Commerce
Frederick Keller
Keller
T’sai Lun
Samarkand
Johann Gutenberg
America
Germantown
Philadelphia
Wasp
China
United States Forest Service
Loss in worn coins costs the government millions yearly
Wear and tear on metal money causes a yearly loss of more than $700,000 to the government. Appropriations cover the gap between the face value of returned worn coins and the value of new coins produced after melting and recoining. A five year avg shows 5 percent loss on cents and nickels and 8.7 percent on larger denominations, with worn coin value averaging about $10 million annually.
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Washington
County Planning Report Recommends New Crop Balance
In Texas counties, a 20 percent drop in cotton and 44 percent rise in wheat plus 46 percent rise in grain sorghum are recommended based on 1929 acreage comparisons. Committees from 241 counties supported shifts to balance long term farm welfare, with pasture up 13 percent, corn up seven percent, and more legumes. Recommendations target lands classified as crop-use land per the Census.
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College Station
Texas
W. E. Morgan
Morgan
Extension Service
AAA
Washington
Bureau of the Census
Jokester Tells All How to Craft Jokes
A comedian shares a wry method for joke creation. He says he laughs first to spark ideas and then works the punchlines backward. The lighthearted piece highlights the playful approach to humor.
Bank Statement From Grayson County Texas 1937
I R A Gillett cashier swears the bank statement is true to the best of knowledge. Sworn April 10 1937 before Notary Murray Bryant. Correct Attest.
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State OF Texas
Grayson
I. R. A. Gillett
R. A. Gillett
Murray Bryant
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