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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1933
Page
6
Giuseppe Zangara who attempted to assassinate President elect Roosevelt is pictured behind bars in the Miami Florida jail awaiting further proceedings and potential sentencing as the nation reacts to the attempted attack.
Reported slaying of gang leader in Denver involves Joe from the Boettcher circle. Police had held conferences with the suspect before Roma was shot by unidentified assailants amid speculation of information on kidnappers.
Olga D Allaz wife of Major Emer Yeager U S military attache in Poland Galicia and Romania will sing at the Washington inaugural ball on March 4 Queen Marie of Romania wrote a lyric for one song she will perform The event highlights diplomatic ties and royal connections in the celebration set for Washington.
Sir Malcolm Campbell drives the Bluebird along Daytona Beach Florida as it sets world records. Miss Jeane MacQueen accompanies the run enjoying the 15 mile per hour pace on the historic beach stretch.
Three people shot in Miami while bullets aimed at President-elect Roosevelt struck bystanders. Mrs Joseph Gill lies in grave condition, William Sinnott of New York City is slightly hurt, and Miss Margaret Kruis from Newark is slightly injured. Bullets grazed Sinnott and Kruis.
Congress repealed the eighteenth amendment after 14 years, shifting ratification to the states. Three fourths of the states must approve within seven years via special conventions to invalidate the prohibition statute. The article highlights Sen John J. Blaine, Speaker John N. Garner, and Sen Morris Sheppard as key figures.
Mrs W F Cross wife of a Miami physician may become the first woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor under a bill by Representative R A Green of Florida. Roosevelt sent a gratitude letter praising her courage for grabbing the arm of Giuseppe Zangara when he fired at the next president.
Thomas Watt Gregory, 72, former U S attorney general under Wilson, was stricken with bronchial pneumonia upon arriving in New York from Houston, Texas, for a conference with President-elect Roosevelt. The report notes Robins observing the condition.
Giuseppe Zangara pled guilty to four counts of attempting to murder. He received twenty years on each count, totaling eighty years, in a crowded Miami courtroom after wounding five people during an assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt.
Illinois Governor Henry Horner travels to Miami to visit Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak who lies gravely wounded after the attempted assassination of President elect Roosevelt. He is accompanied by Dr. Frank Jirka and State Senator Richey Graham, both sons-in-law.
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