Desperate chase in Karpis case spans multiple states
A Philadelphia physician's kidnapping ties to Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell as federal and state police close in on Haycock Mountain region north of Philadelphia. The car found in a lane near a farmhouse adds a fresh clue while authorities pursue leads from Wadsworth Ohio to Doylestown.
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Philadelphia
Alvin Karpis
America
Harry Campbell
Karpis
Campbell
Haycock
Adelphia
Atlantic City
Wadsworth
Ohio
H. H. Hunsicker
Lane
Department of Justice
Doylestown
Quakertown
Hunsicker
Dog Case Draws Large Crowd of Hangers On
Walter Spade and wife of Le Hew West Virginia faced a $20 fine plus $9.20 board bill for two dogs caught by Game Warden Francis W. Pingrey after mortally wounding a young deer. Trial Justice A J Tavenner assessed the penalties as about 30 onlookers watched.
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Walter Spade
le- Hew
W. Va
Francis W. Pingrey
Big North Moon
A. J. Tavenner
Tavenner
Pingley
Spade
Confessions To Many Robberies Are Reported
Baltimore police hold three men for investigation in connection with three hold ups and ten claimed confessions. The suspects Michael Beal Edward Makowski and Roy Welch were detained as officers hunt a fourth gang member. Deputy Sheriff Foster C Maynard was kidnapped near Jessups on January 4 and later released.
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Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Michael Beal
Mount Savage
Edward Makowski
Roy Welch
Foster C. Maynard
Anne Arundel County
Jessups
Maynard
Severed legs found on lonely road near Laurel Mississippi
Police believe a young woman was murdered and her body cut into portions hidden in different places after severed legs were found beside a stream along a woodland road near Laurel. The discovery was made by a rabbit hunter whose dogs led him to the scene just over the Jones county line in Jasper County.
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Laurel
Miss
Woodland Road
J. E. Brown
J. C. Hamilton
Jones County
Jasper County
Here
Hitch-Hiker Sought After Robbery Near Romney Virginia
Police seek a white man about 26 years old five ten, 175 pounds, with two prominent front teeth. He wore a brown V neck sweater, blue shirt, black leather jacket, light felt hat, black shoes and carried an ugly gun. He robbed Virgil E. McDaniels of 21 dollars and a wrist watch after a ride near Romney three miles east of town.
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Virginia
West Varie
Virgil E. McDaniels
McDaniels
Mr. McDaniels
Clarendon
Huntington
W. Va
President Approves Motor Vehicle Maintenance Code
President Roosevelt approved the motor vehicle maintenance code and it took effect yesterday. The code covers about 100000 establishments employing 350000 people and temporarily delays provisions conflicting with the motor vehicle retailing trade code for sixty days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Brazil Seeks Aid to Lift Debt Burden on Trade
Brazil awaits a New York arrival of a mission to seek debt relief and a Washington tariff agreement to boost Brazilian exports. Rio de Janeiro hopes new devisen will flow as credit remains tight and commerce stalls.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
New York
Washington
Ash Removal Notice Sets Container Size Limits
City ordinance requires ashes be collected only in containers not exceeding one bushel. To prevent injury from lifting larger receptacles, city will not use bigger containers. Arthur M. Field City Manager.
Dieffen derfer Miss Charlotte Dieffenderfer Winchester Resident
Miss Charlotte Dieffenderfer 87 died in sleep at sister Mrs Elizabeth Graichen’s home 11 South Cameron Street Winchester where they spent winter after closing another home She had heart illness and frail health for years Survived by sister and relatives with funeral planned likely Friday and Mount Hebron Cemetery burial
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Charlotte Nesbet Dieffenderfer
Winchester
Elizabeth C. Graichen
South
Cameron Street
Graichen
F. August Graichen
Janes N. Moling
Arthur Marple
Hagerstown
Merton W. Kremer
This City
Edward Heitmuller
J. Sebert Smith
J. August Graber
Washington, D. C
W. Norman
John B. Graber
L. Mc. Kim Diffenderfer
South Cameron Street
Mount Hebron Cemetery
King of Siam Threatens Abdication Over Powers
King Prajadhipok’s abdication rumors flare as reports say he threatened to sell Siamese possessions. The king is in England after a mission aimed at mending a quarrel over his authority over subjects.
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Bangkok
Siam
Prajadhipok
England
Winchester Electrician Kenton Taylor Dies in Night
Kenton Taylor 45, an electrician with a Winchester shop, died suddenly in his apartment likely from an embolism. He was found after failing to appear for breakfast with his mother on Braddock street and his death attributed to embolism after examination by Dr. C. R. Anderson. He leaves a mother Mrs. ee 8 Taylor, sisters Eva and Minnie H, brother Frank, and three nephews. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Winchester
Kenton Taylor
South Loudoun Street
Taylor
Braddock Street
C. R. Anderson
Mr. Taylor
Frederick County
J. W. Taylor
James William
Henry E Totty Dies In Atlanta
Henry Edward Totty 75 of Winchester died in Grady Hospital Atlanta Ga yesterday morning after a period of ill health attributed to heart disease He was a former drug business associate in Winchester and at death was selling chemicals for welding He is survived by his daughter Mrs Robert Keys of Winchester and his brother Samuel Totty Friends here expect funeral services and interment to be held in Atlanta
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Grady Hospital
Atlanta
Henry Edward Totty
Totty
Winchester
Robert Keys
Samuel Totty
Oyster Supper at South End Hose Co Hall
South End Hose Co announces an oyster supper at the hall on Thursday and Friday January 24 and 25. Tickets are 50 cents. Time window 1 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on both days. Proceeds support the fire company.
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South End Hose Co
Hall Thurs
Karpis and Campbell Escape Police Trap in Atlantic City
Police hunted Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell after they shot their way out of a trap in Atlantic City New Jersey and fled in a stolen automobile. Officers captured the bandits’ sweethearts in the aftermath.
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H. H. Hunsicker
Allentown Hospital
Atlantic City
Federal
Old Dillinger and
Floyd Trails
Ohio
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Bremer
N. J
Mrs Affleck Laid To Rest In Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mrs. Affleck died Saturday morning at 94 after several weeks illness at 1324 Valley Avenue. The service at 3 pm featured Rev. Dr. Hubert Sydenstricker and Rev. R. B. Nelson. Burial was in Mount Hebron. bearers named. Attendees came from Martinsburg Maurertown Charlottesville and North Mountain West Virginia.
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Aeaas
Valley Avenue
Hubert Sydenstricker
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Affleck
R. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Ollie Ritter
Ph Pifer
S. C. Curl
David N. Henritta
Emmet L. Henry
George Sumption
God
Affieck
Joseph E. Yew
Maurertown
Ellen Catherine Yew
Court Passes Another Sentence On Two Slayers
In Richmond Virginia on January 22 Judge John L Ingram set February 2 as the execution date for Robert Mais and Walter Legenza. The two convicted killers will die for the murder of E M Huband a Federal Reserve Bank truck driver. Mais escaped earlier from Richmond Jail delaying the first scheduled electrocution. Legenza arrived injured and was carried to the penitentiary on a stretcher.
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Richmond
Robert Mais
Walter Legenza
John L. Ingram
E. M. Huband
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Mais
Hastings Court
Incram
Legenza
Mrs. W. L. Payne Dies in Clarke County at 77
Mrs. W. L. Payne 77 widow of farmer W. L. Payne died after bronchial pneumonia at her daughter's home near Berryville. She leaves one daughter and one brother N. H. Elsen of Clarke county. Funeral set for 2:30 PM tomorrow at Mrs. Stipes home with Rev. Dr. L. A. Parker and Rev. J. M. Brown. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Bearers include Monte Payne and others.
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W. L. Payne
Clarke County
Milton Stipes
Berryville
N. H. Elsen
Bluemont
J. M. Brown
Duncan
Episcopal
Green Hill Cemetery
A .Wood
Monte Payne
M. C
R C
Albert
C. C. Elsea
Man on trial for murder faints in court
In Alexandria on January 22 Raymond M. Jennings, 33, accused of killing his estranged wife Virginia King Jennings on Christmas Eve, faced a jury that was chosen rapidly. He fainted at arraignment, recovered, and answered not guilty in a faint voice. The prosecution seeks the death penalty.
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Alexandria
Raymond M. Jennings
Virginia King Jennings
Corporation Court
Jennings
World News at a Glance Compilation
Richmond-Mars and Legenza, mobsters, reach Richmond and are placed in death cells at the penitentiary. Philadelphia-Abducted doctor case linked to Alvin Karpis as authorities pursue possible westward lead. Aberdeen Car driver killed when vehicle crushed by bus in unusual crash. Flemington Kidnap ladder admitted as evidence in Hauptmann case. Washington Five people questioned over two Capital Transit employees stay. Alexandria Trial of Raymond Jennings, 33, accused slayer of estranged wife, underway. Baltimore Twenty prisoners begin hunger strike. Richmond Proposal before Virginia ABC board to alter liquor sales. Foreign Paris French forces and camel troops billed to fuel uprising on southwest frontier. Paris Stavisky scandals cost government about 12.8 million dollars. Paris 2500 Saarlanders reported as refugees in France. Podgorica Yugoslavia Ten soldiers frozen to death on frontier patrol in snow storm.
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Richmond
Mars
Legenza
Philadelphia
Alvin Karpis
H. H. Hunsicker
Wadsworth
Ohio
Aberdeen
Flemington
Hauptmann
Washington
Capital Transit Company
Alexandria
Raymond M. Jenings
Paris
France
Podgorica
Yugoslavia
Man Seen Near Lindbergh Estate Identified Hauptmann Twice
Millard Whited a Sourland logger testified Hauptmann lurked near the Lindbergh home on February 18 and between February 25 and 27 1932. Charles Rossiter of Maplewood testified seeing a man near the airport road four days before the Lindbergh baby was taken.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Sourland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Millard Whited
Hauptmann
Charles Rossiter
Maplewood
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh Estate
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Karpis and
Romney
Max Rausch
Bronx
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Rausch
Virgil McDaniels
O. K
Arthur M. Field
Charlotte N. Dieffenderfer
Miss Dieffenderfer
George B
Camilla Wilcox Dieffenderfer
Martinsburg
Ents’ Ce
Aia Karen 1848
King of
Henry E. Totty
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
Sourland Country
World News
Virginia Abc Board
Millard White
Chas. Rossiter
Ladder
Trenchard
Sisk
William A. Kinney
Whited
St. Raymond’s
Cemtery
Edward J. Reilly
John F
Jassie) Condon
Thomas H. Sisk
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Zion
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