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May 16, 1934

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THREE GETTLE KIDNAPPERS SENTENCED TO LIFE TERMS ON QUICK PLEAS OF GUILTY; FEARED DEATH FROM TRIAL Men Accept Prosecutor's Offer and Will Start for Prison Today. LEADER ANGERED AT PALS ' Chicken Hearted,' Says Kirk -- Authorities Are Undecided on Case of Two Women Held. CLUES IN THE ROBLES CASE Child's Talk Aids Arizona Officers, Who Predict Arrests -- Three Under Suspicion. Gettle Gang to Prison. CAPTORS OF GETTLE GET LIFE TERMS

By the Associated Press

Kirk, Kerrigan and Williams plead guilty; get life sentences

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EXCHANGE BILL TILT STIRS IRE OF GLASS; Veteran, Ignored In Choice of Senate Conferees, Quits Banking Committee. RESIGNATION IS REJECTED Washington Sees Move to Bow to House Plan of Market Control by Trade Board. GLASS STARTS TILT ON EXCHANGE BILL

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sens Glass and Wagner omitted from list of conferees; Glass resigns from Banking Com in resentment; resignation not accepted; Wagner not resentful; Roosevelt reptd favoring Fed Trade Comm as administrative agency

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Notable Births

Kenneth O. Morgan

1934Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author[†]

Kenneth Owen Morgan, Baron Morgan, is a Welsh historian and author, known especially for his writings on modern British history and politics and on Welsh history. He is a regular reviewer and broadcaster on radio and television. He has been an influential intellectual resource in the Labour Party.

1934Antony Walker, English general (died 2023)[†]

General Sir Antony Kenneth Frederick Walker, was a British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1990 to 1992.