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April 4, 1936

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VERA STRETZ FREED IN GEBHARDT DEATH; She Slumps in Faint on Hearing Jury's Verdict -- Women in Court Shout Approval. CASE DECIDED IN 3 HOURS Her Father Says She Will Go Away to Rest and to 'Try to Forget.' VERA STRETZ FREED IN GEBHARDT DEATH

By Unknown Author

V Stretz acquitted; discharged

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HAUPTMANN PUT TO DEATH FOR KILLING LINDBERGH BABY; REMAINS SILENT TO THE END; WALKS CALMLY TO CHAIR Execution Is Delayed 40 Minutes to Permit Any Final Move. PRISONER HOPES TO LAST Repeatedly Denies All Guilt While Counsel Fight Losing Battle to Save Life. WIFE INFUTILE EFFORT Signs a Formal Complaint Accusing Wendel of Crime as Hauck Fails to Act. HAUPTMANN PUT TO DEATH IN CHAIR

By Russell B. Porterspecial To the New York Times

Execution of Hauptmann; 4-min delay to permit any final move

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Reprieve Denied at Last Minute By Hoffman After 2-Hour Parley; He Announces After Conference With Wilentz That He Is 'Now Without Power' to Grant New Stay -- Wendel Mystery Deepens on Word That Grand Jury Never Got Murder Complaint. REPRIEVE DENIED AT LAST MINUTE

By From a Staff Correspondent

Hoffman's denial of reprieve; lr from Wilentz to Kimberling on status of Wendel case; disclosure that grand jury never got Wendel murder complaint

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NEW PEACE MOVES STRENGTHEN PARIS; Eden of Britain Hopes France Will Draft League Program to Check Germany.

By Augur

Dispatch on shift in Eden's policy to cooperation with France and Belgium against German menace

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NEW HOUSING BILL, FILED BY WAGNER, MAPS 4-YEAR PLAN; Federal Aid Is Limited and Private Share Stressed in Latest Project.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen Wagner introduces low-cost housing and slum-clearance bill in Sen, Repr Ellenbogen in House; U S Housing Authority to be established; summary of provisions

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