May 11, 1933 Putnam County, Missouri Jane Doe

On May 11, 1933, Mr. Davis was walking t near Highway No. 4 five miles from Unionville, Missouri. The ground was wet and didn't want to fight with the muddy roads. He would pass a culvert and notice what he initially thought was a baby doll on the rocks below. He continued on his walk, but the "doll" made him uncomfortable.

When he got to the next house the thought of it not just being a baby doll bothered him. He would go up to tell Mr. Steele of the "doll" and that he was uncertain if it was actually one or an infant. Mr. Davis would continue on to Unionville and Mr. Steele went to check on the doll. It was not a doll, but the body of a newborn baby girl. He would contact another neighbor and then they contacted Sheriff Gibson. The Sheriff and Prosecutor could not show up to the scene, so Dr. Thomas would also show up instead.

The baby had been born and died within the last 24 to 36 hours. The baby was premature and had a string tied around the navel. The string was that of what was used in corsets or girdles. It's likely the baby was placed in some clothing on the west side of the road or in the ditch in a pasture near the old road. The heavy rains would have washed her and the clothes down to where they were found. It is not stated how the baby had died.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave
The Princeton Telegraph May 24, 1933

December 1933 Racine, Wisconsin Baby John Doe

 On December 5, 1933, an unknown baby boy was buried at the East Meadows Cemetery in Racine, Wisconsin. There is little information in this case.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Murder of Nels Pedersen Louvring

 

At 11 p.m. on July 29, 1933, 51-year-old Nels Louvring left his filling station at Dixie Oil Co. or also known as Nels Louvring Filing Station. He would arrive at his family's home on 315 Water St. in Fayette, Iowa. When he left his garage he was shot. The bullet would hit him on the left side right above his waste and exited his shoulder. He would then stagger through the yard towards the kitchen door where he collapsed.

His wife and stepdaughter's family would find him collapsed at the kitchen door. When he collapsed he dropped the cigar box of cash and receipts and his keys. He was dead by the time the family got to him. 

A .38 caliber gun was used, and from the angle of the shot the killer had to of been kneeling or laying down when he shot. Meaning that they waited to ambush Nels to kill him. It doesn't seem like robbery was the crime as the killer did not try to take the cash box from Nels right after shooting him. 

Bloodhounds were used and they brought officers to the Volga River, but that brought nothing up. 

SOURCES:

Iowa Cold Cases

Murder of Anna Ulm

In the summer of 1933 45-year-old Anna Ulm was staying at a cottage on Lake Hopatcong in Mount Arlington, New Jersey with her sister. On the morning of August 13, 1933, Anna told her sister she was going to go pick flowers. She did not return back that night and her sister called the police and reported her missing. Searchers were sent out to find the woman. 

Anna would be found hanging from a tree by searchers. It was initially believed that she had committed suicide, but it was found to be false. Someone had beat her with a heavy stone crushing her head with it. They then hung her from the tree possibly hoping that people would think she had killed herself. 

It's unknown what the motive for the murder was. She was not sexually assaulted and her two diamond rings were untouched so robbery wasn't believed to be a motive. One theory was that someone may have targeted her because she worked for her brother-in-law who was a chiropractor. At the time there had been two bombings of Chiropractor offices in Patterson.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Morris County New Jersey

The Courier News August 15, 1933

Daily News August 16, 1933

The Daily Record August 19, 1933

The Patch June 4, 2016

Lost Media: What Price Decency

 

What Price Decency is a 1933 American drama film directed by Arthur Gregor. The film was based on a play by Arthur Gregor. This film was released by Majestic Pictures on March 1, 1933, and was 67 minutes long. This film is now considered lost. 

CAST:

• Dorothy Burgess as Norma
• Alan Hale as Klaus van Leyden
• Walter Byron as Tom O'Neil
• Henry Durant as Matizzi
• Val Duran as Pimo

PLOT:

A beautiful woman boards a ship and is forced to stow away by a brutish fellow who kidnaps her. Later he proposes to her and would tell her of a life of luxury in a tropical chateau. She would accept and the two would have a "wedding" onboard the ship. It turns out that the man lied to her and he was just a pearl trader who abused locals. 

Their home is a leaky shack. He starts to use her as a slave up until a young man arrives. The two start to fall in love. Her "husband" would tell her that they were never officially married before he plans to leave her. The woman angry would beat him with a leather thong and would blind him. She then tells all this to her new lover and the two leave the island towards sunnier places. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

IMDB

All Movie

Turner Movie Classics

Famous Fix

1933, Cheyenne County, Colorado John Doe

 In 1933 an unidentified man was found in Cheyenne County, Colorado. He was buried at the Fairview Cemetary in Cheyenne Wells. There is little information on this case. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

July 28, 1933 Phoenix, Arizona Baby Doe

 On July 28, 1933, the body of an infant boy was found in the canal at 14th St. and Henshaw Rd in Pheonix Arizona. It's believed he was born the day before and was placed in the water soon after where he would drown to death. 

SOURCES:

Find A Grave

AZ Geneology 

Unidentified Wiki

June 4, 1933 Grand Canyon, Arizona John Doe

On June 4, 1933, on a cliff near Shoshone Point in the Grand Canyon, Arizona photographer Emery Kolb found a body. The skeletal remains had a .22 or .32 caliber pistol was found by the right hand and a bullet hole was present in the skull. Emery would photograph the scene and collect the remains.

John Doe had killed himself about 2 years before being discovered.

Emery would die in 1976 and in his garage, the remains and photographs would be found. He had placed the remains inside of a boat-mounted in the rafters of the building with the fragmented clothing. Emery had a history of being involved with coroner's juries, but it's unknown why he didn't turn over the remains to the corner. 

It was said the Emery was the last person seen with Glenn and Bessie Hyde who disappeared during a honeymoon trip on the Colorado River in 1928. These remains do not belong to Glenn though. 

He was a white male around 18 to 22-years-old and was around 6'0", He was wearing cheap clothing, a pair of khakis, a white cotton shirt, a sandal, and a belt. He was likely right-handed. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

NamUs

Unidentified Wiki

Coconino County

Daily Sun Arizona