Peasants Rally at Albajulia for Referendum Under Maniu
Thousands of Roumanian peasants flood Albajulia for a huge congress of the Peasants Party led by Juliu Maniu to protest Bratianu government. Many travel on foot with beds and livestock amid government blockades, aiming for a Sunday referendum. Five parallel gatherings occur in Bucharest Jassy Craiova Cernauti and Baila.
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Albajulia
Roumania
The
Peasants’ Party
Bratianu
Hunyadi Janos
Columbus
America
Bucharest
Congress
Maniu
Jassy
Craiova
Cernauti
Baila
Two Rebels Slain in Nicaragua Skirmish Report
Managua May 4 A marine patrol of 12 men led by Lieut Edward Francis O Day of New Hampshire killed two rebels and wounded two in a brush near Telpaneca. The marines suffered no casualties. It was the first encounter with rebels in eight days as patrols continue in the country.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Edward Francis O'Day
New Hampshire
Telpaneca
Jugo-Slav Exports Fall In 1927 With Decline
Belgrade reports that poorer crops and lower prices caused Jugo-Slav exports to fall in 1927 to a value of 140 million dollars, down 25 million from 1926. The decline reflects reduced agricultural output and weaker market prices affecting overall foreign trade.
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Belgrade
Inventor Crashes to Death After Birdlike Plane Flight
Curtis Field N Y May 4 Leonard W Bonnell creator of the Bonney Gull winged air craft crashed 50 feet to the ground after a successful takeoff witnessed by a large crowd. The 53 year old Flushing L I man had spent about two years designing the plane with a self made motor and bird inspired wings. Bonnell valued the ship at 100000 and his widow survives.
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Curtis Field
N. Y
Leonard W. Bonnel
Bonnet
Orville Wright
Westbury
Bonney
School of Fliers
Japan
Mexico
Flushing, L. I
Mystery plane crashes into Lake Erie near Long Point
An unidentified biplane crashed into Lake Erie off Long Point Ontario, exploded on impact. Captain Joe Divell of the fishing tug Ruth reported the loss and recovered two wings, a tire, two caps and a sheep skin coat. Surface search found no sign of survivors.
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Associated Press
Erie
Lake Erie
Long Point
Ontario
Joe Divell
Ruth
W Divell
Divell
Democrats Press 325 Million Tax Cut Fight in Senate
The Senate debated the Democrats plan for a 325 million tax reduction as Senator Harris of Mississippi challenged treasury surplus estimates. Republicans Smoot and Reed defended the Treasury figures and Harrison, Gerry countered, citing past enactments that exceeded deficits and yielded surpluses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Treasury
Harris
Mississippi
Smoot
Finance Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Congress
Gerry
Rhode Island
Man Without Country Would Adopt America
In a jail cell Peter boasted he would be back in three months if deported, noting he was three months away on a prior shipment. He is reportedly eating three meals daily and has asked for a tidied cell to feel more at home while awaiting a decision.
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America
Peter
Scranton
Walsh withdraws from party race in California and Oregon
Senator Walsh ends his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination after signaling withdrawal in California. Montana Senator Reed welcomes the move, framing it as clarifying the race and urging Houston convention focus on issues. Oregon campaign official says withdrawal cannot remove Walsh candidates from the May 18 primary ballot.
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Walsh
William G. McAdoo
California
McAdoo
Smith
Houston
State Central Committee
T. J. Walsh
Reed
The
Montanan
Washington
Oregon
Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Assoniated Press
Thomas J. Walsh
Harvey W. Starkweather
Well Mothered Baby Drive Clyde Has Six Grandmothers
In Utah the baby Drive Clyde is described as unusually well mothered with a large maternal lineage. The child has one grandmother and one great grandmother on the mother's side and a grandmother plus two great grandmothers and a great great grandmother on the father's side.
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Bare
Herer
Utah
Drve Clyde
Dawn of Destruction As Dam Break Threatens Piedmont
Flood scare grips the Saluda Valley as the central drain bursts and the dam near Greenville shows a gaping hole. Evacuations stretch from Piedmont to Ware Shoals while B W Anders warns residents and ferries them to safety. Authorities brace for extensive property loss to cotton mills and other facilities.
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Greenville
Piedmont
Ware Shoals
Pelzer
Belton
Saluda
Southern Public Utilities Company
Here
B. W. Anders
Anders
John Perdue
John Parker
Ohe
Geer
Ministers Face Charges In Church Over Bishop Affair
A church secretary filed charges against Bishop Bast with the quadrennial general conference. Charges, deemed not a trial but a ministerial complaint, will be referred to the Episcopal committee. Hearings were to be secret and conducted by seventeen ministers as the case unfolds. In a separate action the Methodist Episcopal church urged party platforms to include strict Eighteenth Amendment enforcement in this year’s campaigns.
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Denmark
Cooke
General Conference
R. J. Wade
Episcopal Committee
O'Connell
Bast
Methodist Episcopal Church
Republican Party
Ernest C. Cherrington
Westerville
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League of America
Shannon hanged for auto murder in California
William Shannon was hanged at Folsom state prison near Sacramento for the murder of Harold Lage an automobile salesman. Lage was shot December 31 1926 near Jackson after taking Shannon for a ride to demonstrate the car Shannon fled with the car and was captured in Salt Lake City after a chase through Eastern states and Canada
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Sacramento
Cal
William Shannon
Folsom State Prison
Here
Harold Lage
Lage
Jackson
Shannon
Salt Lake City
Canada
Smith delegation outlook after Walsh withdrawal in Montana
Montana Democrats rally to Al Smith as Senator Walsh withdraws, predicts a united state delegation. Local leaders like Dr. T J B Shanley and William Meyer say Silver Bow favors Smith. Walker and Maloney forecast strong convention support and a Houston-bound delegation.
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Walsh
Smith
New York
Montana
J. Bruce Kremer
al Smith
T. J. B. Shanley
Senator Walsh
Silver Bow County
T. J. Walker
Walch
W. H. Maloney
Houston
English warship Bacchus sinks Greek steamer Ioannis Falfalios
The Bacchus, crippled in a collision with the Greek steamer Ioannis Falfalios, limped toward Portland, England, with survivors. Ten Greek sailors drowned. two more died after rescue. The Bacchus held, aided by two tugs and the battle cruiser Tiger, as it towed toward port despite heavy damage.
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Portland
England
Bacchus
Ioannis Falfalios
Tiger
Democrats Ready to Appear Before Campaign Probers
Investigators plan another session after invitations are accepted by candidates Curtis Goff Watson Borah Norris Reed George Walsh Hull and the Democratic Reed George Walsh Hull. The committee expects to make replies public after tomorrow's meeting.
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Frank O. Lowden
Curtis
Kansas
Goff
West Virginia
Watson
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Reed
Missouri
George
Georgia
Walsh
Montana
Hull
Tennessee
Mutilated Teacher Becomes Mother in Illinois Case
Ida Bradford, 22, mother to a 6 pound 4 ounce son born April 27 near Chillicothe, while Hiram Reed, 24, Mossville farmer, convicted for bombing the Pleasant Valley school and jailed 1 to 20 years but free on bond pending appeal. Reed denied dynamite placement but acknowledged paternity.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Ill
Ida Bradford
Hiram Reed
Mossville
Reed
Pleasant Valley
Miss Bradford
Herbert Bradford
Chillicothe
Howard Clegg
Iola
Fishy cargoes seized by Boston customs inspectors
Boston customs inspectors examine frozen herrings brought in barrels from Newfoundland or the Grand Banks. They note the cargoes are not always herrings.
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Boston
Newfoundland
Grand Banks
Japanese racer Matsui misses circumnavigation goal
Ryukichi Matsui, the Japanese globe trotter, arrived in New York six hours late and unable to beat the 36 day westward circumnavigation target. He clocked 44 days after docking aboard the Antonia, with plans to travel by train to Chicago and then to Yokohama. His rival Toichiro Araki remains en route between Moscow and Manchuria pursuing a faster eastward time.
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Associated Press
New York
Ryukichi Matsui
Hadley Field
Chicago
Vancouver
B. C
Matsui
Hotel Astor
San Francisco
Yokohama
Toichiro Araki
Moscow
Manchuria
4 Tokio
Japan
House Moves To Pass Flood Control and Farm Bills
House leaders say the flood control plan for the Mississippi will be taken up tomorrow and likely approved swiftly before moving to the Senate and then the White House. President Coolidge questions Mississippi valley contribution. McNary-Haugen bill advances to conference with expectations of quick agreement and transmission to the White House next week.
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House
Senate
Mississippi
White House
Coolidge
Mississippi Valley
McNary-Haugen
Dispatch
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Tinker
Washington and West Granite
Tim
Tess
Better Butte Association
Europe
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Second Methodist
Sauzl1i
Stetson—Borsalino—Metro
Eoa
SELZ
Oxfords
East Park St
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Richard Barthelmess
Little Shepherd
Kingdom Come
Rialto
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