Millerand Wins Senate Victory Defeating Herriot Support
French papers hail Andre Millerand election to the Senate from the Seine district by two thirds. They call the result a political death rattle for Premier Herriot and foresee a revolt sweeping the Herriot administration, with mixed editorials from Echo de Paris Les, La Venir, Humanite and others.
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Aris
Herriot
Alexandre Millerand
Republic
Senate
Senie
Constainebleu
Napoleon
London
Millerand
la Venir
Humanite
Doctored liquor sold freely in New York area
New York on April 6 reports five million gallons of doctored denatured alcohol moved as bootleg liquor in New York and vicinity. Palmer Canfield, state prohibition director, cites at least five million counterfeit prescriptions in the hands of retail druggists permits. Over 300 major vessels smuggle liquor with 29 to 60 anchored offshore. enforcement outlook is reportedly much better.
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New York
Palmer Canfield
New York State
Canfield
Wrenfield
French embassy row with Vatican shocks world diplomacy
In a striking anti religious move, Socialist premier Herriot of France abolished the French embassy at the Vatican. He refuses to recognize the Pope’s influence and place in world affairs.
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Monsieur’ Herriot
France
Vatican
Herriot
Measures Ground Length to Reach Holy Indian City
Calcutta reports a devotee traveling from the Central Plains to Goa and Tibet by measuring his own length on the road. He creeps on hands and knees, marking progress nightly, seeking sacred goals after seven years of travel with a similar remaining time expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Indian City
Calcutta
India
Kaimpong
Goa
Tibet
Chapman Plans Appeal After Conviction in Police Killing
Hartford April 6 Gerald Chapman on death row at Wethersfield prison plans an appeal citing a railroad timetable not admitted as evidence. His lawyers say the jury overstepped by considering travel time from Springfield to Brooklyn to locate his alibi.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Springfield
Mass
Brooklyn
James Skelly
New Britain
Anatole
France
Lillian Knell
Old Colony Inn
Meridien, Conn
Walter Shean
Affinity of Wife Ties to Slaying Suspect Narrowed
Rochester police hold Mrs. Margaret Lenardy and her alleged younger lover John Provanzano as material witnesses in the slaying of her husband James Lenardy. The crime occurred as four shots were fired through a kitchen window while the couple slept, with the suspect fleeing unseen. Police note a prior intimacy between Lenardy's wife and Provanzano, traced to an Italian stage production weeks earlier.
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Rochester
N. Y
Margaret Lenardy
John Provanzano
James
Lenardys
Pitston
Lenardy
Optimist urges action to avoid decline and downfall
A speaker urges proactive effort to stay ahead and avoid deterioration, emphasizing that staying idle risks falling behind. The remark frames urgency in personal and communal progress.
Hold Klansman Charged in Oberholtzer Case Near Indianapolis
In Indiana, Earl Gentry and Earl Klenk seek to be held on a conspiracy count tied to the attack on Miss Madge Oberholtzer. They are lieutenants of David C. Stephenson, who faces arraignment as prosecutors pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Oberholtzer - Stephenson
Earl Gentry
Earl Klenk
Madge Oberholtzer
Gentry
Klenk
David C. Stephenson
Indiana
Miss Oberholtzer
Stephenson
Hammond
Ind
Ohio Bank Robbed of a Large Sum at Grafton
Two unmasked bandits held up the Grafton bank after closing time and escaped with 11200 dollars. A third suspected accomplice waited in an automobile and sped away with the loot. John Knoechtges, bank president, and his four children were tied with a long rope but not gagged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
John Knoechtges
Defied Death with Parachute Jump from 4820 Feet
At Kelly Field San Antonio Texas Sergeant C E Conrad was blindfolded shackled and handcuffed then pushed from a plane at 4820 feet to prove a wounded aviator can land safely with a parachute. He set a new world record for parachute jumpers in the stunt.
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C. E. Conrad
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Conrad
Tornado Wrecks Miami Area Leaves Dozens Homeless
Relief parties led by Miami police and firemen scoured areas north of Miami after a tornado struck yesterday, killing at least three and injuring many while destroying about twenty one homes and wrecking nearly a hundred more. Names of the dead and injured include I F E Sullivan and Mrs Bk EF Schultz among others. The storm tore from the Everglades toward the ocean, hitting Lemon City and Biscayne Heights with the White Belt dairy taking a severe blow.
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Miami
Fila
I. F E. Sullivan
Bk. EF. Schultz
White Belt
James Simpson
J. T. Simpson
Little River
Nadine Simpson
Oscar Thornhill
Lillian Matthews
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Everglades
Hilea
Here
Milion Dollar Racing
Lille River
Lemon City
Biscayne Heights
Liberty
Buena Vista
Prince of Wales Reaches Africa in Sierra Leone
The Prince of Wales aboard the Re pulse arrived at 7 oclock in Freetown Sierra Leone to a water front crowd. He disembarked at 10 oclock as guns fired a salute, with residents forming a voluntary reception committee for His Majesty.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
British West Africa
Prince of Wales
Repulse
H&k
Weather Outlook for Athens Week Ends April 11
The U S Weather Bureau forecast for the Ohio Valley and Tennessee region predicts generally fair weather with rain showers later in the week. Temperatures will be below normal early, then normal or above later, with normal highs near 60 and lows around 40 degrees.
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Athens
U. S. Weather 65 Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Governor Donahey Opens War on 150 Bills in Columbus
Governor Donahey sat in the executive offices with a bread axe at his side as he prepared to review about 150 bills passed by the Legislature. The tool symbolized his pledge to dispatch legislation, using his authority to ready each measure for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Donahey
Greenwich Man Confesses to Murder of Beatrice Donnelly
James A. O Mahoney, 27, told Greenwich police I shot my sweetheart and led detectives to a woods hideout near the Indian Harbor Yacht Club where Beatrice Donnelly, 27, lay dead with five bullets in head and neck. He said he had been thinking of killing her for some time and offered no motive. Surrounding details describe a picnic after Mass at St Patrick s Cathedral and the ambivalent depiction by the slain girl s mother Margaret Donnelly as O Mahoney a fine young man.
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New York
James A. O'Mahoney
Patrick Flannagan
Greenwich, Conn
Beatrice Donnelly
Greenwich
O'Mahoney
Indian Harbor Yacht Club
Margaret Donnelly
O’mahoney
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Student secretary to visit Ohio university in Athens
Miss Martha FE Schaaff of New York, student secretary for the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education, will visit Ohio University at Athens on April 5 and 6 to consult with girls about opportunities in Christian service. She is a Washington, D C native, George Washington University graduate, and has taught in a Presbyterian mission school in Chile.
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Martha FE. Schaaff
New York
Presbyterian Board of Christian Education
Ohio
Athens
Miss Schaaff
Washington, D. C
George Washington University
Chile
Schaaff
Evening Pick Two Broadcast Choices For Monday
Two programs listed for Monday with times and stations. KGO airs Educational program at 8 P.M. from 361 Met. WCAE offers a Special concert program at 11 P.M. from 412 Met.
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KGO
WCAE
E. T
State Probes Dorothy Ellingson Insanity in Jazz Baby Case
BAN FRANCISCO April 6 The State begins proving Dorothy Ellingson 17 matricide sane via cross examination of Dr Jay Don Dall and defense alienists. It will call police witnesses to testify to her sanity, and Dr Joseph Catton with Dr Harry Twitchell will challenge defense conclusions and present Dorothy’s own statement of sanity. An X ray expert will also testify.
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Ban Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Jay Don Dall
Doctor Ball
University of California
Dorothy
Jazz Baby
Joseph Catton
Harry Twitchell
Catton
Greatest Fleet Lies At Anchor Near Golden Gate
San Francisco April 6 The greatest fleet that ever sailed the Pacific Ocean lay at anchor in San Francisco harbor today. One hundred and thirty ships with 40 000 men prepared for a massive naval parade as the first ceremony of their ten day visit before a six months cruise to Hawaiian and Australian waters. Admiral Robert E Coontz said the fleet, strongest ever under the American flag, would stretch over 25 miles. eleven battleships twenty six destroyers five light cruisers one armored cruiser two mine lay ers and ten auxiliary ships will sail to Australia. He called the voyage highly beneficial to Navy personnel.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate
Robert FE. Coontz
Lein
Pacific
Coontz
Letters in Case Made Public in Purdy Trial
Tulsa April 4 Parts of love letters between Mrs Helen Paul Purdy and E B Hutchinson, target of the murder trial of Eugene Purdy, were released by attorney George Reeves. The defense says the letters show Hutchinson broke up Purdy's home, driving Purdy temporarily insane. The case resumes Monday as the second week opens with arguments over the letters.
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Tulsa
Okla
Helen Paul Purdy
Hutchinson
Eugene Purdy
George Reeves
Purdy
Weather and Time Drift Through Shifting Seasons
A reflective note on how time and weather mirror each other, showing how both change in cycles. The piece discusses variability, unpredictability, and the human need to adapt to evolving conditions across months and days.
Applications for Citizens' Military Camps Grow
With vacation near, high school and college students in Athens county rush to enter Citizens' Military Training camps at Camp Knox Kentucky and Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Notables include Carter Nagle Cornwell Foster Gillespie Hill Jonas Lantz Sawyer Thomas as Athens county quotas show seventeen accepted. West Virginia leads Fifth Corps Area with 85 percent of quota. Ohio follows. Indiana lagging. Roosevelt Jr backs camp idea, praising adventure and lack of charge as Uncle Sam invites men to join.
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Francis Lavelle
Athens County
Camp Knox
Fort Bewjamin Harrison
Ind
Daniel G. Carter
Louis B. Nagle
Giouster
Walter CC. Cornwell
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Sam
Ohio seeks return of alleged bigamist Miller duo
Governor Donahey orders a request to New York Governor Smith for the handover of Earl Miller Jallas Roy Miller and Roy Neson who are held in New York City on bigamy charges. Sheriff P. H. McKiffley heads to NYC to transport Miller to Athens. The complaint alleges Miller married Mildred P. Graham in 1921 and later Lutie A. Hunter in 1924.
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Columbus
Donahey
Smith
New York
Earl Miller Jallas
Roy Miller
Roy Neson
New York City
Athens
P. H. McKiffley
Miller
Mildred P. Graham
Lutie A. Hunter
Nelsonville
Athens County
Scientists gather for American Chemical Society convention
Baltimore hosts the national convention of the American Chemical Society with more than 2,000 scientists in attendance. Sessions run from April 6 through Friday as the event opens in the city.
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Baltimore
American Chemical Society
Few Women Forge Paths Yet Most Find Their Way
In a society where obstacles remain, a small number of women break through barriers while many still navigate existing avenues to reach pivotal roles. The piece highlights persistent gender gaps and resilience across communities.
Road Congress to Help Wipe Out Rum Row
Washington reports that the Department of Justice asks Congress to extend the eighteen mile seizure rule to include American vessels near shore to curb rum rowing. Officials say current law leaves U.S. boats helpless against small smugglers outside three miles, hindering enforcement and prompting calls for swift patrols and stronger penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. K. Hutchinson
I. N
Washington
I Department of Justice
Congress
Ami
Los Senatorial
Three Milena
Mabel Walker
Attorney Generalas of Dry Prosecutions
Roy A
Haynes
Conti United States
Beane
Department of Justice
Willebrandt
Coast Guard
Probleau
Bureau
Belgian Premier Resigns Amid Uncertain Election Outcome
The Belgian premier Theunis, with King Albert, resigns after elections that left the outcome unclear. A Brussels dispatch notes the Socialists gained power, while the government awaits the next move.
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London
Theunis
Belgium
Albert
Cemam
Brussels
Tege
Holy Week Services Opened At Presbyterian Church
Holy Week services opened at noon with fair attendance. In South Bryan the event drew a respectable crowd as hours continued from 13 to 19:00 indicating a schedule of afternoon observances.
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Bryan
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