Revenge Motive Hailed in Beekman Hill Triple Murder
Police say Robert Irwin, 29, a sculptor and former theological student, is the Easter Eve slayer linked by physical evidence to Veron ica Gedeon her mother and a lodger in a Beekman Hill apartment. Investigators pursue nationwide help while noting a chiseling tool and a stabbing weapon connected to Byrnes.
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New York
U.P
Robert Irwin
Veronica Gedeon
Beekman Hill
Veronica
Ethel
Irwin
Gedeon
Frank Byrnes
Byrnes
St. Lawrence
General Motors Strike Closes Saginaw Plant
Detroit based General Motors announced a sit down strike at the Chevrolet steering gear plant in Saginaw closing the facility and leaving about 1,200 workers idle.
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Detroit
U.P
General Motors
Chevrolet
Saginaw
Sculptor suspected in Canton romance tragedy
Police believe the stocky sculptor with wavy hair sought revenge on Veronica a 20 year old artists model and Mary Gedeon 54 for ending his romance with Ethel now Mrs Joseph Kudner. The case centers on a disputed love triangle amid a Canton New York setting.
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Veronica Gedeon
New York
University At
Canton
N. Y
Veronica
Mary Gedeon
Ethel
Joseph Kudner
Lewis' Lieutenant Offers Aid in Ending Sit-downs
John Brophy, lieutenant of John L. Lewis, offered to help end sit-down strikes on condition that the CIO would limit actions to industries with existing union agreements. He argued for contracts covering fixed periods and criticized sensational reaction to the labor tactic. Lawmakers explored an investigation into sit-down strikes while Rep. Clare Hoffman proposed federal regulation of unions.
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Lewis
Washington
John Brophy
Committee For Industrial Organization
Brophy
CIO
House
Senate
Clare E. Hoffman
Mich
John L. Lewis
Child Missing 25 Hours Found One Mile From Home
Nancy Nell Miller, aged 30 months, was located at 3 p.m. Monday about a mile from her home on Horse Cave Creek. She disappeared Sunday afternoon from her parents' farm and was found near the Singer residence by Mrs. Guy Singer. Crowds cheered as she was carried to her parents' home after searches earlier that day. Nancy appeared unharmed though muddy and scratched.
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Malcolm Hartle Pomeroy
Nancy Nell Miller
Ronald Miller
Horse Cave Creek
Guy Singer
Singer
Miller
Miller Farm
Nancy
Tourists Witness Executions of Drug Peddlers in Beijing
Fifty tourists aboard the Reliance watched as six Chinese drug peddlers were escorted to a wall at the Temple of Heaven and shot in the back of the head at ten second intervals. The scene shocked the visitors who remained silent as the executions ended and they returned to their cars.
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Peiping
China
U.P
Reliance
Temple of Heaven
Yankees Held In French City
In Toulouse France police hold twenty nine Americans charged with trying to reach the Spanish Loyalist army via France. Authorities believe up to two hundred Americans and Canadians are in France, many in Toulouse, while detainees claim they are tourists, not volunteers.
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Toulouse
France
Tu.p
United States
Spain
Pyrenees
Annual Messenger Cooking School Dates Set
The Messenger announces its annual cooking school to be held April 6 7 8 and 9 with programs and demonstrations planned for attendees.
Labor clash at Cleveland erupts into police clash
Mounted police charged into a crowd of about 1000 near the Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co entrance to separate rival labor factions. At least 12 people were injured as the dispute between the American Federation of Labor and CIO unions continued to flare up in the area.
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Cleveland
U.R
Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Mussolini Plans Protest Over French Aid to Loyalists
In Rome Premier Mussolini is believed to prepare a protest against alleged French aid to Spanish Loyalists and threaten reinforcements to the Nationalists if the act is not halted. The Giornale D Italian article on neutrality violations is seen as groundwork for a diplomatic move.
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Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Giornale D
Truce Near in Motor Strike
Inform ed sources believed Chrysler chief Walter P. Chrysler and United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis would agree within 36 hours on a formula to reopen nine Chrysler plants and recall 60,000 auto workers. They met with Governor Frank Murphy at 10 a.m. to end their dispute and seek a broader settlement for 13,500 workers at Hudson and Reo plants in Detroit and elsewhere.
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Lansing
Mich
U.P
Walter P. Chrysler
John L. Lewis
Chrysler
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Hudson
Reo
Detroit
First Cooking School Session Opens at 9 O’clock Morning
Five hundred women from Athens and nearby areas attend the Messenger Annual Cooking School opening at Schine's Athena. Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins demonstrates Park Roast with pickle sauce Banana Spice Cake and other recipes while a 15 minute style show showcases house dresses and street outfits. Attendees depart with groceries and prepared dishes, state onlookers note.
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Hary Herron
Athens
Messenger
Schine
Athena
Elizabeth Robbins
Motorist Found Dead After 100-Foot Plunge
Unidentified man found dead in a car that plunged 100 feet over Taylorsville Dam into six feet of water in Mad River near Dayton. Car bore Michigan license plates.
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Dayton
U.P
Taylorsville
Mad River
Michigan
Aging men die in cottage fire at Dayton
Two elderly residents John Bayless age 65 and H L Bane age 63 were fatally burned when a one room cottage owned by Bayless burned Monday night. Authorities suspect the blaze started from a stove.
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Dayton
U.P
John Bayless
H. L. Bane
Bayless
Anniversary Remembrance of U S Entry Into World War
A retrospective notes the 20th anniversary of U S entry into World War I with Sen Norris Lun and Rep Knutson reflecting on past votes and the call for peace today. Berlin papers attack Woodrow Wilson and Jewish capitalists over the declaration, accusing 14 points of lacking self determination.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
United States
George W. Norris
Nebraska Independent
Ernest Lun
Necessiee
Minnesota Farmer-Laborite
Sary
Cary
Norris
Senate
Lundeen
Harold W. Knutson
Minn
House
Wilson
Germany
Berlin
America
Woodrow Wilson
Nacht Aus Gabe
Otto Kriegk
Senate Senate
Court Change Plan Attacked As Blunder
Charles Co Burlingham told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Roosevelt’s judiciary program is a great blunder. He urged compulsory retirement of justices and called for constitutional amendments while noting the plan could threaten judicial independence and invite political pressure from future administrations.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Co. Burlingham
New York Bar
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Burlingham
New York
Edward R. Burke
Nebs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Huey Longs
Labor
Golden Gloves Finalist Chester Bates Seriously Injured
Chester Bates a 22 year old Blanchester Ohio State student and amateur boxer lay in serious condition with head injuries after a Monday night middleweight finals bout in Columbus Don Spangler 22 of Amanda knocked him down during the Central Ohio district golden gloves finals at the central Ohio venue.
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Columbus
U.P
Chester Bates
Blanchester
Ohio State University
Bates
Don Spangler
Amanda
Decision Validates Old Minimum Wage Law
President Roosevelt urged Congress that the Supreme Court ruling validating Washington State minimum wage law also rehabilitates a DC statute inactive for 14 years. He cited Attorney General Homer S. Cummings’ ruling that the court’s action last week revived long-dormant efforts in New York Ohio Illinois and 13 other states to set minimum wages for women or minors.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Washington State
District of Columbia
Homer S. Cummings
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Police Kill Auto Theft Suspect in Gun Battle
Uniontown Pa powerful shootout ends the chase after Marl Hacker age 20 Morgantown West Virginia is killed in a running gun battle with police. He was sought on state and federal auto theft charges.
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Uniontown
U.P
Marl Hacker
Morgantown
W. Va
APPROVE RATE REDUCTION COLUMBUS
The State Public Utilities Commission approved a voluntary reduction in electric rates for residential use, announced last week by the Cavedens Electric Illuminating.
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Columbus
U.P
State Public Utilities Commission
Cavedens Electric Illuminating
Ohio Guard plans 200 soup kitchen ranges for relief feeds
The Ohio National Guard operates 200 field ranges to feed 50 000 people daily, each serving three meals for 250. With 350 000 on relief, officials warn insufficient equipment may force use of church basements or school cafeterias, as county estimates show Cleveland 100 000, Cincinnati 30 000, Columbus 20 000, Akron 20 000, Toledo 18 000.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio National Guard
Davey
Ohio
Adjt
Emil Marx
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Franklin
Summit
Akron
Lucas
Toledo
Wreckage Found of Missing Douglas Transport
Major A D Smith reports sighting wreckage on Mount Baldy near McNary Arizona from his radio plane. The missing Douglas transport, en route from Burbank to New York for a European airline, vanished Saturday with eight aboard. He cannot land and waits for a larger aircraft to assist.
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Albuquerque
N. M
U.P
A. D. Smith
TWA
Mount Baldy
McNary
Ariz
Smith
Burbank
Calif
New York
Slight Mistake Actor Not Wounded in Spain
In Madrid, Errol Flynn clarified his Madrid front visit stating he shot a machine gun and was not wounded. Friends claimed a slight machine gun bullet wound, but Flynn showed no injury as he prepared to depart for Paris.
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Spain
Barcelona
U.P
Errol Flynn
Madrid
Flynn
Paris
Nelsonville Meeting Schedules Aged Relief Aid Gathering
Charles Wolf of Kimberly Local Relief Committee calls all district unions to send representatives to a Nelsonville City Building meeting on Thursday April 8 at 7 o clock. Local aid for the aged groups and interested residents are invited to attend.
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Nelsonville
Aid
Charles Wolf
Relief Committee
Kimberly
Association of Aid For the Aged
Davey names Grische to State Bridge Commission
Governor Davey appointed Oscar P. Grische of Cincinnati as a member of the State Bridge Commission to succeed Robert B. Lucas of Fremont. Grische is a practicing attorney and real estate dealer.
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Davey
Columbus
U.P
Oscar P. Grische
Cincinnati
State Bridge Commission
Robert B. Lucas
Fremont
Will Not Appeal Ohio Minimum Wage Ruling
A federal district court's decision upholding Ohio's minimum wage law will not be appealed to the Supreme Court. Columbus attorney Agnes Dickinson said it seems unwise to prosecute the cases further.
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Columbus
U.2
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Agnes Dickinson
Field Kitchens Set Up By April 15 Amid Ohio Relief Row
National Guard and relief officials move to establish field kitchens by April 15 to aid the needy under Gov. Martin L. Davey's executive order. Legislators split on the plan with Republicans and anti administration Democrats denouncing it as a grandstand play while noting funding and logistics concerns.
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Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
Emil F. Marx
State Relief Commission
Kent
Davey Foes
Keith Lawrence
Cuyahoga
Senate
National Guard
Ohio
William M. McCulloch
Miami
Davey
Intoxicated motorist halts freight train in Youngstown
An intoxicated driver blocked the railroad right of way delaying a freight train for about 30 minutes in Youngstown. Police responded and removed the motorist from the track area without further incident.
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Youngstown
Soft Coal Bill Heads To Conference Committee
The Guffey-Vinson coal bill, aiming for federal supervision of the bituminous industry, heads to a conference committee after Senate passage 58 to 15. It sets price ranges and creates a national commission, with a 12 percent producer penalty for noncompliance, but excludes wage and hour provisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Guffey-Vinson
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
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