Court Defers Coal Act Ruling as Guffey Bill Looms
Supreme Court defers ruling on the Guffey coal act until next Monday while signaling its view on constitutional issues. Railroads lose bid to force interstate rates above those set by state utilities, with Cardozo writing for the court. The session also reviews about 40 cases from lower courts and names Bertrand Snell as permanent chair of the Republican National Convention.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Justice Cardozo
Fed
Illinois
Nowan
Justice Parts
Tlinois Supreme Court
Bertrand Snell
New York
King of Egypt Near Death Amid Throat Infection
The gravely ill King Fuad of Egypt suffered a restless night as a throat and mouth infection spread, causing circulatory troubles. He has not eaten in four days and is said to be in a coma, with royal physicians marking his condition hopeless yet Ali Pasha Maher reports optimism for recovery.
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Fuad
Ali Pasha Maher
Ruter
English Court Denies Appeal of Murderer
London report states the Court of Criminal Appeal dismisses the appeal of Dr Rack Ruxton known as the Devil’s Footkiller in the murder of his wife. Lord Hewart announced the decision after three judges considered the lengthy plea by Ruxton’s attorney Norman Skett, who argued jurors were unduly protected in the original trial.
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London
Court of Mal Appeal
Rack Ruxton
Lord Hewart
Jus
England
Ruxton
Norman Skett
Baratog 4 Springs accident chute injures man
In Baratog New York an amusement ride opened and a man on a rear seat was struck by wind blowing him from his seat. he suffered a fractured injury and fled the scene.
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Baratog
Springs
N. Y
Inhumanity prompts dog owner licensing debate
A fragmentary report discusses dog ownership and licensing ethics. A man displays a license plate from his wife’s humane society, raising questions about responsibility and impoundment when dogs wander. A wandering male dog found near 903-Black male with white on chest is mentioned, with a reward noted for information leading to his return.
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Mabel
Sentrie
Humane Society
Ation
College Faculty Member Kills Self in Campus Shooting
Lincoln Nebraska professor John P Weller a foreign language instructor at the University shot and wounded Romance language department head Harry Kurz in University Hall. Weller fled fired a final shot at himself near Nebraska Hall dying at a hospital. Kurz reported life threatened by Weller who had learned of his dismissal hours earlier.
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Lincoln, Nebr
John P. Weller
University of Nebraska
Harry Kurz
University
Kurz
University Hall
Weller
Nebraska Hall
H. H. Golden
Palmer
Shect
Stanford University
Vinton County Resident Dies After Illness
NEW MARSHFIELD. Albert Pinney aged 71 a Hope Vinton County resident died at his home Sunday morning after several months illness of heart disease. He leaves his wife three sons Perry and Ira and David and a daughter Myrtle Wood and one sister and one brother. Funeral services will be conducted at Hope Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev William Tatman with burial in Keaton Cemetery at Hope.
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New Marshfield
Albert Pinney
Hope
Vinton County
Delilah Pinney
David
Perry
Zaleski
Ira
Myrtle Wood
Mary Green
Hope Chapel
William Tatman
Keaton Cemetery
Italian Army Drives Toward Addis Ababa as War Intensifies
A 15 000 strong Italian motor column leaves Dessye driving toward Addis Ababa. More than 1 000 trucks roll south as Marshal Badoglio directs the push. Ethiopian resistance and threats of destruction accompany the advance. An Italian air drop warns locals to surrender or face devastation.
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Dessye
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
King of Kings
Askara
Asfa Wasan
Pietro Radoglio
Badoglio
Elderly Siblings Die in Brooklyn Fire Traced to Arson
In New York a blaze killed 79 year old Mrs Selma McDonald and her 49 year old brother Paul Schulta in their Brooklyn home. The fire, linked to a series of four incendiary blazes, left three other men over 70 critically burned as investigators probe causes and motive.
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New York
Selma McDonald
Paul Schulta
Brooklyn
Ohio River Bank Slide Threatens Small Town
Smithland residents watched as about 224 feet of riverfront land sank into the Ohio River. A two story brick structure from 1840 crumbled as the foundation washed away and an adjoining building was feared to collapse. Floods were said to have undermined the bank.
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Smithland
Ohio River
Iowa State College veterinary dean Charles H. Strange dies
Charles Henry Strange aged ??? dean of the Iowa State College veterinary division and a former president of the American Veterinary Medical Association died Sunday night.
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Ames
Lows
Charles Henry Strange
Iowa State College Veterinary Division
American Veterinary Medical Association
Girl 14 Hikes 30 Miles After Abduction Freed
Nancy Simpson, 14, walked into a Cincinnati police station to report being abducted Sunday night by two men. She claimed she was kept for six hours, thrown from a car near Hamilton, Ohio, and walked 30 miles home to Cincinnati, fearing rides and avoiding autos as they pursued her.
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Girl
Cincinnati
Nancy Simpson
Central Police Station
Edmund Creelman
Hamilton
Washington Park
Elm Street
Lash dies after year's illness in Athens leader years in business
Eli Reynolds Lash age 7? actually 65 years in Athens business civic and political life dies Sunday at 4 pm at 15 S College St after a yearlong illness. He was Ohio's oldest druggist at retirement and served eight years as Athens postmaster and was a trustee of Ohio University since 1912. He began in the drug trade in 1872 and later ran the store with his son Rey Lash until retirement.
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Eli Reynolds Lash
Athens
Ohio University
Mr. Lash
John Perkins
Boston
Rey Lash
Man Held in Gallipolis for Slashing Woman's Throat
Ed Myers of Maple Shade is jailed in Gallipolis after confessing to slashing the throat of Mrs. Alta Younger Beckett. Authorities say he may be released if she does not file charges by Tuesday. Beckett, after treatment, refused to identify herself and left Holzer Hospital.
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Ed Myers
Alta Younger Beckett
Gallipolis
Maple Shade
Fefe
Hatfield
Myers
P. m
Student Death To Be Probed At University Of Chicago
Chicago reports a probe into the death of Jack Schiffer 21 a University of Chicago student. his uncle Benjamin Elboom questions the police theory of self harm and calls for a full inquiry. authorities say Schiffer reportedly smoked and stared at a skull before a 12 inch knife was plunged into his chest.
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Chicago
Jack Schiffer
University of Chicago
James Sullivan
Benjamin Elboom
Elboom
Sullivan
Schiffer
Hitchcork Hall
Austrian Prince Refuses to Disband Private Army
Austrian officials sought a formula to resolve internal difficulties after Prince Ernst von Starhemmers refused to disband his private guard. In a Horn speech the prince warned opponents his force would be dissolved only over his dead body.
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Vienna
Ernst von Starhemmers
Horn
Good Luck Actor Tammany Young Dies at 49
Hollywood mourns Tammany Young once known as the good luck actor of the show world. The former New York stage performer turned film comic died Sunday after a long illness at age 49. Five years earlier WC Fields brought him to Hollywood to appear as a stagman in comedies.
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Hollywood
Tammany Young
New York
WC Fields
Poppy
Mysterious informant guarded in Wendel kidnapping case
A female informant, protected by a police guard, faced potential grand jury testimony in the Paul H. Wendel kidnapping case. District Attorney William F. Geoghan hinted at a major arrest within 24 hours and did not confirm ties to indicted suspect Murray Bleefeld’s circle.
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New York
UPI
William F. X. Geoghan
Kinga County
David T. Wilentz
New Jersey
Paul H. Wendel
Geoghan
Brooklyn
Murray Bleefeld
Wendel
Arana Emerges as Likely Spanish Presidential Candidate
Premier Manuel Arana emerged as the likely candidate after the Leftist popular front held its union. Spain’s electors chosen Sunday will meet parliament May 19 to name a successor to deposed President Niceto Alava Zamora.
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Arana
Madrid
Manuel Arana
Spain
Popular Front
Niceto Alvala Zamora
Maryon Cooper Hewitt Arraignment Postponed
Maryon Cooper Hewitt had her arraignment delayed for 10 days on fugitive and attempted death by own action charges after her physician reported insufficient medical improvement. In a separate report, Leslie Swartz, 56, died after an iron pipe pulled from a Hebron well contacted an overhead power line, Newark.
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Jersey City
N. J A
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
William M. Doody
First Criminal Court
Newark
Leslie Swartz
Hebron
English suitor seeks wife cooks for bride in Kansas City
A lonely Englishman asked Mayor Bryce B. Smith to publicize his wish to marry a woman aged 20 to 26 and to cook and manage housework. The mayor’s disclosure drew over 20 phone calls the first day seeking the suitor’s name and address.
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Kansas City
Bryce B. Smith
Noted Woman Publisher Dies In New York
Mrs. Zell Hart Deming, prominent publisher of the Warren Tribune Chronicle, died suddenly of a heart attack in a New York hotel while convalescing from indigestion after attending annual meetings of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers Association. She joined Warren Tribune as a reporter and rose to publisher and owner of the Tribune Chronicle papers, earning state and national respect as a capable businesswoman.
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Zell Hart Deming
Warren Tribune Chronicle
Warren
New York
Associated Press
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Deming
Warren Tribune
Tribune-Chronicle
Ekilifil
Resignation of Null Submitted
Perry J. Null, commandant of the Obin Soldiers and Sailors Home, submitted his resignation today effective June 1. State welfare director Margaret Allman said she would decide by Wednesday to accept or reject it, a move seen as a moral victory for Null. He was suspended 30 days on March 30 and Lieut Cal John C. Volka would lead in his absence.
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Columbus
Perry J
Obin Soldiers and Sailors’ Home
Margaret Allman
Allman
Cal John C. Volka
Sandel
Mra
Aliman
Memory Blank Youth Held in Killing Case in Cleveland
A 22 year old youth was held without charge as deputies and police questioned him in the killing of 22 year old Irma Nobili. Nobili’s bones were found in a house where she had been shot with a blast from a shotgun. The youth surrendered to police but claimed no memory of events between 4 pm and his awakening in Cuyahoga County Jail.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Irma Nobili
Cuyahoga County
Washington 1 Ohio Ranks Third in Baby Ronde Parchwees
The report shows Washington and Ohio in a ranking tied to federal Baby Ronde parchwees with a figure of f27,452,200 noted in the text. The exact meaning is unclear due to OCR errors but highlights a state comparison and a monetary amount.
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Washington
Ohio
First French election shows leftist trend in Paris region
In France the first vote for a new chamber of deputies indicated a strong leftist tilt as Communists and Socialists gain ground in Paris and suburbs. With two thirds of 618 districts failing to produce clear majorities, results remain uncertain ahead of Sunday's runoffs. The Radical Socialist party leads the People’s Front in the old chamber and remains influential.
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Paris
Deputies
Chamber
France
Chamber of Deputies
Victoriaua
People's Front
Radical-Socialista
Four killed on Train Viaduct
A railroad man blamed a passing train for a fatal accident on a railway viaduct in Sidney. Victims were Peter Attenweiler 70 and the Palmisano children Jack 13 Joan 9 William 7. They were struck by a Big Four passenger train en route from St Louis to New York after stopping to watch another train.
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Sidney
Oyer
Peter Attenweiler
Jack Palmisano
Joan Palmisano
William Palmisano
St Lois
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Hammond Drama Critic Percy Hammond Dies at 43
Perc y Hammond longtime drama critic for the Herald Tribune died of pneumonia after a Saturday midnight. Cremation arranged for today. A native of Cadiz Ohio he began in Chicago and served as a World War I correspondent in France before joining the New York Tribune in 1921. He was 43.
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Percy Hammond
New York Herald Tribune
Hammond
Cadiz, O
Chicago
France
New York Tribune
Fire Kills Father and Two Children in Pa Apartment
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a blaze swept a three story building in Hanover Township killing John Kell age 28 and his children John aged 5 and Elizabeth aged 3. Teresa Kell age 2 and daughter Mary age 7 were injured while Kohls family members were also affected by the fire.
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Hanover Township
John Kell
John, Jr
Elizabeth
Kohls
Teresa
Mary
Coughlin Appeals in Final Radio Speech for Social Justice Platform
In Detroit Father Charles Coughlin closed a series of radio calls with appeals for support of the National Union for Social Justice. He said he would return to the air next October to promote his platform.
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Detroit
Charlies F Coughlin
Wie National Union For Social Justice
Coughlin
Refrigeration and Home Appliance Show At Athens Armory
The Refrigeration and Home Appliance Show at the Athens Armory runs Wednesday to Friday with 2 PM to 10 PM sessions. Exhibits feature the latest refrigerators and home appliances, plus lectures by Ohio University and local experts on family economics and kitchen planning.
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Armory
Athens Armory
Ohio University
Mia
Mary Bowman
Moris Coristensen
Maxime Lohnes
J Pettit
Dorothy Duncan
Jeannet
Campbell
Tor and Home Appliance Dealera
Athena Womena Club
Three Bandits Escape After Gun Battle With Officer
A gang robbed Kay Jewelry Store in Lima and escaped with about 15000 in diamonds and cash after exchanging shots with Patrolman Ed Swaney. Patrolman Jess Ford was seriously hurt in a collision while pursuing the robbers. Swaney, Snow, and Ford were hospitalized. Jack Love, a watchmaker, and cashier Mina Wanda Vorhees were present during the raid. The same gang hit the store previously in March and are linked to an earlier attempt in Piqua.
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LIMA
Kay
Ed Swaney
Swaney
Jess Ford
Jack Love
Piqua
Love
Mina Wanda Vorhees
Specialist Seeks Tool to Remove Lighter Top From Girl
In Knoxville Tennessee Pauline Lane a sixteen year old girl rests in a hospital bed awaiting a delicate instrument from Philadelphia to remove a cigarette lighter top from her left lung after she swallowed the bevel edged cap Friday. Dr Reese Patterson a Knoxville specialist appealed to a Philadelphia surgeon for the proper instrument to perform the operation.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Pauline Lane
Philadelphia
Pauline
Reese Patterson
Knox Ville
Widow of Missionary Aims Return to Africa
Cambridge widow Mrs. Robert Hockman, whose husband died when a dud bomb exploded on the Ethiopian front, plans to resume missionary work in Ethiopia. She is visiting relatives with her infant daughter and will depart this week to Wheaton Illinois before awaiting the United Presbyterian Board of Missions decision on her return.
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Cambridge
Robert Hockman
Ethiopia
Wheaton
United Presbyterian Womens Board of Missions
Africa
Fire Blaze Wipes Out Downtown Dayton Property
A fire in downtown Dayton caused extensive damage to Auto Electric Equipment Co and Deloa-Gae Lizer and Power Co premises. Firefighters from most city companies battled the blaze, which prompted concerns for nearby structures. Authorities estimate losses around 50000 with origin undetermined and an explosion reported at the scene.
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Payton
Auto Electric Equipment Co
Deloa-Gae Lizer and Power Co
Savion
Akron Comedian Cliff Hall Returned to Face Charges
Sherrie Hall, known radio comedian and wife June Rogers Leharges, was returned to New York City on Sunday to face charges of failing to support his eight year old son.
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Akron
Cliff
Sherrie) Hall
Radio Comedier
New York City
June Rogera
Aled the Leharges
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