Winner Takes All in Final Move of Ethiopian Chess
Emperor Haile Selassie fled to Djibouti and boarded a British steamer bound for London as Italian field marshal Badoglio led the army toward Addis Ababa. Rebels opened the way, while Selassie urged subjects to surrender and ceded control of the capital.
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Haile Selassie
Kings
Badoglio
Ethiopia
Selassie
Djibouti
London
King of Kings
Haliie Selassie
Mussolini
Haifa
Palestine
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
French Somaliland
Pietro Badoglio
East Africa
Italy
Addis Ababa
Legation
States in Spotlight Focus on Roosevelt in Primaries
Across California South Dakota and Maryland state primaries draw focus as Roosevelt faces rivals. California features many hopefuls including Alf Landon rivals and Upton Sinclair with a slate of 44 Roosevelt supporters. South Dakota and Maryland show varying delegate and opponent lines with unpledged votes and ongoing campaign maneuvering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Vorli Ostee Eta
Sinclair
John
McGroy
Townsend
Landon
Republican Struggles Center
Gover Landon
Frank Merriam
William Adolph Hearst
Republic
Earl Warren
Frank Hox
South Dakota
Star Borah
Landon Sporters
Dakota
Maryland
Henry Breckenridge
Newark
Union Pickets Shut East Ohio Gas Yard
Akron area reports Hod Car Builders and Common Labor Union members picketed the M2 entrance of East Ohio Gas yard today. Rohrbaugh of the Son's Strike committee said enough men entered to interrupt gas supply. The union accuses the company of discrimination against union members and seeks a court ruling and a 10 cent per hour raise.
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Akron
East Ohio
Hod Car
Rohrbaugh
Local Help Wanted Service Seeks Spring Housecleaners
The agency announces a spring push to match Athens residents with housecleaners, paper-hangers, gardeners, and other workers. Aimed at rural Vinton County, the program includes job listings and placement help beginning Monday at 10 am with the Forest Service planning office.
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Spring House
Athens
Vinton County
Forest Service
Airtight Karpis Case, Attorney Says
United States district attorney George F. Sullivan called the Karpis case airtight and outlined indictments in the Hamm and Bremer kidnappings. Bartholmey, Bartholmey’s postmaster background noted, with Peifer and Fitzgerald named as co defendants. Bolton expected as principal government witness in upcoming federal term.
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ST. Paul
George F. Sullivan
United States
Alvin Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
Edward Hamm
Sullivan
Chicago
Edmund C. Bartholmey
Bensenville
Hamm
Bartholmey
Bartholomey
Karpis
John P
Jack) Peifer
Charles Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Byron Bolton
Bremer
Hagood Seeks Retirement After Short Chicago Command
Major General Johnson Hagood asks retirement after a single day as chief of the Sixth Army Corps Area in Chicago. He had spent seven weeks in military exile for criticizing WPA spending. He plans to return to Charleston to write on improving national defense at lower cost to taxpayers.
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Washington
Sixth Army Corps
Chicago
Johnson Hagood
Charleston
D. C
United States
Congress
Hagood
Milk Delivered Again In Canton After Dispute
Canton milk deliveries resumed after a two day dispute between the Canton Milk Dealers Association and union drivers and dairy employees. The agreement raises minimum pay from 85.80 to 97.50 monthly retroactive to May 1, affecting about 120 workers.
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Canton
Canton Milk Dealers’ Association
Riots in Madrid Over Poisoned Candy Rumor Target Churches
Rioters burned more than 12 Roman Catholic churches, schools, and monasteries in Madrid after rumors that priests and nuns were distributing poisoned candy to children. At least 32 people wounded as mobs clashed with civil guards. several churches and priest homes were destroyed in Cuatro Caminos and Cadiz Province.
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Madrid
Cuatro Caminos
Cadiz
Castor
Police Seek Woman in Killing of WPA Worker
Toledo police hunt a woman for questioning in the stabbing death of Charlies V. Yazell a 57 year old WPA worker found in an alley. Investigators reported a blood stained blue knitted two piece suit near the crime scene and a man was held for questioning Sunday night.
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Toledo
Charlies
Body of Missing Man Found Near Myers Lake
The body of 65 year old Joseph O Merrick was found near the west shore of Myers Lake Sunday and is believed to be due to exposure per Coroner McQuate. His grandson Elmer Volkert was among two youths who located the body.
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Canton
Joseph O. Merrick
Myers Lake
McQuate
Elmer Volkert
Miner injured in fall at Sunday Creek Coal Co Mine No 5
Logan staff report Joe Boron a Murray City miner was hurt by a fall of rock at Mine No 5 Sunday Creek Coal Co. He was taken to Cherrington Hospital with a broken knee and crushed lower body.
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Logan
Joe Boron
Murray City
Sunday Creek
Mob Violence Claims Third Negro Victim in Georgia
In PavO Georgia a mob of about 200 men shot John Rushin a 55 year old farm hand near here for revenge after the slaying of Marion Pate a 24 year old white man. In Atlanta Arthur Raper of the interracial commission said southern mobs have rarely killed in three places in one week. Deputy Sheriff Herbert Kennedy said Pate was slain after he and two others picked Rushin up in a truck. Rushin allegedly slashed Will Galey and Pate fled the truck but was pursued. Bloodhounds helped capture Rushin near the scene.
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Pavo
Georgia
Arkansas
John Rushin
Here
Marion Pate
Atlanta
Arthur Raper
The
Interracial Commission
Herbert Kennedy
Thomas County
Pate
Ruskin
Rushin
Will Galey
Robert Burgesos Pate
Galey
Negro Will Fill Next Parole Board Vacancy
Cleveland to appoint a Black member to the Ohio parole board when the next vacancy occurs Gov. Martin L. Davey told a St James AME Church forum. He said his administration has pursued representation for all races and groups in Ohio.
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Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Forum
St. James
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio
New Concord Church Marks 100th Anniversary
The New Concord Methodist Episcopal Church celebrated its centennial Sunday with church members and local residents in attendance to honor the milestone of 100 years since founding.
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New Concord
Propaganda to Halt Tax Bill Charged by Senate Witness
Senate finance hearings were interrupted as Chairman Harrison cited a letter from the Institute of Meat Packers accusing supporters of spreading propaganda to delay the tax bill. Fred H. Clausen of the Chamber of Commerce criticized the measure as insufficient for balancing the budget and urged spending reductions alongside revenue.
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Washington
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Institute of Meat Packers
First Chamber
Fred H. Clausen
Clausen
Delay Ruling On Guffey Act
Washington reports another Supreme Court session failed to rule on the Guffey Coal Act. The decision was postponed at least two weeks with adjournment to May 18 to consider whether to review 18 cases from lower courts. Twenty-four cases remain to be decided before summer adjournment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Guffey
Logan High Student George Rose Jr Dies After Illness
Logan High School student George Rose Jr. 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Rose of Logan, died Sunday after a short illness. Burial is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shaw Cemetery from Leonard Funeral Home. He leaves his parents a brother Robert a sister Betty and grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Stephenson of Logan.
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Logan
George Rose, Jr
George Rose
Leonard Funeral Home
Shaw Cemetery
Logan High School
Robert
Betty
Charles Stephenson
Garbo Returns to U S A Amid Film Interview Puzzlement
Greta Garbo, back in the United States aboard the Gripsholm, appears wary of interviewers. She explains camera lighting while noting a recent illness and faces questions with careful diction and minimal makeup.
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New York
Greta Garbo
United States
Gripsholm
Miss Garbo
Pate
Mansfield Youth Faces Death in Girls Murder
In Mansfield, 23 year old Charles Wilson sits handcuffed as four jurors are seated in his first degree murder trial for the shooting of 17 year old Jean Moorhead. Prosecutor Marriott questions the venire about capital punishment, exiling 20 objections.
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Mansfield
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Mansfield Electrical Work
Jean Moorhead
E. J. Wilson
Ralph Moorhead
Emma Young
Chance Mishie
Sidney Folk
Richland County
William Anthan
Common Pleas
C. H. Huston
George W. Marriott
Barber to Stand Trial in Wife Killing Case
Los Angeles district attorney Byron Fitts prepared murder charges against 38 year old barber Robert James for the killing of his fifth wife who survived a rattlesnake torture but died by drowning. Charles Hope, 37, unemployed cafe worker, is held as a material witness amid allegations of a plot to murder in her bathtub last August. The case describes alleged revenge plots including a snake box and black widow spiders.
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Los Angeles
Robert James
Byron Fitts
Charlies Hope
James
Widow Dies After Robbery Beating Near Crestline
Mrs. Philip Huber a 77 year old widow living near Crestline died from blows inflicted by two masked robbers who looted her home while she lay unconscious. A native of Hancock County she succumbed days after the assault.
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Galion
Philip Huber
Crestline
Hancock County
Borah Backs Creation of Monetary Authority
Senator Borah urged establishing a monetary authority to stabilize money value and aid agriculture. He cited the January National Agricultural Conference plan to reprice gold fix dollar gold content regulate credit and raise prices to the 1926 level and maintain them there.
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Washington
Borah
National Agricultural Conference
Addis Ababa In Ruins Amid Invasion Nears End
News from Addis Ababa reports mounting chaos as Italian forces close in. An American minister and legation staff battled rioters with support from guards and nearby British forces. An American missionary wife, Mrs Stadin, was killed while sleeping in a mission home.
Church Union of Methodists Wins Approval
Delegates at the quadrennial conference approved unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church by 470 to 53. The plan would create a single Methodist Church of about 8 million members, subject to ratification by the other bodies.
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Columbus
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Church
Zion
Methodist Church South
High Point
France Faces Socialist Rule
Paris report on a socialist led government emerge after Sundays election. Leon Blum announced readiness to form a people’s front with socialists radicals and communists winning the largest share in the chamber. Cabinet formation may hinge on communist participation.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
People's Front
Blum
Farmers to hire thousands on relief spring drive
Chicago report says midwestern farmers paying wages 10 to 12 percent above last year will absorb up to 300000 workers from relief rolls this spring. Officials and employment services foresee thousands more employed on farms. A survey across 10 states shows average pay of 140 dollars a month with board or 1.80 dollars a day without board.
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Chicago
Ohio
Nebraska
Pflenger Elected Ohio Junior Chamber President
Charles T. Pflenger of Akron was elected president of the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce as the state convention closed Sunday in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Charles T. Pflenger
Akron
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Baker's Son Kills Self After Row With Father
Otto Ansbach told police he quarreled with his son Charles over working in the bakery. After a failed reconciliation Ansbach slammed the door and locked it, and he then heard a pistol shot. He found Cheries dead on the doorstep.
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Chicago
Otto Ansbach
Charles
Ansbach
Cheries
Governor's Car Crashes Into Culvert North of Westerville
Governor Martin L. Davey’s shiny car wrecked when it struck a culvert north of Westerville. Chauffeur Walter W. Watt was en route to Cleveland to pick up the governor. Davey said Watt was a careful driver and expressed surprise at the accident.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Westerville
Walter W. Watt
Cleveland
Davey
Watt
Drowning of 15 year old in homemade rowboat
Robert McNeal aged 15 drowned when a home made rowboat capsized in the Black River. Four companions escaped by swimming to safety.
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Eyria
Robert McNeal
Black River
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