Missing New York heiress linked to ransom note clue
Crude ransom note found in the car of William H. Parsons ties to the disappearance of Alice McDowell Parsons 38, a Long Island heiress. Investigators guard an 11 acre Gold Coast estate as searches widen. a hatchet and axe prove non-bloody, while a witness places Mrs Parsons with middle aged companions near Huntington.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice McDowell Parsons
Long Island
Herusband
Cpal
Parsons
Gold Coast
North Shore
White Colonial House
New York City
Leona Newton
Anna Kupryonova
Amelia Earhart Lands at African Outpost in West Africa
Amelia Earhart and navigator Captain Fred Noonan landed at a French outpost along the Niger River in Gap, French West Africa, after a 1,140 mile leg from Dakar. The flight continues tomorrow toward Khartoum, covering 2,200 miles across Africa.
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French West Africa
Amelia Earhart
Niger River
Dakar
French Senegal
Timbuctu
Fred Noonan
Khartoum
Sudan
Miss Earhart
Miami
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Caripito
Venezuela
Paramaribo
Dutch Guinea
Fortaleza
Brazil
Natal
South Atlantic
To Test Tennessee Law On Marriage
Geneva Hamby Peel, 12, failed to appear for court in Madisonville Tennessee as officials seek to annul her marriage to Homer Peel. The couple wed on March 28, and the case, a test of Tennessee's new law barring marriages under 16, was reset for June 25. Peel said he would not promise a future for the union.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Geneva Hamby Peel
Homer Peel
Scoeamen
Geneva
Peel
Hanage
Tennessee
Senate economy blog gains points in relief funding fight
Washington June 10 Senate advocates of economy won a preliminary fight to trim Roosevelts relief program and require local communities to shoulder more cost. A 40 percent local contribution for non federal projects passed a subcommittee vote 7 to 3 while a $1 lump sum cut failed 5 to 3. The relief bill was rewritten to limit administrative costs to 5 percent and extend PWA two years with a $300 million revolving fund.
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Senate Advocates of Economy
Roosevelt
Appropriations
Treasury
Public Works Administration
PWA
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Byrnes
D-S. C
Hatch
D-N. M
Harry L. Hopkins
Belgians Convicted of Treason to Be Freed
Belgium’s senate approved a wartime treason amnesty by 90 to 64 amid protests. The measure would pardon Belgians who aided Germany, mostly Flemings in the north seeking an independent Flemish state if Germany won. Newspapers note 400 veterans protested by tossing decorations at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
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Brussels
Priday
Belgaan Senate
Germany
Belgium
Russian surgeon reports cornea transplants from corpses
A Russian doctor in Odessa, V. P. Filatov, reports successful cornea transplants from deceased donors to living patients. He performed 95 operations for eye ailments between 1932 and 1936, published in Lancet.
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London
V. P. Filatov
Odessa
Lancet
Holt challenges WPA funds use in West Virginia
Senator Rush D. Holt charged public funds are wasted in the Works Progress Administration. He demanded access to addresses and salaries of supervisors in West Virginia and accused officials of concealing spending and favoring a windfall for administrators. He questioned the CSO drive and relief allocations.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Senate
Works Progress Administration
Congress
NLB Rules Against Lynchburg Firm for Plant Move
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that moving a plant to avoid bargaining is an unfair labor practice. It ordered NLB to reinstate Lynchburg workers if a new Culpeper plant opens and to cover their moving expenses. The Schechters faced union hostility and wage changes as Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America grew.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
8. And
K. Knee Pants Co., Inc
Lynchburg
Culpeper
Emanuel, Monroe
Isabel P. Schechter
New York City
Virginia
NRA
Supreme Court Board
Schechters
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
State Medicine Plan Considered
Atlantic City June 10. President Roosevelt and U S Senator Hamilton Lewis of Illinois urged the American Medical Association to back a federalized medical plan for the poor and helpless, stressing that doctors would act as government officials in caring for citizens and that social security measures were under discussion.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Association
Roosevelt
U. S
Lewis
Nurse confesses framing Prentice hoax in kidnapping tale
Chicago June 10 a sobbing nurse Miss Margaret Montgomery confessed she framed a kidnapping hoax to gain attention from John Rockefeller Prentice who she believed was losing interest in her. Police and prosecutors are releasing her.
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Chicago
John Rockefeller Prentice
Emmett Moynihan
Margaret Mont
Prentice
Miss Montgomery
Kathryn Harris
Moynihan
Moyni
E. Parmalee Prentice
New York
Germany Italy return to neutrality group
Britain and France draft an agreement to bring Germany and Italy back into the non intervention group as of next week. Diplomats aim to complete a four power understanding this weekend with Russia excluded from the talks. Eden planned separate talks with French, German and Italian ambassadors before a Friday consultative session.
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Britain
France
London
Germany
Italy
Spain
Spanish
Almeria
Deutschland
Madrid - Valencia
Russia
Great Britain
Eden
Specialists Attend Dowager Queen Marie In Romania
Archduchess Ileana of Austria said three specialists were summoned to examine dowager Queen Marie of Romania at Sinaia. The queen, 61, had suffered a March grippe and gastric hemorrhages with May reports calling for long rest to recover from blood deficiency. Professors Eppinger of Vienna and Aldo Castellani of Italy were among the physicians.
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Vienna
Ileana
Austria
Queen Marie
Rumania
Sinaia
Grippe
Hans Eppinger
Aldo Castellani
Pin swallowed by boy in Ohio safe after tests
Freddie Gruber of Marietta Ohio swallowed a pin which entered his intestines rather than his lungs. X rays at Temple university hospital in Philadelphia showed the finding today. Attendants said no operation would be needed and the boy's condition was good.
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Philadelphia
Freddie Gruber
Marietta, O
Temple University Hospital
Headache Classification Device Described to Medical Men
Dr. Temple Fay reported a cephalalgio gram device that classifies headache types by measuring spinal pressure and locating origin, aiding physicians in treatment. Mayo Clinic's Dr. Rosenow described serums from streptococcus variants revealing infections and enabling targeted vaccines.
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Charles E. Rosenow
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Rosenow
Fairmont Chosen as First Field Lab for Coal Regulation
The Bituminous Coal commission will establish Fairmont as the nation’s initial field laboratory for regulating coal production and pricing. The office will employ about 30 people and support 23 regional bureaus. researchers will study marketing and production to set prices and enforce rules.
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Washington
Pairmont
Virginia
Bituminous Coal Commission
Fairmont
Soviet Officials Face Closed Trial for Treason
Moscow announces seven senior Soviet army officers will be tried behind closed doors for treason. Led by Marshal Michil Tukhachevsky, defendants reportedly pledge guilty and face immediate execution under emergency December 1934 decree. Trial details follow after years of purge-backed power moves.
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Michil Nikolaevitch Tukhachevsky
Sergei Mironich Kiroff
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
Kazimirovitch V. Putnn
London
Loyalist forces launch new offensive near Madrid front
Government militia struck on the Guadalajara front northeast of Madrid, seizing 107 prisoners four machine guns and a hill position near Maesta de la Alcaraia as insurgents slept. They reported 150 casualties and a relief battalion driven off. The battle swelled into artillery exchanges along the Guadarrama front while rain paused fighting near the capital.
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Madrid
Guadalajara
Maesta de la Alcaraia
Aragon Highway
Las Invernes
Guadarrama
Bilbao
Valencia Defense Ministry
Escape Plot Uncovered at Wyoming County Jail
Sheriff Lon F Byrd announced a routine jail inspection in Pineville West Virginia uncovered an escape plan by 16 inmates including long term convicts. Three hacksaws were seized after two window bars were cut on the first floor. Visiting rights were suspended and arrests are expected.
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Pineville
W. V
Lon F. Byrd
Wyoming County
Byrd
Former Army Officer Convicted in Wife Slaying Mis take Case
Allan D. Boggs 54, a wealthy ex officer and former Detroit resident, was found guilty of murdering his wife Sally 37 in April. The jury did not recommend life imprisonment, making a death penalty mandatory if he is found sane at a future sanity trial beginning Monday.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Allan D. Boggs
California
Boggs
Detroit
Sally
Mills Charges Probed Over Arm Use In Auto Workers Clash
Monroe Michigan June 11 mayor Knaggs begged Governor Murphy for troops to defend against a Pontiac U A W A sympathy march. Police and American Legion patrolled streets as hundreds of unionists travel to Monroe. Unionists claim 15 000 participants. plant guards and tear gas used. injuries rise as clashes spread to Youngstown and Republic Steel plant incidents.
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Mich
Daniel A. Knaggs
Frank Murphy
United Automobile Workers of America
Newton Steel Company
American Legion
Knaggs
Pontiac
Newton Com
Youngstown
Newton Steel
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Columbus
Republic Steel Corporation
Monroe Concern
Republic
Senate weighs inquiry into steel strike deaths
Washington June 10 The Senate ordered the Post Office Committee to consider probing the moral conduct of both parties in the mid western steel strike that left eight dead and many injured. Chairman McKellar said preliminary hearings will be held to decide if an investigation is warranted. The inquiry would examine parcel post refusals affecting workers, and possible violations of the Labor Relations Act for failing to sign an agreement with the steel workers union.
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Senate
Roosevelt
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Congressional
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Doughton
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Borah
R-Ida
Harrison
D-Miss
State Finance Committee
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D-Ky
Postoffice Committee
McKellar
D~ Tenn
Ee- Peend
Youngswneet
Republic
Sauace
C.S
Steel Workers Union
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