Mexico Air Heroes Die In Storm During 5500 Mile Flight
Costa Rica prepares to receive the bodies of Col. Pablo Sidar and Capt. Carlos Rovirosa with military honors after their lightning struck plane crashed near Port Limon while attempting a record 5500 mile ocean hop to Buenos Aires. Mexico declares a day of mourning.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Pablo Sidar
Carlos Rovirosa
Buenos Aires
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Arturo Romles
Sidar
Robles
Cerro Luco
Port Limon
Tragic Fire Kills Two Girls in Roblin Manitoba
A blaze at a home near Roblin Manitoba on May 12 killed Mary 14 and Jen 9 daughters of Tom Evans. Their parents and brother escaped the flames. The fire started in an incubator and destroyed the residence.
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Roblin
Man
Mary
Jen
Tom Evans
Oklahoma frees murder suspect in Bristow case
Sapulpa Oklahoma May 12 A man arrested at Bristow and suspected as Tom Crawford brother of Irene Schroeder former Pennsylvania convict was released today. Sheriff said identification by fingerprint measurements from Pennsylvania showed the local detainee was not Crawford in a highway patrolman murder case involving Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Bristow
Tom Crawford
Irene Schroeder
Pennsylvania
Crawford
W. Glenn Dague
Aie
D. W. Livingston
Bertillon
Dowager Begum of Bhopal Known as Queen Victoria of India Dies
The 72 year old dowager Begum of Bhopal died after an operation. Her son Nawab Zada Hamidulla was at her side as official mourning spread across the state. She transformed Moalem into a modern territory with railroads, highways, hospitals, and schools.
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Bombay
India
Begum of
Bhopal
Queen Victoria of
Zada Hamidulla
Moalem
Bishop Cannon Ordered to Produce Campaign Records
Washington reports the senate lobby committee demands records on Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South over the 1928 anti Smith campaign in Virginia. Ada Burroughs, treasurer, must appear with receipts. Cannon delays until Dallas conference ends.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Senate Lobby Committee
Cannon
Caraway
E. C. Jameson
New York
Lobby Committee
Jameson
Congress
Virginia
Bishop Cannon
Ada I. Burroughs
Richmond
anti-Smith Committee
Lobby
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
Dallas
New Trial Arguments Heard In Schroeder and Dague Case
Pittsburgh reports that motions for new trials for Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague, convicted of killing State Highway Patrolman Brady Paul near New Castle, will likely be heard in early July. Judge R L Hildebrand, visiting from Lawrence County, presided at the original trial.
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Pittsburgh
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
New Castle
Brady Paul
R. L. Hildebrand
Lawrence County
Allegheny County
Des Moines Child Found Dead After Assault
The 9 year old Evelyn Lee was found slain in a woodland glade on Des Moines Edges. Police say she was choked Saturday night and a manhunt with state agents and sheriff deputies is underway. Investigators consider two suspects. Two police chief’s nieces say they saw a car with two men and a struggling girl Friday evening.
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Des Moines
Evelyn Lee
Polk County
Park A. Finley
Henry Alber
South Des Moines
W. W. Wessell
Harold
French Aviators Begin Long Flight to South America
French aviator Jules Mermoz with two companions starts Paris to Buenos Aires mail flight across the South Atlantic aiming for 1,700 miles in under twenty hours. The crew includes M D Abry and M Guimie. departure from Dakar reports banana and port wine meal. fuel 700 gallons.
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Rio Janeiro
Jules Mermox
South Atlantic
Paris
South America
Port Natal
Brazil
Bahia
Lisbon
St. Louis
Senegal
West Africa
Buenos Aires
Jean Mermoz
Mermoz
M. D’'Abry
M. Guimie
Dakar
Senate approves Wagner measure
The senate passed a Wagner measure by 34 to 27 to broaden labor department powers, create a national employment office system, aid states, and form a federal advisory council with equal employers and workers to ensure impartial unemployment policy. It accompanies approval of a federal employment stabilization board and enhanced unemployment data collection.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
New York
House
United States Labor Department
Federal Employment Stabilization Board
Edison Scholarship Contest Set For June in West Virginia
State Superintendent W C Cook announced a Thomas A Edison scholarship contest will be held at the state department of education on June 19 and 20 to pick a winner and an alternate to represent West Virginia in a later Edison directed contest in New Jersey. Eligible are high school graduates this year or those from touch schools with no college work since graduation, and all must be residents of West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Superintendent of
W. C. Cook
Thomas A. Edison
State Department of Education
West Orange
N. J
Edison
Cook
West Virginia
Bold Hold-Up Men Beaten By Roadhouse Patrons
Four youths attempted a roadhouse robbery near Rockville Maryland. patrons from the nearby Congressional Country Club, now at Roma Gardens, restrained them after discovering a fake pistol. The four intruders identified themselves as James Callan from New York, and Washington men Michael Parella Francis Harding and Harry Atcheson.
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Rockville
Hear
Congressional Country Club
Roma Gardens
James Callan
New York
Michael Parella
Francis Harding
Harry Atcheson
Washington
West Virginia students storm Metropolitan theater
Morgantown May 12 police used tear gas to break up a 500 student surge at the Metropolitan theater. One cadet was injured by a gas cap, three were arrested, and damage included vegetables eggs and sand strewn on the front. Capt Fred Riley, a cadet officer and athlete, was injured by the cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Metropolitan Theater
The
Metropolitan
George Sallows
Sallows
Fred Riley
Second Mothers Day Draws Gold Star Delegations
In New York the second Mothers Day of the week gathers hundreds of Gold Star mothers from California to the Dakotas. They board the U S Republic bound for France to visit their sons’ graves, welcomed as guests of the government.
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New York
Missippi
France
U. S. Republic
California
Washington
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Montana
Dakotas
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
Republic
Los Angeles Man Chosen Cincinnati City Manager
Clarence A. Dykstra, a Los Angeles municipal water and power department employee, was selected by Cincinnati city council to succeed Col. C. O. Sherrill as city manager. A University of Chicago graduate, he taught at Ohio State University and was secretary of the Civic League of Cleveland in 1918. He is 47 and will earn $25,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, O
Clarence A. Dykstra
Los Angeles
Senate Hearing Opens On London Naval Pact With Stimson
Secretary Stimson presented the London naval treaty to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a fair agreement and parity between Great Britain and America. He challenged a strict naval comparison and agreed to thorough examinations by the Navy board and top admirals, with a hearing likely to last a week or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stimson
Great Britain
America
Borah
General Board of the Navy
Adams
William V. Pratt
Hilary P. Jones
London
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
California
Hoover
Senate
Bridge Bills Passed to Extend Bridge Timelines
Washington May 12 Two house bills to extend by one and three years the period to start and complete bridges over the Ohio River near Moundsville and New Martinsville West Virginia were approved by the senate and sent to the president.
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Washington
House
Ohio River
Moundsville
New Martinsville
W. Va
Senate
Pulitzer Awards In Letters And Journalism Announced
Winners named for 1930 include Liver La Farge for Laughing Boy novel and Marc Connelly for The Green Pastures drama. Journalism honors go to Russell D. Owen of the New York Times in reporting and Leland Stowe in Paris correspondence. prizes range from 500 to 2000 dollars with several recipients noted.
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Marc Connelly
Russell D. Owen
Byrd Expedition
New York
Liver la Farge
Southwest
la Farge
New Mexico
United States
Claude H. van Tyne
University of Michigan
The
Sam Houston
Marquis James
Pleasantville
N. Y
Conrad Aiken
Cambridge
Mass
New York Times
W. O. Capping
Auburn, N. Y
Associated Press
Auburn Prison
C. R. McAuley
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Eagle
Leland Stowe
Paris
New York Herald-Tribune
International Bank
State hospitals seek bond funding to relieve overcrowding
West Virginia state board of control urges an adequate bond issue to raise revenues for three state insane hospitals. Huntington Weston and Spencer hospitals face severe overcrowding and funding gaps. A $200000 Weston addition nears completion while a new St Marks unit will house eighty.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Board of Control
Huntington, Spencer
Weston State
L. V. Guthrie
Huntington Hospital
N. N. Bradley
F. W. McCullough
James S. Lakin
Huntington State Hospital
St. Marks
Probe proposed into Communist activities and Amtorg
A House resolution introduced by Chairman Snell proposes an investigation into Communist activities in the United States, including the Amtorg Trading Corporation and educational institutions. The measure aims to probe propaganda, membership, and affiliations of the Communist Party and related groups and individuals who advocate overthrow or revolutionary actions.
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Washington
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Snell
House Rules Committee
House
LaGuardia
New York
Grover Whalen
Whalen
House Immigration Committee
New York City
Amtorg Company
Rules Committee
Representative Fish
Underhill
Massachusetts
United States
Senate actions span treaties nominations and unemployment relief
Secretary Stimeon called the London naval pact a fair agreement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The SenateCampaign Funda Committee planned to travel to Illinois for primary campaign investigations. Action on the Roberts Supreme Court nomination began. The Senate approved a third of Senator Wagter’s unemployment relief bills.
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Stimeon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Campaign Funda Committee
Illinoia
Roberts
Supreme Court
Senate
Wagter
Senate moves Roberts nomination to routine inquiry
The nomination of Owen J. Roberts to the Supreme Court was directed to a Senate sub committee with Borah as chair and no hearings expected. Norris signaled immediate action on the sub committee report while Watson urged prompt confirmation as the Justice Department said it had no information for the study.
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Justice Department
Supreme Court
Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Borah
Idaho
Herbert
Rhode Island
Overman
North Carolina
Subcommittee
Norris
Judiciary Committee
John J. Parker
Watson
Indiana
Blast and Fire Level 16 New Jersey Buildings
An explosion and fire at an Elizabeth industrial plant leveled sixteen buildings causing about 750000 dollars in damage. Smoke drifted to Bayonne and the Gulf Oil refinery as twelve fire companies battled the blaze for three hours before gaining control.
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New Jersey
Elizabeth
N. J
Newark Bay
Bayonne
Gulf Oil Company
Linden
Four Bishops Cleared in Southern Methodist Conference
Dallas report states four of thirteen bishops had character charges passed as unsubstantiated by the Episcopacy committee. Bishops Candler Denny Mouzon and Moore were exonerated. Mouzon and Moore faced accusations of unwarranted political activities in the 1928 election.
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Dallas
Tex
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. A. Candler
Atlanta
Collins Denny
Richmond
Edwin D. Mouzon
Charlotte
Pla
Candler
Denny
F. P. Culver
Cisco
Texas
Military Court Inquiry Opens In Sherman Texas Riots
In Sherman Texas the military court of inquiry began hearings into last Friday’s riots that left a Negro dead, the courthouse burned, and several Negro district buildings set aflame. Texas Rangers and Grayson County officers arrested twelve, lifting total custody to twenty eight.
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Sherman
Tex
Texas Rangers
Grayson County
Military Court of Inquiry
Col. L. S. Davidson
Texas National Board
Joe P. Cox
Davidson
Lawrence McGee
National Guardsmen
Dan Moody
Rangers
George Hughes
British Planes Attack Indians In Disobedience Riots
London May 12 British forces in India used airplanes in a bombing raid for the first time amid civil disobedience. Haji of Turan gzal near Peshawar was bombed after refusing to leave his followers. Gandhi era unrest spread with salt raids at Shiroda and Dharasana as police arrested leaders. Sholapur reportedly fell to rioters as shops stayed closed.
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London
India
Wedgwood Benn
House of Commons
Haji of
Turangzal
Peshawar
Haji
Mahatma Gandhi
Shiroda
Abbas Tyabji
Dharasana
Tyabji
Sarojini Naidu
England
The
Daily Mail Tonight
Bombay
Sholapur
Charleston Man Charged With Forgery
Emmett D. Hudnall of Charleston is charged with forgery in connection with the state veteran's service fund. He is held on 2500 bond awaiting a Thursday preliminary hearing after state police arrest on a warrant. Hudnall, former sergeant at arms of the Charleston American Legion post in 1924, allegedly secured funds from state appropriations through fraudulent applications.
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Charleston
Veteran’s Service Fund
Emmett D. Hudnall
Howard B. Lee
Hudnall
C. M. Jones
Secret Service
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Mrs. Schroeder
Queen Victoria
Meggrge
Bishop
Anti-Smith
Smithmill
Ella J. Mountz
Cincinnati
NAVY
Solons
Pulitzer
Guthrie
Huntington
LaGuardia Assairs
National Guard
Northwest Frontier
City Falls
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