London Faces Possible General Strike Amid Food Supply Fears
A pervasive calm masks fears of a national strike as talks resume at Downing Street. Government and union leaders plan emergency provisions and voluntary services while rail managers urge staff loyalty and warn of transport disruptions. The King and royal circle stay informed as ministers weigh new negotiation angles.
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London
Oberon
Downing Street Westeray Brouht
Canon Donaldson
Westminster
Crewe
Variow
Conet
Downing Street
Trades Union Teongress
Tong
Wwere
Fch
Baldwin
Council of the
Trades Union Congress
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
J. H. Thomas
National Union of Railwaymen
Hineat Bevan
Transport Workers' Federation
Lust
Weble
Lor Cave
Windsor
Prince of Wales
Biarritz
Duke of Conmaught
Nice
Mendon
Council of the Trades Union 5
Britain Faces General Strike In Three Sectors
government reports civilian commissioners in charge of essential services and food supplies have arrived. troops move only as a precaution. The general strikeidles about 3,000,000 British workers after midnight Monday as 1,000,000 miners join. Shipping, rail, iron and steel, tin plate, and other key industries will feel wide disruption across Great Britain and northern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Vy Mk
Railand Shipping
Great Britain
Northern
Tieland
Americans Sail to Break Record Across Globe Route
Reported by Mr Goldstrom and Mr Titterington, the team plans a rapid around the world voyage by air and sea. They aim to prove aviation can beat older travel methods, with a tentative May 11 landing in Southampton and a Berlin leg followed by Moscow then Yokohama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldstrom
Southampton
Berlin
Moscow
Peking
Yokohama
Vladivostok
Vancouver
Seattle
Esxo
Nevada
Chicago
New York
Globe
Nellie Bly
New York World
Miss Bly
Phileas Fogg
Jules Verne
Henry Frederick
Culone Burnley Campbell
Andre Jager-Schmidt
Paris Excelsior
Carpenters Plan Walkout Today
The carpenters threaten a two month and seventeen day walkout with wages raised to ten dollars a day starting July 17. Other trades appear satisfied with the settlement, while carpenters seek control within their organization and arbitration for future labor disputes. The city guild includes painters about 400 workers, carpenters about 430, and other trades totaling around 1,200 workers.
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Carpenters
Frat Tire
Mumr
Slaying clue tied to Caponi gang in Cicero raid
Police link alleged machine gun theft at a Cicero restaurant to Ralph Caponi and his brothers in a drive that followed a raid on the Caponi home. State's Attorney Crowe said a new witness described the men arming for an ambush, with Korecek's refusal to aid police hindering the case. The Caponi house revealed a hidden chamber and multiple secret panels as investigators expanded the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Caponi
Robert B. Crowe
Belmg
Cicero
Caponi
Met
Alix W Korecek
Crowe
Government Files Appeal Re Perovich Case Involving Parole Denials
The Perovich habeas corpus ruling questions whether a presidential commutation changes punishment and requires acceptance. sixteen years of acquiescence may count as acceptance. Gerald Chapman cites Perovich while facing execution delay linked to presidential clemency and multiple federal and state appeals fail to set precedent.
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Perovich
Federal District Court
Kansas
Gerald Chapman
Wathersfield
James Skeehly
New Britain
Federal Penitentiary
Chapman
New York
Atlanta
Skelly
Families Flee As House Is Burned In Riverside Fire
A blaze at 16 Cosset street destroyed the roof and top floors, while flames threatened the roofs at 11 Cosset street and 19 Cosset street. Residents from multiple addresses including 58 High street 66 High street 64 High street 68 High street 62 High street 15 Cosset street 12 Cassett street 11 Cassett street and others fled their homes with several rescuers aiding women and children.
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Eugene Johns
Frank Bergin
High Street
John Hebert
Eugene Robe
Stephen Antonick
Joseph Drew
Theophile Labenes
Alex Gan
Cosset Street
Luigi Paonessa
Casset Street
Verasto
Cassett Street
Nick Grannetti
Joseph Pelosi
Hight Street
Tne
Camset Street
Cossett Street
Missing Daughter Found In Cottage From Tea Packages
A tale tells of a missing daughter found in a cottage hidden within Japanese tea packages. Cousin Spelding proposed the artistic conceit while Takeo showed little interest, smoking a pipe and paging through magazines. The countess, living in the country, notes townspeople tolerated queer people and did not object to two lovers.
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Cousin Spelding
Takeo
Sala
Greenwich Village
Park Avenue
New York Exhibit Showcases Women Artists Creations
May 2 report from AP highlights the National Association of Women Painters exhibits featuring ivory miniatures by a bank department head and other works by women who balance art with roles as wives mothers or professionals. Emily Nicholls Hatch notes women painters span subjects from portraits to flowers while many balance family life, careers, and travel. Cecelia Bow earns Uffizi portrait commission. Ellen Emmet Rand and others merge art with farming decorating and teaching activities.
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New York
Raclax
Asformer
Alice
National Association of Women Painters and “Quiptars
Emily Nicholls Hatch
Association
Claude Raguet Lurst
Dane Peterson
Miss Hatch
Rosamond
Jean Arnot Reid
Christine Morton
Mra
Benjjamin Morton
West Indies
Ellen Emmet Rand
Connecticut
Cecelia Bow
Uffizi Gallery
Florence
Harry Payne Whitney
Constance Curtis
Art Workers Club For Women
Rene Praher
Richard Mansfield
Greenwich Village
Persons Helped by E T R A in April Report
Ninety one persons were receiving aid from the Employers' Tuberculosis Relief association at the close of April, according to Secretary Henry D. Neale who is recovering at his home at 96 Stillman Street. In April seven admissions to Sanatoria, five new assistance applications, sixty eight ongoing sanatorium treatments, and two dozen at home were recorded with several discharge and leaving notes. The total payout for services and treatment reached $1,849.63.
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Employers’ Tuberculosis Relief Association
Henry D. Neale
Neale
Stillman Street
Lawrence Arnold Bottomley
Sophia
Charles Bottomley
Beechwood Avenue
Mr. Bottomley Wa
Bridgeport
Herbert
Charles A
Poughkeepale
New York
Misa Lucy Bottomley
Howard &. Silliman
Stephen Fish Sherman
S&s
Wet slanders hit by Wheeler push for prohibition
A fragment notes that controversial rhetoric by Wheeler fueled calls for the Eighteenth Amendment. It suggests no surrender today as this outlawed element loses strength, contracts in politics, and hides. A fashion detail follows mentioning taf feta gowns trimmed with ruffles recalling a past decade.
Austria Resents Mussolini Slur. All Football Games Off
Austria and Italy sever football relations after Mussolini slur. Austrian association refuses to attend an international congress in Rome. Italians break off ties until adequate restitution for the insult is offered. Clubs remove banners and caps linked to the organizations.
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Austria
Mussolini
Vienna
Italy
Austrian Football Association
Mussolii
Tyrol
Rome
Arab Patrol of Shrine Observes 26th Anniversary
The First Arab Patrol of the Pyramid Temple marked its 26th anniversary with a 25th anniversary dinner at the Stratfield hotel. About 190 attendees heard Judge Carl Foster deliver the address while Officer Hartrett presided. charter members listed include Jasper L D Wallace and Angus I MacKenzie as the group reflects on decades of Shrine activity.
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Pyramid Temple
Stratfield Hotel
Carl
Gernert
George W. Osborn
William M. Richardson
Pyramid Patrol
Pyrami
Imperial Council
Europeans 10 Make Strong Bid in 500 Mile Race
Indianapolis May 1 European entrants push the 500 mile sweepstakes at the Speedway led by E A Eldridge a young British driver with two specially built cars from Paris While Eldridge Hawkes and the Schmidt Specials add to a field expected to grow European cars emphasize low center of gravity streamlined design and supercharged engines as they prepare for the May 31 Memorial Day race with ships due from Paris by May 10 and practice time ahead of the event involving American and European entries
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
E. A. Midridge
France
Eldridge
Douglas Hawkes
Bently
Sot
Hawkes
Hldridge
Pans
Speedway
Paris
DeGrasse
New York
Express
Memorial Day Falla
New Fairfield 10 Pass On Fish and Game Rules Today
Fishermen across the state follow New Fairfield near Danbury where residents at a town meeting declared themselves exempt from state fish and game laws. A special committee report will be heard at 2 PM and outlines for local by laws on taking fish in town waters.
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NEW Fairfield
Danbury
Wairfield
Marshal Treadwell
Robert Chatterton
John A. Walden
Joseph Wil- Hamison
Wallfield County
Hartford
Open trolley 18 dismissed as seasonal relic by manager
Connecticut Trolley Company manager J J Potter says open trolley cars are nearing obsolescence and will be retired as demand on beach routes wanes. Only about 33 open cars remain, and the company favors the all year round closed car for economics.
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J. J. Potter
Connecticut Company
Potter
Three Indictments Foreseen In Tax Case Allegations
Indictments are expected following a grand jury review in an income tax case tied to a $7,000,000 award. Richard Merton, a Frankfort, Germany magnate, secured payment via a $441,000 fee and made a secret U S trip with Assistant U S Attorney Kenneth L. Fimpson to testify. Immunity was granted to Merton. department officials anticipate indictments and possible further associates connected to the award. The report also mentions racing figures and cars linked to the case context.
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Richard Merton
Frankfort
Germany
John T.iting
Jesse Amith
Larry M. Daugherty
Merton
America
Kenneth L. Ffimpson
Department of Justice
Europe
Connecion
United States
Emory R. Buckner
Obituary Sketches From City Funeral Notices
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices detail deaths and services in the city, naming Catherine Horahan and her survivors, John Hubina, Lulu Cornell, Alfred Lewis Hopkins, Frank Wilhelm Polke, Helen Louise Martling, Berrel D. Leiving, Madelyn M. Kelly, Bertha Lyon Young, Lawrence Arnold Bottomley, Margaret McTaggart, and James Henry Grindrod among others, with service times, church and cemetery details, and residences. Many entries cite churches, cemeteries, and familial relationships across various neighborhoods.
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Catherine Horahan
Mathew Horahan
Madison Avenue
Catherine V. Horahan
Thomas
John Horahan
Hartford
Horahan
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick’s Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Fiolen Louise Martling
Helen Louise Martling
John LB. Martling
Huntington
Clouk
Mrs. Martling
R Aidents
New York
Mra
Martling
Walter J. Nicholas
Springfield
Mass
Willard
Nicholas
James H. Nicholas
Brooklyn
Hartford Youth Drowns at Lake Wongumbau
Lester C. Sampson twenty one of East Hartford drowned at Lake Wongumbau during a day outing with Howard Moore family and friends. Arthur Cooley and others were present. Sampson toppled from a boat then vanished and was found half an hour later. Dr. William S. Higgins suspects a heart attack.
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Coventry
Lester C. Sampson
Green Terrace
East Hartford
Wongumbau
Harry Saunders
Manchester
Sampson
Howard Moore
Moore
Arthur Cooley
Tiooey
Cooley
William S. Higgins
Arington, Mass
Boston
Third District Club to Hear Republican Leader
The Third District Republican Club will hold its regular meeting on May 4 at its usual venue on Nitted Street. Miss Jennie Deants will serve as host and organizer with the program titled The Fairfield County Woman's Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dretriet Woes
Tutu
Alu
Nitted
Jennie Deants
Rece
Bridgepeey
Fairfield County
Impersonator Read Book of Job at City Church
John Duxbury of London performed a vivid reading of the Book of Job at First Methodist Church last night. He portrayed Job and his comforters with stirring characterizations, drawing applause from the congregation.
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Job
John Duxbury
London
Pickle Bottle Lamps Adds Charm to Early American Decor
Pickle bottles from early America are prized by collectors who repurpose them into lamps. The distinctive green and yellow brown hues are especially sought after for decorative bases.
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California
Graham
Bulrfield Ave
Carl Foster
Yehmidt
Ralph de Palma
Harlan Fenpler
Pete DePaolo
Duesenberg
Dave Lewin Wih
Miller
Lewis
Ohn
Lulu Cornell
Lindley Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Baker
Stratford Avenue
Cornell
George Cornell
Frank Clark
Edwin Ibitta
Muriam Perkins
Leon
William Milo
Park
Cemeovery
Alfred Lewis Hopkins
William TP
Lucy G. Hopkins
Clinton Avenue
Frank Wilhelm Polke
State Street
St. Joseph
Lake-~ View
Bertsell D. Leibing
Bertsel D. Leibing
West Broad Street
Lakeview Cemetery
Cora Weisner
Cora Weisener
Charles Weisener
Pequonnock Street
Henry E. Bishop
Fairfield Avenue
Richard Murphy
Sheridan Street
St. Charles Church
St. Michaels Cemetery
Timothy Byrne
Matthew J. Hassett
Mathew J. Hassett
Gregory
Sacred Heart Church
Hugh Carrig
Madelyn M
Kelly Madelyn M
Kelly
Williem J
Alice B. Kelly
Orchard Street
Edward
Bertha Lyon Young
Slater
Rena M. Young
Emma Lyon Young
Weat
North Street
Willimgati
Conn
Charles A. Young
West Willington
Mrex
Caroline O'Brien
Margaret McTarrgart
Margaret McTaggart
Andrew McTagea
Spring Street
Devon
Hawthorne Lodge No . 1
Elizabeth McTaggart
Francis
John
Allan
Alexander
Andrew Allan McTaggart
Ellen Margaret. McTaggart
Alexander Allan
Thomas Allan
Bertsell D. Leiving
Berigell D. Leiving
Weer Broal Street
Stratford
Ralph Ll. Talbot
Christian Science Church
Lakeview
Mr. Lelving
Rbridgeport
James Henry Grintrod
Jamaica Hospital
William G. Grindrod
Runnell Street
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
J. J. Kennedy
Hiram Gil Bert
Russel Howard Christy Curten
Richard Fimith
Albert Nayder
Sam Ditton
Andrew Follinger
Sen
Alives
Danenay En Goldens
Atl
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