Primary results shift momentum for Roosevelt and Smith
In the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania primaries Roosevelt gains showed strength while Smith expanded his delegate tally. Davis defeats Butler in Pennsylvania as anti-prohibition sentiment helps the Roosevelt camp. Hoover nears 109 Republican delegates with Pennsylvania showing a clear split. President Hoover asks for state cooperation as governors gather in Richmond for events and the Monroe statue dedication.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maassachusetts
al Smith
Pennsylvania
New York
Smith
Philadelpha
Roosevelt
Hoover
James J. Davis
Smedley D. Butler
Finchot
Davis
Wiliam
Ware
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Kehahawai Murder Case
In Honolulu the jury found Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, and seamen E. J. Lord and Albert Jones guilty of manslaughter after 48 hours deliberation. Mercy requested. sentences range one to ten years in Oahu prison with appeals noted.
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Ather
Kehahawai
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Navy
Granville Fortescue
E. J. Lord
Albert ©. Jones
Oahu
Mra Massle
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Economy bill battles in Senate push to pass
Ambition to rush a 20 000 000 economy bill faced resistance as Majority Floor Leader Sidiney ordered night sessions. A bipartisan insurgent coalition challenged Democratic and Republican leadership, removing a voting provision, trimming amendments, and tearing into the measure.
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Senate
Sidiney
House
La Guardia flags alleged stock manipulation plans and high pressure publicity
Representative F A La Guardia of New York accused a network of influential writers and brokers of using high pressure publicity to inflate stock prices on major exchanges. He cited five pools including Indian Motorcycle and Maxwell Motors, tied to bogus articles and misleading releases. A five member steering committee, led by Norbeck, will spearhead a summer inquiry into stock and pool selling affecting the exchange. Senator Couzens and others join the push amid tax bill tensions.
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F. A. la Guardia
New York
Sinale Banking Committees
Stock Exchange
la Guardia
The
New Yorker
Savage Arms
Maxwell Motors
Pore O11
Simms Petroleum
A. Newton Plummer
Wcltsman
Institute of Economicic Research
Plonimer
Norbeck
Cousens
Michigan
Grngs
Fletcher
Walcott
Connecticut
Ambassadors Careers Shape Post Hoovers Policy
N B When ambassador Frederick M Sackett received an honorary doctorate from the University of Tübingen he was lauded for aiding economic relief efforts. N B In Michigan Republicans endorsed Hoover’s moratorium on reparations and war debts at Grand Rapids, while Georgia appoints Major John S Cohen to fill Harris’s unexpired term. N B German Prussian elections show Nazis gaining across states though no majority, with shifts in Communist and Social Democrat seats and a looming cabinet reshuffle. N B In Manchuria Japan suppresses revolt as 20 000 rebels and more gather along the Chinese Eastern Railway and Sungari valley region.
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Hoover
Ambusburgsador
Frederic M. Sackett
University of Tuebingen
Aoe Buasnuor
South Germany
Borgia
Richard B. Russell, Jr
William J. Harris
John 8. Cohen
Atlanta Journay
Harris
Ftagsell
Major Cohen
Democratic Nations Committee
Georgia
The
Journal
Wos
Washington
Fn Aes
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Bavaria
Russia
Prussia
Diet
Hitler
Berlin
Suzie
Japan
Manchuria
Manchoukno
Pilot Sings Order Comes Pipe Down
Airline officials limit cockpit broadcasts to routine matters after pilots were heard singing and reminiscing in early morning hours. Ground stations relay messages to overcome short wave reception gaps. pilots are now covered by multiple stations along airways to ensure contact.
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Chicago
All Mall
Heber Miller
Seattle
Medford
Ore
al Guhousen
Ralph Virden
West Coast
Pacific Coast
Fort Worth
Hedhing
Calif
Dea Moines
Oak Ind
Staton
Haa
Girl's Forehead Tee Sparks Unusual Surrey Golf Match
In Surrey England a young pro George Ashdown used a girl's forehead as the tee during a freak golf match. Ena Shaw a London nurse agreed to be the tee, with a tee pee strapped to her forehead. Ashdown conceded one stroke at each hole and won seven up and five to play.
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Lannon
Surrey
England
George Ashdown
Manwell
Ashdown
Mise Ena Shaw
London
Mfanwell
Asbestos Linked Clue Ties to Robbery Suspect
In Wenatchee Washington Ted Mc Clure aged twenty nine was arrested on a charge related to a safe robbery. Police say the safe of an auto freizer de pot was robbed of forty dollars and asbestos fiber found on fingernails supported the suspected link.
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Wenatchee
Ted McClure
McC
Autotransfusion Saves 15 Year Old After Spleen Rupture
A fifteen year old boy injured in a coasting accident at Invercoast was treated at Homeopathic Hospital by Dr Frederick Morris. Surgeons used the patient’s own blood recovered from his abdominal cavity, warmed it, then reinjected it through a vein in his left arm, a rare successful autotransfusion procedure.
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Plitabard
Homeopathic Hospital
Frederick
Morris
Russell M. Evans
Lalty
Dwetor Morris
Will of Vila Kaufman Bequeaths 30000 to Birth Control Committee
Vila Kaufman seventy died an apparent pauper in Memphis Tennessee. Her will admitted to probate in Los Angeles allocates 30000 to the national committee of federal legislation for birth control and directs funeral expenses of 100 with no music flowers or clergyman.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Vila Kaufman
Memphis
Tenn
Sturgeon of 350-Pound Frame Lands in Fraser Fort
William Robert caught a Fraser Lake sturgeon measuring 9 feet 4 inches and weighing 350 pounds near Fraser Fort in British Columbia. The catch adds a record size to local fishing lore.
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Fort. Fraser, B. C
Fraser Lake
William Robert
King Tut Ankh Amen Accused Of Thievery In New Theory
Pendlebury of the Egyptian Exploration Society alleges Tut Ankh Amon’s famed treasures were actually Smenkhka Ra’s property from Akhenaten’s era. He cites misidentified mummies and desertion of Thebes after Akhenaten’s death, arguing Tut looted his brother in law’s tomb and hid items in his own.
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Tandom
Lord Carnarvon
Howard Carter
J. DB
Pendlebury
Egyptian Exploration Society
King Tut
Smenkh-ka-Ra
Tut
Pal Ae
Akhenaten
Amara
Smenkh-ka-Re
Thebes
Oll
Valley of the Kings
Cairo
Surgery Marks Noted Progress After Operation
A report days later states his general progress toward recovery is most satisfactory and the operation is regarded as a distinct contribution to the field of surgery.
Electrician Uses Cat to Pull Cable in Narrow Space
Kingston NX story shows C Paul Long, an electrician, advising all electricians to keep a cat for wiring tasks. He fitted a cable through a tight crawl space by guiding a cat through one end to haul string and pull the line, then used the string to pull the main cable.
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Kingston, NX
Paul Long
Long
Harvard Reflects Diverse Student Body in 1940s
Harvard University hosts students from all 48 states and 46 foreign countries, highlighting a varied student body. The article notes significant representation from China and Syria among other nations, illustrating international impact on campus life in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass
Foreig
Stanstion Glinn
Cansole
China
Aten L
Syria
Rare Northern Bird Reported In Oregon Coast Waters
A rare emperor or painted goose, one of three ever seen as far south as Oregon, drifted ashore near Portland. The adult bird boasts white head and tail, bluish-gray upper parts with lavender tinting, orange-yellow feet, and a livid flesh colored bill.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
West Point to Install New Superintendent
Maj. Gen. William D. Gonnor will replace General Smith as superintendent of West Point when Smith retires, signaling a leadership transition at the United States Military Academy.
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William D.gonnor
The
Ary War College
General Smith
West Point
Brother Jonathan and Tom Thumb in Revolutionary lore
This piece recalls Jonathan Trumbull the Connecticut governor who aided the American cause and hosted Washington in Lebanon. It then shifts to Tom Thumb, born Charles Stratton, and his rise with P. T. Barnum, his marriage to Lavinia Warren, and his fame in 19th century show business.
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George Washington
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut
Washington
Franklin
Jefferson
Dums
Liafayette
Ethan Allen
Wort Ticonderova
Massachusetts
OM Thumb
P. T. Barnum
Charles Heswood Stratton
Bridgeport
Conn
Tom Thumb
Barnum
England
Queen Victoris
Paria
Tom
Lavinia Warren
Minnie Warren
Commodore Nott
Lavinia
Lavinia Thomb
Analian
Carunt Primo Magri
Gilles de Rais, the Real Bluebeard of History
The article traces the origin of Bluebeard, highlighting Gilles de Rais as a 15th century French noble whose crimes included alchemy and human sacrifices. It notes his wealth and political power, eventual conviction for sorcery and murder, and execution by burning in 1440, linking the legend to historical figures in Merrauttin TENT.
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Bluebeard
Henry Viil
Elise
Pandora
Joan
Gilles de Rais
Ares Gevernir
Marshalo
France
Gilles
John of Are
Maebeard Great
We Learn by Example Thos Sully puinta out
fragments from a 19th century prose excerpt contemplate child development and observation. the quoted lines reference a child benefiting from companionship and example over formal training and note the impact of seeing action. named figures appear in garbled form and the passage ends incomplete.
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Thos Sully Puinta
James Enya
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