Skeletons of Nun GG er and Coli Found in Newfoundland Plane Wreck
Paris bulletin reports the bodies of French aviators Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli were found in Newfoundland near their burned aircraft. The Petit Marseilles AMS claims skeletons and lingering engine noise near May 8 1927. The government ordered an immediate inquiry into the report.
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Newfoundland
Paris
Marseilles
Nungesser and
Coli
France
Charles Nungesser
Francois Coli
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Petit Marseilles
Air Ministry
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Ministry ‘of Colonies
Farm groups oppose Roosevelt relief amid national debate
The text notes farm organizations opposing agricultural relief tied to Roosevelt policy while Wallace meets with farm advisers. It references the brain trust and connections to university ideas, plus international concerns about Russia and communism. The piece mentions tax policy, income confiscation, and political shifts.
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Wallace
Act
Nungesser Coli Tragedy Looms Over Trans Atlantic Flight
The Nungesser Coli effort began May 8 1927 from Lebourget field near Paris aiming to fly east to west Paris to New York in the White Bird. The craft vanished after leaving France coast and no verifiable motor sound was heard over Newfoundland.
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Lebourget Field
Paris
New York
France
Atlantic
North American
Newfoundland
Rumors of Skeletons in Placentia Bay Unconfirmed
Reports circulated Saturday that skeletons were found in the Placentia bay region, possibly of lost French airmen Nungesser and Coli, but verification failed. Details varied across locations, with no confirmed confirmations from Placentia bay west side or west coast inland from Bay of Islands.
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ST. Johns
Newfoundland
Placentia Bay
Nungesser
Coli
Ane
Bay of Islands
Roosevelt To Bring Prosperity In Six Months
In San Antonio C Bascom Slemp predicts President Roosevelt will restore prosperity within six months. Slemp, once secretary to the Coolidge administration, says Roosevelt is striking at the heart of the nation's and world's ills by correcting low commodity prices and high debts.
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San Antonio
Tex
Roosevelt
United States
C. Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
Slemp
Woodrough Considered for Eighth Circuit Appeals Bench
Federal District Judge J. W. Woodrough of Nebraska was named as a potential appointee to the Eighth district court of appeals. President Roosevelt had offered the post to Arthur F. Mullen, who declined the position. Woodrough was named to the bench by Woodrow Wilson.
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Washington
J. W. Woodrough
Nebraska
Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth
Arthur F. Mullen
Roosevelt
Chicago
Woodrough
Woodrow Wilson
Weather Outlook for Chicago Week Beginning March 27
AP forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys predicts some precipitation at the start and end of the week. Temperatures are expected to run near normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Golden Rule as a Creed We Live By
A reader asks if the Golden Rule suffices or if one should seek a fuller faith. The piece argues belief must translate into actions showing universal care for babies mothers workers and all lives, with love justice and generosity available to everyone.
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Coopyricht
Anti-Smith Campaign Head Converts to Catholic Faith
Col Horace A. Mann, a director of the 1928 anti-Smith campaign in the south, has become a Catholic. His father was a Tennessee Methodist minister. With leaders like Bishop James Cannon Jr, Mann helped swing four states away from Smith.
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Washington
INS
Col
Horace A.ee
South
Tennessee
James Cannon, Jr
Col. Mann
Smith
Bowers Appointment Pleasing To Spain
Foreign Minister Zulueta said in Madrid on Saturday he was glad Claude G. Bowers had been appointed as United States ambassador to Spain.
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Madrid
Zulueta
Claude G. Bowers
United States
Spain
Roosevelt Forest Jobs Bill Clears Labor Objections
President Roosevelt's revised program to put 250000 men to work on forests appears ready for Senate approval. The labor committee redrafted to grant broad executive power while omitting the $1 daily wage and civilian conservation corps references.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Walsh
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt May Ask Slash in Rail Capital
President Roosevelt backs drastic reductions in railroad capitalization and a revamp of rate making to rehabilitate carriers. A message to Congress on the plan is likely after farm mortgage relief legislation. The plan may cut capitalization to about 24 billion and push consolidation into a unified, noncompetitive system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Press
Congress
Protest Meeting Against German Anti Jewish Campaign
Cedar Rapids headlines a protest meeting to condemn reported Jewish persecution in Germany. The event Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Roosevelt hotel Roosevelt room features speakers from Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths including Rev. Robert Little Rabbi S Goldstein Dr H M Gage John C Reid Maurice Cahill and Carl Ettinger. The local gathering is part of a nationwide protest against anti Semitic activities.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
8. Goldstein
Temple Judah
H. M. Gage
Coe College
John C. Reid
Three Minute Cereals Company
Maurice Cahill
Ree
Carl Ettinger
United States
Contempt Conviction Over Farm Foreclosure Halt
District Judge R M Proudfit found twelve Lincoln men and four Saline County farmers guilty of contempt for trying to stop a farm mortgage foreclosure sale on March 14 in Wilber Nebraska. Tear gas dispersed a crowd at the Saline County courthouse. Leader Harry Lux of Lincoln received a $250 fine and remained imprisoned.
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Wilber
Neb
R. M. Proudfit
Lincoln
Saline County
Harry Lux
Writ Frees Boy From Debtor Cell
CHICAGO William Weber a 15 year old high school student jailed under Illinois debtors law was freed by a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Joseph B David ordered a hearing on April 8 while Weber remains at liberty on $1000 bail posted by a surety company.
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Chicago
INS
William Weber
Joseph B. David
Weber
Hull Statement On War Debt Ts Blow To Paris
Paris and London report mixed signals as Secretary Hull questions whether talks on war debt with defaulting nations will proceed. France owes about 19 million in interest, with Paris awaiting Ambassador Lefevre de la Boulaye’s April arrival for possible negotiations. Britain seeks postponement of June 15 payment, hoping a calmer tenor after U S banking turmoil aids talks.
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Hull
Paris
Foreign Office
Washington
United States
France
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Britain
Payne
Andre Lefevre de la Boulaye
London
Hartzell Defense Fund Grows for Drake Estate Case
In Des Moines AP report, Oscar M. Hartzell faces charges of mail fraud tied to the Drake estate. Attorney I. T. Jones says small contributions are rapidly building a defense fund, held for shipping to England where the estate is said to be headquartered.
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Des Moines
Oscar M. Hartzell
Small Nations Attack Arms Plan In Geneva
Roumania Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia condemned Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald’s postwar treaty revision plea. They called the revisionist plans a dispossession of others’ property and opposed pressure while urging pacific action to assure peace.
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Geneva
INS
Roumania
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
J. Ramsay MacDonald
German Chief Lets Newsmen Visit Prisoners In Berlin
Foreign reporters were allowed to see arrestees including Ernst Thälmann and Werner Hirsch to verify they were alive and well. Diehl escorted them through cells, with Thälmann declining photos and offering a Swabian tale book.
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Newshen
Rudolph Diehls
Ernnst Thaelmann
Reichstag
Thaelmann
Swabia
Diehis
Canaman
Cock Robin And His Mirror Fight Declared Insane
Kansas City psychiatrists verdicted Cock Robin mentally unbalanced after sixteen days of fighting his reflection in a window. Experts cite ego complex and major maniac psychosis as possible causes while noting Mrs. Robin’s desertion and the bird’s persistent shadow boxing.
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Robin
Kansas City
Cock Robin
G. Wilse Robinson, Jr
Herman
Robinson
Robin Redbreast
Mooney Case Began From Preparedness Day Bombing 1916
San Francisco AP report chronicles the Steuart and Market bombing during Preparedness Day July 22, 1916 that killed six and wounded many. It follows arrests of Warren Billings and Thomas Mooney, trials, appeals, and a series of presidential interventions up to 1931.
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San Francisco
Steuart
Warren K. Bilings
Thomas Mooney
Guerneville
Billings
Mooney
Wilson
Gov. Stephens
John ‘McDonald
Franklin Griffin
Gov. Young
Supreme Court
Young
McDonald
State Supreme Court
James J. Walker
New York
Aaron Sapiro
Newsee
Etter
Prisoner Wins Hearing on 16th Unused Charge
Francisco Mooney gains a new opportunity after sixteen years to face trial on an unused murder indictment tied to the 1916 preparedness day parade bombing in which ten people died and forty were injured. Superior Judge Louis H. Ward rules for jury trials on each indictment.
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Francisco
Mooney
Louis H. Ward
Attoreneys
Mooney case faces new trial motion and torn testimony
District Attorney Brady condemns the trial as make believe and states acquittal would not change Mooney’s status. Defense attorney Leo Gallagher wins the new trial motion while witnesses Frank C. Oxman and Frank McDonald are noted as dead or unreliable.
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Frank C. Oxman
Mooney
Frank McDonald
Brady
Leo A. Gallagher
Los Angeles
Charles E. E. Wood
Abduction Threat Letter Acknowledged in Youngstown Case
A Ma sury tavern keeper received a note from alleged kidnapers claiming 15 year old Peter Jr. is safe and asking to keep quiet. The letter dated Saturday was signed The Abductors and said authorities would hear soon.
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Youngstown
Peter
Masury
Ton
Myers
Petey
Bank President Faces Murder Charge After Examiner Shot
J H Brock 36 president of Citizens State Bank in Headrick Oklahoma is charged with murder after examining officer W C Ernest 50 was shot as he hung a closed sign Brock surrendered claiming self defense with charges filed at Altus Saturday.
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Headrick
Okla
J. H. Brock
Citizens’ State Bank
Altus
Brock
McCormack Given Notre Dame Laetare Medal 1933
The Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell announced that John McCormack, world famous tenor, would receive Notre Dame University Laetare Medal for 1933. He was chosen for his singing, exemplary Catholic life and wide charities.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles L. O'Donnell
Notre Dame” University
John McCormack
McCormack
More States Join Legal Beer Parade
The Associated Press reports that 3.2 beer becomes legal in multiple states as of April 7. Vermont approves but sales start May 1, and Minnesota moves to enforce April 7 with Gov. Olson set to sign. Maryland Delaware and others set partial or delayed start dates.
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Associated Press
Congress
Vermont
Minnesota
Floyd B. Olson
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Baltimore
Wilmington
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Report on automobile tolls in Cedar Rapids for the current year notes revenue figures and changes in toll collection. The article mentions local officials and affected motorists with brief context.
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Cedar Rapids
Five Die In Blowup Of Gasoline Stove In Oklahoma
Five people died when a gasoline stove used for cooking whisky mash exploded at Roy Smith’s home near Fargo Oklahoma. Flames trapped them in their beds. Roy Smith and his two year old son Donald were badly burned. The dead include Nick Smith and his wife, their daughter and Mrs Stineman Roy Smith’s sister.
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Woodward
Okla
Roy Smith
Fargo
Smith
Donald
Nick Smith
Stineman
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Tical Science Association
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ATCH
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Shitler
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Cedar Rapids News
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Drake
Berlin
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Red
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Nachtausgabe
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Weltbuehne
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Ludwig Renn
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