Hotel Snakes Trapped After Montreal Bite Incident
In Montreal, twelve venomous snakes kept by Edward Smith of Schreiver at the Alpine hotel triggered a citywide panic. Smith was bitten and in a coma, with doctors fearing venom from an adder could prove fatal. Florette Zoda, a snake charmer, captured the snakes and confined them in cages as police sealed rooms and entrances to prevent escapes.
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Montreal
Edward Smith
Schreiver
Alpine
McSill University
Smith
Florette Zoda
Miss Zoda
Society For the Prevention of
Erey
Louisiana
Adder
Saud
United States
Prince Edward's Charisma Seen in India Aid Story
An aide recounts King Edward VIII as prince visiting India where crowds of the poor broke barriers for a royal farewell. The scene underscores his appeal and genuine care for the underprivileged, a trait the author says endears him as king.
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Edward VIII
England
Prince of Wales
India
Indiana
London
Identifies Karpis as Bandit Who Held Up Sioux City Bank
Sioux City AP report says Donald Issen cashier at Morningside bank identified Alvin Karpis from a photo as the man who fired a shot during the April 20 holdup. Police investigate whether Karpis had ties to Sioux City and past work in local backhouses. The gang killed three men and a girl and moved loot to $3,292.
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Karpis
Sioux City Bank
Sioux City
Donald Issen
Morningside Tate Bank
Alvin Karpis
Mornngside Bank
St. Paul
Morningside Bank
Bandit Preacher's Paramour Sentenced in Missouri Case
Miss Madge Copeland twenty one from Cres ton Iowa pleaded guilty to grand larceny and drew three years in prison. Perry E. Griffin twenty four former Adonis Missouri received ten years on a similar charge after a jail escape with Copeland. Judge Leslie A. Bruce urged reform and warned crime as an example to others.
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Harrisonville
Madge Copeland
Creston
Perry E. Griffin
Sherman Copeland
Everett Frieze
Bolivar
Griffin
Leslie A. Bruce
Miss Copeland
Bruce
Donkeys Trained for Baseball Run Off and Hit by Train
Seven of ten donkeys trained by Clyde Davis wandered from their pasture onto a railroad right of way and were killed by a speeding train. The incident occurred near Oconto Wisconsin as the animals were being used for a local publicity stunt.
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Oconto
Wis
Clyde Davis
Landon Slate Gets Jolt in California Primary
AP reports California presidential primary results from 10,451 precincts of 11,708. Republicans show Landon 239,556 and Warren 323,127 uninstr. Democrats tally Roosevelt 739,005 McGroarty 56,676 Sinclair 96,053 across 10,452 precincts.
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San Francisco
California
Landon
Warren
Roosevelt
McGroarty
Sinclair
California and South Dakota Primary Returns Signal Shifts
In South Dakota 1 658 of 1 958 precincts report Republican delegates with 38 605 uninstructed, 37 217 Borah delegates. In California Democrats back Roosevelt as Republicans favor uninstructed delegates led by Earl Warren. Landon trails, Hearst Merriam backing London linked to party control claims. Roosevelt slate headed by McAdoo to cast 44 votes in Philadelphia. Warren release lets individual delegates decide.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
London
San Francisco
Roosevelt
California
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
William Randolph Hearst
Frank F. Merriam
Earl Warren
Upton Sinclair
Francis E. Townsend
John Steven McGroarty
William Gibbs McAdoo
Philadelphia
Warren
Hoover
Hearst and
Merriam
Landon
Herbert Hoover
Hearst-Merriam
Parties Near First Wave of Delegates for Convention
Democratic delegates reach 552 of 1,100 as campaigns press toward key primaries in California and South Dakota. Attention focuses on the Philadelphia and Cleveland convention sites with contests and strategy shaping the race.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Cleveland
California
South Dakota
Temperature tops 91 amid dusty Cedar Rapids wind
Summer heat rode into Cedar Rapids with dusty winds under a fair sky. The temperature rose to 91 at 1 15 p.m. after 84 at 10 a.m. and a 24 hour low of 67 at 3 a.m. The previous high was 86 on April 30. By 2 45 p.m. it remained 91. Tuesday reached 84 at 3 p.m. then cooled through the evening.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Blizzard Sweeps Part of Montana
A heavy blizzard swept over southwestern Montana after a warm week. Two inches of snow fell in Bozeman before noon.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Bozeman
Obituary for Orrie C. Olney Cedar Rapids Candy leader dies
Orrie C. Olney, 64, longtime head of the Cedar Rapids Candy company, died Tuesday after a lingering illness. Born near Marion on December 5, 1871, he lived in Linn County and led the candy firm until 1933. Surviving: wife, son James at Coe College, brothers Carl and Harry. Funeral Friday at Turner chapel.
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Orrie C. Olney
Vernon Drive
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Candy Company
Marion
Olney
James E. Bramwell
Daniels Bank
Cedar Rapids
Lagomarcino-Grape Company
Elks Club
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
James
Coe College
Carl
Harry
East Chicago
Turner Chapel
County Attorney Demands Immediate Demolition of Slot Machines
SIOUX CITY AP County Attorney Maurice E Rawlings sent a letter to Gordon C Hollar commissioner of public safety asking that if slot machines are found in operation they be immediately demolished without further procedure The county attorney promises to provide legal defense without charge if litigation arises
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Sioux City
Maurice E. Rawlings
Gordon C. Hollar
Commissioner of Public Safety
Airliner Begins Frost Flight Ten United States
Editor Webb Miller veteran European news manager aboard the dirigible Hindenburg for its first Germany to United States trip.
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United States
Webb Miller
United Press European
Germany
Hindenburg Sets Off From Friedrichshafen for Lakehurst
The giant Zeppelin Hindenburg began its first north transatlantic flight from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst New Jersey with 49 passengers and over 100 aboard crew. Tickets cost 500 dollars for non journalists and weather was favorable for the voyage across the Atlantic.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
United States
Frankfurt
Atlantic
Lakehurst Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Ernest Lehmann
Hugo Eckener
Washington
Baltimore
Newark
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
South America
South Atlantic
Hindenburg
North Atlantic
Lakewood council weighs driving age raise as students lobby
The Lakewood city council opened its session to debate a resolution boosting the minimum driving age from 16 to 18. Upon arrival, 100 high school student lobbyists filled the chambers and proposed a counter plan capping driving age at 60 years.
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Lakewood, O
Cedar Rapids Firemen Lead First Camp Good Health Gift
Local Cedar Rapids Firefighters Local No. 11 give 25 dollars the first group gift to the Camp Good Health Fund. H Scholtz adds 20 dollars. campaigns support by men and anonymous donors sustain the Cedar Rapids summer health camp for physically handicapped children supervised by the Public Health Nursing association. Contributions fund camp operating costs and medical guidance. Send gifts to the Camp Good Health Fund The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids
H. Scholtz
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Iowa
Eden tells Commons League failure seals war risk for Italy
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told a crowded House of Commons that the League of Nations failed to halt Italy’s African campaign. He said only denying Italy use of the Suez Canal could have immediate effect, a move that would likely provoke war. He urged the League to continue and keep collective action under Geneva council.
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H. K. Reynolds
London
INS
Britain
Italy
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
League of Nations
Suez Canal
Eden
League
League Council
Geneva
Hugh Dalton
E R Moore Resigns from Pension Board Over System Shortfalls
Ernest R Moore of Cedar Rapids resigns as Linn county old age assistance board chair after criticizing the pension system as inadequate. He cites inability to secure timely approvals and insufficient grants, noting recipients live on amounts not exceeding 16 dollars monthly. No successor named yet.
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Ernest R. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Old Age Assistance Board
Board of Supervisors
Moore
Old Age Pension Board
Moore Saji
Italy to Annex Ethiopia as Mussolini Plans Saturday Move
Rome reports Mussolini will formally annex Ethiopia on Saturday and reject any settlement not recognizing Italian sovereignty. Badoglio names Bottai governor of Rome as Verne forces surround Jijiga and Harrar. celebration declared across Italy while nations may gain only limited recognition of rights.
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Ethiopia
Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Pietro Badoglio
Giuseppe Bottai
Addis Ababa
Vittorio Verne
Jijiga
Ras Nassibu
Harrar
Mussolini to Decide on Ethiopia Protectorate or Annexation
Rome dispatch reports official circles expect Premier Mussolini to declare a protectorate over all Ethiopia or annex the empire as East African campaign moves forward. Commentary argues Ethiopia’s disappearance negates league measures and supports ending sanctions and actions.
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Rome
INS
Ethiopia
Italy
Mussolini
Siduce
Messagero
Geneva
Popolo
League
Plans Fight on Capone Release
A bid to free Al Capone from Alcatraz on a habeas corpus writ faces strong government opposition. Attorney Lyman Sherwood and William Parrillo prepare to travel to San Francisco, citing a Chicago judge's ruling that indictments against trustees of Service Corporation were faulty due to grand jury extension.
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Chicago
al Capone
Alcatraz
U. S
Michael Igoe
Lyman Sherwood
William Parrillo
San Francisco
W. H. Holly
Trustees System Service Corporation
Italians Withdraw From Addis Ababa Legation Guards
Italian guards protecting the American legation at Addis Ababa withdrew after disarming marauders, reporting to Washington that conditions near the legation had mostly returned to normal following the incident.
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Washington
Addis Ababa
William M. Cramp
State Department
Cramp
American Legion
US unlikely to recognize puppet Ethiopian regime
Washington indicates the United States may refuse to recognize any puppet state Italy seeks to set up in Ethiopia. The State Department waits on Addis Ababa governance plans, but policy aligns with nonrecognition of territory gained by force, as in the Montevideo rights and duties treaty and the Argentine antiwar pact.
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Washington
Ins
United States
Italy
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
State Department
Cordell Hull
Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
Montevideo
Rio de Janeiro
Badoglio Restores Order in Addis Ababa After War
Marshal Pietro Badoglio pledged Italy would promote peace and prosperity for the vanquished Ethiopian state from the porch of the Italian legation. He stated the negus fled the capital as Italian northern forces occupied Addis Ababa and praised Italian tenacity and efforts.
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Badoglio
Addis Ababa
INS
Ethiopia
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Legation
American Mother Of 1936 Heads East For New York Fete
Frances Eleanor Smith of California travels by plane to New York for Mother’s Day ceremonies where she will be crowned American mother of 1936 and receive a medal. A schedule lists receptions and a welcome by Mayor LaGuardia as part of her visit. The Clarement resident raised six children on a small income and managed the household without servants.
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New York
California
Frances Eleanor Smith
West Coast
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Charmer
DR. Newton
Calif
Cedar Rapids News
C. Olney
Rawlings
Hollar
Zeppelin
High School
Franklin School Pta
E. R. Moore
Pension Board
France
Lake Tana
Capone
U.S. Legation
Stimson
Hull
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