Two Fugitives Recaptured After Oklahoma Prison Break
McAlester Okla early Friday officers recaptured two of the eight convicts who led a bloody prison break releasing three hostages. Hostage guard Tuck Cope was shot in the neck. the other hostages were unharmed. Six fugitives split into bands as a border search continued across McCurtain County.
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Mcalester
Okla
State Prison
Tuck Cope
Victor Conn
Wilbur Doak
Archie Herring
Bill Anderson
Doak
Antlers
Julius Bohannon
Claude Beaver
Fred Daugherty
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma City
Cc. D. Powell
Dickinson Outlines Six Point Farm Program
In a Chicago radio speech Senator L. J. Dickinson proposed a six point plan to aid agriculture. The proposals include soil erosion and fertility conservation with federal aid, elimination of marginal lands by purchase or tax relief, scrapping subsidized irrigation, maintaining an American market with tariffs, Corn loans to aid crop marketing, and federal financing for farm lands at fair rates and appraisals.
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Chicago
L. J. Dickinson
Depauw University Head Elected As Methodist Bishop
Dr. G Bromley Oxnam, president of Depauw university since 1928, was elected a Methodist bishop on the thirteenth ballot with 401 votes. He joined Drs Wilbur Hammaker Charles Flint and Alexander P Shaw as the newly elected bishops after a dramatic vote.
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Columbus
Wilbur Hammaker
Youngstown
Ohio
Charles Flint
Syracuse University
Coryell College
Mount Vernon
Alexander P. Shaw
New Orleans
Oxnam
Harry W. McPherson
Illinois Wesleyan University
Breakin At Cross Grocery Stacks Ten Dollars Stolen
Police investigated a breakin at Cross Grocery and Market on First Avenue where a burglar broke a cellar window and entered during the night. Ten dollars was taken from the cash register while nothing else was disturbed. The thief exited through the rear door.
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Cross
First Avenue E
Revival of William Desmond Taylor murder case
Police hunt for Edward F. Sands widens as reports place him in Long Beach. The 1922 slaying of director William Desmond Taylor remains unsolved amid theories of blackmail and possible family ties.
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Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Colony
Edward F. Sands
Butler
Long Beach
District Attorney's Office
Beach
Sands
Taylor
Mary Miles Minter
Mabel Normand
Macaber
William Cunningham Deane-Tanner
Dennis Deane-Tanner
South America
Europe
District Attorney’s Office
Jesse Winn
Towns Barred From Accepting Grants For Municipal Power Plants
District Judge R W Hasner ruled Iowa towns cannot accept government grants to build municipal electric plants and distribution systems. He enjoined Hopkinton from completing its municipal light plant contract and found the grant aid invalid for lack of open bidding. Hopkinton plans an appeal to the state supreme court.
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Manchester
R. W. Hasner
Iowa
Hasner
Hopkinton
Iowa Electric Company
Power Company
Supreme Court
Doings of Congress Senate and House Actions
Senate debates park development bill and studies revenue measures. Appropriations subcommittee hears Secretary Ickes on relief-deficiency. House adjourns to Monday. Naval affairs public works and social security amendments considered. Rural electrification conference report accepted and sent to Senate. Naval committee approves dirigible Los Angeles for commissioning.
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Senate
Appropriations
Ickes
HOUSE
Naval Affairs
Ways and Means
Finance
Foreign Relations
R. Tugwell
Naval Affairs Committee
Los Angeles
Suspected killer of Indianapolis policeman nabbed
Chicago police report James Williams 27, linked to the Dillinger gang, was captured in a Chicago apartment. He confessed to the Rivers shooting and other Ohio crimes, while Al Brady’s group links remain under pursuit. Williams identified as James Dahlhover, a former Pendleton reformatory inmate.
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Chicago
James Williams
Sergt
Richard Rivers
Indianapolis
John Stege
al Brady
Williams
Lima, O
Ohio
Lee Jackson
Elmer Martin
Lima
Stege
James Dahlhover
Pendleton
Ind
Rivers
Oregon Voters Pass On Record Number Of Candidates Today
Oregon primary records the largest candidate field as 60 percent of 478 186 registrants vote in Salem. Townsendites vote first on congressional candidates while Roosevelt unopposed with Garner. McNary supporters aim to renominate him. write in votes anticipated for Borah Knox and Steiner. The results do not bind delegates.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Roosevelt
Charles L. McNary
Borah
Idaho
William S. Bennett
New York
Sen
Frederick Steiner
Col
Frank Knox
Portland
Ghostly figures seen in antique mirror in Dixon
Mrs. Tom McReynolds told of a woman's head an Indian head and an arrow appearing in an antique mirror she polished last Saturday. A voice spoke her first name Fiora and she said the woman's head resembles her mother who died in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon, Ill
Tom McReynolds
Missing Chicago artist reappears after 24 hours
New York dispatch reports Seymour de Koven was found in his Chicago hotel after being listed as missing for a day. Police ended the search after he explained he had attended a late party with friends and stayed with them Wednesday night and Thursday.
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New York
Seymour de Koven
Chicago
Crash Injures John Darzul Near Des Moines
John Darzul was injured Thursday when a tire blew out on his car returning from Des Moines. He was taken to Sigourney hospital. Marty Slanter, his companion, was unhurt as the car careened into a ditch and rolled over several times.
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John Darzul
Des Moines
Sigourney Hospital
Marty Slanter
Roosevelt outlines PWA and RA roles in relief funding
President explains continued use of PWA revolving fund loans up to 55 percent of project cost and WPA labor credits offset by relief funds. RA will keep aiding 550000 families off rolls, moving unviable farms, and offering farm advice, with settlement projects limited but ongoing sub marginal land purchases to continue at reduced scale.
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Mr. Roosevelt
PWA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
WPA
Resettlement Administration
Roosevelt
Selassie Moves Into Luxurious Jerusalem Villa
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in exile moved from the King David hotel into the Nas Sib bey villa in Jerusalem, leasing the palatial residence for three months. The move signals a temporary stay as he seeks refuge amid regional tensions.
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Jerusalem
INS
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
King David
Selassie
Nas Sibbey
Westerfield Heads A. F. I. At U. Of Iowa
Richard Westerfield of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the A. F. I. at the University of Iowa honorary organization for senior men. He is a star backstroke on the Iowa swimming team and a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Other officers are Staten Browning of Iowa City as vice president and Joe Brown of Iowa City as secretary treasurer.
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Iowa City
Richard Westerfield
Cedar Rapids
A. F. I. University of Iowa
Westerfield
Iowa
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Staten Browning
Joe Brown
Double Wedding at Lamont Methodist Church
Delma Dopp married Fred Bowden and Frances Reed wed Llewellyn Bowden at a Sunday service. Miss Dorothy Schepple officiated and Tudor Bowden sang. Dopp and Reed are Lamont and Winthrop area teachers, both graduates of Lamont High School, with the Bowdens farming near Lamont and Winthrop respectively.
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Lamont
Delma Dopp
Fred Bowden
Frances Reed
Llewellyn Bowden
Dorothy Schepple
Tudor Bowden
Charles Dopp
Lamont High School
Vern Reed
Near Winthrop
Llewellyn
Blanch Bowden
Masonville
Llewellyn Bowdens
Winthrop
Fred Bowdens
Candy on stove causes smoke alarm in Tipton homes
Two fire alarms sounded Wednesday night in Tipton. At Jack Sturdy residence a daughter left candy on the stove and fell asleep, sparking smoke detected by her grandfather. At Mrs R A Will’s home flames of unknown origin were put out with little property loss.
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Tipton
Jack Sturdy
Fire Department
R. A. Will
Former Midshipman From Iowa Charged With Holdup Of Inn
Ferdinand Henry Noble 20 of Des Moines Iowa special student at St Johns College is held in 3000 bond on a charge of assault with intent to rob John Y Hall Jr at an inn. Magistrate Sandrock continued the hearing to next Thursday. Amos W W Woodcock president of St Johns said Noble would have to leave college after the case.
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Annapolis, Md
Harrison M. Sandrock
Round Bay
Ferdinand Henry Noble
Des Moines
Iowa
St. John’s College
John Y. Hall, Jr
Sandrock
Amos W. W. Woodcock
St. John’s
Noble
St Johns student faces hearing in Annapolis for holdup
Ferdinand Henry Noble 20, a former naval academy midshipman from Des Moines Indiana, appeared before Magistrate Harrison M. Sandrock on robbery and holdup charges after allegedly holding up a Maryland inn with a pistol. He exchanged shots with a patron. no one injured.
Noble says son’s case stems from intoxication
Des Moines reports Frank H. Noble states from his son Ferdinand Henry Noble’s counsel that the attempted robbery charge at Annapolis records as an intoxication case rather than a deliberate crime.
Amy Mollison Caps Capetown to London Flight Record
Amy Mollison landed at Croydon at 1 37 pm completing a Capetown to England solo flight in four days six teen hours and eighteen minutes. She beat the former record by one day fourteen hours nineteen minutes and also set a new round trip England to Capetown and back time of seven days twenty two hours and forty three minutes.
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Croydon Airdrome
London
Amy Johnson Mollison
Croydon
Rudy Vallee Denies Cruelty in Divorce Suit
Hollywood singer Rudy Vallee filed a routine denial in Superior Court denying cruelty to Fay Webb. The response speeds the divorce process by avoiding public notices and supports an early interlocutory decree within weeks. A property settlement is confirmed but not disclosed.
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Hollywood
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Vallee
Wild Horse Disrupts Edward VIII Mounted Guards Parade
London IL reporting that during King Edward VIII’s inspection in Hyde Park a trumpeter's horse reared and bolted. The rider was thrown as the king saluted from his mount. Police and patrols pursued the animal and captured it before it endangered the crowd.
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London
Royal Horse Guards
Edward VIII
Hyde Park
State relief conference debate on welfare board plan
Supervisors and conference speakers clash over the Brookings welfare board recommendation. Opposition claims a state welfare board is dead as the legislature messages influence. Chairman Updegraff says the plan is killed and proposes an interim committee approach with planning board cooperation.
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State Planning Board
Insurance Actuaries
Fitzgerald
Updegraff
Brookings
Herring
Iowa Supervisors oppose relief centralization move
The Iowa Association of County Supervisors adopted a resolution criticizing state relief administration and opposing efforts to remove local control. They attacked Miss Ina Tyler, urged adherence to local responsibility, and demanded relief funds be spent under strict state or federal supervision while keeping local oversight.
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Andrews
Miss Tyler
Council Bluffs
Relief Committee
R. F. Hockaday
Delaware County
Supervisors’ Association
State Emergency Relief Committee
Iowa
Linn County Backs Home Rule Opposition Resolution
A Linn county vote joined seventy one other Iowa counties at Des Moines on Thursday when a resolution opposing the movement to destroy home rule in relief administration was adopted. Fred Stirm of Alburnett, Linn county board of supervisors chairman, represented the county and returned that night due to county business.
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DES Moines
Iowa Association of County Supervisors
State Relief Administration
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Miss Ina Tyler
Frank Andrews
Monona County
Miss Tyler
Linn County
Relief Administration
Fred Stirm
Alburnett
Board of Supervisors
Stirm
Wellman PTA Meeting Sets Program at High School
The P T A will meet Monday in the high school gym. The program, led by junior trainees, features Helen Ihrig Mildred James Elwin Wade Dorothy De Frees Jannette Wade and Mrs A N Gardner for the display.
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Wellman
Helen Ihrig
Mildred James
Elwin Wade
Dorothy de Frees
Jannette Wade
A. N. Gardner
Madame Testimony Details Luciano Gang Violence in Prostitution Ring
Jon Martin testifies at Luciano trial about gang violence used to extract bonding fees from houses of prostitution. Witness describes henchmen posing as police during a raid on a woman’s apartment and four visits that led to payment. The informant recounts an aggravated dismantling of the premises urged by defendant Little Abie Wahrman and accomplices.
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New York
INS
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Jon Martin
Luciano
Abie” Wahrman
Abie
Mussolini Shuns Aid Gesture Toward Exiled Austrian
Rome reports Prime Minister Mussolini avoids any move that could seem to back Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg the deposed Austrian vice chancellor during his Italy visit. No government reception will be held and Starhemberg travels unofficially to watch the Austria Italy football match. Mussolini aims to stay aloof amid Austrian political tensions following Schuschnigg’s pledge of friendship with Italy.
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Rome
Ins
Mussolini
Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg
Austria
Heimwehr
Duce
Italy
Prince Starhemberg
Ilduce
Kurt Schuschnigg
Nurse Slugged In Chicago Home Is Iowa Girl
Waterloo ap reports Miss Lois Rickert of Reinbeck Iowa, a student nurse, was slugged Wednesday night in the St. Luke's hospital nurses home in Chicago. Police believe the assailant may be the slayer suspected in the Lillian Guild case at the YWCA.
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Waterloo
Lois Rickert
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Lillian Guild
Elmer Rickert
Reinbeck
Iowa Editor And Wife To Board Hindenburg
Gardner Cowles Jr. and Mrs Cowles depart Paris for Frankfurt to board the Hindenburg for New York as its second voyage to the United States begins Saturday.
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Iowa
Hindenburg
Paris
Gardner Cowles, Jr
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Cowles
Frankfurt
Germany
New York
United States
Reno Country Club Destroyed By Fire
Fire of undetermined origin Friday destroyed the $225,000 Reno Country Club a popular night club rendezvous for divorce seekers. The club completed and dedicated June 19 1935 was one of the west’s most magnificent night clubs.
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Reno
Nev
Ins
Reno Country Club
Campbell Enters Leavenworth Prison
Harry Campbell the St Paul kidnapper arrived at Leavenworth Federal Prison Friday in custody of federal agents after transfer from Chicago.
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Campbell
Leavenworth Prison
Leavenworth
Kan
Harry Campbell
St. Paul
Federal Penitentiary
Chicago
Iowa Junior Senior Banquet and Central City Graduation Notices
WELLMAN The junior senior banquet occurs in the high school auditorium with a reception led by Lorraine Martin and others. Dinner duties handled by ten junior mothers and sophomore waiters. Central City will graduate 33 seniors this year and holds related events including class day and commencement between May 24 and May 28.
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Harold Moothart
Dean Schwartz
Everette Erb
Grace Shetler
Della Potsander
Jimmy Coffey
H. E. Ross
Joe Kehoe
Helen Erb
Bernard Flanders
Central City
Central City High School
Donald Bateman
Albert Bliss
William Blount
Wallace Brown
May Byers
Joan Domer
Helen Drexler
Minta Fuller
Berdena Goldsberry
Cecil Goodlove
Freda Harte
Dudley Henderson
Gladys Henderson
Maxine Kokemuller
Charlotte Lockwood
Earl Madery
Catherine Marshall
Stewart Marshall
Marvin Mills
Gordon Moore
Earl Nichols
Wylma Nightingale
Ellen O'Connor
Bernard Pratt
Paul Robertson
Margaret Robison
Mary Shakespeare
Inez Sharpe
Elbert Smith
Carroll Smola
Marie Wenger
Ellis Newman
R. M. Sawyer
Hubert M. Thomas
W. Harold Smith
Mount Ayr
Aimee Semple McPherson Seeks Simpler Name
In Los Angeles Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton asks the superior court to drop her divorced husband David L. Hutton name citing its length. She seeks to be known as Aimee Semple McPherson and a decision is scheduled for next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
Superior Court
David L. Hutton
Ted Healy Elopes With Betty Hickman
In Yuma Arizona Ted Healy a dour faced film comedian and Betty Hickman 21 of Santa Monica California wed here after a midnight airplane elopement from Hollywood Superior Judge Henry C Kelly officiated with Jack Marcus the actor s manager present
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Yuma
Ariz
Ted Healy
Betty Hickman
Santa Monica
Calif
Hollywood
Healy
Henry C. Kelly
Jack Marcus
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Dixon, Il
Public Works Administration
U. of Iowa
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John J. Hall, Jr
Hall
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