Two Fugitives Recaptured After Oklahoma Prison Break
McAlester Oklahoma eight convicts escaped in a bloody break from the state prison. Two recaptured early Friday without gunfire as three hostages were freed with one guard shot in the neck. Six fugitives split into two bands in the southeastern mountains as authorities press the manhunt.
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Mcalester
Okla
State Prison
Tuck Cope
Victor Conn
Wilbur Doak
Archie Herring
Bill Anderson
Dork
Antler
Julius Bohannon
Claude Beaver
McCurtain County
Bohannon
Fred Daugherty
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma City
C. D. Powell
Dickinson Outlines Six Point Farm Plan in Radio
Chicago AP report notes Senator L. J. Dickinson proposed six farm measures in a Thursday night radio address. Goals include soil erosion prevention, elimination of marginal lands, ending subsidized irrigation, maintaining tariffs, corn loan support, and federal financing for farm lands at reasonable rates.
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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 filled the fourth vacancy after withdrawing early with 327 votes as rivals Harry W McPherson and others contended for the post.
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Columbus
Ohio
G. Bromley Oxnam
Depauw University
Methodist Board of Bishops
Oxnam
General Methodist Conference
Wilbur Hammaker
Youngstown
Charles Flint
Syracuse University
Coryell College
Mount Vernon
Alexander P. Shaw
New Orleans
Harry W. McPherson
Illinois Wesleyan University
Break-in at Cross Grocery Netted $10
Police investigated a break-in at Cross Grocery and Market at 1443 First Avenue East. A burglar smashed a cellar window to enter during the night and stole ten dollars from the cash register. 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 spurs search
Police and district attorney investigators renewed efforts for Edward F. Sands, former butler to director William Desmond Taylor, after reports he was seen in Long Beach. Sands vanished before Taylor's 1922 murder and was once tied to forged checks and embezzlement. The case links Mary Miles Minter and Mabel Normand to the unresolved mystery. Authorities疑 belief Sands may be Taylor's brother. the hunt spans Americas and Europe as clues re-emerge.
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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
Jesse Winn
Rules Towns Cannot Accept Grants To Build Power Plants
District Judge R W Hasner rules Iowa towns may not accept government grants for municipal electric plants. He enjoined Hopkinton from completing a light plant contract citing lack of open bidding and specificity. Hopkinton plans to appeal to the supreme court.
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Manchester
R. W. Hasner
Iowa
Hasner
Hopkinton
Iowa Electric Company
Power Company
Supreme Court
Congressional Actions and Hearings Report
Senate debates on park development and revenue bills while the Finance Committee studies relief and deficiency measures. The Appropriations Subcommittee hears Secretary Ickes on relief work as the House adjourns to Monday. Naval and Ways and Means panels meet on public works and social security amendments.
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Senate
Appropriations
Ickes
HOUSE
Naval Affairs
Ways and Means
Suspected Killer of Indianapolis Policeman Nabbed
Chicago police capture James Williams, 27, linked to a Dillinger gang that killed Sergeant Richard Rivers in Indianapolis. Williams, identified as James Dahlhover, confessed, and was found with $7 and no weapon after a tip from lead figure Al Brady’s arrest. Other associates Lee Jackson and Elmer Martin remain sought.
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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 cast ballots in record primary race
Oregon voters faced a record primary with 478 186 electors registered and about 60 percent expected to vote. Townsendites gain first congressional vote. Roosevelt unopposed with Garner on the preferential ballot. McNary re nomination planned by supporters. write ins seen for Borah Steiner Knox. The vote does 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
Spectres Reported Seen In Mirror By Dixon Woman
Mrs Flora McReynolds of Dixon Illinois reported ghostly figures in an antique mirror including a woman's head an Indian head and an arrow. The figures appeared while she polished the mirror and a voice spoke her name Flora. The woman said the head bears a perfect likeness to her mother who died in 1931.
Missing Chicago artist reappears after 24 hours
Police had suspended the search for Seymour de Koven in Chicago bohemian circles. He returned to his hotel Thursday night after being missing for twenty four hours following a late party with friends. He said he spent Wednesday night and Thursday with them.
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New York
Seymour de Koven
Chicago
Tire blowout injures driver near Des Moines
John Darzul injured Thursday when a tire blew out as he returned from Des Moines. His car left the road, struck a ditch, and rolled over several times. Passenger Marty Slanter was unhurt. Darzul was taken to Sigourney hospital.
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John Darzul
Des Moines
Sigourney Hospital
Marty Slanter
Roosevelt outlines continued PWA rural aid and relief funding
The President details continued use of the Public Works Administration and the Relief Fund to finance projects. He notes cities can still borrow up to 55 percent with bonds, WPA labor shares, and RFC-backed loans, while RA practices move families off relief rolls and continue farm aid and settlement work with limited new projects.
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Mr. Roosevelt
PWA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
WPA
Resettlement Administration
Roosevelt
Selassie Takes Up Residence in Jerusalem Villa
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, in exile, moved from the King David hotel to a lavish villa in Jerusalem. He occupied the Nas Sib bey residence, a prominent Arab lawyer's palatial house, leasing it for three months.
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Jerusalem
INS
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
King David
Selassie
Nas Sibbey
Westerfield Heads A F 1 at U of Iowa
Richard Westerfield of Cedar Rapids elected president of A F 1 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 include Staten Browning and Joe Brown, both of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Richard Westerfield
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Westerfield
Iowa
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Staten Browning
Joe Brown
Double Wedding at Lamont Methodist Church
Delma Dopp wed Fred Bowden and Frances Reed tied to Llewellyn Bowden in a Sunday evening ceremony at Lamont church. Miss Dorothy Schepple voiced the tunes and Tudor Bowden sang. Delma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dopp, is a Lamont graduate and former teacher. Frances Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Reed, also taught for years. The Bowden brothers, sons of Mrs. Blanch Bowden, are Lamont graduates now farming. The Llewellyn Bowdens will farm north of Winthrop, while the Fred Bowdens will farm north of Lamont.
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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 triggers Tipton smoke scare
Two fire alarms sounded in Tipton on Wednesday night. At Jack Sturdy’s home smoke appeared with no fire found later. a granddaughter had left candy on the stove and slept, leading to the call. A second fire to Mrs. R. A. Will’s home saw flames of uncertain origin extinguished with little property loss.
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Tipton
Jack Sturdy
Fire Department
R. A. Will
Former Midshipman From Iowa Charged With Holdup
Ferdinand Henry Noble 20 of Des Moines Iowa special student at St Johns college was held in 3000 bond on a charge of assault with intent to rob John Y Hall Jr at an inn in Annapolis Md Magistrate Harrison M Sandrock continued the hearing to next Thursday Noble’s backers say he must leave the college after legal action concludes
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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 Ferdinand Noble faces holdup charges in Md
Ferdinand Henry Noble 20 a St Johns college student and former Naval Academy midshipman was arrested after allegedly robbing an inn seven miles from Annapolis pistol point. He exchanged shots with a patron but fled and later surrendered. Magistrate Harrison M. Sandrock ordered him held on robbery and holdup charges.
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Vincent D. Antonio
John J. Hall, Jr
Hall
Noble
Antonio
Douglas L. Howard
U.S.N
Rex
St. John’s College
United States Naval Academy
St. John’s
Noble says son’s Annapolis case is intoxication
Frank H. Noble, father of Ferdinand Henry Noble, a former midshipman charged with attempted robbery at Annapolis, told reporters Friday that he learned from the boy’s counsel it was entirely a case of intoxication.
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Des Moines
INS
Frank H. Noble
Ferdinand Henry Noble
Annapolis
Amy Mollison Sets Capetown to London Flight Record
Mrs Mollison landed at Croydon at 1 37 pm after leaving Capetown Monday. She flew Vienna to Croydon on the last leg, arriving to cheers from crowds. Her Capetown to England record beat the old mark by one day eighteen hours.
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Croydon Airdrome
London
Amy Johnson Mollison
Croydon
Rudy Vallee Denies Cruelty in Divorce Suit
Hollywood report says Rudy Vallee filed a formal denial in superior court denying cruelty to Fay Webb. The answer allows an early hearing and potential interlocutory decree within weeks. It confirms a property settlement, terms of which remain private.
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Hollywood
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Vallee
Wild Horse Disrupts Edward VIII Mounted Guard Review
In Hyde Park London the royal horse guards inspection by King Edward VIII was interrupted when the trumpeter's horse bolted. The animal threw its rider and galloped toward the crowd as three mounted officers and several patrolmen pursued and captured it before any injuries.
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London
Royal Horse Guards
Edward VIII
Hyde Park
State relief conference tightens on welfare board
Supervisors criticize the proposed committee membership and favor cooperation with the state planning board and actuaries. Fitzgerald and peers oppose new boards as Chairman Updegraff says the Brookings welfare board plan is dead, with the conference adopting a substitute resolution.
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State Planning Board
Insurance Actuaries
Fitzgerald
Updegraff
Brookings
Herring
Iowa Supervisors Attack State Relief and Seek Local Control
The Iowa Association of County Supervisors adopted a resolution opposing centralized relief power. They denounced Miss Ina Tyler and criticized relief overhead while urging that local governments retain taxing and spending authority under strict state or federal supervision. A county by county roll call backed the measure ahead of a governor’s conference.
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Iowa
Linn County Joins State Vote On Home Rule Issue
Linn county joined seventy one other Iowa counties in Des Moines on Thursday as the resolution opposing the movement to destroy home rule in relief administration was adopted. Fred Stirm of Alburnett, Linn county board of supervisors, represented the county and returned from Des Moines 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 to Convene at High School Gym
The P T A will meet Monday in the high school gym. The program, planned by the normal training juniors, features Helen Ihrig Mildred James Elwin Wade Dorothy De Frees Jannette Wade and Mrs A N Gardner in charge.
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Wellman
Helen Ihrig
Mildred James
Elwin Wade
Dorothy de Frees
Jannette Wade
A. N. Gardner
Madame Testifies Against Luciano Gang in Bonding Fees Case
Jon Martin testifies at Luciano and co defendants trial describing gangsters posing as police and wrecking a woman’s apartment to force bonding payments. He recalls four visits and a raid led by “Little Abie” Wahrman and accomplices to take the place apart.
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New York
INS
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Jon Martin
Luciano
Abie” Wahrman
Abie
Mussolini Declines Aid To Exiled Austrian Leader
In Rome Premier Mussolini shuns any gesture aligning with Prince Ernst Starhemberg the deposed Austrian vice chancellor. Starhemberg arrives unofficially to attend the Austro-Italian football match and seeks no Italian backing amid Austrian political strain as Chancellor Schuschnigg renews ties with Italy.
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Rome
Ins
Mussolini
Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg
Austria
Heimwehr
Duce
Italy
Prince Starhemberg
Ilduce
Kurt Schuschnigg
Iowa girl nurse slugged in Chicago home
Lois Rickert a Waterloo Iowa student nurse, daughter of Elmer and wife of Reinbeck residents, was attacked by a Negro prowler in St. Luke's hospital nurses home Chicago. Police suspect the same man in the slaying at the YWCA.
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Chicago
Iowa
Waterloo
Lois Rickert
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lillian Guild
Elmer Rickert
Reinbeck
Iowa Editor And Wife To Board Hindenburg
Gardner Cowles Jr executive editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune and Mrs Cowles left Paris for Frankfurt Germany Friday night to board the dirigible Hindenburg for New York. The Hindenburg sails on its second voyage to the United States Saturday.
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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 Reno Country Club in Reno Nevada valued at 225000 dollars. The club completed and dedicated June 19 1935 was a popular night club rendezvous for divorce seekers and noted as 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 Penitentiary Friday after capture by federal agents. He was transported from Chicago under escort by government officers.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Harry Campbell
St. Paul
Federal Penitentiary
Chicago
Iowa News In Brief: Banquet Plans And Graduations
WELLMAN The junior senior banquet at the high school auditorium Saturday night with a reception in the primary room led by Lorraine Martin and others. Central City reports 33 seniors to graduate this year with plans for baccalaureate May 24 and commencement May 28, led by Rev. W Harold Smith.
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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 McPherson Seeks To Drop Hutton From Name
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton asks the superior court to drop the name of her divorced husband David L. Hutton, saying the long name is cumbersome. The court will rule on her petition next Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
Superior Court
David L. Hutton
Ted Healy Elopes With Betty Hickman
Ted Healy and Betty Hickman wed in Yuma after a midnight elopement from Hollywood. Superior Judge Henry C. Kelly performed the ceremony attended by manager Jack Marcus.
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Yuma
Ariz
Ted Healy
Betty Hickman
Santa Monica
Calif
Hollywood
Healy
Henry C. Kelly
Jack Marcus
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R.os Tugwell
Naval Affairs Committee
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U. of Iowa
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Wild Horse
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Andrews
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R. F. Hockaday
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Supervisors’ Association
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LINN
Dr. Doherty
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Leavenworth Prison
Iowa News
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Tae
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