Deadly New Jersey forest fire leaves five dead
A South Jersey blaze on a 10 mile front consumed 15 000 acres and killed five men including CCC workers and a state firefighter. Two wardens were missing then found unharmed as crews battled the fire for 48 hours with a 15 mile wind fanning the flames.
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New Gretna
N. J
South Jersey
CCC
Manahawkin
State Forest Fighting Service
Benjamin Broome
Henry Updyke
John Lewis
Lane
Lewis
Pat Cramer
George Graham
Stafford Forge
Stanley Carr
Bass River
Morey
Manahawken
Roy A. Nelson
Youth in the low mood era faces a lost generation
Dr Newton reviews mar ine Davis's report on youth apathy and drift amid economic hardship. The book portrays graduates of 1932 as especially adrift while society praises abundance yet denies real chances, urging a shift from immediate money to investing in the young.
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Marine Davis
George Meredith
Grinnell Theater Employee Missing
Raymond Innis, 20, a theater employee in Grinnell Iowa, has disappeared. He was last seen Monday morning driving west in a red Oldsmobile coupe by John Reed, with $550 cash aboard per theater manager W H Mart. Police chief Alex Manson and publisher C K Needham are involved in the case.
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Gazette
Grinnell
Raymond Innis
Iowa Theater
Alex Manson
Innis
John Reed
C. K. Needham
Grinnell Herald-Register
Belgium Premier Van Zeeland Cabinet Resigns
BRUSSELS AP The cabinet of Premier Paul Van Zeeland resigned Tuesday after Sundays parliamentary elections in which socialists gained ground. Van Zeeland formed the government March 25 1935 with the premier also foreign minister. The government aimed to maintain the Belgian franc on the gold standard.
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Brussels
Paul van Zeeland
van Zeeland
Four State Experts Call Fiorenza Sane
New York and defense rested in the John Fiorenza murder trial as four state alienists testified the defendant was sane. The defense avoided calling Fiorenza and focused on disputing insanity claims.
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Fiorenza Sane
New York
John Fiorenza
Nancy Titterton
INS
Nancy Evans Titterton
Fiorenza
Henry Klauber
Titterton
Townsend aides fail to appear before congressional panel
Washington AP. The Townsend revolt widens as two aides John B. Kiefer of Chicago and Rev. Clinton Wunder of New York refuse subpoenas. Chairman Jasper Bell pauses contempt action while McGroarty testifies on pension bills and Townsend movement aims.
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Washington
Bell
John Steven McGroarty
Calif
Townsend
McGroarty
Congress
Killer Of 9 Year Old Girl To Die In Chair In Sing Sing
Alfred E Voickmann 20 year old butcher boy was convicted of killing 9 year old Helen Glenn with a knife. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of July 5 at Sing Sing prison.
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Catskill
N. Y
Alfred E. Voickmann
Helen Glenn
Sing Sing
Fresh Cut Flowers and Plants for Decoration Day
Thousands will be buying for Decoration Day. Inexpensive Want Ad in The Cedar Rapids Gazette reaches 96 percent of Linn County families. Dial 2-1121 Ad-Taker. 25 percent discount per day for 3 day Want Ads.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Lindbergh Plans August Return to United States
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, after five months in England, will return to America this summer with Mrs. Lindbergh and their younger son Jon. He will sail around late August or mid September to resume permanent residence and continues experiments in a London lab on the artificial heart with Dr. Alexis Carrel.
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London
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
England
America
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Colonel Lindbergh
Son of Iowa Governor Son In Jail Over Alimony Arrears
Ernest A. Jackson 55, once a Chicago real estate broker who owned four skyscrapers, stayed jailed after failing to post 1000 bond on 23500 alimony arrears. He owes temporary alimony of 400 a month for five years. A separate maintenance suit is pending. He is the son of former Iowa Gov Frank D. Jackson. Judge Rudolph Desart continued the hearing to June 1.
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Chicago
Ernest A. Jackson
Jackson
Carrie M. Jackson
South Dakota
Frank D. Jackson
Iowa
William A. Munger
Omaha
Rudolph Desart
Curie Daughter May Get Cabinet Post
Paris reports Mme Irene Joliot Curie daughter of Marie Curie may join the French cabinet as under secretary of state in a Blum led ministry. Political sources say the leftist coalition plans to appoint her when the chamber reconvenes in June.
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Paris
Mme
Irene Joliot-Curie
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Madame Marie Curie
Arabs Battle British Police Near Mount Tabor in Palestine
Arab rioters forced British police to retreat after a fierce hill battle near Mount Tabor. Sir Arthur Wauchope declared the government’s resolve to enforce the Palestine mandate despite the violence. A constable halted a train fire and a shot Arab constable was wounded during searches near Qagun.
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Jerusalem
Ins
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Palestine
Mount Tabor
Holy Land
Meshka
Fallbrook
Tulkarem
Qagun
Nablus
Gaza
Memorial Day Gift to Health Camp Supports Undernourished Children
Memorial Day tribute invites gifts to Camp Good Health in memory of loved ones. Contributions fund living roses for wan children’s cheeks and petals for lips, with pansies for remembrance. The camp adds cabins and plumbing ahead of a June 15 opening, funded by Golden Gloves profits and volunteer weekend labor. Notable contributors include John Stearns, R. L. Blaylock, Joe Barta, Ed Hartl, and Hans Ewalt.
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Camp Good Health
John Stearns
R. L. Blaylock
Joe Barta
Ed Hartl
Hans Ewalt
Reg Aide Accused In Rail Partition Case
Testimony showed John W. Barriger III appeared before an ICC examiner in Minneapolis as a personal intervener in favor of dismemberment of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad, but at RFC expense. Barriger, RFC railroad chief examiner, was accused of originat ing the plan to save Frederick Prince’s investment. Senate panel heard Oliver say Barriger testified he was paid by the RFC but acted personally. The hearing resumes next month amid calls to delay actions on Associated Railways loan requests and a possible Senate investigation.
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Washington
John W. Barriger
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Barriger
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Group
Frederick Prince
Boston
E. L. Oliver
Railroad Brotherhood Statistician
RFC
Oliver
Associated Railways
Jesse H. Jones
Jones
Murphy
Jay
Senate
Benson
Commission
Truman
Congress
Socialists Call For Broad Control Of Industry
In Cleveland the socialist convention adopted a platform demanding widespread congressional control of industry and agriculture and public ownership of key industries. The platform carried the support of Norman Mattoon Thomas for his third presidential campaign.
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Cleveland
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Cedar Rapids Warm-Up After Early 52 Degree Dip
Cedar Rapids temperatures rebounded quickly after a cool night. The day began with a low of 52 at 3 a.m. and rose to 74 at 7 a.m. 81 at 10 a.m. and 87 by 2:45 p.m. Monday's high reached 87 at 3 p.m. before dropping to 61 at 7 p.m. and 54 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep graphs.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Omaha Names Butler Mayor as New City Council Set
Omaha’s new city council took office with Dan B. Butler succeeding Roy N. Towl as mayor. New commissioners include Harry Knudsen on finance Harry Trustin for public improvements Richard Jepsen for police W H Dorrance for fire Joe Hummell for parks and John Kresl for streets.
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Omaha
Dan B. Butler
Roy N. Towl
Harry Knudsen
Harry Trustin
Richard Jepsen
W. H. Dorrance
Joe Hummell
John Kresl
New Ground Opens in The Gazette Next Friday May 29
The Gazette begins a new serial by Katherine Haviland-Taylor titled New Ground. The absorbing tale follows youth love separation and adventure as a charming girl is cruelly deceived and her life nearly wrecked by a jealous gold-digging stepmother.
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The
Gazette
Katherine Haviland-Taylor
Senate Group Rejects Sugar Tax amid Roosevelt Talks
The Senate finance committee voted down a 50 cent per hundredweight sugar levy, despite a revised bill still $60 million short of the revenue target. Western beet growers protested as leaders warned the tax would cost producers about 15 million annually and urged parity with other agricultural taxes. Senator Vandenberg warned the tax could kill the domestic sugar industry.
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Washington
Ins
White House
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
King
Utah
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Clarence J. Bourg
Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Prosecutor Found Named On Robed Cult Application
Detroit in a Black Legion case Prosecutor Duncan C McCrea says a purported membership form bears his name and sponsor Ira Albright denies involvement He recalls signing none or not knowing it was for Black Legion membership The 1934 dated blank appeared during his political run and he says any signing was unintentional.
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Detroit
INS
Black Legion
Duncan C. McCrea
Charles A. Poole
B. A. Baggio
Ira Albright
McCrea
Albright
Wayne County
Down River District
Ecorse
W. F. Effinger
Lima
Ohio
United States
Harry Colburn
Lumber Fire Destroys Yards Endangers Ships in San Francisco
A major blaze swept through millions of feet of lumber along Chan nel street from Seventh to Third, threatening three lumber yards and two ships loaded with lumber. Firefighters fought the inferno as oil slicks on the Third street channel worsened hazards. An unidentified spectator collapsed and died watching the flames. Hans Nelson, a lumber employee, said the fire started beneath a Southern Pacific railroad bridge.
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San Francisco
Channel Street
Third Street
Southern Pacific
Hans Nelson
King Edward Holds His Second Levee
King Edward rode in state from Buckingham Palace to St James Palace to hold the second levee of his reign. His majesty traveled in the gold state coach drawn by four horses with a sovereign’s escort of horse guards.
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London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
St. James’ Palace
Link between Burned Shrine and Black Legion Probed
Detroit prosecutors linked the March 17 Shrine of the Little Flower fire to possible Black Legion terrorism. A statewide grand jury probe into crimes tied to the group expanded, with arrests and raids across multiple counties as authorities seek evidence of violence and intimidation tied to the sect.
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Detroit
Father Charles E. Coughlin
Black Legion
Duncan C. McCrea
Father Coughlin
McCrea
Legion
David H. Crowley
Crowley
Lansing
United Front
Jackson
Owen Dudley
Jackson County
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Edward F. Sullivan
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Whitesville
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Albert Morey
White
DR Newton
Grinnell Theater
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Rep. McGroarty
California
Dr. Townsend
Jasper Bell
Kiefer
Wunder
James R. Sullivan
Congressional Action Committee
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Camp Good Health Fund
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Fillmore Social
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P. T.A
Stes Guild
Grace Episcopal Church
See Bees
Grace Walpole Circle
Jackson School
P. T. A King’s Daughters Eee Ladies Auxiliary
Reg
NEW Omaha Council
Frisco
Coughlin
Southern Michigan
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John Does
Harley Smith
WPA
Ray Ernest
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