Detroit Industry Purges Black Legion Members in City
Private industry joined city and state authorities in dismissing Black Legion members from payrolls after a May 12 incident. Detroit police, Lansing officials, and Gov. Fitzgerald ordered investigations as unions and employers discharge workers amid claims of terror and executions in the vigilante group.
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Detroit
Black Legion
United Press
Lansing
Frank D. Fitzgerald
David H. Crowley
Sr Fitzgerald
Crowey
Arthur F. Lupp
Highland Park
Legion
Charles A. Poole
Poole
WPA
Plan Wholesale Arrests of Black Legion Members
Detroit authorities plan wholesale arrests of Black Legion members amid a crackdown ordered by State Attorney General David H. Crowley. Indictments and extraditions from Ohio are expected as Crowley weighs jail terms under the syndicalism law. New slayings under investigation raise Michigan total to five with five named cases including Vanderveen and Marchuk.
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Detroit
Weird Black Legion
Ohio
David H. Crowley
Fitzgerald
Legion
Works Progress Administration
Jackson
Crowley
William Shepard
W. F. Ettinger
Black Legion
Michigan
Cornelius Vanderveen
Grand Rapids
Howard K. Curtis
Millford
George Marchuk
Ohio Union
Baby Killed By Auto As Family Decorates Graves In Cemetery
A tragedy occurred in Foster Rhode Island as a family placing Memorial Day flowers at the Tucker family graves were struck by an auto. The infant passenger died at the scene while others injured include relatives and the driver. The accident happened on a country road near Warwick as the family returned home after visiting the cemetery.
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Foster
R. I
Tucker
Tsemsuthe
Russell Hopkins
Warwick
Nw Sng
Washington
Pune
Committees Begin Work Tuesday for Cleveland Convention
National party leaders and officials plan seating and ticket distribution. Ralph Williams maps state locations on the floor while Charles Hilles develops a formula giving nearer states more tickets. The research staff will provide data but not advice.
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United States
Ralph Williams
Oregon
Fletcher
Cleveland
Charles D. Hilles
New York
National Committee
Hilles
French Strikers Hold 30 Munitions And Metal Plants
Paris reports sixty thousand workers occupying thirty munitions and metallurgical plants in the Paris red belt. The walkout, driven by demands for higher wages a closed shop and a 40 hour week, threatens armament production and could split the Popular Front as parliament convenes. Negotiations continue despite fears of government use of force and potential plant destruction.
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Paris
Red Belt
Albert Sarraut
Sarraut
Ludovic Frossard
Popular Front
Red
Albert Lebrun
Grea
Visuy
R C
Ion
Esta
Suspected Slayer Of Boone Engineer To Be Tried Monday
Clifford Simmons, 52, Mountain View relief worker, faces trial in Mountain View for the murder of R. V. Jones, a retired Chicago and North Western railroad engineer from Boone, Iowa. Jones was shot March 31 in a Mountain View store. Simmons has been jailed without bond in Howell County. Investigators say Simmons held a grudge over a mortgage foreclosure two years earlier.
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Clifford Simmons
Mountain View
R. V. Jones
Chicago and North Western
Boone
Iowa
Simmons
Howell County
Jones
Ace Hudkins Jailed In Omaha On Disturbing Peace Charge
Ace Hudkins former Lincoln prize fighter and race horse owner was jailed in Omaha on drunkenness and disturbing the peace charges after a late Saturday dispute at Ak-Sar-Ben race track. Hudkins, Bob Carr and others were arrested as police intervened. Hudkins quipped about being in jail and noted losing money on a mate. he now lives in California.
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Omaha
Ace Hudkins
Lincoln, Neb
Ak-Sar- Ben
Hudkins
Max Freedman
Harold Adams
Los Angeles
Bob Carr
Carr
Freedman
Adams
California
Nebraska
Queen Mary Nears New York Atlantic Speed Mark
The Queen Mary speeds toward Ambrose lightship on a maiden voyage toward New York setting a single day distance record of 766 miles at 30.64 knots. Indications favor dethroning the French liner Dieppe from the North Atlantic speed crown while Normandy’s record remains to beat.
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Queen Mary
York
Great Britain
Jeviathan
Ambrose
Seven Seas
Sir Ae Britten
Reade Wen
Austria Faces Sunday Strife and Heimwehr Putsch Risk
In Vienna the 30,000 strong heimwehr loyalists under Prince Starhemberg were ordered to hold Sunday maneuvers as Austria risks weekend civil strife. Schuschnigg strengthens grip by disarming the movement, while leadership splits grow among barons Baar-Bahrenfels Fey and Starhemberg supporters.
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Vienna
Austria
Heimwehr
von Starhemberg
Schuschnigg
Heimwehrmen
Police
Pay Tribute To Oldest Citizen Solomon Rickner
St. Paul held final tribute to Solomon Rickner who died Thursday at age 115, regarded as America's oldest citizen. Hundreds gathered at his home for a last view as the city memorialized the pioneer.
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ST. Paul
Solomon Rickner
America
Hindenburg Turns Home From Rio Run
The German airship Hindenburg departed Rio de Janeiro on a commercial voyage, turning back toward its home base after a stopover.
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Hindenburg
Rio DE Janeiro
Pope Pius Celebrates 79th Birthday Amid War News
Tele grams and thousands of pilgrims gather in Vatican City to honor Pope Pius XII on his seventy ninth birthday. Cardinals in Rome congratulate him as a semi jubilee year begins and organized pilgrimages aim to mark his entry into eighty.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Rome
Pope Pius XI Endures War Years With Peace Driven Resolve
The aged pope, in his seventy ninth year, remains a tireless advocate for peace amid the Italo Ethiopian war and rising totalitarianism. He warns against another world war and denounces communism, while facing German repression of Catholic groups and trials of clergy. He created twenty new cardinals in late 1935.
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Mussolini
Vatican
Ethiopia
Pope Pius
Duce
Haile Selassie
Africa
Britain
Canterbury
Italy
Reich
Sacred College
Iowa District Walther League Chooses Fort Dodge for 1937 Meet
Waterloo AP reports Fort Dodge was chosen as the 1937 convention site for the Iowa district Walther League as the three day gathering closed with registrations near 450. A talent quest awarded Garner a one act play prize and several solo events. winners may enter the Lutheran group’s international contest in Houston Texas.
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Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Garner
Houston
Tex
Survey on Teaching German for 10-A Students
Parents of 10-A students are invited to register opinions on adding German to the high school curriculum via a survey from Supt. Arthur C. Deamer. The notice notes language offerings in four high schools and asks about Latin and French exposure and potential German enrollment.
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Arthur C. Deamer
Deamer
Parent-Teacher Association Council
Board of Education
Woodrow Wilson
Widespread Bonus Bonds Ready for Mailing
Washington officials say a large portion of World War II bonus bonds and checks, assigned registration numbers near 400,000, are prepared for mailing by June 15 but actual dispatch may be limited. Three shifts work daily in the bonus division with Memorial Day not a holiday for staff. unless speed doubles, only a fraction may receive their bonds around mid June.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
International News Service
National Forests Named for Four U S Presidents
The article notes that national forests have been named in honor of four U S presidents Washington Lincoln Roosevelt and Cleveland. It highlights the practice of naming public lands after presidents to commemorate their contributions.
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Ahe
United States
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Deaths James Calvin Smith R I P
James Calvin Smith a Linn county resident for eighty years died at 2 40 p m Saturday after a brief illness He was born June 13 1856 and farmed in Linn county retiring in 1934 He married Mary Ellenora March 10 1877 She died January 17 1930 Surviving are six daughters and four sons with spouses and many grandchildren Funeral services will be held in the Turner chapel at a time to be announced Friends may call at the chapel
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James Calvin Smith
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Mr. Smith
Mary Ellenora
Smith
Order of Odd Fellows
Western College
L. C. Minor
Funeral services held for Mrs Lillie Carl 71 Lone Tree
Mrs Lillie Carl 71 of Lone Tree widow of Frederick Carl and Thomas Brown died May 23 after living in Cedar Rapids twelve years. Born in London Sept 16 1864 she came to America at 16. Survived by daughter Miriam Carl and sons Thomas Brown Harry Brown. three stepsons F F Carl Elard Carl and E D Carl. Burial at Lone Tree with Rev Paul M Hann officiating.
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Lillie Carl
Lone Tree
Miriam Carl
Cedar Rapids
Carl
Paul M. Hann
Tery
John
Susan Brown Dobeald
London
England
America
Thomas Brown
Nichols
Elard Carl
Unionville, Mo
E. D. Carl
Clash Between Spanish Guards and Reds Leaves Dozens Dead
At Yeste near Albacete a battle between civil guards and communist peasants left one guard dead and twenty peasants killed. Eighty communists were wounded and at least five guards were wounded with two expected to die. nine wounded were in critical condition.
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Madrid
INS
Yeste
Albacete
Eesprog
Bannister Aims Court Battle At Ann Harding
In Quebec Ann Harding and seven year old Jane Bannister sail for England aboard the Duchess of Athol after a court fight erupts over custody. Bannister seeks extradition and a court order to return the child, while Harding heads to England for a film role.
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Quebec
Ann Harding
Jane Bannister
S. S
Miss Harding
New York
United States
England
Rade
Jane
California
Bannister
Funes
Bana Hhagoe
Stanley J. Harte
Duchess of Athol
Superior Court
Laetare Roy
United Press
Resort Owner At Storm Lake Dies
Willard E. Lawrence aged 46, a widely known lake resort owner, died in Storm Lake after an infection. He died Saturday. funeral plans have not been arranged. His wife survives him.
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Storm Lake
Williard E. Lawrence
Satan
Ar Pane Sons
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