500 Chinese Bandits Raid Villages Kidnap 50 Children
Shanghai dispatches report 5000 bandits looted and burned villages near Sunkiang Kiangsu kidnapping fifty school children for ransom and killing three officials. raiders seized ten Yangtze cargo junks and fled northward. Missionaries in Kiangsi besieged. many urged to flee. Fighting around Juanchow walls holds under Chinese defense.
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Shanghai
Sunkiang
Kiangsu
Shanghai- Hankow
Yangsze
R. H. Glazier
Yuanchow
Kiangsi
Changsha
Hunan
Ping Liang
Kiukiang
Kanchow
Pink Fist Cop Ends Street Brawl in Beat Walk
Patrolman Thomas Kaufman, nicknamed Pink Cheek, intervened in a five-man free-for-all at 1116 West Street. He fought four assailants with bare fists, injuring one, Jack Brown, 23, who was hospitalized for cuts and bruises. Brown faces disorderly conduct and resisting an officer charges. Kaufman earns a new nickname Pink Fist for his bare-knuckle resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kaufman
Kaufman
West Street
General Hospital
Jack Brown
Gest Street
Facing firing squad Bristow pleads for no rescue in Tepic
A Tepic dispatch says bandits holding Texas oilman J Bristow for three weeks forced him to seek withdrawal of federal troops after a mock execution. Troops tighten ring on bandits as a ransom demand of about 10 000 pesos is pressed. A Nogales bank reports $9 000 ransom for Bristow, 60, near Tepic Mayarit.
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Mexico City
Tepic
J. Bristow
Texas
Bristow
Nogales
Agit
Mayarit
Mexico
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Death blamed on own action in Island Queen argument
Coroner's inquest cites a quarrel over passenger capacity of the steamer Island Queen as the cause of death for Harry Krogman Jr. 32, who after an argument at a family reunion at 60 Locust Street went to the kitchen and died from a strong acid in a bottle. He is survived by his parents, three sisters, and five brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Harry Krogman, Jr
Locust Street
Krogman
Speers Hospital
Harry Krogman
Emma Lind
Helen Luken
Jean Hall
Walter
Willard
Arthur
Edward
Elwood Krogman
Ten Hurt in Clear Lake Launch Explosion
Ten persons were seriously injured when a pleasure launch exploded at anchor in Kennecott Bay on Clear Lake, Lakeport. Four were taken to Ukiah General Hospital and six remained under a physician’s care in Kelseyville as flames swept the boat and passengers, including a three year old girl, into the water.
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Lakeport
Cal
Clear Lake
Ukiah General Hospital
Kelseyville
Kennecott Bay
Mary Sudik Gusher Shut In After Third Attempt
Oklahoma City April 6 The Mary Sudik gusher was finally muzzled at 7 15 tonight after experts succeeded on the third try. The well had roared for eleven days resisting standard control, its gates eaten away by oil gas and a sand blast in the stream after March 26 initial coming in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
U S Building Contracts Rise 45 Percent in March
Dr. Julius Klein reports March building contracts increased 45 percent from February and were near March of last year. F W Dodge figures show steady economic improvement with construction boosting employment and broader industrial activity nationwide.
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Washington
Julius Klein
National Broadcasting System
Yeggs Crack Oakley Safe. $7500 Missing
Burglars forced open the Oakley Chevrolet Company safe at 3014 Slison road entering through a rear window. The combination knob was knocked off and the latch pried with a cold chisel. Loot includes $1500 recovered and 46 cartons of cigarettes found later. total amount unknown pending inventory. Police tie similar method to a prior Avondale robbery.
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Yeggmen
Oakley Chevrolet Company
Slison Road
Avondale
Chevrolet Company
Reading Road
Troy Rayburn
Gilbert Avenue
Imperial Sandwich
Court and
Plum Streets
Whetsel Avenue
Joseph Meyer
Stark Street
Raymond Albrech
Pippin and
van Zandt
Thirteenth and Vine Streets
Solomon
Columbia Avenue
Schwab
Seebohm
McShane
AS and P
Court
Baymiller Streets
Auto Crashes injure 18 here in morning accidents
Nine persons were injured when two autos with six and three passengers collided at Paddock road and Tennessee avenue. Police ambulances and fire crews freed the injured. Other crashes injured Omer Young, Catherine Neitenbach, Rita Meyman, James Burns, and Margaret Lohan in separate incidents. all were treated at General Hospital.
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Paddock Road
Tennessee Avenue
Tilden
Franklin Avenues
Norwood
George Mocht
Alison Avenue
Omer Young
Lincoln Avenue
General Hospital
Young
Mocht
Catherine Neitenbach
Denman Street
Nicholas Neitenbach
Frank Lambers
Bartell Avenue
Harrison and
Montana
Rita Meyman
Steiner Avenue
Carl Riston
Hatmaker Street
Riverside Drive
James Burns
Lexington Avenue
Dayton
Margaret Lohan
North Main Street
Reading Road
Burns
Coast to Coast Glider Flight Ends in New York Landing
Frank Hawks completes an eight day glider flight from Lindbergh Field San Diego to Van Cortlandt Park New York exactly on schedule amid crowds of 15000. He says this cross country glide was likely the last for sport or pleasure and credits the voyage with boosting public interest in motorless flight.
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New York City
New York
Frank Hawks
United States
California
Lindbergh Field
San Diego
van Cortlandt Park
America
Hawks
Buffalo
Syracuse
Albany
Gibson Sees Billion Dollar Saving in 3 Power Pact
London April 6 Ambassador Hugh Gibson outlined the American British Japanese naval agreement as a clear profit to the three powers. He estimated the plan saving between 800 to 900 million dollars in battleship costs while Paris wrangles over a five power pact and Franco Italian parity. Some officials doubt a five power treaty will be signed in London, delaying any comprehensive accord.
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Gibson
Frank H. King
Associated Press
London
Hugh Gibson
American Naval Conference
United States
France
Italy
MacDonald
Imperial Harem Opens to Public in Istanbul After 450 Years
Istanbul readers learn the Seraglio Palace harem will open to the public by order of the Turkish republic. Visitors may enter for twenty five cents and view intricate inlaid wood, rugs, bronze, and frescoes while learning the famed past of Sultans and eunuchs. The exhibit includes rooms linked to historical figures such as Kersem the Dowager Sultana and Sultan Ibrahim the Mad.
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Seraglio Palace
Priscilla Ring
Associated Press
Istanbul
Turkey
Seraglio
Ottoman Empire
Sultana
Kersem
Sultan Ibrahim
Roxe
Watchful detectives nab thief in watch theft
Detectives Bugganer and Wyatt caught Henry C. Mann of 912 Richmond Street trying to sell a $35 watch stolen from John Coletree, McArcher Manufacturing Company, near Eighth Street and McLean Avenue. Mann attempted to barter the item with another watchman at Richter Transfer Company.
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Bugganer
Wyatt
Henry C. Mann
Richmond Street
John Coletree
McArcher Manufacturing Company
Eighth Street
McLean Avenue
Mann
Richter Transfer Company
Prohibition prosecutions dip in last half of 1929
The Justice Department released a comparison showing 26,811 prohibition cases filed in the last six months of 1929, down from 27,575 in 1928. Convictions and guilty pleas rose slightly, with total fines at 3,379,448 versus 3,222,146. New York districts show varied trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Department of Justice
New York
Two aviation crashes claim five lives in Kansas and Nebraska
In Hays Kansas a biplane crashed near the airport killing pilot Clem Marshall 29 and passengers Orrville Herbert 20 and Melvin Ridgeway 20. The craft failed to recover from a wing over in downward wind. In Tilden Nebraska two locals Leon Baldwin 24 and Leonard Alexander 22 died when a plane crashed during a dedication event. Pilot Kenneth Kirk 26 was severely injured and not expected to live.
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Hays
Kan
Here
Clem Marshall
Orrville Herbert
Melvin Ridgeway
Ellis
Marshall
Harry Tirk
Tirk
Hays Flying School
Tilden
Neb
Twwo
Plainview
Leon Baldwin
Leonard Alexander
Kenneth Kirk
Alexander
Kirk
Train Kills Boy Angler Near Maysville
Twelve year old Jennings Linville son of Mr and Mrs William Linville of Maysville was struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train while returning from a fishing trip and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Jennings Linville
William Linville
Chesapeake & Ohio
Widow of Cincinnati Tool Pioneer Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Margaret Geier Walter, wife of C. Wood Walter of 2200 Upland, died at Christ Hospital after a brief illness. A Geier family member tied to the machine tool industry, she taught English at Woodward (now University) and contributed poetry to the Ohio Valley Poetry Society. She leaves her husband, daughter Woodie Louise, four brothers and three sisters. Funeral at her residence tomorrow at 2 with Rev. J. W. Christie, burial in Spring Grove.
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Margaret Geier Walter
C. Wood Walter
Upland
Place
Christ Hospital
Geier
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Philip Geier
Sophia Louise Geier
Woodward Sound School
University
J. W. Christie
Spring Grove Cemetery
Syndicate Buys Fox Theaters and Film Company
New York April 6 Samuel Untermyer said William Fox sold controlling interest in Fox Films Corporation and Fox Theaters Corporation to a syndicate led by Harley L Clarke of General Theatres Equipment. Fox will stay five years as Chairman of the Advisory Board.
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New York
Samuel Untermyer
William Fox
Fox
Fox Films Corporation
Fox Theaters Corporation
Harley L. Clarke
General Theaters Equipment, Inc
Untermyer
Temperature World Weather Summary From Early April 1930
Regions report fair or partly cloudy conditions with cooling in some areas and rising temperatures in others. The table lists current highs and lows across major cities such as Albany Cleveland New York Detroit Chicago Pittsburgh Denver and more with precipitation figures and a record comparison to prior years and normals.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
West Virginia
Albany
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Attic City
Chicago
Duluth
St. Louis
N. Orleans
Kane City
Galveston
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Denver
D-m
Renee
Nor
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Japan
Yen
Peiping
China
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Cop
Oklahoma
Yeggs
Oakley
Metropolis
C. B. Allen
Aviation
New York World News Service
J. D
Duke
Jernigin, Jr
Ford
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
George Chapline
New Jersey
Jernigin
Mary Gloria Jernigin
Whalen
John O’brien
Edward P. Mulrooney
Paris
Briand
Gandhi
India
Senate
Kansas
Nebraska
Henry Miller
Mahatma Gandhi
Mag. G. Walter Duo
Mahatma
Dandi
Daily Mail
Mail
Gulf of Cambay
Ahamdabad
Eee
Eatin
Ram Das Gandhi
Aoeneers
Onanediy
Ahmadabad
Manilal Kothari
Kothari
Bardoli
Jalalpur
Great Indian Peninsular Railway
Thana Station
Bombay
Kurla
Thana
Abbas Tyabji
Emerel Garman
General Pital
Adams
Herbert Adams
East Third Street
Sern
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