Straits Placed Under Patrol of Turkish Soldiers
Turkish troops moved to guard the Dardanelles amid wartime tensions as President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk pursues occupation measures. The Hellespont zone, a narrow waterway between the Mediterranean and Black Seas, faces internationalization proposals under the Lausanne convention, with Allied signatories offering limited opposition. In Washington, FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover announced arrests in the Hamm kidnapping case, linking several suspects to the 1932 ransom crime and noting ongoing investigations into related incidents.
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Ankara
Angora
Turky
Toleat
Neal
Mustapha Kamal Altaturit
Fevzi
Hellespont
Leander
Turkey
Black Seas
Thi
Bosporus Strait
McNair Is Jailed in Embezzlement Charge in Pittsburgh
Mayor William N. McNair of Pittsburgh was jailed on an embezzlement charge tied to a dispute with Samuel Collager over a $100 fine from a numbers writing case. The warrant, signed by Alderman John J. Verona, stems from McNair refusing to sign the warrant for the return of the remitted fine. McNair, a Democrat, faces a politically charged case in local Republican circles.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Wiliam N. McNair
Thouble
TREO
Samuel Collager
Collinger
John J. Verona
McNair
Marchioness Tips Police on Bond Theft Triumph Far-7 Surpasses All
Prime Italian leader Mussolini eyes a sweeping victory as Ethiopia crisis deepens. Reports claim armistice terms and emperor abdication contemplated, with Italy poised to expand influence in Europe and the Mediterranean. League of Nations peace efforts collapse as Madariaga reports Italy's war against Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Italy
Great Britain
League of Nations
UN Uderstood
Pietro Badoglio
Surimander
East Africa
Ast Wosen
Mussolini
Europe
Austria
Near East
India
Australia
Geneva
Salvador de Madariaga
Conciliation Committee of 18
Prisoner Shot After Pardon's Failure in Athens Plot
In Athens on April 18 United Press reports Lambrox Hilaxias, a wealthy MP, and a wealthy associate visited Panaghionis Marines, a life-term murderer, to plead mercy. Marines drew a smuggled revolver, took hostage Bitaxias, and vowed to kill him unless pardoned by 5 am. King George denied the pardon. Guards fired from outside the cell, killing Marines and wounding Hilaxias.
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Liferim
United Press
Athens
Lambrox Hilaxias
Panaghionis
Anl the
Sonvigt
Marinas
Mazinas
Bitaxias
George
Tytaxias
Three Swindlers Escape After $6,000 Robbery
Frese Kane, PA April 18 state police pursue three fugitives named Albert, Mary, and Pete in connection with Pasquale Micals, a tea room operator, and his loss of $6,000 taken earlier while he planned a lumber deal in Canada.
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Unites Frese
Kane
Pasquale Micals
Here
Micale
Albert
Mary
Pete
Canada
Benedum Wins in $350 000 Tax Suit
In Philadelphia on April 18 M. L. Benedven and B. Parriott Pitteureh prevailed in a tax case over income tax on $330,000 from a stock transaction they argued was non taxable. The U S Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, freeing them from the tax payment.
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Philadelphia
M. L. Benedven
B. Parriett Pitteureh
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Thtemal Revenue
Benedum and
Parriott
Woman slain in Queens found under a tree
The battered and nearly nude body of 89 year old Misa Mildred McCabe was found today under a tree on a residential Queens street. Identified by her sister Mrs Anna Scanlon, the victim had hat coat shoes and underwear scattered and her lavender dress skirt pulled over her head. An unidentified motorist forced Miss McCabe into a ride and took her from Jamaica Queens where the pair had been together.
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United Press New York
Misa Mildred McCabe
Ozone Park
Queens
Miss McCabe
Anna Scanlon
Mrs. Scanlon
Jamaica
Ohio firm wins Crawford County road job contract
Mie George S. Mellert-Weldner Co of Medina Ohio awarded a 34 mile reinforced concrete pavement project in South Shenango Township Crawford County costing 119 785 to fill a gap on U S Route 322 between Hartstown and Jamestown Mercer County The 20 foot wide pavement is expected to be completed this summer Miss Joan Brown spends the weekend in East Liverpool as guest of Marjorie Fowler.
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George S. Mellert-Weldner Company
Medina
Lie
Shenango
Crawilora
State Highway Department
Hartstown
Jamestown
Mercer County
Joan Brown
East
Liverpool
Marjorie Fowler
Probe Death of Man After Mickey Finn Tragedy
Philadelphia officials investigate the death of 50 year old hospital orderly William Riley and the illness of 19 other Philadelphia General Hospital employees. Detectives say illness probably caused by a Mickey Finn incapacitating drug.
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Man Apter
Mickey Finn
United Press
Philadelphia
Philadelphia General Hospital
William Riley
Plan Bright New Uniforms for Penna Highway Patrol
Captain Charles H. Quarles, new Pennsylvania highway patrol superintendent, drafts a restructuring plan including brighter uniforms to replace the dark blue. He aims to return many patrolmen to Harrisburg and Hershey for intensive training and enforce strict military discipline on the highways.
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Unifornia
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Quarles
Highway Patrol
Quarles
Secretary of Revenue
John H. Keily
Valley Forge Military Academy
Earle
B. J. Henry
Hershey
Harrisburg
United States
Erie Man Fatally Hurt by Nickel Plate Engine
Erie police and authorities investigated a fatal crash at an unguarded grade crossing as Chaylen Olsen, 45, was struck by a Nickel Plate freight engine. Olsen was pulled 100 yards along the tracks before rescue began. he died en route to a hospital. Separate inquiries were opened by police, the coroner, and the railroad.
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Unitestress
Erie
Chaylen Olsen
Olsen
Police crack down on numbers racket in Columbus
Columbus police ordered nine numbers houses shut after a seven year operation drew 60,000 contributors. An average of 12,000 dollars daily was reported before a disastrous day when a hunch number 210 hit, causing losses estimated between 100,000 and 250,000 dollars. Police Chief John H. Dunn warned of prosecutions for both number writers and wage layers as promoters reduced bets.
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United Press
Columbus
Coumbus Police
John H. Dunn
Pais Istful
Dunn
Oiiers
Mysterious Informant Predicted Erie Bank Train HoldUp
By Uniterresa Nutley N J April 18 The daring holdup of an Erie Railroad bank train by seven bandits yesterday was forecast six months ago by a mysterious informant The tipster said the railway express agent knew of the plot The robbers who looted the baggage car seized 958 but expected more and none were caught
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Uniterresa Nutley
N. J
Erie Railroad
Railway Express
Rail fares cut go into effect June 2 nationwide
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered passenger fares reduced and effective June 2 in railroad coaches nationwide despite protests from eastern railways. The action moves ahead on a nationwide scale with the date set for all trains.
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United Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Wendel hunts house where he says he was tortured
Paul Ke Wendel, a disbarred New Jersey attorney, arrives in Brooklyn to search for a house where he alleges four men burned and beaten him for ten days to obtain a confession that he murdered the Lindbergh baby. He travels with an assistant district attorney and meets the Brooklyn district attorney as a grand jury inquiry is planned. Wendel had been released from Mercer county jail on $2,000 bail awaiting trial on embezzlement charges.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
William A. Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
Hoover
Alvin Karpis
Hamm
Theodore Hamm Brewing Co
St. Paull
Charles J. Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Jack Pfeiffer
Edwards
Bartholmey
Bensenville
Tfl
Fitzgerald
Federal Grand Jury
Bremer
Doc" Barker
Alcatraz
Bryan Bolton
Elmer Farmer
Leavenworth
Fred Barker
Florida
Bartholmew
FBI
Alice Stoll
Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
NEW York
Paul KE Wendel
New Jersey
Sheepahead Bay
Brooklyn
Wendel
Trenton
WN. Jy
Prancis Madden
King Colunty
Wor
F. X. Geoghan
Geoghan
Mercer County
N. J
Retailers mobilize to fight any sales tax
The Pennsylvania Retailers Association, including Corry merchants, readies opposition to a forthcoming special session plan for a general sales tax to fund unemployment relief. President Wm H Hagey of Lancaster warned that such a tax is the most inequitable way to raise relief funds, while Gov. Earle’s stance against the tax remains unchanged. Separately, Hazleton area pupils staged a walkout as parents prepared to negotiate with the school board over a holiday settlement.
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Pennsylvania Retailers’ Association
Corry
Pennsylvania
Earle
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Wm. H. Hagey
Lancaster
Hazleton
Hazle Township
International ring cleaned up by arrests in New York
New York police and federal agents say marchioness Pia Berrari Davico of Italy aided an international ring of bond thieves, recovering 750000 dollars in securities and pursuing 1296000 more. She hides in fear of gang vengeance as detectives seek charges against two men in Paris and a third suspect, David Prank, linked to thefts totaling 1456000 dollars. Hoover ties these crimes to a 1934 treasury notes theft, with eight co-conspirators under investigation.
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United Press
New York
Pia Berrari Davico
Taly
Wall Street
United States
Paris
David Prank
Bank of the Manhattan Company
J. Egar Hoover
Federal Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Treasury
Marchioness
Dynamite Blast Fails in Moose River Rescue Effort
A blast at the Moose River goat mine in Moose River, WN on April 18 failed to reach the entombed Toronto men after 1% days. The blast in the vertical shaft did not create an opening, though a steam shovel moved in. Rescuers remain determined to dig down until workers are reached, dead or alive.
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United Press
Moose River
WN. S
Milne
Toronto
Dr. D. Robertson
Herman R. Magill
Alfred Scadding
Hostess Hysterical Crash Probe Halted
In Uniontown Pennsylvania the commerce department halted its inquiry into the fatal crash of the Airliner Sun Racer after Nellie Granger, the hostess, became hysterical during questioning. Misa Granger, who had severe shock yet ran six miles to summon aid, was distressed by photographers outside her room as investigators sought her account.
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United Press Uniontown
Department of Commerce
Nellie Granger
Misa Granger
Commerce Department
Settlement Affects Erie Fraud Case Against Heinlein
Erie advices report a settlement in the case of Joseph Heinlein of 317 South Street charged with fraudulent conversion of a cart and other articles by his former employee Russell DeCarlo. The items valued under ten dollars were described as junk.
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Erie
Joseph Heinlein
South Street
Russell DeCarlo
Blaze Destroys Three Firms in Des Moines District
A major fire swept through Des Moines industrial district on April 18, destroying the New Monarest Machine and Stamping Company, the Western Silo Company, and the Bolzer Company. Estimated loss is $100,000. Two large storage tanks at Cities Service Oil were saved.
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Des Moines
Cities Service Oil Company
New
Monarest Machine and Stamping Company
Western Silo Company
Bolzer Company
Radius poisoning fears hit Princeton professors
Princeton University physicians watched Prof Rudolph Walter Ladenburg and his research associate Cletus Clinton Van Voorhis for days in April 18 reports fearing radium poisoning after their lab unit at the Universalita Falmer facility was sprayed with the radioactive substance amid a mysterious explosion.
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United Press
Princeton
N. J
Rudolph Walter Ladenbburg
Cletus Clinton van Voorhis
Univeralitia Falmer Physicw. Laboratory
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