Negus To Continue Fight Amid Talks On Ethiopia Crisis
Haile Selassie telegraphs from Jerusalem that he will keep fighting Italy, while Geneva authorities move to defer decisive action until mid June. Baron Aloisi resigns from the League council table as pressure grows over Ethiopia. United Press reports in Geneva and Harrisburg.
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Haile Selassie
Geneva
Wallace Carroll
United Press
League Council
Taly
Ethiopia
Germany
Locarno
Halle Selassie
League
Ier
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ohio Girl in Blue May Be Identified
United Press reports quick House passage of a $2.36 billion work relief deficiency bill, clearing major adjournment hurdles. The measure funds WPA extensions, social security setup, CCC, TVA dams, and a broad public works push, with Senate consideration looming.
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House
Calcndar
United Press
Washington
House Today
Senate
Harry L. Hopkins
Treasury
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Post Office
Mother Seizes Child as Three Men Sought in Smethport
Police across Smethport area search for Muriel Masters of Omaha and three male suspects after Masters allegedly wrested 3-year-old Jacqueline from custody of great grandmother Janet Ware. Mrs Ware says the men asked for Masters, then she alleges Masters appeared and the child was taken as the mother fled with the child toward an awaiting car.
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Janet. Ware
Smethport
Ware
Muriel Masters
Omaha
Neb
Jacqueline
Jose Masters
Attorney Sobel Kidnapped Near Erie by Two Italians
Erie police investigated a suspected fugitive kidnapping of attorney Jeffrey M. Sobel of Brie. Sobel was abducted Sunday night as he entered his car near Brie and forced from the vehicle at gunpoint, near Eckerdeville, New York, around 3 a.m. today. He was robbed of a small amount and has returned home, giving police a description of the assailants.
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Erie
Jeffrey M. Sobel
Tirie
Federal Justice Department
Sobel
Brie
Eckerdeville
Buffalo
Crawford County GOP Women Hear County Official Talk
The Crawford County Council of Republican Women met at the Corry Hotel this noon with about forty‑five attendees. Miss Martha Britain, Crawford County clerk of courts, spoke on taxes and political participation for women. Mrs. W. Pitt Gifford reviewed women’s political work. Mrs. S. W. McClure outlined voter duties. Also present were Attorneys Washabaugh and Gifford who performed a skit. J. A. Cassidy received flowers. Mrs. Franis Lillie led group singing with piano by N. Troy Gillette. guests included Mrs. J. Cassidy and several Erle and Erie residents.
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Corry
Republican Women
Martha Britain
Crawford County
Meadville
W. Pitt Gifford
Erie County Council
S. W. McClure
Erie
William Washabaugh
David Gifford
Erle
J. A. Cassidy
Lena Cohen
Franis Lillie
N. ‘Troy Gillette
Will Rose
Cambridge ‘Springs
Grace Love
Corinne Dean Trving
Youngsville
Erie Railroad to publish pickup service tariff
The Erie Railroad will publish effective May 25 under special permission of the T C a new pickup and delivery tariff. The tariff provides free pickup and delivery at station to station rates regardless of distance at all stations named herein in shipments moving in less than car-load or any quantity rates of thirty cents per hundred or higher. No allowance will be made to shippers or consignees who perform their own trucking service.
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Erie Railroad
T.C
Judge William T. Darr Dies at 66 in Brookville
Pennsylvania mourns former Jefferson County president judge William T. Darr 66 who died at his Brookville home. A Wooster University graduate, he served as Jefferson County judge since 1925 and sat as visiting judge in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. He leaves a widow two sons and two daughters.
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Jefferson County
Brookville
Pennsylvania
William T. Darr
Darr
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Wooster Uniersity
Dar
Selassie Receives Texas Centennial Offer
Emperor Haile Selassie has been offered to attend the Texas centennial celebration with a fee of 100100 dollars for the first two weeks and 50000 dollars for a second two weeks, a member of his entourage said.
Husband Denies Murder in Erse Case
A 39 year old husband faces questioning after the mutilated body of Mary, a hotel maid and mother, was found in the basement of their home. Detectives held him for hours, but he denies involvement. Police describe the scene and note the husband was intoxicated at the time of arrest.
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Eternum
Mary
Gyas
Push
Jay
Devris
Heaton
Newry
Plokoa
Mer
Uke Une
Ferry
Six Men Sentenced to Death for One Murder in Brooklyn
United Press report from New York states County Judge Peter J. Brancato sentenced six men to die in the electric chair for a single slaying. The court declared it the heaviest murder sentence in the nation, with execution set for the week of June 22 at Sing Sing. The condemned are Salvatore Scuta, Joseph Bologna, Theodore DiDomné, Domenigli Zizzo, Bruno Bene, and Samy Lime. The victims were Edwil Espopita, a Brooklyn Manhattan Transit System collector, in a holdup murder.
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Unites Press
New York
Couny
Peter J. Brancalu
Brooklyn
Wen
Sing Sing
Jie
Salvalue Scuta
Joseph Bolognia
Theodore di Domné
Ominigli Zizzo
Wu- Bene Bruno
ySamy Imine
Edwil Espopita
Brwllyn-Manahattan
Demand Grows for Compromise on Profits Tax
In Washington on May 11 insurgent Democrats joined Republicans in attacking the New Deal while Senator Harrigan pressed the Senate Finance Committee to revise the $803 million revenue bill. A possible substitute plan would tax corporate earnings and dividends under normal income tax with a small levy on undivided profits. the White House attitude may decide the dispute. In St Paul, Harry Campbell faced a fifth day of federal questioning.
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United Press
Washington
New Deal
Pat Harrigan
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Two Men Found Dead Along Erie Tracks
Bodies of two unidentified men were found along Erie Railroad tracks in this district over the weekend. One was near Cambridge Springs and the other near Allegany east of Olean. Fingerprints were taken. no identification found. One man appeared about 85, brown hair and eyes, 175 pounds, wearing a brown suit with a Warren, Pa label. Authorities were investigating possible clues including a coat and a phone clue.
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Cambridge Springs
Alleginy
Ute Erle
Allegany
Warren
Lavin Warren
Inflation Forces Win First Skirmish
Inflation forces moved to the fore as the House prepared to launch a securi vote on the $3,000,000,000 Presier Lemier farm inflation measure. Administration leaders hoped to halt progress toward floor debate amid a highly technical procedure.
Seven Acres Burned In Pittsfield Forest Fire
Forest fire in Pittsfield burned over seven acres in a dense area this Saturday evening. State forestry officials said the blaze spread quickly through the wooded district as volunteers and forestry staff battled for several hours before it was extinguished.
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Pittsfield
Tragedy Unites Years Later In Mystery Victim
Police consider whether a Willoughby Christmas Eve death may tie to a missing East Branch girl. A blue clad unknown girl was killed near Cleveland. evidence links include a Corry man driving Josephine Klingshot to Erie and a memorial to the "girl in virtue" renewing interest in the case.
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Iniay
Willoughby
Ohio
Henders
Pallee Oforts
Cleveland
Christies
Josephine Klingshot
Youngr Wolmain
Ahe
East Branch
Brie
Memorial Day plans advance for citywide observance
Plans for Memorial Day exercises in Huntsville advance as committees, led by General Chairman Walli H. Scott, push preparations. Local groups are urged to contact Scott immediately to ensure full services and floral tributes. Meanwhile 250 National Guardsmen patrolled Huntsville streets as Worcester Miller, 35, faces charges in a March murder case.
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City Parke
Logan
Walli H. Scott
Te Veterans of Foreign Wars
Scott
I. i
Ody
Huntsville
Ala
National
Wgester Miller
Vivian Woodward
First New Jersey quadruplets raise a family on twenty dollars a week
Frances, Frank, Felicc and Werdinand Kaspar, newborn quadruplets in Passaic New Jersey, arrive after a wife’s late pregnancy. United Press reports Papa Kaspar faces the challenge of supporting eight mouths on a twenty dollar weekly budget as the family adjusts to the dramatic expansion.
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Robert Musel
United Press
Passaic
N. J
Papa Amil Kaspar
Trving
New Jersey
Frances
Frank
Felicc
Werdinand
Quadruplets at St Marys Hospital Enter Feeding Trial
Report describes Felix and Fer or Macabanor at St Marys Hospital squalling fed by eye-dropper intervals as doctors note a good chance of reaching maturity. The piece references the Keys quads of Texas as the first to achieve this milestone, while Mayor Tumner discusses housing plans amid family challenges.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Belef
Texas
Papa Kaspar
Benjamin Tumner
Kaspar siblings honored as birthplace of the four Fs
The mayor announced Passaic would host the Kaspars birthplace honor and planned to present the matter to the legislature at Trenton tonight. Officials noted the family’s selection reflects the city’s recognition by locals. Opportunists were mentioned as a concern.
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Kaspars
Passaic
Trenton
Bate
Kaspar Ads Bid After Quints Birth Stirred by Mayor
Papa Kaspar and his wife Elsie face advertising contracts amid a hospital birth scene in Callander Ontario. Mayor Turner eyed the bidders with cold stares and vowed to halt missteps blamed on the Dionne quintuplets birth. Mrs Kaspar remains in good condition and expected to leave hospital within ten days.
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Papa Kaspar
Elsie
Turner
Callander
Ont
Kaspar
New Jersey Couple Welcome Quadruplets Mystery Unfolds
In New Jersey a couple learns from Dr Franke Jani that they have four babies instead of one expected. The family, already strained by finances, faces the challenge of caring for Ellen aged 3 and Ralph 14 months as Kaspar, the father, staggers with the news and returns to his job as an assistant machinist.
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Aer Nusnand
Franke Jani
Ellen
Ralph
Papa Kaspar
Fragmented OCR baby story with nurses and names
An OCR fragment describes newborn Frances and a male infant, with nurses provided at hospital expense. It mentions weights in pounds and ounces, a nurse per baby, and a nonfunctional unemployment note. Relatives ponder attendance and salary amid a broken narrative.
Imprisonment of Youth in Stocks Probed in New Orleans
Authorities investigate the confinement of seven year old Johnny Norris in handmade stocks, used to restrain him by a neighbor in New Orleans. The orphan boy, cared for by Mrs. Louise Klein since infancy, was kept in a bogie yard to stop him from playing in the neighborhood, with the aunt and WPA worker son cited in the incident. District Attorney’s Office to be consulted as police review the case amid era relief program endorsements.
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United Press
New Orleans
Johny Norris
Johnny
Jy Te
Jim
District Attorney's Office
Phe Ii
Louise Klein
Robert
WPA
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