Tariff Coalition Drives Tax Measure Through Senate
United Press reports the tariff coalition secured Senate passage on import duties for air and coal, with votes 43 to 87 and 39 to 64. Leaders plan further votes on copper and rubber tariffs as groups align to back each other. Democratic dissent fractured the party as 20 Democrats opposed the tariff.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Bwo House
Selumner
Tsue
Democrats
Rum runner claims Lindbergh baby killer tale in Baltimore interview
A New Jersey bootlegger told Arthur Mills that the Lindbergh baby would be found within five miles of the Lindbergh home and described the kidnapping and killing by blows to the head. Mills reports the rum runner named the kidnappers and discussed motives, with details given to Col. Schwarzkopf on May 10.
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Baltimore
United Press
New Jersey
Arthur Mills
Baltimore Post
Lindberg Home
Rusiner
Mills
Norman Schwarzkopf
Maryland
Maryland House of Correction
Ocean City
Jersey
Uprhat
Five Best Radio Entertainments Listed
A listing of radio programs across networks with speeches by Norman Thomas Mayor Hoan and Heywood Troun on WABC CBS. NBC networks broadcast late night events including an Army bend concert and Louis Sobol dance hour with a remaining melody segment.
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WABC
CBS
Norman Thomas
Mayor Hoan
Heywood Troun
WIZ
NBC
Army Bend
WEAF
Louis Sobol
Wis
Srmher Melo
Warner Brothers Chief Charged With Under Cover Stock Ops
Washington May 21 Charges of under cover stock operations and newspaper propaganda to aid market manipulation were leveled at Harry M. Warner president of Warner Brothers Inc before the Senate banking and currency committee. Warner testified that the corporation's shares rose from 460000 to 7500000 within three years after its 1825 incorporation.
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Parler Washington
Harry M. Warner
Warner Brothers, Inc
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
William A. Gray
Warner
Curtis Opens Fight to Dodge Prosecution
John Hughes Curtis faces a court battle to avoid prosecution for his Lindbergh hoax confession. Norfolk attorney W. C. Pender will direct the defense as Curtis, jailed on a misdemeanor, seeks release on bail. The move aims to prove lack of guilt or justify extenuating circumstances in a case rooted in the sensational hoax.
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Delos Smith
United Press
Hopewell
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh Npp
Norfolk
W. C. Pender
Flemington
Gurtis
Pender
Luther D. Way
Sorfelk
Curtis
Girl Admits Kidnapping Story Fabrication
Pittsburgh May 21 Miss Bitzabeth Perry 17 admitted today she fabricated a double kidnapping story to be dismissed from her domestic position in Avalon Pennsylvania. She said she was tired of work but her mother wouldn't let her quit. County detectives questioned her and she admitted the claim was false to avoid losing her job.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Bitzabeth Perry
Avalon
Kleiap
Poline
Earhart Forced Down in Ireland Amid Quake News
A chaotic dispatch reports Amelia Earhart forced to land in Ireland during a violent incident. Simultaneous tremors hit San Salvador and Managua with unknown casualties in Ireland and Nicaragua. Communications were interrupted and property damage noted in affected regions.
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Amelia Earhart
Ireland
San Salvador
United Press
Salvador
San Fale Yadlor
Managua
Nicaragua
Pane Siiek
First woman makes solo Atlantic flight lands in Ireland
Amelia Earhart Putnam, the first woman to solo the Atlantic, landed her monoplane in a Londonderry pasture after a 10 hour leg from Harbour Grace Newfoundland. She reported fuel issues and rain during the crossing, while weather forecasts were favorable for the attempt. The event marks five years since Lindbergh’s Paris flight. Meanwhile Do-X flying boat heads toward the Azores on the first leg toward Lake Constance.
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United Press
London
Amelia Barnhart Putnam
The
Atlantic
Londonderry
Ireland
Harbour Grace
N. Z
London Evening I Standard
Newfoundland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fenosevell’ Field
Paris
Rech
M Putnam
Great Circle
sHfer
St, Johns
Nid
Azores
Lake Comstance
Switzerland
Holyrod Bay
Harbor Grate
Former Atlantic flier killed in plane crash
Rome May 21 Capt. Geo Indres, who flew from New York to Hungary in 1981, was killed today in a Littoria airport crash along with fellow Hungarian pilot Bituny. Early reports had named Alexander Magyar in the crash.
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Uneecurrcos
Rome
Geo. Indres
New York
Hungary
Bituny
Littoria
Arly
Alexander Magyar
Emdres
St Marys Woman Found Slain. Husband Held
ST MARYS Pa May 21 Mrs Dan McConaghy 82 was found beaten and stabbed to death in her home. Police say her husband 72 was arrested and held awaiting inquest by Coroner S T McCabe. He is believed to have killed his wife while temporarily deranged. Neighbors found the body in a pool of blood with a hammer nearby and a slashed throat. County Detective Leo Water Oklahoma began the investigation. McConaghy had been unemployed five years and acted queer recently.
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ST. Marys
Dan McConaghy
S. T. McCabe
Leo Water
Ok County
McConaghy
Sharp earthquake tremors recorded near Washington
May 21 dawn tremors registered by Georgetown University seismograph at 5 15 and 6 20 a m, with scientists estimating the quake occurred 100 miles southwest of Washington likely off the coast of lower Mexico or Central America.
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United Press
Washington
Georgetown University
Georgetown
Lower
Mexico
America
Entombed Chilean Miners Rescued From Tunnel Collapse
In Las Raices Chile May 21 forty one workers trapped by a tunnel collapse were rescued alive by divers and rescue parties. One man remained unaccounted for as the entombed workers escaped to the upper tunnel reaches.
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United Press
Las Raices
Chile
Lad Raices
Found Dead Near Fire In Altoona
Altoona police report a 45 year old man, Young Steckroth, found dead near a fire pit he and companions built the prior evening. The trunk that formed part of the fire pinned him to the ground. Cause of death is undetermined pending investigation.
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Altoona
Pol
Uong Steckroth
Former Corry Man Found Dead at Findley Lake Inn
Charles A. Safford, about 50, formerly of Corry, was found shot dead in his room at The Meadows Findley Lake Inn around 1 am. A shotgun near the body indicated suicide. Safford, manager of the inn since March, left a wife near Greenfield. he had recently faced financial worries and resided in Corry for several years.
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Charles A. Safford
Findley Lake Inn
Stafford
Finiley Lake
Miss Loomis
Simmer
Safford
Man Charged After Fatality Over Cigarette Request
Chas Peters 30 of New Kensington is held on charges tied to the death of LeRoy McCreedy 28 of Pittsburgh after McCreedy asked for a cigarette and was knocked down in Pittsburgh. McCreedy died in Passavant Hospital from a fractured skull. Two witnesses Reynolds Davis 2 Verona and Orlando Magnotti 21 Pittsburgh were arrested in the case.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Chas. Peters
New Kensington
Peters Reynolds Davis
Verona
Orlando Magnotti
LeRoy McCreedy
Passavant Hospital
McCreedy
Peters
Thousands of Pupils Demonstrate Health in California Valley
More than 3,000 public school children from the Monongahela valley gathered in California Pa to witness a mass physical education demonstration. California State Teachers' College sponsored the event celebrating the dedication of a new gymnasium building.
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California
Phow Senda
Monongahela Valley
California State ‘Teachers’ College
Wonan and Child Die in Greensburg Auto Crashes
In Greensburg Pa May 21 a nine year old girl Jennie Ross of Greensburg died from a fractured skull after being struck by a car while walking home from school on the Lincoln highway. Mrs Mary Gheldafucci 26 of Carnegie died at Greenshire hospital from injuries received when an auto veered into a pole on the William Penn highway last Sunday, her husband driving.
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Ey Upien
Greensburg
Jennie Ross
Lincoln Highway
Mary Gheldafucci
Greenshire Hospital
Putnam Proud Of Amelia Triumph After Atlantic Flight
George Palmer Putnam, husband of Amelia Earhart Putnam, praised her bravery and skill after she piloted a damaged engine for ten hours in a night flight from Newfoundland to Ireland. He called the feat one of the best ever by any aviator and expressed immense pride.
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Putnam
Amelia
United Press
New York
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Newfoundland
Ireland
Atlantic
Bank bandits tied up clerks flee with $12,000 in Caldwell
Police say Pete Hallick 24 Jacke Oster Detroit and Donald Walters 22 admitted taking part in a Caldwell Ohio Noble County National Bank robbery last Wednesday then fleeing with the money. A third man aided them and two women were arrested in Koppel Pa while attempting to join. Hallick had 4628. Walters hid loot in Ohio. They also admitted robbing a Bedford shoe store for 62.
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United Press
Beaver Falls
Caldwell
Ohio City
Koppel
Pete Halliel
Jacke Oster
Detroit
Donald Walters
Noble County National Bank
Akron
St. Ponte
Hallick
Walters
Ohio
Bedford
Fred Shaner
Jury Deliberates Fate of Girl Slayer in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri on May 21 a jury weighed the fate of Paul H Kauffman an ex convict charged with murdering Avid Woolery two years earlier The defense rested yesterday and final arguments were heard The jury deliberated for about two hours without a verdict and was ordered to resume at 9 am Judge Bex Tere presiding Prosecutor Page urged the death penalty for the slaying of the one year old girl in Webb City Missouri
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Kansas City
Paul H. Kauffman
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Avid Woolery
Bex Tere
Criminal Court
Qa. Mm
Jimes . Page Reiters
Kachman
Webb City
Probers Reveal Kreuger Irregularities in Bankrupt Plot
Stockholm May 21 Special bankruptcy legislation is being prepared to safeguard Kreuger toll creditors. The committee recommending bankruptcy announced four Kreuger directors faced charges after police say Kreuger summoned them to a silent room and urged them to seize stocks. An accountant Wendler and a bookkeeper Hennig are also detained. The final report cites phantom trails in Kreuger's sprawling financial operations.
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United Press
Stockholm
Kreuger
Toll
Ite Tver Kreuger
Carl Lange
Sven Huldt
Victor Holm
Bredberg
Wendler
Hennig
Bankrupléy
Gnal
Graham Named New Chairman of Erie County GOP
Mortimer G. Graham district attorney of Erie county was elected chairman of the Erie County Republican committee at today's reorganization meeting in Erie. He succeeds Alec H. Stason and named Mrs. Maude G. Barnes as vice chair. Albert G. Milley was elected secretary, defeating Neil McCray by 95 votes. James Hayes to remain interim treasurer and assistant secretary. Several speeches urged party harmony at the Masonic Temple grill. Local attendees included Mr and Mrs Surcy and H. Tiljotson guests from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Mortimer
Graham
Erie County
Erie County Republican Committee
Erie
Alec H. Stason
Maude G. Barnes
Estice
Ste
Albert G. Milley
Brie
Neil Mp
Cray
Fairview Fier
Ister
James Hayes
Gom
Gressman
Milton W. Shreve
Joseph Ziesenheliy
Masonic Temple Grill
Eric
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Surcy
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