Fugitive Trio Nabbed After Wild Ride in Oklahoma
Five young men sped through Oklahoma highways kidnapping six people and stealing three autos. George E. Droddy of Pineville Missouri and two others were captured after a car chase near Guthrie while two more men were arrested in Sayre for kidnapping four men. The four victims were released and the car recovered.
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Awhuska
Okla
Oklahoma
Co. Ee
Dem
Sherman, Tex
George E. Droddy
Pineville
Aximian Pet- ES
Sherman
Werger
Phillip Ner
Perry
Oklo
Yale
Aigner
Robert Jones
Dallas
Jones
Guthrie
Sayre
James Dixon
Indianapolis
Howard Johnson
Denver
B. C. Butler
Tommy Dyson
Glenn Willama
Elk City
Wash
O. J. Hannington
Spokane
Georgia Grand Jury Urges Abolishment of Prohi Laws
The Chatham County grand jury in Savannah recommends repealing the prohibition statute and enacting strict liquor sale regulations. They argue the prohibition law is impracticable and its evils compel new legislation to legalize controlled alcohol traffic. They urge state legislators to act at the next General Assembly.
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Georgia
Savannah
Chatham County Traud
John Rourke
Nator
Golfers and Caddies Hide Sidelights in Hollywood
Hollywood tale shows a caddie hired as actor or dancer. Eddie O'Brien left vaudeville to golf, but the move proved unpaid and he now studies packing clubs on Saturdays and Sundays. The report notes San Quentin’s crowded conditions, housing over 6 000 inmates.
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Hollywood
Cal
May
Eddie O'Brien
Eddie
Cing
France Awaits U S Lead on Japanese Asia Policy
Paris reports France seeks U S pressure against Japan's Asia for Asiatics stance while avoiding direct confrontation. Officials say France values Indo China and colonial holdings and fears Nipponese expansion. Washington viewed as able to risk less. French diplomacy also juggles Russia ties amid Nazi threat as Tokyo pressure grows.
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M. F. Whiteleather
Paris
Uncle Sam
Japan
Asia
France
United States
Great Britain
Holland
Nippon
Europe
America’s
China
Indo-China
Tahiti
New Caledonia
Kwangchow
Manchukuo
Orient
Russia
Sam
El Dowling Dies of Heart Disease at Newton Alabama
E L Dowling prominent local businessman died from heart disease at his Newton Alabama home. Founder of Ozark Cotton Mills he helped start the first cotton mill in South Alabama. Survived by three sons Ralph Elroy Daniel and three daughters Mrs Harvey Nolte Mrs G O Elson and Miss Jane Dowling and brother Young Dowling. Funeral arrangements by Fellows Forrester to be announced.
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Newton
E. L. Dowling
Ala
Ozark
South Alabama
Methodist Church
Ralph
Washington, D. C
Elroy
Dothan
Daniel
Hampton Roads
Harvey Nolte
Kansas City
Kas
G. O. Elson
Perry, Fla
Jane Dowling
Young Dowling
Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home
Chinese Emperor Ill With Typhoid Calls In Herb Doctor
May 29 AP reports from Peiping say Emperor Kang Teh of Manchukuo formerly Henry Pu Yi fell ill with typhoid at his palace in Hainking. Dispatches say Japanese overlords pressed Western doctors but the emperor insisted on a traditional Chinese herb doctor, after payment of 50 000 Mexican dollars and personal-safety guarantees.
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Peiping
Empeor Kang Teh
Manchukuo
Henry Pu-Yi
Hainking
Swansboro Named for Beautiful Swans Seen by Captain Bates
Swansboro in North Carolina earned its name from white swans observed by English sea captain Daniel Bates who explored the area and settled there in 1712.
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Swansboro
N. C
Daniel Bates
Foundation stone from Mary Todd Lincoln home placed in Washington garden
A foundation stone from the Kentucky home of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the President, was set in the rock garden of the Girls' Scenes' headquarters in Washington.
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Kentucky
Mary Todd Lincoln
Rock Garden
Girl Scenes
Washington
Strikes Hit Steel Plant and Auto Worksites in Midwest and Virginia
Two unions strike at Crucible Steel Casting Co in Milwaukee affecting 200 workers. Tahize Hatillon Bayon Plant in Hopewell Virginia unionists threaten strike if recognition is denied. In Toledo National Guard mobilizes to curb automotive strike violence as Electric Auto-Lite factory tensions rise and crowds confront workers.
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Crucible Steel Casting Company
Milwaukee
Tahize- Hatillon Bayon
Hopewell
Toledo
National Guard
Bingham Stamping & Tool Company
L. S. Conelly
Bingham
Women find bound man shot to death in cottage
Four women on an outing discovered the bound and gagged body of John J. Simmons, 32, of Grand Rapids and Detroit, in an unused Lake Michigan cottage at Charlevoix. Simmons, a theater sound expert recently transferred from Detroit, had a gunshot wound to the head and his body hidden under an old mattress, with death presumed recent. The finders are Mrs. Ted Cooper Mrs John Nordrum and Miss Eleanor Badger.
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Charlevoix
Mich
John J. Simmons
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Lake Michigan
Simons
Missing Charlevoix Campers Recount Robbery Motive
Police report two campers from Charlevoix, including Miss Marvel Smith, were involved in a case near Grand Rapids. Simone left a Grand Rapids hotel on May 26. Officers say robbery was not the motive as watch and money were not taken.
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Miss Marvel Smith
Charlevoix
Simone
Grand Rapids Hotel
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Italy
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Pridgen-Holman
Ili
MT Dao
tLaa
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Fisher
G.M.A.C
General Motors
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit, Mich
Fieher
Solomon Liddon Company
Tisaig
Ted Cooper
John Nordrum
Eleanor Badger
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