Aviation Picture and Star Tim McCoy at Bijou in Huron
The aviation film Speed Wings follows McCoy and partner Bakewell attempting the U S speed record amid crashes and a theft mystery involving secretary Eva Knapp. Also Mystery Liner at the State with Noah Beery, Astrid Allyn. Local listings include You're Telling Me and Bitter Sweet. D A R elects Aycrigg president-general.
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McCoy
William Bakewell
United States
Bakewell
Eaviyn Knapp
Ofice
Miss Knapp
Noah Beery
Astrid Allyn
BIOU
Roger Pryor
Gloria Stuart
Huron
W. C. Fields
America
Adam and Eve
Garden of Eden
Noel Coward
Huron A. A. U. W
Lowell Thomas
Fomorrow Biou
STATE
Memorial Day car races to resume NBC air schedule
NBC plans a 30 minute morning start description and a return near race end for the Indianapolis Memorial Day automobile events. WJZ NBC will handle both transmissions with Graham McNamee in the booth.
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C. E. Butterfield
Central Standard
New York
Indianapolis
NBC Sports
Wjz-Nbc
Graham McMamee
Morrell Awarded Surplus Contracts for Pork and Lard
The federal surplus relief corporation awarded John Morrell & Co. contracts for 14,078,000 pounds of pork and 5,166,000 pounds of lard for relief use. Specific items include sweet-pickled smoked belly bacon 50,000 pounds and regular smoked hams 585,000 pounds plus other processed pork cuts and lard with quantities listed.
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Washington
Federal Surplus, Relief Corporation
John Morrell & Co
Sioux Falls
S. 1
Robles Child Will Return To School
Robles six year old girl, rescued after nineteen days trapped in a desert hole, will return to school Monday to cope with trauma. Her uncle Carlos Robles said she has been physically and emotionally affected more than visible, recalling her attempts to amuse herself with dolls from seeds and paper while exposed to desert heat. Authorities intensified efforts to locate her abductors following these revelations.
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Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
Carlos Robles
Chase Fires Up Dillinger Rumor Amid Auto Pursuit
Two motorcycle policemen from Willow Springs county highway station pursued a Ford sedan carrying five men. Reports circulated that John Dillinger was sighted, but the officers could not identify any occupants as gang members. The fugitives outdistanced the chase after two shots were fired.
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Dillinger
Chicago
Willow Springs
John Dillinger
Foremen to Enter Iowa Packing Plant to Prevent Spoilage
Des Moines May 17 Foremen at the Iowa Packing company plant will be allowed to enter today to prevent spoilage of about four million pounds of meat stored there. Strikers, who yesterday voted to permit entry, agreed to resume a conciliation meeting with company officials today to halt the plant closure that began Monday and affected 700 workers.
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Des Moines
Iowa Packing Company
Strikers Sue for Higher Wages and Job Terms
Workers walked out after no settlement at yesterday's conciliation. The strike seeks a wage increase and altered working conditions, with talks adjourned to today to resume discussions.
Minneapolis Truckers Vote for Immediate Walkout
Freight and food shipments face disruption as Minneapolis drivers meet at strike headquarters at midnight and vote almost unanimously for an immediate walkout with union backing.
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Minnneapolis
Taxi Drivers Vote to Join General Transport Strike
In Minneapolis on May 17 two hundred taxi cab drivers voted to join the ongoing truckers strike and broaden the commercial transport tie up begun Wednesday night.
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Minneapolis
Trains Collision in Germany Kills Four Injures Many
Four people die and several are seriously injured when two locomotives collide in Pforzheim Germany as one train struck a rain bearing workman near a switch. The crash tore into the middle of the train during passage.
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Pforzheim
Germany
Seth
Gold in Bank of France Reaches New High
Paris reports gold holdings at the Bank of France rose by 431000000 francs to 7660700000 francs, a level near that seen before February riots that triggered a large gold drain.
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Paris
Bank of France
Macon Dirigible Passes West Texas Town on Way to Sunnyvale
The Macon navy dirigible headed westward toward Sunnyvale California passed over a late west Texas town at 5 05 a m Central Standard Time today ten miles east of El Paso Texas strengthening the coast to coast air route status and signaling progress in the range flight.
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Macon
Texas
Monabans
Tex
Sunnyvale
Cal
el Paso
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