Standings Update From National League And Scores
Yesterday results feature Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago St Louis and Boston New York plus Brooklyn Philadelphia. Today Pittsburgh visits Philadelphia while other games in American and Southern leagues include Washington New York Detroit St Louis Chicago Cleveland Montreal Jersey City Rochester Baltimore Buffalo Newark Toronto Albany Indianapolis Milwaukee Toledo Columbus Louisville and Kansas City.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Montreal
Jersey City
Rochester
Baltimore
Buffalo
Newark
Toronto
Albany
Indianapolis-Milwaukee
Toledo
St. Paul
Columbus
Minneapolis
Louisville
Kansas City
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Ile
Ashington
Etroit
Hiladelphia
Proposed Tax Plan Aims at Graduated Income Levy
The House directs a committee to craft a graduated income tax as part of a broad omnibus measure. A report and vote are expected soon, with the plan tapping personal incomes after constitution limits on property levies. The proposal includes one percent on sales over 600 dollars and exemptions for families, targeting revenue of about one million dollars.
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House
Snes
N. Y. C. recalls 1600 furloughed shopmen
Albany report says about 1600 men who were laid off three weeks ago will return to work today in the locomotive department of the New York Central Railroad shops at West Albany, bringing total local employment to around 2300.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Cental Railroad
West Albany
Early closing for third of schools seen
West Virginia faces widespread school closures. 4,048 schools with 106,323 pupils affected statewide. Greenbrier County reports 224 locked schoolhouses affecting 4,480 pupils while other counties list significant closures and pupil totals. Taylor County district closed April 7. U S Army airport Barksdale Field in Shreveport dedicated. South Dakota reports only about half of high school aged boys attending.
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Charleston
West Virginia
L. V. Cavins
Department of Education
Cavins
Greenbrier County
Berkeley
Gilmer
Harrison
Marion
Mineral
Mingo
Monongalia
Ohio
Taylor
Greenbrier
Cabell
Fayette
Hancock
Kanawha
Marshall
Mercer
McDowell
Putnam
Raleigh
Roane
Summers
Wood
Wyoming
Taylor County
South Dakota
State Department of Public Instruction
Odds quoted on eligibles for big race in Kentucky Derby
Louisville May 1 reports list the ten leading Derby contenders for the fifty ninth Derby at Churchill Downs. Ladysman heads the Eastern group with Head Play Sarada Mr Khayyam and others forming a strong field led by foreign entries Trace Call and Knockaway. Quotations from Shaw and Kearney show Ladysman at 2-1 to 1-0 and Head Play at 8-1, with Charley O and Sarada among other top choices.
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Churchill Downs
W. R. Coe
William Crump
R. M. Eastman
Charley O
F. A. Griffith
Sarada
Catawba Stables
Trace Call
Knockaway
Mr. Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Mr Khayyam
Havre de Grace
Ladysman
Ladman
Pomponious
Kerry Patch
Broker
Tom Shaw
New York
Tom Kearney
St. Louis
Shaw Kearney
Arnold's battered car aimed at annual 500 mile classic
Indianapolis May 1 Battered but still fast Billy Arnold's front drive speedster from 1930 31 32 is being prepared for the May 30 race. New owner Fred Frame bought it from Harry Hartz after Arnold crash. Talks swirl that Arnold may drive again despite past injuries.
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Indianapolis
Billy Arnold
Chicago
Fred Frame
Harry ‘Hartz
Lock
Spider
Mgt
Kid Chocolate Faces Johnny Farr Tonight in Philly Bout
New York May 1 boxers headline this week’s national schedule. Kid Chocolate defends the junior lightweight crown against Johnny Farr in a 10 round bout at Philadelphia tonight. The New York Athletic Commission recognizes Chocolate as featherweight champion. Farr, a veteran Cleveland fighter, challenges for the other title.
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New York
Kid Chocolate
Max Rosenbloom
King Levinsky
Jackie Fields
Barney Ross
Chocolate
New York Athletic Commission
Johnny Far
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
President Roosevelts proposals face swift House action
The article notes pressure on Democratic leaders to move quickly as the President aims to adjourn the special session in June before the London world economic conference. It outlines pending measures including banking reform with limited deposit insurance and a 30 hour work week. The piece mentions possible reciprocal tariffs, a public works plan with initial outlay up to 2 billion dollars, and continued House and Senate actions on mortgage refinancing, tax cuts, and other admin proposals. It also covers the Labor Committee resuming consideration of the thirty hour week with a substitute plan creating a national industries board.
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London
Roosevelt
Rainey
House
Senate
Whitte House
Congress
House Labor Committee
National Industries Board
Labor Department
Raids Target Gang War Amid World’s Fair Prep
Chicago police conducted near hundred raids on hoodlum haunts to curb the Capone and Touhy factions and purge racketeers before the World’s Fair. Minor hangers-on were seized, with documentary evidence collected for grand jury presentation and wholesale indictments sought. Roger Totho aimed to remove the Capone clan from local racketeering.
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Chicago
Capone
Untangling Turf Wars and Labor Ties in City Crime Scene
Reports detail a Baltimore era mob stir with Capone syndicate figures named for death by Touhy, raids capturing vice and racketeering records, and control fights over the metropolis milk industry. Police note six gunner arrests, while unions face factional pressure as teams prepare for the season.
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Heyries Murray - Humphries
William
Klondike) O'Donnell
Jack “White
Capone Syndicate
William Blaul
States Attorney's Office
Touhy
Vice
Triall
Capone
Teamsters and Chauffersi Union
Daniel Gilpert
Jumion
South
Morris Goldberg
Grafton B. & O
O'Donnell
Wendell
Shaky” Paugh
Pimlico Opens 63rd Spring Meet With Preakness Stakes
Pimlico Race Track begins its 63rd spring meet today with Pimlico’s storied Preakness Stakes as a centerpiece. Thoroughbreds move in after Havre de Grace closing, stables filled for a 15 day program. Welfare day programs aid Maryland destitute and unemployed as receipts go to relief.
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Maryland
Pimlico Race Track
Preakneess
Havre de Grace
Gandhi Plans Fast Continues After One-Week Hunger Strike
Gandhi plans to extend a fast from the previous week amid fears a three week fasting period could prove fatal. The unrest centers on untouchability and the hope that high caste Hindus will actively engage in reform. News spreads rapidly as followers react to the Mahatma's stance and lack of new demands.
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Mr. Gandhi
500 Attend Holy Name Union Meeting In Maryland
About 500 persons attended the annual convention of the Baltimore Archdiocesan Holy Name Union at Mount St. Marys College Emmitsburg Maryland. Delegates represented Holy Name societies in Baltimore Washington Cumberland Hagerstown and other Western and southern Maryland communities Caesar Angello of Washington was elected president for the coming year No action was taken on naming the 193% convention place.
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Emmitsburg
Baltimore’ Archdiocesan
Holy Name Union
Mount St. Mary's College
Holy Name Socieeties
Baltimore
Washington
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Maryland
Caesar Angello
Dry League Observes its 40th Anniversary
The Anti-Saloon League announced it would observe the fortieth anniversary of its founding at Oberlin Ohio on May 24. Churches nationwide are invited to participate in a nation wide observance on Sunday May 21 with further events to follow.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Oberlin
Ohio
Three Carried To Safety In Children's Home Fire
Fire damaged the West Virginia Chil dren's Home in Elkins on May 1. Firemen carried three people to safety from the second floor including Mrs Jessica P Lehman superintendent Henry Ford 8 and an eight month old baby all ill. Other children of the 89 living at the home were out of the building at the time. Origin of the fire undetermined and damage may reach 2500 dollars. The fire was confined to the first floor and children were housed on upper stories for the night.
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Elkins
West Virginia
Jessica P. Lehman
Henry Ford
Poster Campaign For Safety Opens Today
Charleston May 1, 24 a seven month traffic safety campaign starts today in West Virginia and 13 other states. Posters in filling stations target accidents from careless driving and will be placed in co operating oil company stations. The effort expands last year’s New York New Jersey Pennsylvania project with partners in Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Maryland Virginia Tennessee Connecticut Delaware West Virginia and the District of Columbia. About 7500 filling stations will be used.
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West Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maryland
Virginia
Tennessee
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Forest Fire Burns Across Wide Elk Ridge Area
A forest fire started in the Elk Ridge Mountains above Sandy Hook in Hagerstown Maryland and continued raging despite fire wardens and volunteers efforts. The blaze has swept hundreds of acres of timberland and advanced about a mile in the last night, nearing Maryland Heights.
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Hagerstown
Elk Ridge Mountains
Sandy Hook
West Virginia Owes R F C Nine Million Five Hundred Fifty Five
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reports West Virginia total loans of 9,055,218 through April 22 for relief, all loans under Subsection C of the Reconstruction Act, to be repaid via future general road aid deductions. The piece also notes Australia market competition and an unrelated prize anecdote.
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Washington
West Virginia
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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