Red Cross motorboat winner Clayton Bishop wins again
Clayton Bishop of Onset Massachusetts, victor of the Albany to New York motorboat classic for the third time, holds his trophy in New York after completing the 150 mile race. The scene also mentions Dr Alexander Loudon Koten at a New York station and Professor Lewis B Allyn's fatal shooting in Westfield Massachusetts amid disputes with manufacturers.
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Clayton Bishop
Onset
Mass
New York
Hedemonds
Alexander Loudon
Koten
Gui St Prey
Loudon
Washington
Queen of the May Proclaimed at Drexel Institute
Gertrude Layton of Prospect Park Pennsylvania was chosen at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia as the Queen of the May to preside over all social activities during the month of flowers.
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Gertrude Layton
Prospect Park
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Spy probe jailer arrests Nazi spy suspect in Texas
Jailer George Price booked Roni Pal Biantos 19 in county jail San Antonio Texas by federal authorities on suspicion of Nazi spying. She was arrested in Eagle Pass Texas and moved to San Antonio after a suicide attempt in her cell. Henry Wagner claiming to head Ridgewood Bund appeared in Long Island City court complaining of ejection from Bund HQ by Knupfer Kuhn followers and two storm troopers. Wagner seeks control of mortars amid Bund split.
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George Price
Roni Pal Biantos
San Antonio
Tex
Eagle Pass
Ridgewood
Brooklyn
Bund
Henry Wagner
Long Island
Bruno Knupfer
Fritz Kuhn
Wegner
Sting
Queen Elizabeth Visits Dudley House Amid Allied Gift Drive
The queen tours Dudley House in London to inspect American gifts destined for the Allies. She notes the items are distributed by non-official groups due to America's neutrality.
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Elizabeth
Dudley House
London
America
Two road hogs and a wartime boastful tale observed
A garbled column notes a rivalry between drivers who push to pass and those who block. It references Hitler's Mein Kampf, mockery of boasters, and a speaker named Zadok Dumbkopf bragging about a friend who overclaims. The piece shifts to humorous vignettes of travelers chasing sights and falling in love.
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Deak
Atx
Steam Blast at New York Hotel Kills Chemist Wife
Mrs. Lewis B. Allyn of Westfield Massachusetts reports a fatal blast in upstairs rooms of a New York hotel where her husband, a chemistry professor at State Teachers College, was killed amid secret FBI research notes. Authorities hunt for a killer as details emerge about an alleged appointment within Wesley Calas st bat.
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State Teachers’ College
Westfield
Mass
Lewis B. Allyn
Athlyn
Allyn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Boni del Riantos
Waldorf Astoria
National Institute of Social Sciences
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GOP
Carrie Chapman Call
James E. West
Scout
Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek
Changking
Central Presa
Italy
Popes
Folfmnders
Tjasel
Berlin
New
Queen Elizabeth
Geneal Press
Hitler
Gerteca
Zadok Dumbkopf
New York Hotel
Prom Chairman
Tis Wellesley
Calas St Bat
Mrs
Barbara Olesen
Skagg
U.S
Pipe
A. Gordian
U. S
Netherlands
Georga A. Goedan
Pesci
Finvatgteim
Aucceeda
Esa 2
Haakon
Norway
Te Phgwn
Norse Town
Prince Olaf
Manana
Royal Party
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