Missing New York Banker Found in Long Island Hotel
Joseph W. Harriman, indicted banker from New York City, missing since a sanitarium escape, was located in the Orchard Inn Roslyn Long Island. He denied identity, but initials on clothes and a note listing relatives confirmed who he was. the note spoke of a personal crisis. Police traced a letter Harriman reportedly mailed to an undertaker regarding his whereabouts.
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New York
Long Island
Roslyn
L. 1
Joseph W. Harriman
New York City
Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Harold King
Nassau County Police
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Searc
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Nassau County
New ‘York City
H. J. Hutchins
New Yi
Harvard Battles Cadets In Test On Mathematics
Harvard and cadets from West Point faced a brainy contest featuring analytical geometry and calculus. Twenty-five cadets from the army and ten from Harvard attempted complex problems in a calm, orderly mental duel, with the main event set for Friday.
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Harvard
Arguis
Queensbury
Mathematical Association of America
Point
Iaws
Army
Crimson
Cambridge
Fence Hall
Mistakes Powder For Garden Seed In Erie Tragedy
In Erie on May 20 a paper sack of gun powder was mistaken for garden seed and four year old Robert Johnson suffered painful face and hand burns while pouring the powder on dying embers of a bonfire. The incident highlights a dangerous mix up with everyday materials and the need for caution around flammable contents.
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Erie
Robert Johnson
Waterways Plan Meets Opposition
Washington May 20 Senator Neely faces strong opposition to his inland waterways proposal linking the Atlantic with the Mississippi West Virginia plan. Railroads and big business resist, and even his resolution for a feasibility survey may not pass this session. Senator Hatfield warns the project would harm West Virginia rail lines central to the state's tax base.
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Washington
West Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi
Senator Neely
Neely
Senate
Hatfield
Rep. W. Va
Triplet First Driver To Qualify For Indy 500
Speedway, Indianapolis May 20 Ernie Triplett of Los Angeles led the first day of 500 mile race qualifying at an average 117.658 mph for the 25 mile sprint. Clit Bergere, also of Los Angeles, qualified at 115.643 mph in the same near stock car that finished third last year.
Weather Outlook for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Generally fair weather is forecast for the week in Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Showers are expected Tuesday or Wednesday and again about Saturday with warmer temperatures in the Ohio valley Tuesday, cooler Thursday, and a warmer spell on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Wreck Victim Harold Stevens Improves in Hospital
In Clarksburg on May 20 Harold D. Stevens, 42, of Gisterville, remains hospitalized with injuries from a automobile accident. Doctors report little improvement but expect recovery.
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Clarksburg
Harold D. Stevens
Gistersville
Labor and business back large public works tax plan
Washington May 20 labor and business endorsed the administration re employment industry control bill and a $3 3 billion public works bond funded by a general manufacturers sales tax. Leaders Green and Harriman told the House Ways and Means Committee the plan would revive the economy create jobs and raise wages. Harriman favored repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and said liquor revenue could reach 400 to 500 million dollars if repealed.
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Washington
Labor and Business
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Henry S. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
House ‘Ways and Means Committee
Green
Harriman
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Lewis W. Douglass
Poth Green
Darkman
Market Session Ends With Heavy Selling On Broad Decline
New York trading saw considerable selling pressure as major staples declined and overall stock indices moved lower. About 1,600,000 shares changed hands with few bright spots, reflecting a broad market retreat amid weak demand and investor caution.
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New York
Jone
Yorkville Tin Plant To Resume Full Operation
Wheeling Steel Corp announced the Yorkville tin plant will resume full operation next week with 400 additional workers. Eighteen mills had operated in the last month, and the new schedule calls for twenty four mills.
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Yorkville
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Two Boys Drown in Cheat River Picnic Incident
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on May 20 two 18 year old graduates, Mike Tarko and Frank Shutock, drowned while canoeing at a picnic along the Cheat River. Their bodies were found in about 50 feet of water after the craft upset.
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Uniontown
Mike Tarko
Frank Shutock
Cheativer
Repeal Club Formed for Taylor County Meet Last Night
A large gathering at the Elk's home in Taylor County heard calls to repeal the 18th Amendment. Former Mayor Thomas P. Kenny presided, William J. Husston served as temporary secretary, and Howard H. Holt urged strong county organization ahead of the June 1 West Virginia vote.
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Taylor County
Real Friends of
Elk’s
Thomas P. Kenny
William J.husston
Howard H. Holt
America
Holt
West Virginia
Jap bombing fleet triggers panic in Peiping and Tientsin
In Peiping and Tientsin on May 20 a dozen Japanese bombing aircraft appeared over the cities, though they dropped no bombs, prompting thousands to seek cover. Officials warn that prospects for a ceasefire in north China remain remote while martial law tensions rise amid alleged plots tied to Manchukuo.
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North China War Zone
Tientsin
Peiping
China
Oil and Gas Control Plan Presented in Congress
A comprehensive plan to end the depression of the oil and gas industry was presented to Congress. The bill would empower the secretary of the interior to fix prices, hours, and wages and to limit production to demand, with support from the administration. Representative Marland introduced the bill and Senator Kan presented it in the Senate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
Rainey
Marland
Dem
Okla
Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Ickes of
Fight higher gasoline tax hearings protest
Washington witnesses from major oil groups argued against increasing the federal gasoline tax at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the revenue section of the public works industry recovery bill. Fayette P Dow, speaking for the American Petroleum Institute and the National Petroleum Association, cited roughly 20 million dollars in annual tax collection and claimed state and federal taxes reached 240 percent of wholesale gasoline in some states.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Public ‘Works
Fayette P. Dow
American Petroleum Institute
National Petroleum Association
United States
Revenue freight loadings rise for week report
Railroads reported by the American Railway Association that for the week ended May 13 show a year over year gain after years of decline. Total 531,095 cars, up 13,835 from 1932 but 215,962 below the 1931 level, with 7,276 more cars than the prior week of May 6 this year.
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Washington
American Railway ‘Association
Accountants confess they robbed Ridley in murder case
Two young accountants Arthur J. Hoffman and George Goodman admitted after ten days of questioning that they systematically robbed Edward A. Ridley and, with his secretary Lee Weinstein, tricked Ridley into signing a spurious will. They were held in $50,000 bail each and committed to the Tombs after denying slaying Ridley and Weinstein.
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New York
Edward A. Ridley
Lee Weinstein
Arthur J. Hoffman
George’ Goodman
August Dreyer
Tombs
Allen Street
Francis J. Kear
Weinstein
Ridley
Hoffman
Goodman
Kear
Sixty Men to Start Monday on New Riverside Drive
Sixty workers will be put on the Riverside Drive project from the head of Yates avenue to Fettermaghbridge, with thirty R F C workers added later. Officials say the job begins Monday, filling the lower end of the old fair grounds, widening and shaping the grade while some laborers quarry stone for the road base. The aim is to rush completion while R F C labor remains available.
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R. F.C
Riverside Drive
Tygart Valley
Yates Avenue
Fettermaghbridge
Fair Grounds
Tried death by own action to escape reformatory return
Morgantown May 20 Lawrence Mitchell 17 who attempted suicide to avoid returning to the state reformatory at Pruntytown was returned to the institution today. He drank insecticide and swallowed a .38 caliber bullet in jail but emergency treatment saved him.
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Morgantown
Lawrence Mitchell
Pruntytown
Religious life to be studied by ministers
The seventh annual State Ministers conference ended Friday deciding the ministers' conference commission will study religious conditions in Hancock Harrison Mason Raleigh Tucker and Upshur counties during the year. The commission includes two representatives from fifteen West Virginia denominations. Church conditions in the six counties will be investigated for educational purposes. Yesterday morning the Rev E J Wootter of Salem the Rev R Q Locke of Parsons and the Rev A H Rapking of Lost Creek were reelected chairman vice chairman and secretary.
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Jackson's Mill
Ministers’ Conference Commission
Hancock
Harrison
Mason
Raleigh
Tucker
Upshur
West Virginia
Salem
R. Q
Road bill signed today by Gov Kump creates one man road commission
Charleston May 20 The administration road bill creating a one man road commission and consolidating county and district roads into a Secondary state system was signed today by Governor Kump. The measure is the first major pill of the Kump program to become law and takes effect from passage, likely not before July 1. Several other bills were signed including companion measures allowing cities to borrow for water works and sewage plants. Also enacted a graduated license fee for hawkers and peddlers.
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Charleston
Kump
Police identify distillery owner shot by gang in Chicago
Chicago May 20 Police identified Frank J Parker former wealthy Canadian distillery owner as the man shot and wounded early today by three men who dragged him from his automobile He was taken to a hospital Parker accused by police of being an airplane bootlegger was struck in the head by a bullet penetrating his skull Police say they believe Parker had been put on the spot by his assailants
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Chicago
Frank J. Parker
Parker
Canada
U S position on war fears at Geneva conference
At Geneva on May 20 the question of U.S. participation in a consultative pact amid disarmament was raised by Dr Giuseppe Motta. Secretary Hull signaled a forthcoming statement by Norman H. Davis next week, weighing U S willingness to join in consultation with strict arms reduction conditions. Hopes for broader security still face doubts amid rapid changes and fears of a Franco Anglo American German alliance.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Guiseppe Motta
Motta
Roosevelt
Holland
Finland
Denmark
Washington
Norman H. Davis
Hull
State Department
Davis
Jan Anglo-American-Germap
Union
Majority of Bonus Army Accepts Jobs at Fort Hunt
Three-fourths of the veterans encamped at Fort Hunt Virginia have accepted President Roosevelt’s offer of Civilian Conservation Corps jobs and plan forest training. The group shifted from left wing leadership that opposed jobs at union wages and signed VA provided applications. The convention closes tomorrow.
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Washington
Bonus Army
Fort Hunt
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Veterans Administration
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