Honolulu Opens Sensational Massie Trial In Gray Stone Court
Baby Lindy Trail Leads To Glasgow Sensational Case Of Honor Slayers Opens In Honolulu With police guarding the judiciary building. Joseph Kahahawai lured by a fake summons was killed. Massie case defendants including Lieut Thomas H Massie and Mrs Granville Fortescue face second degree murder charges. Trial may last weeks with jury selection crowded by Orientals and islanders.
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Honolulu
Joseph Kahahawai
Granville Fortescue
Thomas H. Massie
BE. J. Lord
Albert C. Jones
Massie
Kahahawai
Judiciary Building
Thalia Massie
Fortescue
Charles 8
Davis
Darrow
Clarence Darrow
Granville Roland Fortescue
Thomas Massie
U. S. Navy
Joe Kahahawai
New York
Sister in law of Rev Fosdick kills self and children
Montclair New Jersey April 4 Mrs Raymond B Fosdick sister in law of the Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick shot and killed her two children and herself at her home neighbors heard shots around 930 am The mother had been nervous and under a physician care The husband a lawyer and brother of the New York pastor was away in New York The children were Susanne 15 and Blaine 9
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Montclair
N. J
Raymond B. Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York
Susanne
Blaine
Fosdick
League of Nations
Rockefeller Foundation
Princeton University
Democratic National Committee
Secretary of War
War Department
France
Pershing
Lindbergh Case Fears Rise In Glasgow Visit
Glasgow reports Major Charles H. Schoeffel of New Jersey state police arriving from London to interview Mrs. Taylor mother of Betty Gow. Authorities hint that the visit may yield significant new details amid a citywide search for the Lindbergh baby.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Charles H. Schoeffel
New Jersey
London
Taylor
Betty Gow
Schoeffel
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sourland Hills
Associated Press
Richardson probes Hawaii crime and governance conditions
Seth W. Richardson, assistant U S attorney general, released findings from a government inquiry into crime and governance in Hawaii following the Fortescue Massie case. He concludes law enforcement is lax but finds no organized criminal element, attributing much of the crime discourse to Hawaii s mixed racial population.
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Seth W. Richardson
U. S
Fortescue-Massie
Pacific
Richardson
Hoover calls for joint delegation to frame national economy plan
President Hoover urges a bipartisan panel from Senate and House to craft a complete national program of economy aimed at cutting federal expenditures for the coming year. He argues unity of action is needed and that such action would expedite appropriations while protecting vital government services.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
House
Executive
House of Representatives
Athens
House passes Hare bill for Philippine independence
Washington authorities report the House approved the Hare bill to grant independence to the Philippines after eight years. The step marks a major shift in U S policy toward Manila and sets a timetable for self rule.
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Favor Island
Washington
House
Philippines
Birth Control Bill Introduced in Washington by Hancock
At the request of Mrs. Margaret Sanger Representative Hancock introduced a bill in Washington to permit dissemination of information on birth control. The measure aims to expand access to birth control information and influence public health policy.
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Washington
Margaret Sanger
Hancock
German election turmoil as vote nears runoff
Berlin reports a febrile campaign with three dead and many injured after opening gunfire. Voters head to a runoff on April 10 between Paul von Hindenburg Adolf Hitler and Ernst Thaelmann amid a tense political climate.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Ernst Thaelmann
Hindenburg
Hitler
Leipsic
Don Juan Confesses Crimes Plotted From Jealous Lovers
Chicago dated report profiles Donald Loftus a 30 year old robber dubbed Don Juan. Jealous lovers allegedly spurred his spree across Ohio Illinois Wisconsin and California from 1929 to 1931 totaling about one hundred thousand dollars in loot. Loftus, captured in Mishawaka Indiana, described solo raids with two .45 caliber pistols and a luxuriously furnished South Bend apartment.
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Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
Plainfield
Ill
South Bend
Mishawaka
Dems Hold Meeting To Select Party Keynoter
In Chicago the Democratic convention arrangements committee met to choose a keynoter for the June 27 meeting with two options, Senator Alben Barkley and Jouett Shouse, as Roosevelt supporters crowd the gathering and James Farley predicts a Roosevelt nomination on the first ballot.
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Dems
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Jouett Shouse
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Kansas
Republican National Committee
James A. Farley
New York
Farley
Horsemanship Takes Center Stage in Olympic Troupe
Santa Monica report notes Major Chamberlin and riders preparing in San Diego for Olympics. They emphasize horsemanship events as crowd favorites, praising horse sport revival and urged legalization of racing nationwide while drawing analogies to big brands like General Motors and General Electric.
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Santa Monica
Calift
Chamberlin
San Diego
General Motors
General Electric
General Utility
Younce and Brinkley Freed On One Charge Under Bond In Another
In Lexington April 4 George A. Younce and W. F. Brinkley were freed on a $1000 bond on a perjury indictment not to be tried soon. They had been cleared of manslaughter in Sheriff James A. Leonard’s February death after a coroner’s inquest. The men testified the sheriff’s gun was taken during a wreck dispute involving Neal Wimmer of Roanoke. Brinkley released on non-suit. Younce acquitted.
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Lexington
James A. Leonard
George A. Younce
W. F. Brinkley
Leonard
Younce
Neal Wimmer
Roanoke
Naval Vessel Damaged After Collision Off California Coast
In a high seas collision with the English freighter Javanese Prince near Point San Vincente the navy sub chaser No 34 headed to San Pedro in tow of the coast guard cutter Tamora. The navy craft was badly damaged but not in danger of sinking and the Javanese Prince was damaged slightly on an around the world voyage from San Pedro to Yokohama.
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San Pedro
Calif
Point San Vincente
Navy
Coast Guard
Yokohama
Unusual Plant Cargo Arrives In Miami Yacht Cruise Finds
A cargo of valuable foreign plant species collected during an 8,000 mile Caribbean cruise arrived in Miami aboard the yacht of Allison V. Armour of New York.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Allison V. Armour
New York
Five Die in Brookfield Fire Trapped Family Tragedy
Five members of a single family perished in a two story house fire in a Chicago suburb of Brookfield. The sixth relative survived after falling through an open window while searching in dense smoke.
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Chicago
Brookfield
Revelations Come Fast As One Bandit Who Shot Penn Is Held
Elwood Johnson of Siler City is jailed in Charlotte as police round up three others Johnson names as part of a bandit party. He admits involvement in the shooting of Ashby Penn, a University of North Carolina student near Chapel Hill, after he claims the group tried to hold up George Coleman. Johnson shows an arm wound to support his story.
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Penn
Elwood Johnson
Siler City
Charlotte
Robert G. Thompson
Mount Holly
Lawrence Armstrong
Jack Thomas
Thomas
Johnson
E. L. Rackley
Chapel Hill
Charles Penn
American Tobacco Company
Reidsville
Extreme laxity in Hawaii law enforcement flagged
Washington reports Assistant Attorney General Seth W. Richardson says Hawaii shows no organized crime or major crime wave but reveals extreme laxity in law enforcement administration and a weak justice system. He warns racial prejudice exists and calls the situation socially and politically dangerous if not corrected.
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Washington
Seth W. Richardson
Senate
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Honolulu
Administration of Justice
Commission of Crime
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for April 1
Treasury receipts on April 1 totaled $3,112,647.32 while expenditures reached $19,171,855.78 leaving a balance of $631,361,564.11. Customs duties for the same day amounted to $850,243.98.
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Treasury
Washington
Cabinet Resigns in Belgrade Under Premier Zivkovitch
Belgrade April 4. The cabinet of Premier General Peter Zivkovitch resigned today as political turmoil grows in Jugoslavia. Reports indicate the move follows pressure over government policy and domestic unrest.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Peter Zivkovitch
Aged Eldest Son of An Original Siamese Twin Dies In Mt. Airy
Christopher Wrenn Bunker, 7, eldest son of Chang Bunker one of the famed Siamese twins, dies after a six month illness at Mt. Airy. Confederate veteran and longtime Surry County farmer, surviving a widow a son a brother and three sisters. Burial at Antioch Baptist Church cemetery. Born in Wilkes County, he moved to Surry early in life and served on the county pension board.
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Mt. Airy
Mountairy
Christopher Wrenn Bunker
Chang Bunker
Antioch Baptist Church
Church
Cc. W. Bunker
Chang
Adelaide Yates Bunker
Wilkes County
Bunker
Surry County
The Age of Selection in Advertising
The piece extols modern advertising teaching consumers to compare value before purchases. It urges readers to study ads in the paper to learn current rules and how products offer benefits, warning against accepting biased appeals.
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Tory
Manchurian Ruler Takes Definite Anti Chinese Stand In His Orders
Tokyo reports Hen’y Pu Yi's Manchukuo regime plans to bar Chinese officials from Manchuria and protest Dr. Wellington Koo's entry with the league of nations. The regime also drafts a note to Nanking declaring all Chinese officials unwelcome as war plans include two army brigades to Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Hen'y Pu-Yi
Manchuria
Changchun
Foreign Office
Manchukuo
Wellington Koo
League of Nations
Nanking
League Commission
Pu-Yi
Chi
Sadao Aree
Tokutaro Koto
Mukala
Shanghai
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United States
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M. Tardieu
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Baier
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