Akron disaster probes seek wreckage and testimony
The Jersey coast waters hold most evidence in the Akron airship crash that killed 71. Survivors Wiley Erwin and Deal were ordered to report to Washington, while a bent aluminum tube is the only wreckage recovered. Navy ships and planes search the stormy sea for more clues.
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Akron
Herbert V. Wiley
M. EB. Erwin
Richard Deal
Washington
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Naval Operations
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Coast Guard
Harold E. MacLellan
Tucker
Brooklyn
N. Y.) Navy Yard
Richard E. Deal
Moody Erwin
H. V. Wiley
Phoebus
Congress Moves to End Airship Construction After Akron Disaster
Congressional action rapidens as Senate King proposes Akron probe and scrutiny of further spending on lighter-than-air craft. Vinson pushes halt to new airships. Macon and Sunnyvale bases debated while some members back continued use of airships. Survivors Wiley and two others ordered to Washington for reports to Admiral Pratt.
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Congress
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Utah
Akron
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Senate Naval Committee
House
Vinson
Naval Committee
United States
Great Britain
France
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Illinois
Clarly
Sunnyvale
California
Los Angeles
Macon
Lakehurst
Sunnyvare
Swanson
New York
H. V. Wiley
U. S
Pratt
Naval Operations
Air Duct Found Among Akron Disaster Wreckage
Officials identified a curved vent duct portion as likely from the Akron dirigible wreckage. The fragment, about 16 inches in diameter and five feet long, is believed to be part of the air supply to living quarters. The dirigible, 785 feet long, crashed off the New Jersey coast, killing 73 people.
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New York
Akron
New Jersey
Ready sale found for marble lime
John Martin of Cherokee county found a money source in marble deposits on his farm. He installed a small crushing and grinding unit and plans to sell agricultural lime to neighboring farmers. He reports being busy with orders in spare time.
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Andrews
John Martin
Cherokee County
Charge Against Hill Modified On Motion
In Asheboro North Carolina April 5 special report J W Mc Mahon of High Point and Earnest Davis jailer of High Point led the state evidence in the murder charge against Jim Hill 32 of Trinity for the January 10 wife killing Solicitor Zeb Long asked to amend the indictment from murder in the first degree to either manslaughter or murder in the second degree The defense argued the state failed to present testimony from two small children of the defendant The hearing began with Hill in court calmly dressed as J W Wilson and C Moser Asheboro attorneys for Hill spoke for dismissal and the proceedings likely to reach a jury later that day The scene drew many Trinity and High Point residents to the courtroom
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Asheboro
N. C
J. W. McMahon
High Point
Earnest Davis
Jim Hill
Trinity
Zeb Long
Statesville
Wilson
J. A. Myatt
Long
Moser
25000 Men For Corps Be Trained In Military Camps
Washington April 5 AP The first 25000 men who will join the conservation corps are to be sent to military camps for conditioning starting tomorrow. Quotas for the first detachment are fixed for 17 cities. President Roosevelt by executive order provides 10000000 to finance the start. The camps will operate five days a week with a 40 hour maximum and wages of 30 a month paid twice a month. The initial selections will favor men in need with fully known circumstances.
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Minneapolis and
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Newark
Lurkers On The Horizon Run In The Rum Run
A six‑part series beginning tomorrow chronicles Coast Guard and customs officers guarding U S borders against liquor smugglers since Prohibition. The adventure profiles the agents defending the country and their daring duties in the rum running era.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Dogs Win Freedom Of Streets In Vote
TOPEKA April 5 Dogs won the freedom of the streets by a 117 vote margin after voters rejected 10 098 to 9 981 a city ordinance to prohibit dogs from running at large The measure sponsored by gardeners failed by a narrow margin in the unlikely street battle over canine rights
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Topeka
Eas
Doga
Rail freight loadings to dip in Q2 report says ARA
A railroad association report projects freight car loadings in the second quarter will fall by three tenths of one percent from the same period in 1932. The forecast reflects variations in demand and industrial activity as recovery continues in 1933.
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Washington
American Railway Association Today
Supreme Court Rules Convention Is Legal
Raleigh April 6 The state supreme court unanimously agreed that election of a state constitutional convention at the 1934 general election to consider repealing the 18th amendment would be constitutional and that a special election this year would also be valid The legislature asked for this opinion before enacting the bills Murphy bill calls a special election this year while MacLean bill seeks 1934 general election delegates and convention decision The joint action to seek court ruling reflects discrepancies between the two measures and the committee split in favoring Murphy for a quick election and convention framing.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
The
Legisla
Ture
Supreme Court
Murphy
House
MacLean
Senate
Joint
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Administration targets unbalanced budget with 25 percent cut plan
The Roosevelt administration edges toward a formal program to reduce expenditures by at least a quarter. Cabinet heads will present figures to President Roosevelt detailing department cuts and reorganizations as the drive aims to balance the budget, including savings from veteran benefits, salaries, and new revenue from the beer tax.
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Roosevelt
Reoream
Interstate Commerce Commission
T'S Heart
Roeper
Frank T. Hines
Lewis Douglas
Roper
French envoy Andre de La Boulaye Sets Off for Washington
Andre de La Boulaye, newly appointed French ambassador to the United States, began his journey to Washington today. The departure marks the start of his official posting amid ongoing Franco American diplomatic procedures.
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Washington
Paris
Andre de la Boulaye
United States
Roosevelt aide carries messages to Congress underpaid
Beverly Hills dispatch notes that the White House messenger role remains underpaid despite the salary rise talk. It attributes tension to the strain of delivering Roosevelt’s messages to Congress and hints at a political shift replacing the bootlegger as beer arrives Friday.
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Cal
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White House
Congress
Statesmen Of World Will Gather Soon At Washington Confab
Leaders from France and Great Britain expected in Washington to meet President Roosevelt in a tentative three nation parley aimed at paving the way for the London world economic conference. Norman H. Davis says Paris and London may join, with timing tied to Easter recess.
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Confab
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Welt
Europe
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Ramsay MacDonald
Davis
London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Paul Boncour
Davia
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Rapidan
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Mr. Davis
Mrs Custer Widow Buried Beside Husband at West Point
Mrs George A Custer widow of the Boy General dies in New York and will be buried at West Point beside her husband. In Burlington a beer advertising page appears after legislature approves beer ads and a local beer company is formed as North Carolina’s first brewer entity ahead of May 1 legalization.
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New York
George A. Custer
Battle of the Little Big Horn
West Point
Burlington
Burlington Times-News
North Carolina
Stribling Injured Forces London Bout Cancellation
W L Young Stribling of Georgia is in training when an injury forced the cancellation of his scheduled bout with Don Mc Corkindale, the South African boxer, set for tomorrow night in London.
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London
W. L
Young) Stribling
Georin
Don McCorkindale
Tom Mix accuses ex wife of shooting him five times
Los Angeles woman Victoria Forde de Olsabal, Mix's former wife, allegedly wounded him in the arm during a marital dispute tied to a postnuptial suit seeking $50,000 on five notes. Mix testified the March 1924 shooting occurred after a film prop story and a quarrel over a remark by a family friend.
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Los Angeles
Tom Mix
Victoria Forde de Olsabal
Mix
Main Street
San Francisco
Chief Steed Dies At Asheboro After Extended Illness
C. W. Steed longtime Asheboro police chief died early today at Randolph hospital after several months illness. A former police head about twenty years ago he later returned and was elected last year. Funeral services planned from Charlotte M. P. church tomorrow. Survived by nine Asheboro children: Carl Frank Everett Fletcher Hal Dixon Clyde Cox Pauline and Louette Steed.
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C. W. Steed
Randolph Hospital
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Charlotte M. P
Steed
Carl
Frank
Everett
Fletcher
Hal Dixon
Clyde Steed
Co. P. Cox
Pauline
Louette Steed
Missing Five Days Man Found Slain By Shots
Don Sessoms a Howellsville township farmer who had been missing since Friday was found shot to death in Horse Pen branch near his home. Bullets pierced his jaw chest and leg indicating close range. Coroner D W Biggs ordered an inquest postponed due to lack of clues as investigators press on.
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Don Sessoms
Howellsville
Horse Pen Branch
Ay Bessome
Sessome
D. W. Biggs
Sessoms
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