Gas to Glamour in a City Studio Tale
Harriet, a model at a busy agency, recovers from an accident while awaiting news of a planned marriage to Clyde Sabin. Toby, her friend, worries about Harriet returning to work after hospital stay and schemes to send her away to recover with Marty Hiatt’s aunt in a quiet town. A hot June day and a chance encounter at the avenue end hint at further drama as the story continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryam
Phompus
Hillyer
Diet Holm
Clyde Sabin
Toby
Tim Jamieson
Most
Iyer Company
Harriet
Nuaree
Mary
Clyde
Bill
Marty Hiatt
Marty
Hammet
Vate
Abigail Dinwiddie
Mrs. Dinwiddie
Hiatt
Calle
Sally
Model League
Jay Hillyer
Gas leak near hospital traps Harriet in critical condition
Toby and Bill rush Harriet after a gas release in their apartment. Harriet is revived at the hospital but remains unconscious. Doctors fear for her as Toby worries and Harriet slowly stabilizes with hope for a recovery in days.
Alvin Karpis and Gang Named by Hoover
Postoffice officials said that Bartholmey 42 acted as postmaster at Bensenville since April 1 1935. Karpis and two others were arrested with Pfeiffer listed in St Paul and Bartholmey in Bensenville as part of the Hoover crackdown on the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Karpis
Hoover
Los Angeles
Pfeiffer
St. Paul
Batholmey
Bensenville
Postoffice
Bartholmey
Actin
DOJ identifies Hamm abductors as Alvin Karpis gang members
Washington announces that the Hamm kidnapers are members of the Alvin Karpis gang marking a key breakthrough in the U S crackdown on organized crime. The disclosure adds to a tally of 62 kidnappings solved since the Lindbergh law, with 136 convictions, and lists remaining cases and suspects including Karpis associates, Mahan and Campbell.
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ST. Paul
Washington
Department of Justice
William Hamm, Jr
G-men
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Dillinger
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Edéward G. Bremer
Hoover
Alvin Karpis
Bremer
Hamm
Harry Campbell
Karpis
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Harmon Waley
Government Prepares to Fight Power Installations Across States
Government efforts are poised for litigation over power allocations in Alabama and Oklahoma with settlements listed for Huntsville Hartselle Russellville Tuscaloosa Sheffield Florence Decatur and other cities. A large PWA case targets a $56 million power and irrigation project plan in Nebraska involving the Platte and Loup rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Power Company
Huntersville
Alabama
Hartselle
Russelville
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Florence
Decatur
Oklahoma Utilities Company Hominy
Oklahoma
Texas Utilities Company
Plainview
Texas
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Iowa City
PWA
Nebraska
Tri-County
Platte River
Loup River
Washington gathering draws top newspaper leaders
Government officials welcome a delegation of press chiefs led by H. L. Mencken and Sir Willmot Leels. Frank B. Noyes, AP president and Washington Star publisher, will preside at the event in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Mencken
Baltimore
Willmot Leels
Wahington
London Times
Frank B. Noyes
Associated Press
Washington Star
Chicago produce market report holds steady butter and eggs
Chicago on April 18 reports butter at 4 cents with 11 170 steady prices and eggs at 25 785 firm with local extra firsts at 20 percent care 21 percent and fresh graded firsts at 20 percent. Current receipts storage packed extras at 22 percent and storage packed firsts at 21 percent.
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Chicago
Dogs Wag Tails Show Emotions In Brief Observations
The article notes dogs wag tails to signal happiness while showing anger through tense bodies and raised hackles. It discusses tail movement as a simple indicator of emotional state in pets.
Candidacy Filings Near Deadline Across North Carolina
Last minute candidates plan a whirlwind tour as filing closes tonight. Spear of Durham and several rivals including Sandy Graham and Clyde Hoey schedule stops in Greensboro New Bern Kinston Columbia Will iamston Washington Wilson Lambert on Smithfield and other towns with speeches and district gatherings through Friday. Plans of John A. McRae of Charlotte remain unconfirmed.
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T. Speare
Durham
Gubernaat
Much Ork
A. H
Sandy
Graham
Greensboro
New Bern
Clyde C. Hoey
Kinston
Columbia
Williamston
Washington
Wilson
Lamberton
Smithfield
Ralph W. McDonald
Warrenton
Littleton
Ahoskie
Merchants Convention
Raeford
Wilmington
Jacksonville
Bayboro
Southport
Whiteville
John A. McRae
Charlotte
Police Recover Articles. Seek Owner
Police recovered a Mason wheelbarrow, a steel body, a potato digger, and about one and a half to two bushels of cottonseed hulls. James White, a Black man, is in custody related to the theft. White admitted selling the items for one dollar but alleged they were stolen by another. owners may identify items at the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James White
White
March on Capitol aims for acreage control in tobacco
In Raleigh on April 18 members of the estate steering committee of tobacco farmers predicted that 10 to 500 growers from each tobacco county will travel to Raleigh Tuesday for a March on the Capitol. They seek acreage control legislation for the 1936 crop as state officials consider action only if Congress or other states move first. Virginia already enacted a compact bill and South Carolina has one pending.
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Raleigh
Tobacco Farmers
Capitol
Ehringhaus
Congress
Virginia
South Carolina
Prices Range Down On Stock Exchange
New York April 18 stock market prices turned downward after a modestly irregular opening. John Manville fell about 8 points on a weak first quarter earnings report, dragging the list down. Western Union and Indian Refining were among the few gainers. Major losers included Case, Du Pont, U S Industrial Alcohol, Union Pacific, Bethlehem, U S Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, Douglas, Kennecott, Santa Fe, Delaware and Hudson, and Standard Oil of New Jersey. Most utilities were only slightly lower.
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New York
Johne- Manville
Western Union
Indian
Case
du Pont
U. S
Industrial
Alccohol
Union Pacifi
Bethlehem
U. 8
Steel
One Steel
General Motors
Chrysler, Douglas
Kennecott
Santa Fe
Delaware& Hudson
Standard Oil
New Jersey
McDonald campaign uses chain letter style fundraising
Raleigh April 18 Dr Ralph W McDonald and aides employ a pyramid like fund raising plan by selling baby bonds at 1 to 25 dollars at meetings 13 to 15 supporters recruit 12 to 16 friends to buy more bonds and form clubs observers compare it to a chain letter seeking to profit from supporters and stoke optimism about his gubernatorial bid
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Raleigh
Ralph W. McDonald
McDonald
McDonald For Governor Corporation
McDonald-for-Governor
Ethiopian guards guard foreign legations in Addis Ababa
The Ethiopian government says it blocked a guard around American and other foreign legations but assures diplomats their safety. The British legation already has a strong guard on the capital's eastern outskirts. Consul General Cornelius Van H. Engert remains at the American legation with his wife, two children, and their governess.
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Addis Ababa
Cornelius van H. Engert
Ethiopia
Calhoun's Unique Resignation as U S Vice President
The passage notes John C. Calhoun served as vice president under John Quincy Adams and remains the only person in U S history to resign from that office, highlighting his unprecedented departure from the role.
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John C. Calhoun
United States
John Quincy A‘amo
Kinston Wins Debating Meet in Chapel Hill
In Chapel Hill on April 18, Kinston high school defeated Union Grove to win the state debating final. Miss Marion Parrott Tulle of Kinston was forced to retire after a physician advised against continuing, leading to Miss Rose Pully substituting for the final round with Miss Minett Bartlett on the affirmative side.
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Chapel Hill
Kinston
Marion Parrott Tulle
Rose Pully
Mise Pully
Minett Bartlett
Pully
Kinston Sdothe
Union+ Grove
Afte Kineton
Eastern Railroads Lose Rate Battle
Eastern railroads failed to gain a postponement of the July 2 fare change and were unable to unify on a lower interim rate. They sought 2 cent per mile passenger coach rates and a 2.5 cent interim rate but accepted a 3 cent Pullman rate set by major eastern roads. Baltimore and Ohio did not join the request.
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Washington
Eastern
Inters Commerce Commission
Baltimore
Ohio
Big Bill Thompson May Enter Primary
Chicago reports William Hale Thompson hinted he may not form a third party and could run in the Republican primary for Illinois offices. The piece notes Wayland Brooke’s party nomination and Governor Hearne’s Democratic nomination amid a tough primary scene.
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Big Bill’ Thompson
Chicago
William Hale
Thomson
Hllinois
Wayland Broo
Hearner
Demet Lc
Bridge over Aldemarle Sound Proposed by State Panel
NAMEIGH April 18—State Highway and Public Works Commission Chairman M Waynick said the commission will seek additional information before acting on the proposed construction of a bridge over Aldmarle Sound. The decision was deferred after a field survey indicated costs exceed the $1,000,000 allocated. An executive session is planned in May.
Steamer De Bradford Aground in Chesapeake Bay
Captain William Bennett reports the steamer De Bradford of Philadelphia ashore near Tolchester light in Chesapeake Bay. The vessel has no passengers and is not in distress unless wind rises. It draws 22 feet and has been aground since morning as efforts to refloat failed. The falling tide will keep it near Tolchester for hours.
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Baltimore
William Bennett
de Bradford
Philadelphia
Tolchester
Chesapeake Bay
Bennett
Do Bradford
McDonald Pushes State Income Tax Increase
WARRENTON April 18 Ralph W McDonald today urged ratification of a constitutional amendment to raise the state income tax limit as he campaigned for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He argued city residents escape taxation and called for taxing higher incomes and questioned sales tax exemptions for chain fuel outlets.
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Warrenton
Ralph W. McDonald
McDonald
Unclear fragment hints eye wash with plant-based solution
Fragmentary text mentions washing an eye with a botanical solution and a reference to ye up. No clear event or full details available.
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