Egypt and Britain on brink over public assemblies bill
British warships were sent from Malta toward Egypt amid the Anglo Egyptian crisis over the public assemblies bill. London warned Egypt to withdraw the bill within three days as sanctions were hinted in informed circles if obdurate.
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London
Malta
Egypt
Great Britain
Sirdar Stack
Alexandria
Corinth
Admiralty
Mediterranean
NCON
iEgypt
Murderous Ritz Theatre Robbery Shocks Chicago Suburb
In Berwyn near Chicago a 17 year old usherette Pearl Eggerson was killed during a theater robbery. Robbers held 60 patrons at gunpoint in the ticket line and escaped in a car with a New York plate after taking 1500 dollars. The cashier Miss Gertrude Plante fainted as the gunmen fled.
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Pearl Eggerson
Ritz
Berwyn
Gertrude Plante
New York
Eggerson
Oak Park
Ritz Theatre
Ban Threat Hits Reynolds Tobacco Over Camel Prince Albert
Durham April 30 Threats from the Piedmont organizing council could bar Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco from labor markets if a labor contract with R J Reynolds fails They plan to seek AFL support to label the products unfair and risk losing labor patronage while Governor McLean and state officials face criticism over state practices.
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Durham
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
Camel Cigarettes
Prince Albert
Piedmont Organizing Council
Tobacco Company
American Federation of Labor
McLean
Frank Grist
George Ross Pou
Prision
T. A. Wilson
State Federation of Labor
E. A. Crouch
Tobacco Workers’ International
Reynolds Company
Tobacco Workers’ Union
American Federation
Wilson
Reynolds
Organized Labor
Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro
Fliers Given Ovation In New York Today
Three trans Atlantic fliers Baron Gunther von Hunefelt Captain Herman Koehl and Major James Fitzmaurice received a grand welcome in New York on April 30 with 50 000 spectators at the Battery and City Hall ceremonies. The party toured the harbor and Broadway amid ticker tape and rain as wives and a daughter watched, the baron joking about chambers of commerce and hor rors as crowds cheered their return from a perilous voyage.
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New York
Gunther von Hunefelt
Herman Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
the Battery
Kimmel
Capt
Koehl
City Hall
Fitzmaurice
Patsy
Europe
Bremen
Mayor Walker
Broadway
Major Fitzmaurice
Financial District
Capt. Koehl
Madison Square
Spirit Of St Louis to Enter Smithsonian Exhibit
Lindbergh plans to fly the Spirit of St Louis to Washington for permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution. The monoplane has logged over 40 000 miles across a year of global flights and tours, becoming a symbol of trans Atlantic aviation and public goodwill.
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Spirit of
ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
le Bourget Field
France
America
United States
Lindbergh
Mexico
Guatemala
British Honduras
Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Colombia
Venezuela
Virgin Islands
Porto Rico
San Domingo
Haiti
Cuba
Man Ends Life After Telling Wife Plans
Asheville April 30 AP Charles O Kelly 26 told his wife he would kill himself then fired a bullet through his heart at his home on Denver View road west Asheville at about 11 AM Monday morning Death was instantaneous He worked for a lumber company He had no children Wife questioned by Coroner John L Carroll and Deputy Sheriff Coggins.
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Asheville
Charles O’kelly
Denver View Road
West
John L. Carroll
Coggins
O'Kelly
Poincare Gains Strong Support in France Vote
France endorsed Premier Raymond Poincare and his franc stabilization plan with a projected majority of at least 100 seats in the next chamber. Final tallies show moderates at 306 seats, socialists radicals and communists at 387, with losses for radicals and communists including Leon Blum and several Paris leaders.
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Paris
France
Raymond Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Poincare Union
Leon Blum
Socialist Party
Jacques Duclos
Jean Garchery
Albert Fournier
Valliant- Coutrier
Aviation obsession blamed for Elyria crash death
In Elyria Ohio two young men Gerald Miller aged 19 and Myron Kelly aged 21 died when a two week old second hand bi plane they were flying went into a tail spin at about 200 feet and crashed and burned near Elyria. Police traced the fatal crash to the fliers obsession with aviation.
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Elyria
Ohio
Gerald Miller
Myron Kelly
Earthquakes Cause Widespread Devastation and War News
Oscar Watson reports from Associated Press on quakes in Greece and the Balkans causing widespread destruction and storms. Other items include Shantung nationalist advances in China, Sandino raids in Nicaragua, trans Atlantic fliers, polar exploration, and Kellogg antiwar proposals drawing mixed responses from Germany Britain Italy Japan France.
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Oscar Watson
Associated Press
Greece
Balkans
Thrace
Macedonia
Shantung Province
China
Tsinan
Shantung
Nicaragua
Sandino
George P. Marshall
Koehl
Baron von Huenefeld
Fitzmaurice
United States
Greenly Island
George H. Wilkins
Charlies D. Eielson
Arctic Arc
Spitzbergen
South Pole
Kelloge
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Japan
France
Royal Turk Divorces American Wife Over Promptness
Princess Suad Chakir, former Mrs. Sidi Wirt Spreckles of San Francisco, says Prince Suad Chakir, son of Turkey’s last sultan, divorced her for not leaving her ill mother quickly enough. She plans to move to Paris next June to support daughter Geraldine Ann Spreckles’ education.
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San Francisco
Éohe
Suad Chakir
Sidi Wirt Spreckles
Turkey
Paris
Geraldine Ann Spreckles
Three government ships struggle to tow drifting Western Ocean
Off the Virginia Capes the Western Ocean drifts while three government craft and a navy tug battle heavy seas to attach a tow line. The ship, carrying cargo to Norfolk and Baltimore, began drifting after fuel loss. lines broke twice as storms thwarted salvage efforts.
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Norfolk
Shipping Board
Western Ocean
Virginia Capes
Capes
Coast Guard
Baltimore
Hamburg
Death of Mrs. J. B. Beverly in Winchester at 60
Mrs. J. B. Beverly mother of Mrs. Harry Flood Byrd died at her Winchester home at 12 30 a m after a paralytic stroke Sunday. She was 60 and had suffered failing health for months. Governor and Mrs Byrd arrived in Winchester shortly after her death from Richmond.
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Richmond
J. B. Beverly
Harry Flood Byrd
Winchester
Byrd
Bowers Named Keynote Speaker for Democratic Convention
Claude G. Bowers editor of the New York World was chosen unanimously to deliver the keynote at the Democratic national convention. The committee appointed temporary officers, and discussions included possible chairman candidates and broadcast plans.
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Washington
Claude G. Bowers
New York World
Democratic National Committee
Bowers
LeRoy Springs
South Carolina
Jesse H. Jones
Houston
Shaver
National Committee
Dill
Robinson
Arkansas
Barkley
Kentucky
Crisp
Georgia
Charlies A. Greathouse
Indiana
Cannon
Missouri
Patrick J. Haltigan
Reading
Haltigan
House of Representatives
Jones
National Broadcasting Company
Chicago Tribune
Doctors In Convention At Pinehurst Session Opening
North Carolina medical society opened its annual session in Pinehurst with talks on professional matters. The convention runs through Wednesday with sectional meetings and a general session tomorrow afternoon featuring Dr. John T. Burrus of High Point delivering the president's address.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina Medical Society
John T. Burrus
High Point
New York Honors Transatlantic Air Firsts Figures
New York saluted Major Fitzmaurice Captain Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld for their historic east to west transatlantic flight. The trio toured the harbor aboard the municipal tug Macon and were greeted at Battery Park before an automobile parade through lower Manhattan.
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New York
North Atlantic
Fitzmaurice
Koehl
Baron von Huenefeld
Macon
Battery Park
Peter Stuyvesant
New Founded
Famous artist and wife commit suicide after child's death
Moscow reports Leo Lozovsky noted painter and his wife killed themselves by hanging after returning home from a crematorium where their six year old daughter had been cremated. The child died yesterday from a fall from the top floor of their home.
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Moscow
Leo Lozovsky
Turks Stop American From Spreading Religious Propaganda
Three American women Edith Sanderson Lucille Dty and Jennie Jilson were found guilty by a Turkish court of disseminating religious propaganda and sentenced to three days in prison plus a three lira fine each The women will be allowed to use their associated American school in Broussa as their place of detention
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Broussa
Turkey
Edith Sanderson
Berkeley
Cal
Lucille Dty
Jennie Jilson
Paris
Oil Tanker Overbrook Lost After Desperate Tow Attempt
Charleston scene tells of 14 Tampa crew members under Ensign Moore battling 20 mile gale to board the burning tanker Overbrook. Despite fastening of Hausers, a line strain sank the ship 300 fathoms deep after 24 shots from the Tampa. All 34 Overbrook crew members survived and were rescued by the Wilkes. Hulings and first officer Jackson proceed to New York to report to Humble Oil and Refining Company.
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Charleston
S. C
Overbrook
Tampa
Okan
Ensign Moore
Planes Hop Off for Langley Maneuvers
Twenty six airplanes from Galveston Texas left Pope field for Langley field Virginia for maneuvers this morning shortly after eight o clock. The squadron is under command of Frank P Lackland.
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Langley Field
Galveston
Texas
Pope Field
Frank P. Lackland
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