Plot to wreck Akron dirigible exposed in Kassay case
In Washington and Akron reports, authorities say Paul Kassay a 37 year old self described communist confessed to plans to sabotage the navy airship Akron during its maiden flight and to wreck the control room by omitting rivets and using oxalic acid. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment.
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Washington
Mar
The
Washington Star
Paul Kassay
San Diego
Cal
Kassay
Akron
Moscow
Peris
Ohio
Paul F. Kassay
Department of Justice
United States
William J. McDermott
Cleveland
McDermott
George Hargreaves
Communist Party
Akron man charged with criminal syndicalism
A court proceeding today faces Kassay on a criminal syndicalism charge. He requested no bond, with a preliminary hearing set for tomorrow. Kassay, from Cleveland, allegedly urged workers to sabotage, claimed communist ties, and admitted past communist activity in Hungary after the war. Government and Goodyear officials denied any damage to the kron and dismissed sabotage claims. Akron plans for the giant airship proceed, boasting 6,500,000 cubic feet of gas capacity, 780 feet long, and 130 feet in diameter.
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Cleveland
Department of Justice
Hungary
McDermott
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
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Akron
Cotton ginning shows decrease in 1930 total
Final figures from the census bureau show 1930 ginnings at 13,929,941 equivalent 500 pound bales, down from 1929 and 1928. Running bales total 13,753,883 with state by state totals and ginneries count. An unrelated note mentions a German physician inventing UV lamp treatment for internal body observation.
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Missouri
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Woman Disguised as Cowboy Seeks Aid at Tonkawa Station
A relief station in Tonkawa Oklahoma puzzled staff when a hungry, broke man asked for aid and was revealed to be Grace Chariton an 88 year old Virginian who admitted masquerading as a Texas cowpuncher for 14 years.
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Tonkawa
Okla
Estioning
Grace Chariton
Alabama school chief cleared in probe amid counter accusation
Mrs Ira B Champion superintendent of Alabama Girls Training School Birmingham was acquitted of misappropriation and cruelty charges. Trustees also rejected her counter claim that lawmakers hugging inmates biased the inquiry. Witnesses testified extensive mistreatment during the probe.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ira B. Champion
Alabama Girls’ Training School
Birmingham
Board of
Leney Robinson
Champion
Robinson
BE. M. Vincent
Brothers Seek To Salvage Fortune From Sunken Islander
Curtis Brothers, Portland and Seattle house movers, seek to salvage the passenger steamer Islander wrecked in Stevens Passage on August 15, 1901 with 72 lives lost. Frank Curtis arrived to obtain figures on machinery and equipment as they pursue a potential 3 million dollar gold prize.
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Portland
Ore
Curtis Brothers
Seattle
Stevens Passage
Alaska
Frank Curtis
Bowling scores and team averages from Winston-Salem Park meet
The record shows individual bowlers Rothrock Cecil Payne Rickert Winston-Salem Park Martin Sparks Tucker Leach and others with scores 130 142 106 110 118 111 116 111 136 103 23 595 577 669 and team averages 116 115 and 102 with 7-15 noted, reflecting a mixed performance across rounds.
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Rothrock
Cecil
Payne
Rickert
Winston-Salem Park
Martin
Sparks
Tucker
Leach
Counterfeiter Yeartie Describes Money Taste In Court
In Jacksonville on March 20 AP reports counterfeiter Willie Yeartie, a Black man, testified he coveted a pair of golden tinted dogs on display at a local emporium. He claimed he never wanted anything so much as that item though the evidence included an 81 bill and other details from the case.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Willie Yeartie
Yeartie
Det
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