Red Cross Faces Unprecedented Relief as War Torn 25 States Aid
Red Cross headquarters reported 159 trained workers active in 25 states including New Hampshire, Virginia and Georgia. Victims from May disasters total 116,016 with efforts from Kidderville to Dublin, and relief by boat, tetanus vaccines, shelter, food and clothing.
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Washington
United States
American
Red Cross
Virgina
New Hampshire
Kidderville
Rye Cove
Scott County
Virginia
Dublin
Georgia
Alabama River
Scribner
Nebraska
Berlin After Riots Quiet Amid 27 Dead
Berlin's Neukoelln district remained quiet after four days of clashes that killed 27 people and injured hundreds including 36 police. The shooting of New Zealand journalist Charles Evau Mackay sparked calls for police conduct inquiry amid partisan criticism.
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Berlin
Neukoelln
Herman Strasse
Everal
New Zealand
Charles Evau Mackay
Duteven
Mackay
Reparations Agreement Sends Stock Skyward
New York May 4 AP heavy buying driven by reports of a reparations pact at Paris sent the AP stock indices to record highs. Advance Rumely plunged from a peak near 105 to 60, its preferred 179 to 78, while Chesapeake and Ohio rose to a record 230. Goodyear Tire gained over 7, Wright Aero 6, Packard 4, and declines of 2 to 3 were seen for Allis Chalmers General Electric National Biscuit Electric Auto Lite and others.
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New York
Paris
Associated Press
Khaalena Andre
Ine Uplais Chwoney
Advance Rumley Company
Advance Rumely Common
Wild Gyra
Chesapeake and Ohio
Goodyear Tire
Wright Aero
Packard Motor
Allis Chalmers
General Electric
National Biscuit
Electric Auto Lite
American
First Entry In Balloon Contest Off
Under overcast skies and a stiff wind the first entry in the national elimination balloon race took off from Pitt stadium at 6 00 p m The Aircraft Development corporation entry carried A Klioff Detroit as pilot and Thorvald Larsen Dearborn Mich The balloons were held by ropes until they breasted the high stadium wall and were turned loose The second entry Army 38 with Lieut L A Lawson Wright Field Dayton as pilot and Lieut Edgar Fogelsonger Scott Field Ill as aide rose high a minute after release Rain fell as the first bag aloft The wind drift pointed toward New England or New York state to Canada High winds were reported along the likely course Race start was delayed one hour due to weather Memorial services were held for two balloonists killed in 1928 The other entries followed: Army 2 Captain E W Hill Chanute Field Rantoul Ill pilot Lieutenant Robert Herald Chanute Field aide off at 6 05 p m Army 1 Captain W J Flood Langley Field Va pilot Lieut A G Ent Langley Field aide off at 6 12 p m The Pittsburgher Dr G N Le Gallee Detroit pilot Walter Chambers Pittsburgh aide off at 6 17 p m The Detroit Times F E J Hill Detroit pilot Arthur G Schlosser Detroit aide off at 6 20 p m
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Pittsburgh
Pitt Stadium
Aircraft Development Corporation
A. Klioff
Detroit
Thorvald Larsen
Dearborn
Mich
Army No. 38
L. A. Lawson
Wright Field
Dayton
Edgar Fogelsonger
Scott Field
Ill
Aide
New England
Northnortheast
Paul Evert
Walter W. Mortman
Army No. 2
E. W. Hill
Chanute Field
Rantoul
I11
Robert Herald
Army No. 1
W. J. Flood
Langley Field
Lieut
A. G. Ent
The
Pittsburgher
G. N. le Gallee
Walter Chambers
Detroit Times
FE. J. Hill
Arthur G. Schlosser
Ietroit
Gardner Reappoints Five Members of Salary and Wage Panel
Raleigh May 4 Gov Gardner reappoints five members of the state salary and wage commission originally named by Governor McLean The trio include Julian Price Greensboro chairman Robert N Page Aberdeen P H Hanes Jr Winston Salem Frank Tate Morganton and Ernest V Webb Kinston
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Raleigh
Gardner
State
McLean
Julian Price
Greensboro
Robert N. Page
Aberdeen
P. H. Hanes, Jr
Winston-Salem
Frank Tate
Morganton
Ernest V. Webb
Kinston
Hoover Praised by Methodist Bishops for Law Enforcement
The College of Bishops of the Southern Methodist Church in Nashville unanimously sent a telegram to President Hoover praising his emphasis on law observance and enforcement. They pledge cooperation to strengthen sentiment for law and ensure justice, and accepted an invitation to hold their winter meeting in Birmingham December 13-16.
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Nashville, Tenn
College of Bishops of the
Southern Methodist Church
James Cannon, Jr
Hoover
College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Nashville
Tenn
Associated Press
New York City
College of Bishops
Birmingham
Reparations Parley Resting With Allies In Paris
In Paris on May 4 negotiations over German reparations hinge on whether the allies accept Owen Young’s figures. German experts reportedly agreed in principle, with details kept secret. Early indications place Young’s proposal about midway between allied demands and German offers, with France and allies possibly sacrificing more to reach a compromise.
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Paris
Owen D. Young
Mr. Young
France
Marion Talley Ends Opera Career with Lucia Di Lammermoor
Marion Talley sings her swan song retirement after four seasons as a Metropolitan Grand Opera prima donna at Cleveland’s performance of Lucia di Lammermoor. She plans farm life with no comeback plans or marriage intentions and will milk cows and perform farm duties.
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Marion Talley
Cleveland
Grand Opera
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Associated Press
Miss Talley
New York
Mellon Is Upheld By Committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8 to 6 to uphold Secretary Mellon as legally holding office despite stockholdings in various enterprises. A contrasting Norris report was rejected 11 to 3, and further inquiry or separate reports are planned with Senators Borah King and Dill weighing in.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Steiner
Oregon
Treasury
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Secretary of the Treasury
Walsh
Montana
Canada
Aluminum Company of America
Overman
North Carolina
Borah
Idaho
King
Utah
Idahoan
Blaine
Wisconsin
King and Dill
Alleged Slayer of Chief Kelly Held in Millinocket
Granville A. Deitz was arrested near Millinocket Maine on a North Carolina murder charge in the March 20 shooting of J. C. Kelly chief of police at Southern Pines. He was tracked after writing a money request letter to a West Virginia sweetheart and turned over after a brief confrontation at Sherman station post office. He admitted identity and agreed to return to North Carolina.
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Millinocket
Maine
Granville A. Deitz
North Carolina
J. C. Kelly
Southern Pines
Galloway
W. Va
Sherman Station
Here
West Virginia
Dietz
Youth Admits Slaying Father and Grandmother
Lloyd Davidson, 34, confessed in Mexia Texas that he killed his father W H Davidson and stepmother Mrs Ella D Davidson with a stick of wood during an altercation at their country home and then burned the house with oil. The confession, witnessed by a citizen and the police chief, says the stepmother struck him with a flashlight before he struck back and killed both victims.
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Mexia
Texas
Lloyd Davidson
W. H. Davidson
Ella D. Davidson
Lloyd
Davidson
Big Powers Must Bring Naval Cut
Geneva reports that the five major naval powers must lead naval disarmament. Discussions paused to allow private talks among those powers to study American reduction proposals. Germany and Soviet Russia rejected the session as ineffective, amid rumors of Germany possibly resigning.
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U. S
Geneva
Arma
League of Nations
League
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Count von Bernstorff
Former Rebel Paymaster Caught In New York With Bag Of Cash
A former Mexican rebel paymaster Salvador Ateca and his secretary Antonio Maques were arrested in New York with about $700,000 in a black bag. A United States official and a former official were charged with conspiring to aid flight to Spain. Bail set. extradition pending.
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U. S
New York
Kansas City
Spain
United States
Salvador Ateca
Chihuahua
Marcelo Caraveo
Chiahuahua
Antonio Maques
Russell Mathews
el Paso
Texas
W. H. Fryer
Ateca
Maques
Hoover Told Of Fight On Farm Relief
President Hoover was informed of the narrow Senate vote on the export debenture plan as administration leaders sought to keep it from the farm relief bill. Senator Watson led discussions at the White House with McNary and Fess, while allies planned to win over more senators before Monday’s expected vote.
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Washingto
Senate
Hoover
Watson
Vindiana
White House
Capitol
McNary
Oregon
Fess
Ohio
Caraway
Arkansas
Norris
Nebraska
Agriculture Committee
Robbers Take $6000 From Galveston Dry Dock Messenger
In Galveston Texas at 9 am two men held up a messenger of the Galveston Dry Dock company at 3rd and Strand streets, shot a policeman, and fled in a car driven by a third man. The trio escaped with about $6000.
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Galveston
Texas
Galveston Dry Dock Company
Strand Streets
Sinclair Ordered to Serve Sentence
The U.S. Supreme Court directed the District of Columbia Supreme Court to enforce a three month jail term on Harry F. Sinclair for refusing to answer questions before the Senate oil investigating committee. The step follows his commitment to prison pending formalities before actual imprisonment.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate Oil
Frank E. Cunningham
William Hitz
District Supreme Court
Sinclair
Union Heads Wash Hands Of Whatever Develops
ELIZABETHTON Tenn May 4 AP Dr Arthur Mothwurf president of the American Bemberg and American Glanzstaff corporations said operations would be resumed Monday Union leaders advised that if the plants reopen they would halt efforts toward an amicable settlement and not be responsible for any incidents They doubt enough workers could be found to run a skeleton operation Guardsmen remain on duty at the plants and further troops were ordered to ETowah to prepare to march to Elizabethton to guard reopening efforts
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Arthur Mothwurf
Bemberg
American Glanzstaff
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Mothwurf
117Th Infantry
Tennessee National Guard
American Cigar Box Lumber Company
Johnson City
Glanzstoff
Polish airmen test plane for tenth Atlantic hop
At Villa Coublay field in France on May 4, Major Caimir Kubal and Major Frank Ludwik Idzikowski prepared for a westward Atlantic crossing test. If weather is favorable they plan to depart for New York this month, seeking to recover from last August setback when a gasoline feed-pipe defect forced an abort after passing the Azores.
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Villa Coublay
France
Caimir Kubal
Frank Ludwik Idzikowski
Atlantic
Villa Coublay Field
Kubala
Idzikowski
New York
Portugal
Azores
Steamer Nears Quarantine With Fire in Hold
New York May 4 Harbor authorities were notified that the steamship Cabo Santa Maria which left Seville Spain April 16 was approaching quarantine with a fire in her number three hold. The municipal fire boat William J Gaynor awaited her at quarantine.
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New York
Cabo
Fight Of Steamer To Escape Disaster Handicapped By Unruly Crew
Details of the City of Buffalo’s peril on Lake Erie during a midweek storm describe crew unrest over life preservers and a tense struggle for survival. Passengers report officers kept order while sailors argued, as tugboats and a coast guard aided the doomed vessel before safe landing in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
City of
Buffalo
Lake Erie
William Gibney
N. Y
Gibney
Bingham Taylor Corporation
Howev
Franz
Coast Guard
Strachan
Erie
Senate Moves Toward Vote on Debenture Plan
In Washington on May 4 the Senate pressed toward a vote on incorporating the debenture plan into the farm relief bill while the House awaited the tariff measure from the Ways and Means Committee. Senator Watson said a close vote is pending but administration forces may defeat it. The judiciary committee backed Secretary Mellon’s right to hold office, voting 8 to 6 that he is not disqualified as a stockholder.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and
Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Judiciary Committee
Mellon
International Paper and Power Company
Walsh
Democrat
Montana
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