Nearly 100 Trapped On Board Burning Vessel
ADEN May 17 Eighty to one hundred persons mostly first class passengers were trapped aboard the burning French motorship Georges Phillippar off Cape Guardafui with as yet unknown fatalities. Survivors aboard the Contractor report no serious panic as some jumped into shark-infested waters while others were rescued. The ship’s 600 total passengers and crew faced chaos as families were separated and shock ran high among rescuers and survivors.
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Aden
Arabia
Georges Phillippar
Cape Guardafui
Italian Somaliland
Georges Philippar
Cape Fan
Somaliland
Van
Lindbergh Baby Case Sparks Broad Hunt In May 1932
Hopewell New Jersey officials disclosed a suspect in the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder as a Scandinavian man sought in a sprawling investigation. The Bronx grand jury examined the $50,000 payment to alleged kidnappers by Dr. John F. Condon, while Curtis and Condon pursued leads. Coast guard men searched for a Gloucester schooner tied to Curtis.
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H. Norman Schwartskopf
Bronx
Jasfie
John
New York City
Coast Guard
Virginia Capes
Cape Cod
Gloucester
John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Curtis
Condon
Lindbergh
Randolph Ridgiey
Description of sought kidnaping vessel given to public
Coast guard broadcasts a vessel description tied to the Lindbergh kidnaping case. The 80 foot craft with a dark green hull, 290 horsepower engine and a six foot bow sprit was last seen off Cape May about two weeks ago. Names Salvatora Morse Brisson Batten Evelyn Theressa Ella Brisson appear in the plate. Crew about five. Seekers urged to seize and bring the vessel to port.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Coastguard
Institute
Fairbanks
Salvatora
William A. Morse
Evelyn Batten
Theressa Ella Brisson
Cape May
Kidnapping tale in Philadelphia dismissed by police
Police said the report that Dora Gershon, 19, was kidnapped for two days and a $300 ransom was paid was false. Gershon was staying at an aunt's home over the weekend, and authorities deem the kidnapping story a publicity stunt.
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Philadelphia
Dora Gershon
Army dictates formation of nonpartisan cabinet in Japan
Tokyo May 17. The army demanded a national cabinet to replace the slain premier Inukai and blocked party line governments. Kisaburo Suzuki was named head of a Sequaki party government but the army refused to support party ministries. Navy mutiny rumors were debunked as bases remained quiet and Admiral Osumi ordered caution to avoid public disturbance.
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Tokyo
Inukai
Kisaburo Suzuki
Sequaki Party
Suzuki
Takejiro Tokonami
Mazaki
Army General Staff
Sado Araki
Minea Osumi
Reward Proposal Sparks Senate Action in Washington
Senator Walsh has proposed a $100000 reward in a resolution mirroring a House bill by Rep. Douglass both Democrats from Massachusetts. The Senate rejected an attempt to apply high wartime surtax rates to incomes from 10000 to 1000000. General LATO SUMMER. SESSION LOOMS with a possible June 11 finish deadline and a looming Senate leadership bid.
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Washington
Walsh
Dem
Mass
Douglass
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Congress
Aged Wadesboro Businessman James Horne Found Dead
James Dudley Horne 82 a pioneer in Wadesboro business circles and former First National Bank president was found dead in his bed after days of minor illness. He helped found the bank and served in the 1917 legislature. Funeral services were held today. Surviving are his widow Miss Sarah Divine and four daughters Mrs. George Little Miss Elizabeth Horne Miss Virginia Horne and Mrs. Clifton H. Sutherland.
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Wadesboro
James Dudley Horne
First National Bank
Sarah Divine
Wilmington
George Little
Elizabeth Horne
Virginia Horne
Clifton H. Sutherland
New York
Justice Forgotten And Youth Waits Overtime For Death
Raleigh May 17 A Burke county white youth Willie Rector now in a death row cell has waited over seven months for execution. Rector convicted of criminal assault on a white girl was sentenced to die October 2 but no execution occurred. The case shows the state forgot a death sentence with no appeal or reprieve. The appeal notice was not docketed due to only a judgment transcript reaching the court. A pending appeal and clemency claim stalled in executive and Supreme Court actions.
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Willie Rector
Burke County
Raleigh
State’s Prison
Rector
Executive Counsel
Supreme Court
A. A. F. Seawell
Burke County Superior Court
High Tribunal
Seawell
C. L. Whitener
Hickory
Connecticut Democrats Endorse Smith for 1928 Nomination
In Hartford on May 17 the Connecticut state convention instructed delegates to cast all 16 votes for Alfred E. Smith at the national convention. The measure passed with only scattered votes against and was praised by State Senator Joseph H. Lawler. The plan reserves minority representation for Roosevelt supporters, who may back another candidate if Smith releases the Connecticut slate.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Alfred B. Smith
Smith
Joseph H. Lawler
New York
Roosevelt
Wickersham Committee Member Gives Dry Law Failure Reasons
Col. Harry W. Anderson, a Wickersham committee member, outlined four reasons he believes the eighteenth amendment cannot be enforced. Speaking at the Norfolk Country Club, he cited public opinion, supply and demand, federal policing limits, and lack of state cooperation as key obstacles.
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Norfolk
Harry W. Anderson
Wickersham Committee
Norfolk Country Club
Norfolk clergyman backs Curtis in Lindbergh case.
Rev H Dobson Peacock says he trusted Curtis amid Hopewell talks and stresses sincerity of efforts. Peacock, Dean and Norfolk intermediary friend to the Lindberghs, recounts negotiations begun March 9 and publicized March 24 after interview with Curtis.
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Norfolk
H. Dobson-Peacock
Curtis
Hopewell
Associated Press
Guy H. Burrage
Dodson-Peacock
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dean
Dobson-Peacock
Morrow
Mexico City
Guy Burrage
Memphis
Paris
Shipman and Co-defendants Obtain Stay of Terms
T H Shipman former Brevard Banking president and four co-defendants gained a stay of their prison terms before Judge J H Clements after filing for a new trial claiming new evidence. The group including Pickelsimer McNeely and Fisher were convicted of perverting Transylvania county credit to aid the bank with sentences from two to five years and Silversteen was fined 5900. The Supreme Court recently affirmed those sentences.
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Rutherfordton
T. H. Shipman
Brevard Banking Company
J. H. Clements
Shipman
J. H. Pickelsimer
C. N. McNeely
Ralph Fisher
Transylvania County
Silversteen
Supreme Court
Murder Fugitive Surrounded and Caught by Cops
Jones Massie, wanted for two weeks on a murder charge, was captured beneath a floor in his Barnard home with officers closing in early today. Mrs Taskie Johnson, widow of the victim, was arrested days ago on aiding in the killing and released on $200 bond. Johnson was shot at his home on May 1 after a quarrel over attentions to Mrs Johnson.
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Marshjall
Jones Massie
Marvin Johnson
Barnard
Taskie Johnson
Johnson
Massie
Disastrous Floods and Storm Bring Death and Destruction
In Coblenz on May 17 floods in the Moselle valley added six deaths to the 26 killed during Whitsuntide disasters across Germany. Reports tell of ruined vineyards toppled houses and coffins washed from cemeteries. Two women and four children died when walls collapsed as they sought shelter in a basement.
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Coblenz
Germany
Whitsuntide
Moselle
Guels
Lost Maine professor found alive after woods search
Roland P. Levinson, professor of philosophy at the University of Maine, was found alive and unharmed near Aurora after being lost in the woods for nearly four hours. A posse located him safe, ending a lengthy search.
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Aurora
Roland P. Levinson
University of Maine
British flier pleads not guilty to Clarke murder
Captain William N. Lancaster, British aviator, pleads not guilty to murder in Miami. Judge grants July 5 trial continuance for character witnesses from England and Australia. Clarke, 21, journalist and ghost writer for Mrs. Jessie Keith-Miller, was killed in Key. Lancaster’s diary and letters are seized along with the gun used in the slaying.
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Miami
Fla
William N. Lancaster
H. F. Atkinson
Haden Clarke
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Lancaster
Atkinson
England
Australia
Keith-Miller
James Carson
H. A. Lathero
Virginian Admits Negotiations Were Web of Deceit
Norfolk boat builder John Hughes Curtis confessed to police that his elaborate tale of negotiations with kidnapers in the Lindbergh case was a product of his imagination. He said a lucrative newspaper offer spurred him to fabricate the story and he even wrote a full confession after a typewriter destroyed his notes.
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Trenton
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Nor
Seeerenet Tees
John Hadheash Devas
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Curtis
Lindbergh
Gon
Admiral Burrage
Noto
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