Headless torso found as eight Thomson family drowned in creek
Manchester Ky May 80 Eight members of the Thompson family were reported drowned when a cloudburst washed their cabin into a creek. Thompson a miner and his son were said to have perished. Senator Walsh urged a strong national defense, saying world security rests on it.
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Manchester
Thompson
Cuntain
Washington
David I. Walsh
D.ass
United States
Stork Derby Settled in Toronto Fortune Distribution
Executors of the Stork Derby will of Charles Millar announced the end of litigation and that fortunes totaling 100000 were deposited for four Toronto mothers named as winners. Two mothers, Mrs. Lillian Kenny and Mrs. Pauline Mae Clark, failed to establish legal claims and received 1250 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canalan Press
Charles
Millar
Zarre
Lillian Kenny
Pauline Mae Clark
Akron Mayor and labor clash over Goodyear strike
Akron May 30. Tension rises as Mayor Schroy confronts labor leaders over Goodyear Tire and Rubber potential suspension pending a United Rubber Workers strike. Union officials vow to resist mass picketing while police prepare to keep order. Goodyear plans to resume production after a spontaneous strike last night left about 80 injured in clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Goodyear Tired Rubber Company
United Rubber
Nk Grillo
International Secre
Lee D. Schroy
Yar
Charles Collins
United Labor Defense Committee
C. S. A.nd
Setty Jane Returned Home After Abduction Case
Betty Jane Hobbs was returned to her family in Nawanda Ohio after being missing ten days following an apparent kidnapping. Ellsworth Hobbs pursued the child by car from Coolville Ohio where she was found. Anna LeGare faces kidnapping charges for taking the girl with Amelia Hobbs denying consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nawanda
WN. Y
Amelia Hobbs
Curly
Betty Jane
Lobbs
Ellsworth Hobbs
Betty
Coolville
Betty Ine
Anna LeGare
Hobbs
Frederick Hoefert
LeGarde
Charles Gillilan
LeGare
Morrow
Hoefert
Society Beauty Dies by Own Action in Long Island
Mrs Henry Sanford Jr a 23 year old Long Island socialite died yesterday of a gunshot wound through the heart deemed self inflicted by Coroner Grove Silliman Police said she had been separated from her husband for six months and had cared for her four year old son who was in a sanatorium Awaiting details on survivors including husband and two children
Rebels Move On Mora De Rubielos Front
Rebels under Franco push along the Teruel Valencia highway toward Mora De Rubielos threatening government defenses. Three divisions converge on Albentosa near Mora Rubielos while insurgents strike from west and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mora de Rubielos
Valencia
Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Teruel-Valencia
Terués
Franco
Sierras
Albentosa
Mora Rubielos
Wayland Cooke Signs Non-Suit in Bank Dividend Case
Guilford Superior Court clerk Wayland Cooke signed a non-suit in the action brought by Ed L. Ragan against John D. Biggs receiver of the Commercial National Bank of Greensboro to collect interest on a delayed dividend payment.
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Greensboro
Wayland Cooke
Guilford Superior Court
Ed L. Ragan
High Joint
John D. Biggs
Commercial National Bank
Roberts wins 500 mile speedway in record pace
Floyd Roberts of Van Nuys California roared to a record breaking 500 mile auto race victory covering the distance in 4 15 58.40 at 117 200 mph average. Wilbur Shaw places second with Chet Miller and Ronny Householder in the top four. A spectator Everett Spence of Terre Haute Ind was killed when a flying wheel from Emil Andres car caused a crash at the southeast turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedway
Indianapolis
Floyd Kerts
van Nuys
California
Wilbur Shaw
Roberts
Shaw
Jimmy Snyder
Chicago
Chet Miller
Ronny Householder
Calif
Everett Spence
Terre Haute
Ind
Spence
Emil Andres
Andres
Briggs Employees Strike At Local Briggs Plant
Briggs Manufacturing on R 4 street saw most of its 125 workers walk out at lunch, protesting the recent dismissal of an employee. J R Arrington, local rep of the International Upholsterers and Furniture Workers union, said the group is the bargaining agent. No statement from E L Briggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs Manufacturing Company
J. R. Arrington
International Upholsterers and Furniture Workers Union
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Peace Parleys Watch as Czech Elections Show Leftward Trend
PRAHA May 30.4 The peace parleys progress this week may shape the compromise between German and Czech elements in the post-war republic. The second of three Sunday municipal elections indicated 80 to 95 percent support for Konrad Henlein among Sudeten German communities, while Czech areas leaned left. Premier Hodza plans further talks with Sudeten leaders. some German socialists and communists protest any concession without their input. The elections were largely peaceful with a single clash near the border. 45 rioters arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praha
Konrad Henlein
Fuehrer
Henlein
Milan Hodza
Hodza
Henisin
Prabha
Adolf Hitler
Hodsza
Dibenberge
Germany
A_ Henlein
Graduates Honor High Point College Class Of 194?
Forty five students received degrees at High Point College during morning exercises in Harrison gymnasium. Dr James Henry Straughn of Baltimore addressed graduates urging a Covenant With Life focusing on life, perseverance, education, and the central role of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Harrison Gymnasium
James Henry Straughn
Baltimore
General Conference of
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Straughn
God
Chinese Close In On Trapped Japs Planes Fly Over Japan
Chinese forces continued to press to relieve the trapped Japanese division of Lieutenant General Kenji Doihara northwest of Lanfeng, while air patrols flew over Japan. Doihara, nicknamed the Lawrence of Manchuria for his political role, faces a severe setback as Chinese troops tighten their ring around the encircled units.
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Japan
Shanghai
Kenji Doihara
Lanfeng
Langeng
Dojihara
China
Dobara
Weather warning issued for storm from Cape Hatteras to Nantucket
The Weather Bureau warned that a storm centered south of Cape Hatteras would bring strong winds likely to gale force from Cape Hatteras to Atlantic City today and tonight. Small craft warnings extended as far north as Nantucket.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Atlantic City
Nantucket
Train Hits Car Killing Farmer in Concord
In Concord at a grade crossing a Norfolk Southern train struck a stalled automobile, killing 60 year old Cabarrus county farmer E Clint Black and seriously injuring his 18 year old daughter Abous Black. The train was traveling from Charlotte to Raleigh and the coroner said a hearing would be held.
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Concord
E. Clint Black
Cabarrus County
Miss Abous Black
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Miss Black
Charlotte Hospital
Ben J. Mitchell
Black
Carlotte
Raleigh
Barkley Expects Congress to Finish by June 11
Senate Leader Barkley said lawmakers aim to adjourn by June 11 after passing the relief bill in the Senate by midweek. The government reorganization bill is dropped for this season. Congress plans limited debate on the $3.247 billion relief and public works measure and hopes to reconcile wage hour differences with a joint committee.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Barkley
House
Roosevelt
Four Mothers Win Millar Stork Derby In Toronto
Canadian Press reports four women share 75 000 payments each from the estate of Charles Vance Millar the organizer of the stork derby. The checks are first payments as the estate still liquidates. The mothers Kathleen Nagle Annie Smith Isabel MacLean and Alice Timlock each bore nine children in the decade after Millar's death October 31 1926 and the court ruled the four must share equally since they all died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Millar
Rest Of Body Found In Sound In Kidnapping Case
In New Rochelle New York on May 30 authorities and FBI agents searched shores along Long Island Sound for the rest of Peter Levine after his wire bound torso with missing head and limbs washed ashore. Police estimate the boy was killed and tossed into the water near Rye or Mamaro Neck.
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John A. Moroso
New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Long Island Sound
George Reifenberger
Rye
Mamaroneck
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Reed Vestterli
New York
Reinfenberger
Murray Levine
Calis
Amos O. Squire
Westchester County
Peter
Robert Lateiner
Harlan Worker Testifies Fear Motive In Conspiracy Trial
In London Kentucky on May 30 1943 federal judge H Church Ford allowed Herman Adkins a former Harlan coal miner to testify he moved to Jellico Tennessee because he feared returning to Harlan county He described jailing and a breach of peace charge after a beating by a Harlan deputy sheriff and release without trial within about a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harlan
H. Church Ford
Tennessee
Harlan County
Herman Adkins
Jellico
Kentucky
Pirates of the Pacific: Three Teens Missing on Sea Quest
In San Pedro California on May 20 Navy eyes search for the yacht Tira and three youths Lyle Tara 17 William Grace 17 and James Henninger 17 believed to have stolen the 20 000 ketch to hunt for treasure. Admiral Claude C. Bloch ordered U S fleet ships to watch for the vessel after the youths disappeared from Santa Cruz last Thursday.
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San Pedro
Calif
Pacific
Tira
Santa Cruz Calif
Claude C. Bloch
United States
Lyle Tara
William Grace
James Henninger
Santa Cruz
Lew K. Foote
Memorial Day Remembrance Across the Nation and Abroad
On Memorial Day the nation honors fallen servicemen with graveside services parades and taps. At Gettysburg Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg spoke as children laid roses. Arlington near Lee’s home hosted ceremonies with veteran participation and reflections on global fears. Senator David I Walsh delivered the main address at the Unknown Soldier site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gettysburg
Arthur H. Vandenberg
National Shrine
England
France
Belgium
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Robert KE. Lee
Grand Army of the Republic
America
David I. Walsh
D.-Mass
Ravished Body Of Girl Found In Cincinnati Patch
The body of six year old Shirley Woodburn was found in a wooded patch near her home. Police said she had been ravished. Her parents and playmates described a youth about 17 as possibly involved. The family noted she had been warned not to go with strangers.
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Cincinnati
Shirley Woodburn
Gunstav Lorrenz
John Woodburn
Shirley
Frieda Hornberger
Emily Gump
Katy-Did Moran Baby Born Aboard Train in Missouri
Mrs. Dorothy Diffey of Austin Texas gave birth aboard the Katy train Blue Bonnet en route to Kansas City. The physician on board assisted in delivering an eight pound girl. The mother planned to name Kathleen Elizabeth but may call her Katy.
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Katy-Did
Moran
Kas
Dorothy Diffey
Austin
Tex
Kansas City
Blue Bonnett
Diffey
Katherine Elizabeth
Katy
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Goodyear
Setty Jane
Ociety Beauty
WPA
George H. Goodman
Brady M. Stewart
Stewart
A. B. Chandler
Alben Barkley
Briggs
James H. Straughn
O'Brien
Pat O’brien
Pat
Detroit
William Patrick
San Francisco
Doihara
Iisland
Atlantic Coast
Millar Estate
U.S
Associated Press
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