German Dirigible Hindenburg Destroyed After Voyage
The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst New Jersey killed and injured many aboard as the giant zeppelin exploded while attempting to moor. Authorities report varying death tolls, with survivors hospitalized in critical condition and captains Lehmann and Pruss among those affected.
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Lakehurst
N. J
North Atlantic
Naval Landing Field
New Jersey
Ernest Lehmann
Lehman
Max Pruss
New York
Pruss
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
LONGVIEW Texas looks at the Duke of Windsor figure in a humorous note about the British government cutting relief rolls. The piece jokes about marriage and work, urging practical self support like gardening and pest control until fishing improves.
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Longview
Texas
Duke of Windsor
Gentry Sues Over Back Salary as Insurance Chief
Gentry of Hope seeks 4033 dollars in back pay for his term as Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal. He was removed from office in January by a legislative act and asks the auditor to seek an attorney general opinion on issuing a debtedness certificate. He claims the office salary was fixed at 5000 by a 1927 act and that later appropriations did not provide for the statutory salary.
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Little Rock
U. A
Gentry
Hope
Bailey
Oscar Humphrey
Géhiry
Arkansas
United States Supreme Courts
Futrell
Seek Hitch-Hiker in Murder Case
Victor A. Gates of Little Rock, 57, was shot in Lonoke County after picking up hitch-hikers believed to be a man and a woman. Police say two or three definite clues exist with no arrests yet. Gates, longtime estate manager, had been in Little Rock for 12 years. Body found in a ditch near Highways 1 and 10. Detectives warn the killer may have sat in the rear seat.
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Little Rock
Gray Albright
Lonoke
Victoria
Gates
Albright
Ark
Victor A. Gates
Mr. Gates
Lonoke County
Litth
Beebes
Lanoke Gites
Mother's Day Observed with Church Programs in Hope
The May 9 observance includes special sermons at Washington Baptist and First Baptist Hope, with noon meals on the courthouse lawn and an afternoon cemetery visit. Major services at First Presbyterian, First Methodist, and First Pentecostal churches feature special Mother's Day worship, music, and choirs, plus district institute sessions in Prescott.
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Washington
Jin
Washington Baptist Church
S. A. Whitlow
Washington Cemetery
First Baptist Church In
Hope
W. R. Hamilton
Baptist Training Union Group
First Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Kate Scott Holland
Thos, Brewster
Margaret Simms
Thos. Brewster
First Methodist
Hoor
First Methodist Church School
Prescott
Steweards’ Institute
George Lt. Morelock
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Morelock
Pentecostal
Alt First Pentecostal Church
Hindenburg Disaster Prompts German Inquiry News
German officials race to investigate the Hindenburg tragedy as Secretary Roper forms a board of inquiry in the United States. Dr Eckener urges helium use while warning of threats linked to the disaster and acknowledging a grim national mood.
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Washington
Commerce
Daniel Roper
Lakehurst
Roper
Germnany
Berlin
Germany
Sverseas
Paushing
Austria
Eckener
Reich
America
Gore Ben Ras
United States
Fort Worth
Texas
Shenandoah
Akron
Macon
Hitler
Collier's Magazine
Sky Cruise
W. B. Courtney
Cotton opens in New Orleans at 12.92 bid
May cotton opened in New Orleans at 12.92 and closed at 12.93 bid with 12.96 asked. Spot cotton settled seven points lower at middling 13.38.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton
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Zeppeclly Company
Harry Bruna
Ivy
Lewisiana
Virginia
Mississippi
Brown Turner
HitchsHikee
NEA
Acme
Navy
Memphis
orAume Telephoto
Hindenburg
Hinderburg
Frankfort
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