Reds Celebrate May Day With Few Outbreaks
May Day celebrations worldwide saw limited violence with about 1000 arrests. Berlin contrasted last year’s deadly clashes, while New York held a large demonstration without major incidents. Across cities from Los Angeles to Detroit and Philadelphia, police kept disturbances low amid heightened precautions.
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United Press
Berlin
United States
New York
Union Square
Los Angeles
Detroit
Philadelphia
Stamford
British Ambassador to Refill Embassy Cellar With Wine
Washington May 2 Sir Ronald Lindsay new British ambassador says he is not a teetotaler and will restock the embassy cellar with wines and spirits, reversing Sir Esme Howard's year old drying up of the palace libations. Howard said the move aimed to remove any suspicion of bootlegging to Americans.
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United Press
Washington
Ronald Lindsay
Esme Howard
Esme
Here
Jimmy Walker Sails for Bermuda Surprise Voyage
New York May 2 Mayor Jimmy Walker sailed Thursday aboard the royal mail liner Arcadia for Bermuda. He had told associates nothing of his plans after a physician ordered him to rest due to nervous exhaustion and fatigue.
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United Press
New York
Jimmy Walker
Royal Mail
Arcadia
Bermuda
Walker
Scots Premier Daughter Rides Day Coach for Economy
Ishbel McDonald, daughter of the British premier, travels from Glasgow to Crewe in a day coach on a five hour weekend rail trip. Glasgow railway officials disclose the ride as an example of thrift amid economic concerns.
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United Pres
London
Ishbel McDonald
Glasgow
Crewe
Faces life term freed given money
Jack O'Hara, a fourth offender, pleaded guilty in general sessions court but was freed after a judge instead took up a collection. He left with $15 and said he had stolen all his life but never used violence and had no home since childhood.
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United Preas
New York
Jack O'Hara
General Sessions Court
Park Mothers in Club Formed by City Recreation Dept
The Rhodius Park Mothers' Club was announced today by the city recreation department. Mrs. Henry Commiskey is president, with Mrs. J. H. Badger as vice president and Mrs. W. J. Fuller as secretary.
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Rhodius Park
Mothers’ Club
City Recreation Department
Henry Commiskey
J. H. Badger
W. J. Fuller
Drive Nears Goal as Civic Music Rolls Reach 1250
The Indianapolis Civic Music Association reports 1,250 people enrolled, closing in on the 1,621 member target with the deadline set for Saturday night. The drive aims to broaden civic music support in the city.
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Civic Music Group
Indianapolis Civic Music Association
Burglar Foiled as Loot Drops Near Escape Window
A burglar leaped from a second floor window to escape Mrs. Fred C. Gause who returned home. He had lined a suitcase with clothing but fled with only a watch and silk hosiery leaving other loot behind. Other burglaries reported include a ransacked home on Guilford avenue with $150 missing and a safe tampered with at the Indianapolis Varnish Company office. A store attendant was robbed of $25 and a diamond ring by three gunmen, and a stolen car involved in a hit run escaped after a pursuit by a Municipal Judge.
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Watson Road
A. C. Zaring
Guilford Avenue
Indianapolis
Pine
Ohio
Leonard Petit
Burgess Avenue
Shell
English Avenue
Brookville Road
Thomas E. Garvin
New Jersey
Market Streets
Garvin
Georgia
Cruse
George Cowens
North Arsenal Avenue
Storm Damage Strikes Indiana Interurban Lines
A near cyclonic rain storm hit the Winona interurban line at Fields Indiana, pushing a small passenger station 100 feet into a field and overturning another station. The storm damaged farm buildings and orchards in the area.
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Bu United Preas Fields
Ind
Winona Interurban Line
Liberty Torch Goes Out as Lightning Strikes Statue Island
Lightning struck Bedloe's Island power lines causing the Liberty torch light to go out. The strike dimmed the illumination over the Statue of Liberty as officials reported the outage on May 2 in New York.
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United Preas
New York
Liberty
Bedloe’s Island
Pilgrims Aboard Rochambeau For Eucharistic Congress
The French liner Rochambeau arrives at Gibraltar carrying American Catholic dignitaries and pilgrims from seven dioceses bound for Carthage. Eight altars on board host Masses as Cardinal O Connell of Boston travels with the group. Halley is noted as the first to seek earth’s birthday.
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United Press
Gibraltar
Carthage
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Perfumed Cities Visioned for America of Future
Georges Klotz, the New York and Paris perfumer, envisions American cities scented like ancient Greek towns. Sidewalk perfumers would counteract automobile exhaust with fragrance from public fountains, aiming to ease urban nerve strain and mask city noises with flower-like scents.
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United Press
York
Georges Klotz
New York
Paris
Klotz
Choir Sings Farewell for Retiring Pastor at Meridian Heights
Sixty voices from Christchurch choir perform a farewell program at Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church on Forty-seventh Street and Central Avenue. The Rev. T. R. White conducts his last services Sunday night at 7 30. Weather note mentions distant thunder.
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Choir of
Christchurch
Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church
Boyce Denies Claim About Clubroom Absence
William Boyce Jr ninth ward chairman for Citizens Republican League denies being present in the Marton Clubrooms when Harry Rodman alleged John Walker claimed the league would raise eleven hundred dollars in the legislative state. Walker denies the statement.
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William Boyce Jr
Ninth Ward
Citizens Republican League
New Marton
Harry Rodman
D. ©. Stephenson
John
Bull Moose) Walker
Rodman
Walker
Auto crash on Markle road claims life of Jesse Farthing
In Huntington Indiana on May 2, 45 year old Jesse Farthing died when his vehicle overturned after swerving in fresh crushed stone on Markle road. The accident highlights hazardous road conditions and driver risk in the area.
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United Press
Huntington
Ind
Jesse Farthing
Markle Road
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