Lindbergh joins hunt in baby kidnapping case
Col Charles A Lindbergh drove from his Sourland hills estate to discuss the case with state police. Reporters met his car on a back road and he declined to reveal his whereabouts over the past 24 hours. Ample rumor and police statements kept focus on whether the baby remains alive.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sourland Hills
Lindbergs
Lindbergh
Cal Lindbergh
Cal
Associated Press
Island An
Gosnold Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Island
Col. Lindbergh
John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Martha's Vineyard
Guy H. Burrage
Rumer
Betty Gow
Hge
Miss Gow
Charles H. Scheeffel
Southampton
England
Five Die in Brookfield House Fire Family Trapped
Five members of the Sneathen Hepburn family perished in a Brookfield dwelling fire yesterday when a furnace overheated. Surviving, Lytton Hepburn, 40, escaped after his wife and four relatives were killed. A younger child accidentally fell through an open window during the blaze.
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Chicago
Brookfield
Walter W. Sneathen
Louise Sneathen
Lytton Hepburn
Hepburn
Lytton Jr
Gordon
New British Tariff Law Threatens Ireland Free State
London reports a restored imperial tariff as Britain’s subtle pressure on Ireland. A 10 percent duty on most goods aims to bind Ireland to the Empire while the Ottawa conference plans free intra imperial trade. If Ireland quits the Empire, it could lose tariff preferences and face steeper foreign competition.
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England
London
de Valera
Treland
Ireland
Britain
British Tariff Board
Ottawa
Great Britain
Varios
Irish Free State
Denmark
Vance Falls Short Of Ely's Bridge Par
Vance Louis Joseph, the author, failed to reach Ely Culbertson's 60 percent target on 14 hands of a bridge contest. Culbertson offered a $1,000 to $1 wager on the outcome, but no money was posted, the Evening Post reports.
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WEW “Tork
Louis Joseph Vance
Ely Culbertson
Culbertson
Evening Post
Yugoslav Cabinet Resigns Over King’s Handling of Affairs
Belgrade Apr reports Premier General Peter Zivsovitch’s cabinet submitted its resignation amid weeks of rumors that factions favoring parliamentary freedom were undermined by King Alexander’s management of state business.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Apr
Peter Zivsovitch
Alexander
Conviction Upheld for Arkansas Bank Chain Leader A B Banks
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the conviction of A B Banks former head of a bank and insurance chain for agreeing to deposits in an insolvent bank. He received a one year sentence. Banks led the American Exchange Trust Company which collapsed in 1930 dragging forty affiliated banks down with it. He later lived in Fordyce and faced bankruptcy.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Supreme Court
A. B. Banks
Arkansas
Vitte
Rock
American Exchange Trust Company of
Bank
Fordyce
American Eschanse Trust Company
Lea-Gardwell Financial
Tennessee
Banks
Probe Al Capone Chicago Grand Jury Ordered
Circuit Judge Michael J. Feinberg, a Republican candidate for state's attorney, ordered a special grand jury to be impaneled to investigate alleged terrorist tactics by Capone hoodlums during a run in the Chicago area.
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AL Capone Chigigo
Michael J. Feinberg
Capone
Four Die as Plane Crashes in Snowstorm Near Duluth
Four men en route to Detroit for the National Aircraft Show died when their plane crashed 23 miles north of Duluth Minnesota during a snowstorm. Killed were pilot Herb Fuller 26 aviator E Kervinen 35 fur buyer T J Somers 32 and his brother William Somers 25 all Bly Minnesota residents. The crash occurred after Fuller apparently blinded by heavy snow on cabin windows struck a snow fence and burst apart instantly. The motor crushed the occupants. no fire. Fuller and Kervinen had recently been released from Ely hospital after a forced landing on March 27.
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Duluth
Minn
Detroit
Juieth
Herb
Dutch) Fuller
E. Kervinen
T. J. Somers
William Somers
Bly. Minn
Fuller
John Fjerem
Filler
Kurvinen
Ely
Free Philippines Would Be Cowardly Says Stimson Letter
Washington April 4 AP Representative Bacon Joy released Secretary Stimson's letter to Senate Territories Chair Bingham arguing that granting independence to the Philippines would display selfish cowardice and futility and erode US prestige in the Orient, complicating American influence and credibility abroad.
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Washington
Bacon
Joy
Stimson
Bingham
Senat Territories Committee
United States
Philippines
House
Hare
Far East
Appointment of Caldwell County Judge Charles Wood
Governor Caulfield named Charles W. Wood of Kingston as Caldwell County western district judge replacing Charles Bathgate who resigned to become Polo postmaster. Wood’s appointment follows Bathgate’s departure to federal postal service duties.
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Caulfield
Charles W. Wood
Kingston
Caldwell County
Charles Bathgate
Polo
New York Set For Party Delegates This Week
Albany April 4 AP New York names its delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions this week with a lone local Democratic contest in Buttaloo district. Upstate Roosevelt supporters predominate among delegates while Tammany Hall seeks control without a unit rule. Republicans back Hoover. Delegates at large to be chosen at Albany midmonth. both Roosevelt and Smith may receive places.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Smith
Roosevelt
Tammany
Chicago
Best Dressed Man Saves His Wardrobe at Northwestern
Evanston April 4. Paul Cimmins, known as the best dressed man at Northwestern University, survives a car crash that left his life uncertain. Friends say he returned to campus to find his fraternity debating whether his cherished suits should be auctioned.
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Evanston
Paul
Cimmins
Northwestern University
Blonde Girl Holds Up Director With Pistol
A blonde girl directed a robbery at a Kansas City filling station today and exchanged shots with the operator after accomplices demanded cash. The driver, Larry Anschutz, handed over a small sum and a .22 rifle, then returned fire when the bandit fired from the car. Police identify the young woman as a prolific holder of holdups over the past two years.
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Kansas City
Bartit
Larry Anschutz
Anschutz
Interior Secretary opens 140.9 million acres for prospecting
Secretary Wilbur of the Interior Department announced the opening of 140,900,000 acres of public lands in Washington to oil prospecting. The move expands access for exploration while outlining regulatory steps and oversight for future drilling.
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Keopen Oil Land
Washington
Wilbur
Interior Department
Senate split over post war tax rates debate
Washington April 4 The Senate debated restoring wartime string income tax rates with Senator Couzens Michigan and Senator Hartson Mississippi taking opposing positions. The day featured sharp disagreement on how to handle higher income taxes in the postwar period.
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Washington
Senate
Couzens
Hartson D
Miss
Germanys second presidential race in a month heats up
Berlin April 4 AP Germanys second presidential election campaign in less than a month was in full swing with three dead, many wounded, and hundreds jailed after the opening gun. Voters will decide on April 10 in a contest between Paul von Hindenburg Adolf Hitler and Ernst Thaelmann. Hitler opened his drive at noon with a roar against the government accusing it of no real achievements in 14 years as clashes between Nazis and Communists intensified.
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John A. Bouman
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Isodes
Presiden
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Erns Thaelmann
Becaues
Hindenburg
Hitler
Leipsis
Economy Program Proposed To Cut Government Spending
A presidential address urges Congress to enact a broad economy program to reduce waste and repeal nonessential laws. It cites a 4.112 billion budget as proof of tight limits and calls for unity between Senate and House on a joint national plan with executive input to speed action and ensure a balanced budget.
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Lesss
Appropriations
Congress
House of Representatives
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Executive
Zeppelin damaged on Brazil trip prompts delay
Graf Zeppelin, veteran of nonstop Atlantic flights from Zeppelinheim to Pernambuco, Brazil, sustained a 35 foot hull tear on takeoff. Repairs finished by noon and the ship was to resume its flight at 4:20 a.m. tomorrow after collision with a radio tower during the temperature-related ascent.
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Priedrochshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
Pernambuco
Brazil
Zeppelin
San Francisco Paper Executive Announces Five Day Summer Plan
Rodman C. Pell, president of a San Francisco paper company, unveiled a five day summer plan after raising wages for employees last May and again in January, defying the current economic climate with wage increases.
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SAN Fancisco
Rodman C. Pell
San Francisco Paper Company
Pell
Hoover urges unified non partisan effort to pass appropriations
In a White House message dated April 4 1892 President Hoover calls for unified non partisan action to pass essential appropriations. Senate Democratic leader Senator Robinson quickly condemns the president for shirking responsibility and questions how reductions might be made.
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Herbert Hoover
White House
Senate
Robinson
Tragedy touches Fosdick family in Montclair killing
Neighbors in Montclair New Jersey report a morning triple tragedy as Mrs Raymond Fosdick sister in law of Rev. Mary Emerson Fosdick shoots her two children aged 15 and 9 and then herself. Police say the husband a lawyer is believed in New York. Fosdick held posts with League of Nations Rockefeller Foundation Princeton University and New York city offices.
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Montclair
N. J
Raymond
Fosdick
Emerson Fosdick
Wosdick
New York
Susanne
Blaine
League of Nations
Rockefeller Foundation
Princeton University
Democratic National Committee
War Department
France
Pershinz
Wall Street Stocks Slide To Bear Market Lows
Financial markets opened the week with further declines as utilities and rails weakened. Bonds fell and stock exchange seat prices plunged to a 1924 low, amid tax transfer fears. Major drops hit Union Pacific Santa Fe Norfolk and Western Chesapeake Delaware and Hudson American Water Works Pacific Gas and Electric Western Union Eastman National Biscuit Loews Macy and McKeesport.
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Claude
Jagger
Associated Press
New York
Icharacter
Stock Exchange
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake Corp
Delaware and Hudson
American Water Works
Pacific Gas and Electric
Western Union
Eastman
National Biscuit
Loews
Macy and McKeesport
American Telephone
American Can
Allied Chemical
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit
U. S. Steel
General Motors
General Electric
Auburn
Wall Street
Ford Motor Co
Ford
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