Treasure salvage claims sunken Hampshire holds gold
Reports from New York say a salvage ship near the West Orkney Islands raised £15,000 in gold from the Hampshire's strongboxes. The find is tied to Earl Kitchener's 1918 sinking. Charles Courtney, famed locksmith, was noted for joining a future expedition. The quest stems from a man seeking to clear a relative accused of aiding the Germans.
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Associated Press
New York
H. M.S. Hampshire
Earl Kitchener
West Orkney Islands
Hampshire
Charles Courtney
Wizard Locksmith
Europe
Courtney
Kitchener
Orkneys
Scotland
England
Egypt
India
South Africa
Russia
Mich
Island of
Shant
Kitchoansr
Tien
Two Robbery Suspects Go On Trial At Grandin
Harry Baliott and Earl Chapman of St. Louis face Circuit court in Van Buren Mo on charges of robbing the Bank of Grandin. The Feb 6 heist netted 1800 dollars. A taxi chase across four counties ended with the fatal shooting of Albert Lane who was shot when reaching for a pocket whisky bottle. a third man escaped.
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van Buren
Harry Baliott
Earl Chapman
St. Louis
State Bank of
Grandin
Baliott
Chapman
Albert Lane
Lane
Oil Worth Only Ten Cents a Barrel in Shreveport Trade
In Shreveport Louisiana an odd barter was advertised at a drug store. A sign offered to trade two bottles of 3.2 beer for three barrels of East Texas crude oil. Beer bottles sell for 15 cents each, while the 52 gallon barrels of oil go for a dime each.
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Shreveport
East Texas
Fighter Poses as Inspector in Loafer Scam
In Kansas City police questioned Albert Krause a 32 year old St Louis prize fighter after he allegedly tried to sell occupational licenses for 25 cents to 1 dollar to banhendlers while posing as a police inspector of loafers.
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Sansas City
Albert Krause
St. Louis
Rain Delays Missouri Corn Planting Despite Moisture
Missouri farmers saw corn planting delayed by rainy weather with only poor to fair field progress. The USDA weekly crop bulletin noted showers slowed ground drying while moisture stayed ample. Cotton planting at 59 percent advanced slowly. wheat oats barley alfalfa and grass grew well. Pastures improve stock outlook. fruits mostly good to very good with apple bloom heavy and pollination fair to good.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dismissal bid in Midland Theater receivership case
In Kansas City on April 36 c ap, Herbert M. Woolf and M. B. Shanberg filed in federal court a petition for dismissal of a voluntary bankruptcy petition against Fox Midlands Theater Company. They seek discharge of the receiver and to set aside the adjudication, affecting about 60 theaters in Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. Loew's Midland Theater is not included and is operated by Loew's, Inc. under a separate agreement.
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Kansas City
Fox Midlands Theater Company
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Herbert M. Woolf
M. B. Shanberg
Midland Theater and Realty Company
Fox West Coast Theater Company
Loew's
Midland ‘Theater
Woolf and
Shanberg
Loew's, Inc
Alienation trial details alleged motive in Omaha suit
In Omaha on April 26 witnesses testifying in a $50,000 alienation of affections suit by Mrs. Iva Baltzly against Miss Gertrude Gruenig described Gruenig once sleeping in Dr. Oliver D. Baltzly’s study, time spent together at a Minnesota lodge, and occasions of handholding in a downtown office. Dr Baltzly, a former Omaha pastor, previously obtained an Arkansas divorce in 1981.
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Omaha
Neb
Iva Baltzly
Gertrude Gruenlg
Oliver D. Baltzly
Baltzly
Miss Gruenig
Minnesota
Arkansas
Mrs Ross Named Director of Mint
President Roosevelt intends to name Neile Taylor Ross former governor of Wyoming as a director of the Mint. Miss Ross has long been active in state and national Democratic politics and served as vice chairman of the party s national committee through the Roosevelt campaign last year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Neile Taylor Ross
Wyoming
Miss Ross Long
Kansas Day Law Test To Resume In Lawerence
Lawrence, Kansas. Investigation into the beer at a duck camp on the Kaw River near here, conducted last Monday to test Kansas prohibition laws, will be resumed today or tomorrow. An injunction is sought against the camp where 3.9 beer was sold. The plan to file against the “Forty and Height” veterans camp was dropped since the beer party was held without veterans’ knowledge.
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Lawrenge
Kas
Kaw
Kansas
R. B. Blevens
Everett Steerman
Steerman
Stevens
Roland Boynton
Topeka
Forty and Hight
State's 87th Assembly Ends Amid Tax Battle and Protests
Missouri faces a red budget for 1933-34 as the Senate and House conference reports project a shortfall of about 14 million in available general revenue after school funding. The legislature increased several educational allocations, while Meredith clashed with the Senate over money and procedure. A truck driver, Fred Lawson, was killed in a crash near Kiresville, Missouri, shortly after.
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Senate
State Tax Commission
Missouri
Bales
Senate Appropriations Committee
General Revenue Fund
Tax Commission
House
University of Missouri
College of Agriculture
Teachers’ Colleges
Missouri School of Mines
Tate
Kiresville
Fred Lawson
Here
Lawson
Government Propaganda Seen as New Menace at Talk
James H. Puray of United Press warned at a national foreign trade convention that government subsidized news agencies distort truth. He criticized foreign subsidies to news organs while praising independent U S agencies for not engaging in propaganda or government funding. He noted universal Europe subsidies clash with U S practice.
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Pittsburgh
James H. Puray
United Press
Furay
Europe
United States
Sterilization Law Drafted by Nazis in Berlin
The Prussian Board of Health drafted a eugenic sterilization law to model the Reich, details withheld. Nazi advocates for sterilization of the physically and mentally unfit have long pushed for division of citizens into three classes, including sterilizing those deemed defective to forge a healthy Nordic race.
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Berlin
Prussian Board of Health
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Martin Staemmler
Chemuttty
Naz
Leipsio
Disciples of Christ elect officers in Indianapolis
Dr J P Hundrey president of Lynchburg College was chosen president of the board of education. Dean G D Edwards of Bible College Columbia Missouri was named recorder at the annual Disciples of Christ meeting in Indianapolis on April 25.
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Indianapolis
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg
Board of Education of
The
Disciples of Christ
G. D. Edwards
the Bible College
Columbia, Mo
Son of Rabindranath Tagore Held by Nazis in Plot
Soum-yandra Nath Tagore, 21, son of Rabindranath Tagore, arrested Monday in Munich in connection with an alleged plot on Adolf Hitler's life. He remains detained and is described by authorities as a communist.
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Munich
Soumyandra Nath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Adolf Hitler
Lindberghs Continue Inflight Tour via Missouri Stop
Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh landed at Springfield Municipal Airport at 12 44 p m after a one hour nine minute flight from Kansas City on an inspection flight for the airline of T W A Inc They planned to visit several cities including Joplin Tulsa and Amarillo but warned plans were tentative and not on schedule They would spend the night in Amarillo and continue inspecting the airline facilities and operations.
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Springfield
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Munhicipal
Kansas City
Lindberghs
Joplin
Karas ‘City
Tulsa
Aindbergh
Oklahoma City
Elk City
Okla
Wichita
Kos
Amarillo
Tex
Afrline
Hare
Inside story of Doherty management market manipulation
Mitchell testified that Doherty management controlled securities flow for Securities Company, creating demand via offering dealers and internal sales. He noted price drops from 51 5/8 to 44 as trade volumes spiked, with shares bought by the company rising from 9,242 to 25,473 between April 16 and April 30. He claimed a rumored Doherty death caused a short squeeze to support prices, followed by a price rebound to 46.75 by June 10.
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New York Curb Exchange
Mitchell
Doherty
Securities
Securities Company
Ince
Newsrooms Eye Radio Ads as Advertising at A.N.P.A. Meeting
H Harris, head of the American Newspaper Publishers Association radio committee, proposed a resolution urging newspapers to treat radio broadcasting as advertising matter only. The committee also urged protests against prepublication news sales or gifts to radio stations and emphasized safeguarding proprietary newspaper news rights.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association Today
H. Harris
Churches urged to pray for Roosevelt
Telegram from Bishop Thomas F. Lillis of Kansas City diocese requests all Catholic priests invite parishioners to pray for President Roosevelt next Sunday. He also asks that a special prayer for civil authorities be recited after high mass that day.
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Kansas City
Thomas F. Lillis
Roosevelt
Lilits
Washington
Labor Leader Opposes Minimum Wage in Bill
William Green of the American Federation of Labor told the House labor committee in Washington that labor would accept federal production controls and endorse Secretary Perkins' proposal to let the labor secretary set maximum weekly operating hours. He argued a universal 30 hour week could reemploy millions, noting the Senate version targets manufacturing and mining. Green spoke for the AFL executive council.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
William Green
American Federaton of
Lator
Green
Perking
Igbor
Senate
Miss Perkins
Jahor Federation
Learned to Operate Dirigible by Reading at Lakehurst
Captain Alger H Dresel of the U S Macon testified at a naval court of inquiry into the Akron disaster. He said many ideas on handling lighter than air ships in storms came from aerology texts studied after his Lakehurst training and from reading backs.
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Washington
Alger H. Dresel
U.S. 5
Macon
Los Angeles
Naval Court of
Akron
Diesel
Lakehurst
New Crisis Feared in Manchu Soviet Rail Dispute
In Harbin on April 2 Soviet directors of the Chinese Eastern Railway rejected Manchukuo demands to return 33 confiscated locomotives. Manchukuo had earlier sought the locomotives and 190 coaches within a month. Soviet officials said the engines were purchased in Soviet territory and remain their property.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Chinese Eastern Railway
Manchoukuo
Helvering Still in Running for Revenue Post
Washington April 26 Guy T Helvering Democratic leader from Kansas remains a contender for the internal revenue collector post The post has drawn extensive speculation with Helverings name appearing and disappearing over the past months Robert Gore once favored for the job is now slated for a governor of Puerto Rico several months of rumor and reshuffling precede the decision by the Roosevelt administration
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Washington
Guy T. Helvering
Democratic Teader
Kansas
Roosevelt
Helyerine
Robert Gore
Puerto Rico
Mrs Fay Vallee Sued For Alienation Of Affections
Mrs Fay Vallee wife of Rudy Vallee is named defendant in a 100000 alienation of affections suit filed in supreme court by Mrs Kathleen Leon wife of Garaud Leon an actor. The complaint says Vallee offered money to actor to leave his wife and sometimes induced him to separate this month. A summons was served April 7 as she rode a train toward California. Vallee’s counsel said she and Rudy have reached the parting of the ways and a property settlement is arranged though divorce terms are unsettled.
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New York
Fay Webb Vallee
Rudy Vallee
Supreme Court
Kathleen Leon
Garaaud Leon
Leo
Federal Judge Impeached by Solon in Washington Action
In Washington on April 26, Representative Smith of Virginia impeached Federal Judge James A. Lowell of Boston in the House. The charges allege high crimes connected to the freeing of George Grawd ford, a Black man, at Middleburg Virginia, amid murder accusations against two white women.
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Washington
Smith
James A. Lowell
Boston
George Grawford
Middleburg
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