Desperate Alcatraz plot to free convicts foiled
In San Francisco on April 23 The Chronicle reports a plan by a small group of Alcatraz inmates to knife and shoot their way out of the federal courtroom where they testified in the Henri Young murder trial. The plot was thwarted when Young alerted his attorney James M Maginnis, who persuaded the conspirators to abandon the plan.
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Alcatraz
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Chronicle
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Young
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Maginnis
Rufus Roy McCain
James A. Johnston
Drive Continues More Pay Fines In City Court
Arthur Hentges was fined 3 dollars for failing to observe a boulevard stop at Jefferson and Dunklin. E F Smith paid 3 dollars for speeding on Highway 400 West. Ralph Heisinger fined 3 dollars for not stopping at McCarty and Walnut. Lester Frank, accused of speeding on B McCarty, failed to appear. Overtime parkers paid. Richard Thomasson received a city ban after a jail sentence equivalent to 190 days for common assault.
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Arthur Hentges
Jefferson and
Dunklin Streets
E. F. Smith
Ralph Heisinger
McCarty and
Walnut
Lester Frank
McCarty Street
Richard Thomasson
Antarctic Claims to be Discussed in Buenos Aires
Argentina and Chile completed a preliminary exchange of views today and will hold formal talks next month on legal grounds for Antarctic claims. The United States, Great Britain, and others would be barred from these discussions. Both nations view Antarctica as more than exploration, with coal and iron deposits cited as potential interests and a split of the southern extreme debated.
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Argentina
Chile
Antarctic
United States
Great Britain
Dallas Stone becomes first CPT private pilot filer at present class
Dallas Stone passed his flight examination for a private license at Fulton yesterday, becoming the first Junior College CPT member in the Present class to complete the test under Flight Inspector Spike Saladin. Helen Stigall began dual cross country training today with instructor Dave Hori, planning trips to Mexico and Boonville. Other CPT students: Herman Luebbert, fresh from Fort Worth army primary training, to return to Randolph Field for further service. Syl Buersmeyer transferred from Jefferson Barracks to Lowry Field for aircraft armorer training. Joseph A Papin moving from Jefferson Barracks to Chanute Field for aircraft metal work training.
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Dallas Stone
C.P.T
Stone
Fulton
Spike
Fort Worth
Tex
Randolph Field
Syl” Buersmeyer
Broadway
U.S. Army Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Lowery Field
Denver
Coro
Joseph A. Papin
W. High Street
Chanule Field
Tricky Channel Currents Look Good to England
Dewitt Mackenzie reports Churchill asserting that Hitler must conquer England to win the war, while Nazis plan Mediterranean operations to access oil, food, and cotton. Axis pressure grows on the Egyptian Libyan border as Britain races to defend the Suez canal and Egypt amid Turkish, Syrian, and Palestinian uncertainties.
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Churchill
Hitler
England
United States
British Isles
Berlin
Beetartia
Mediterranean
Herr Hiller
Britain
Blitzkrieg
Fuehrer
Europe
Iraq
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Egypt
English Channel
Suez Canal
Canal
Libya
Turkey
Syria
Palestine
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East
Middle East
Far East
Skeletons of Family Missing 11 Years Found
Springfield mass report of a five member Lee family vanished December 12 1929 found as skeletons inside a sedan in Water Shops Pond. David Lee 35 a Diamond Match Co employee his wife Alice 35 and children Genelle 8 Louis 6 and David 4 disappeared that winter night. Police noted possible car plunge into pond from Hickory street dead end or deliberate dive. Lowered water for a bridge project uncovered the car after years hidden.
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Watershops Pond
David Lee
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Diamond Match Co
Alice
Genelle
Louis
David
Canada
Lee
Hickory Street
Flashes of Life And Odd Local Vignettes
A collage of short items: William Billens loses his dog after moving his sandwich shop from West Washington Street to East Tenth Street. a New Mexico congressman jokes about saddles and reins. Kansas students pay seven cents for a science lab. Danville youths tend a bedfast neighbor’s garden. and a fact about the U S rubber consumption versus population.
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Indianapolis
William H. Billens
West
Washington Street
East Tenth Street
Hoats
Albuquerque
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Washington
Churchill address stirs Capitol radio debate on Atlantic role
AP reports Churchill praised the United States navy extended offshore patrol as lawmakers grapple with the implications for aid to Britain. Since Roosevelt revealed sea patrols far from home, senators Norris and Russell urged moving more U S ships to Britain before convoys, shaping the convoy debate over safe delivery of British aid.
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Winston
Churchill
United States Navy
Atlantic
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
Norris
Russell
U. S
Forest fires in Canada kill one man near Edmonton
Alberta wildfires raged across vast areas over the weekend causing one death. H E Williams, 47, collapsed and died from smoke fumes while battling a blaze at Pigeon Lake, 75 miles southeast of Edmonton. Two firefighting groups were reported trapped in the Rocky Mountain House district, 127 miles southwest.
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Edmonton
Alberta
H.E. Williams
Pigeon Lake
Rocky Mountain House
Missouri Poultry Growers Expand Flocks for Defense Eggs
In Columbia Missouri April 23 UP T W Bureh director of the Missouri Agricultural Extension Service says many chicken producers are enlarging flocks following the agriculture secretary's call for higher egg output to meet national defense needs. He notes Missouri's industry is prepared to contribute its full share as 16 600 600 cases of eggs are needed.
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Columbia
T. W. Bureh
Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Missouri
Secretary of Agriculture
Burch
Claude Wichard
Australians In Desert Charge Over Italian Line At Tobruk
An Australian describes a bayonet assault against Italian positions near Tobruk, charging open ground under shellfire and air attacks. He recalls capturing officers and soldiers, wounding and aiding comrades, and taking equipment from the Italian positions as British forces endured heavy fire.
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Jane Yindrich
Tobruk
Carioj
Victoria
Fire destroys powder plant. damage estimated at 150000
Indianhead Md April 238 UP Naval authorities report a five story ether house at the oval powder factory burned with no explosion and no injuries. Estimated damage reached 150000. officials found no evidence of sabotage.
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Indianhead
Oval
Cowgirl Charged in Rancher Killing Case
Lucyle Richards a 27 year old rodeo cowgirl and amateur flyer was held without bail on a murder charge in the slaying of Frank Y. Dew a 48 year old rancher and rodeo impresario. Richards said she found another woman with Dew at a fashionable apartment and that Dew knocked her down before she shot him in the left side with a pistol she had carried since she was robbed recently. Dew was a director of the Rodeo Association of America and vice president of the Houston Fat Stock Show. Mrs Collins said they were mixing drinks when Richards arrived and Dew warned of trouble before a shot was fired.
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Houston
Lucyle Richards
Frank Y. Dew
Rodeo Performer and Pilot Linked by Marsden Case
A rodeo participant with a history across the United States and Mexico kept an airplane at Houston airport. The narrative notes a past marriage and divorce involving Dew, and mentions a kingfisher consuming seven times its weight daily.
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United States
Mexico
Houston
Dew
Lindbergh Quits Reserve Corps Prompted by Public Letter
In a April 25 press conference President Roosevelt denounced Lindbergh and others who doubt Britain’s defeat by the Axis, likening them to Copperheads. He called it a small American minority and said he was unsure whether Lindbergh resigned his reserve commission or was ordered to active duty.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Lindbergh
Britain
Army
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