May Day Plans Across Europe Stir Tensions
Paris reports May Day preparations by Communists, Socialists, unions, Nazis and Fascists with parades and speeches marking potential revolts. In Spain, 24 hours of demonstrations threaten disruption as Socialist and Communist groups push revolutionary actions amid republic tensions.
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Peage Revens as Democrats Look to Joplin Meet
United Press reports Missouri Democrats converge on Joplin for a peaceful state convention unified behind President Roosevelt and Lloyd Stark. Key topics include delegation selections, with four women delegates to the Philadelphia convention and a permanent chairman. Several longtime party leaders decline large-delegate roles, signaling shifting power in St Louis and Jackson County factions.
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May Day Across Europe Amid Political Tensions
Across Europe May Day plans mix celebration and tension. In Madrid a monument dedication honors Pablo Iglesias of the Spanish Socialist party, while France, Hungary, Moscow, Poland, Britain, Germany, and Austria prepare demonstrations tied to labor, fascism, and political arrests. Authorities fear clashes between popular front groups and fascist factions as police monitor potential outbreaks.
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Muench seeks new hearing on license case
Dr Ludwig O Muench of St Louis asked Circuit Judge Brown Harris for a new hearing in his suit to stop the Missouri board of health from moving to revoke his medical license. Judge Harris previously dismissed the writ request. Muench is alleged to have signed a false birth certificate listing a child born last August 18 to his wife Nellie Tipton Muench.
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Bases Loaded Dean of Bartenders Dies in 17th Inning
Henry Hoffman, 65, renowned as St. Louis bar tender known as Count Hoff man, collapsed and died during the Cardinals 17th inning rally against the New York Giants. The bases were loaded and he did not witness the decisive winning hit.
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Why You Should Never Cut a Corn Ad Says Ice-Minte for Corn Relief
A promotional ad warns against paring corns and callouses citing infection risks. It urges readers to buy Ice Mint from druggists to numb pain and loosen the corn, leaving surrounding skin healthy. The copy claims quick relief for tired feet and promotes stopping self treatment.
Iowa Patrolman Oran Pape dies after gun battle
Muscatine Ia April 30 AP State Highway Patrolman Oran H Pape former Iowa football star died after an emergency operation and transfusion. Pape, 28, was wounded while stopping a car near Fairport when bandit Roscoe Barton, 24, fired, then Pape wrested the gun and shot Barton. Pape had earlier starred for Iowa in 1928 and 1929.
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Safety glass standard announced by ASA for windshields
New York April 30 AP reports the American Standards Association unveiled a safety glass standard for auto windshields. The glass must survive a half pound steel ball dropped 10 feet an 11 pound bag of lead shot dropped eight feet and break into fragments not exceeding one fifteen hundredths of an ounce. It must not discolor and the layers must not separate.
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Funeral Helo For King Fuad In Cairo
King Fuad I was entombed at the royal mosque in Cairo as Egyptian planes buzzed overhead and mourners cried out. The funeral occurred without the new king, his 16 year old son, who was in London for the ceremony and later returned to Cairo. Meanwhile in Cairo seven nationalists were killed and many wounded in election violence following the monarch’s death, signaling political unrest.
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Literary Slayer in London Found Insane
Douglas Burton, a book critic, escaped the gallows in London after being found guilty of killing Douglas Bose with a sculptor's hammer in an argument over Sylvia. The jury at the Old Bailey declared Burton guilty but insane, and Justice Viscount Finlay ordered detention during his majesty's pleasure. Bose lived with Miss Gooch who testified Burton attacked Bose after Bose beat Gooch.
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Engineers speak for power dang on Quark Rivers
Washington April 30 AP The federal power commission heard engineers say six dams on the White and Cimvent rivers in North Arkansas and southern Missouri would not hinder flood control The White River Power Company seeks permission to build a plant with about 170000 kilowatts capacity Tests at Wild Cat Shoals were described by C S Lynch chief engineer Arkansas Light and Power Company Protestants from local levee districts voiced objections but none attended Representative John E Miller was expected to present views on flood control reservoirs President R T Wood of Missouri did not attend and was told John T Woodruff advised against opposition since the project did not affect Table Rock hydro electric plans
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Rome Reports Italian Troops Advance Toward Addis Ababa
Van H Engert arrives in Addis Ababa as Italian forces push along the Fascist line from Dessye toward the capital. Akaki hosts Ethiopian radio stations and an airport targeted by planes, with fires after April 4 bombardment. A British ambulance unit reports Italian campfires within about one mile of Debra Birhan.
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Dessye
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Italian Advance Drives on Ethiopian Capital
A British ambulance unit reported 3,000 Italian front ranks advancing and 7,000 behind, abandoning trucks at Shulameda Pass after Ethiopian forces destroyed the road. The drive pressed Tarma Dur Mountain as Italian troops moved toward Emperor Haile Selassassie’s seat of government.
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Indianapolis hold up slaying confessed by gunman Barton
Police Captain John Egan said Indianapolis gunman Al Barton confessed to fatally shooting Sgt. Richard Rivers in Indianapolis Monday night after a $15,000 Lima Ohio jewel robbery. Barton named Becker and spouse Laura among others involved. he said he killed to avoid prison.
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al Barton
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Richard Rivers
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William Giftman
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Mud-fish Nest in Drying South African Rivers
In summer when rivers run dry in South Africa a mud-fish builds a mud nest and waits for the river to refill. The fish adapts to drought by creating a protected chamber and enduring until inundation returns.
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Carthage Boy 12 Drowns During Holiday Swim
Harold Lloyd Wailer, 12, drowned while swimming in the Springs river east of Carthage after using a school holiday to swim instead of attending a circus. The brief item notes the accident occurred yesterday afternoon. It adds an odd line about cod liver oil being good for puppies and old dogs, not related to the incident.
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