Kidnap case stirs labor in Indiana town
The body of Edith Mae, a ten year old news girl, was found near Paxton Creek six miles from Terre Haute. Deputy Sheriff H Harvey and deputy Nimrod Slaven recovered the corpse with hands and feet bound and a deep wound to the head. Parents identified the victim from a shoe and stripe suit. Police suspect foul play linked to the kidnap ten weeks prior.
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Slaven
Peach
H. H. Harvey
Wall
Sullivan
Uncles
Fred Diedret
Edith Mae
Musserony
Ofireys
Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Virginia
Mostly cloudy with showers in Tennessee Tuesday and across west and central portions tonight, cooler in north central tonight. Virginia sees partly cloudy skies and warm conditions tonight, with showers and cooler Tuesday. temperatures report 84 yesterday with a comparison to last year. Readings taken at 6 p.m. daily by local stations.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Ty Bunn
Scheduled murder trial becomes manhunt after four escape
Four Louisiana state penitentiary convicts broke from the jail in a dramatic escape. One was captured after a street chase in Magnolia Alabama, while a posse of seven hundred with bloodhounds surrounded the remaining three. A sheriff pursued, exchanging shots that damaged his car as the fugitives sped toward Magnolia. Continued on page four.
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Baton Row
Trom Fae
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Pera
Magnolia
Alies
Steven Beck
Bank Probber
Tim Meard
Irargdar
St. Francisville
Chase
Adan Webelery
Fred Wilson
New Orleans
Cove Vinge
Trysty
Thad Izey
Pike County
Convicte
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Masked men roam county jail corridors baffling sheriff
In Chicago on April first masked intruders crept through jail tunnels and the basement pump room, threatening workers with a club and vanishing. Sheriff Traeger found no escapees on the roster and retraced a steam tunnel to a trap door under the jail, where a grand piano blocked the exit, leaving the mystery unsolved and guards doubled.
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Chicago
Jack
Traeger
U S Airplanes Guard Border as Fighting Lags
Eighteen American airplanes stood ready to guard the Arizona border if fighting in the Mexican revolution resumes while infantry and cavalry units prepared for any eventualities. Rebels were on the defensive in Sonora Chihuahua and Sinaloa with Juarez battles and retreats reshaping the map as General Calles moved through Aguascalientes toward Jalisco and Guanajuato. Continued on page four.
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Associated Press
Arizona
Sonora
Chihuahua
Sinaloa
Jimenez
la Reforma
Vera Cruz
Feverale
Calles
Aguascalientes
Jalisco
Guanajuato
Trapuato
Fingerprints on Steering Wheel Clue to Murder
New York police linked a stolen car to a murder after fingerprints on the steering wheel supported the case. The victim, Mrs. Linda Beggins, 45, mother of three, was found in the car on West 86th Street with marks of violence and possible strangulation. The car was owned by Miss Ernestine Durr of the Bronx and had been stolen from her brother.
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New York
April
Linda Beggins
Lieut
Arthur Coy
Fire Department
West 86Th Street
Coy
Ernestine Durr
Bronx
Godfrey Dur
Chicago Tornado Ravages South Side In Brief Funnel
A brisk tornado lasting under a minute tore along an 160 foot path five blocks long in Chicago's south shore district last night causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Roofs were removed from buildings on eighty fifth street from Dante to east end avenue and several garages were wrecked while trees were uprooted. In Hammond Indiana a lightning strike hit an oil tank at Ravana petroleum refineries killing worker J. E. Pemberton, 23, and igniting four thousand gallons of oil.
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Chicago
South Shore
Eighty Fifth Street
Dante
East End Avenue
Hammond
Ind
Ravana Peroleum Company
J. E. Pemberton
Michaelson denies charges in Florida liquor indictment
Chicago congressman M A Michaelson faces federal indictment in Florida on liquor possession and transport charges. He publicly denies any wrongdoing and claims his trunks on a Panama trip via Cuba contained no intoxicants. Attorney Benedict Short cites an unnamed party member who allegedly possessed the liquor.
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Chicago
M. A. Michaelson
Florida
United
Bar of Justice
Benedict Short
Swyer
Michaelson
Panama
Waterways Committee of Congress
Cuba
Ian
Short
Congress
Tribesmen Active On Three Widely Separated Fronts
Dispatches report three fronts in North Africa Basra and India with tribesmen suffering heavy losses in battles. In Libya near Bir Bu Gedaria Italian troops killed 160 tribesmen and captured camels and stores. Royalists suffer 15 killed and 10 wounded. Akhwan riders, Atashah and Muttair tribesmen, lose heavily to 40,000 men led by Ibn Saud near Hedjaz. An official communique from New Delhi addresses Afghan efforts to embroil India in civil war.
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London
Bengasi
Libya
North Africa
Bir Bu Gedaria
Basra
Irak
Atashah
Mutair
Ibn Saud
Hedjaz
New Delhia
India
New York City Hits Record April Heat
New York City endures unseasonable heat with temperatures near 88 degrees after a record 86 degree day. The Weather Bureau expects a gradual rise before showers later, cooling residents as the day progresses.
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New York City
New York
Metropolis
Tid
Weather Bureau
Sharps
Striking Textile Mill Employes in Carolina Yet Out
About 5 000 to 6 000 workers across five North and South Carolina towns remained idle with no clear progress toward conciliation. In Gastonia North Carolina the Loray Mills strikers pressed for a 40 hour five day week a minimum wage and better mill village living conditions while troops stayed on duty after Sunday unrest.
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Charlotte
N.C
North
South Carolina
Greenville
Anderson
Union
Woodruff
Gastonia
N. C
Von Hindenburg Reported Improving At Berlin Palace
Berlin April 5 reports say President Paul Von Hindenburg, ill with influenza and gastric complaint, is now wholly normal. No bulletins will be issued. he will stay indoors to guard against treacherous weather.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Bomb mailed to Governor Roosevelt in New York
Police traced a bomb addressed to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt found by a porter in the parcel post room of the New York General Post Office. The device contained dynamite in a pipe with fuse and detonator, wrapped in waxed paper, and bore a fictitious return name. The porter stepped on the bomb, likely saving lives, and the sender remains unknown.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
General Post Office
82D Street
Eighth Avenue
F. Ed Roosevelt
Mansion House
Albany
H. Bup
Twenty Ninth Street
Thomas Callegg
Calleey
Jewelry broker confesses to 100 jewel robberies
Walter M. Deutsch admits stealing more than 300000 in valuables across 100 burglaries over six years. Police say he targeted homes of actors including Jackie Coogan and Jack Pickford, with about 80000 worth taken from those two homes. Diamonds valued at 5000 were recovered from a sewer at his home. he says he acted as a broker by day and burglar by night. A burglary charge is filed.
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Los Angeles
Walter M. Deutsch
Deutsch
Jackie Coogan
Jack Pickford
Coogan
Pickford
Austrian Peasant Parties Fear Civil War Rioting
Vienna reports rising tension after fascist clashes injuring over a dozen. Peasant parties call for general disarmament to avert civil war as ex chancellor Seipel resigns, with socialists in Vienna vowing to sweep out clericals and christiansocialists.
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Vienna
Iynaz Seipel
Austria
der Morgen
Seipel
Prosecution Promised By Labor Chief
Elizabethton labor leaders hold a list of 20 local businessmen as they seek evidence of involvement in the kidnapping of two AFL representatives. William Green promised criminal and civil action, while six other men faced felonious assault charges against AFL organizer John B. Fenix. Two labor figures were forced to leave town, and the investigation centers on the alleged kidnaping of organizers from textile plants.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Federation
John B. Fenix
Fenix
Awa
Edward McGrady
Alfred Hoffman
Bemberg
Americania Glanzstoff
Green
Bombs Hit India Legislative Assembly in Socialist Attack
Two bombs exploded in the Indian legislative assembly during a session in Delhi, injuring several including Sir George Schuster and Sir John Simon. Three benches were destroyed, and two men, Hutukeswara Dutt and Bhayat Singh, were arrested after bombs and pistols were found on them. A red pamphlet titled Bin dustan Socialist Republican Army was found with the devices.
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Delhi
India
Indian Legislative Assembly
George Schuster
Governor General
John Simon
D. Raghvendra
Shanker
Rao Dao
Mr. Dalan
I. N. Roys
Indian Central Committee
Roy
Hutukeswara Dutt
Bengal
Cawnpore
Bhayat Singh
Punjab
Bindustan
Socialist Republican Army
Balrani
Legislative Assembly
Prominent Ecclesiastic Attacks Einstein Theory
Boston April 8 William Cardinal O Connell dean of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States says behind the Einstein theory of space and time lurks the ghastly apparition of atheism He spoke at a communion breakfast before the New England province of Catholic clubs of America urging religious faith and condemning pseudointellectuals He questioned whether Einstein truly understands his theory and urged that truth is clear when seen with a clear eye
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Boston
William Cardinal O'Connell
United States
New England
Catholic Clubs of America
Einstein
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