Riots and Tension Rise Across India as British Control Fears Grow
Reports from across India indicate escalating violence with soldiers killed and rioting reported in cities including Peshawar and Calcutta. The unrest follows hunger strikes and political arrests, with political leader resignations and Gandhi urging restraint as the empire faces a widening crisis.
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Associated Press
Chittagons
India
Peshawar
Calcutta
J. M. Sen Gupta
Bombay
Khybert Puas
Measures Taken to Prevent Fire at Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus April 24 AP Officials and Gov Cooper moved to prevent a repeat of the Ohio penitentiary fire that killed 315. Plans include transferring short term convicts to the London prison farm and speeding construction of two new cells while rebuilding the fire swept G and H houses. Extra guards may be withdrawn soon as unrest appears contained.
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Columbus
Ohio
Withows
Ers ¥. Cooper
Preston Ty Thomas
London
Coal House
Lynching at Oconee Jail Leaves Sheriff Beaten
Allen Green, 50, a black man, was dragged from the Oconee county jail by a masked mob in Walhalla and shot dead after a preliminary hearing. Sheriff John Thomas was struck on the head and hospitalized with a fractured skull after resisting the mob. his son, Eugene, said the group demanded the prisoner and forced the sheriff to surrender.
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Walhalla
S. C
Allen Green
Oconee County
John Thomas
Anderson
Green
Sesson
Eugene Thoms
Thomas
Eugene Thomas
Weather Outlook For Tennessee And Virginia
Weather report notes cloudy conditions and continuing cold in Tennessee with light frost in central areas and frost ranging to heavy in extreme eastern parts. In Virginia, fair skies continue with cold nights and frost inland, plus light to heavy frost on interior areas and lighter winds on the coast.
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Virginia
Four Die in Blaze at Cronk Home in Boonville
A morning fire destroyed the Cronk coal dealer home in Boonville. Four occupants were burned to death and a fifth, Mrs Annie, plus her grandchild, were killed. Clifford Cronk escaped after leaping from a window and Cronk and his wife were found within the home. The blaze was a blazing furnace when firemen arrived.
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Boonville
Bert Cronk
Cronk
Paul Anni
Anni
Clifford
Cronks
Annie
Census taker causes 85 year old's death in Salem
Mrs. Anna Stillwell, 85, collapsed and died at her Salem home while an enumerator questioned her about the 1930 census. A physician attributed the death to natural causes, noting she had just been counted.
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Salem
Ore
Anna Stillwell
D J
Convicts Demand Release At Ohio Penitentiary Shout Down Guards
In Columbus two thousand inmates at the Ohio penitentiary known as the White City caused a major disturbance shouting for release from cages. They threatened guards, demanded turning loose Company K and the bad men. Warden Preston Thomas tightened guard lines and warned soldiers could be called in. About ten guards were on duty. eight condemned men occupy death cells in the block. Officials moved to reduce population with plans to transfer 100 convicts to London prison farm and 150 to 200 to Mansfield.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Companyn
Preston Thomas
White City
Idle House
Company K
Hal Griswold
London
Mansfield
Who's Hoodlum in Chicago declassified by crime commission
A 1930s crime commission list names Chicago gang leaders including Capone Moran Aiello and Druggan and outlines expects vigilant law enforcement action. Frank J. Loesch explains “treated accordingly” means public exposure, investigations, and deportations to keep streets under watch. High officials stress united crackdown across city county and federal levels.
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Chicago
U Today
Alfonso Capone
Exlord
Annette
Frank J. Loesch
Hoover
Law, Enforcement Commission
George
Bugs) Moran
OfBanion
Polack
Joe” Bale Lake
Terry Druggan
Chid
Joe Aiello
Metger
Action
Capone
Underworld
Fox al
Loesen
Erie
Law
Loesch
William Russell
John Traeger
John Swanson
United States District
George E. Q. Johnson
Local Talent Movie Planned in Kingsport
Kingsport Parent-Teachers Association will produce a local talent motion picture at Dobyns Bennett High School auditorium on May 22 and 28. Photographer R L Parham, with Pathe News experience, will shoot with two cameras aiming for perfection. Howard Long, editor of The Kingsport Times, will write the scenario blending industrial Kingsport settings with a formal plot and a cast of six to eight actors to be tested locally for merit.
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Tocal Talent
Kingsport
Parent-Teachers Association
Dobyns- Bennett High School
R. L. Parham
Par- Ham
Pathe
Parham
United States
Pathe News
Kings
Howard Long
Kingsport Times
Mussolini Daughter Edda Weds Count Ciano in Rome
Benito Mussolini orchestrates a quiet Rome ceremony for his daughter Edda marrying Count Galeazzo Ciano at St. Joseph Church. The event, attended by dignitaries, followed Lateran Treaty terms giving the ecclesiastical marriage civil effect. The couple, ages 19 and 27, then visited St Peter's tomb before returning home.
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Edda Mussolini
Dictator OF
Italy
Count Ciano
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Edda
Galeanzo Ciano
Holy See
St. Joseph
Tr Duce
Villa Torroni
Signorina Edda
Proccasto
Escory
Donna Rachele Mugso
Lini
Chang
Enrico Bossi
Giovenale Pascucci
Duce
Arnold Mussolini
Don Giovanni Telonia
Ding Grandi
Devechi
St. Peters
St. Peter
Mussolini
Phillips Letters Not For Lobbying In Supreme Court
Washington April 24 Henry H Curran president of the association defended a Pennsylvania governor candidate Thomas W Phillips letters to Supreme Court justices as not lobbying The letters read into the record related to prohibition and Phillips denied any attempt to influence the court Senator Robinson called the claim indefensible Curran mocked the idea of putting a judge under glass and noted Phillips only wrote friendly letters to Stone and Sanford Blaine pressed for a court appearance for railroad value case
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Washington
Henry H. Curran
Senate Lobby Committee
Thomas W. Phillips
Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Justice Sanford
Prohibition
Phillips
Association Against the
Robinson
Indiana
Curran
Stone
Sanford
Supreme Court
Blaine
Wisconsin
O'Fallon
Roper Says Dry Law Has Failed Dry Up Schools
Testimony before the House judiciary committee said prohibition failed to curb drinking in colleges and neighborhoods. Princeton coach W W Roper argued secret drinking harmed youth, while Ontario's Sir Henry Drayton cited Province’s shift to government control after illicit liquor surge. Mrs Riis described enforcement as impossible and depletive to the poor. A parallel probe into prohibition policy continued at the Capitol.
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Washington
Ontario
Canada
House Judiciary Committee
W. W. Roper
Princeton
Riss
New York
Jacob A. Riis
Wrest
Drayton
Sir Henry Drayton
Liquor Control Board
Roper
Tad Jones
William W. Roper
Henry Drayton
Province of
Sheriff Faces Ouster Action in Washington County
Ouster proceedings filed in chancery court at Jonesboro against Sheriff J. B. Worley of Washington county for illegal disposition of confiscated liquor and misconduct. Attorney General Ben Ablen prepared the bill after weeks of investigation. Worley denies charges and seeks an immediate trial.
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Johnson City
Chancery Court
Jonesboro
J. B. Worley
Washington County
Ben Ablen
Worley
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Legislative Assembly
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Dandi
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Bunn
Burns
Los Angeles
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Walter ©. Cale
Detroit
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Crimecom
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Ingss Moran
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