Two Convicts Slay Guard at Lima Mental Hospital
Two insane inmates at Lima hospital for the criminal insane attacked guard Louis Kiehl then strangled him to death early today. One convict Samuel Nelson escaped, while John Powell was captured trying to leave. Nelson, 19, had been sentenced for auto theft. Powell, 24, had 10 to 25 years for robbery. Dr. Vorbau blamed overcrowded conditions. neither prisoner was deemed dangerous.
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Lima
Ohio
Lima Hospital
Louis Kiehl
Samuel Nelson
John Powell
Columbus
Kiehl
Powell
Nelson
Mansfield Reformatory
Cuyahoga County
W. H. Vorbau
Two Burned to Death in Wreck near York
Two young men were burned to death and four others seriously injured when their roadster crashed into the rear of a milk truck at Thomasville near York. The dead were Joseph Felty and Wilbur Hall, both of New Oxford, about 18 miles west of York.
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York
Thomasville
Here
Joseph Felty
Wilbur Hall
New Oxford
Treasury receipts and expenditures report for April
Treasury receipts for April 29 totaled 3 722 638.25 dollars with expenditures of 52 673 470.87 dollars and a balance of 344 039 092.00 dollars. Customs receipts for the month ending April 29 amounted to 30 913 149.29 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Fear Lynching Sparks Mobile Arrest After Assault
Charles Williams, recently released from an insane asylum, is charged with attacking a six year old white girl. He was moved to Kilby prison for safekeeping after mobs gathered around the county jail and three companies of state troops were called out. The girl remains in serious condition. Williams was captured near the assault site shortly after the attack yesterday afternoon.
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Mobile
Ala
Charles Williams
Kilby
Montgomery
Williams
Flight continues over Caribbean on world trip plan
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. depart Miami at 7 25 am for Port au Prince on a pacing leg from New York toward Porto Rico. Captain Lewis Yancey joins to coach navigation for the proposed around the world flight. They aim for San Juan tonight, may overnight in Port au Prince, then return to New York before a world circling attempt.
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Miami
Fla
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
E.S.T
Port Au Prince
New York
Porto Rico
Lewis A. Yancey
Rome
Herndon
Jacksonville
San Juan
Pangborn
England
Moscow
Tokyo
Seattle
DO X Takes Off For Rio De Oro From Las Palmas
Germanys giant seaplane DO X began a trans Atlantic hop toward South America from Gando Bay Las Palmas circled the city and headed south toward Rio De Oro after repairs and postponements from Lisbon to Las Palmas and heavy seas.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Germany
Gando Bay
Rio de Oro
South America
Sire
Lisbon
Villa Cisneros
Roosevelt Flays Party In Power At New York Dinner
Governor Roosevelt denounces the conservative and reactionary party in Washington in a dinner speech to the Young Men's Democratic club of New York. He claims state government modernization and compares national stagnation to a clogged machinery image in the prepared remarks. He said he stands by the distributed text despite questions about omissions.
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New York
Roosevelt
Washington
Young Men’s Democratic Club of
Murdered Policeman Shot in Downtown Chicago
Frank Jordan, a confessed bank robber, was indicted for the murder of officer Anthony Rubhy shot at the busy corner of Michigan Boulevard and Randolph Street. Mayor Cermak and States Attorney Swan son pushed a rapid case, with Jordan confessing to the killing and other robberies after a swift downtown chase.
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Chicago
Frank Jordan
Anthony Ruthy
Michigan Boulevard
Randolph Street
Anthony Rubhy
Anton Cermak
Rubhy
John A. Swanson
Washington
Cermak
Jordan
Divorce Mill in Reno Aims for One Uncontested Divorce Every Ten Minutes
Reno, Nev. May 1. The Reno divorce mill plans to process a divorce every ten minutes to handle more than 300 suits awaiting filing. Uncertainty in the new law’s wording may delay filings until Saturday as attorneys interpret May 1 as the effective date. Idaho and Arkansas follow with later start dates for their shorter or longer residency requirements.
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Reno
Nev
Idaho
Arkansas
Untiedt Remains At White House
Bryan Untiedt, a 13-year-old boy who rode a blizzard bound Colorado school bus, remains at the White House for a two day visit extended from one day. The Hoovers invited him for a stay filled with tours and drives, and he received a harmonica band and 40 harmonicas as gifts during his capital visit.
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Washington
Bryan Untiedt
Colorado
Hoover
White House
Bryan
Weather Forecast Tennessee and Virginia Update
Tennessee shows cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Virginia expects occasional rain tonight and Saturday, slightly warmer tonight. Yesterday's highs reached 73 in Virginia, 82 year ago. lows 43 vs 54. April averages are 68.5 high, 42.6 low, 55.05 mean with 5.94 inches of rain so far. Readings taken daily at 6 p.m. by T. C. Harris U.S.W.O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Ramsey Slated for May 7 Trial in Knoxville
J B Ramsey former Holston Union National Bank of Knoxville president faces five indictments for fraudulent breach of trust and larceny. In Knox County Criminal Court, the state will announce ready when called on May 7. Attorneys may seek continuance or change of venue. pretrial motions to be filed before May 7. Jury selection may take one to two days. the state expects one day to present evidence.
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Knoxville, Tenn
J. B. Ramsey
Holston Union National Bank of
Knoxville
Knox County Criminal Court
J. Fred Bibb
Ramsey
Veniremen
General Bibb
Knox County
Worldwide capitals brace for May Day disorder
Police worldwide prepared for May Day as crowds gathered in Sydney and Adelaide while Berlin faced a violent incident when a policeman was severely wounded during efforts to restrain demonstrators. In New York and Boston, crowded public spaces hosted orderly parades with diverse groups including veterans, socialists, and communists as authorities heightened security.
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Berlin
Adelaide
Brisbane
Australia
Sydney
Union Square
New York
Boston Commons
Boston
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Fish Committee
House of Representatives
All Russia Celebrates May Day in Red Square Parade
Moscow on May 1 saw workers halt five year plan tasks to honor May Day. Stalin presided in Red Square as 30 000 soldiers marched by. About 200 American engineers and many tourists watched amid parades of foot soldiers horsemen and rumbling tanks. Citizens cheered the Soviet and jeered capitalists throughout the day.
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Moscow
All
Shouse calls for apology from Fess in Kentucky talk
Democratic national committee chair Jouett Shouse told the Kentucky Democratic Woman's Club that Simeon Fess offered no apology for what Shouse called a palpable falsehood about the GOP buying and distributing 10 million copies of a magazine article attacking John J. Raskob. He also cited a Republican campaign against Norris and attacked President Hoover as misplaced in the White House.
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Frankfort
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Kentucky
Democratic Woman’s Club
Simeon D. Fess
Republican National
Shouse
Fess
San Francisco
Republican National Committee
Robert Cruise Mac-Manus
John J. Raskob
Robert H. Lucas
Norris
Nebraska
Republican Party
Hoover
White House
Show girl linked to Catskill kidnapping case
Marion Roberts, showgirl friend of Jack Diamond, is being sought by New York authorities as a possible accessory in the kidnapping and torture of Cairo truckmen Grover Parks and James Larkin. She reportedly left the state after staying at Diamond’s Acra home where the torturing occurred. Diamond remains free on $25,000 bond. Attorney General Bennett aims to question her about the Diamond gang activities.
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Catskill
N. Y
Jack Diamond
Marion Roberts
Diamond
Grover Parks
James Larkin
Cairo
Parks and Larkin
John J. Bennett
Catskills
Acra
Parks
Larkin
Telford Postmaster Kills Wife and Self
Postmaster in Telford shoots wife and himself as crowds gather. Additional troops dispatched to Elizabethtown Kentucky to guard against lynching and rioting during trial of three African American defendants for the murder of Thomas Tillery a 55 year old farmer. Photo shows courthouse crowd watching arrival of defendants from Louisville for safekeeping.
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Elizabethtown
Thomas Tillery
Farmer
Louisville
Bishops Meet as Cannon Residency Question Looms
NASHVILLE May 1 AP The College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opened amid requests for Bishop Cannon Jr resignation or to block his becoming president. Officials noted the college cannot oust a bishop. only the general conference has that power. The succession order may impact Cannon under duress at prior meeting.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Cannon, Jr
College of Bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
John M. Moore
Atlanta
Cannon
General Conference
H. M. DuBose
Explosion Kills 45 at Rio Naval Lab in Nictheroy
In Rio de Janeiro Nictheroy suburb ruins of a naval laboratory and arsenal were searched for victims after a massive explosion yesterday. Official casualties stood at 45 dead and 70 injured this morning, with authorities unsure of the blast cause and torpedo loading room suspected. Local papers estimated 150 to 200 dead.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Naval Laboratory
Nictheroy
Earthquakes Hit Azerbaijan Armenia Thousands Affected
Continuing earthquakes in the Sanguezur district of the Soviet Azerbaijan Trans Caucasia region caused heavy loss of life and property. Unofficial death estimates reach about 500 across affected areas as volunteers report widespread ruin. Residents flee, communications collapse, severe weather worsens suffering, and many remain buried under debris.
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Moscow
Sanguezur
Azerbaijan
Transcaucasia
Armenia
Aviator Albin Ahrenberg heads for Greenland search
Captain Ahrenberg a Swedish civilian pilot departed Bergen at 6 a.m. in a loaded amphibian for the Faroe Islands on the first leg to Greenland seeking missing British scientist Augustine Courtauld. From the Faroe Islands he will fly to Reykjavik as Iceland reports note cold, ice risk, and the aircraft carries skis and pontoons for Arctic landing.
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Bergen
Norway
Albin Ahrenberg
Thorshavn
Faroe Islands
Greenland
Augustine Courtauld
Ahrenberg
Reykjavik
Faroes
Malmoe
Iceland
Courtauld
British Arctic Air Route Expedition
Tennessee postmaster and wife slain then suicide
Mat Garvin 52, postmaster at Telford, and his wife were found dead with a five year old son in a dying condition. A coroner's jury ruled Garvin shot his wife and child and then killed himself. The boy was taken to a Johnson City hospital. Garvin had faced financial troubles. A note signed Dad blamed the act on weariness and urged forgiveness.
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Telford
Tenn
Mat Garvin
Paul
W. G. Keys
Garvin
Johnson City
Keys
Garvins
Here
Chattanooga
Dad
Flora
Lizzie
Byrd Lloyd
Jonesboro
J. I. Hawkins
Washington County
Women Jurors Law Ruled Out
SPRINGFIELD NL May 1 The state supreme court struck down the women jurors law adopted by voters last November ruling the legislature abdicated authority by sending an incomplete law to a referendum The decision raises questions about the validity of verdicts from juries including women as in Belvidere Ill where two murder defendants faced a five woman jury and the trial was adjourned pending status.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Belvidere
Ill
NOYES PLANS TOUR PLYMOUTH ENGLAND IN TOUR
Frank B. Noyes president of The Associated Press with Mrs Noyes and their son in law and daughter Sir Wilmot and Lady Lewis arrived today on the Hejre France for a motor tour of England.
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Noyes
Plymouth
Eng
Frank B. Noyes
The
Associated Press
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U. S
Ruthy
Untiedt
Hoovers
Boy Guest
Holston Union Bank
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Walter Dewberry
Walter Holmes
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