Uprising by Sakdalistas Sparks Philippine Violence
A surprise revolt by political extremists in the Philippines led to bloody battles in three provinces near Manila. The insurrectionists toppled a town flag, proclaimed independence, and fought the insular constabulary. At least 60 combatants died, including 47 in Caguyae and 12 in two other towns, with more expected. Japanese aid rumors were denied. authorities call the movement a likely racket.
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E. E. Bomar
Associated Press
Manila
Philippine
Insular Constabulary
Sakdalistas
Insular
United States
San Ildefonso
Caguyae
Cabuyao
Santa Rosa
San Idefonso
Cavite
Here
Ramon Samonte
Constabulary
Japan
Weather Outlook Across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Fair and cooler conditions dominate with showers and thundershowers limited to eastern areas. Tennessee sees potential early showers in the east this afternoon, then fair tonight and Saturday. Virginia reports showers this afternoon and tonight with warming in the southeast and cooler western portions. Kentucky expects generally fair skies with a cooler pattern after possible early eastern showers, Saturday turning cooler in the east.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Spy role admission in federal mail fraud case in Chicago
Elsie Walker testified in the Parish case that she served as an employee in the Chicago offices of Mc-Kan to relay information to an investigator for Henry L. Doherty. Parish claimed his Missouri Kansas Pipe Line Co was destroyed in a war with rival utilities. Walker said she conducted these operations for about a year and a half while smartly dressed.
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Frank P. Parish
Chicago
Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Co
Elsie Walker
Mc-Kan
Henry L. Doherty
Parish
Miss Walker
Dangerous spies traded by Poland in 1935 exchange
Berlin May 3 The Polish baron Georg Sosnowski, once seen as Europe’s most dangerous spy, was returned to Poland in exchange for three German agents. Also released were Frau Theodora Ogurek Drazga and her husband Ernst Drazga, while Sosnowski hides near Warsaw awaiting a safer public appearance.
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Berlin
Georg Sosnowski
Europe
Poland
Sosnowski
Germany
Benita von Falkenhayn
Frau
Renate Yor Natzmer
Baron Sosnowski
Theodora Ogurek Drazga
Abe
Tony
Frau Drazga
Ernst Drazgs
Frau Drazge
Drazga
Ernst Drazga
Warsaw
Governor McAlister Sees $12 Million For Tenn Highway Plan
Governor McAlister said Tennessee could receive up to 12 million dollars from a five billion public works fund for highways and grade crossing eliminations. He noted the money would come in addition to federal road funds and may not require state matching. The plan, discussed after Walters’ Washington visit, could allocate about half for highways and half for railroad crossing removals. Continued on page eight.
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Nashville
McAlister
Tennessee
Walters
Washington
Tennesgee
Federal Works Program
Congress
Lindbergh Kidnap Case Reopens Details of Condon Testimony
New York May 3 Supreme Court Justice John McGeehan released a Bronx grand jury transcript from April 1932 to show Dr. John F Condon identified the ransom suspect as Bruno Hauptmann beyond doubt. Condon described the man as about 36, Scandinavian type, five nine, middleweight, noting he could describe him despite hiding his face with a coat. The record was read aloud in court to refute a witness claim and the grand jury expressed regret at any disclosure of its secrets.
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New York
Supreme Court
John McGee
Han
John F
Jassie) Condon
Bronx
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Samuel Foley
Harry L. Whaley
Condon
Dr. Condon
Ae Grand Jury
Edward F. Srestin
John
Send a Dime Chain Letter Deluge in Kingsport
The send a dime fad floods Kingsport as hundreds of residents receive letters promising overnight wealth. People from all walks of life report enthusiasm and some have already received small sums, with expectations of larger payments as the chain letter spreads. The system sends a dime from each sender to five recipients, and upon receipt the letter is forwarded to five more, creating an endless loop predicted to enrich early recipients.
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Kingsport
Letters lead to arrest in California for missing husband
Detectives failed to locate Will Hough, husband of Chicago actress Isabel Hough known as Isabel Baring. Mrs Hough used chain letters to trigger his arrest in Carmel, California as extradition proceedings began. She, mother of an eight year old daughter, had charged desertion in 1931.
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Isabel Hough
Chicago
Isabel Baring
Carmel
Cal
Will Hough
Louisville Hit by Terrific Gale Before Derby
A severe gale swept Louisville and western Kentucky causing three deaths, destroying homes, downing power lines and unroofing over 100 buildings as Louisville prepared for the Kentucky Derby. A child, Mary Jane Floyd, 4, survived when a heavy chest shielded her as debris wrecked the home. only two walls remained standing.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Indiana
Churchill Downs
Frankfort
Mary Jane Floyd
Floyd
Peace plans laid in auto disputes Detroit
May 3 Hope for a swift settlement of the automo bile strike affecting 26 000 workers in General Motors subsidiary plants rose as mediators and leaders neared an accord Secretary of Labor Perkins in Washington voiced optimism Edward F McGrady first assistant Secretary of Labor worked to harmonize wage disputes with AFL leaders Francis Dillon an AFL organizer spent Thursday with McGrady and Knudson GM executive vice president Elsewhere in GM plants the situation remained quiet except Toledo where a threats of violence was uttered if GM moved operations to a subsidiary in Muncie Ind.
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Detroit
General Motors
Perkins
Washington
Edward F. McGrady
American Federation of Labor
Francis’ I- Dillon
A. FL of L
McGrady
William & Knudson
Toledo
Chevrolet Motor Co
Fred Schwabe
Toledo Automobile Workers Union
Muncie
Ind
Two Kidnapped In Gallup Sought Today
Gallup New Mexico May 3 wide spread lawmen searched in driving rain for Robert Minor New York Communist leader and David Levinson Philadelphia attorney reportedly kidnapped by hooded men. Police chief Presley Kelsey said disappearance of two riot murder case organizers is suspicious. no trace found of three car described by a woman associate. Defense workers claimed clues a dusty black cloth and blood-stained undergarment were found near the plaza.
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Gallup
N. M
Robert Minor
New York
David Levinson
Philadelphia
Presley -Kelsey
D. ‘W. Roberta
Minor
Levinson
Old Spanish Plaza
Roberts
Defense
Bartel
Verdict Expected In Case Of Ernest Womack Slaying
In Minnesota Tenn on May 3 a verdict was expected in the trial of 11 year old Ernest Womack charged with first degree murder in the killing of taxi driver Paul Cunningham on a roadside near here April 16. Defense pleas included abatement over alleged grand jury discrimination. witness testimony said Womack admitted firing with a shotgun and taking $18. The defense later changed to guilty and the state rested. court observers saw it as a mercy bid. The day’s session aimed to hear prosecution and defense arguments before the jury deliberated.
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Minville
Tenn
Ernest Womack
Paul Cunningham
Here
Young Womack
R. W. Smartt
Ed Burgess
A. T. Inman
Nashville
Womack
Cunningham
Chain letter appeal from Georgia man to Oklahoma City
A Waynesboro Georgia man A F Hobbins wrote an Oklahoma City newspaper saying the ardime chain letters had not reached the Southeast and requested readers to send him a chain letter He added he would help start the game locally and urged others to participate in the chain letter exchange.
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Oklahoma City
A. F. Hobbins
Waynesboro
Rites Conducted Today for Dr. H. W. Longworth
Funeral services for Dr. H W Longworth who died at the local hospital Wednesday night of spinal meningitis and double pneumonia were held at 11 a m today at St Paul s Episcopal church Rev Paul E Sloan officiated Burial was in the city cemetery Surviving are his widow Mrs Jesse Mastengill Longworth a daughter Joan his father H J Longworth of Copperhill Tenn four sisters Mrs Edward N Shelton of Detroit Louise Jean and Betty Longworth all of Copperhill A large group of friends and relatives paid their respects to Dr Longworth who was one of Kingsport s most popular physicians Active pallbearers were Dr J E Wilson C O Butler A P Harkins O A Jared H T Young Stewart Grosby W B Freels and Charles Rollins Honorary pallbearers included Drs Edwin M Corns L Cox F M Duckwall Frank L Alloway EB 0 Depew L L Highsmith J Vernon Dodge George G Keener W B Payne W H Reed E W Tipton H S Scott W A Wiley T B Yancey Roy M Lanier Brownsville Tenn R D Hollowell Harrisburg Va C W Strauss Copper Hill Tenn F L Moore Blountville Tenn and M D Massengill Jr Blountville Tenn
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H. W. Longworth
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Paul. E. Sloan
Jesse « Mastengill Longworth
Joan
H.J. Longworth
Copperhill
Tenn
Edward N. Shelton
Detroit
Louise
Jean
Betty Longworth
Longworth
Kingsport
J. E. Wilson
C.O. Butler
A. P. Harkins
O. A. Jared
H. T. Young
Stewart Grosby
W.B. Freels
Charles Rollins
Drs
Edwin M. Corns
F. M. Duckwall
Frank L. Alloway
EB. 0. Depew
L. L. Highsmith
J. Vernon Dodge
George G. Keener
W. B. Payne
W. H. Reed
E. W- Tipton
H. S. Scott
W. A. Wiley
T. B. Yancey
Roy M. Lanier
Brownsville
R. D. Hollowell
Harrisburg
C. W. Strauss
Copper Hill
F. L. Moore
Blountville
M. D. Massengill
Dust storms ease as rains clear air in dust belt
Springfield Colorado reports first 24 hours of clear air in weeks after a shower. Dust areas in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas still report dust pneumonia cases and deaths with five more cases statewide. Tex Thoroton hopeful rainmaker plans more bombs near Dalhart Texas as clouds drift. Captain Harold Head reassigned to duty in the Philippines from the War Department.
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Springfield
Colo
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Maxine Dwight
Norman Dwight
Cole
Muskogee
W. D. Shamblin
Head
Washington
War Department
Harold Head
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Philippines
European aviation pact eyed as Britain weighs rapid air gains
European nations study a Western European aviation security pact aimed at parity with Germany. Britain reports Germany can build 100 airplanes monthly and plans to boost RAF output by about 200 aircraft. Draft pact may halt new airplane construction. Berlin and Brussels views pending.
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Preas
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Royal Air Force
London
Paris
Rome
Air Ministry
Berlin
Ramsey MacDonald
Youth Suspended from Barn Roof After Abduction in Nashville
Eleven year old Aaron Hay said two men tied him, gagged him, and hung him head down from a barn rafters for over six hours before a neighbor freed him. Police seek two tall slim suspects, one in white shoes with a handkerchief marked FF B, the other in a white shirt, blue pants and cap.
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Nashville
Tenn
Aaron Hay
S Gorage
Supreme Court Studies NRA as Two Issues Dominate Washington
In Washington on May 3, the Supreme Court neared the end of NRA arguments while the Senate and House debated the Patman bonus and the omnibus banking bill. The Senate considered three votes on cash payments and inflation concerns, and Harrison Vinson plans differed on how veterans would receive the bonus. Roosevelt allies pressed for a two year NRA extension as administration plans faced House and Senate scrutiny.
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Washington
Supreme Ct
NRA
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Patman
Vinson
O. W. Sprague
Harvard Tood
Long D-Lay
Long
Coamnramia
Harrison
Pontman
Fiesinger
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Secretry Ropers Business Advisory Council
Chamber of Commerce
White House
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
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H.W. Longworth
Donald Meneese
Brooklyn
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