Police hunt for son who beat parents in home
Baltimore May 4 police sought Harry M Rowe Jr after he severely attacked his father Dr Harry M Rowe a prominent businessman and stabbed his sister Portia 15 and injured his stepmother at the family estate in Catonsville The father suffered a fractured skull and deep head wounds while Mrs Rowe and Portia were hurt Mrs Rowe fled through a second story window breaking her arm and losing a finger Police cited a two year business dispute as a motive and the son was last seen driving away in his car
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House Debates On Farm Relief Bills In Congress
Washington May 4 The house opens four days of general debate on a long pending surplus crop program and sets a week to ten days for a decision The Haugen price stabilization bill and plans by Wingher and Aswell divide control among sponsors Debates signal possible night sessions to speed action as the Senate awaits clarification of the issue.
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Agriculture Committees
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Agriculture Committee
Wingher
Kansas
Aswell
Louisiana
American Government Takes Keen Interest in English Coal Strike
Washington notes the United States monitors the English coal strike with no official prediction on economic impact. Commerce officials including Hoover refrain from forecasts as Britain’s demand from American goods looms. The American Federation of Labor also stays quiet though hints of possible statements from President Green later emerge.
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England
Commerce Department
Hoover
Great Britain
Provident Coolidge
American Federation of Labor
Green
Weather Outlook for Virginia and Tennessee
Virginia sees fair conditions tonight with a slight frost in places, Wednesday remains fair with interior warming and light north winds. Tennessee forecasts fair skies tonight with rising temperatures, some frost in the western portion, and Wednesday turning warmer with increasing clouds.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Merging of Church Boards Discussed at Methodist Meet
Memphis Tennessee May 4 Discussions of proposals to merge church boards and to establish two great educational institutions in the Southwest under joint Northern and Southern church control dominated the opening sessions of the 20th quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The conference opens tomorrow in the municipal auditorium and will sit for 21 days as committees and boards hold preliminary talks.
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Memphis
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Methodist Episcopal Church (South
Gibson Counsel to Plea for Insanity
Rome May 4 Defense counsel for Miss Violet Gibson sister of Lord Ashbourne who attempted to assassinate Premier Mussolini on April 7 will plead insanity and seek life confinement to an insane asylum A judicial committee including the prosecutor and medical experts reported Mussolini s nose wound healed Professor Enrico Ferri attached to Gibson group May include psychological testimony and claim of lucid madness with prior insanity confinements in England and Italy and a past knife attack phrase.
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Violet Gibson
Lord Ashbourne
Mussolini
Miss Gibson
Enrico Ferri
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Servi ‘Daid
England
Italy
Third Hague Meet Urged By Diplomat Testifies For House
Washington May 4 David Jayne Hill long prominent in American diplomacy urged Congress to back a third Hague conference under the League of Nations role. He argued Hague talks were political and military rather than juridical and that the League should not control general international law. He noted the peace settlement focused on military and political problems, with juridical aims subordinated to those needs.
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Moher Thum
League of Nations
David Jayne Hill
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Teague
Hague
Wx. Hill
Dharacter
World Alliance
League
Fundamentalists Meet to Oppose Evolution in Schools
In Charlotte on May 4, fundamentalists gather at the Carnegie Public Library auditorium for a main session aimed at launching a campaign to bar the teaching of evolution in North Carolina schools. The meeting opened around eleven this morning with officials in attendance.
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Carnegie Public Library
Great Britain Gripped by Labor Strikes Across Isles
London reports a complete general strike by Trades Union Congress members denying service on trams rails subways and buses as millions halt labor. Traffic floods streets while Piccadilly and Parliament squares see crowds and foot travel dominates. Milk transport remains on schedule. other provinces show limited news. Edinburgh keeps a skeleton service with volunteers as Manchester suspends trains.
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Trafalpar Square
Parliament Square
Manchester
Transport Organ
American Tourists Flee From England
American tourists flee England as a general strike disrupts rail service and ships. Airlines fill planes to Paris while charabans depart for channel ports. Majestic sails to New York as passengers relocate to Southampton hotels. Leviathan passengers faced scattering with many bound for France Cherbourg possible. Belated travelers seek help from travel agencies across Scotland and England.
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Continental labor unions react to British general strike
The British strike sends waves across Europe with unions promising support. The International Federation of Trade Unions backs British leaders. German unions plan meetings and actions. Dutch dock workers urged to avoid loading coal. Belgian miners set Thursday talks. French workers, rail and dock unions consider measures. Italian papers comment on capital labor tensions while England endures a historic shutdown.
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Amsterdam
International Federation of Trade Unions
Trade Union Congress
Berlin
General Federation of Trade Unions
International Workers Relief
Rotterdam
Great Britain
Essen
Germany
Paris
England
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Rome
Italy
Problems of Home and School Rooms Topic at PTA Convention
Rapid strides in linking home and school issues were shared at the national PTA annual congress in Atlanta. C Ward Crampton reported 56 states advanced in physical education due to PTA cooperation, while Dr. Crampton noted the emphasis on child hygiene and mental hygiene as foundations of education. Mrs S Mars of Austin highlighted social hygiene, and Newell W Edison of New York discussed international welfare matters involving the League of Nations. Edison noted 28 states previously had related departments.
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Desere
National
Parent-Teachers Association
Pairty
C. Ward Crampton
New York
Crampton
8. Mars
Austin
Texas
Department of Health
Newell W. Edison
Sociel Hyziene Committee
National Congress
League of Nations
Tr. Edison
Interstate Broadens Rate Investigations in Coal Trade
The Interstate Commerce Commission broadened coal rate investigations to include tidewater and transshipment rates for bituminous and semi-bituminous coal and coke from multiple states moving through Hampton Roads to the middle Atlantic and New England regions. Hearings move from June 7 in New York to June 1 in Atlantic City. additional hearings on anthracite from Pennsylvania to Carthage and upper New York shift to June 14 in Syracuse. Exports from the United States in March fell 58,341,182 from March 1925, with imports totaling about 70,000,090 more than exports, per the commerce department.
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Interstate Commerce Commision
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Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
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Hampton Roads
Middle Atlantic
New England
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New York
Atlantic City
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United States
Africa
Commerce Department
Prisoner James Abbott Ordered Released in Rome
Rome May 4 an investigating magistrate ordered the immediate release of John Adams Abbott a socially prominent Boston man held in jail here for a week. The charge that he insulted Premier Mussolini was shown to be unfounded.
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John Adams Abbott
Boston
Mussolini
Chicago Trolley Men Demand Higher Wages and Benefits
About fourteen thousand conductors and motor men on Chicago surface street lines voted to demand a wage increase and new benefits. They seek a $1,000 death benefit and a weekly pension aid funded by the company, with the current contract expiring May 31.
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Chicago
General Strike Stalls Most British Industry
London May 4 Virtually all forms of industry in the British Isles were at a standstill on the first general strike. About one million miners halted work at midnight Friday and millions more were idle as railways tramways and other transport ceased. Health and food services continued to some extent thanks to union provisions and government food logistics.
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British Isles
Trades Union Congress
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