Severe spring tornadoes kill hundreds across Cumberland area
A deadly spring tornado outbreak left at least 250 dead across Tennessee and Kentucky. The Cumberland region reports heavy damage with Beaty Swamps and Tompkinsville among hardest hit. numerous families and towns stack casualty lists as rescue crews work through debris.
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Cumberland
Kuseell Speline
Helief
Watshise
Fan Aid
Igrfer
Ovowgates
Tompkinsville
Real Cross
Beaty Swamps
Mis
Geoese Reeser
Luge Hopkins
Barbasay Heney Beauty
Kay Renama
Mas. Amresee
MikeEysie King
Boss Mershal Philips
Miler Alt
Una Coleatic von Philison
Russel County
Kentucky
Mes
Guerve
Trae ‘Tytee
May Redford
Billy
Redford
Woo Anderson
Dime Coulter
Ada County
Kye
Robert Duvall
Tessie Jones
Duva
Metcall Gounty Aso
Tornady
Ally Dist
Ostie Em. Taylor
Bent Sciunns
Dale
Deposed Banker Goes On Trial In New York
Charles B. Mitchell faces trial for alleged income tax evasion after resigning as president of National City Bank. The case centers on missing wealth and his role as Wall Street’s former king. A team of legal talent led by Mas BD Steuer will defend him against charges tied to large wealth and corporate ties.
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Charles B. Mitchell
New York
Wall Street
Torill Ray
Mas BD
Steuer
Ferdinand Peeorg
Senate Committee
Means Claims to Know Who Kidnapped Lindbergh Baby
Gaston Means testifies in a District of Columbia trial that he knew who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby and who received ransom. He named alleged conspirators Irving Fenton and Wellington Henderson, discussed learnings from German agents and FBI investigators, and described plans to spark a wave of subsequent kidnappings.
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Lindbergh
Washington
Gaston bBo Means
District of Lumbig Supreme Court
Rilo
John
Condon
Justice Department
Norman T. Whitaker
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Bureau of Invesigation
Department of Justice
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Fenton
Tid Henderson
Detroit
Penton
Atlanta
Henderson
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Japanese Plane Drops Threats Over Peiping War Warning
Air force bombers released handbills over Peiping warning Chiang Kai-Shek to split from his army. The notices urged Chinese soldiers to break from Chiang and warned of a massacre if they did not, as Japanese planes attacked Shih-Hyin Chihsign Miyun near the capital.
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Garricane
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kupeikow
Peiping
Tientsin
Ghiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Shih-Hyin
Chihsign
Decey and
Pescerdey
Miyun
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia Regions
Cloudy with showers likely in parts of Tennessee and Virginia tonight and Friday. Cooler in western Tennessee with possible thunderstorms later. Virginia may see showers and thunderstorms, warmer conditions in eastern areas. Yesterday's high reached 81 degrees and low 54 with a rainfall around 0.74 inches.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Business leaders see revival as wage boosts ignite hiring surge
Industrial chiefs say the economy is turning a corner as orders rise for 1929 style growth. Wages up 5 to 10 percent lift workers and spurs hiring from New York to Los Angeles and Detroit to Cleveland, with firms like National Steel and several railroads expanding payrolls.
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Missouri Pacific
International
Great ‘Gulf Coast Line
Mi ‘Sas
Texas
St. Louis
San Francisco
Carroadinas
New York State
Detroit
National Steel Company
Sail
Cleveland
Akron
Lima
Los Angeles
Lebanon
Martinville
Bird Saves Nest in Palo Alto Theater Fire
A sparrow nesting above a newly plastered ceiling led to emergency work by a foreman and plasterers who moved to other areas while officials addressed the situation. The incident occurred at Palo Alto's community theater on May 21.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Congress Shapes Roosevelt Plans Into Final Form
Washington May 11 Congress tightens pace on Roosevelt program as Democrats rally to advance public works and industrial bills. Senate moves gasoline tax and independent offices budgets. House advances veterans funds. Muscle Shoals TVA talks continue with minor points unresolved.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Robinson
House
Independent Offices
Shoals
Muscle Shoals
World economic conference talks wind toward decisive London plan
Washington reports focus on a swift, decisive procedure for London talks to avoid a drawn out outcome. Officials favor stabilizing the pound and dollar at current levels as a base for action. Schacht discussions near end, Alberto Pent discusses silver policy, and Chinese and other delegates remain to arrive.
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London
Jijalmar Schacht
Roovevels
Londn
Fforts
Ramsay MacDonald
Schacht
Alberto J. “Pent
Mexica
the Treasury
Washington Lights and Fights Over Bonus Army Camps
Washington factions of the 1933 bonus army clash with police as one group camps near the Capitol while another, led by Foulkrod, stays at Fort Hunt, Virginia. The Roosevelt administration signals deeper cuts to veterans payments and reviews administration of veterans services, with about 800 tents already turned away at Fort Hunt and thousands more expected.
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Washington
Harold Poulkrod
Capitol Dome
Fort Hunt
Virginia
Roosevelt
Fowlkrod
Bonus ‘Army
Foulkrod
Veterans National
Legion Committee
Congress
White House
Louis Johnpets
American Legion
Lewis Eeuey
Arans’ Administration
House
Independent Offices
Albert Headley
Mike Thomas
Camden
New Jersey
Fort Hunts
Liason Committee
Mysterious double murder of Edward Ridley and secretary
In New York on May 11 detectives probed the strangest death, Edward Ridley 63, a wealthy East Side landlord, and his secretary Lee Weinstein 44. Both bodies found in Ridley’s subbasement office at 63 Allen Street. Weinstein shot. Ridley beaten. No robbery or papers disturbed. Injured secrets and eccentric habits surround the case as investigators pursue a tenant-vengeance theory and recall a similar 2 year old murder of Ridley’s former secretary Hermian Moench.
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New York
Edward Ridley
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Lee Weinstein
Weinstein
Allen Street
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Moench
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Fanwood
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World Economic Conference Tariff Truce Delayed By German Ruling
London May 1 British and American officials faced a rift over the tariff truce text as Germany’s hesitation to assent postponed formal acceptance. The organizing committee meeting was canceled with plans to reconvene, while interpretations of the truce’s withdrawal and price-protection clauses created tension among seven nations including France Italy Japan Belgium and Norway.
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Germany
Reicnd
Berlin
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Norway
Washington
Associated Press
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