Explosion wrecks Manhattan building. six dead feared
A powerful blast at 21st Street and First Avenue in Manhattan demolished a three story brick building. Six people were believed buried and eight injured as flames and broken glass spread through the area. Firefighters fought two hours to control the blaze as investigators examined the wreckage and nearby gas tanks for further danger. The ground floor housed an auto shop and several small businesses. no families resided there.
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New York
Manhattan
Adr
Ich
21St Street
First Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Edward
Robert Luticham Brothers
Lennard Lewis
John Preschach
In Automobile Repair
East 22Nd Street
Margaret Hynes
Still Missing Heiress Son, Tacoma Father Seeks Ransom
The son of a wealthy Tacoma family remains missing as a $200,000 ransom deadline is set to expire tonight. Authorities urge rapid action and caution while investigators pursue leads.
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Tacoma
Washerman
Weather showers and cooler across Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Weather bulletin reports showers tonight and Thursday across Tennessee with cooler conditions Thursday especially in the east central area. Kentucky expects showers tonight then cooler Thursday in the southern portion. Virginia forecasts cloudy skies with showers tonight and possibly ending Thursday morning in the north, with cooler periods tonight and Thursday in the north.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
South
Virginia
North
Work plan to aid unemployed announced by Roosevelt
Washington May 29 A plan to place unemployed professionals and clerical workers on income tax return examinations and give skilled tradesmen construction jobs at army posts in 23 states was outlined in work relief proposals. The Emergency Fund applications totaled 65,356,816 with more requests pouring in as agencies and states seek to accelerate job substitutions for dole.
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Washington
Emergency Council
Roosevelt
O. K
Treasury
Commerce Department
War Department
Interior Department
Alasia
Ransom Demands Loom Over Missing George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma grew tense as residents watched for the 200000 ransom deadline for 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser. Police responded to an abandoned house near the mansion as the family, including mother Grief stricken, faced the pressure of the kidnapers warning. John Philip Weyerhaeuser and uncle Titcomb moved in and out during the day. The boy’s family faced a late night deadline with potential harm if payment failed.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
J. P. Weyerhaeuser
George Weyerhaeuser
John Philip Weyerhaeuser
J. Redman Titcomb
Titcomb
Weverhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser
Ahso
American Lake
Ann
Philip
Elizabeth
George
Harry R. Hoffman
Chicago
Red Literature Found in Readers at Washington Hearing
Representative McCormack said evidence shows at least 200000 textbooks for young children imported from Russia contain Communist propaganda. He displayed English language copies with one volume quoting lines about marching, victory, and a red flag, noting most contents are harmless but the passage raises concerns.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
Russia
McCormack
D-Mass
Birthday Congratulations Pour In For Dr Dafoe
Callander Ontario May 29 Dr Allan R DaFoe marked his 32nd birthday as a flood of messages arrived from across America Broadway stars Roosevelt cabinet members governors and industry leaders sent greetings Telegraph boys delivering notes to the Dionne homestead were largely ignored by reporters and the Dionne parents Oliva and Elzire called the visits from strangers to their children unwelcome The government seeks to mollify the Dionnes amid parental resentment over access to their quintuplets
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Callander
Ont
Allan R. DaFoe
America
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Ickes and
Perkins
Burns
House of Representatives
Dr. DaFoe
Dionne
Oliva
Elzire
Oliva Dionne
Dionnes
Macon police order 18 miniature cameras for patrol use
Macon officers will now carry 18 tiny cameras to photograph crime scenes and accidents. J. C. Smith, head of the bureau of identification, says pictures will refresh memories for trials and help officers recall exact appearances of situations when cases are called in court.
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Macon
J. C. Smith
Bureau of Identification and Investigation
Newspapers Retain NRA Code to June 16 1935
New York May 29. Publishers' code committee announced plans to liquidate the daily newspaper code authority on June 16 1935 despite the Supreme Court NRA decision and Richberg's statements. The code expires automatically and no Blue Eagle displays will be allowed after June 16.
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New York
Publishers’ Code Committee
Code Authority
Code Committee
Supreme Court
NRA
Donald Richberg
Howard Davis
Code Committees
Daily Newspaper Code Authority
The
Codec Committee
Newspaper Industrial Board
Divinity student convicted today in New York slaying case
Joseph L. Steinmetz a 22 year old divinity student was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for the hotel room killing of his 17 year old bride the former Ruth Armstrong at the Knights of Columbus hotel in November. Jury deliberated nearly 15 hours and sentencing is set for June 14.
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New York
Joseph L. Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Ruth Armstrong
Joseph J. Leonard
Knights of Columbus
Steinmetz Pates
Charles ©. Nott, Jr
Fit
Plan Fails as United Mine Workers Ready 450000 Strike
United Mine Workers chart a strike that would paralyze soft coal fields and affect about 450,000 workers. President John L. Lewis convenes aides to plan for a June 17 strike as wage and hour contracts expire. Operators resist a 30 hour week and a 10 percent raise and favor federal legislative action to regulate the industry.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Aaid
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Sketch Kidnapper of Tacoma Youth Is An Egoist
Chicago report by ROBERT M. YODER analyzes the Tacoma kidnap note of 10 year old George Weyerhaeuser. Dr. Harry R. Hoffman, a psychiatrist, describes the writer as highly educated, sane medically and legally, yet homicidal when trapped, and notes similarities to the Loeb Leupold case and to Bobby Franks.
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Robert M. Yoder
Chicago
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Harry R. Hoffman
Cook County
New French ship Normandie sails for New York
Le Havre May 29 The Normandie giant liner sails on her maiden voyage to New York to prove herself the fastest afloat. Honor passengers include Mme Albert Lebrun and her daughter along with French minister William Bertrand. The 79 000 ton ship aims to beat Europa Bremen Rex speed records at over 30 knots.
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LE Havre
France
New York
Mme
Albert Lebrun
Marie Fraysellinard
Jean Lebrun
William Bertrand
Missing Aviator Found in Dutch Guiana Jungle
May 29 Panama UP reports an astonishing tale of American aviator Paul Redfern, missing for eight years, living as a medicine man in Dutch Guiana. German-born informant Tom Roche says Redfern was found after a crash injury, aided by indigenous people who stayed with him in a native village.
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Colon
Panama
Paul Redfern
Bro
Dutch Guiana
Tom Roche
Redfern
Brunswick
Rio de Janeiro
Roche
James L. Park
As&s
Park
State Department
Washington
Trainmen killed in freight wreck near Ashland Kin
Two railroad workers died when a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train passed an open switch near Ashland Kentucky Engineer George Nichalas aged 61 of Lexington was thrown to his death against a box car Brakeman Arthur Holder 46 of Fussell was scalded to death Fireman Charles Barker 44 of Lexington escaped unharmed Open Switch Special Agent H P Lane said a passenger train used the same switch earlier and a passerby may have opened it in what he called suspected grudge work The wreck occurred on a spur to a bulk plant half a mile from the Ashland yards with the engine piling down an embankment
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Ashland
Chesapeake and Ohio
George Nichalas
Lexington
Arthur Holder
Fussell
Charles E. Barker
H. P. Lane
Lane
Liquor question may face solons in extra session
Nashville May 29 Rep Robert Brown Hickman says he will file two whisky legalization measures and a racing tax proposal as revenue items for the coming extra session. He expects whisky repeal or local option to be chosen. an audit of state finances is near completion.
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Nashville
Robert Brown
Hickman
Brown
McAlister
Assembly
Hickman County
Senate
Labor Leaders Plan to Fight Hour and Wage Cuts in Knoxville
Knxville labor leaders announce readiness to cooperate with AFL policy after the U S Supreme Court ruling upholding NRA provisions. The Central Labor Union executive committee says Knoxville labor will act in unity with AFL decisions, naming J B Edgerton of Nashville and urging state support to resist wage cuts and free competition.
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Knoxville
American Federation of Labor
U.S. Supreme Court
Central Labor Union
Knenville
John &. Edgerton
Nashville
Industrial Council
Edgerton
C. Arthur
Tennessee Federation of Labor
R. S. McCann
Memphis
American Federation
PRICE CUTTING AND NRA RULES STIR INDUSTRY
A Associated Press report from Chicago and Washington notes that while many large industries keep current hours and wages following the NRA decision, price cutting rises in cigarets and other goods. Industrial leaders warn against sweeping cuts, fearing demoralization, as executives from Wrigley, Marshal Field, and others caution against destabilizing the employment and wage picture. A constitutional amendment to empower federal regulation of labor conditions is under discussion in Congress.
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J. A. Rawlings
Associated Press
Cricago
Supreme Court
NRA
New York
Blue Eagle
Philip K. Wrigley
William V Wrigley
John MecKin Iny
Marshal Field & Company
International Association of Blue Print and Allied Industries
Mark Cressup
Art Schaffner and
Mark Clothing Manufacturers
F. W. A. Vesper
National Automobile Dealers Association
General Foods Corporation of New York
National Association of Manufacturers
The
Aluminum Company of America
D. E. Kelly
Chicago
Chrysler Motor Car Company
Fetail Merchants Association of
San Francisco
Chaon
Men’s Clothing Code Authority
Cressup
Resent
Clarel B. Manes
Mid
California
Armour & Company
Chi+ saga tackers
Emboys
Nathan Robertson
Washington
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Calif
Daniel Roper
Desert Home
Leland Hannum
U. S
Mec
H. R. Ingraham
Great Britain
Normandie
William B
Florida
Watters
Solons
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