TODAY'S EVENTS ON TUESDAY
Three hundred years ago Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island for 26 dollars. Frederick I Church born centennial. Rhode Island marks 150th Rhode Island Declaration of Independence. Chicago observes 40th May market anniversary. Riot kills seven police by anarchist bomb. Indiana primary nominating two US senators, Watson and Richardson up for renomination. Rev John Thompson Dallas consecrated bishop in New Hampshire. FTC hearings resume on video trust. M B Church bishops meet in Washington discuss global religious and moral issues.
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Peter Minuit
Manhattan
Indiana
Watson
Richardson
John Thompson Dallas
New Hampshire
Cathedral Church of
St. Paul
Boston
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Vidio “Trust
Board of Bishops of
The
M. B. Church
Washington, D. C
Guilford's Long Drives Help International Team at St Andrews
Boston golfer Jesse Guilford, dubbed the "siege gun," again shines for the International team in Walker Cup prep. He defeats Cyril Tolley in 1922 singles, and with Francis Ohmet wins the 1922 foursomes. In 1924 he again goes 2 up 1 to play and pairs to beat Tolley in foursomes. Guilford, 1921 national amateur champion, remains a key long-drive threat.
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Associated Prean
New York
Great Britain
Jesse Guilford
Boston
America
St. Andrew's Haks
Scotland
Guilford
St. Andrews
Atlantic
Garden City
Southampton
Cyril Tolley
Francis Oyimet
Tolley
Darwin
Jesse
Toraunce
Ohimet
C. O. Hezlet
Ed Gardner
Chicago
Independence Day in Little Rhody Celebrates 150th
Rhode Island marks the 150th anniversary of its 1776 declaration of independence, two months before the national break from Britain. The act repealed allegiance to the Crown and declared Rhode Island independent, drafted by Col. Jonathan Arnold and titled An act repealing an act entitled An act for the more effectual securing to His Majesty the allegiance of his subjects.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
Philadelphia
Colonial Assembly of
Col
Jonathan Arnold
Providence Plantations
Ideal craving for an impossible fruit joke
A humorous quote from The Progressive Grocer laments an unattainable product a crapefruit that would not squirt illustrating consumer longing with playful satire.
Tuesday social calendar features club meetings and socials
The Tuesday Music and Literature Club meets at 4 PM in the High School Auditorium. Miriam. Chapter 86 C EB S holds an 8 PM social in Masonic Hall. Heights Civic Club gathers at 4 PM at Mrs A B Gates home. Parish Guild social at 1320 Mc Clellan Ave. Bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs G L Epstein and Mrs L Daiches at 1 30 PM at Mrs Daiches home.
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Miriam
C. EB. S
Masonic Hall
Heights
Farewell to Italy and local greetings in San Antonio
A poetical farewell to Italian cities and a long notices page from a San Antonio paper includes a Venus Florence and Sorrento homage, plus local social items. The Catholic Daughters plan a benefit dance at Elks Hall on Friday May 7. Allen Richards and family visited San Antonio, and many residents travel for visits and club events. A new Auction Bridge club forms with initial meeting at 3:45 at Mrs Fernando Zufilga’s home. officers listed.
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Italy
Sorrento
Florence
Venus
Venice
The
Catholic Daughters of America
the Elks Hall
Community Gatherings And Society Notes
Roberto Zunga and Miss Esther Penn announce engagements and social events. Mesdames Epstein and Daiches host luncheon bridge Thursday at 1 30 at the Daiches home. Pan American Round Table opens May 5 at 8 at Hamilton Hotel to honor Cinco de Mayo with Mrs. Matias de Llano in charge. Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church held a meeting with Mrs. Dannelley in charge. officers elected for the Young People's Missionary Society include Miss Arvilla Seaman as president and others in secretary and treasurer roles. A social hour with brick ice cream and cake followed. St Annes Society met and welcomed Mrs. Dow Dune from Oklahoma as a new member. hosts served tamales and coffee. Thirty three members attended.
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Pan-American Round Table
Hamilton Hotel
Mexico
Matias de Llano
Pogram
Woman's Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Dannelley
People’s. Missionary Society
Arvilla Seaman
Adelaide Bunn
Mabel Beyette
Madeline Ward
Margaret Black
Lillian Ellis
Bertha Bodet
Rosa Belle Bunun
Bama Lee Bradley
Annie Katherine Burrows
Mesdames Manford
Lampman
Mima
Shelby
Crosby
Black
St. Anne's Society
Dow D. Dune
Oklahoma
Mesdames Pierce
Vidales
Three Killed by Locomotive in Tennessee Train Crash
In Knoxville on May 4 a freight locomotive derailed a switch and struck a Southern Railway work train near Philadelphia Tennessee. Three workmen sleeping in two box cars were killed and ten injured as the locomotive penetrated the rear car and shoved it forward.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Phiadelphia
Jones Ranks Amid Ace Like Amateur Champ Jones
A lengthy profile outlines Bobby Jones rise from boyhood to national fame, noting his amateur and open titles in 1923 24 25. It recalls his 1923 Open win in a playoff over Bobby Cruickshank and his 1924 and 1925 Amateur titles, plus a recent defeat to Walter Hagen in a seven hole match.
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Associated: Press
New York
Chieg Ments
Bobby Jones
Rene Walker
Seay
de Hezlet
Jones
Lnk
Celal
Bonars
Savonteen
Davy
Herron
Tim Manton
Bob Gardner
Rudy Knepper
W. C. Fownes
Willie Macfarlane
Worcester
Mas
Atlanta
Georgia
Walter Hagen
Florida
Meeting of Methodist Bishops in Washington
The Methodist Episcopal Church bishops convene in Washington for their annual spring meeting. They will survey religious social moral and economic conditions and review missionary educational and social work. Reports address temperance prohibition and public morals. President Coolidge will welcome the bishops at the White House and a visit to Francis Asbury statue is planned.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Board of Bishops
Methodist Biscopal Church
President Coolidge
White House
Francis Ashbury
America
Explosion Wrecks Jewel Coal Mine Burns Four Miners
Four miners were seriously burned in an early morning explosion at the Jewel coal mine near Paris Arkansas. The injured include mine superintendent George Cilbille of Paris.
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Paris
Ark
Jewel
George Cilbille
Anniversary of First Electric Road
Today marks the thirty eighth birthday of continuous electric railway operation in the United States. Since Frank J. Sprague's 1888 Richmond line, the electric network expanded from a handful of lines to about 800 systems with 42 000 miles of track and 106 000 cars carrying 16 000 000 000 passengers annually.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Frank J. Sprague
Richmond
R Richmond Company
Richmond Hne
Princess Alexandrine Cantacuzene Holds Many Offices
Princess Alexandrine Cantacuzene heads the Women's National Society of Romania and chairs the National Council of Women of Romania. She serves as vice president of the international council and Women of the Small Nations, holds roles in Romanian social and royal orders, and has been decorated with multiple high honors from Romania and foreign nations.
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Alexandrine Cantacuzene
Women’s National Society of Rumania
National Council of Women of Rumania
International Council
Women of the Small Nations
Social Institute of
Rumania
Queen Marie of
St. Sava
Yugoslavia
Crux de Guerre
Italy
Dental Revelations Delivery Boy Joke Card
A humorous hardware store caption features a delivery boy debating horse age by teeth. The punchline claims if a horse has false teeth it must be old, reflecting lighthearted shop banter.
Disrupted Transport and Power Hit Nationwide
The article notes tramways buses and other transport forms ceased along with coal and allied industries. Gas and electricity supplies were cut, hospital work halted and even newspapers fell silent as radio became sole news source. Some tradesmen nurses and professionals tried to keep commerce and services operating under the strain.
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Tong
Arrests in Beatrice Bolin Case Stir Petersburg Court
In Petersburg Indiana on May 4 Beatrice Bolin aged 56 and a man were arrested and brought before the coroner. The pair face charges connected to the death of Adaex Fee with unclear knowledge about the manner of death stated by Bolin during the hearing.
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Petersburg
Ind
Beatrice Bolin
Farm relief stage debuts as debate shapes measures
Washington May a four day general debate opens on the surplus crop problem and long pending farm relief bills. The Haugen price stabilization plan with a $376 million appropriation and an equalization fee faces 28 substitutes as supporters divide control of the general debate among sponsors of three measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rouse
Haugen
Tiecher Credit Plan
Curtis-Aswall
Nicaragua Declares State of War and War Tax
The Nicaraguan government declares a state of war and authorizes the president to levy assessments against Unzens for 500000 dollars to cover war expenses.
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Associated
Prana
Managua
Nic
Unzens
Washington Orders Cruiser to Bluefields Nicaragua
The Washington government ordered a cruiser to Bluefields Nicaragua to safeguard American interests in the region as of May 4. The move reflects heightened concern over stability and protection of U.S. lives and property in Nicaragua.
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Washington
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Senate Roads Committee OKs 76 Million Federal Aid Bill
Washington may 4 the senate roads committee favorably reported the house 76000000 federal aid road bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Roads Committee Today
House
Traffic Standstill Delays Texas Rail Lines After Lawn Shout
Traffic on Texas Pacific and Southern Pacific lines halted by a lawnshout on their joint track at Fort Hancock sixty miles east of El Paso. Heavy rains reported by the Texas Pacific overwhelms from Pecos west of El Paso.
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Sweetwater
Texas
Texas, Pacific
Southern Pacific
la Wnshout
Fort Hancock
el Paso
Texas Pacific
Pecos
Art of Modern Students Exhibition Sparks Rome Scholarship Row
London May 4 Honorable John Collier praised a Royal Academy show of student works submitted for Roman scholarships. He called the crowd a chamber of horrors noting a deliberate cult of ugliness and said many top schools competed to produce the most degraded representations of the human form with few exceptions.
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Associated Press
London
John Collier
Royal Academy
Rome
British general strike gains orderly support across rail and transport
London May report says the British general strike is complete with railway and transport workers participating nationwide. Officials note strong turnout and orderly actions, while some difficulty remains in keeping workers in the second shift, yet overall peaceful adherence to the strike continues.
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London
Attile
Plang
Avery
Violence on London Docks Halts Work at Onat and West India
The first approach toward violence at the Onat and West India cargo docks in central London disrupted the area. Large crowds blocked traffic and overturned some vehicles. Workers stopped, and women and girls faced hostile treatment as the strike halted all dock activities.
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London
London Traffic Gridlock After General Strike
London on May 4 endures twelve hours after the general strike began with traffic in the capital described as hopeless. Narrow streets could not handle the surge of motor vehicles as tram, railway, subway, and bus services were halted, leaving many business center streets tightly packed.
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London
Great Britain
New Hampshire Gets a New Episcopal Bishop
Boston May 4 Rev John Thomson Dallas was consecrated bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire. The ceremony at St Pauls church in Boston had Rt Rev John Gardner Murray presiding and was attended by Bishops Arthur A Hall of Vermont and William Lawrence of Massachusetts. Presenters included Rt Rev Charles Li Slattery of Massachusetts and Bishop Frederick Johnston of Missouri.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Impos
John ‘Thomson Dallas
Episcopal Diocese
New Hampshire
St., Paul's Church
John .Gardner Murray
Episcopal Church
Arthur
A. Hall
Vermont
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Ware
Charles Li
Slattery
Frederick
Johnston
Missouri
Fire Claims Infant in Early Morning Blaze
A severe fire destroyed a residence early today, killing a three months old baby named Hao and injuring others who escaped. Authorities report the blaze began in the dwelling and rapidly engulfed the structure, leaving several members burned and in need of medical attention.
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Associated
Press
Ielleville
Dea
Unclear fragment prompts sparse historical note
A garbled May release from Associated Press in Havana notes a stranding and easing sea conditions affecting a musical release.
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Associated: Press
Havana
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Milton Lindhelm
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Leon Ramirez
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Meeting OF Methodist Bishops
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