Seven Men Loot Erie Train Near Newark in $58,000 Heist
Seven men armed with sawed off shotguns and revolvers robbed an Erie railroad baggage car at Walnut Street station in Nutley New Jersey. They seized about $58,000 in silver and bills in transit from a Paterson bank to the Federal Reserve in New York. The clerk surrendered his revolver as the bandits forced the safe open and fled as other cars carried late commuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley
N. J
Erie Railroad
Newark
Railroad
Railway Express Agency
Express Company
Paterson
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
People's National Bank of
Belleville
A.M. Kelly
Newark-Paterson
Jersey City
Erie
Walnut Street
Amercan Railway Express Company
League panel fails to mediate Italo Ethiopian war
The League of Nations committee of 13 says conciliatory efforts have failed after Ethiopia rejected Mussolini's modified peace terms. The council will meet next Monday with representatives of Italy and Ethiopia to discuss the East African conflict. France had opened early discussions.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations’ Committee of 13
Mussolini
Italy
League Council
Ethiopia
League
East Africa
France
New charges in baby case to be filed officials say
Prosecutor G R Breidenstein of Clark county announces new charges against all implicated in an alleged jury tampering plot in the Gift of God baby case. Judge Higbee cited proof of tampering as mistrial declared. case reset for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kahoka
St Louis
Gift of God
G. R. Breidenstein
Clark County
Nellie Tipton Muench
Walter A. Higbee
Charles Long
Harry Spangler
Spangler
Joseph L. Gutting
Gutting
Higbee
Muench
Ludwig O. Muench
Helen Berroyer
Wilfred Jones
St. Louis Court of Appeals
Anna Ware
Miss Ware
Two Men Claim To Be Father Of Triplets
In Miami on April 17 two men, each claiming to be the father of five month old triplets, moved toward court action to prove paternity. The mother, Lois Miller, has custody after divorcing her former husband and marrying one man, J Miller of West Palm Beach. The other man, a Miami barber, said he will seek habeas corpus to prove his paternity and submit to blood tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Lois Johnson
J. Miller
West Palm Beach
George S. Okell
Millers
Okell
Paris police recover $440000 in US securities theft case
Paris authorities say they recovered 440000 in United States treasury certificates from two men Bernard Klein and Jacob Schwartz linked to a $1507938 securities theft from a New York bank runner on January 28 1935. Klein a furniture salesman and Schwartz a printer denied full knowledge. both were held pending extradition discussions with New York authorities.
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Paris
United States Treasury
United States
New York
Bernard Klein
Jacob Schwartz
France
Boulevard
United States Treasury Department
Klein
Barlanwasurah
Hungary
London
Schwartz
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Five Held in New Orleans for Counterfeiting
Five men identified as Stanley Shell Jesse Barksdale Raymond Thompson Grant Bowman and John Wilkerson were detained by federal agents after a raid recovered equipment used to manufacture counterfeit 50 cent coins and nickels. Authorities said the group planned to move the coins to middlemen who would sell at a reduced price to peddlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Stanley Shell
Jesse Barksdale
Raymond Thompson
Grant Bowman
John Wilkerson
T. W. Ryan
Secret Service
Cobb Explains Soil Program at Southern Agriculture Meet
In New Orleans delegates heard Cully A. Cobb describe the soil conservation plan. He said beneficiaries must contribute to soil building and that millions of cropland acres will shift from depleting crops like cotton and tobacco to soil building crops such as peas soybeans vetches and clovers with payments to cooperating cotton producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cully A. Cobb
Cobb
Funeral held for retired minister in New Orleans
Funeral services were planned today for Rev. Harley Norton Harrison 76 a retired Methodist minister who died yesterday He was a sugar chemist for 30 years before entering the ministry with pastorates across Louisiana and New Orleans He was a Pass Christian native survived by his widow and four children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Harley Norton Harrison
Louisiana
Pass Christian
Missie
German Army Plane Crashes Near Biel Killing Three
Berlin reports a German trimotored military plane on a training cruise over Swiss territory near Biel suffered a fault in its directional apparatus. Three men were killed and two seriously injured in the Thursday night crash.
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Berlin
Biel
Switzerland
Son seeks coroner proof in Moriarty bomb deaths
John Moriarty of Chicago attends a Los Angeles coroner’s inquest into the bombing death of Dr William Moriarty and his wife Dorothy at USC. He disputes police claims that the professor died by his own hand and hopes new evidence will show the father acted to protect his wife. Harley McCoy and Miss Eleanor Thoms were seriously injured when the car exploded.
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Los Angeles
John Moriarty
Chicago
Wiliam Moriarty
Dorothy
University of Southern California
Harley McCoy
Eleanor Thoms
Bids Sought for Four Bridges and Roads in Louisiana
The Louisiana highway commission calls bids for May 6 to build four bridges, one railroad overpass, and 18 farmer type roads with Works Progress Administration funds. One Sabine River bridge near Starks will be funded equally by Texas and Louisiana highway departments.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Works Progress Administration
Sabine River
Starks
Texas
Louisiana Highway Departments
LaFourche
Bayou LaFourche
Thibodaux
St. Landry
Bayou Courtableau
Port Barre
St. Feliciana
Little Bayou Sara Creek
Little Bayou Sara
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
Judge Ritter Convicted by Senate Vote in Impeachment
Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of Florida was convicted by the Senate on the seventh ballot by a 56 to 28 margin, removing him from the bench for bringing the court into scandal and disrepute. The first six articles resulted in acquittal, with votes near party lines on charges of excessive fees and improper payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Senate
House
Ritter
A. L. Rankin
Rankin
Lexington Herald Changes Ownership Transfer
Ownership of the Lexington Herald changed with an agreement transferring the property to J Lindsay Nunn of Amarillo Texas and his son Gilmore N Nunn of Pampa Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Lexington Herald
J. Lindsay Nunn
Amarillo
Texas
Gilmore N. Nunn
Pampa
State road bonds draw premium in New York syndicate sale
Baton Rouge officials announced the sale of 2.5 million dollars in road bonds to a New York led syndicate for a 266 925 premium at a price of 110 677 or 3 65 percent. The issue is part of a 75 million dollar highway construction program with bonds dated for 1940 maturity. The group includes Stranahan Harris Co Paine Webber Equitable and others with numerous banks and firms in multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Graham, Parsons and Company of
New York
Graham, Parsons and Company
Stranahan, Harris
N. C
Ward, Strene and Company
Birmingham
Ala
First National Bank
Mobile
Montgomery
F. E. Nolting and Company
Richmond
Man Shot Four Times In Shreveport Gas Company Garage
Norwood Carpenter, a gas company employee in Shreveport, La, was shot four times this morning in the company garage. Police arrested 19 year old Joan Raspanta of Bossier City as a suspect and held her in the city jail after she refused to comment. A .32 caliber pistol was used, the shots entering Carpenter’s liver and stomach, leaving him in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Norwood Carpenter
Joan Raspanta
Bossier City
Carpenter
Madrid Workers Strike Against Fascist Provocations
Madrid workers staged an unofficial general strike affecting transport and construction to protest Fascist provocations. In Lake Charles, Jesse A. Kutzer of Houston, Texas, was held in Calcasieu Parish jail on a charge of insanity after visiting Elray Howard, VP of Calcasieu Marine National Bank, and declaring a desire for him to settle the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Lake Charles
Jesse A. Kutzer
Houston
Tex
Calcasieu Parish
Henry Reid
Kutzer
Elray Howard
Calcasieu-Marine National Bank
St Louis Halted by Police Guard Charles Luciano Headed East
Handcuffed and under police guard, Charles Luciano reputed leader of a white slave gang, passed through St Louis today en route from Little Rock to New York where charges of compulsory prostitution await filing against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Charles Luciano
Little Rock
Ark
New York
Waterfront union backs leaders in ongoing crisis
In San Francisco on April 17 the Longshoremen, led by fiery Harry Bridges, show complete faith in their union leadership as they consolidate their stand against employers amid the waterfront dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Owl Cafe owner reclaims marble table after court ruling
Bert Anderson, Owl Cafe proprietor in Lake Charles, recovers his marble table as game owners begin reworking their tables for a return to business after District Judge Mark C. Pickrel ruled that Anderson’s machine fell under the court’s recent decision as a game of skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Bert Anderson
Owl Cafe
Mark C. Pickrel
Anderson
Funeral held for 115 year old Emily Billie
Funeral services were held in Lafayette for Emily Lee Billie a 115 year old Black woman who died Thursday. The obituary notes her long life and ties to the community, reflecting on her age and the era she witnessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Lae
Emily Lee Billie
Hazleton pupils raid three schools amid district strike
Disorder erupted in Hazleton township as marching pupils besieged three school buildings in a bid to close every school in the district.
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Hazleton
Hazle Township
Moose River Mine Rescue Near Clear Passage After Blast
John Hennigar an expert blastmaster said one more blast could open a passage to the Moose River gold mine 141 foot level where three men have been trapped since Sunday night rescuers reported progress today and expect access within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
River
N.S
John Hennigar
Moose River
Rioting in Lwow Halts After Violent Streets
Destruction spread through Lwow main streets as riots erupted causing up to 16 deaths and many injuries before police restored order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lwow
Poland
Appeal Boosts New Deal PWA Hydro Funding Case
The Duke Power Company and Southern Public Utilities Company appealed to the Supreme Court from a circuit court ruling in Charlotte North Carolina that upheld the government’s provision of PWA funds for a publicly owned hydroelectric plant at Buzzard Roost Bek.
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Washington
PWA
Supreme Court
Duke Power Company
Southern Public Utilities Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlotte
N. C
Buzzard Roost
Bek
Boy Killed In Railroad Yard Accident At Vicksburg
Earl Thurman an 11 year old from Beaumont Texas was killed in Vicksburg Mississippi when he slipped while trying to board a box car and was run over by a freight train in the railroad yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg, Miss
UPI
Earl Thurman
Beaumont
Texas
No Flood Expected for New Orleans Despite Mississippi Crest
New Orleans April 37. Meteorologist W F McDonald reports the Mississippi River crest will reach New Orleans around April 2% but stay at least 2.5 feet below flood level. He notes the crest has passed Memphis and expects levels to top at about 14? feet, well under the 17 foot flood mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
W. F. McDonald
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Carrollton
WPA Officials in Washington State Face Dismissal
Harry L. Hopkins ordered removal of George H. Gannon Washington administrator and six other WPA officials amid charges of political skullduggery in relief. Gannon, a Democrat, says he portends no awareness of fund solicitations while State and Republican chairmen dispute involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPA
Washington State
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
George H. Gannon
Gannon
Ouida Keeton Begins Life Term In Laurel Murder Case
Ouida Keeton numbered 10424 enters the second day of a life sentence at Parchman for the legs murder of her mother Mrs. Deisy Keeton a Laurel widow. She claimed motive was to gain more freedom while awaiting a retrial for W H Carter who was also sentenced to life but later remanded. The body parts were found on a lonely road by a rabbit hunter with other remains missing.
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Parchman
Miss
Ouida Keeton
Deisy Keeton
Laurel
W. H. Carter
Carter
Supreme Court
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League of Nations
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