Strikes and raids amid May Day protest call in 1930s
In Pittsburgh and New Orleans police and federal officers arrest twenty two alleged communists and thirty three strikers as a nationwide I W W call for May Day release of war prisoners emerges. Striker totals range from under one hundred to five to six hundred depending on source.
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New Orleans
Hy Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Alleghaney County
Samuel H. Gardner
Industrial Workers of the World
Iberville Street
Marine Transport Workers’ Union
Indiana Prohibition Conspiracy Sentences Given
Fifty-two defendants in Gary and Lake County Indiana were sentenced by Federal Judge Ferdinand Geiger for conspiracy to violate Prohibition laws. Penalties ranged from one day to eighteen months. several officials received prison terms and fines, including Kagwell O. Johnson Gary mayor, Lewis Barnes former Lake County sheriff, William Dann Gary judge, and Blas A. Lucas Gary attorney.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Gary
Lake County
Indiana
Ferdinand Geiger
United States District Court
William H. Oldis
Charles L. Clemens
Fred Seabright
Kagwell O. Johnson
Atlanta
Lewis Barnes
Board of Public Works
William M. Dann
Blas A. Lucas
Gary Attorney
U S Position on Turkish Treaties Questioned
At the Near East Conference in Tavsanne on April 28 Joseph C. Grew stated that capitulation rights of foreigners in Turkey were not legally terminated by the sultan’s 1920 action. British envoy Sir Wavell Rumbold agreed unilateral abrogation would allow Turkey to collect claims from foreign nationals.
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Uy Astoriated Preas Tavsanne
United
Ater
Turkey
Lime Porte
Joseph Co. Grew
Ameri
Near East
Con Ence
Grew
Wace Rumbold
Tion
Paris Eiffel Tower to Survive Twenty Three More Years
Paris engineers report the Eiffel Tower will endure at least twenty three years more despite a 1889 design claim of lasting only for the Paris exposition. The assurance comes in a stability inquiry linked to a World Fair era promise by Alexander Eiffel. The report notes the structure’s continued integrity amid age and weather factors.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Alexander Augustus Eiffel
De Valera Peace Proposals Meet Critical Dublin Reaction
Dublin sources say Eamonn De Valera’s six proposals clarify little and remain unacceptable without a clearer terms outline. The proclamation insists on the ultimate court of appeal by the Irish people and rights to express opinions, with O Higgins sidelined for now as government weighs the plan ahead of Dail Eireann talks.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Great Britain
Kevin O'Higgins
Free State
Home Affairs
de Valera
O'Higgins
Eira- Rean
Germany's WWI Death Toll Update Reported in Berlin
Berlin reports official World War I casualty figures with 1 846 293 dead worldwide, the latest update to the long-standing total. The release states the death toll and related statistics, reflecting the ongoing accounting of German losses.
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Berlin
Germany
Youngstown Dancer Sets New World Endurance Record
In Youngstown Ohio Albert Kish set a new world dancing endurance record at 4 04 am by surpassing the 112 hour mark set in San Antonio by A. Watson last Thursday Kish kept dancing beyond the record time.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Ohio
Albert Kish
San Antonio
A. ©. Watson
Kish
Revolution Hinted In J W W Strike Spread
San Francisco reports spread of the I W W strike into Southern California oil fields with 600 workers quitting at Long Beach Huntington Beach and Santa Fe Springs in sympathy with 1800 Longshoremen at San Pedro. Seattle court warns a revolution may follow delay as H M Peters and O A Steaner face threats charges. J B Childs arrested for distributing inflammatory literature. light activity reported in Oregon.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
California
W. W
Seattle
H. M. Peters
O. A. Steaner
George Vanderever
Radical
Vanderever
Oregon
Long Beach
Huntington Beach
Santa Fe Springs
San Pedro
Federation of Marine Transport Workers
J. B. Childs
New York
Los Angeles
Montana
Plamas County
I W W Plans 12 Hour May Day Event in Chicago
Chicago reports an international May Day celebration and dance to be held by the I W W next Tuesday in Chicago. Secretary Jack Gillis denies any general strike or radical outburst and says only certain I W W strikes exist among marine transport and Northwest lumber workers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jack Gillis
Industrial Workers of the World
Gillis
Garland W. Powell
Americanism Commission of the American Legion
L W. W
Northwest
State baseball honor for Shreveport team at La schools rally
Shreveport High School defeated Warren Easton High School 9 to 5 at State Field to win the second rally baseball championship. Stephens hit a home run as Shreveport racked 13 hits to Easton’s 10, with three triples and a homer among the extra-base hits.
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Shreveport
Associated Presa Baton Rouge
Shreveport High School
Warren Eastern High School
New Orleans
State Field
Stephens
North Louisiana
Warren Eastern
Warren Easton
Balderek
R. Dobson
Voorhoff
Huber
Sizeler
Boone
Dugas
Marquette
Pitkin Captures Girls State Basketball Title
In Baton Rouge on April 28 Pitkin defeated Lisbon 89 to 28 to win the state high school rally girls basketball championship.
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Aufovliated
Baton Rouge
Pitkin
Lisbon
Woman Falls From Chair While Smoking Pipe
Mrs. Anna Logan a 60 year old widow of St Louis Me appeared to be overcome by pipe fumes and fell from a rocking chair at her home fracturing her skull. She was rushed to a hospital where doctors reported she is in serious condition.
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St. Louis
Anna Logan
Campaign Starts to Promote Ouachita Bond Issue for Courthouse
A series of meetings will be held in Ouachita parish to explain a proposed 400000 bond for a new courthouse and jail. A publicity committee will reach taxpayers to show tax reductions and reassure planters, with meetings planned in Calhoun and other centers.
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Ouachita Parish
Citizens Committee
Ouachita
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
David Garrett
Carl McHenry
Monroe
Phillips
S. M. Collins
Calhoun
Collins
Terminal Heights Man Sentenced for Possession of Whiskey
F. C. Endom of Terminal Heights was sentenced by Judge Fred M. Odom to 60 days in jail and fined 400 after arrest for possessing whiskey and large quantities of bottles used to bottle moonshine. A small amount of whiskey found at arrest was admitted in court.
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F. C. Endom
Terminal Heights
Fred M. Odom
Endom
Not Treated Fairly Says Supt Harris
Crowley April 28 In a six to four vote the school board amended a resolution to remove unworthy from a prior charge against J M Baker parish superintendent of education. District Attorney Ogden quoted State Superintendent T H Harris who called the dismissal without a hearing un American. Baker obtained a temporary restraining order protecting duties until July 1925.
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T. H. Harris
Mr. Baker
American minister reaches agreement in Coltman case
Washington reports that American Minister Schurman in Peking reached a settlement with the Chinese foreign office over the Coltman case. The accord calls for an apology from the Kalgan Tuchun, removal of several military officials, and indemnity to Coltman’s heirs to be set by the U.S. government.
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Associated Press
Washington
sAmerican
Schurman
Peking
Foreign Office
Coltman
Charles Coltman
Kalgan
Tuchun
Far East
Cotton Breaks Near Four Dollars on Futures Market
New York April 28. Cotton rose to nearly four dollars a base on some positions and settled with a net decline of 48 to 72 points. May contracts traded as low as 28.13, July 26.85 and October 24.30.
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New York
Mysterious Air Ship Chased in Mexico City Kidnap Case
A general alarm was issued April 28 for a mysterious airplane believed to be abducting Charles V Parma ree and his five year old son Charles Jr in a second kidnap within three years. Two suspects are held over the disappearance of the boy as authorities pursue the vessel toward the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
United States
Charles V Parmaree
Los Angeles
Charles, Jr
Governor Russell Grants Clemency to Mississippi Prisoners in 1923
Ninety nine convicts, mostly from the state penitentiary, received pardons or suspended sentences from Governor Lee M. Russell in 1923. Clemency included thirty three liquor law violators and twenty one murderers, with mixed race outcomes and a separate pardon board in the state.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
State Penitentiary
Lee M. Russell
Russell
Mississippi
United States Amateurs Rally To Split Golf Matches
The U S amateur golf team recovered from a morning deficit to win four of six two ball foursomes against Oxford and Cambridge, leaving the day even. Willing and Wright beat Lundale and Storey seven and five while Rotan and Lewis fell to Mellin and Powell two and one. Roberts lost to Gillies and Croome three and two with a substitution noted.
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Associated Press
Rye
England
Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society
C. F. Willing
Fred Wright, Jr
D. E. Lundale
F. Storey
George W. Rotan
Reginald
Bolton High Wins 195 annual rally meet at LSU campus
Bolton High of Alexandria took the lead at the twelfth annual high school rally track meet on State Field at LSU. Baton Rouge finished second with twenty points. Pitkin third with fifteen. Warren Easton fourth with twelve. Arthur Avey led scorers with twenty points. Three records were broken and others tied.
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Baton Rouge
Boltons School
Alexandria
State Field
Louisiana State University
Ian Rouge
Pitkin
Warren Easton
New Orleans
Arthur Avey
Bolton High
Spencer Day
Cox
Phillips
Robinson
Homer
Cooley
Merryville
Mason
New Iberia
Avey
Botton
R. Harrell
Hasfile
Vereland
Warrence
Boyd
Ewing
Seville
Rudge
Morgan City
Green
Franklin
Bolton
Dreichmann
Debyns
Wisner
Roberts
Mile
Rodriguez
Patterson
Calhoun
Whitman
Prentice
Welsh
Wolf
Polton
Clifford
Jennings
East
Zachary
S. Day
Chisolm
Young
Paker
Laurents
Lake Arthur
Stracener
DeRidder
Funderburk
Reeves
Crocker
DeRidster
Javelir
Herg
Haynesville
Chisholm
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Ral Reserve Bank of Chicago Today
Justice Hoch
District Supreme Court
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Oma
Min E. Cook
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Robertson
Berthet Cook
Famon DE Valera
J. W. W. Strike
Pacific
Oil Fields of
Pitkin Girls
Crowley School
Board
Louisiana
C. L. Nourse
First Presbyterian Church
Church OF Christ—City Hall
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West Monroe
L. W. Gresham
Mattress Factory
Mexico
Magnolia
First Christian Church
I. E. Adams
Royal Confectionery
Leon
Delmonico
Genasco
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