May Day Bombings Highlight Global Parades and Power Shifts
May Day protests erupted with heavy damage in Chicago as bombings caused about 50 000 dollars in property loss. In Moscow a massive parade showcased Soviet strength with tens of thousands of soldiers and a Lenin tomb procession. Germany marked a nationalist May Day under Hitler with clashes and police actions in Berlin. Peru faced a state of siege after President Sanchez Cerro’s assassination and Madrid saw police fire into crowds of Communists. Vienna displayed a show of force by a new dictatorship.
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Associated Press
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Germany
United States
Chicago
Moscow
Red Square
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Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Peru
Sanchez Cerro
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Vienna
Kidnappers Free Union Officials After Abduction
Two union officials Fred Sass and Morris Goldberg were freed by abductors and taken to police for questioning. They were blindfolded during captivity before being found by a passing patrol and released within hours.
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Teamsters
Nrhe
Fred Sass
Busias
Ash
Aion
Morris Goldberg
van Teamsters’ Union
Roger Touhy
Con
Monroe Chronicles Note A Mix Of Oddities And Local Tales
California inventor perfects a gadget to eat grapefruit without splashing juice. Monroe residents discuss bicycles, a woman grocery manager facing a daylight holdup, and a lecture by Marietta Johnson denying exams. A “stork” of metal appears at Fire Chief Roddy’s yard as movie fan intrigue fades, while a plane sighting yields one interview.
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California
Monroe
Elva Smith
Marietta Johnson
Fairhope
Ala
Frank J. Roddy
Selman Field
Ann Harding
Hudson
Reserve Officers Assigned to Train Forestry Corps Posts
Forty three army reserve officers are assigned to posts in the fourth corps area to aid in conditioning recruits for the civilian conservation corps. Assignments include captains Fort McClelland and Gerald G. Woodruff and lieutenants from Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Tennessee with reports due by Monday night.
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Forestry Corps
Fort M’pherson
Army Reserve
Fourth Corps
Neval Edward L. King
William Fort McClelland
Ae Edmundson Gerald G. Woodruff
Ifiicens
Magnolia
Miss
Aubrey R. Kent
Monroe
Camp Beauregard
Stanton A. Hall
Hattiesburg
S. G. Quinn
Lake Charles
Harold J. Bango
Shreveport
Fort Bragg
Jesse H. Clark
Fountain City
Tenn
Seven Dead in Tornado Across Arkansas and Mississippi
A weekend tornado struck Lake Village Arkansas and crossed the Mississippi into Yazoo City and Greenville Mississippi. Seven people died including W D Boyd 69 and Minnie Lee Brown 36 and 9 year old Otha Damon Leach with many injured and about 1 000 made homeless as guardsmen aided relief efforts.
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Miss
Lake Village
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Greenville
Mississippi
W. D. Boyd
Sam Epstein
Myrtle Grove
Big
Jonestown
Yazoo
Minnie Lee Brown
Otha Damon Leach
Harley Metcalfe
Tennessee Ends Prohibition as Beer Legally Flows In
May day marks Tennessee's return to legal beer after 24 years of bone dry laws. The 3.2% beer began to be sold at 12:01 a.m. with shipments from Milwaukee Chicago Louisville Cincinnati and St Louis. Nashville's lone brewery planned to fill orders by Monday and aim to handle all by June 1. Officials warned of a beer rush from dry states as Tennessee's "beer czar" oversees the transition.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Milwaukee
Chicago
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Murdered Kansas City girl Nadine Vogel found
The 6 year old Nadine Love Vogel was discovered slain nine miles southwest of Kansas City Kansas. Her rope tied around the neck and head battered suggest a brutal attack. Investigators and county sheriff labeled the crime the work of a fiend as the body was identified by her mother.
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Kansas City
Kan
Nadine Love Vogel
Here
Charles Hagler
Charles Fink
Clyde South
E. D. Williams
Wyandotte
Charles Becker
Alpha Love
Rules on Gold Issued Monday
Regulations governing gold distribution to industries with legitimate uses were issued by the treasury on Monday just before the deadline for turning in gold to the government. The rules describe how legitimate users may obtain gold and require a treasury license for exports. Applications to purchase must be filed in duplicate with a Federal Reserve Bank under oath, naming the applicant, business, and gold amount.
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Washington
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Man is Shot to Death Entering Texarkana Jail
Ernest Barnes of Garland City Ark was shot to death early Monday as he entered the Texarkana jail unarmed. The on duty officer said he feared Barnes and two other men planned to overpower him and cause a jailbreak. Millard Alford the prosecuting attorney began an investigation.
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Texarkana
Ark
Ernest Barnes
Garland City
Barnes
Waldo Nelson
Millard Alford
Move announced for Senate stock inquiry into Morgan firm
Ferdinand Pecora, counsel to the Senate banking committee, said subpoenas will compel J. P. Morgan and all Morgan firm partners to testify when the open investigation resumes May 23. The inquiry will cover Kuhn, Loeb, Dillon Read and related firms with Otto H. Kahn and Clarence Dillon also named.
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Washington
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
J. P. Morgan
Fletcher
Pecora
House of Morgan
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Dillon-Read and Company
Morgan
Peru President Sanchez Cerro Assassinated During Army Review
In Lima on May 1, President Luis M. Sanchez Cerro was shot and killed after a parade review. Abelardo Hurtado de Mendoza, a revolutionary, and two soldiers died. six soldiers and two civilians were wounded. General Oscar Benavides named permanent president as unrest followed.
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Abelardo Hurtado de Mendoza
Peru
Oscar Benavides
Constituent Assembly
Sanchez Cerro
Jorge Chaven Park
Leticia
Hurtado de Mendoza
Store Officials Indicted for Labor Law Violations
F D Clay manager and Earl P Cook assistant manager of W T Grants on DeSiard Street Mon day were indicted by a grand jury on four and two counts respectively. They posted bond of 50 each. Witnesses testified employees faced excessively long hours beyond legal limits.
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F. D. Clay
Earl P. Cook
W. T Grant
DeSiard Street
Milton Coverdale
Clay
Cook
Injured Man in Critical Condition after Auto Crash
W. W. Howell, 66, was struck by a car near Barkdale Faulk school Saturday night and reported Monday in critical condition. He suffered a dislocated ankle, fractures above the ankle, concussion, and scalp contusion.
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W. W. Howell
Barkdale Faulk School
How
Chinese In Salient Attacked By Jap Forces
Five thousand Chinese in a salient north of the Great Wall were attacked by Japanese infantry with air support. Hinglungchen city was reported occupied by Japanese forces, with the correspondent claiming the enemy was nearly annihilated. The assault was by units of Major-General Yoshimichi Suzuki’s infantry brigade, and Japanese losses were reported as eight killed with an estimate of 710 Chinese casualties.
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Kupeikov
Great Wall OF China
Great Wall
Rengo
Hinglungchen
Yoshimichi Suzuki
Rogers Has His Say at Gridiron Dinner
New York May 1 Roger O. Myer recalls attending a crowded Gridiron Dinner for President Roosevelt. He praises Washington newspapermen for their clever sketches of public figures and notes Ogden Mills and Roosevelt delivered strong speeches. He would gladly attend another show.
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New York
Roosevelt
Washington
Ogden Mills
President
Annual Meeting of Louisiana Federated Temple Sisterhoods in Progress
A large attendance filled the Hotel Frances for the Federated Temple Sisters of Louisiana first business session. Mrs Jonas Selig presided and committees were named. A luncheon followed with Mrs Daniel Weil presiding. Speakers included Dr F K Hirsch and Dr Brill, with Mrs Dean Selig providing music.
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Federated Temple Sisterhoods
Louisiana
Hotel Frances
Jonas Selig
Daniel Weil
F. K. Hirsch
Brill
Dean Selig
Temple B’nai Israel
Arnold Bernstein
M. S. Silber
Fred Strauss
Joe Marx
Sisterhood
Man shoots pair in North Irvine then kills himself
In Irvine Kentucky on May 1 Delbert Johnson shot W B Witt 65 and Harriet Ann Johnson 45 before retreating a few minutes later and killing himself with a shotgun. Johnson had earlier beaten the weapon after firing. He then took Ben Walters shotgun and died.
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Irvine
W. B. Witt
Harriet Ann Johnson
North
Johnson
Delbert Johnson
Witt
Ben Walters
Walters
Parade by 10000 Unemployed In New Orleans Ends With Truce
About 10 000 unemployed and curious spectators joined a May Day march in New Orleans protesting the 1.50 relief wage. Police clashed with demonstrators near city hall, one man injured and over a dozen arrested before a police escorted parade and mass meeting secured a truce and a plan to visit Baton Rouge for talks with Gov. Allen.
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New Orleans
Rene Pourcine
Pourcine
T. Semmes Walmsley
Baton Rouge
O. K. Alien
City Hall
C. A. Stair
State Relief Administration
Argentine envoy at U S capital in new talks
On May 1 Argentine special representative Thomas Le Breton arrived in Washington to join Felipe Espil in Roosevelt era discussions with American experts. Other envoys from Italy Germany and Mexico were to follow, tackling war debts tariffs currencies and disarmament as in prior talks.
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Washington
Thomas le Breton
Roosevelt
Guido Jung
Germany
Mexico
France
LeBreton
Argentina
Felipe Espil
Massive oil refinery blaze devastates Gregg facility in Gladewater
Fire from a waste oil reservoir destroyed the Gregg refinery and three oil tanks, burning across 15 acres of worker housing. Kilgore and nearby crews could not stop the blaze as explosions spread flames to a fuel oil reservoir and pumphouse, forcing evacuations. Firefighters from Longview Kilgore and Marshall battled the blaze.
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Gregg
Gladetex
Kilgore
South City
Trinity
Trinity Company
Longeview
Kilgore and
Marshall
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