World May Day Observances End Quietly Across Nations
May Day protests worldwide yielded three dead and hundreds injured as police clashed with demonstrators in cities from Madrid and Sosnowiec to Moscow. New York led U S parades with 40 000 marchers while hundreds were arrested in Europe and Latin America. Geneva saw a few thousand in a peaceful show with authorities detaining 76 agitators.
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Bapest
Abducted Youth of Joliet Still Held by Kidnappers
Gustav Miller, 22, abducted in Joliet Illinois remains missing as a $50 000 ransom is reported ready for his captors and a large private search expands. The caller linked to Chicago’s 42 gang left a note after a threatened demand. Father Max Miller a wholesale grocer declined police involvement, reportedly seeking help from Chicago's Secret Six.
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Gang of
Max Miller
Chicago
Secret Six
Rambling Tales From Town Bring Humorous Life Skits
Art West recalls human quirks from the bus to a parish college, a dropped seat joke on anatomy, and a razor blade fundraiser by East Texas editors aiding Shrine hospitals. A hat swap tale at a theater ends with a wife pointing out the mix up.
Corbin Hollow Community To Be Moved to New Site
Federal and state officials plan to relocate Corbin Hollow near Skyland Virginia, moving six related families from their Lipton of Ty son to a mountain site near a church. A Washington physician and social worker Miss Mir roizer assisted, highlighting malnutrition and tuberculosis risk.
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Preent Hoover
Rapidan
National Park
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Horace M. Albright
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R. L. Sexton
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Tyson
Jury obtained for sanity test of D C Crowson
Jury selected for the sanity test of D C Crowson despite motions and objections. The case begins amid a barrage of procedural challenges as the trial opens.
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Jury Seated in Crowson Murder Sanity Trial Ouachita Parish
Defense efforts to strike the lunacy commission report fail as a jury is seated in Ouachita Parish district court for the murder sanity case of D C Crowson against Ira Castles of Sterlington Road. Ten jurors are chosen with seven alternates summoned but not used.
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D. C
James A. Wyatt
Ray Sisson
George W. Fox
M. M. Funderburk
I. P. Ray
S. M. McReynolds
C. G. Ammer
John D. Green
Paul Fink
Lunacy Commission
Commission
R. W. O'Donnell
Winnfield Man Dies Following Auto Accident
J M Colvin age 61 part owner and proprietor of Colvin hotel died at 1 am from injuries after being struck by an automobile on Main street Sunday at 8 pm. Driver C J Boyett youth was arrested for reckless driving and released on $50 bond as grand jury investigates. Colvin’s right leg was amputed?
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J. M. Colvin
Colvin
Ruston
Main Street
C. J. Boyett
Boyett
Horace Peters
Massie Retrial Brings Testimony Plan for Four Assault Suspects
Honolulu reports Mrs Massie will testify as prosecutors finalize retrial plans for the four men charged in the September assault. Decision on whether John C Kelley, who won manslaughter convictions in the earlier case, handles the territory case is pending.
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Honolulu
Thalia Massie
John C. Kelley
Horace Ida
Henry Chang
David Takai
Ben Ahakeulo
Joseph Kahahawai
Miss Crawford Valedictorian of Local Class
Ella Rose Crawford named valedictorian of the 1932 St Matthew's High School class. Virginia Dougal is salutatorian and Dorothy Jo Smith is class historian. Graduation exercises set at St Matthew's Church May 29 and 31 with a baccalaureate sermon on May 29.
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B. T. Crawford
Monroe
St. Matthew’s High School
Stanislaus
Virginia Dougal
P. B. Dougal
Swartz
Dorothy Jo Smith
Anna Bolton Smith
Miss Smith
Betty Stough
B. W. Stough
John Turk
Mary James
West Monroe
Edgar Ballard
Rebecca Beatty
Mary Elizabeth Cornett
Priscilla Butler
Jerome Danna
Condition of Catholic Bishop Is Not Changed
SHREVEPORT La May 2 No change in the condition of the Right Rev Cornelius Van De Ven bishop of the Alexandria diocese has taken place since Saturday when he was reported slightly improved It was reported from his bedside today he is still regarded in a critical condition The prelate underwent a major operation last Tuesday.
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Cornelius van de Ven
Alexandria
Child Hit by Auto Seeks Medical Care Here
Talitha Manning five-year-old was struck by a car in the 1200 block of DeSiard street. She was taken by ambulance to St Francis sanitarium where doctors said she probably was not seriously injured. Police named Mrs Simmons of 1100 North Third street as the driver. Witnesses said the incident appeared unavoidable as the child ran into the street. Mrs Manning had recently opened a sandwich stand at 1204 De Stard street.
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Aurelia Puryear
Stanley A. Puryear
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Talitha Manning
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Simmons
North Third Street
C. P. Hartley
Manning
DeStard Street
Oil theft case probes by grand jury in Texas
A deputy supervisor is among eighteen men accused in a Texas oil theft case being probed by a federal grand jury. The investigation centers on alleged illicit handling and diversion of crude oil assets and related fraud schemes.
Oil theft probe widens in east Texas field
In Longview Texas Col L S Davidson announced 25 to 40 more arrests would follow in oil by by pass thefts in the prorated east Texas field. Grand jury action and indictments against 18 men for stealing about one million barrels were reported with more suspects sought and bonds posted in Gladewater and Rusk county cases.
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Col. L. S. Davidson
East Texas
Col. Davidson
W. C. Hurst
Gregg County
Gladewater
Rusk County
Tex
Sanity test requested for Louis Aaron in murder case
Louis Aaron, 26, charged with murder in the Frank Wall slaying at Sterlington, seeks a sanity ruling by the state lunacy commission. The commission is unlikely to act before term end, so the case may carry to the fall term. Aaron collapsed in court during arraignment, with epilepsy cited as a factor.
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Louis Aaron
Frank Wall
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Steel Mills Open Again Over In Alabama Section
Gulf States Steel in Gadsden resumes two open hearth furnaces boosting ingot output from 41 to 45 percent capacity. Blowing in is planned for Wednesday affecting all Gadsden plants on a limited basis. Tennessee Coal and Railroad plant operations in Birmingham restart on a limited schedule after six weeks idle.
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Forgotten Treasury Windfall Idea Sparks Debate
Chicago economists propose Congress legalize and redeem pre July 10 1929 currency to recover about 100 million dollars stored as public debt. The plan, drafted by Vern Ruf and supported by Representative Henry T Rainey, aims to repurpose old notes as noninterest bearing treasury entries while warning it would not solve broader economic woes.
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Former Haynesville marshal faces trial in bank robbery case
Homer Louisiana May 2 Special The trial of H B Burley 38 former Haynesville marshal charged as an accessory before the fact in the January 28 Planters Bank robbery opened in district court before Judge E C McClendon Only six jurors were seated from the 30 to 35 called with 18 state witnesses and five defense witnesses to appear The case marks Burley as the fourth defendant convicted or awaiting trial in the Haynesville bank robbery others named Wiley Balthrop Dallas Hunter and Odie Burke Also Charlie McWilliams faces trial May 7 for related charges and a fourth participant is still sought
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Solon Declares Labor Opposes Choice in Louisiana Row
Senator Burgieres draws sharp line saying labor opposes a local choice. He calls Burgieres personally obnoxious as part of the public dispute.
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Jahncke presses Senate to confirm Burgieres as immigration chief
In Washington on May 2, Ernest A. Burgieres faced opposition from Senator Huey P. Long and Louise Jana as the immigration committee considered his nomination for commissioner of immigration at New Orleans. Long said Burgieres would be objectionable to workers and would be personally obnoxious to him, signaling a possible denial of confirmation. Ernest Lee Jahncke urged the appointment, while Copeland warned against Long's unwritten Senate rule.
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Jahncke
Mississippi Penitentiary Trustee Gravely Injured
Thad F. Ellzey trustee of the state penitentiary for the southern district sustained a broken collar bone and possible internal injuries in an automobile collision near Mec Com b Mississippi. He was in serious condition at a local hospital. George W. Lighty retired shop worker, driving a coupe, collided on highway 51 just south of the city limits. Lighty escaped uninjured while Ellzey's sedan wrecked.
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Woman Ends Life With Gas In New York City
Betty Gordon aged 30 died by gas yesterday in her apartment on 39th street New York. She left a will naming Rex Cole her sole heir, her Memphis former residence noted. Cole heads a large sales organization bearing his name. friend identified the body. no close relatives. Miss Gordon was educated at Peabody college Nashville. Will executed about a year ago.
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Rex Cole
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Tenn
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Peabody College
Nashville
Cole
Memphis Man Ends First Year in Electrical Oven
Memphis man Jack Doty narrates the long, painful year living in an electric light oven after an automobile crash seared a third of his body. He endures heat to draw out impurities and foster new skin growth, hopes for more grafts, and plans to return to hospital for further treatment. He remains optimistic about learning to play bridge and enjoying cigars once recovered.
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