Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Kira Married in Potsdam
Prince Louis Ferdinand and Grand Duchess Kira wed in a civil ceremony at Cecilienhof castle Potsdam with Crown Prince Wilhelm and Grand Duke Cyril as witnesses. The couple then held a Greek Orthodox service in the castle hall as a Russian chorus sang. The bride wore a nearly century old silver brocade gown and a crown diadem. Louis Ferdinand wore air force lieutenant dress.
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Potsdam
Germany
Louis Ferdinand
House of Hohenzollern
Kira
House of Romanoff
Cecilienhof
Wilhelm
Prussia
Cyril
Old
Russia
Duchess of
Recovery plan gains approval from LaGuardia proposal
May 2 Washington. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia urged Congress to create a permanent recovery committee to craft a unified recovery bill for a fall special session. Speaking to a House appropriations subcommittee, he backed the spending lending program but called for flexible measures to benefit all regions.
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Washington
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
British And French Pact Holds Powerful Warning
DeWitt MacKenzie argues the Anglo French defensive alliance serves as a potent warning from history. The Kaiser misread Britain’s stance before 1914, and the pact now signals Britain and France will defend each other, aiming to deter another continental war and delay a future upheaval.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Newrk
Belum
France
England
All Highest
Britain
Europe
Terrorism fears grip Shanghai amid bomb plot arrests
Shanghai reports warn of infiltrated guerrillas and planned attacks on Japanese troops as police double patrols and refugees are searched. Two bomb throwers were arrested after an attempt to blow a truck carrying Japanese soldiers, while thousands of terrorists allegedly operate in the area.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
National Salvation Association
Shantung Front
Japan
China
Suchow
Lunghai Railway
Taierhschwang- Yihsien - Pihsien
Tancheng
Vote on Pay Bill Sought by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged a House vote on wage hour legislation this session despite the rules committee’s refusal to grant priority. Labor Committee Chair Norton released a letter noting the bill could reach the floor via petition or reconsideration of the committee’s action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Rules Committee
Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Charleston
S. C
Red Cross Called Force for Peace Opens Convention
The American Red Cross opened its annual convention in San Francisco with leaders portraying the organization as a force for peace amid growing war destruction. National Chairman Norman H. Davis and James L. Fieser spoke as hundreds of delegates gathered for sessions at Civic auditorium.
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San Francisco
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
America
James L. Fieser
Civic Auditorium
Davis
The
Prince of Peace
Fieser
Hitler Leaves for Rome to Confer With Mussolini
Berlin reports Hitler and his retinue departed for Rome at 4:45 p.m. for a state visit with Prime Minister Mussolini. Crowds cheered as Italian flags joined Nazi banners, signaling a strengthening German Italian alignment amid Europe’s shifting political scene.
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Hitler
Rome
Italy
Berlin
Germany
Mussolini
Europe
Anhalter Station
Munich
Fuehrer
Austria
Brenner Pass
Britain
OFFICERS HUNT INSANE KILLER IN LITTLE ROCK
Peace officers across Arkansas joined a hunt for Joel Carson, who escaped from the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases after fatally wounding guard J. B. Keller. A man posing as Carson's brother aided the escape by smuggling a pistol, and the fugitives fled in a stolen car toward Oklahoma, with suspicion they burglarized the L. A. Noble farm nearby for weapons.
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Little Rock
Ark
Joel Carson
North
J. B. Keller
C. T. Atkinson
Carson
Oklahoma
L. A. Noble Farm
Here
Special Issue Advertisers Notice for Louisiana Progress
Special editions devoted to Louisiana industrial progress will appear in the News-Star Thursday afternoon and the Morning World Friday. The issues will feature Governor Richard W. Leche administration activities with many illustrations. Advertising copy must reach the papers by 5 oclock Wednesday afternoon.
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Louisiana
News-Star
Richard W. Leche
Repairable Crack Knocks Out Major Press at Monroe
A News-Star and Morning World duplex press suffered a severe gear crack Saturday night halting production for eight and a half years. Workers organized swift repairs with parts by air from Shreveport Times, printing a Sunday edition and coordinating rapid distribution to minimize loss of time.
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News-Star
Morning World
Louisiana “Industrial Progress
Shreveport Times
Times
Monroe
The
Gasoline limits imposed to curb foreign oil payments
Tokyo on May 2 reports new wartime rules allow private car owners one gallon a day and taxi drivers seven gallons to curb foreign petroleum purchases. Early effects include taxi fares rising from 25 to about 55 cents for five miles, a trolley business boom, and a commerce ministry note that meters may be required on cabs to prevent profiteering.
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Tokyo
Ministry of Commerce
Lisbon Bus Disaster Kills Twenty on Bridge Collision
A bus traveling from Vianna do Castello to Oporto collided with a train on a bridge and plunged into a river, killing twenty passengers. The accident occurred near Lisbon on May 2, injuring others and prompting emergency response.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Oporto
Vianna Do Castello
Plane Tragedy Tops Italian Civil Aviation Toll
In Formia investigators led by General Aldo Pellegrini probed Italy’s worst air disaster after a giant Ala Littoria airliner on a Tirana to Rome flight struck a mountainside in dense clouds. Fourteen passengers and five aviators died, with an American among the victims recognized by the Rome US consulate.
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Rome
Aldo Pellegrini
Italy
Formia
Ala Littoria Company
Tirana
Albania
Court upholds mineral law in Arkansas Fuel Oil case
The U S supreme court today upheld enforcement of a 1934 Louisiana statute against the Arkansas Fuel Oil Co. It bars withholding payment for oil gas or minerals sold to the lease holder. The decision by Justice Black affirms the Louisiana Supreme Court ruling sustaining the law as applied.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Louisiana
Justice Black
Louisiana Supreme Court
Caddo Parish
Hyman Maslow
Arkansas Fuel 01
Maslow
Justice Stone
New Orleans Firm Leases 17 900 Acres in Tangipahoa Parish
New Orleans oil firm Price has leased about 17 900 acres in Tangipahoa parish for exploration. The lease may be assigned to a major company. Ranger Land Co. received 50 cents an acre for a nine month option with 2 000 acres minimum at 2 50 per acre.
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New Orleans
Tangipahoa Parish
Cilmen
Helena Meridian
Ranger Land Company
$1,000,000 in narcotics seized on Pacific coast
A San Francisco report details a worldwide treasury drive against narcotics that led to Pacific coast seizures valued up to 1 million dollars. Major shore raids yielded opium tins, morphine, and heroin, with sharp price increases and a boost in interdiction efficacy.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Chaumont
Louisiana governor proposes bills to curb sit-down strikes
Governor Richard Leche announced a set of labor bills in Louisiana aiming to prevent sit-down strikes while allowing peaceful picketing. The package also includes limits on women's work hours, minimum wage laws, and apprenticeship regulation, plus bond-authority measures for state hospitals and colleges. The plan tightens debt rules for state offices and creates an Industrial Welfare Commission within the labor department.
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Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
Louisiana
Board of Administrators
New Orleans Charity Hospital
State Board of Education
Colleges and Institutons
Board of Education
Leche
Atttorney
Board of Commission
State Department of Labor
Gauss Departed Shanghai for San Francisco aboard Coolidge
United States consul general Clarence E. Gauss sailed from Shanghai today on the President Coolidge bound for San Francisco. The move confirms Gauss's transfer as he completes duties in the Shanghai leg of his consular service.
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Shanghai
Clarence E. Gauss
United States
San Francisco
President Coolidge
Improvements To Grounds At Natatorium Started
Construction of roads and sidewalks at the R D Swayze Municipal natatorium in Forsythe park began Monday morning as WPA crews graded for improvements. The project, cost over 20000 dollars with most financed by the federal Works Progress Administration, should take about 90 days and includes landscaping to make the pool area a premier southern recreation spot with a 52 foot wide black top roadway and six to eight foot concrete sidewalks surrounding the building.
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R. D. Swayze Municipal Natatorium
Forsythe Park
WPA
C. R. Tidwell
Federal Works Progress Administration
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Grand Duchess
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Philip LaFollette
Wisconsin
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Battle Creek, Mich
Amer
Tangipahoa
United States Treasury Department
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