French Cabinet Rejec ts German Reparations Proposals
Paris reports the French and Belgian governments unanimously reject Germany new reparations offer citing lack of payment guarantees and insufficiency of the sum. Poincare to confer with Belgium before informing the Allies. Berlin notes a starting point for negotiations but warns of potential further conflict if rejected.
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Paris
Associated Press
Frward
Cuno
Germany
Poincare
Mresa
Berlin
Directors at Hattingen Mine Sentenced by French Court Martial
Two Heinrichs Mine and Machine Works directors Jae ger and Zoellner were sentenced to five years in prison and fines of 25 million marks by a French court martial. They were found guilty of causing sirens at their Hattingen plant to sound as occupation troops and officials arrived, rallying workers and endangering visiting authorities.
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Associated
Essen
Heinrichs
Hattingen
Jaeger
Zoellner
Army Monoplane Completes Transcontinental Flight to San Diego
Aviation officers at Mitchel Field received word that the army monoplane T-2 landed at San Diego completing a non stop cross country flight. Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John A MacRenady arrived at Rockwell Field at 12 26 56 p m Pacific time with timing by the National Aeronautical Association.
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OY Associated Preas
New York
Mitchel Field
Long Island
San Diego
Cal
Oakley Kelly
John A MacRenady
United States Army
Rockwell Field
National Aeronautical Association
Patriarch Unfrocked by All-Russian Church
The all-Russian church conclave adopted a resolution unfrocking Most Reverend Dr. Tikhon, former patriarch of all Russia, on May 3. The decision marks a dramatic leadership change within the church.
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Preas
Moscow
Tikhon
All Russia
Doctor A J Strange Dies In Hammond At 40
Dr A J Strange a prominent Independence physician and vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hammond La died at his home in Hammond after illness He was 40 and well known in the area for medical and banking work lasting years in the community.
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A. J. Strange
Hammond, la
Independence
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Virginia Klan Demands Fair Press Treatment
Lynchburg chapter No. 11 Knights of the Klan adopted a resolution urging unconditionally fair and unbiased treatment by the press. The document accuses The Associated Press of spreading news unfavorably about the Klan while giving less attention to positive items and its members' alleged lawlessness.
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Associated Press
Lynchburg
Knights of the
Associated Byers
Court of Justice
Shop Employes Granted Increases In Wages At Santa Fe
Chicago May 3 Twenty thousand maintenance of way and railroad shop employes of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway won wage hikes effective May under a negotiated agreement. The raise ranges from one to three and one half cents an hour with total payrolls rising by 50,000 to 750,900 dollars annually. Rules and working conditions stay the same with minimum 1 cent per hour plus a maximum eight dollars per month.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
A. F P. Stout
United Brotherhood of Maintenan of Way
Santa Fe Officals
Charge Filed Against Shreveport Detective for Assault
May 3 Shreveport Louisiana District Attorney L Blanchard filed a charge against City Detective John A Hudson for assaulting Bernard Weiss with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill The arrest followed an alleged attack in the city courtroom after a civil suit in Weiss favor was dedicted A 250 bond was set and Hudson was held pending arraignment.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Bernard Weiss
Distriet
L. €. Blanchard
John A. Hudson
Hudson
Weiss
Edward Barnett
Police Department
Bath
Sugar price fixed at nine and a half cents by refiner
New York and Shreveport reports note a refiner lowering refined sugar price from ten to nine and a half cents amid Cuban price shifts. Webster parish, near Arkansas line, reports two suspects arrested for dynamiting three dipping vats. Dr. F. E. Rambo assists authorities in the inquiry.
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New York
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Shreveport
Webster Parish
Arkansas State Line
Minden
F. E. Rambo
Louisiana
Alabama Supreme Court Orders Six Death Sentences Set
Montgomery May 3 four men and one woman and three men will hang in Alabama on June 8 unless Governor Brandon intervenes. Nellie Bestot a Black woman was convicted of killing her husband in Bibb county. The others are Tom Wilson Limestone county for killing Kirby Cole Winton Jackson Wilcox county for killing John Donaldson and Ben Moore Chambers county for the death of J A Tayler.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Brandon
Supreme Court
Nellie Bestot
Negress
Bibb County
Tom Wilson
Limestone County
Kirby Cole
Winton Jackson
Wilcox County
John Donaldson
Ben Moore
Chambers ‘County
J. A. Tayler
Krupp Trial Triggers German Troop Ring Around Werden
Werden Germany May 3 French troops will surround Werden during the Krupp trial to prevent demonstrations by Essen workers and the unemployed. The trial of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach and three Krupp directors is slated for tomorrow. In Duesseldorf officials deny French political motives in Krupp arrest, saying it was legal under occupation decree.
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Werden
Associated Press
Ruhr
Essen
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen
Halbach
Krupp Works
Krupp
Associated Pres
Prices in Market Respond to Attack by Speculators
New York on May 3 reports prices in today's stock market dropping one to nearly eight points as professional bear traders attacked in the last hour. It marks the fourth straight day of declines caused by selling large blocks short on the theory of buying later at lower prices.
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Associated Press
New York
Dempsey and Kane Stage Quiet Negotiations for Title Bout
In Chicago on May 3, Jack Kearns and Eddie Kane pursued talks for the Dempsey Gibbons bout at Shelby Montana in July. A mediator, Mike Collins, ferried proposals as the two managers remained separated by a hotel floor due to a referee dispute. Kane rejected Jimmy Daugherty as referee after Collins relayed the idea.
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Press
Chicago
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Eddie Kane
Tom Gibbons
Kearns
Kane
Jimmy Daugherty
Philadelphia
Collins
Roosevelt urged to attend Monroe American Legion gathering
The Monroe post requests Theodore Roosevelt Jr the assistant secretary of the navy attend the fifth annual Louisiana department American Legion convention in Monroe from August 15 to 17. The telegram promises genuine southern hospitality and notes Roosevelt as a founder of the Legion.
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Roosevelt
Monroe OF Legion
Monroe
American Legion
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Navy
Department of Louisiana
Louisiana
The
Detective Manuel Herrick Brought to Court for Disorderly Conduct
Washington police arrest Manuel Herrick a former aerial daredevil and congress representative after a complaint from a young woman. He allegedly caused a disturbance and was brought in after a tussle. several women sought permission to testify as the case was postponed to tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Hervick
Herrick
Manuel Herrick
Memphis Caps Piggly Wiggly Stock Sale Drive
Memphis business leaders launched an intensive three day fund raising effort to sell 59 000 shares of Piggly Wiggly Class A stock to the public chaired by S S Hunter president of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce. Clarence Saunders said he would go broke without sales and citizens pledged support to save the company asset.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
Clarence Saunders
New York Stock Exchange
Friends of Saunders
Commerce
S. S. Hunter
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Saunders
Launders
Ernest Eldred to Be Oakdale's New Mayor
New Orleans May 3. Ernest Eldred is declared the new Oakdale mayor by the supreme court. The final count shows Eldred 229 votes to Vidrine 225 after addressing claims of improper advertising, certification of returns, and ballot integrity. Justice St Paul authored the opinion.
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Ernest Eldred
Oakdale
Supreme Court
Associated Press
New Orleans
Lea Parish
Eldred
Remi Vidroine
Justice St. Paul
Vidrine
Monument to Dead Armies at Ferme Navarine
A monument planned at Ferme Navarine features an American machine gunner, grenadiers, and a French light infantryman as its prominent figures. It is dedicated to the dead armies of the Champagne.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ferme Navarine
Champagne
Rum runners flee as coast guard fires on fleet off New Jersey
The US Coast Guard cutter Seneca opened fire with a four inch shot at a smuggling craft near the Jersey rum fleet. Runners halted or fled toward three mile limit as Manhattan and Gresham patrolled the area. Officials say Washington ordered deterrent action and crews were not held.
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Coast Guard
Seneca
Associated Press
New York
Jersey
Washington
Glasgow
War Seawa
London
Manhattan
Gresham
Bernard H. Camden
Army Air Service Plans Faster Transcontinental Flight
Washington May 3. Army air service officials announce plans for a faster transcontinental flight using the speediest craft after Lieutenants MacReady and Kelly attempt a nonstop New York to San Francisco run. Lieutenant L R Maughan is chosen to pilot with five fuel stops, aiming to complete the journey in a day within the next month.
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Associated Press
Washington
John A. MacReady
Oakley Kelly
Air Today
New York
San Diego
Cal
Army Air Service
MacReady
Kelly
Air Service
Dayton
Ohio
L. R. Maughan
San Francisco
New Ku Klux Klan Group Seeks Kansas Charter
Kansas City residents J. C. Hopkins and L. S. Harvey applied for a charter for the Ku Klux Klan of Kansas, calling the move an insurgent effort to reform the Klan and establish headquarters in Kansas. The charter request was deferred to May 16, with Harvey claiming the new Klan will have no masks, no boycotts, no class hatred and will be open to Protestant Gentiles. Hoping to recruit 680 supporters, the leaders said the group aims to curb the present Klan’s growth and misperceptions.
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Topeka
Kans
Ku Klux Klan of
Kansas
State Charter Board
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
J. C. Hopkins
Kansas City
Kan
Hopkins
L. S.harvey
Harvey
Atlanta
Charter Board
Klan
Joint Meetings Planned in Mississippi on Labor Exodus
A twelve member mixed race committee in Jackson urges joint white and negro meetings at every county courthouse on May 19 to discuss the westward exodus of black labor. The plan follows a large Negro migration through Jackson toward Chicago, highlighting Montgomery of Mound Bayou as a historic figure among leaders.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
L. O. Crosby
Mississippi State Chamber of Commerce
Picayune
Chicago
O. F. Lawrence
Grenada
James B. Lusk
State Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Stone
Greenville
J. M. Hartfield
Frances S. Harmon
F. L. Adams
Morton
R. P. Moss
Quitman
W. H. Holtsclaw
Utica Institute
Utica
Lawrence C. Jones
Pineywoods School
Braxton
J. M. Williamson
Shelby
Edward Coleman
Aberdeen
Isiah T. Montgomery
Mound Bayou
Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Admiral Porter
Red Rivers
Negroes Emigrate North Under Labor Agent Guidance
The emigration of African Americans from the south to the north has begun with better wage prospects cited. Yesterday 382 traveled through Chattanooga under the direction of northern labor agents, with departures from Memphis Tennessee Corinth Mississippi and other nearby points.
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Chattanooga
Memphis
Tenn
Corinth
Miss
Business Focus of National Foreign Trade Council Meeting
At the National Foreign Trade Council annual session in New Colony, Edward N. Hurley warned that high domestic prices fuel hoarding and hinder foreign trade. Speakers urged expansion of exports, with sessions on Latin America and foreign credits and remarks by J H Tregoe and Crawford H Ellis.
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Associated Press
New Colony
National Foreign Trade Council
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
J. H. Tregoe
New York
National Association of Credit Men
Crawford H. Ellis
New Orleans
United Fruit Company
American Manufacturers’ Export Association
Alexander W. Weddell
Calcutta
Latin America
John H. Ruege
William Wallace White
Julius Klein
Crineans
W. G. Marvin
Ernest B. Pilsinger
EB. Sutton
Tampico
N. C. Pedrick
Ernest M. Loeb
C. C. Martin
E. Pilbury
Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Barry Sohey
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U. S. Army
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Insurgent Movement Against
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