Britain Rejects Soviet Full Aid Plan for Baltic States
London reports say Britain declined Russia's proposal for a British French Russian security guarantee covering Baltic and Black Sea states. Britain urged Russia to reinstate commitments to Poland and Romania while seeking a future British French Russian mutual aid alliance. Geneva talks between Britain France and USSR are planned for May 15.
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France
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Geneva
Russia
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Black Sea
Poland
Rumania
Great Britain
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Viscount Halifax
Byrne Denies Charge Office Illegally Held
New Orleans authorities report District Attorney Charles A. Byrne denying a motion claiming the office was illegally held. The motion seeks dismissal of a murder indictment against Ralph V. Uribe amid challenges to the grand jury source and the timing of Byrne’s appointment. Byrne cites his July 11 1935 appointment by Governor O K Allen and subsequent senate confirmation in 1934 act provisions.
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Charles A. Byrne
Orleans Parish
William J. O'Hara
Matthew S. Braniff
Harold J. Moore
Ralph V. Uribe
Uribe
Mr. Byrne
Eugene Stanley
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Byrne
O. K. Allen
Senate
Parish
Second death by own action thwarted near refinery
Sheriff Newman de Breton said Frank W Rickabaugh, a master mechanic, attempted a second suicide by carbon monoxide. He was found unconscious in a running car with exhaust hose inside. He recovered in hospital and is in jail for observation as strikers report earlier similar act.
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Baton Rouge
Newman de Breton
Frank W. Rickabaugh
National Maritime Union
Standard Oil
Rickabaugh
de Bretton
Bowron Cleans City Council of Unfriendly Members
Mayor Fletcher Bowron, after a reform election, ousted two incumbents and removed two others in primaries, leaving Earl C. Gay and Edward Thrasher as the only council critics. The purge targets included Byron B. Brainard, Robert S. MacAlister, James M. Hyde, and Howard W. Davis, in a bid to push through anti corruption measures and police shakeups.
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Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Superior Court
Bowron
Earl C. Gay
Edward Thrasher
Gay
Chelene V. Eckerson
Thrasher
Byron B. Brainard
Robert S. MacAlister
MacAlister
Good Government League
James M. Hyde
Howard W. Davis
Good Neighbor policy praised by Somoza in U.S. visit
President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua lauded Roosevelt’s good neighbor policy as benefiting the western hemisphere. He cited Montevideo Buenos Aires and Lima conferences as concrete steps toward regional solidarity and mutual understanding. Somoza met Governor Leche in Baton Rouge before heading to Washington to meet Roosevelt.
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Nicaragua
United States
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Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Lima
Richard W. Leche
Baton Rouge
Washington
Roosevelt Aims New Federal Reorganization Plan
President Roosevelt moves to complete additional plans for reorganizing federal agencies and will send them to Congress soon. Democrats expect to defeat Republican efforts to disapprove the consolidation of federal works welfare and ending agencies into three units.
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Roosevelt
House
Smith
White House
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Representative Tabor
Republican
New York
Beating in Harlan coal fields prompts patrols order
Governor Chandler warned that state highway patrol will maintain order after a miner beating and overnight clashes with deputy sheriffs in Harlan Kentucky. He delegated authority to industrial relations and highway officials to prevent violence and clear highways.
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Harlan Coal Fields
A. B. Chandler
State Highway Patrol
Frankfort
William C. Burrow
Robert Humphreys
Kentucky
New
Firefighters Contain Grease Fire at 310 Monroe Street
Firemen were called before noon Wednesday to the residence of L. G. Price where an overheated grease container on a range started a fire but was extinguished upon their arrival. Earlier, crews put out a trash fire on the Ouachita riverbank at the head of Grammont Street.
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Monroe Street
Ouachita River
Grammont Street
Flashes In The News From Various Cities
A collection of brief items reports a Brookline woman mailing back a parking tag, a Sing Sing demonstration by Charles Atlas delighting inmates, a Chicago study showing spinach as a favorite among 43 000 high school students with ice cream as top dessert, and a St Joseph Mo police reply returning Colonel Sims dollar bill after a traffic ticket.
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W. C. Washam
Public Schools
Kansas City
J. C. Sims
St. Joseph
J. E. Kelley
Gunman’s Pass Forces Doctor to Remove Bullet
In Chicago a wounded gunman and two accomplices forced Dr. Siegmund Hirschfeld at gunpoint to extract a bullet from the robber’s back with a razor. Alex Ferguson, 57, was killed after a tavern holdup at 4623 North Western Ave. two officers were wounded. The attacker, aided by an attractive blonde woman, fled as police were warned to wait 15 minutes before involvement.
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Alex Ferguson
North Western Avenue
Edwin MclIntyre
Philip Kelly
Siegmund Hirschfeld
Half Million in America Nazis Said by Metcalf
Ralf Metcalf a Dies committee investigator told Purdue University audiences in Lafayette Ind that about half a million people are enrolled in the American Nazi movement. He alleged Nazi consuls and band storm troopers conduct sabotage and espionage from Berlin and that Nazi propaganda aims to split the nation.
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Ind
Ralf Metcalf
Bund
Purdue University
Metcalf
Sinclair Lewis
America
Berlin
Poison Ring Planned Widow Deaths for Insurance
Philadelphia police describe an insurance murder scheme where widows would be poisoned to help the killers collect. Confessed women slayers say they used a "witch's brew" and gave husbands a poison while keeping some for themselves. Thirty five deaths linked to the ring and Morris Bolber is aiding investigations across states.
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Philadelphia
James Kelly
Kelly
Charles F. Kelley
Morris Bolber
California
Death Valley host at wedding today at the Castle
In Death Valley California the $2,381,000 Castle hosts a wedding for Dorothy Drew and Joseph Choate. The ceremony features Carrie Jacobs Bond pieces and desert pageantry as Scotty greets guests at dawn and the Carillon and organ play.
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Death Valley
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Drew
Boston
Joseph Choate
Los Angeles
Mars Hill
Athens
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Scotty
Marine Guards Prince Olaf During U S Visit
A Kansas ex-farm boy guard of honor saved Crown Prince Olaf of Norway from an awkward moment during a state visit in New York. When the prince moved the wrong way while inspecting Marines, the last line Marine suddenly led a reverse inspection, prompting cheers and a quick recover. The guard declined to name himself, saying only I had to do something.
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Olaf
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Marine Guard of Honor
Roosevelt to respond to Hitler with cash and carry plan
Washington reports say administration will present a new neutrality law based on the Pittman plan to extend cash and carry to arms and munitions. Secretary Hull drafts the outline for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after a State Department meeting.
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Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Pittman
Hitler
Great Britain
France
Italy and Albania Form Customs Pact in Rome
Italy and Albania created a close customs union by treaty published today. Negotiated at Tirana April 20 after the Italian occupation, the pact eliminates duties between the two and applies Italian tariffs to Albania foreign trade. Albanian customs will be administered by Italian officials and Italian currency laws extend to Albania.
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Italy
Albania
Tirana
Widow Expected To Inherit Pendergast Stock After Schneider Disappearance
Mrs. Edward L. Schneider, widow of the man who testified against boss Thomas Pendergast, may receive stock in Pendergast companies if Schneider is declared dead. Dividends totaling 26 600 in 1935 and 33 175 in 1936 are listed for several holdings. Federal investigators seek to determine whether Schneider disappeared, died by his own action, or was killed. A body has not been found as searches and river dredging continue.
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Kansas City
Center
James Pendergast
Eft
Edward L. Schneider
Pendergast
Schneider
Thomas J. Pendergast
United States
Maurice M. Milligan
Missouri
Wyandotte County
Kans
Barrymore Says Omaha Show Not Up To Par
John Barrymore admitted his Omaha performance was not up to par and apologized after a tiring tour stop. He cited personal trouble including his wife Elaine Barrie leaving the show for a divorce, with manager Pierce Powers-Waters noting the actor has been upset.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John Barrymore
Omaha
Barrymore
Pierce Powers-Waters
Elaine Barrie
St. Louis
Britain Will Consider Reciprocal Assurances With Germany
London May 3 Prime Minister Chamberlain told Parliament Britain would be ready to consider proposals for exchange of reciprocal assurances with Germany He denied encirclement charges and contrasted with Roosevelt and Hitler speeches proposing none aggression pacts. He agreed to ensure Germany is informed of the statement.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Herg Hitler
Poland
Arthur Henderson
Hitler seeks northern neutral bloc and aims at Poland isolation
Berlin reports Hitler plans a neutral northern bloc with at least six nations offering identical non aggression pacts to Denmark Norway Sweden Finland and possibly Latvia and Estonia to isolate Poland He hopes Hungary backs Germany and intends to forestall Britain and France encirclement while portraying peaceful aims.
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