Town of Maine badly damaged by night blaze
A major fire in Ellsworth Maine caused about 1 500 000 in losses destroying 50 business buildings and 125 homes along with a boat yard valued at 100 000 The blaze forced 400 residents from their homes as guardsmen and police patrolled the debris and Red Cross units aided displaced families The New England Telephone office was among the first buildings to fall and repair crews moved in Monday to restore service
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Red Cross
Bangor
Bar Harbor
National Guardsmen
Union River
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Seventeen Die In Dixie Week End Accidents
A roundup from across the south reports seventeen accidental deaths in the weekend. Causes include motor vehicle crashes, drownings, a train collision, a bus mishap, and electrocution. States mentioned include Louisiana North Carolina Georgia South Carolina Tennessee Alabama and Arkansas with named victims and locations.
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Atlanta
South
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Henry L. Bellingrath
James G. Gowder
Paul Phillips
Chattanooga
Tenny
Lena McCord
Nashville
Puppys gift brings quiet to Martin hill neighbors
West Monroe boys Jes' Ramblin' receive a puppy that distressed them with nightly howls until a kitten litter was introduced and the mother cat adopted the pup. The house on Martin hill now sleeps undisturbed as the early life mischief ends.
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Clarence
David
Albert Martin
Ludwig Avenue
West Monroe
Martin
Martin Lads
Martin Hill
Woman at U.S. Mint Led by Miss O’Reilly for Years
In Washington on May 8 the United States mint sees renewed attention to women in government as Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes director. Yet Miss Mary M. O’Reilly has effectively run mint affairs for over two decades guiding three mints seven assay offices and billions in coinage. The mint faces a busy period with potential war debt silver payments and a broader Roosevelt era shift in top posts alongside Frances Perkins and Ruth Bryan Owen.
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Washington
U.P
Nellie Tayloe Ross
United States Mint
Mint
Ross
Mary M. O'Reilly
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Labor
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Irritations Hindering Roosevelt in World Conference Efforts
Raymond Clapper reports that a global set of irritations from the East to Europe and South America strains President Roosevelt as he prepares the world economic conference. The issues threaten US unity and endurance, persisting beyond recent Washington communiques and echoing into the larger effort for international cooperation.
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United Press
Washington
Globe
Roosevelt
Far East
Europe
South America
United States
MacDonald
Herriot
Roosevelt backs Norris bill on Muscle Shoals plan
Washington May 8 The Roosevelt favored Norris plan to develop Muscle Shoals Tennessee basin will go to conference after rules committee action. Rankin pressed to have conferees accept the senate bill with minimal changes, saying Norris is preferred by the president and opposed House language that would delay Roosevelt's valley project.
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Roosevelt Muscle Shoals
Tennessee
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Mississippi
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Senate
House Rules Committee
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McSwain
House Military Committee
Power Trust
Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley
Tornado Strikes South Carolina Farm Areas
A tornado two miles wide and about 30 miles long cut a path through farming sections between Brunson and Walterboro South Carolina early Monday. It damaged crops uprooted trees demolished untenanted buildings and tore roofs from several homes without reported injuries. A heavy hail and rain followed. The storm lasted about an hour and reached peak intensity at midnight.
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Brunson
S. C
Here
Walterboro
Cooking School Head Demonstrates Practical Kitchen
Mrs. Kate Stafford presents a model Happy Kitchen to thousands of women with housewife friendly guidance. She notes the flood of cookery books and articles can bewilder readers and emphasizes practical, fact based instruction over mere novelty.
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Kate Stafford
Tulane Fraternity Theft Suspect Held on Eleven Counts
Frank Bodenger 20 formerly with Tulane University freshman football, though never varsity, was held by police on eleven counts of breaking and entering in night-time thefts at fraternity houses near the university.
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New Orleans
Frank Bodenger
Tulane University
Gandhi starts three week fast in protest against untouchability
Mahatma Gandhi began a three week fast in Poona after being released from prison. He declared the fast could not be broken and said his survival was uncertain. Doctors warned the fast could be fatal and he spoke of God's strength sustaining him.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gunman Sought After Robbery Wounds Houston Operator
Police hunt a gunman who shot and critically wounded W. A. Miles, a 40 year old Houston street car operator, after he refused a robbery of five dollars Saturday night. Miles was struck in the abdomen and described a struggle before the assailant fired once.
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Houston
Texas
W. A. Miles
Miles
French cabinet refuses payment without moratorium guarantee
Paris reports the French cabinet unanimously rejects paying the December 15 default interest to the United States unless a moratorium on the debt due with the same date is guaranteed.
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Paris
United States
Nick Stanfa Taken by Police After Assault
Nick Stanfa, a local merchant, allegedly attacked his estranged wife on DeSiard street in the 200 block, slashing her face with a razor and beating her. Police quickly intervened, taking Stanfa into custody as witnesses described the violent incident and the ensuing crowd scene.
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DeSiard Street
Nick Stanfa
Girl Forced to Kill Slayer of Father
Loretta Schmitz, 17, acted as executioner after a shotgun failed to fire when Oliver Day, 48, who killed her father John Schmitz, 56, came to the Schmitz home in Elgin Illinois. The state's attorney seeks a coroner's jury verdict of justifiable homicide.
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Elgin, II
Loretta Schmitz
Oliver Day
John Schmitz
Schmitz
Belgium Agrees to Tariff Truce With U S
Washington May 8 The United States reports Belgium has unqualifiedly accepted a tariff truce proposed by the United States. Undersecretary William Phillips said the Belgium ambassador and an expert assistant participated in a state department conference that opens talks ahead of the world economic conference. Discussions will proceed through regular diplomatic channels with Belgium and about 42 other nations.
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Washington
Belgium
United States
William Phillips
State Department
Phillips
Rogers Has His Say on Debt Powers and Public Opinion
A New York memo argues the president and Congress have shown restraint but warns against granting sole authority to manage the debt. The writer likens debt politics to religion, noting entrenched public opinions and potential loss of influence on either side.
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New York
Congress
Compromise Reached on Electric Tax by Senate Panel
The Senate Finance Committee approved a two percent levy on producers and a one percent tax on industrial users to begin September 1. The panel moved away from shifting the entire three percent producer tax to consumers and aims to finish action soon. The bill also extends the one cent federal gasoline tax for a year and cuts drop letter postage from 3 to 2 cents.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Harrison
Roosevelt pledges use of inflation powers to raise prices
President Roosevelt says he will invoke inflation bill powers if needed to restore fair prices and curb speculative booms. He also vows cooperative industry supervision to ensure fair wages, prevent cut-throat competition, and avoid overproduction, while considering credit expansion and currency measures.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Florida Legalizes 3.2 Percent Beer and Wines
Florida ends a 14 year ban as Governor Dave Shultz signs five acts legalizing manufacture and sale of beverages with up to 3.2 percent alcohol. The laws legalize non intoxicating beer porter ale wine and fruit juices under new regulation taxation and advertising rules.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Dave Shultz
Ransom Recovered as Two Harwich Men Face Kidnapping Charges
In Provincetown Mass May 8 two Harwich brothers Kenneth Buck 28 and Cyril Buck 41 were arraigned on kidnapping and extortion charges. Bail set at 100000 each with hearing May 22. The ransom was 60000 paid by the father Neil C McMath. Cyril allegedly acted as intermediary. Kenneth claimed they were not alone in the plot.
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Kenneth Buck
Cyril
Margaret McMath
Harwich
Mass
Provincetown
Kenneth
Peggy McMath
Robert A. Welsh
Peggy
Neil C. McMath
Ernest Bradford
Chinese retreat before Japanese push toward Tientsin
Chinese troops retreated Monday as Japanese Manchukuoan forces planned a new offensive toward Tientsin within a month. An attempted assassination at a Peiping hotel heightened tensions. Changli and Lwanchow saw Chinese regrouping amid fears for an American Methodist mission as Peitaiho fell to Japanese forces.
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Tientsin
Chines
Peiping
Chang Shih-Heng
Changli
Lwanchow
Here
Peitaiho
Chinewangtao
Harriman Bank Trial Delayed To May 22
New York May 8 The trial of Joseph W Harriman former head of the Harriman National Bank and Trust company on an indictment charging he caused 13 false entries to be made on bank books was postponed Monday until May 22.
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New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Lindberghs Plan to Reach Washington Monday
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh, delayed by a Texas sandstorm after leaving Albuquerque, expect to reach Washington Monday arriving in Kansas City then Port Columbus for an overnight stop. The trip is part of Col Lindberghs inspection tour with Western Airways. He would testify later in an unrelated trial involving a ransom case.
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Texas Panhandle
Charles A. Lindbergh
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Col. Lindbergh
Texas
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Tex
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Evalyn Walsh McLean
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