Lovelorn Japanese Await Arrival Of 2400 Girls
A former German sailor and freelance writer, Paul F. Bunge, 52, confessed to killing his wife Marie, 47, and two daughters Edith, 9, Nina, 6, in a hunger driven murder pact. He was jailed in Tampa awaiting grand jury action after police found the bodies. He allegedly slashed his own throat but survived, later admitting the killings.
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Tampa
Fla
W. D. Bush
Paul F. Bunge
Marie Bunge
Edith
Nina
Bush
Bunge
Japanese colonization plan sends 2400 brides to Manchukuo
DeWitt MacKenzie reports thousands of Japanese immigrant farmers await the arrival of 2,400 brides to Manchukuo as part of a vast colonization effort. The brides are to join prospective husbands in a project seen as expanding Japan's empire, with millions of Nipponese expected to settle in the region.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Japan
Doll-Garden
Infant daughter of "human horse" dies in Opelo Usas
Geneva Pearl Sweatt infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Dave Sweatt died in Opelousas Louisiana after traveling from Brownsville Texas in a homemade wagon with four other children. She was born a week ago Saturday and died Saturday from a brain blood clot. Civic clubs provided clothing food and hospitalization. The family will stay in Opelousas as the people are friendlier than any place they have lived.
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Opelousas
Geneva Pearl
Dave Sweatt
Texas
Sweatts
Brownsville
Tex
Body found in hotel room near Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge on May 9 a man who claimed to be Joe James of New Orleans checked into a room at Mrs. M. D. Cook's rooming house. His body was found the next day with a gunshot wound to the head and an automatic revolver in his right hand. A note on the dresser read I have no friends, no sin. Identification was incomplete.
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Hotel Baton Rouge
Joe James
New Orleans
League session moves threaten Ethiopia policy shift
Geneva May 9 reports a growing drive to convene the League of Nations assembly ahead of schedule, risking derailment of the French British policy toward Italy's Ethiopia conquest. Diplomats Halifax and Bonnet urged speeding action to allow recognition of Italy's sovereignty, amid a council session and private talks. Colombia Chile and Mexico are pushing the campaign for a full league session.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Italy
Ethiopia
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
League Council
Haile Selassie
League
Colombia
Chile
Mex
League of Nation's Council
Japanese bombing raids aim to block Chinese munitions
Japanese planes swept Lunghai railway corridors to cut off munitions and equipment fed to Chinese troops. Heavy attacks targeted Suchow to Yunho and the Tientsin Pukow route as fighting raged on the Shantung front and in central Anhwei around Mencheng, where Tokyo seeks a breach with tanks amid smoke.
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Shanghai
Lunghai Railway
China
Suchow
Yunho
Shantung Battlefront
Tientsin-Pukow
Shantung
Anhwei
Mencheng
Tax exemption on all homes in U S urged
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas proposes a constitutional amendment to exempt a head of family homestead up to 5 000 in value from taxation when occupied by owner or dependents. The measure would also exempt bonded indebtedness still outstanding at ratification. He argues many Americans prefer renting, and the plan would curb that trend. Continued on third page.
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Washington, D. C
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Sheppard
Loser's Wife Seeks Police Watch On Husbands Poker Habits
In Los Angeles on May 9, Mrs Lilian Clifton asked Captain F H Post to keep an eye on her husband Harry T Clifton a poker playing squire and on a ghost woman in England. Police declined noting the Sabbath context and unclear enforcement action despite a $19.70 international phone bill and rumored $150000 losses.
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Los Angeles
Harry T. Clifton
England
Lillian Clifton
Boston Society
F. H. Post
Post
Jury weighs fate of baby eye cancer in Chicago
Chicago doctors and three rabbis form a life-death jury to decide on surgery for five week old Helaine Colan’s glioma threatening sight and life. Parents Dr Herman Colan and Estelle consent to panel deliberations at Garfield Park Community Hospital.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Samuel Hoffman
Herman Colan
Hoffman
Helaine
Estelle
Garfield Park Community Hospital
Samuel H. Hoffman
Morris L. Hershman
Estelle Colan
Helaine Judith
Mrs. Colan
Hitlers Rome Visit Aims To Stall Four-Power Pact
British and French diplomats woo Italy for favor as Adolf Hitler departs Rome by air to Florence after pledges of Italian German friendship. Mussolini reportedly agrees to a freer hand in Czechoslovakia and delays in the four-power security pact, while Haile Selassie clings to hope of confronting Italy at Geneva.
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Associated Press
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Rome
Florence
Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Fuehrer
Il Duce
Germany
Geneva
Haile Selassie
Mayer Defiant Under Grilling in Bassett Case
DeCastro Earl Mayer, 43, defies pleas from his mother and refuses to lead police to the bones of James Eugene Bassett, whom they confess to killing in 1928. Prosecutor B Gray Warner says Mayer will be moved to Seattle for further questioning. no charges filed immediately. Mrs Mary Eleanor Smith, 73, had appealed for a full confession amid the dismemberment tale told to Warden James McCauley.
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Mayer
Praise for Monroe Morning World March of Progress edition
The Daily Town Talk congratulates the Monroe Morning World on its May 6 special edition March of Progress. The writer extols the paper’s flawless 116 pages and commends the editorial, mechanical, and business departments for fostering Louisiana’s growth and prosperity.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Monroe Morning World
South
Daily Town Talk
Ouachita Parish
Three Die In Rochester NH Fire At Home
A family of three perished when fire destroyed their home in Rochester New Hampshire on May 9. Victims were Arthur Harris 57 his wife Flor e 51 and their son Arthur Jr 14 all from Melrose Massachusetts. Neighbors tried to rescue them but flames prevented access and firefighters laid 1200 feet of hose. The bodies were found near their beds.
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Rochester
N. H
Arthur Harris
Flore
Arthur, Jr
Melrose
Mass
Aerial photos aid hunt for Cleveland torso slayer
Detectives studied aerial photographs today in the search for the Cleveland torso slayer who has murdered 11 people. Ohio National Guard planes photographed the Cuyahoga River and Kingsbury Run valleys where most victims were found. Assistant Safety Director Robert W. Chamberlain said the images might reveal paths or evidence not visible from ground level. The latest woman's remains were found in the river two weeks ago.
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Cleveland
Ohio National Guard
Cuyahoga River
Kingsbury Run
Robert W. Chamberlain
Potatoes Referendum Ballot Planned in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita parish potato growers will ballot May 13 and 14 at the courthouse from 9 am to 5 pm on a proposed potato marketing order regulating Irish potatoes. The referendum, issued by the agricultural conservation committee, aims to decide if the order should be issued by the secretary of agriculture under the marketing act of 1937, affecting interstate movement and handling.
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Quachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Agricultural Conservation Committee
J. B. Filhiol
T. T. Jones
W. E. Leckie
Mr. Strahan
Dead Returns Mother Faints In Family Mystery
In Masontown Pennsylvania a 15 year old, Donald Fiore, returns after a two year hitchhiking trip. His parents buried a boy believed their son about a year earlier in Kentucky. The revived tale follows his walk home to surprise his mother on Mother's Day. He recounts trips to Florida, the West Coast, and South Carolina before visiting Father Kolb and the family tailoring shop. The mother fainted upon recognition.
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Masontown
Pennsylvania
Donald Fiore
Donald
Olive Hill
Father Francis Kolb
Father Kolb
Florida
South Carolina
Raymond Fiore
Fiore
Pop
Donald Griiled
Mrs. Fiore
Mom
Coogan’s Mother Day Token Sparks Custody Fight
Los Angeles dated May 9. Mrs Lillian Coogan Bernstein dried her tears after not receiving a Mother’s day token from her son Jackie Coogan. He, amid a court battle to regain control of his $4,000,000 earnings, accuses his stepfather Arthur Bernstein of influence. A 1926 will left all property to his wife, excluding the sons.
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Los Angeles
Lillian Coogar
Bernstein
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Arthur L. Bernstein
Coogan
Elsa Hauser
John Coogan
Robert
Hamley Named House Clerk as New Members Enter
J Martian Hamley of Lake Providence is elected clerk of the Louisiana House with no opposition, succeeding the late E J Tallien. Governor Leche opens the regular biennial session and urges a general 1 percent sales tax to fund welfare and hospital programs with 80 percent of new road funds aimed at farmers gravel roads.
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Leche
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Senate
Lerris Wimberly
House
J. Martian Hamley
Lake Providence
E. J. Tallien
New Orleans
Richard Leche
National Guards Hunt Lost Child Near Bradford Pa
National guardsmen led 200 searchers including CCC workers and police today for four year old Marjorie West who wandered away from a family picnic while picking wild flowers near Bradford Pennsylvania. Her father M M West an oil field worker reported the child missing after a Sunday picnic.
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Bradford
National
Rebels Move Ahead Slowly In Spain Frontline Push
In Hendaye near the Spanish frontier on May 9 dispatches report government counterattacks and heavy rain slowed but did not halt the insurgents drive from Teruel toward the Mediterranean. Militiamen retreated at points yet preserved lines by orderly withdrawal as rebels pressed on in Allepuz Portell and Cuevas de Vinroma sectors.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Barcelona
Teruel
Mediterranean
Allepuz
Portell
Cuevas de Vinroma
O'Connor Seeks Fast Tracking of Wage Hour Bill
Washington action report shows chairman O'Connor proposing to waive rules to speed the wage hour bill. The House has a petition pressing action but cannot consider before May 23 under current rules. Bankhead notes the president's desire to push the measure before adjournment.
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Washington
O'Connor
New York
Rules Committee
House
Committee On Rules
Bankhead
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June O'Dea
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Gomez
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U. S
der Fuehrer
Britain
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Alexandria
Town Talk
Spud Growers Son
Ouachita
Hamley
Secretary of State
National Guards Hunt
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