Pendergast Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion in Kansas City
Tom Pendergast former Kansas City Democratic boss pleads guilty to evading federal income taxes on 443 559 surrounding 1927 1936 actions. Judge Merrill F Otis sentences him to one year and three months on count one and three years probation plus a 10006 dollar fine after medical testimony on his heart condition.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Merril E. Otis
Pendergast
John G. Madden
Merrill F. Otis
Otis
Pendergasts
Bees
Harvard professor estimates citizen cash savings peak
Dr. Donald H. Davenport of Harvard argues savings totals reach over 69 billion dollars, outlining how government aid could protect savers in future depressions. He notes two thirds of 56.5 billion in savings institutions reside in five states, with half that amount in New York.
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Washington
Harvard
Donald H. Davenport
Harvard School of Business Administration
Federal Monopoly Committee
Davenport
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New York State
Cuban envoy's wife missing in Mexico City woods
Dr Jose Maria Carbonelli the Cuban ambassador said his wife America de Carvo Carbonelli is lost in Chapultepec woods since Saturday morning. The ambassador fears possible accident due to dizziness from the city’s high altitude and the driver left her to walk near Chapultepec Castle.
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Mexico City
Jose Maria Carbonelli
Chapultepec
Senora
America de Carvo Carbonelli
American Jews Condemn Plan for Palestine Across Nation
Jewish groups from New York to Detroit denounce Britain's Palestine white paper as creating an Arab state and threaten peaceful resistance. Leaders urge Washington to oppose the policy while urging solidarity, with mass meetings and resolutions urging Roosevelt to act. The report also notes a Dionne quintuplets tour segment and transit details in Canada.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Stephen S. Wise
Hippodrome
New York City
LaGuardia
Arab National League
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
United States
Detroit
Cleveland
Barnett R. Brickner
Chamberlain
Chicago
Solomon Goldman
Zionist Organization In America
Great Britain
America
Edward J. Kelly
England
Roosevelt
Washington
Seattle
Wash
Young Lafayette Woman Is Killed In Auto Wreck
Miss Hilda Mouton, 24, of Lafayette, died from a skull fracture after an automobile overturned at a highway intersection four miles north of Opelousas. Injured were Miss Lydia Hebert, 19, of Lafayette, and Lamar Brignac, 27, and Harold Perrodin, 20, of Rayne. Perrodin, the driver, attempted a turn from the Ville Platte highway onto the Pershing highway when the car veered off the road and struck an embankment.
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Opelousas
Here
Hilda Mouton
Lafayette
Lydia Hebert
Lamar Brignac
Harold Perrodin
Rayne
Brignac
Mouton
D. J. Doucet
Perrodin
Pershing Highway
Ville Platte Highway
Meeting high spot on tour of majesties
Five famous little girls visited Toronto to meet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in a cordial, introductory encounter. The May 22 gathering showcased the royal couple and provided a light public moment during their visit.
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George VI
Queen Elizabeth
England
Canada
King
Toronto
Dionnes
Papa
Mama Dionne
Callander
George
Elizabeth
King's and Queen's Program for Today
Associated Press reports a schedule in Toronto for the royal visit. Events include arrivals at North Toronto station and city hall, a reception at legislative buildings, a dine at the Hart House, a King’s Plate race at Woodbine Park, tea with Lieutenant Governor Albert Matthews, and a hospital visit at Christie Street Military Hospital. The itinerary lists times from 9:30 am to departure at Union Station.
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Associated Press
North Toronto
City Hall
Legislative
Dionne Quintuplets
Queen
Toronto Scottish Regiment
Harthouse
Woodbine Park
Albert Matthews
Shushes Boats Trigger City Alert In Bridgeport
Police arrest a New York oil tanker captain Robert Maynard 47 after he blew the tanker's whistle for 20 minutes when a tender blocked a bridge and traffic had right of way. In Eugene Oregon constable Mark Hathaway served an attachment on a man named Lake living on Water street. In Fremont Nebraska ward Picherer a Midland college junior and choir president turned to song.
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Bridgeport
Conn
John Flynn
New York
Flynn
Robert Maynard
Brooklyn
Eugene, Ore
Mark Hathaway
Lake
Water Street
Fremont
Baccalaureate Held On Sunday For Collegians
About 199 members of the Northeast Junior College 1939 class gathered in caps and gowns for the seventh annual commencement week baccalaureate on Sunday at 5 p.m. Rev. R. T. Watson delivered a sermon themed Life Is An Adventure urging optimism and exploring life as ongoing adventure.
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Northeast Junior College
R. T. Watson
First Christian Church
Jesse James
Joel
Alexander the Great
Christopher Columbus
Admiral Byrd
North Pole
South Pole
Amelia Earhart
Richard Halliburton
Kagawa
Addams
Koch
Paul
Moses
Gandhi
Ickes Seeks 500 Million Public Works Appropriation
Secretary Ickes reportedly acts to push a new 500 million dollar Public Works appropriation through Congress arguing that public works stimulate business and create lasting assets. He and supporters urge continued relief spending, while opponents call for economy and postponement of nonessential projects.
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Washington
Ickes
Capitol Hall
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
PWA
Vandenberg
Michigan
Minton
Indiana
Orleans Slayer Freed of Blame
Claude Gennaro a 34 year old beer parlor operator was absolved of blame by the district attorney after he shot Benjamin Wade 32 a Negro at his Orleans establishment Wade and two companions were asked to leave for causing a disturbance they returned with bricks and began pelting him authorities stated Gennaro said he shot Wade in self defense and that Wade was killed after firing at him
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New Orleans
Claude Gennaro
Benjamin Wade
Gennaro
Wade
Wade Lough
John M. Parker Former Louisiana Governor Dead at 76
John Milliken Parker Sr. former Louisiana governor and Progressive vice presidential candidate died Saturday night at his Pass Christian Mississippi summer home. Funeral services were private in Pass Christian with burial planned in Memphis. Survivors include his widow Cecile Airey Parker and three children.
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Louisiana
Pass Christian
New Orleans
John Milliken Parker, Sr
Pass Christian, Miss
Parker
Theodore Roosevelt
Warwick Aiken
Trinity Episcopal Church
Memphis
Tenn
Cecile Airey
John M Parker, Jr
Thomas A. Parker
Walker Saussy
Bethel Church
Miss
South
Progressive Party
Queen recalls Delhi meeting at Ottawa memorial unveiling
In Ottawa the queen acknowledged Leslie Holden of Kemptville who met her in Delhi 13 years earlier while he lay in a hospital after an operation. Holden showed a brooch from the second battalion Black Watch. Veterans jeered officials as the war memorial was unveiled amid protests and raised chants.
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India
Holden
Black Watch
Delhi
Hitler Mussolini Bind Partnership By Formal Alliance
Rome reports secret clauses in the German Italian military pact signed in Berlin. Italy signs a reduced armed force alongside the alliance as German Italian ministers meet in Berlin with Chancellor Hitler present. Danzig notes reaction to a German citizen killed by a Pole as Nazi stance looms.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Rome
Virginio Garcia
Berlin
Italy
Danzig
Three Killed in Louisiana Weekend Auto Crashes
Five people died and 29 were injured in Louisiana and Mississippi auto accidents over the weekend. A Pershing highway crash near Opelousas killed Hilda Mouton, 23, of Lafayette, with injuries to Lydia Hebert, 19, and Lamar Brig nac 27 and Harold Perrodin 20 of Rayne. In New Orleans area a crash killed August Goins and Benjamin Storm, with three others seriously hurt. Charles E. Lehmberg II of Columbus is named in the report.
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August Goins
Benjamin Storm
New Orleans
Juanita Saldaria
Anthony Mendez
Giarard Mouton
Charles E. Lehmberg
Columbus
Duck
C. T. Gardiner
Chicago
San Antonio
Tex
James Marion Jones
Ihe
Kelly Field
Great Bend
Kans
Claudius Davis
Dave Dunn
Larry Hughes
L. Kimble Garis, Jr
Pittsburgh
Hyattsville
Iron Lung Man Enjoys Sea Trip Aboard Normandie
Fred B. Snite Jr. a Chicago paralysis victim traveled transatlantically aboard the liner Normandie and spent an evening on deck in his iron lung. Nurses observed he would remain aboard that night and begin the final leg to Lourdes in a specially built motor coach the next day.
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Southampton
England
Fred B. Snite
Chicago
Normandie
le Havre
France
Snite
Lourdes
Gilbert describes anti revolt activity before Dies committee
Dudley P. Gilbert a New York socialite testified he sought months to organize a campaign to ready the public for a red revolution. He warned of civil war from the left and possible Franco style steps if the government fell. He said the aim was to spur a nationalist movement and pressure parties to fix the economy. Three other witnesses were called.
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Washington
Dudley P. Gilbert
New York
Dies Committee On un-American Activities
J. E. Campbell
Owensboro
Gilbert
Healey
Massachusetts
Evacuation Plan Reassessment For London Women
British officials scramble for a new scheme to evacuate women and children from London as 3,000,000 mothers and youngsters once slated for country relocation are deemed unworkable. Health ministry notes most eligible women refuse to join evacuation lists on May 20 preferring to stay with families in the city despite bombing risks.
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London
Health Ministry
Airmens Death as Craft Hits Lick Observatory
Two army airmen died when an attack plane crashed into the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton near San Jose California. Lieutenant Richard F Lorenz 25 and Private W E Scott were killed as the aircraft tore through walls and buried the building under bricks and mortar.
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R. F. Lorenz
March Field
Calif
W. E. Scott
Lick Astronomical Building
San Jose
Lick Astronomical Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Richard F. Lorenz
Marchfield
Riverside
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