Jury Completed Honolulu Trial Opens Monday
Jury selection completed in Honolulu for the second degree murder trial of Grace Fortescue Lieut Massie and two Navy men. The case centers on the killing of Joseph Kalahawai after the assault on Thalia Massie, daughter of Mrs. Fortescue. The proceedings begin Monday in a high profile island case that blends East and West.
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Gilbert Parker
International News Service
Honolulu
The
Pacific
Tropics
Grace Hubbard Fortescue
American Society
Thomas H. Massie
United States Navy
Joseph Kalahawai
Thalia Massie
Unemployment totals disputed amid Talbot Act funding debate
Harrisburg reports show Talbot Relief Act funding tied to unemployment surveys. State figures reach around 969,129 jobless, with later school surveys claiming 1,146,000 when adjusted for population. Allegheny and Philadelphia split on further state disbursement, with local plans and bond issues under consideration. Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia welfare calls for action while debates continue over who counts as unemployed.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Labor and Industry
Gifford Pinchot
Allegheny
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Cherry blossoms near Washington signal spring in report
Local notes describe gentle rain fostering growth with grass and flowers. Bread aid and flour access discussed, while spring training for mail carriers and barnyard golf amuses city workers. Washington cherry blossom season expected to peak mid next week with public tennis court need urged.
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Central Department
Washington
D. C
Japan
New Castle
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum of 68 and a minimum of 42 with 0.01 inches of precipitation. River stage is 6 feet and falling. Year ago data records a maximum of 50 and a minimum of 37 with no precipitation.
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U. S
New Castle Post Office Plans Approved After Washington Review
Federal sanction to proceed with detailed architecture for New Castle’s new post office was received via wire to local architects W. G. Eckles & Company. A $525,000 appropriation funds the project including public square properties. The building features a modernized classic exterior as designed by Eckles, with cabinet sketches approved and speed urged to begin construction.
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New Castle
Washington
W. G. Eckles & Com
Square Properties
Eckles
Manalleged Racketeer Sam Gray Brought to Pittsburgh
Sam Gray a 23 year old man from Hannibal Missouri was arrested by state highway patrols on the Youngstown New Castle road and held incommunicado. He was taken to Pittsburgh for Department of Justice examination as he faces interstate larceny charges and possible kidnapping.
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Sam Gray
Hannibal
Youngstown
New Castle
Pittsburgh
Department of Justice
Joliet Prison
Gray
Gary
Jackson
Mich
Leon Kordelasiniski
North
Washtenaw Avenue
Chicago
Bonus petitions presented at the Capitol steps
Petitions demanding the cash payment of the remaining veterans' bonus were presented to congressional leaders in a ceremony at the Capitol. Spokesmen for the veterans unloaded the petitions from a van as a band played World War era tunes and bugles sounded.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Capitol
Death notices for six residents listed in Michigan and Idaho records
Deaths announced for James Glenn Ramsey 54 Detroit Michigan D Eakin 80 Jerome Idaho Charles Frazier 55 Ellwood City Mrs Mary Kicos 68 119 Terrace Avenue Joseph Crawford 81 Enon Valley Henry F Lightner 76 435 County Line Street
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James Glenn Ramsey
Detroit
Michigan
D. W. Eakin
Jerome
Idaho
Charles Frazier
Ellwood City
Mary Kicos
Terrace Avenue
Joseph Crawford
Enon Val
Two Are Killed Three Injured In Auto Crash
Two persons die and three are injured when their automobile plunges over an embankment on the Lincoln highway near Laughlin's Corners Pa. Victims are Mrs J B McIntire 74 and Mrs L W McIntire 50 both of Wilkinsburg. Relatives injured include B W McIntire 50 J B McIntire 75 and grandchildren Robert 14 Anna 12. They were enroute to Lisbon Ohio to negotiate a farm purchase.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Lincoln Highway
Laughlin’s Corners
J. B. McIntire
L. W. McIintire
Wilkinsburg
East Liverpool
B. W. McIntire
Lisbon
Ruth Judd Appeals Death Sentence in Arizona
Ruth Judd the so called double trunk murderess filed with the Arizona Supreme Court an appeal from her death sentence. She is held at Florence state prison for the murder of Agnes Leroi and the shipping of two bodies from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Observers expect little speedy action as she recently discharged her trial attorney.
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International News Service
Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Supreme Court
Mellon Honored Upon Reaching English Coast
Andrew W. Mellon disembarked the Majestic at Southampton and boarded the 9:00 a.m. train to London to assume his post as American Ambassador to Great Britain. A civic welcome preceded his departure, with the Star-Spangled Banner played by the local police band.
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International News Service
Southampton
Mills praised as able treasurer amid deficit talk
Special from Beverly Hills notes Ogden Mills as treasurer of the deficit and cites praise from Jack Garner. The writer questions the proposed 1932 budget and mentions Frank Hawkes being hurt but not seriously.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Ogden Mills
Alexander Hamilton
Jack Garner
Mills
Congress
Frank Hawkes
Frank
Hoover and Congress Seek Bipartisan Economy Measures
President Hoover and Congress moved closer on a government reorganization plan to save taxpayers money. Hoover will meet the House economy committee to discuss abolition or curtailment of bureaus while cabinet officers assist in a nonpartisan effort to share the burden.
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Special Economy Committee
William 8. Neal
International News Service
Washington
Hoover
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
House
Niagara Falls Man Leaps From Prospect Point
An unidentified man, about six feet tall and 250 pounds, leaped to his death over the Niagara Falls after a struggle with a Reser vation policeman at Prospect Point. The hat he wore fell during the altercation. A Halle Brothers label on the hat tied to Cleveland.
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International News Service
Niagara Falls
Prospect Point
Joseph M. Thierault
Halle Brothers
Cleveland
Wide Floods Leave Fifty Thousand Homeless in Romania
Bucharest reports fifty thousand people homeless as widespread floods devastate Rumania. Arad district alone sees three thousand houses destroyed. Wales and Prague notices add to the grim toll across eastern Europe with railways washed out and historic sites at risk.
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International News Service
Bucharest
Rumania
Arad
Warsaw
Vilna
Poland
Donated Cars Carry Lawrence County Men to Pymatuning
A caravan of 28 Lawrence county workers departed the local YMCA at 8 this morning in donated cars bound for state camps at Pymatuning Dam. R L Meermans, the state's special employment representative, accompanied the group and will return any man deemed unable to work.
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Lawrence County
Pymatuning Dam
R. L. Meermans
Hungary Raises Income Tax and Cuts Salaries
Budapest April 8. The Hungarian government announced a 100 percent increase in the income tax while cutting government employees salaries by three percent.
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International News Service
Budapest
Rumors Swirl Around Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Reporters note a maze of rumors about the Lindbergh kidnapping. Claimant stories from Hopewell report alleged ransom payment and imminent return of the child and a sighting of the Lindbergh baby in a New York hospital.
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Lindbergh
Trenton
N. J
Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sourland Mountain
New York
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, J
Two Brothers Slain in Chicago Gangland Shooting
In Chicago a pair of brothers were killed by gangster gunfire. Police say the brothers, once suspected in an earlier attempt on Capone, were found shot dead, marking a violent turn in the gang war.
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Chicago
Brothers Applequist Shot Dead In West Side Bar
Chicago police report Ernst and Ben Applequist two brothers with prior police records were found murdered behind the bar of their West Side saloon. They had been suspected in earlier plots against Al Capone and were described as veterans of Chicago's underworld wars. The two were found with multiple shotgun wounds, ending a violent underworld feud.
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International News Service
Chicago
al Capone Bay
Ernst
Ben Applequist
West Side
Sum
Tax battle in senate targets multimillionaires cash load
In Washington on April 8 the senate tax fight shifts toward making the rich shoulder more of the budget burden. Democrats and insurgents back a plan to raise taxes on large incomes and fortunes beyond house rates, possibly endorsing Connally’s proposal for a 50 percent top rate on earnings over 3000 dollars.
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William K. Hutchinson
House
Connally
Weather Predictor Brings Sunshine and Wet Crumbs
A humorous sketch notes the weatherman who forecasts fair and warm days yet brings rain that soaks crackers. The speaker jokes about washing the old car, spending on lunch supplies, and enduring a soggy scene as shrubs take root and the day shifts between sun and showers.
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