Massie Trial Jury Awaits Verdict In Honolulu
In Honolulu four Americans face murder charges in the Massie case and police stand ready to quell disturbances. Clarence Darrow pleads for mercy for Lieut Massie and co defendants while jurors are locked up awaiting a verdict as defense and prosecution clash over unwritten law and justice.
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Honolulu
T. H
Grace Hubbard Fortescue
Thomas H. Massie
Albert O. Jones
E. J. Lord
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Lieut
Massie
John C. Kelley
Cement Plant At Bessemer To Resume May
Officials of the Bessemer Limestone and Cement Company in Youngstown announced the cement plant at Bessemer would resume operations on May 1. The plant will run at two thirds capacity and recall 100 idle workers, a welcome development for the borough’s main industry and local residents.
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Bessemer Limestone and Cement Company
Youngstown
Bessemer
New Castle News Notes Local Traffic and Election Quips
A New Castle observer reports a doorway scene with a woman eating a banana while waiting for the streetcar. Razing of the old Jefferson Grant house continues to ease traffic at the busy intersection. Commissioner Eynon urges motorists to use horns less and brakes more to cut accidents. Presidential timber in New Castle and Lawrence County dominates primary ballots with some citizens voting for themselves. Windy weather disrupted election result sheets but a reporter chased one through a precinct before dawn. Daylight saving time will shift New Castle to the new schedule, as several PA cities voted on daylight time.
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Jefferson and
Grant Street
Benjamin G. Eynon
New Castle
Lawrence County
Pa Newe
Train Leaves Rails Slams House Killing Two
Two men died and a man with his son were injured when the Maple Leaf Express crashed into a house in South Bend Indiana. The engineer James Groves and fireman Walter Schinning, both from Battle Creek Michigan, were killed. Jeff Bradburn and his son Marshall were injured as they slept. Police and ambulances swarmed the scene. cause under investigation.
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International News Service
South Bend
Ind
Grand Trunk Railroad
James Groves
Walter Schinning
Battle Creek
Mich
Jeff Bradburn
Marshall
Belief Climax Nearer Today In Lindbergh Case
Negotiations by the Norfolk group seeking recovery of the Lindbergh baby appeared to be nearing a climax as the next two trips of the Yacht Marcon, stocked for action, were expected to shape the outcome. Authorities warned the timing remained uncertain and negotiations could still fail.
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Norfolk Group
Norfouwk
Charles A. Lindbergh
Four Perfect Bridge Hands In One Game
Four players in Uniontown Pennsylvania played a friendly rubber of bridge at A C Bailey’s home. Melvin Collins opened with 1 heart, Miss Carrie Dull 6 clubs, George Tanners 6 spades, and Bailey 7 diamonds, with Tanner rebidding 7 spades for a grand slam. Three of the four failed to take a single trick.
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International News Service
Uniontown
A. C. Bailey
Melvin Collins
Carrie Dull
George Tanners
Bailey
Tanner
Bitter memory from youth romance ends in arrest
Angeline Mastromar, 18, of Swampscott Mass former heiress daughter of a wealthy Italian, was arrested in Pittsburgh after fleeing with $3,000 from her father's safe and friend Giacomo Salustri, 37. Police say Salustri lured her from home with a marriage promise, and he was arrested in Akron Ohio.
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Angeline Mastromar
Swampscott
Mass
Pittsburgh
Giacomo Salustri
Miss Mastromar
Salustri
Akron
Band Will Contest For State Glories At Pittsburgh Meet
Ne-Ca-Hi will perform at 1 30 Friday in Pittsburgh facing top Keystone State bands. The senior high school plans an ensemble group for the meet. North Beaver township high school of Mt. Jackson sends its Class C winners to the Pittsburgh elimination.
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Ne-Ca-Hi
Schenley High School
Pittsburgh
North Beaver Township
Mt. Jackson
Window Cutting at County Jail Meets Welfare Complaints
Under Sheriff Frank Johnston workers cut a new 4 by 6 foot window into the south side of the county jail. They faced an 18 inch brick wall lined with a half inch of iron and used an acetylene torch to open the hole. The corridor will gain light and ventilation, addressing state welfare department concerns.
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Frank Johnston
State Welfare Department
Death Record Albert Benton Marks Jr in St Albans
Death notice lists Albert Benton Marks Jr age 20 of St Albans and Fred D March age 57 of 331 Shaw Street. No further details provided in the fragment.
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Albert Benton Marks, Jr
St. Albans
Fred D. March
Shaw Street
Roosevelt Extends Lead in Pennsylvania Primary Returns
Pennsylvania returns at 11 45 show Franklin D Roosevelt with 97489 to Alfred E Smith 71866 as 6207 precincts report. Davis leads Butler by about 350000, with total votes Davis 792720 Butler 446817. State party chairman Collins says PA delegation to Chicago will be almost evenly split between Roosevelt and Smith.
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International News Service
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Smith
James J. Davis
Smedley D. Butler
Davis
Butler
Harrisburg
New York
John R. Collins
Collins
Chicago
Franklin D Roosevelt
Mr. Smith
Roosevelt and Smith clash in primary talk in Hollywood
Special to The News from Hollywood April 28 remarks target Roosevelt plan to enter the Massachusetts contest questions about Smedley Butler running dry and mass voter mood toward politicians as 1940s style enthusiasm fades and voters seek change.
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Hollywood
Cal
al Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Massachusetts
Aimee
Smedley Butler
Pennsylvania
Governors Will End Conference At Richmond
A group of state leaders will conclude a conference session in Richmond Virginia with discussions on regional policy and potential legislative actions. The meeting wraps up this week as officials finalize agenda items and coordinate next steps.
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State Execu
Governors Conference End To Tonight With White House Dinner
At Richmond April 28 the twenty fourth annual conference of governors closes with a White House dinner. President Hoover outlines governmental economy while Governor Roosevelt calls for new leadership and other governors condemn prohibition and big banking amid a politically charged session.
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Richmond
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Conference of Governors
White House
Proposed Steel Merger Denied
Pittsburgh reports say the justice department took note of a proposed steel merger involving five large independents. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co denied the rumor as a revival of a 20 year-old speculation, insisting emphatically that no merger is planned.
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Jones
Laughlin
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Washington
Department of Justice
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
International New Service
Schools to Operate on Daylight Time
New Castle public schools will switch to Daylight Savings Time starting May 2 the junior and senior highs beginning at 9 AM DST or 8 AM EST. The measure faced opposition from A C Hyde J H McIlvenny and Mrs J C B Douthett who argued for local choice and concerns for railroad workers and children. The board approved opening schools one hour earlier, with all others voting in favor.
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New Castle
A. C. Hyde
J. H. McIlvenny
J. C. B. Douthett
Mr. Hyde
McIlvenny
Seventh Ward
Douthett
W. W. Duff
Notable film stars join the ranks of the unemployed
Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, and director Josef von Sternberg all face suspension at major studios. Sternberg was suspended for disliking the treatment of a new picture, leading Paramount to suspend Dietrich. Warner Bros. also suspended Cagney while he renegotiated pay from 1600 to 4000 dollars weekly.
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Marlene Dietrich
James Cagney
Josef von Sternberg
Miss Dietrich
Marlene
von Sternberg
Paramount
Warner Bros
Cagney
Drastic Changes Will Be Made In Economy Program
The national economy program drafted by a Democratic committee faced new attacks in the House. After the first vote cut 25 percent of the $200,000,000 savings, further drastic changes were expected as Democratic leaders tried to salvage the measure from near wrecking.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Senate stock inquiry shaken by witness bribery charge
In Washington April 28 the Senate banking committee heard that Edward Knight an accountant once pleaded guilty to a fiscal offense in 1929. The disclosure unsettled the panel as it prepared to hear about pool operators who boosted stock prices before dumping. The board of strategy led by Chairman Norbeck vowed tougher action.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Wall Street
Edward Knight
Percy A. Rockefeller
John J. Raskob
W. C. Durant
William F. Kenny
Fred J. Fisher
New “Board of Strategy
Norbeck
South Dakota
Knight
Women Voters Carry Power in Presidential Rally
In New York on April 28 Mrs Curtis B Dall daughter of Governor Roosevelt chaired a Mt Pleasant Women’s Democratic Committee meeting at Briarcliffe Manor. She said women voters hold the balance of power and will decide the next president.
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International News Service
New York
Curtis B. Dall
Roosevelt
Briarcliffe Manor
Mt. Pleasant
Three Jobless Die In New York Shack Fire
A wooden shack used as shelter by five unemployed men in New York burned as a bonfire set burlap at the entrance ablaze. Three occupants were killed while two others escaped the blaze.
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New York
International News Service
Mrs C B Gregory Dies In South
Word arrived of the death of Mrs Emily Jones Gregory of Belhaven North Carolina in a South hospital on Wednesday evening She was a former New Castle girl daughter of Thomas Jones and Mrs Jones who lived in Mineral Ridge Her sister is Mrs Lewis Walcott and she is related to Mrs Lewis B McAneny and Charles Jones No details were given in the telegram announcing her death.
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C. B. Gregory
Belhaven
N. C
Gregory
New Castle
Emily Jones
Thomas Jones
Mineral Ridge
Jones
Lewis Walcott
Lewis B. McAneny
Charles Jones
Officials appoint vote counters for primary returns
County Commissioners have appointed Mrs. R. B. Beals Frank S Blackford William Connery and George McIntosh to count the vote cast at Tuesday's primary They will begin the work Friday at noon.
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R. B. Beals
Frank S Blackford
William Connery
George McIntosh
The Barber Shop Waiting Turns to Equal Shave Time
A reflective verse notes social rank fades in the barber chair. It contrasts wealth and poverty with a simple, shared routine of waiting for a shave. The piece mentions a warm day with seventy degrees, grounding the scene in ordinary life.
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Edward B. Lockett
Nile Rogers
West Raper
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