Actual Hunt for Kidnapers Nears Impasse
The Lindbergh baby kidnap murder probe overshadowed the search as investigators pursue the Curtis confession. Norfolk boat builder John H. Curtis remains jailed in Flemington New Jersey for giving false information. A Norfolk lawyer plans to seek a $10,000 bail for Curtis ahead of grand jury action next week. Dr. John F. Condon known as Jafsie is linked to the case.
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New York
John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Curtis
Flemington
N. J
Norfolk, Va
New Jersey
John F. Condon
Jassie
Treasury
Springtime in Pa Wewc Observes Blossoms and Repairs
Wild crab apple blossoms bloom across rural and wooded areas with a pleasant scent. Mercer street hill has been repaired allowing easy descent. Street crews filled holes with asphalt. VFW volunteers sell Buddy poppies and drivers are urged to observe safety rules on sunny highways while preserving flowers.
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Pa Nene
Mercer Street
Street Department
Carideo Named Missouri Head Football Coach
Frank Carideo former Notre Dame star is named head football coach at the University of Missouri to replace Gwin Henry in Rolla Missouri on May 21.
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International News Service
Rolla. Mac
Frank Carideo
Notre Dame
University of Missouri
Gwin Henry
Daily Weather Report
U S weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine o'clock this morning. Maximum temperature 84, minimum 49, no precipitation. River stage 5.2 feet and falling. For the same dates last year, maximum 75, minimum 46, precipitation .10 inches.
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U. S
German flying boat Do-X crosses Atlantic toward Lake Constance
The Do-X left Holyrood Newfoundland at 5 30 am local time for the Azores on the second leg home to Lake Constance. Fourteen aboard include assistant purser Antonie Strassmann as chaperone. Clear skies and favorable winds aided the voyage as Chatham Massachusetts attempted radio contact with limited results.
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Internationale News Service
Holyrood
Newfoundland
Azores
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Harbor Grace
N. F
Paris
Friedrich Christiansen
Port Washington
N. Y
Dildo
Antonie Strassmann
Chatham
Mass
Co-X
Radio Corporation of America
Difference May Delay Enactment Of Relief Bills
Leaders discuss how political differences could slow passage of relief measures. Analysts warn delays may affect aid funding, eligibility rules, and implementation timelines for affected communities.
Hoover Opposes Bond Public Works Plan in Prosperity Loan Shift
President Hoover clashes with Congress over unemployment relief as Senate factions favor a prosperity loan. Hoover objects to funding public works by bond issue, arguing it would delay balancing the budget while sentiment coalesces around a loan approach.
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Williams
Neal International News Service
Washington
Hoover
Brooklyn Boy Rings Fire Alarm Tragedy In Brooklyn
Five year old Carol Jacobs rang a fire alarm box near his Brooklyn home. A crash between a hook and ladder truck and a fire engine responding to the alarm killed Fireman Joseph La Grange and injured nine others. Arthur Fleckstein was in serious condition. The boy was questioned but not held.
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International News Service
New York
Carol Jacobs
Brooklyn
Joseph la Grange
Queens
Arthur Fleckstein
Gasoline Price War Is Started
New York May 21. A drastic price war in the gasoline industry was to start today with big oil firms expected to cut prices four cents per gallon to meet independents underselling them. Large firms had charged 16 1 5 cents per gallon including the three-cent state tax. they will likely match the independents at 1242 cents per gallon including tax.
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New York
Lax
Congress lenders urged to tighten belts amid debt
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Congress is broke and scrambling to manage eighteen billion in first debt and seeks a second mortgage. The writer argues taxpayers will not fund more aid while Congress keeps much staff and benefits, urging belt tightening.
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Beverly ‘Hills
Cal
Congress
Forty-Five In Tunnel Rescued In 1938 McMeugh Syndicate Incident
A 1938 incident involved McMeugh Syndicate Inc and a tunnel save operation. One rescuer was saved alongside others in a notable containment event linked to the group’s activities.
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McMeugh! Syndicate Inc
Forty-Five Rescued From New Transandine Tunnel Collapse
In Temuco Chile on May 21 a Dan ish engineer and forty three other workers were saved after days trapped by a tunnel collapse on the New Transandine railway. They were located deep underground beyond a flooded shaft and were brought to safety.
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International News Service
Valparaiso
Chile
Temuco
Policeman Found Dead in Columbus Fraternity House
Patrolman C. L. Keller was found dead early today at the Beta Theta Pi house at Ohio State University after a fraternity dance. Coroner Edward Smith indicated no violence. autopsy ordered. Officials said Keller was on a special assignment and members were kept inside the house during the investigation.
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International News Service
Columbus
Beta Theta Pi
Ohio State University
C. L. Keller
Edward Smith
Keller
Smith
Poppy Day Sale Observed by VFW Auxiliary
About fifty women and girls on New Castle streets sold Buddy Poppies for the Harry L. McBride Post VFW. All proceeds fund veteran relief including Eaton Rapids home maintenance and hospital veterans care. early reports indicate strong demand may outpace supply.
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Ladies Auxiliary
Harry L. McBride
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eaton Rapids
Mich
New Castle
Japanese Embassy in Berlin Attacked by Crowd
Berlin May 21 a mob of about two hundred communists smashed several windows of the Japanese embassy. The protesters cried down with the Black Dragon the secret group linked to the Ki Inukai assassination. No embassy staff were hurt.
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International News Service
Berlin
Ki Inukai
Perfect Girl Chosen Today In Girl Scout Health Court
Betty Woods of Lee avenue was selected as the most near perfect among 14 Girl Scouts judged by troop leaders after weeks of elimination in New Castle. Dr Mildred Rogers examined the candidates, and Nance Pugh announced the decision at 11 AM. Betty will be crowned queen at the health court this afternoon at the First U P church auditorium. Honorable mention went to Marian Ramsey Jean Taylor and Donna Jean Beall for narrowly missing perfection.
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Betty Woods
Lee Avenue
New Castle
Mildred Rogers
Nance Pugh
Betty
U. P. Church
Clenmore Boulevard
Marian Ramsey
Edgewood Avenue
Jean Taylor
Croton
Donna Jean Beall
Fairfield Avenue
Blast and Fire Devastate Santa Rosa Cold Storage Plant
A massive ammonia tank explosion in Santa Rosa caused a fire that destroyed a $300,000 cold storage plant. The blaze spread to a government bonded winery, wasting 300,000 gallons of wine valued over $1,000,000 as wine flooded the streets. Two firefighters and two workers were overcome by fumes.
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International News Service
Santa Rosa
Cal
Death Notice for Frank J. Morehouse
Frank J. Morehouse, 52, of New Bedford Pennsylvania, passed away. Burial and funeral arrangements are pending with local authorities. He is survived by family and friends.
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Frank J. Morehouse
New Bedford, Pa
Severe earthquake felt in Washington early morning
An unusually strong quake was recorded at Georgetown University seismograph. Observers estimated the epicenter about 1850 miles southwest near the Mexican coast. The first shock occurred at 5 15 and repeated until 5 30.
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International News Service
Washington
Georgetown University
Mexico
Two rescued cosmis ray expedition members found on Mount McKinley
Percy T. Olton and Nicholas Spadevechia were recovered safe on Muldrow glacier after a crash and long trek. Pilot Jerry Jones relayed news that he would drop an axle by parachute to the stranded. Two other expedition members, Theodore Koven and Alden Carpe, died in crevasses during the incident.
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International News Service
Fairbanks
Alaska
Percy T. Olton
New Jersey
Nicholas Spadevechia
University of Chicago
Muldrow Glacier
Mount McKinley
Jerry Jones
Alaskan Airways
Jones
S. E. Robbins
Spadevechia
Orion
Robbins
Theodore Koven
Alden Carpe
Gasoline Truck Fire Suppressed With Sand at Local Site
Firemen were called to West Grant street at 6 20 last evening by an alarm from Box 17 to a gasoline truck owned by Boyles and Milsom Supply Co. The backfire from the exhaust set gasoline leaked around the body of the truck on fire. Fire was extinguished by sand before arrival. damage was negligible.
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Youngstown Hill
West Grant Street
Box 17
Boyles and Milsom Supply Co
Hit and Run Fatality Yields Unknown Driver Verdict
A coroner's inquest in Wampum returns death by unknown driver for Frederick Fosnaught who was struck on the Chewton Wurtemburg road on May 13. Witnesses include undertaker Marshall and Constable Talley. reports described a man lying on the highway and Fosnaught's severe injuries. No new evidence identified the hitting vehicle.
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Frederick Fosnaught
Chewton-Wurtemburg
Wampum
Orville Potter
Jack Galbreath
Dave Shapiro
L. D. Allen
Charles Ferguson
Willard Dindinger
Bart Richards
H. W. Marshall
Raymond Talley
Harry H. Davis
William McMillen
Marshall
Chewton
Wurtemburg
Fasnaught
Death Penalty Sought in Chicago Kidnaping Case
In Chicago on May 21 twelve jurors qualified for the death penalty to hear further testimony from Dr. Max Gecht about the kidnapping of himself and his wife Georgia. Prosecutors Ward Swalwell and Edward Finnen face trial. Gecht linked Swalwell to the abduction and recalled Swalwell’s knowledge of the couple’s presence in his South Side office last December 10.
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International News Service
Chicago
Max Gecht
Georgia
Ward Swalwell
Edwad Finnen
Swalwell
Gecht
South Side
John Pingera
William Thomas
Maxie
Swallwell
Earhart Lands in Ireland After Ocean Hop
Amelia Earhart Putnam lands near Londonderry Northern Ireland after a 2000 mile flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland. She cites gasoline leakage and decides to land safely rather than risk Paris. Earhart calls her husband George Palmer Putnam to report the safe arrival.
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St. John
New Brunswick
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Europe
Miss Earhart
George Palmer
Putnam
Upper Right
England
Amelia Earhart
Ireland
Ocean
International News Service
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Ing
Mrs. Putnam
George Palmer Putnam
New York
County Committee Meeting Fights for Chairmanship in Lawrence County
Lawrence county Republicans meet at the courthouse to organize the party. A sharp fight for the chairmanship pits old line candidate W. A. Brown of Wampum against progressive George T. Weingartner who seeks the post. For secretary, James E. Moorhead leads old liners, while W. McCullough heads the progressive ticket.
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Lawrence County
Court House
Republican County
Republican County Committee
W. A. Brown
Wampum
George T. Weingartner
James E. Moorhead
W. McCullough
May Feels Right as June Supposedly Slips By
Poem notes May as best month with warm sun and vivid scenes. Expresses contrast with poets chasing June and July like a ring tailed peach while the speaker embraces the present May mood and weather.
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Barry Inle
Wales
Hasbrook Heights
Dr. Condon
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Jafsie
Norfolk Friends
James Kilgallen
PA Wewc
Buddy
Flanders Fields
France
Carideo Weres
Missouri
Daily Weather Report
President Hoover
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Ohio State
J. F. Replogle
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Replogle
Mahoning
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin and
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Georgetown
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Arthur Mometer
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