Lindbergh baby found dead near Lindbergh estate
The infant’s badly decomposed body was found near a road in the Sourland region, with skull fractures possibly from a bullet. Identification was made from clothing fragments. nurse Betty Gow aided. Authorities, led by Col. T. Norman Schwarztkopf, vow arrests as a country-wide manhunt begins.
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Lindbergh
Sourland Kilts
Lindbergh Estate
William Allen
Betty Gow
Col
TI. Norman Schwartzhept
New Jersey
Senate debates new economy committee and tax plan progress
Senators debate trimming government costs to balance the budget. Three members from each party join the new economy committee led by Senator Wesley Jones as breakfast talks with the President aim to salvage the economy bill and advance the revenue measure. The plan envisions saving funds through staggered employment and higher taxes to fund a $1 billion tax bill.
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Washington
Dingham
Connecticut
Dickinson
Iowa
Pyrnes
South Carolina
McKellar
Tennessee
Bratton
New Alexico
House
Senate
Floover
Sepator Watson
Indiana
Finggee
Secretary of the Treasury
Mis
Hoover and Robinson Propose Large Unemployment Relief Plans
Geigy Nobinson and President Hoover outline competing relief schemes amid unemployment distress. Robinson seeks 2.3 billion for relief with Reconstruction Finance Corp loans up to 1.5 billion and state and agency funding for income producing construction. Hoover would empower extra borrowing and depentures to fund the plan.
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Geigy Nobinson
Senate
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Statea
Robinson
American minister proposals state control model for liquor laws
United States Senate Judiciary Committee heard Oun Motley Jurewved Morehead, American minister to Sweden, who urged modifying the eighteenth amendment to permit a state control system like Sweden’s Deatt system. Morehead, in Stockholm since 1950, praised its success and opposed nullification, repeal of the nineteenth amendment, or Volstead Act changes. The State Department supported his appearance, arguing that enforcing current liquor laws remains nearly impossible.
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Oun Motley Jurewvead
Sweden
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stockholm
Morehead
State Department
Lebrun Chosen French President and Cabinet Change Nears
After the assassination of President Doumer the republic elects Albert Francois Lebrun as president with 33 votes and a new premier is expected. Premier Tardieu resigns reluctantly and a cabinet reshuffle is planned around June with Edouard Herriot likely to lead the Radical Socialist party in a broad reformist government. The Socialist gains and potential cooperation with Herriot shape the shift.
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Nance
Doumer
Albert Francois Lebrun
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Tardieu
Edouard Herriot
Radical
Socialista
Herriot
France
Prance
Hoover Veto Fails to Override Democratic Tariff Bill
President Hoover vetoed the Democratic tariff bill transferring rate changes to Congress after the tariff commission recommendations. The House roll call showed proponents could not muster the required two thirds to override the veto.
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Hoover
Congress
Tarif Commission
House
Caraway Seeks Full Senate Term in Arkansas Primary
Arkansas senator and the nations first woman to preside over the Senate, Mrs. Caraway, announces candidacy for a six year term. Gov. Purnell withdraws from race, primary set for August 9 with veteran opponents, while the November election will seat the winner.
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RS. Mattia W. Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Harvey Purnell
Hwever
Caveway
Curtis
Senate Chamber
Caraway
Fall Out of Office Rebuilds ranch life in New Mexico
LBERT B. FALL former secretary of the interior has completed his sentence in the New Mexico penitentiary and returned to his Three Rivers ranch. He told a reporter time would vindicate his naval oil reserve plans, which he said caused his troubles, noting a war scare would reveal the value of the oil base he championed.
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Lbert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
New Mexico
Three Rivers
N. M
Fall
Indictment of Means-Aston B Means in McLean Case
Grand jury in Washington indicts Means-Aston B Means for swindling Mrs Edward B McLean of 164000 by promising to recover the Lindbergh baby. Separately, Finlep Shepard of New York a wealthy socialite formerly Helen Gould, appears as another victim. Shepard reportedly paid Means for alleged information on Communist activities threatening her daughter or fortune.
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Aston B. Means
Washington
Edward B. MelLean
Lindbergh
Taby
Means
Finlep Shepard
New York
Helen Gould
Massie Trial Sequel Hinted as Witness Absents
SEAT and MES Massie and Mrs Fortescue left Honolulu amid police efforts to compel Mrs Massie to testify in the second trial of the men accused of assaulting her. Prosecutor J G Kelley vowed to pursue the retrial despite the missing witness and threatened an arrest warrant if she fails to appear on May 25.
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Seat
Mes
Massie
Nevada Senator Oddie Faces Backlash Over Post Office Cuts
Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada, chairing the post office committee, urged rescinding a senate order to cut treasury and post office appropriations by 19 percent. Democrats and some Republicans accuse him of protecting thousands of jobs for the party during the campaign and note his delay in calling the subcommittee.
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Enator Tasker L. Oddie
Nevada
Post Office Committee
Senate
Treasury and Post Office
Senator Oddie
Appropriations
Kenneth AcKellar
Dem
Tenn
Carter Glass
Dem. Va
Oddie
General Exoch Crowder Dies in Washington
General Exoch Crowder, noted legal expert and creator of the U.S. draft system in World War I, died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He served as judge advocate general, provost marshal general in 1917, and was ambassador to Caoba from 1923 to 1927.
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Exoch Crowder
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
United States
Caoba
Prohibition Referendum Likely in Republican Platform
Till's primaries shift the state to the wet column and hint at a prohibition referendum plank in the GOP platform. Attorney General Gilbert Bettman wins the Republican Senate nomination on an anti-prohibition line, leading dry National Grange leader Louis Taber by about 55,000 votes.
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Till
Gibert Bettman
Louis J. Taber
Dry
National Grange
Bellman
Robert J. Buckley
David S. Ingalls
Germany refuses further reparations payments in budget
The Reich announces it will not continue reparations, Bruenieg signals stance in a public address while Dietrich presents a budget with no reparations provisions. The balanced budget totals nearly $2 billion with $166 million set for interest and amortization on funded debts.
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Germany
Reich
Bruenieg
Dietrich
Reichstag
Womern Newspaeper
Datles
Roses for the Veterans Remembrance Poem Manhattan
A commemorative verse asks readers to honor veterans by planting roses and stars, remembering fallen soldiers and aces, and keeping graves green. It invites recall of past conflicts and spiritual solace as a path to the unseen.
Memorial Day Observed Abroad by Gold Star Mothers in France
American gold star mothers visited graves of sons who died in World War I in France for a landmark Memorial Day observance. At Suresnes cemetery outside Paris Ambassador Edge praised them for instilling loyalty courage and truth in the fallen and urged Americans to continue the fight for peace while reflecting on famous battles from Chateau Thierry to the Argonne.
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France
Suresnes
Paris
Edge
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Thiaucourt
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Earth
Memorial Day Values and Sacrifice Across Generations
A reflective piece on Memorial Day honors the veterans who fought in 1861 1865 and later wars. It notes public ceremonies flowers and flags at graves and the call to remember sacrifices that preserved the Republic. It urges care for the country they preserved and pride in their achievements.
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Republic
America
Their Deaths Not in Vain Memorial Day Reverie
A Memorial Day reflection honors fallen soldiers who endured hardship and loss. The piece stresses that their sacrifices secured peace and victory, arguing their deaths were not in vain and would be deemed a small price for a lasting end to war.
Inauguration of Decoration Day Unity Between Armies
An 1877 editorial notes a milestone in Decoration Day observances as Federal and Confederate veterans march together to honor fallen soldiers. It lauds fraternity, reconciliation, and a new era freeing the nation from sectional feuds with flowers on shared graves.
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Edward W. Pickard
Quartermaster Corps
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China
Caron Glass
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N 'Tite
Conver
A. F. Lebrun
Sen
Gaston
Sen, Oddie
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Flanders
Forget-me-nots
Sally Sez
Sedkeen
Davey Jones
Nation
Essa
University OF Utah
Balt Lake City
Utah
ASH
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Cor West
Goldie Whitmore
Farnum, Idaho
Clauhe Hegn Lights
Exectaica. Products Corporation
Salt Lake City
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Land
Utee
Mack
Timpanogos Hatchery
Froro
Ramshaw Hatcheries
Salt Lake
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