McMath Kidnapping Case Aids Search In Wood Hole
In Woods Hole Massachusetts on May 6 1930 10 year old Margaret McMath was restored unharmed after being kidnapped from front of a Harwich school. State authorities including Daniel Needham and district attorney William Crossley questioned her father Owen McMath business associate William Lee and two Harwich residents about the kidnapper's identity location of the captive shack and the ransom source. The father asked secrecy for 48 hours to aid the escape plan. the group remained aboard a Coast Guard vessel as questioning continued aboard the ship.
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Associated Press
Woods Hole
Mass
McMath
Stargaret
Kidsnipers
William Lee
Lee
Ghee McMath
Riel Needham
Cota Worat
Margaret
Oscar Simpson
U. S
Nell
Coast Guard
Cyril Buck
Harwich
Harold Sawyer
Daniel Needham
William
Crossley
Needham
Harwichport
Rioting erupts as Lowell shoe workers strike again
Rioters clash with police as strikers block entry to Deckers Bros shoe factory in Lowell Massachusetts. Two arrests reported as crowd hurls stones at vehicles carrying workers. Seventeen arrested last night in a previous disturbance as 3500 shoe workers have quit in weeks of unrest. City safety committee and police reserves called out. mayor and plant president named in report.
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Associated Press
Lowell
Mass
Deckers Bros
Public
Charles H. Slowey
John HE. Dolan
Shoe Strike Ends as Plant to Close. Harrisburg Move Planned
The Shoe Workers Protective Union urged strikers to avoid further disruption as Decker Bros. Co, central to a four week strike in Lowell, announced a permanent plant closure at noon and plans to relocate operations to Harrisburg Pennsylvania, resuming there.
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Shoe Workers Protective Union
Decker Bros. Co
Lowell
Harrisburg
One Killed As Bus Crashes In York County
York Pa May 6 A motor bus with 18 passengers wrecked today on Hast Prospect road seven miles east of York One person died and 12 were injured The bus on a detour of Lincoln Highway veered to avoid a truck then struck a culvert and overturned Another bus traveling eastward crashed into the wreckage several passengers were pinned beneath the wreckage
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Associated Press
York
Hast Prospect Road
New York
Former boxing champ McTigue, family guarded in NY blackmail case
Michael McTigue, his wife and five children were under police protection in Jackson Heights after blackmailers demanded money under threat of kidnapping. Detectives patrolled the home grounds as calls persisted. one call was traced to a nearby store but the caller fled. McTigue, retired from boxing, runs real estate.
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Associated Press
New York
Michael
Mike) McTigue
McTigue
Jackson Heights
Battler
Boy Killed by Falling Timber in Lowell Yard
Rudolph K Dubois a 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter J Dubois of 55 Branch Street Lowell Mass died after playing on heavy planks in a Payne street lumber yard. He lost his balance as timbers toppled and pinned him to the ground.
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Lowell
Mass
Payne Street
Rudolph K. Dubois
Walter J. Dubois
Branch Street
Catcher for Chicago Nine Held Up in Apartment Robbery
Four shotgun bandits held Charles Berry catcher for the Chicago White Sox and three others prisoners for over two hours while they ransacked the apartment of Joseph T. Barry secretary to Louis Comiskey. They escaped with jewelry valued at 1500 dollars and 181 dollars in cash. The robbery occurred as Mrs Barry hosted three guests last night.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles Berry
Chicago White Sox
Polesa
Joseph T. Barry
Louis Comiskey
White Sox
An Evening With Seth Parker at North Church Parish House
The Young Adult Group presents an entertainment event titled An Evening With Seth Parker at the North Church Parish House. The program features readings and music in a community social setting. Local residents are invited to attend this parish event hosted by the North Church group.
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Seth Parker
North Church
Defense Opens in Thorp Murder Trial in Portsmouth NH
In Rockingham County Superior Court Newport Vermont farmer Raoul Poulin testified through an interpreter about an alleged plan with Joseph Trudeau to sell his bakery and equipment for 200 dollars two weeks after the murder night of February 3._pathologist Dr Francis McCarthy described Trudeau asphyxia and related brain injuries while noting the potential for external causes. The defense contends Trudeau died from suffocation, not a head blow, and aims to cast doubt on Thorp’s presence near the bakery.
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Newport
Rockingham County
Joseph Trudeau
Manchester
Sidney Thorp
Antonio
Leopold Ouellette
Vermont
Raoul Poulin
Louis Schwarz
Poulin
Trudeau
Auburn
Francis W. Johnston
George R. Scammon
Francis P. McCarthy
Boston
Tufts Medical School
McCarthy
Pr. Mc‘Carthy
Stewart Everett Rowe
Thorp
Rowe
Biddeford
Clam Digger Higgins Die in Waterfront Fire
Portland, May 6. William Higgins a 73 year old clam digger burned to death yesterday when his waterfront shack caught fire after an explosion in a stove. The flimsy hut collapsed under force of the water stream before firefighters could reach him. his charred body was found near the door. Higgins had lived alone in the shack for 25 years.
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Associated Press
Portland
William Higgins
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Mell McMath
Thomas
Theib
Todig
Mrs
Neil McMath
Peggy McMath
Peggy” McMath
Harewichport
Mike McTigue
Tawbe Hall
State Street
Penhallow
Daniels
Portsmouth
Philip A. Robinson
Lynn
Robinson
Stewart E. Rowe
John Kolivaisa
Bridgewater
Peirce
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