Post Office to extend air mail system via private carriers
Washington April 13 Colonel Paul Henderson announces the Post Office Department will issue a formal bid call within 60 days to private aircraft firms for government mail routes. Contracts may total $500 000 yearly, aiming to develop a national air mail network and speedier service. St Louis and Kansas City seek routes as costs drop from 2 63 to about 20 cents per ton mile.
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Fred J. Walker
Washington
E Postoffics
Paul Henderson
Government Mall
Aermi Transportation
Europe
Henderson
Mile
Chambers of Commerce
Post Office Department
National Defense
St. Louis
Kansas City
Disappointed Swann Tries Self Harm After Rejection
A despondent youth swears to kill himself after a sweetheart rejects him. He strikes his head with a pistol butt, bleeds, washes the wound at a wreck, and is arrested when the girl retrieves the gun and reports the incident. He is later released on a charge of carrying conc[erned] weapons.
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Stevens
Editors Attend Fiesta Banquet Asci Fiesta Week Honors
The Fiesta Association directors plan a banquet for editors and publishers of Southwest Texas papers. John Williams reports rapid RSVP and expects a representative crowd. The event, Friday night April 24 at a leading hotel, honors how local papers support Fiesta Week from April 27 to May 2.
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Fiesta Association
Texas
John Williams
Northwestern student Robert Preston ends life in Lake Michigan
The 20 year old Northwestern University student, ill with diabetes, sat on a lakeside view with a briefcase tied to his waist containing an anvil and iron weights. He shot himself in the temple and toppled into the water, with his body floating due to air in his lungs. Diaries reveal his despair and a final note instructing to hang oneself.
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Universal Service
Chicago
Robert A. Preston
Northwestern University
Lake Michigan
I Preston
Oak Park
Jumps Six Stories on Mattress Amazes City
Melvin Lewis attempted to ride a bed mattress as a flying carpet in San Francisco. He jumped from the sixth story of a hotel with the mattress and landed on the pavement, escaping injury according to police.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Melvin Lewis
Lewis
Banks report sound farming conditions nationwide
Federal Farm Loan System foreclosures account for only 0.3 percent of loans over eight years, says Commissioner R A Cooper. He notes 403,906 loans totaling 1.535 billion dollars and 839,970 farms financed, with foreclosures mainly due to heirs taking ownership.
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Universal Service
Washington
R. A. Gooner
Farm Loan Board
Federal Farm Loan System
Cooper
Easter Service Attendants Charged With Card Gaming
Seven men faced Judge Onion in corporation court on charges of gaming with cards after police found them at 4 am in a vacant El Paso street house. They claimed they were conducting early morning Easter services according to Hoyle, but officers testified to money rattling and a poker setup. The judge fined each man $10.
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Hoyle
Qnion
Corporation Court
el Paso Street
Onion
Feminine Boxer Wins by Knockout in Courtroom Bout
Six women fought in a court building bout on Monterey Street as Judge Joan Onion refereed. The match ended with one fighter declared winner after a knockout blow and a $5 fine for the other, with police taking them to the station.
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Joan Onion
Corporation Court
Pruen
Monterey Street
Hobbs and
Torres
Onion
Rookie trooper joins bootleg raid and is wounded
A on furlough state trooper recruit William Delmadge and three accomplices attempted a liquor theft at the Benson estate on Dutch Plain Long Island. They were shot at by armed bootleggers, Delmadge was wounded, and troopers later seized 1300 cases of liquor and destroyed 1000 more. The caretaker Frank Dickerson was arrested.
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Bayshore
Boots Leggers
J. B. Lynch
William Delmadge
Benson
Dutch Plain
Long Island
Frank Dickerson
Delmadge
Dickerson
Cass
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Cannon Ball Baker
Los Angeles
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Rotary Club
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