Mad Woman Slater Kills Two After Lawn Noise
In Los Angeles on April 29 a woman, Ella May Thompson, 28, shot and killed Policeman Paul Donath when police investigated a reported disturbance over a neighbor’s lawn mower. A gun battle ensued with police as Thompson, described as a mental case, holed up in her home and fired through windows. She was fatally wounded during the exchange after throwing and firing a weapon and had been under nurse care. Paragraph notes include a separate suit involving Baldwin and a secretary role, with Thompson described as having a nervous breakdown.
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Los Angeles
Ella May Thompson
Paul Donath
Pantine Pho
Thompson
Bomyds
Mrolyer
Baldwin
Rit
Women Debating League Adherence in United States Plans
DETROIT April 28 The National League of Women Voters faces a heated debate over a resolution urging the organization to work for United States membership in the League of Nations. The group already endorses adherence to the World Court.
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Detroit
National League of Women Voters
Alrady
United States
World Court
League of Nations
Debutante Tea and Society Dinners in San Antonio
Miss Marianna Engelking, Arbutante, enjoyed an afternoon tea at the Bright Shawl with hostesses Mrs. John B. Carrington and Mrs. Wallace Carnahan. Guests included the debutante coterie, local families, and army officers. numerous dinners and dances followed at Randolph Field and hotels as society and military circles tracked a busy social week.
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Clara C
Edwin Meredith Sykes
Kurt Beckmann
Pauline Kennington
Jackson
Jony Gaddis
A. W. Norcross
T. J. Nye
Selden Nye
Brownsville
Texas
Randolph Field Officers’ Club
Army
Charles H. Danforth
E. B. Winans
Halstead Dorey
C. R. Howland
Alexander Ovenshine
S. H. Williams
Frank Adams
Ira Longanecker
P. Q. C Gardner
Louis Behreiner
Walter Nolte
Cyrus Dolph
L. F. Martin
T. W. Hastey
R. H. Mills
T. E. Harigood
F. B. Borden
B. B. Wariner
A. P. Matthews
Andrew W. Smith
G. C. Gexeh
Fort Sam ‘Houston
Walter Miller
Betty Gray
Gus Moon
Charles J. Deyton
C. Db, Wheeler
M. & Til- Tery
Sprague
Seph Denniston
J. E. Duke
G. J. Davasher
K. E. Tibbetts
R. L. Winn
J. G. Fowler
Charles L. Kirkpatrick
J. A. Smith
FB. Glenn
R. G. Harris
A. BE. Wangemann
Dredgers Settle Wage Dispute with Monthly Cuts
Detroit April 29 Great Lakes dredge owners and workers announce a wage settlement headed by R H Goode of Dunbar and Sullivan Dredging. The new agreement cuts wages by 25 dollars monthly for three years while preserving an eight hour day six day week and time and a half for overtime. Minimum wage 147.40 dollars and maximum 200 dollars monthly.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
R. H. Goode
Dunbar and Sullivan Dredging Company
Tern Journeys 9000 Miles in Remarkable Flight
A Boston lecture by Laurence B. Fletcher of the Northeastern Birds Banding Association recounts record distances for banded birds. A tern traveled 9000 miles from Labrador to Madagascar, while a hummingbird reportedly made a round trip from New Hampshire to central South America.
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Boston
Laurence B. Fletcher
Northeastern Birds Banding Association
Labrador
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Fletcher
New Hampshire
South America
Negro Is Executed for Killing Woman in South Carolina
Roy Jones, 25, a Spartanburg Black man, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary for stabbing to death Anna May Yorittg. Jones confessed to the killing. Dr Amelia Williams of Austin spoke to the Canopus club at the Plaza hotel on Texas Plantation Yarns.
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Avolumbia, & C
Roy Jones
Spartanburg
Amelia Wiliams
Austin
Canopus Club
Plaza Hotel
Texas
5th Naval District Commander Named
Vice Admiral Arthur L. Willard, commander of the scouting force, was ordered to succeed Rear Admiral William C. McDougall as commandant of the Fifth Naval District at Hampton Roads Virginia when McDougall retires July 1. Willard will revert to rear admiral and will be relieved from the scouting force on June 24 by Rear Admiral Frank H. Clark who will assume the rank of vice admiral.
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Washington, D. C
Arthur L. Wilelard
William C. McDougall
Fifth Naval District
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Wilard
Frank HU. Clark
Hitler Files Suit to Void Election
Adolf Hitler and allies filed a constitutional challenge in the federal election court seeking to void the presidential election against Paul von Hindenburg. The suit claims Hitlerites were illegally barred from broadcasting and subjected to police repression during the campaign.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Hiller
Pittsburgh Gets Air Lines Office
Richard W. Robbins president of Transcontinental and Western Airlines announced the municipal airport in Pittsburgh as the new eastern regional traffic headquarters. Traffic from New York to Oklahoma City would be handled here, moving the office from Port Columbus, Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Richard ,W. Robbins
Alr
Ines
New York
Oklahoma City
Port Columbus
Ohio
Slayer of Woman Is Electrocuted in North Carolina
Dudley Moore, a man described as a farmer, was executed today at Davidson County's state prison for the murder of Mrs. Jacob J. Derrier. He confessed to the killing and also admitted killing Mrs. Derrier when she surprised him while attempting to hang her dog.
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Louis C. Baker Jr
Philadelphia
J. W. Nixon
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SS Anthony Hotel
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Beautiful Shoes
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Slayer of Woman
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SAN Antonio Public Service CO
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