May Day Reflections From A Chaotic Era
A rambling observational piece discusses unions Reds and Socialists, May Day parades, and public order in New York. It notes rain, police restraint, critiques of government and capitalism, and comparisons to Russia and Britain. It touches on hotel prices, motherhood statistics, and stock market turmoil amid looming conventions.
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New York
Britain
Hyde Put
Hyde Park
Hays
The
Maternity Center Association of
Woman Shot Dead in Oklahoma City Drugstore Standoff
A young woman dressed in black silk attempted a Main Street drugstore holdup in Oklahoma City. Storekeeper J H Jackson fired as she fled with about $10, mortally wounding the assailant who later was identified as Lena Hurt, 25, a previously arrested vagrant. Police operative L J Hilbert identified the woman.
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Oklanoma City
Okt
J. H. Dackson
L. J. Hilbert
Polier Auto Theft Burea
Lena Hurt
Hilbert
Main Street
Yarm
Jackson
Hull
Baltimore Repeals 200-Year Blue Laws in City Vote
Baltimore voters repealed the state blue laws in a special election, marking the first time in history that the 200-year-old prohibition was overturned. The overwhelming vote allows Sunday activities such as shopping, bread sales, and baseball games.
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Baltimore
Missionaries Flee Communist Advance Near Ungkung
American missionaries stationed at Ungkung on the Kwangtung Fukien border evacuate to Swatow due to threat of a Communist attack. The move is reported by the American legation in Swatow.
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Peiping
Ungkung
Kwangtung-Fukien
Swallow
Swatow
United States
Legation Hare
Graf Zeppelin Over Canary Islands Passes Northward
The Graf Zeppelin airship on its fourth voyage of the year over the Canary Islands passed over LAS PALMAS heading south toward Pernam buco with drafl en route.
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Graf
Canary Islands
Las Palmas
Graf Zeppelin
Gena Dirigible
Pernambuco
Drafl
Court wedding seals divorce case in poverty stalled by lack of funds
May 4 in Cleveland Marion Moyer faced arrest for not supporting his former wife. He claimed no money to pay, prompting a judge to perform a gratis marriage ceremony. Moyer stated the need to wed, while admitting they had no funds.
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Suare Poverty
Cleveland
Ohio
Marion Moyer
Iim
Mig. Moyer
Willie ‘Meichinger
Eve
Brownwood
Texas
Joe Meichinger
Meichinger
Weather Outlook for East Texas and Vicinity
Cloudy trend persists across East Texas with cooler Tuesday night and warmer Wednesday. Winds shift from northerly to moderate, with northwest areas seeing stronger gusts Tuesday night. Partly cloudy periods expected late Tuesday into Wednesday with regional variations and light showers unlikely.
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Texas
Warner
Northwest
Modernia
Wret
American Dollar Slips in Global Exchange Markets
In New York on May 32 heavy selling hit the American dollar across major markets. French francs rose to 3.9434 cents, sterling edged up to 3.6658, Dutch guilders gained to 40.57 cents, and Swiss francs lifted to 194.7 cents as tensions shifted against earlier declines.
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New York
Ameria
Nancy Carroll in Insurgent Ranks
Hollywood gossip reports Nancy Carroll, noted for a red hair, being at odds with Paramount studios. The Wiss Carroll native has been off salary for weeks amid undisclosed differences, while insurgent artists push plans affecting her status. Also from Sacramento May 3 a humorous note about Governor Ralph returning from Richmond with a Gideon Bible, prompting a return to the hotel.
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Hollywood
Nancy Carroll
Wiss Carroll
Paramount Studios
Hidle
Sacramento
Galit
Ralph
Canterente
Richmond
Protect American Womanhood in Hawaii Mission
A call to write Washington lawmakers urging action to safeguard American womanhood and demand respectable conduct by Hawaiians toward the United States and its patriotic defenders. The piece frames the issue as a demand for protective measures and decency from the local population.
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Washington
Hawaii
Negotiator John Hughes Curtis sails for fourth Norfolk trip
Norfolk Va May 3 John Hughes Curtis planned another cruise aboard the yacht Marton for his work as a negotiator in the Lindbergh kidnap case. He will be accompanied by Georges L. Richard and Edwin B. Bruce of Elmira NY. Weather delays hindered recent waterborne negotiations and details remain secret.
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Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
Marton
Curtis
Georne LL. Richard
Edwin BH. Bruce
Elmira
N. Ys
Mr. Curtis
Macon
M Curtis
Reny
Guy H. Burrage
Contractors Back U8 Building Aid
The Associated General Contractors of America recommended today exit. A $1,600,000,000 productive-reconstruction agency would be created by government bonds to lend funds for public improvements. The plan aims to aid stones, elites, and other public agencies in financing and self-supporting projects.
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Washington, D. C
Associated General Contractors of Amenea
Work Corporation
Alabama Delegates Vote on Party Pledges
In Montgomery on May 1 the Democratic party debated whether to pledge the state's delegates to a presidential candidate. The convention discussed instructing delegates to back a candidate at the national convention and whether to bind them to Roosevelt of New York.
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Montgomery
Aln
Pennkiin
Roosevelt
New York
Delegantt
Capone Goes To Prison Tonight
Chicago reports "scar face" Al Capone will begin his transfer to Leavenworth tonight after last legal hurdles were cleared. U S Marshal Laubenheimer leads the escape‑proof convoy with deputies and guards to move Capone and 15 other inmates by special railroad car. Capone, sentenced to 10 years for tax evasion and one year in Cook County jail, will be handcuffed and kept under tight security until arrival.
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Chicago
Scarface al" Capone
United States
H. C. W. Laubennhimer
Leavenworth
Kan
Capone
Cook County
Tie
United States Supreme Court
Ciy
Vanicuffen
Laubenheimer
Immigration Bill Signed by Hoover
Washington May 3. President Hoover signed a bill authorizing the secretary of labor to draw 2000 dollars instead of 100000 annually from the appropriation for the enforcement of immigration laws and contract labor provisions of the 1917 act.
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Washington, D. C
Stokowski Leads Jobless Orchestra in Philadelphia
Leopold Stokowski conducted a 200 member unemployed orchestra in Reyburn Plaza for a rehearsal benefiting 2000 jobless musicians in the city. The event preceded a memorial concert planned for the next night.
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Philadelphia
Leopold Stokowski
Reyburn Plaza
Local Classifieds Dense With Rental Listings And Misc Ads
Fragmented OCR item lists apartments rooms and rental terms with scattered numbers and names. Text shows values like weekly rates and various ad phrases interlaced with stray proper nouns and place names suggesting a busy classified page. The readable portions indicate housing options and ad blocks rather than a single coherent story.
Congress Should Unite On Intelligent System Of Economic Relief
In Los Angeles on May 1 1982 James T. Williams Jr urges Congress to return to Crisp committee tax proposals and adopt a general sales tax to simplify taxation. He warns against raising income taxes, favors expanding public works and a five billion dollar prosperity bond to cut unemployment, arguing money would circulate through wages and spur production and purchases. The piece emphasizes unity in Congress for orderly tax reform and economic relief.
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Congress
Los Angeles
Calif
James T. Williams Jr
Universal Service
Washington, D. C
Crisp Committee
House
Senate
United States
Secret parley seeks clemency for four accused
In Honolulu a secret conference between the Hawaiian attorney general’s office and Sanford Wood United States attorney discussed a possible pardon for four Americans known as the honor Slayers. The move aims to erase the stigma of the Massie case amid congressional efforts to reverse the jury verdict. Police guards protect homes of the accused amid community tensions as the retrial date for the remaining defendants is tentatively set for May 23.
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INSI
Sanford Wood
United States
Wood
Mitchell
Thomas N. Massie
Grace Hubbard Fortescue
Joseph Knhehswal
Congress
Kahahawal
Thalls Massie
Washington, D. C
Attocney
Prohibition Report to Senate debated by Manufacturers panel
A minority report from the Senate Manufacturers Committee in Washington notes that Prohibition has driven people to drink and warned of increased drunkenness and deaths from adulterated liquor. The minority favors allowing manufacture of four percent beer amid disagreement. the majority opposes the proposal citing public harms.
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Westinglun
D.C
Senate Manufactures Committee
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