Young declines Democratic presidential nomination
Arthur Brisbane reports Owen D Young withdraws from presidential race, stating in a letter to John Crowley that he cannot accept the nomination for reasons he deems controlling. The piece notes shock among politicians who favored his candidacy and broad reflections on politics and immigration. It also covers Japan's violent political purge, cockfighting arrests in Northern New York, and obituaries of Captain Dollar and William H. Todd.
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John Crowley
Lithle Pills Times
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Mr. Young
Dollar
Wiliens H. Todd
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Gautein Dollar
Sealand
Wil Nm H. Todd
Botie
Hoover cuts parley at press briefing in Washington
President Hoover ended a routine Tuesday noon press conference in Washington after a brief procedural interruption. No policy announcements followed as reporters sought clarification on ongoing talks.
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Hoover
Washington
T. G
Hoover Lotay
Weather Forecast for San Antonio Area Here Tuesday Night
Forecast calls for warmer conditions Tuesday night and Wednesday across San Antonio and vicinity. Low temperatures near 58 degrees Tuesday, rising to about 60 Wednesday, with light to moderate northerly winds. Near the coastal region Tuesday night warmer in the northwest portion, with fair and warmer conditions into Wednesday.
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St Antonio
Lowes Rm
East
Texas
Coash
72 Dead 800 Injured as Bombay Riots Escalate
India May 17. The Royal Irish Fusiliers opened fire on Mossels in Bhendy bazaar amid rioting that left 72 dead and over 800 injured since last Saturday. British tanks and troops patrolled the city as curfew spread, mills shut, and 40,000 men and women faced unemployment.
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Bombay
India
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Bhendy Bazaar
Taenie
Poona
Fighting spreads to Calcutta in Hindu Muslim clashes
CALCUTTA India May 17 Fighting between Hindus and Muslims spread to Calcutta today and caused injuries to seven persons including an European police officer. The trouble began when Hindus on house tops stoned a Muslim religious procession. The Muslims retaliated and police were summoned.
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Calcutta
India
Bridge Bunco Party to Buy Uniforms
The Denvee Heights Recreation Lab will host a bridge and bunco party at the park Tuesday evening to raise funds for uniforms for the women's indoor baseball team. An old-fashioned dance will follow at the Palm Helents center hosted by Mrs. Tyesdiey.
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Denvee Heights Recretion Lab
Palm Helents Center
Mm. Tyesdiey
Film Beauty Hurt as Horse Pitches
Hollywood reports actress Jeanette MacDonald injured when a horse she was riding on a film set threw her against a fence, sustaining ankle and leg injuries. fellow star Joan Bennett suffered a similar mishap months earlier but recovered.
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Beauty
Hollywood
Calif
CINS
Jeanette MacDonald
Fran Pulatal
Belle
Fenes
Joan Bennete
Wife of 8.4, Man, Stricken, Rallies
Mrs Ira Yates wife of a San Antonio man was reported to be improved at a Dallas hospital after a heart attack Saturday. Her husband and son Louis Yates were in New here to attend her.
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Dallas
Ira Yates
Louis Yates
Name Head for Catholic Order in Turin May 17
Don Pietro Alentdono was agreed upon to head the Catholic Salalan order with chanters in the United Alatea and Argentina. North American chapters are in Alaska.
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Tiny
Pietro Alentdono
Oday
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Alatea
Argentina
Bone
Alaake
Texan Candidate Campaigns Under White House Windows
Chester Surney, Texas congressional candidate, drives by the White House in a decorated bus with loud speaker. He stands on a rear platform and waves to crowds as music blares, campaigning on a wet platform in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Chester Surney
Congress
Texas
Hoover
White House
Floods raise German death tolls over Whitsuntide
Germany reports six more deaths on Whitsuntide raising the toll to about 25 across the Moselle valley. Telegraph lines to the Guels area failed after floods toppled houses and vineyards, with several missing and cemeteries damaged by rushing waters.
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Germany
Whitsuntide
Moselle
Guels
Liberties Union to Appeal Ruling on Coal Field Case
Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union announced they would appeal Judge Cochran's upholding of county officials in Bell and Harlan Kentucky to bar the civil liberties delegation from speaking in the area. Telegrams were sent urging the senate committee to secure a record of the hearing in the coal fields.
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New York
American Civil Liberties Union
Gochran
Bell and
Harlan Counties
Kentucky
Civil Liberties
Senate Committee
Anxiety Felt for German Aviators at Fort Darwin
May day brought anxiety for Capt. Hans Bertram and three German companions who vanished after leaving Kupang Timor two days earlier. They flew a seaplane toward Port Darwin and were swept by stormy Timor straits, with a government seaplane pursuing a leisurely propaganda flight in the area.
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Darwin
Australia
Hans Bertram
Kupang
Timor Island
Electricity Tax Deemed Unconstitutional by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled Idaho Inn’s plan to levy one half mill per kilowatt hour on electricity unconstitutional as it taxed products of interstate power companies. The Utah Power and Light Company challenged the Inn, with the court distinguishing generation from transmission as separate functions and noting farmers as unlike manufacturing subject to state control.
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Washington, D. C
USI
Idaho
Supreme Court
Utah Power and Light Company
House Tightens Immigration Law
The House voted to tighten immigration by requiring all aliens entering the country via employees of diplomatic officials to depart when employment ends. Bonds would be required for aliens engaging in indentures, with enforcement upon completion of service and instruction.
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Washington, D. C
Connecticut Delegates Rally Behind Alfred E. Smith
Hartford dispatch reports Connecticut Democrats in May instructed delegates to the national convention to nominate Alfred E. Smith as the party candidate. The article notes the state's commitment and outlines the political maneuvering surrounding the nomination process.
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Connecticut
Alfred E. Smith
Hartford
Conn
Alfred BE
Smith
Collision injures four as plane crashes near Castroville
Two civilians and two army fliers suffered minor injuries when a Kelly Field bomber forced down on the Castroville road. The plane struck a wrecked truck and a sedan after a muddy takeoff failed, with all occupants escaping unharmed aside from scratches. In New York, Bronx County grand jury began hearings on the Lindbergh baby ransom case, with Col. Breckenridge and witnesses testifying amid photographers outside the Bronx courthouse.
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Harry Bills
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Talanea
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New York
Bronx County Grand Jury
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Elyer
Henry Breckenridge
Charles A. Lindbergh
Golenel Breckinridge
Waitng
Bronx County
Max Rokenhaim
Bronx
John F. Condon
Jassie
Kidnaakers
Grand Jury
Milton Gaglio
Condon
Gaglio
Rosenaim
Detroit gangster Harry Fleischer hunted near Monterey
MEXICO CITY May 17. Detroit gangster Harry Fleischer wanted in connection with the Lindbergh baby case is reported to be hiding near Monterey, Mexico. Cal H Schwarzkopf, head of New Jersey state police, sent a telegram to Monterey police as officials in the area join the search and a general alarm is issued.
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Mexico City
INS
Harry Fleischer
Detroit
Monterey
Mexico
Cal
Three Legislature Candidates File for State Seats
Three candidates filed for state legislative seats with county chairman John K. Weber on Tuesday. Merle Starnes, real estate man, seeks place No. 3. Mortis, attorney, seeks place No. 4. Nowlin Randalpintormey, a farmer, seeks place No. 5.
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Citizens’ League
John K. Weber
Dentgevalkc
Tuesetay
Merle Starnes
Bei
Mortis
Nowlin Randalpintormey
Fea
Bolivian Forces Alleged Offensive in Gran Chaco
A La Nacion dispatch from Salta Argentina reports persistent rumors that Bolivian troops began an offensive against Paraguay in the Gran Chaco region, a long disputed area. The alert notes uncertainty and unverified claims from the border zone.
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Bolivia
Paraguay
Buenos Airas
la Nacion Fron Sala
Argentina
Four Parachuted to Safety By New Airplane Device
In Santa Ana on May 17 four men parachuted from a distressed ship using a novel release mechanism tested by inventor Marty Trost. The parachutes deployed within five seconds as the plane flew over the airfield. Two passengers escaped via a Cisclage door while the others used separate openings, all landing safely.
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Santa Ana
Marty Trost
Transocean Fliers to Mourn Lindbergh Absence
In Rome on May 17 Italo Balbo Italy's aviation minister said Charles A Lindbergh will be the absent one at the coming transatlantic aviators congress. Balbo expressed deep regret over Lindberghs inability to attend after the kidnapping of his son. He noted Lindbergh has ceased urging him to come to Rome and said ocean fliers will send sympathy to the Lindberghs.
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N. J
Jassie
John F. Condon
New York
White Plains
Yonkers
Charles Lindbergh
AL Today
Candon
Charles A. Lintbergh
America
Wales
Rome
Charles A. Lindbergh
Italo Balbo
Italy
Signor Balbo
Lindbergh
Former Senator Questioned About Return of Prohibition
Washington May 17 Senator Walsh a Democrat from Montana questioned Senator James W Wadsworth of New York at a senate hearing about the possibility of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and whether the saison could return. The witness said shares could be trusted to prevent restoration of the old saloon, as Wadsworth had testified in favor of repeal earlier.
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Washington, D. C
Walsh
Monlans
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Senate
Wadsworth
Death in Mail Plane Crash Claims Three
BURBANK California May 17 A United Shieh lines mail plane crashed and burned just before midnight killing all aboard including two passengers John Johnston veteran Pacific coast transport pilot Harry Christenson tax car operator and Harry Chandall the pilot authorities say the craft went down during ascent at about 100 feet altitude as the crew prepared to find the air at altitude after a sip incident caused the fatal crash
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Galil
United Shieh Lines
John Johnston
Trans
Harry Christenson
Harry Chandall
Funeral home owners form alliance in Fort Worth
An organization of funeral home owners and stockholders was formed at Fort Worth. Members voted to withdraw from the Texas Funeral Directors association because conditions in their body became harmonious to their aims, according to Th. Besthom of Mineral Wells.
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Texas Funeral Directors
Timbainyers
Tely Maleresis
Th. Th. Besthom
Minrial Wells
Gold Discovered on Brazil River Near Minas
Rio de Janeiro May 1 Reports from Minas say an important gold vein was discovered on the Lietefl bank of the Mr Suouhim rivers near there. A week of production estimates the vein yielding kilograms of gold.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Minas
Trazil
Lietefl
Suouhim
Army training clashes over budget in Congress
Washington May 17 The House split over the army appropriation bill as backers of citizen military training pressed amendments to restore pay for officers in reserve camps and to reinstate military training camps and the ROTC. Rep Colling defended the bill while opponents led by Rep Barbour pushed for changes they said would threaten national defense.
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Japan
Bukal
Washington, D. C
INS
House
Representative Barbour
California
Representative Colling
Mississippi
Friends
Membars
Collins
Besh
Bond Set in Prohibition Case Against Mrs. O Neal
Bond set at 500 dollars for Mrs. Mavi O Neal of San Jose in Delay county on charges of violating prohibition laws. Commissioner Paul Lockhart heard the case after a raid on Saturday found a pint of whiskey. O Neal pleaded not guilty and a trade statement circulated during lunchroom purchases.
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Paul Lockhart
Mavi O'Neal
San Jose
Delay County
Ira CG. Tiberiot
Goting
Solons approve ouster of Smith in party veterans revolt
Washington May 11 The House military council approved a resolution demanding the resignation of General William Wolff by order of the Peterays administration amid a veteran revolt within the party. The action signals a shakeup at the highest levels as tensions rise over leadership and policy.
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Solons
Smith
Washington, D. G
William Wolll
Rivt
Peterays
House Passes Law on Prison Guards
A U S House approves a new law tightening penalties for federal prison guards aiding escape or smuggling and links law to harsher imprisonment. The measure aims to curb corruption and improve security within federal facilities amid ongoing discussions in Washington D C.
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House
Washington, D. C
Firedevastated Georges Philippar burns with many lives lost
May 12 report from Aden says the French liner Georges Philippar burned off Cape Guardafui Italian Somaliland. About 600 aboard, 100 feared dead, passengers in nightclothes, some jumping into shark infested waters. Survivors told of harrowing scenes as families separated and lifeboats failed. Banks of hospitals prepared to receive injured from rescue steamer Contractor and other vessels.
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Arabia
Highty
Georges Philippay
Contracor
Cape Guardatul
Somaliland
Uneir
Philippar
Arata
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Georges Philippar
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