Ancient epic echoes in Mesopotamia finds and Japan war notes
Field Museum and Oxford University expedition uncovers 4000 year old tablets and a fragmentary Gilgamesh link to Beowulf while Beowulf like feats are linked to Gilgamesh. Tokyo plans a cabinet for the army after Japan’s prime minister’s murder. Russia calls up 809,000 reserves. Vatican and Pope Pius XII urge charity and anti-communist denouncements. Congress advances kidnapping penalties amid crime criticism. New York transit strikes and wage concerns loom. Vincent Astor funds a wet campaign and notable society figures aid causes.
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the Field Museum
Oxford University
Mesopotamia
Gilgamesh
Babylon
Ulysses
Greece
Noain
Tokio
Japan
Priny
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Weather forecast mixed with garbled text. Thursday night low around 64 degrees with higher Friday day near 80. Northerly to westerly winds, warmer in western sections. increasing cloudiness in the west, moderate temperatures and light winds expected in the plains.
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San Antonio
Texas
Pool profits from 1929 radio stock scandal cited
Washington May 1 reports large profits from a 1929 radio stock pool tied to John J. Raskob and other executives. Senate banking committee opened its probe into the sock market revealing managers profits, participations, and outside payments amid a broad cast of named investors and firms.
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Washington, D.C
John J. Raskob
Democratic National
Senate Banking Committee
Bagus Money Blamed on Bootleggers
In Washington May Mem An increase in counterfeit currency blamed on depression in bootlegging. W H Moran chief of the secret service says liquor distributors and peddlers are struggling to make ends meet and turn to passing spurious currency as the public.
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Washington, D. C
W. H. Moran
Senret Service
Liguor Distributora and
Peddles
Enda
Produce Dealer Facing Charges of False Weights
Mike Carrillo a produce dealer at 319 Buena Vista was charged in County Court at Law Mo 1 on Thursday with false weights. F G Abbot a city weight inspector and his associate J C Spiter testified that Carrillo used false scales in weighing produce. The complaint alleged Carrillo purchased 413 pounds of poultry while paying for 343 pounds. Affidavits claim chewing gum stuck in the scales prevented honest weighing.
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Mike Carrillo
Buena Vista Slyec
Law Mo
F. G. Abbott
J. C. Spiter
Carrillo
17000 Workers Favor Bond Issue In Chicago
In Chicago on May 10 the Building Laborers and Hod Gathers council representing 17000 workers adopted resolutions urging swift passage of a 9 billion dollar national public works bond issue. Memorials were sent to the president, vice president, and congressional leaders.
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Chicago
Congress
Bol Bimedes
Abolition of Air Forces Rejected at Geneva
The disarmament conference Autumn Committee rejected a German proposal to abolish military aviation as an offensive weapon. The vote was 22 to 7 with Austria Hungary Bulgaria Turkey China and the Soviet Union supporting the German plan, which labeled air weapons as the most menacing form of warfare to civilians.
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Geneva
Many
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
China
Soviet
Russia
Gas Company Value Set at 47 Million Report Details
The railroad commission discussed the Lone Star Gas Company value at 47,355,114 with a Beaumont report outlining evaluation methods. The document notes costs to reproduce Texas properties for rate making and the engines used to estimate Southern properties, indicating the complex process behind utility valuations.
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Austin
Mayly
Ailroad Commission
Lintto
Texas
Lone Star Gas Company
Public Work Bill Urged by Unions in Oakland
Alameda county central labor council forwarded to Washington a memorial urging immediate passage by Congress of 5 000 200 000 hand fee for public works.
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Oakland
Calif
Central Labor Council
Alameda County
Washington
Congress
Ieee
House Committee Delays Bonus Vote
A House rules committee deferred Monday action on the Patina esolition case delaying a full payment. No further details were provided on the agenda or potential next steps.
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House
A. Gy
Garner proposes $3 billion relief program for economy
Washington May 19. Speaker Garner outlined a relief plan to aid the economy including one billion dollars in bonds for a government building program, expanding the Reconstruction Finance Corp base by one billion, and Huddleston’s bill to place 100 million in Hoover’s hands to ease distress. He opposed the dole but urged Congress to act before adjournment to relieve unemployment and physical hardship from hunger and rent.
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Washington, D.C
Garner
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Huddleston
Hoover
Villages Ravaged by Chinese Reds Near Hankow
Reported Chinese Communists ravaged villages ten miles north of Hankow and threatened to cut the Kiohan railway. Government airplanes bombed targets as clashes continued. Japanese forces moved from Kiangwan as fighting raged near Shangli and surrounding areas.
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Hannow
China
Mages
Hankow
Kiohan
Pair Plead Guilty on Kidnap Count
Chicago police detail reports May 19 that ten men charged in a kidnap case saw two, Max Grant and Georgia Grant, plead guilty today. They testified at the trial, while William Thomas and John Pingera remain named defendants. Assistant States Attorney Wayland Brooks said the state would seek life imprisonment and indicated the two might testify for the state against Ward Swalgel and Edward Fuinen.
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Chicago
Feu
Will Kids
Max Grant
Georgia
William Thomas
Joh Pingera
Wayland Brooks
Assisteri
Ward C. Swalgeil
Edward Fuinen
Forest Fire Peril in Canada Grows
In Quebec on May 19 reports describe a spreading forest fire threatening towns and settlements. Residents evacuate as flames advance toward rural areas, with authorities mobilizing efforts to contain the blaze and protect evacuees.
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Canada
Quebec
Suvail
Cammittl- Lies
Lindy Memorial Fund Planned by Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst announces an England appeal to raise a Lindbergh baby memorial fund. She says the fund will help children if Caleril Lindbergh does not need care or aid, aiming to support charitable efforts in Britain.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
England
Caleril Lindbergh
Plunge From Roof Injures Child in Local Accident
An eight year old boy, Binal Morales, suffered injuries after a roof plunge. A man identified as Kernan was assisting with repairs when the fall occurred. Tad Wwee reported as taken to Roberet A. Cran Hospital.
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Binal Morales
Kernan Alyeet
Enor
Wwe
Feine Robnet A. Cran Woapital
Science Saves 11 Year Old From Infantile Paralysis
Benny Horton 11 of Harris county is saved by serum after a Chicago blood-dorne serum was flown to the city by plane. Doctors traced a donor and arranged transmission for the cure amid a nationwide search. The child’s case prompted medical praise for modern science and rapid transport of emergency remedies.
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Benny Kathleen Horton
E. W. Horton
Katherine Coir
Coxas
Chicago
Police arrest 117 members of Singing Society in raid
In Philadelphia during a raid on the Montgomery Society, 117 members were arrested as police seized beer behind a bar. 35 women and 82 men were taken to hearings, with most discharged after magistrate Connor’s proceeding ended.
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Singing
Philadelphia
Mumberdore Singing Society
Ue Society
Avion Hall
J Connor
Sen Long Snared in Mean Trap During Tax Bill Talk
Washington May 12 Senator Long and Senator Tang clashed during a tax bill debate. The scene included harsh remarks and party lines as they debated the relation of California and Texas influence. A tense exchange ended with a gavel and shifting positions, highlighting concerns over energy policy and regional gas production.
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Sen
Washington
B.C
Tiey Py Tang
Ikik Ben Wand
California
Tanisian
Tella
Kidnaping Confession Ties to Curt at Flemington
State Police Superintendent Norman Schwhrkopf announced investigation into a Norfolk child kidnapping case. Curtis, jailed at Flemington after confessing to abducting the Lindverghs’ baby, claimed innocence and implicated others before authorities traced the suspect’s movements from March 1 to the Anvil 2 incident and ransom payment by John Gandarr Schwarnkops.
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Hopewell
Couthet
Guntie’ Wherrabouts
Anvil
John Gandarr
Lindbergh baby ransom letter hints at wires clue
Newark Evening News reports that ten days after the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, Trenton Police Chief William Walter received an anonymous letter suggesting the child and three others would be found by following Lindbergh telephone wires. The body was found near the Hopewell to Princeton road alongside police wires tied to the investigation. The letter’s author mentions a cash payoff and secrecy, listing a New Jersey base near Elizabeth and a wire-runner who tracks Lindbergh conversations.
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Trenton
N. T
Willan Waller
Newark
Newark Evening News
William Walter
Aningminus Iavier
Hopewell
Princeton
Lindbergh
Chref Waller
Wews
Waller
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