Tucson Kidnapping Case Stuns Arizona City
April 26 Tucson press a wide search for a kidnapper who seized six year old June Robles returning from school and demanded 15000 dollars. Police and posses blockaded roads, checked passing cars, and guarded suspects while raiding desert areas. A Mexican boy Estrada delivered a ransom note. investigation widens with leads to a dark man and an American dealer. No trace of June or abductor despite a large patrol from police chief Wollard and veterans' group commander Seeley. One of the era's major kidnapping scares recalls Lindbergh Jr and Peggy McMath cases.
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Tucson
Ariz
Dillinger
June Roble
Arizona
C. A. Wollard
Barney Kengla
June
Rosario Estrada
Fernando Robles
Bernabe Robles
Estrada
Robles
George Seeley
American Legion Post
Army of Peace
Charles \. Lindbergh, Jr
Hopewell
N. J
Pegsey McMath
Harwich
Mass
Hull Asks AtticK On Tariff Bill At Senate Hearing
Secretary of State Hull appeared before the Senate Finance Committee urging prompt action on the administration tariff surtax bill. He warned Congress and the government face a wavering economic crisis, and urged more liberal tariff policies to support the administration program. Hull’s Senate appearances reinforced his reputation as a leading Democratic tariff expert from his congressional days.
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Washington
Cardell Hull
Senate
Congress
Hull
vaTit
The Weather Forecast Showers Tonight and Cooler Friday
A weather note indicates showers tonight with cooler temperatures arriving Friday. Forecaster urges travelers to carry rain gear and plan for changing conditions.
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Pepuny
Youth Maintains He Was Kidnaped
Findlay April 3 6 through hours of questioning by two officers, Donald Schoonover, 1year old fara, youth, maintained today he had been kidnaped and held captive for 48 hours by two men and a woman. The youth told B. Donald special agent of the Department of Justice and Sheriff Lyn Harvitt his release was granted on condition he pried 5 000 in a tin can at the sixth tree from the edge of 4 Woods on his grandmother's farm at 9 30 p m Wednesday. Officers placed a can by the tree and lay in ambush nearby. They reported seeing nothing and hearing only the roots of an owl. Schoonover said he believed he could lead authorities to the house in which he allegedly was held captive. He said the house was near a river. Samples of Schoonover writing and that contained in notes asking 9 550 ransom were given to an expert for comparison.
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Schoonover
Akron lawmaker pushes end to state liquor monopoly
Rep George J Harter of Akron urged abolishing the states liquor monopoly and restoring licensing at a Columbus hearing before the Senate liquor investigating committee. Sen Carl D Sheppard, Akron, as chair, echoed opposition to state control while Col John A Hughes, state liquor director, was cited for releasing a list of favor seeking legislators.
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Columbus
George J. Harter
Akron
Senate
Carl DD
Sheppard
Harter Qutait
John A. Hughes
Lst
Gandhi attacked in auto ride at Aute Bazar India
Mahatma Gandhi was in a motor car attacked by caste Hindus at Aute Bazar on April 26, escaping uninjured though three others were hurt. He announced a three week hunger strike if needed, blaming untouchables stigma and noting the assault as the first on him. Gandhi and companions are linked to the Indian Nationalist Congress.
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Bazar
India
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Congress
Early capture of Dillinger forecast by federal agents
A Midwest federal manhunt mobilizes 5000 state and local police as Melvin Purvis vows a swift confrontation with outlaw John Dillinger and his five man gang. Reports place agents near St Paul and Mercer Wisconsin, with sightings across Indiana Ohio Michigan and Illinois.
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Purvis
Dillinger
John Hamilton
Homer van Meter
George Nelson
Tommy Carroll
Joseph Fox
Mid+ west
Wisconsin
Mercer
Michigan
Rangster
St. Paul
Evelyn Freschetti
Madison
Wis
Marian Marr
Southern
Rose Ancker
Russell Clark
Harry Pierpont
Charles Makter
Ohio
Pierpont
Lina
Clark
Oakley
Auditor Finds Driver Overpayment On CWA Projects
Hamilton County truck drivers and owners were overpaid by about $16,000 on Civil Works Administration projects. The finding was disclosed by H. A. McSorler, chief auditor of the emergency Relief Administration works division, in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Civil Works Administration
Hamilton County
H. A. McSorler
Works Division
Emergency Relief Administration
Japanese Ambassador Proposes Straight From Shoulder Deal
Japanese ambassador Saito proposes a direct US Japan deal to end mutual suspicions and align on common aims. He describes Japan’s hands off China policy as an honest effort to build frank, by the book relations with the United States and improve mutual understanding. Continued on page 2.
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Japan
U. S
Carroll Kenworthy
United Pree
Washington
Apri
Hi Tos Saito
United States
China
United Press
Elderly farmer injured when wagon horses run away
John Bodnar, 76, of Stop 22 Grafton road, sustained a fractured right leg and multiple lacerations yesterday after a team of horses he was driving ran away as an automobile struck his wagon. The motorist fled. license from Lorain reported. Bodnar listed in fair condition at Memorial Hospital.
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John Bodnar
Grafton Road
Roe Spitzer
Claude Adams
Lorain
Bodnar
Memorial Hospital
Mayor Hopeful Relative to Water Main
Mayor W H Vanoster returned from Washington reporting optimism about a $400000 PWA force main from Elyria Avenue into Elyria city. Officials say current PWA funds are allocated and another appropriation could enable the project. He spoke with Don Hatter and attended a hosiery convention in Philadelphia before his city absence.
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PWA
Elyria Avenue
City of
Elyria
W. H. Vanoster
Washington
Vanoster
Don Hatter
Ohio
Philadelphia
Ohio Senate backs 18 month tax extension for relief funds
Columbus April 26 The Senate Taxation Committee recommends extending the Annal Bill admissions and cosmetics tax for 18 months raising about 7.3 million dollars for relief in 1934. The extension would push expiry from June 20 1936 to December 31 1937 as explained by Adjt Gen Frank D Henderson, chair of the State Relief Commission, noting revenue shortfalls from relief bonds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Taxation Committee
W. H. Annat
Cleveland
Adjt
Frank D. Henderson
State Relief Commission
Bergdoll Eyes Return to United States Amid Pardons Hope
Berlin April 26 Grover Cleveland Bergdoll draft dodger in exile packs bags hopeful for a pardon and return to the United States. In a letter to the U.S. President and mother Emma Bevedell he says he yearns to go home after 14 years away, claiming the U.S. is the only free country left. Bergdoll was court-martialed in 1920, sentenced to five years and loss of citizenship, escaped guards, fled to Canada then Germany, now 40 with a family. He says he was a victim of sensational newspapers. Dover O Ante 26 reports factory wage changes and labor board mediation.
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Berlin
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
United States
Teay
United Procs
Emma Bevedell
Roosevelt
Teinrn
Bergdorf
New York
Canada
Germany
Be Cave
Strike fears spread from Cleveland to Lorain County
Rumors of a gas station workers strike in Cleveland spread to Lorain County with motorists buying extra fuel and many stations reporting brisk business. Officials warned the situation could reach Elyria and surrounding towns, while some executives doubted immediate spread to smaller communities. A tank truck from Cleveland was escorted by deputies to Elyria, with strikers and sympathizers allowed to approach the county line before turning back.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Lorain County
Cuyahoga County
Route 20
Lorain
North Ridge
Kapress
Jis
Curahaga County
Sheriff's Department
Cuyahoza County
Lorain County Lne
Sheruf Clarence Dick
Harry L. Davis
Seven Firemen Narrow Escape in Rivertown Fire
Seven firemen narrowly escaped death when a fire of incendiary origin ripped through the White Star restaurant in NANESVILLE on April 26 a mezzanine level trapped them as flames surged below. Investigators say quantities of gasoline were placed around the building and the blaze appeared set to conceal a larger loss. Proprietor John Ladnich was in Columbus when the fire started.
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Nanesville. O
White Star
Tedas
Lose
Ana
Kemé¢n
John Ladnich
Columbus
Five Alarm Fire Destroys Mutual Drug Co Building
A five-alarm fire gutted the Mutual Drug Co building in downtown Cleveland early today, causing an estimated 260000 in damage. Nineteen companies battled the three hour blaze as walls collapsed endangering firefighters. Nearby Pine Hotel residents were moved to the street amid chemical and alcohol explosions. Night watchman Leo Smith discovered the fire.
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Cleveland
Pollen and Fire Department
Mutual Drug Co
One Ure
Atepine Hotel
Drug Company
Leo Smith
NPA Moves in Mop Up Dane
Under Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson the NRA pressed a mop up campaign to resolve pending items. A labor advisory board conference sought faster 10 percent hours cuts and wage gains, plus a proposed anthracite code. Johnson criticized a 32 hour week plan and eyed bituminous industry study to adjust North South wage differentials.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
NRA Labor Advisory Board
Johnson
Roosevelt
Labor Board
Secretary of
Frances Perkins
Bandits Terrorize Arkansas Town
Three machine gun bandits terrorized three southeast Arkansas communities today, robbed a bank, wounded an officer, and fled in a dust cloud behind a speeding car. The attack occurred near Grady on April 26 as residents were startled by the sudden raid and the quick getaway.
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Grady
Ark
Arkansas
Hank
Ohio Senate weighs gross receipts tax in tentative plan
In Columbus Ohio Senate leaders expect a vote today on a gross receipts tax bill as the core revenue measure of a tentative taxation program. If approved the body will consider additional measures including an excise tax on public utilities and a tax on deposits in financial institutions.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Senate
Whi P. Naynes
Coshocton County
House
Ohio to Lay Off Seventy Three Liquor Store Clerks
The State Liquor Control Department reports 73 clerks laid off across Ohio stores due to insufficient business. Stores may close if daily receipts fail to reach 300 dollars. Minimum staff remains a manager, a cashier, and one clerk. Locations with layoffs include Mt. Gilead Port Clinton Fremont Canton Alliance Niles Marysville Bowling Green Findlay Zanesville Campbell Sabina Pomeroy and others.
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State Liquor Control Department Today
Ohio
Mt. Gilead
Port Clinton
Paulding
Fremont
Portsmouth
Tiffin
Canton
Market Street
Alliance
Barberton
Warren
Niles
Marysville
Lebanon
Bryan
Bowling Green
Upper Sandusky
Jima
Conneaut
Ashtabula
Wapakoneta
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Buevrus
Greenville
Deqance
Sandusky
Cambridge
Findlay
Napurcon
S. Loan
Millersia
Nor Wa
Zanesville
Campbell
Sabina
Pomeroy
Richfield
Confidence Man Arrested With Lindbergh Ransom Clues In France
Wavre France April 24 detectives report the confinement of a so called confidence man linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping. The suspect, reported aboard the Washington liner, is handed to New York police. Evidence suggests he may possess ransom details while authorities pursue charges across jurisdictions.
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Wavre
France
Stewart Donnellz
New York
Doanelis
Washington
Wocwa
Meron Hazard
Frank Raihl
Cust
Tam
Effert
Ameren Service
Mazes Rathi
Ds France
Dontellv
Struck Settlement Ends Major U.S. Railroad Strike Threat
Washington April 26 The six weeks old railroad wage dispute was resolved by compromise between labor and management. The accord restores 2.5 percent of the 10 percent wage cut on July 1 1934 and 2.5 percent more on January 1 1935 with 5 percent restored by April 1 1935. The new pay rate lasts until May 1 1935 and ends the threat of a nationwide strike and possible mediation or presidential action.
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Washington
Board of Mediation
National Railway Labor Act
Roosevelt
Committee to report negatively in Wirt case
Washington April 26 the committee investigating Dr William A Wirt s Brain Trust plot charges voted to report that the Gary educator failed to substantiate his allegations The vote was three to two with strict party lines Wirt charged the Roosevelt Brain Trust plotted social and political revolution in the United States and would supplant the president with a Stalin Tugwell Rexford Gur Tugwell was named as a brain trust leader Roosevelt nominated him for promotion and said he would continue to use gray matter Brain Trust or otherwise
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Washington
William A. Wirt
Brain Trust
Red
House
Gary
Wirt
Roosevelt Brain Trust
United States
United Press
Rexford Gur Tugwell
Tugwell
Roosevelt
Thieves Enter Kroger Store Via Basement Pipe
Thieves gained entry to the Kroger grocery at 618 Ledstreet by enlarging a hot air pipe from the basement. About 15 cartons of cigarettes and 125 pounds of sugar were stolen. The theft was discovered this morning by store manager Lawrence Craig. Detective Lloyd Sweet is investigating. It is believed youths entered from an adjoining empty store room into the basement and access the main area through the hot air duct.
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Kroger
Ledstreet
Lawrence Craig
High Street
Lloyd Sweet
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