Slain by Police After Killing Father In Law in Cleveland
Herbert Ridiker a Federal Reserve bank guard was shot to death by police after fatally shooting his father-in-law Charles Graf. Ridiker 33 had threatened to kill his wife and gain access to the bank, a sequence ending with Graf shot in the heart and Ridiker killed by officers as he reached for a pistol at the bank.
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Cleveland
Herbert Ridiker
Federal Reserve Bank
Charles Graf
Ridiker
Graf
Ethel
Flint
Mich
Remarkable 1812-Hour Survival of Half-Pound Newborn
In New York on March 27 doctors sought autopsy to explain how a baby born at 4:30 am in Brooklyn weighed about eight to nine ounces and survived about 18 hours. The infant, named in reports as a miracle, was treated with oil baths, inverted funnel oxygen, alpha lobelin, and lactose feeds as nurses watched. The parents, Salverio Vita and his wife, hoped for fame akin to Dionne.
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New York
Saverio Vita
Israel Zion Hospital
Brooklyn
George J. Scavener
Scavener
Vitas
Tragedy In Miamisburg As Car Struck By Train
Dayton report states John Roberson a 43 year old father of 10 was killed when his car collided with a Big Four train in Miamisburg Ohio. The locomotive derailed but remained intact.
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Dayton
John Roberson
Miamisburg
Easter Parade Veils and Lacy Neckwear Featured
Veils in varied styles and lacy lingerie neckwear are spotlighted for spring. Hats sit far back on the head with Paris cap-hats in evidence and a navy felt cap topped by three American beauty roses.
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Paris
Ohio House to vote on $10 wolf bounty bill
Rep. R. J. Kiefer of Logan County introduces a bill to pay $10 bounties for killed wolves in Ohio. If approved the bounties would be paid from dog license funds, with township trustees handling scalp submissions amid depredation concerns in Logan County.
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Ohio
Columbus
Logan County
R. J. Kiefer
Dietitian Proposes Easter Banquet Menu
A dietitian outlines a traditional Easter Sunday menu to celebrate the feast after fasting. The suggested courses include chicken bouillon with mushrooms, celery, olives, radish, string beans, spring lamb, potato balls, broccoli with wine butter sauce, lima beans, cucumber salad, toasted crackers, fresh strawberries with optional whipped cream, nut cake and demitasse.
Lambs in Berlin Parade Draws Easter Shoppers
Berlin on Easter week shows spring lambs on display as a street vendor parades his wares for prospective customers attracting families and visitors.
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Berlin
Easter Rivalries Highlight Polana Feast Day
Easter rivals Christmas clash over the big feast day in Polana with tensions rising as traditions collide on the holiday calendar.
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Polana
Cleveland's Oldest Lawyer Denounces Roosevelt Plan
John Patterson Greer a 92 year old Cleveland attorney denounces President Roosevelt's plan to remodel the judiciary. He argues age improves wisdom and condemns using age of justices as a measure of efficiency, noting his own long career since 1870 and limited medical care after an automobile accident.
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Cleveland
John Patterson Greer
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Boswell
Johnson
Green the Civil Rights Pioneer and Lawyer Chronicle
Self-taught lawyer Green, born April 2, 1945 in New Bern North Carolina, rose from waiter to famed criminal attorney known as the Crying Attorney. He mentored under Judge Jesse P Bishop and joined Union Law College, admitted to the bar in 1870, later entering politics as a state representative and senator.
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Supreme Court
Green
New Bern
N. C
Rockefeller
Ang
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Jesse P. Bishop
Old Union Law College
Columbus
Urbana Firemen Welcome an Eight-Pound Son
Three Urbana firemen Larry Donovan Pete Hasenbach and Ray Smith ran a race with the stork to a home emergency then helped Mrs. Dunham deliver an eight-pound son upon arrival at the hospital. The event ended in a tie between the firemen in the humorous race.
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Urbana. O
Urbana
Stork
Larry Donovan
Pete Hasenbach
Ray Smith
Richard Dunham
Dunham
Socialist convention clash over CIO endorsement in Chicago
Eastern delegates pressed for endorsement of John L Lewis's CIO committee for industrial unionism amid a split with AFL tactics. Wisconsin radicals warn they may withdraw while debates hinge on united front versus peoples front approaches and control of the party. Daniel Hoan did not attend amid fears of radical proposals.
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Chicago
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
New York
Wisconsin
American Federation of Labor
United Front
Peoples Front
Daniel Hoan
Milwaukee
Carl Minkley
Wisconsin Party
Communist Party
la Follette
Powers Hapgood
New England
Frank N. Trager
Illinois
Vincent Dunne
Minneapolis
Murray Baron
David Lasse
Workers’ Alliance
Ice On Wings Cited In Pittsburgh Plane Crash
Four inquisitors from federal state county and company examined scant evidence into the crash of a Transcontinental & Western Air Transport plane on a hillside. They attributed the 13 deaths to ice forming on the ailerons and wing rear-edge devices causing an abrupt nose dive and a stall.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Bureau of Air Commerce
TWA
Lawrence Bohnet
Child Labor Amendment Gains Bipartisan Backing
The nation debates a proposed constitutional amendment giving Congress power to limit regulate and prohibit labor of those under 18. Support spans President Roosevelt former presidents Coolidge and Hoover and many states though critics warn of federal overreach. The piece argues for federal authority to end child labor and notes NRA era safeguards.
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Congress
Far West
Middle West
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Hoover
American Federation of
NRA
Pilot Bohnet's Crash Linked to Localized Ice Conditions
Report notes Bohnet's aircraft encountered heavy icing on approach. Ice on the ailerons resisted dislodgement, aiding investigators in reconstructing the accident and identifying the failure point.
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Bohnet
Woman Jumps to Death From Washington Park Bridge
Mrs. Mary Daley, 24, a divorcee and mother of a three year old, leaped 85 feet to her death from the Washington Park bridge in Newburgh Heights Cleveland. Nine days earlier she tried to jump from the same bridge but fainted.
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Cleveland, O
Mary Daley
Washington Park
Newburgh Heights
Gros Bourdon Bells Return to French Easter Customs
The Gros Bourdon 24 780 pound bell leads a Easter display at a Quebec church as the gem of a French tradition drawing thousands yearly.
Clockwork Bird Inside Louis XV Easter Egg Delights Court
In a Royal Easter Egg gifted to Louis XV's eldest daughter, a clockwork bird was housed that could sing twelve airs, blending craftsmanship and court spectacle.
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Louis XV of
France
Fremont Ross to face Wooster in state scholastic debate title
Debate teams from Fremont Ross and Wooster High schools will meet in Columbus next Friday for the state scholastic debate title. The Ohio State highway school debate league annual competitions began in January with 88 schools represented.
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Columbus
Fremont Ross and
Wooster
Ohio State Highway School
Pettigo Straddles Free State and Northern Ireland
The town of Pettigo sits split between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, with governance and daily life affected by its border location.
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Pettigo
Irish Free State
Northern Ireland
Professor debunks hogs eating coal with hay feeding advice
In Columbia Missouri Professor L A Weaver of the Missouri College of Agriculture argues hogs eat hay. He recommends legume hay for fed hogs especially in dry pens plus bone meal and salt for phosphorus and calcium to prevent hogs from eating soft coal.
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Columbia
L. A. Weaver
Missouri College of Agriculture
Weaver
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