League Opposes Foreign Aid to China Warns Japan
In Geneva on April 24 the League of Nations faced a strong warning from Japan that it will oppose foreign aid to China under any guise. Consul General Yokoyama declared Asia for Asia tics and leadership by Japan, signaling defiance of the League in the Far East and implying danger if armaments are sold to any Chinese faction.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Japan
China
Asia
Tokyo
Yuchiro Yokoyama
Far East
League
Yokoyama
Yokohama
Dillinger Chase Draws Wisconsin and Twin Cities Search
U S officers converge on Dillinger hideout as southern Wisconsin sheriffs warn of a four man sedan with a machine gun. In North Wisconsin a vast manhunt with 190 federal agents, planes, and armed units screens for Dillinger, believed hiding in the area or in Minneapolis and St Paul with two dead and four wounded after Sunday gunfights.
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Department of Justice
Dillinger
Law
Desperado
Twin Cities
St. Paul Park
St. Paul
Stolen bonds returned to Kansas bank in secrecy
In Kansas City a group of negotiators delivered about 225000 in allegedly stolen stocks and bonds to the bank's attorneys after a concealed handoff through a hotel room door. The securities were seized during a January 31 bank raid that captured cash and hostage diversions.
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Kansas City
Independence
Eas
Hero Jobless Receives DSC Letter From Washington
Pittsburgh April 24 A 25 year old man Tom Hunt visited family relief headquarters to apply for aid. He then found an official letter announcing he had been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action near Cote de Chatillon France on October 14 1918.
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Tom Hunt
Washington
Greal
Cote-De Chatillion
France
Four Arabs Sentenced to Death in Fertile River Murder Case
In Baghdad on April 24 four Arabs were sentenced to death for killing Ray Fisher, 23, a University of Cincinnati graduate, and Rudolf May, a Dusseldorf newspaperman, while they paddled a collapsible canoe near the Euphrates. The victims were attacked March 5 during a world trip, one shot in the head and the other in the abdomen after a request for matches.
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Iraq
Ray Fisher
University of Cincinnati
Charles Fisher
Hialeah
Fla
Fisher
Rudolf May
Dusseldorf
Germany
India
May
Troubles of a landlord in court over missing doors
In Pittsburgh on April 24 the landlord Charles Tuckfelt testified that tenant Alex Petruska refused to move. The landlord removed doors and windows from the apartment, and because of cold, Alex allegedly removed doors and windows from a neighboring unit. He was subsequently arrested.
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Pittsburgh
Alex Petruska
Charles Tuckfelt
Alex
Dead dog lives after 10 days in coma in Berkeley
Berkeley California April 24 Science watchers report a dog in a University of California lab has remained alive ten days after being revived by Dr Robert Cornish. The animal shows blinking to light and twitching from a fly touch, with researchers hopeful brain recovery may follow if retina and other centers heal. Food shifted from tube to mouth as the dog stabilizes.
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Calif
Science
University of California
Robert Cornish
Cornish
Court Wouldn't Rob Child's Bank
Troy police court records show Justice Byron refused to seize a child’s bank to pay a fine. Everett Lawless was fined 2 dollars for a traffic charge. He produced 2 dollars in pennies from a child’s bank. The judge ordered it returned, saying he would not raid a child’s bank even for the law.
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N. Y
Byron
Everett Lawless
Lawless
Death Bottle Buried With Noted Flyer in Soldier's Grave
Pittsburg dispatch reports Col. William Thaw of the Lafayette Escadrille, a wartime d’Artagnan of the skies, buried after dying of pneumonia. Relatives found the so called death bottle among his souvenirs, a 50 year old bourbon marked with signatures of dead aces. The bottle was sent to Major M nant, French commander, as the escadrille’s dead reckoning grew.
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William Thaw
d'Artagnan
France
America
M. Thenant
Pan Dusherry
Milk Producers Strike Call Aims At Dairy Trust
Philadelphia April 24 The executive committee of the U S Farmers Protective Association calls a strike by all Philadelphia area milk producers to expose the so called milk trust The appeal signed by Lewis C Rentzley president urges farmers to halt milk flow during pasture season to force leaders to be held accountable and to strike the so called leaders on sight.
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Milk Trust
Executioe Committee
The
U.S. Farmers Protective
Lewis C. Rentzley
Association
Rentzley
Adjourning Congress by May 20 in sight
Washington April 24 Speaker Rainey and Representative Byrns told President Roosevelt they had administration backing for leadership. They aimed to finish major business with three must pass bills: Stock Exchange control, bank guarantees extension, and anti crime legislation. They predicted adjournment by May 2 at latest.
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Washington
Rainey
Representative Byrns
Roosevelt
Burns
White House
Bryns
Insall Ship Delayed as Morocco Seals Port
Casablanca April 24 heavy police cordon surrounded the Exilona on arrival at 11 20 a m. Samuel Insall and prisoner passenger were not allowed ashore. Local reporters were kept away by DOLE at the captain’s request. The Exilona will sail at 7 p m for Boston, leaving the former utilities operator to stand trial.
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Casablanca
Morocco
S. Axilena
Samuel Insall
Dole
Exilona
Two Found Dead Beside Auto Near Manchester Wreck
Payetteville April 24 two men identified as iPa-Sylvester Dorian, a lectorer, author and ocritic, and Private James Al Richards, 37, of Fort Brace, were found dead beside Dorian's wrecked automobile near Manchester in the pre-dawn hours today.
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Payetteville
N.C
Sylvester Dorian
James al Richards
Fort Brace
President Foils Bold Hold Up At Round Lake Bank
Round Lake Illinois April 24 a quick shooting bank president and vigilant citizens thwarted an attempted robbery at the First State Bank. Three bandits fired on patrons but fled as a posse closed in one robber wounded and captured another escaped by car and a third headed for cover in a lumber yard. The bank president H C Walter and clerk Miss Vilah Hart aided by armed locals drove off the attackers. bullets shattered the scene but no one else injured. Round Lake, northeastern Illinois, near the Wisconsin line.
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First State Bank of
H. C. Walter
Vilah Hart
Weber
Lake Resort
Tlinois
Waukegan
Wisconsin Line
Artificial Silk Tieup In Prospect In Pennsylvania
Production of half the artificial silk in the United States is threatened by a general strike of workers in five Viscose Company plants. Union leaders say about twenty thousand could stop work. A 12 hour conference with company officials failed to avert the strike now affecting Marcus Hook Lewistown Meadville Parkersburg and Roanoke. Workers seek a proper cent wage increase or a more equitable wage differential.
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United States
Marens Hook
Lewistown
Marenus Hank empMoves
Meadville
Parkersburg
W, Vi
Roanoke
Grain Growers Lease Station Building Altered at Baltimore Station
The benches at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station are being removed and the south section readied for occupancy by the Eastern Grain Growers Association which will have its head quarters there. The railroad will keep using the north section.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Eastern
Witness Dies in Cambridge Grand Jury Testimony
CambridgeApril 24 a farmer and canner Winflela Woehstrer 72 collapsed and died while testifying before the grand jury after suffering a heart attack.
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Cambridge
Winflela Woehstrer
Women pals of outlaw tightlipped in Milwaukee case
Milwaukee April 24 A circle of John Dillinger’s women associates has shown unwavering loyalty to the Indiana outlaw. Among them Evelyn Frechette of Neopit Wis sits at the center of his escapades and is now in federal custody in St Paul charged with aiding his escape. Three unidentified young women seized near Eagle River Wis refused to reveal names or any details about Dillinger or his gang. Federal agents moved them from the Vilas county jail to an undisclosed facility. A mystery woman linked to Dillinger’s Crown Point jail escape is also noted for guiding his refuge arrangements.
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John Dillinger
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Philadelphia
Washington
Evelyn Frechette
Neopit
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March al
Twecson
Ariz
Chicago
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Eagle River
Freedom
Dillings
Crown Point
Ind
Henderson’s Split Over Smith France Pact Shocks Republicans
George Henderson’s decision to seek Maryland Attorney General as part of the Smith France faction widens factional rifts in the party. His move shocks young Republicans in Washington County, risks his Young Men’s Republican League presidency, and sets up a likely Nice faction challenge for the attorney general nomination. The shift may confine its impact to Cumberland and boost Smith's gubernatorial and France’s senatorial hopes in Western Maryland.
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Smith-France
Nice
Jit
Cumberland
Young Men's Republican League of Maryland
Maryland
Smith
Dr. France
Harry Nice
France
Young Republican
Amnesty law frees thousands of Spanish political prisoners
President Alcala Zamora signed an amnesty bill after cabinet resignations threatened. Premier Lerroux said the law would publish in the official gazette tomorrow, taking effect automatically and freeing prisoners held since the December revolt amid fears of new strikes and renewed clashes in Madrid.
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Madrson
Alcala Zamora
Huge Blacksnake Invades City Headline Echoes Wild-Urban Conflict
In Ha Ferstown a four-foot black snake roams near the Legion home on West Antietam street as residents report a string of unusual wildlife intrusions including an opossum in a city apartment cellar and a ratlike creature in a court house alley. Russell Ambrose, the caretaker, captures the snake and plans to relocate it to an orchardist for pest control benefits.
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Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
West Antietam Street
Russell Ambrose
Mr. Blacksnake
House panel approves crime flee across state lines bill
Washington April 24 The House Judiciary committee approved legislation at Roosevelt's request to make it a Federal offense for anyone to flee across state lines to escape arrest or prosecution for crime.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Judiciary Committee
Testimony Completed in $359,000 Damages Suit
Testimony in the damage suit of William H. King of Needysville against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was completed this morning and prayers were heard before the court. Attorneys argued, and the case goes to the jury. King contends a 1909 accident cost him an arm and that officials promised him a lifetime job, but he was discharged in December 1931.
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William H. King
Needysville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
King
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