Co-ed Is Dead Youth Survives Pact Aids Death
Wayne Nebraska May 5 Ronald Young 20-year-old college student wounded in a failed death pact with Nancyann Alford 19. County Attorney H D Addison plans a murder charge filing. Young confessed to three robberies implicating Alford in two. They attempted to kill themselves with gas then used a pocketknife and chloroform.
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Wayne
Neb
Ronald Young
H. D. Addison
Addison
Nancyann Alford
Young
Ronald
Russia fortifies border amid outer Mongolia visit
Visiting Mongolian officials claim Soviet Russia is rapidly placing the entire border on a war footing to deter a possible Japanese invasion from North China. They report feverish preparations, 300 aircraft, and conscription of tribal groups across Outer Mongolia as Moscow strengthens regional defense.
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Priping
China
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Mongolia
Pal Yunu
Monglia
F D R Takes Silver Group On Train Ride For Remonetization
President Roosevelt invites the Senate silver group to a special train ride to New York for William Woodin's funeral and a conference on a guarded plan for mandatory remonetization of silver. Senator King of Utah leads hopeful talks while a Democratic official questions the purpose as a possible political show.
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Washington
Silver “Salvationists
Roosevelt
Senate
New York
William H. Woodin
Treasury
White House
Woodin
King
Utah
Simple Rites For Woodin In New York
William H. Woodin former Treasury secretary to be honored with President Roosevelt present at 4 p.m. at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Attending officials include Vice President Garner Speaker Rainey Senator Robinson and Representative Burns along with Morgenthau Dern Roper Perkins and Cummings. Woodin died from throat infection in a New York hospital.
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Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Robert W. Anthony
Woodin
Berwick
Rooosevelt
Garner
Rainey
Robinson
New York
Cheap liquor hits bootlegger in Harrisburg sale plan
Harrisburg news reports the state liquor control board will sell 2 ounce bottles of blended whiskey for cheap prices starting Monday. A new price list sets American whiskey at $2 and $1.95 a fifth gallon, including 20 percent imported Scotch and American distillates.
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Harrisburg
I Auar Control Board
Hand Laceration Incident at South Potomac Street
Joseph Miller sustained a badly lacerated hand this morning when a piece of glass pierced the flesh while scrubbing the floor. Earlier a milk bottle fell and shattered, leaving fragments, one embedded in her hand. addressed at $36 South Potomac Street.
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Joseph Miller
South Potomac Street
Noted Author Claims King Albert Slain By Back of Head
Nottingham England May 5 AP Colonel Graham Seton Hutchison author and publicist says King Albert of Belgium did not die in an Alpine fall but was tapped on the back of the head. He claims the death was part of a planned perjury with Belgium shielded by the cover story.
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Nottingham
Eng
Albert
Belgium
Graham Seton Hutchison
Nottingham Journal
Colonel Hutchison
Graham Seton
Hutchison
Ex-prisoner sought here in stabbing incident
Lawrence Davis a 27 year old colored man from Marion South Carolina lies in a hospital with severe knife wounds to the shoulder and neck following a stabbing at Julia Gross home Braxton's Alley. Police are seeking a rival ex convict also 27 who arrived in Hagerstown after a chicken stealing sentence. Davis moral and physical condition is serious as doctors report paralysis of the right side from the shoulder wound. A city wide search is on for the ex convict who is well known to police and whose arrest is expected soon.
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Lawrence Davis
Marion
S. C
Hagerstown
House of Correction
Julia Gross
Braxton's Alley
Davis
Star
Young Insull To Meet His Father
Samuel Insull Jr arrives from Chicago on the Broadway Limited seeking a meeting with his father upon the Exile Monday. He travels without lawyers and with no tricks, while sharing in federal indictments for mail fraud and bankruptcy law violations tied to the sprawling Insull utilities empire collapse. He is described as a slim, pleasant young man from Strears, serving as operating assistant to the chairman of the Gas and Electric Utilities Companies of Chicago.
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New York
Samuel Insull, Jr
Chicacao
Broadway Limited
Exilon
Young Insull
Chicago
Insull
Young Devi
Gas and Electric Utilitas Companies of
Basehit One Rabbit Stew Roanoke Rapids Game
Roanoke Rapids May 5 Pi Wham! echoed as Jim Payner batted a ball into left field and a rabbit leaped up to snag it. Payner later said his rabbit stew dinner was very good.
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Jim Payner
Payner
Pennsylvania railroad clerks return to full time work
Twenty eight thousand clerical workers across the Pennsylvania railroad system will resume full-time duties on June 1. The company announced the change noting they currently work two unpaid days per month, versus six days off each month a year ago.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Forest Fire Burns Itself Out in North Carolina
A large forest fire in northwest North Carolina burned about 300000 acres across woodlands and farms, threatening multiple counties. Stone Mountain Roaring Gap and Mitchel river valley fires stretched roughly 15 miles each with widths over a mile, still smoldering in spots as crews watched for further spread.
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Doughton
NX. C
North Carolina
Stone Mountain Roaring Gap
Mitchel River Valley
Roaring Gap
Greystone Inn
Baltimore liquor licenses surge as beer and wine take lead
Baltimore officials reported May 1 to May 31 liquor licenses total 2 661, up from 2 900 in previous period. Harve C. Warner, secretary, noted many residents shifted from liquor and beer licenses to cheaper beer and wine permits.
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Baltimore
eMeet
Harve C. Warner
Liquor Heard
Weekly Weather Outlook For Early Week
Weather outlook for the period beginning Monday shows showers in the North and Middle Atlantic regions Monday and again midweek. Expect generally fair conditions on other days with cooler temperatures Tuesday, warmer by Thursday, and cooler Friday and Saturday.
Lowry office ransacked during lunch hour
Emmett M. Lowry reports a noon burglary at his North Potomac street desk where $63 in cash was stolen. Police suspect the same culprit as earlier thefts in the Second National Bank building. Detectives say the thief escaped through a rear cellar window.
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Emmett M. Lowery
North Potomac Street
Second National Bank
Lowry
S. M. Bloom
Potomac Street
Young couple wed in Florida with parental consent
In Bradenton on May 5, Mrs Estell Deal Mercer aged 13 and her 20 year old husband Charles obtained a marriage license with parental consent. County Judge W H Tucker noted it as the youngest bride licensed in his decade in office.
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Bradenton, Fla
Estell Deal Mercer
Charles
W. H. Tucker
Notre Dame Head Sinking
The Rev. Charles T. O'Donnell, president of Notre Dame University, was described as a little weaker after a rough night as a streptococcus infection persisted for over a year. Hospital attendants report he lost ground in the illness.
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South Benmd
Ind
Charles T. O'Donnell
Notre Dame University
County Firemen to Meet Board Over Funding Restoral
Representatives of the Washington County Volunteer Firemen's Association will meet the Board of County Commissioners next Tuesday at 3 30 PM to press restoration of the $200 annual appropriation for volunteer fire companies. A Funkstown meeting led to a committee to present the issue to the board.
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Washington County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Board of County Commissioners
Association
Funkstown
Three groups join in hunt for outlaw Dillinger
Chicago May 5 A triple alliance of federal agents city police and state detectives joined the hunt for John Dillinger. The flying squad was reinforced by specialized officers as authorities intensified efforts to capture the famed criminal leader and end his criminal career.
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Dillinger
Triple Alliance Hunt
Chicago
John Dillinger
Dog Catcher Hard To Engage In Elizabeth City
In Elizabeth City North Carolina on May 5 officials report the city’s dog catcher post is hard to fill two former holders declined reappointment after being harassed by small boys and dog owners. They said impounded dogs were quickly released as nabbed and the city is considering scrapping the dog ordinance.
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Elizabeth City
XN. C
Hottest Day Of The Year Yet In May 1954
Today's record heat nears 90 degrees as Keedysville weather station reads 83 at 11 30 a m. with 74 yesterday in Chewsville. Officials note May heat is common early in the month and many kept fires going indoors overnight to stay prepared for cooler spells.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Countian Arrested in Liquor Raid
Federal agents led by Ralph S. Tage arrested Lester Muck Holmes after a raid on his southern county farm. Three cars a hot water heater several gallons of untaxed whiskey and mash were seized. Holmes was taken to Baltimore for arraignment before a U S commissioner. A second farm was visited but search halted when shotgun appeared.
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Lester (Muck) Holmes
Ralph S. Tage
Holmes Place
Holmes
Baltimace
U. S
Tage
Baltimore
Search Ship For Dillinger Inbound Duchess of York
Liverpool authorities announced plans to search the liner Duchess of York on arrival to verify rumors that John Dillinger is aboard. Police will board the ship after docking and scrutinize all passengers to prevent any Dillinger presence.
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Liverpool
John Dillinger
Detenve
United States
America
England
Halifax
V. S
Jury Convicts Leader in International Counterfeiting Ring
Chicago May 3 Authorities claim partial disintegration of a $2,000,000 counterfeit ring with the conviction of Dr Valentine C Burton of New York. The jur y deliberated two hours and prosecutors say the ring aimed to flood the U S and several South American nations with spurious bills. Burton, a prominent New York Communist, was expelled from the party after arrest.
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Hall and Sullivan
W. H. Moran
Secret Service
Moran
United States
Berlin
Moscow
Burton
New York
Communist Party
Houston
Tex
Secret Service Department
Dr. Burton
Havana
Black Plans to Quit Post
Washington May 5 EU zene Black governor of the Federal Reserve Board intends to resign probably soon after Congress adjourns. If President Roosevelt does not persuade him to stay, the White House must find a new chief for a banking board gaining importance under pending legislation. The lanky Southerner longs for a normal life, friends say, likely Georgia where he once governed the Atlanta Reserve Bank.
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Washington
Euzene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Georgia
Atlanta
Cop Pursues Dillinger With Fame Or Death Ambition
CHICAGO May 5 A mild mannered sergeant leads the formidable forty squad on the hardest mission of his career to capture John Dillinger America’s top out law. Frank Reynolds thirty year old bachelor is known for a steady trigger hand and accurate shot. He is head of the city detectives famed for bravery and has repeatedly earned honors and awards. His sole hobby is police work and his lone dream is to get Dillinger.
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Chicago
Max Pring
Frank Reynolds
Hunter
John Dillinger
America
Reynolds
Braery
Dillinger
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Muck) Holmes
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