Coal pact reached as miners and operators agree
A joint conference of 14 representatives from anthracite operators and the United Mine Workers of America announced they had reached agreement on all points in their wage contract dispute and would sign a two year pact at 1 p m East Standard Time. Assistant Secretary Edward F. McGrady said officials would inform Secretary Frances Perkins and President Roosevelt, who had urged avoiding a suspension. Civic groups in coal regions urged quick action to prevent economic peril to Pennsylvania communities.
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New York
United Mine Workers’ Union
Edward F. McGrady
Frances Perkins
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Trio Sought for Quizzing in Slaying in Waterville
Police hunted three men for questioning in the death of seven year old Mary Proulx whose strangled body was found in an alder clump in Waterville Maryland. The medical examiner Dr Napoleon Bisson said the child was criminally attacked. A woman said one suspect walked with the girl on Main Street before she disappeared. The victim's mother confirmed another suspect had given pennies to her children. A third suspect, a 20 year old, befriended Mary during a brief stay at the Proulx home.
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Waterville
Mary Proulx
Napoleon Bisson
Nathan Hunter
Main Street
Arthur Proulx
Mary
Proulx
Young King Farouk Arrives in Egypt on Return to Cairo
Egypt's 16 year old King Farouk arrived in Alexandria today on his first return to the homeland as monarch. Crowds cheered along the harbor as flags flew on British warships and he boarded a cruiser and destroyers to Cairo. The new king, proclaimed after Fuad's death last week, appeared pale but smiling.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Farouk
London
Cairo
Mediterranean
Fuad
Widow Named Beneficiary in Thurston Will
Paula Frances Thurston of New York City named conditional beneficiary of most of the estate of magician Howard Thurston in his probate will. An adopted daughter Jane Jacqueline Thurston of Weehawken receives a $500 gift.
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Jersey City
N. J
Paula Frances Thurston
New York City
Howard Thurston
Jane Jacqueline Thurston
Weehawken
Road Improvements Awarded in Garrett County
Dr Homer E Tabler chairman of the State Roads Commission announced contracts for improving two Garrett county road sections at a cost of more than 53000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Homer E. Tabler
State Roads Commission
Garrett County
Weather Forecast for Maryland and Atlantic Coast
Forecast from U S Weather Bureau predicts fair and warmer conditions in Maryland tonight and Thursday with showers developing Thursday night into Friday. Sandy Hook and Cape Hatteras expected to see northeast to east winds veering to south with increasing strength and generally fair weather. Chesapeake Bay will have easterly winds veering to southerly with increasing intensity, with fair skies and warmer temperatures tonight through Friday morning.
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U. S
Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Accused McDermott Silent as Jury Deliberates in Cumberland Trial
In Cumberland Maryland May 6 a Allegany county jury heard no testimony from accused man A Mer t McDermott who chose not to testify in his own defense after the state rested. Prosecution witnesses included Elizabeth Mayo of Richmond Virginia who testified about a call to Neymyer's confectionery and Lawrence Vermilian of the Emerson Telephone Exchange who said a call came from Alban Towers in Washington. McDermott made his decision not to testify following a morning conference with his lawyers.
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Cumberland
Amert McDermott
Allegany County
McDermott
Elizabeth Mayo
Belmont Street
Richmond
Neymyer
Lawrence Vermilian
Emerson Telephone Exchange
Washington
Alban Towers
Golf duel in Charleston recalls 1926 hole in one
Ed Wehman and pro Johnny Adams played at the sixth tee in Charleston, asking if a hole in one had ever been made. Adams replied yes, back in 1926, when his tee shot on the 169 yard hole rolled into the cup amid a friendly exchange.
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Charleston
S. C
Fred Wehman
Johnny Adams
Adams
President Cardenas Recovers After Appendectomy
In Mexico City on May 6 President Lazaro Cardenas was reported recovering satisfactorily after an appendectomy performed yesterday. Doctors gave the update as the nation awaited further word on his condition.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Rocking Chairs Back In Style At Chicago Show
At the spring wholesale furniture show in the Merchandise Mart Chicago rocking chairs return to fashion after nearly twenty years of obscurity buyers called the rocker the latest thing as it again appears in living rooms promising comfort for weary bones at the show.
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Chicago
Bones
Merchandise Mart
Hotel chiefs chambers meet May fifteenth in Hagerstown
President J B Ferguson of the Chamber of Commerce and Wallace B Caum of the Hotel Alexander sponsor a statewide conference of hotel managers and chamber executives to be held at the Alexander Hotel in Hagerstown on Friday May 15 at 12 30 o clock. The aim is to highlight Maryland as glamor romance and historic shrines and to launch a campaign for a Maryland Virginia and regional commission with duties including preparing sponsoring printing and distributing state facts.
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J. B. Ferguson
Chamber of Commerce
Wallace B. Caum
Hotel Alexander
Hagerstown
Alexander Hotel
Anager G. Wray Lemon
Maryland
Virginia
Tafts Widow Backs Roosevelt For Re election
Mrs William Howard Taft widow of the 27th president and mother of Robert Taft endorses Franklin Delano Roosevelt for re election in a Charleston interview. She says it would be disastrous if Roosevelt is not reelected though she remains a Republican and believes only Roosevelt can fill the current needs.
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William Howard Taft
United States
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Cleveland
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Taft
Charleston
S. C
Roosevelt
Charleston News-Courier
Hancock Bridge worker suffers severe foot injury
Norman Bishop a WPA laborer on temporary work at the Hancock bridge yesterday received a badly lacerated foot when struck by a piece of steel.
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Norman Bishop
WPA
Hancock Bridge
Weinberg backs Lewis in election battle in Frederick County
Complete returns from Monday's Republican primary show State Senator Harry W. Legorre securing the nomination while Frederick County voter Leo Weinberg announces support for Democratic candidate David J. Lewis. Weinberg criticized party leaders and urged the electorate to back Lewis in November.
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Harry W. Legore
Frederick Countian
Congress
Leo Weinberg
Weinberg
Henry Weinberg
Harry W. Nice
Old Guard
Washington County
Albert A. Doub
Legore
Doub
Lewis Pleased With Big Vote In Washington County
Congressman David J. Lewis, accompanied by Mrs. Lewis and his secretary, visited Hagerstown on the way from Cumberland after the primary. He thanked local leaders for the large vote in Washington County and the district and said he would begin arranging his campaign promptly.
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David J. Lewis
Parchman Prison Farm Quiet After Threatened Rebel Action
James Thames, superintendent at Parchman State Prison Farm in Mississippi, said about 50 convicts had planned a work stoppage but the disturbance was averted. The inmates reported back to work at the regular time, and the farm remained quiet with no violence.
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Parchman, Miss
James Thames
Parchman State Prison
Riet
Seize Weapons In Prison Raid
Jackson officials report a surprise prison raid at Southern Michigan guards seized 500 knives blackjacks and other weapons from cell blocks. Inmates fashioned the items from materials gathered by prison industries authorities said.
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Jackson, Mich
Michigan
Italians Seize Addis Ababa With Fascist Rule Reestablished
Marshal Pietro Badoglio led 30,000 Italian troops into Addis Ababa to restore order and reoccupy the Ethiopian capital. French mission offices burned, riots quelled, and foreign legations guarded as the Italian advance ended days of turmoil. The occupation was welcomed by many residents amid a security pledge and renewed Italian authority.
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Addis Ababa
Pietro Badoglio
Negus Negusti
Legation
Marshal Badoglio
Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci
Ethiopia
Rome
Italy
Imperial
Flier Locates Missing Child Near Cambridge
A two year old boy, Wallace Leroy Schoupe, missing since last night from the home of his uncle Howard Wallace, was found this morning in woods about ten miles from Cambridge. An airplane piloted by Hubert H. Wright of Cambridge located the child after a nightlong search by posses and county authorities.
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Cambridge
Hubert H. Wright
Wallace Leroy Schoupe
Wilsie Wallace Schoupe
Howard Wallace
Mr. Wright
Wallace House
Governor Gets A Fake Bomb
Boston May 6. Investigation of the second ominously ticking package sent to Gov James M Curley in five years concluded it was a fake bomb. State Chemist Joseph Walker analyzed water in which the package was soaked and its mechanism finding no residue of explosive matter. The device consisted of two flashlight batteries a clock mechanism and a hollow tube five inches long and one inch in diameter.
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Boston
James M. Curley
Joseph Walker
Rule Sets Safe Distance For Hindenburg Arrival
Washington May 6 The Commerce Department issued a rule requiring all planes to fly at least one mile distant from the German dirigible Hindenburg on its arrival here expected Saturday.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Miltion Hiccoughed Five Years Tests Remedies
And still he hiccoughs. Robert F. Milton, 76 year old farmer of Blue Springs Missouri, says he will need five more years to try every remedy suggested since his plight became widely known. He has used many so called cures including ten chicken gizzard linings in capsules. all failed to stop the hiccups. In recent weeks Milton has received 462 letters from well-wishers offering help.
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Blue Springs
Robert F. Milton
Milton
F D R Signs Flood Bill In West Virginia
President Roosevelt signed bills authorizing preliminary examinations to control floods on the Greenbrier and Cheat rivers and their tributaries in West Virginia and the Potomac River and its tributaries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Greenbrier
Cheat River
West Virginia
Potomac River
Child and grandchild for his every year milestone
In Shelby North Carolina on May 6 a birthday party for James Monroe Hawkins highlighted a curious fact: he has a child or grandchild for every year he has lived. The event drew nine children and six grandchildren, who attended his 77th birthday celebration.
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Shelby, N.C
James Monroe Hawkins
Beatrice Harraden Dies At 72 Author Of Several Novels
Beatrice Harraden 72 author of Ships That Pass In The Night and Youth Calling died yesterday at Barton on Sea Dorset. She was unmarried.
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London
Beatrice Harraden
Barton On Sea
Dorset
Rays sterilized air in operating rooms
Rochester Minnesota May 6 Dery Hart M D of Duke University medical school reported a new type of cool ultraviolet sterilizing rays in operating rooms to the American Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The tubes above the table kill airborne germs in 60 seconds without burning humans, offering continuous room sterilization as a final infection safeguard since antiseptic surgery began.
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Rochester
Minn
American Society of Thoracoplasty Surgeons
Dery] Hart
M. D
Duke University Medical School
Joseph Lister
Robert J. James
Harvey Rentschler
Westinghouse Lamp Company
Hart
Byron Says Maryland Primary Results Support Roosevelt
Former State Senator William D. Byron told a Clearspring Democratic Women’s Club audience that Republican critics misread Tuesday’s Maryland primary. He endorsed Roosevelt strength, noting Maryland’s 6 to 1 vote overall and favorable margins in Washington County and the Sixth Congressional District, up to 14 to 1 in Allegany County.
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Maryland
William D. Byron
Democratic Women’s Club of
Clearspring
Byron
Montgomery County
Allegany County
Democrats To Put Up Money For Roosevelt Primary
Georgia Democrats have contributed 10000 to enter President Roosevelt in the state presidential preference primary on June 3. Roosevelt’s name will be filed within a few days, campaign manager Marion Allen said. Entries close at noon May 16. The fee, fixed by the State Democratic Executive committee, will be returned if only one candidate enters. The committee majority includes followers of Gov. Eugene Talmadge.
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Atlanta
Georgia
President Roosevelt
Marion Allen
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt
United States and France Agree on Reciprocal Trade Pact
Washington May 6 The State Department announced an agreement with France on a reciprocal trade pact to be signed in Washington late this afternoon.
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Washington
State Department
France
Four Story Furniture Warehouse Damaged in Three Alarm Fire
A three alarm fire in Columbus Ohio destroyed a four story furniture warehouse early today forcing residents of a nearby apartment house to flee. Firemen battled the blaze and sprayed water on adjacent buildings to prevent spread.
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Columbus, CO
Rome names Bottai civil governor of Addis Ababa legacy
Marshal Badoglio appoints Giuseppe Bottai as civil governor of the former Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa after its occupation. Mussolini publicizes victory and prepares to defend conquest against League of Nations sanctions in a nation intoxicated by the raid.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Addis Ababa
Giuseppe Bottai
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Marshal Badoglio
Il Duce
Badoglio
Italy
Betting At N. Y. Tracks Is Illegal, Bennet Rules
Albany May 6 Attorney General John J Bennet Jr ruled betting at New York race tracks illegal. He said the law as amended makes civil forfeiture the sole penalty, despite the offense formerly being a misdemeanor. Senate Leader Dunnigan plans to test the law in court and pursue a constitutional amendment to permit pari mutuel betting.
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Albany
N. Y
John J. Bennet, Jr
New York
Senate
John J. Dunnigan
New York State
Dunnigan
Democratic Senate
Renewing Fight For Actor Son Custody Case Moves Ahead
Mrs Lillian Bartholomew renewed her bid for custody of her 12 year old film actor son Freddie whose earnings are about 1000 dollars weekly. A superior court hearing was set on her new petition to end the guardianship of the child's aunt Miss Myllicent Bartholomew.
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Los Angeles
Lillian Bartholomew
Freddie
Mrs David Chaves Sr Dies in Albuquerque Hospital
Mrs. David Chaves Sr., 86, mother of U S Senator Deane Chavez of New Mexico, Democrat, died in an Albuquerque hospital after an illness of six weeks. Funeral details were not provided.
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Albuquerque
N. M
David Chaves
U. S
Deane Chavez
New Mexico
Canton News Item On W Harter Sr In Ohio May Note
Canton dispatch notes W Harter Sr one of Obie’s qu... captured in brief obituary notice with political or local civic ties, detailing his passing and community role.
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Canton, O
W. Harter, Sr
Oble
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