Massie testifies on Kahahawai slaying in Honolulu trial
Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie recounts confronting Kahahawai with a pistol at Mrs. Granville Fortescue’s home on January 8 and relates the alleged confession of attack on his wife. He describes the plot to abduct Kahahawai and force a confession as part of his insanity defense.
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William H. Ewing
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Granville Fortescue
Mrs. Granville Fortescue
Albert O. Jones
E. J. Lord
Kahahawai
Massie
Albert C. Jones
Edward J. Lord
Thomas Massie
Grantville Fortescue
Fortescut
New York Governor Extends Delegate Lead Amid Roosevelt Push
Washington April 16 Roosevelt gains Michigan Kentucky and Nebraska delegates and nears Illinois by late spring releases. Roosevelt controls 245 confirmed votes while insiders question party leaders support and plot to counter him with lingering neutrality signals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Michigan
Kentucky
Nebraska
Chicago
Illinois
James Hamilton Lewis
Murray
North Dakota
White House
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Hanley New Chairman Of School Unit
Clarence Hanley was elected chairman of the board of trustees of school district No. 1 and Addis McGrath was appointed school clerk to succeed Garfield Perier at a special organization meeting at the administration building. The new board has five Independent trustees and two from the Women's party. Hanley received four votes to two with Hanley abstaining.
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Clarence Hanley
Addis McGrath
Garfield Perier
Independent Party
Women’s Party
J. E. McNally
William Honey
T. R. Morgan
William McCarthy
Miles Cavanaugh
H. C. Benner
Hanley
Morgan
Cavanaugh
Haney
McGrath
Hyde backs resubmission of Eighteenth Amendment
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, long noted as a dry, voiced support for resubmitting the Eighteenth Amendment to the nation. He said he would not oppose citizens voting on the issue, aligning with the Republican state convention plank and signaling possible White House tolerance for a reconsideration.
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Washington
U.P
Hyde
United Press
Missouri
Hoover
Chicago
Lindbergh Child Kidnapping Case Sees Hopeful Talks
New York April 16. Attempts to recover Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. remain centered on Dr. John F. Condon, elderly lecturer and author of the Jafsie notes. Col. Henry Breckenridge met with Condon at the Condon home in the Bronx and, while declining to discuss the case, a spirit of optimism was evident.
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New York
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hopewell
N. J
John F. Condon
Jassie
Henry Breckenridge
Colonel Lindbergh
Con
Dr. Condon
Condon
Bronx
Kidnaper of Dorothy Hunter Escapes Mob Threat
Colby Kansas April 16 After confessing he kidnapped and killed Dorothy Hunter an eight year old girl from Selden Read 53 was saved from mob vengeance by Sheriff Ed McGinley of Thomas county Read led officers to centering on the incident and ensuring control of the crowd.
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Colby
Kan
Dorothy Hunter
Selden
Richard Read
Ed McGinley
Thomas County
Read
Fhe
Achilles
McGinley
Atwood
Charles E. Hennenberger
Kansas Prairie
Moonshine Raid Amid Prowl by Dry Sleuths
Prohibition era notes describe Walkerville agents stopping a liquor theft in a store as a man fled with two bottles of moonshine. In another county, a slaying and kidnapping case provoked a mob and an ex convict dodged lynching after a coroner’s inquest.
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Walkerville
Democrats Start Drive On Tariff
Washington April 16. Senator Cordell Hull vows to strike out import duties and oppose adding tariffs as the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony on taxing oil imports. Hull faces a divided Democratic group with Connally and Gore supporting the tax.
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Frederick G. Vosburgh
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Hull
Connally
Texas
Gore
Oklahoma
Fritz Apostel Wins Butte Grade School Kite Championship
Fritz Apostel aged 12 of Grant school set the pace by flying a home-made box kite 850 feet to 400 feet altitude and earning the title kite king. He topped 25 entrants at Big Butte event supervised by B J Gunderson and Ben Gannon with many parents and teachers observing.
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Fritz Apostel
Grant School
Butte
Big Butte
Apostel
Donald Ryan
Garfield
Eddie Bartoletti
Franklin
B. J. Gunderson
Ben Gannon
Knights of Columbus
Butte Handball Stars Sweep Montana State Meet
Butte handball athletes secured the state title with Gallant winning the singles crown and teaming with Emmett to reach the doubles final against Ackerman and Doherty. Gallant defeated Lester Loble of Helena in the quarterfinals and beat Joe Harring in the semifinals to clinch the championship.
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Butte Handball Stars
Butte
Montana
Ray Gallant
Fred Emmett
Fred Ackerman
Lester Loble
Helena
Joe Harring
Four Vacationers Drown On Nehalem River Coast
A Portland rowboat capsized in heavy seas at the mouth of the Nehalem river. Four vacationers—John T. Okiel Jr., 42, Spencer Greatwood, 28, Marjorie Sporup, and Frederick Greatwood—drowned in the incident.
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Portland
Ore
Nehalem River
John T. Okiel, Jr
Spencer Greatwood
Marjorie Sporup
Frederick Greatwood
Chicago Dismisses 1500 City Employees to Save Costs
CHICAGO April 16 Nearly 1,500 city employees were removed from the payroll to save Chicago about $115,000 a month in salaries. Mayor Anton Cermak insisted the cost of government is too high and must be reduced, noting payroll cuts totaling over $7,000,000 in the year ending April 1.
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Chicago
Anton Cermak
Summer Fire Destroys King Carol’s Fossor Chateau
Bucharest reports the Royal Chateau of Fossor, summer residence of King Carol at Sinaia, burned early today. The blaze is blamed on workers repairing the chateau, with authorities assessing negligence as a likely cause.
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Bucharest
Fossor
Carol
Sinaia
Committee Votes to Seat Bankhead
The senate privileges and elections committee voted 9 to 8 to seat Senator John H Bankhead Democrat Alabama whose election was contested by former Senator Thomas.
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Washington
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Thomas
Stanford Track Men Beat Bears in Berkeley Meet
Stanford defeated California 79 1 6 to 51 5 6 as the Golden Bears showed unexpected strength in track and field. Bob Kiesel set new sprint records and Captain George Pool surpassed the previous pole vault mark, with California breaking several meet records despite the loss.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Golden Bears
Stanford University
Cardinals
Bears
Bob Kiesel
George Pool
Minah Earns Ejection From San Francisco Hotel
In San Francisco on April 16 A P reporter describes how a guest nicknamed a minah mocks guests and was asked to leave the hotel. James McCabe, head of a large hotel, reacts with humor as the scene unfolds, clarifying the social tension in the ornate hostelry.
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Minah
San Francisco
James McCabe
Menager Mcabe
McCabe
Four Die After Truck Crash Near Sauk Center
Four youths aged 18 to 25 die in a fiery crash on highway No. 3 five miles west of Sauk Center Minnesota after a delivery truck collides with a parked transport truck. Victims were Olga Holmberg and Mrs Joseph Wietzel both of Melrose Roman Weisser and Fred Haider of Melrose.
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Sauk Center
Minn
Highway No. 3
Here
Joseph Wietzel
Melrose
Roman Weisser
Fred Haider
Olga Holmberg
Melrose High School
Haider
Dickinson Named G. O. P. Keynoter
United States Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa was named temporary chairman and keynoter of the Republican national convention next June. Simeon D. Fess announced Dickinson's appointment at a conference of party leaders in Chicago.
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Chicago
U.S
United States
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Hoover
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Dickinson
Senate panel approves campaign expense probe
Washington April 16 A senate elections committee approved a resolution to investigate the campaign expenditures of presidential candidates.
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Washington
Senate Elections’ Committee
Navy Crew Beats Princeton In Opening Race At Carnegie
Navy eight edged Princeton by a scant length over a mile and three quarters on Lake Carnegie to open the crew season. War time was 9 minutes 15 seconds.
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Princeton
N. J
Navy
Poughkeepsie
Lake Carnegie
Gold Coins Found Hidden in Old Box Mantled by Ax
In Galena April 16 a man named Ambrose Harle swung an ax in a junk pile and uncovered a cement plug in an iron pipe. Removing it revealed two powder cans containing $3,500 in gold coins once tucked away by the late J. A. Nack who owned the building housing a fruit store.
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Galena. I
Ambrose Harle
J. A. Nack
Har
Twenty Japanese Killed in Yanglingkow Skirmish
Shanghai reports twenty Japanese soldiers killed in a light skirmish with a detachment of the Nineteenth Route Army at Yanglingkow northwest of Liuho. The Chinese forces announced the casualty figure on Sunday.
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Shanghai
Nineteenth Route
Yanglingkow
Liuho
Baseball Standings and Saturday Results
Pittsburgh 0 Cincinnati 5 Boston 5 New York 4 Philadelphia 0 Brooklyn 5 rain postponed gpen Souls unable to play due to rain or other delay.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Sunday Baseball Games Premier Matchups Across Cities
The schedule lists Chicago at St Louis Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Boston at New York and Philadelphia at Brooklyn highlighting rivalries and travel across the league.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Lows
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Saturday Baseball Scores Sheet
New York 14 Boston 4 Washington 2 Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 1 Chicago 5 St Louis 2 Detroit 3. Twelve innings noted for the Detroit game.
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New York
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Sunday's Games Pairings Across Major Leagues
J Louis faces Detroit while Cleveland meets Chicago New York plays Boston Philadelphia clashes with Washington in a Sunday schedule across leagues.
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J. Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Milwaukee and Columbus Battle Ends 4 1
Report notes Milwaukee defeats Columbus by four to one whileKansas City leads Toledo ten to eight and St Paul edges Indianapolis four to three. A postponed game involves Minneapotin Lou Louisiana unit.
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Louisville
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Toledo
Columbus
Serene St. Paul
St. Paul
Lou Ar
Boy 10 Takes Own Life After Note Found
William Schneider aged 10 left two notes before dying by hanging in his room in New York. His sister Marjorie found the body, with an overturned chair nearby. A camp medal note asked not to blame Albert and to take his things, while another said goodbye to Albert and claimed he was going to hell.
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New York
William Schneider
Marjorie
William
Albert
Billy
William R. Schneider
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