British Parties Launch Campaign Ahead of May Election
Campaign literature and rallies flood Britain as Conservatives Liberals and Labour kick off seven week drive. About 700 Commons candidates, Liberal leaders tour Britain, Tory Baldwin returns to Downing Street with draft program, communists field 25 candidates opposing Labour figures.
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Uberals
Herbert Samuel
Britain
Livyn George
Baldwin
Downtreet
Hamsay MacDonald
John R Ciynes
Margaret R Bondfield
Chanc Attacks in Shantung Beset Ninghaichow Siege
Chang Teung Chang forces press the siege of Ninghaichow in Shantung while Liu Chen Nien and Chang Tsung Chang use ruses to attack. Hospitals overflow as casualties mount and the city endures heavy bombardment amid evacuated streets.
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Shantung
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Ninghaichow
Liu Chen-Nien
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Liu Chen- Nien
New Congress Set to Convene as President Faces Agenda
Washington reports indicate the new Congress will convene soon with President Hoover preparing a message likely focusing on farm relief tariff revisions and a federal farm board. He also cited plans to address immigration quotas and the Mexican revolution impacting border security, with Secretary Stimson coordinating policy.
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Misplaced Decimal Causes Poisoning of Three Boys
An inquest in London found that a decimal error in a prescription led to three Sudbury boys ages 10 7 and 5 dying after receiving medicine for ring worm. The error delivered ten times the intended dose, with 25 grammes given to the oldest. All three died from the accidental administration.
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Leslie
John Thorpe
Merritt Relieved as Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington April 7 F D Merritt longtime assistant commissioner of Indian affairs since 1913 was relieved of his duties today and transferred to the budget office in the Interior Department Secretary Wilbur said the department plans a complete reorganization of the Indian service with administrative officers to retire or be reassigned
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Interior Department
Bureau
Three Fremont Fishermen Die In Bay S accident
A small Fremont boat carrying C. J. Notstine Earl Fought and Carl Graves overturned in Sandusky Bay near its mouth during a 50 mile gale. Coast guards from Marblehead found the craft and concluded the three men were lost.
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Mysterious Stranger Linked to Chicago Congressman Case
A stranger entered the home of Congressman M A Michaelson in Chicago as he faces Florida indictment for smuggling liquor. Michaelson denies charges while his attorney Benedict Short explains a party stop in Cuba and Panama with an unaffiliated man whose trunk contained liquor. the man’s name is not released.
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Cong Tosuman Michaelson
Panama
Congress
Cuba
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Michaelson
Frank
Twenty Victims of Central Storm in Minnesota
Rehabilitation activities began across Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois after a Friday tornado killed twenty people and caused extensive damage. Red Cross leaders from affected areas met in Minneapolis to coordinate aid and funeral arrangements for storm victims. Limited details showed the death toll at thirty nine with the addition of Leonard Trullner 42 of Cam Minnesota.
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Barron Wis
Leonard Trullner
Bombs explode in India's legislative assembly
Two bombs ripped through the Indian legislative assembly in April, injuring several including Sir George Schutt and I. N. Roy. Police detained two suspects, Balrain and Byagat Singh, after a pamphlet for the Hindustan republican army was found.
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Roy
Butukesware Dutt
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Cawnpore
Byagat Singh
Punjab
Hindustan Socialst Republican Army
Balrain
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Meerut
Patel
Supreme Court Binds Sinclair to Teapot Dome Questioning
The U S Supreme Court upholds Harry F Sinclair's conviction for contempt for refusing to answer Senate oil committee questions during Teapot Dome inquiry. Sinclair faces three months in jail and a fine of 5000. Justice Butler emphasizes protecting private affairs while upholding congressional investigations.
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Flashes of Life and Miscellany Across Early 20th Century News
A collage of short items, including lifestyle tips from Dr Jesse Williams on daily exercise, daylight saving forecasts with 25 to 30 million Americans affected, Lehar’s new children's musical, a Mount Carmel crime story involving Harvey Weddner and Lester Lindenmuth, a New York travel nugget about a nickel fare, and a Nebraska youth’s 479 mile 34 hour ride.
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Harvey Weddner
Lester Lindenmuth
Lindenmuth
Wessner
Philip M. Beiswang
Nebraska
Search for Southern Cross missing crew continues
In Sydney April 8 the hunt for Captain Chates Kingsford Smith and the missing Southern Cross crew intensified. Captain I S Chater, a key figure, was forced down in Port George area due to magneto trouble. Walcott to relay plane damaged but safe. two other planes head toward Woodman area to aid the search for the March 31 disappearance. Land searchers are hoped to locate the aviators more effectively than airseekers.
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Chater
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Simcay
Nickel plays part in New York campaign
The nickel fare issue on New York transit lines shapes civic and political battles. Mayor John Hylan pledged to shield riders from transit barons who advocated a fare increase, a stance echoing in discussions ahead of the November election and Walker's reelection prospects.
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John Hylan
James J Walker
Supreme Court bars naturalized Canadians from crossing U S border for work
The Supreme Court ruled that naturalized Canadians and other quota immigrants may not cross the border to seek employment without valid unexpired consular immigration visas. It holds naturalized Canadians cannot freely cross the border under the Jay treaty of 1784, while native born Canadians remain exempt from quota provisions.
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Supreme Court
Bern
Fifty Thousand in a Minute Storm Hits Chicago
A violent storm tore through Chicago last night on a 100 foot wide path five blocks long, causing about 59 009 dollars in damage in the South Shore district. Roofs ripped, trees uprooted, and garages burned on the north side while the south side escaped major damage. In Hemond Indiana a lightning strike hit an oil refinery killing a worker J E Pemberton, 23, igniting 000 gallons of oil.
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Bomb Sent to Governor Roosevelt Found in New York
A bomb addressed to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was discovered in the parcel post room of the New York General Post Office. It consisted of six inches of dynamite in a pipe, wrapped in wax and placed in a tin candy box. The porter who found it stopped the fuse. Roosevelt said he was glad no one was harmed and noted no motive. Also reported is the death of General von Lauter in Germany at 74, a former commander of German heavy artillery.
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Planes Patrol Border With Orders to Shoot
Eighteen American fighter planes were stationed at Fort Huachuca Arizona to patrol the border and shoot down any Mexican plane crossing the line The force was reinforced by seven officers and 44 men from the third attack group with ships from Fort Crockett Texas The disclosure follows repeated bombings on Arizona towns and indicates a hard line stance by U S forces at the border toward Mexican air incursions
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Jiminez
Furique Liekens
Inquiry on the I am Alone sinking prompts Canada US talks
Ottawa has turned over formal representations on the sinking of the rum runner I am Alone to the US state department. The Canadian prime minister said the Canadian registry vessel will be the subject of discussions, while Ottawa hints at treaty issues over the 1924 anti smuggling pact and right to search and seize on the high seas.
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Philippine revolt plot sparks arrests in Manila
In Manila on April 8 a police raid led to the arrest of sixteen Filipinos accused of planning a "grand revolutionary army" to topple the government. Authorities describe the scheme as speculative, with leaders allegedly selling ranks and distributing revolutionary pamphlets and ritual oaths. Officers confiscated literature bolos and daggers as five detainees are slated as witnesses.
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