Bomb raid targets Nogales rebel base in Sonora
Federal bombing planes attacked the Nogales base in Sonora early morning. Explosives dropped and anti aircraft fire engaged planes as officials predicted a federal push to take Nogales later today. Sources cited expect rebel forces to retreat or surrender as troops approach from the north.
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Ariz
Sonora
Yes
Nace
Genore
Nogales Senora
Francisco Borguet
Legion Chief Visits Capital in Caldwell Banquet
National commander Paul V McNutt of the American Legion visits Caldwell Idaho for a luncheon at the Owyhee hotel. The event, arranged with the Legion and the Kiwanis club, follows his welcome address to a large crowd at a banquet in the Odd Fellows temple.
AT&T offers stockholders rights to buy bonds in record issue
Directors of the American Telephone and Telegraph company announced a rights offering for bondholders to purchase about 219 million dollars in convertible 4 1/2 percent bonds at 100 dollars per six shares. The bonds convert to common stock at 180 dollars a share in 1930 190 dollars in 1931 1932 and 200 dollars from 1933 to 1977, with one share of stock for each 100 dollars par value plus the price difference.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Europe Reads May Day Tensions Across Capitals
European capitals enforce unusual police precautions for May Day. Berlin and Paris restrict outdoor meetings while Moscow curbs rioting calls from Pravda. In Bombay mill worker strikes fuel revolutionary talk as Warsaw tightens security against demonstrations. Scotland Yard boosts alert as agitators may aim to trigger unrest.
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London
Europe
Berlin
Paris
Third International
Moscow
Pravda
India
Bombay
Warsaw
England
Usua
Scotland Yard
Reparations Talks On Brink As Berlin Offers Stall
Paris dispatch reports dwindling hope that Dr Hjalmar Schacht will return with an amended German offer to restart the reparations talks. The eleven week conference appears near its end with optimism fading and officials preparing a final report to ease future negotiations.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Berlin
Liner Leviathan’s Medical Stores Reported
New York April 30 4 The supply of medicinal liquor aboard the liner Leviathan for her next voyage was declared 547 quarts by a customs report. The article notes additions include champagne whiskey vermouth gin and wine with a 600 quart limit and seals intact after four months.
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New York
Europe
Wiliam S Conrow
Leviathan
Vaterland
Man Knight Missing After Voyage from Manchester Firm
John Norman Knight of a Manchester company disappeared from the Incz Scythia during a return voyage from the United States. Knight, traveling first class, was not seen after Sunday dinner, prompting a shipwide search with no results. His wife, meeting the liner on arrival, was told by the purser that nothing could be thrown light on his disappearance.
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Liverpool
Eng
John Norman Knight
United States
Manchester
Incz
Scythia Knight
Nail remnants mark lifetime of Scribner blast survivor
In Omaha on April 30 John Lamberty recalls the Scribner dynamite explosion that killed six men. A nail remains embedded in his left lung just over the heart, a wound doctors chose not to remove after two weeks of study.
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Omaha
Neb
John Lamberty
Scribner
Race Against Death Ends in Newton
A multi conveyance pursuit ended at 7 am when Mrs. Fred Eo Jasper and Miss Stella McCord reached the bedside of their father M. A. McCord in Newton Iowa. He was found seriously ill but somewhat stronger after the race by boat airplane and train.
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Newton
Iowa
Fred Eo Jasper
Stella McCord
M. A. McCord
Uh-O Here's a Good One on Daddy and the Boys
New York reports a Smothy Gray survey showing men spent vast sums in 1926 on beauty aids. Facial and hair care costs are cited, with a total beauty bill reaching over a billion dollars and facial services contributing a sizable share.
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Daddy
New York
Smothy Gray
Department of Commerce
Father
British Runner Gavuzzi Wins 33.7 Mile Derby in Missouri
Pete r Gavuzzi of England completed 33.7 miles from Springfield to Mill er, Missouri in 4 15 10 to win the derby at the 31st center point. Sam Richman of New York finished second in 4 25 15 and Herbert Hedeman of New York was third. Weather: generally fair tonight and Wednesday, colder with a boost in the north portion at night.
Mellon Visit in Canada Spurs Senate Inquiry
The Senate Judiciary Committee debated whether Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon violated the anti travel or trade statutes by holding interests in the Aluminum Company of America. Senator Walsh suggested a 1925 deposition tied Mellon to a Canadian land deal and questioned if Mellon participated in aluminum business while in Canada, noting the suit by Haskell against Duke interests and ALCOA.
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Washington
Andrew Mellon
Ada
Aluminum Company of America
Senate Judiciary Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Norris
Mellon
Walsh Democrat
Montana
Senator Walsh
Aluminum Company
Canada
Mr. Mellon
Haskell
Duke
Merlion
Walsh
Keyes Appears In Petulant Mood
Los Angeles April 30 Asa Keyes former district attorney awaiting appeal from bribery conviction declined to discuss his illness. Jail physician said health declined since conviction. Also mentions he was jailed with Ben Getroff and Ed Rosenberg in Julian Petroleum bribery case. Washington April 30 permanent Democratic headquarters announced and Jouett Shouse named chairman.
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Los Angeles
Fpormer
Asa Keyes
Jal
Benjamin Blank
Keyes
Ben Getroff
Ed Rosenberg
Washington
Jouett Shouse
Kansas City
John J. Raskob
Reduced grain freight rates urged by interstate commission
Boise April 30 reduced grain freight rates for Idaho are recommended by examiners of the interstate commerce commission after hearings across the west. Attorney J. M. Lampert says savings could reach 1 200 000 if adopted, with rate cuts of 8 to 16 cents per bushel. The report, compiling testimony from 182 interests, spans 53 000 pages and notes some rate details await final work, with possible objections by May 20 and a final hearing planned.
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Boise
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Con Mission
West
J. M. Lampert
Idaho Public Utilities « Mission
Lanpert
Edison Seeks A Bright Lad For Future Inventions
Edison offers four years tuition in a technical school to a U S high school or prep student selected by his questionnaire. 49 state winners will receive a trip to the Edison laboratory and an Edison radio phonograph. state winners must be named by July. East Orange trip in August.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Charlies A. Edison
Edison Industries
Orange
N. J
Thomas Addison
Florida
Destrict of
Columbia
Edie Laboratorie
Edison
East Orange
Thomas A Edison
University of Chicago
Governor signs fourth felon life imprisonment bill
Harrisburg reports Governor Pisher signed a bill allowing judges to sentence felons convicted for the fourth time to life imprisonment. The measure received AP coverage as it becomes law in Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Pisher
Taxi Crash Kills Three on Hartford Turnpike
Three men died instantly and two were seriously injured when a taxi driven by Frank Joodall of Hartford struck a disabled truck on the Hartford Turnpike near North Haven Connecticut. Victims are Peter F Clark 32 Hartford Charles D Brown 34 Hartford and John Meager 25 New York City. Injured Frank Goodall Hartford and Marty Lonberger Brooklyn are in critical condition.
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Frank Joodall
Hartford
Hartford Pt Road
Here
Peter F Clark
Charles D Brown
John Meager
New York City
Frank Goodall
Marty Lonberger
Brooklyn
Col Stewart Voted Salary of Fifty Thousand a Year
In White Plains New York on April 30 1925 Earl Francis Peacox aged 21 confessed to killing his wife Dorothy and burning her body with kerosene after a quarrel The body was found by an Ardsley road thicket The confession says a pistol was used and the body placed in a car then hidden near Green Tyre He says motive was disputes over her behavior A material witness Frances Murray 19 is Peacoxs sweetheart
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N. Y
Earl Francis Peacox
Dorothy
Michael Silverstein
Mount Vernon
Philip McQuillan
Greenburg
Ardsley Road
New York
Peacox
Alphonse A. Heinzieman
Bronxville
Ardsley
Greentyre
Frances Murray
Miss Murray
New York American
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Robert W. Stewart
Stewart
John D Rockefeller, Jr
Indiana Company
James W. Stewart
Lago Oland Transport Company
Standard of Indiana
the American
Colonel Stewart
Robert G. Stewart
Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Company
Indiana
Grimes Hurt in Game May Miss Short Span
Burleigh Grimes, Pirates ace pitcher, injured his pitching hand when Orsatti’s drive snapped a thumb nail and bruised the finger base. Doctors assess a possible week to ten days out, with St Louis game aftermath noted.
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Burleigh Grimes
Pirate
St. Louis Cardinals
Orsatti
Grimes
Twin Falls Hikes Tent Show Fees and Licenses
Twin Falls city council raised the license fee for theatrical tent performances from 25 to 50 dollars per day. The move, backed by the mayor, aims to protect local theatres and taxes while forcing road shows to stay away under the higher fee. The council also added phrenologists to the licensed list, taxing them at ten dollars daily as gypsies use rented shops for practice.
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Twin Falls
Talking Pictures
Councilliso
Court Order for Sinclair
The Supreme Court mandate to imprison Harry F. Sinclair for three months for contempt after refusal to answer Senate Teapot Dome questions was prepared. It will be presented to Judge Sitz in DC, with execution date to be set and the place of incarceration to be determined.
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Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Teapot Dome
Sitz
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Sinclair
Charlies Elmore Cropier
United States Supreme Court
William Howard Taift
United States of America
Reds edge Chi 5 4 in opener of series
In Cincinnati April 30 AP Reds beat Chicago 5 4 as Blake pitched well and Angrey Groen aided. Chicago scored two late runs after a 0 0 0 start, while Blake allowed nine hits and four runs through five frames.
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Jackie Mi
Sheriff Blake
Reds
Chicago
Cincinnati
Blake
Angrey
May
Groen
Red Sox tie series with 4 1 win over Athletics
Boston 4 Philadelphia 1 as Earnshaw Shores and Cochrane pace the victory. Philadelphia started 0 0 0 with Boston responding for three runs in the fourth and final innings to seal the win.
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Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia
Boston
I Earnshaw
Shores
Cochrane
Morris
Rebels flee as Mexican revolt weakens in Nogales
April 30 in Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona report the Mexican revolution collapsing into guerrilla fighting. General Topete and staff, plus Capt R H Polk, cross into the United States amid crowds. Polk and Murphy face immigration charges under neutrality laws. rebels seek asylum as federal forces advance.
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Ariz
Fausto Topete
Sonora
Miguel Guerrero
Ortiz
Topete
R. H. Polk
United States
Patrick Murphy
B.M. Cole
Polk
Murphy
Captain Polk
Mexico
Department of Justice
Smoot Doubts Value Of Plan In Senate Attack
Senator Smoot of Utah, head of the finance committee, labeled the export debenture plan unworkable and likely to trigger tariff retaliation abroad. He supported passing the broader bill and cautioned about retaliation even as he expressed willingness to fund up to 500 million dollars. Senator Borah argued tariffs are often set by other nations without U.S. input.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
House
Hoover
Fire destroys Chamber of Deputies quarters in Sofia
A fire in Sofia today levelled the quarters of the Chamber of Deputies destroying archives and other irreplacable records. Officials cite an electrical short circuit as the cause and martial authorities began investigations.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Chamber F Deputies
Plans and Specifications for Marriage Structure in 1940s Chicago
Chicago audience surveys show few men value a wife for cooking. Ideal mate specs praise practicality and domestic balance. The ideal wife should be handy with a can opener, neat, humorous, and beautiful. the husband should be a comrade, wash dishes with a smile, be kind to the dog and neighbor, and support shared homemaking.
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