France Defies Italy on Diredawa Troops Guard Line
Paris reports France will keep 150 colonial troops at Diredawa to guard the shops despite Italy’s demand for withdrawal. Rail line neutrality blocks shipment of 840 tons of provisions from Djibouti to Addis Ababa. Boncour discussed the expulsion of Msgr Jerosseau with the Vatican envoy amid anti Italian propaganda claims. Leon Blum presses for a settlement to the Italo Ethiopian crisis with Britain and Italy on sanctions.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Paris
France
Diredawa
Italy
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Joseph Paul Boncour
Charles Roux
Vatican
Msgr
Jerosseau
Harar
Leon Blum
Europe
Britain
Raid at West Side Hotel Net Ends With Vice Charge
Police raided a small west side hotel and seized nine men and seven women amid hidden passages and trapdoors. An iron door delayed entry as fugitives fled through panel doors to adjacent houses. Anna Wagner, 45, charged as keeper of the hotel.
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Chicago
West Side
Anna Wagner
Deadwood fights vice as five rooming house owners jailed
Deadwood, May 21, 1925, launched a wholesale vice cleanup with five rooming house proprietors under arrest for illegal liquor sales and an order to curb gambling, reckless driving, and liquor traffic.
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Deadwood
Socialists to Confer Friday in Cleveland
Rightwing leaders in the Socialist party plan an interstate conference in Cleveland on Friday to discuss splitting from Norman Thomas led factions, defending the Detroit 1934 declaration, and potential united fronts with communists in local protests and May Day actions.
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Cleveland
Old Guard
Socialist Party
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Norman Thomas
New York State
Detroit
United Front
Rail Pension Plan Argued In Supreme Court
Washington May 21—the government argues a moral obligation to pension aging railroad workers as unions challenge the new railroad retirement law and a parallel tax. Walter Pollak, special assistant to the attorney general, contends older men must be withdrawn from rail work or provided retirement support. The railroads attack the constitutionality of the new laws and related tax measures.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
United States
Walter Pollak
New York
Eight Idahoans seek governor nomination for Aug primary
With the Idaho state primary 90 days away eight men have announced plans to seek the governor's office. Five Democrats and three Republicans headline the field led by C Ben Ross who may seek a U S Senate nomination. Other declared candidates include George A Meffan William P Whitaker Franklin Girard Gainford P Mix Baranla W Clark and T B Chapman.
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Boise
Idaho
C. Ben Ross
United States Senate
Jore E. Borah
Republin
Mie
T. B. Chapman
George A. Meffan
Nampa
United States
William P. Whitaker
Pocatello
Franklin Girard
Gainford P. Mix
Moscow
Baranla W. Clark
Leslie J
Delegates Arrive for Idaho D A V State Convention
Delegates arrive for the Idaho Department Disabled American Veterans annual state convention at Bannock hotel with registration opening. Notables include Thomas C. Neibaur Sugar City Medal of Honor recipient and Clarence D. Hall Boise rehabilitation officer. Friday sessions include open morning meeting and 1:30 pm closed session. evening Dutch lunch and banquet at Memorial hall and Green Triangle venue. Saturday features officer elections.
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Idaho Department
Bannock Hotel
Memorial Hall
Thomas C. Neibaur
Sugar City
Idaho
Clarence D. Hall
Boise
Mabel Wagner
Emmett
Eugene Sanders
Emmett Post
Green Triangle
Pensioner Refuses Attend Hearing Over Subpoena
Gomer Smith national vice president of the Townsend pension organization says he will not travel to Washington to testify before the Townsend investigating committee. He invites the committee to come to Oklahoma and implies he would rather stay there, even if jailed for defending his rights.
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Oklahoma City
Gomer Smith
Townsend Pension Organization
Washington
Townsend
Smith
Oklahoma
Today’s Scores From National League Games
Baseball scores from Boston Chicago St Louis New York Philadelphia St Louis Detroit Cleveland and other venues with line scores. Key batters include Stine Campbell and Lopez for Boston Henshaw Hartnett Frankhouse and Earnshaw for Chicago plus Dean Davis Mancuso for St Louis.
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Boston
R. H. E. Cincinnati
Stine
Campbell
Lanning and Lopez
Atnae R. H. E
Chicago
Brooklyn
Henshaw and Hartnett
Frankhouse
Earnshaw
Berres
New York
R. H. E. St. Louis
P. Dean
Davis
Smith and Mancuso
Democrats Hope To Draft Lehman For 1936 Term
President Roosevelt and Democratic leaders press Herbert Lehman of New York to run again after his surprise decision not to seek a third term. Draft Lehman signs appear as party hopes rise that he will change his mind and seek re election.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Herbert L. Lehman
New York
Empire State
Husband Held for Slaying at Oregon Illinois
A warrant charges Guy M Tallmadge with the slaying of his wife Bessie after she lay fatally wounded at a lonely highway intersection. A widow told investigators Tallmadge planned to marry her and move to a chicken farm he bought. A pawnshop lead tied Tallmadge to a small cali bre pistol bought April 22 and exchanged May 11.
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Oregon
Ill
Guy M. Tallmadge
Bessie
Tallmadge
Wilbur Balmer
Rockford
Talmadge
Justice of the Peace
William Zigenfuss
Mother Sees Four Babies In New Jersey Quadruplets
Mrs. Emil Kasper, in Passaic New Jersey, saw her quadruplets for the first time at St Marys hospital nurseries. The four newborns Frank Ferdinald Felix Frances weighed 3 pounds 0 ounces to 3 pounds 12 ounces each. Each gained a few ounces since yesterday.
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Passaic
N. J
Emil Kasper
St. Mary's Hospital
Little Ferry
Children Special Nursery
Frank
Ferdinald
Felix
Frances
Protection on Plan Assured to Employes
Railroad labor and management announce a voluntary five year protection agreement reported to President Roosevelt. It sets a dismissal wage scale up to one year for long service employees and partial salaries over months, with 60 percent for those with 15 years for five years. Also outlines relocation reimbursement and dispute machinery. Idaho weather, fair tonight and Friday, somewhat warmer Friday.
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Harrison
Roosevelt
Office of Transportation Co
Joseph B. Eastman
Long short haul repeal bill opposed before Senate group
Idaho farmer KR H Young testified before the Interstate Commerce Committee opposing the Petten bill to repeal the long and short haul clause. He warned rates could rise and hurt Idaho producers especially perishables amid monopoly transport, noting heavy regional opposition and concerns from state officials and chambers of commerce.
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Senate
Washington
Pettengill
Interstate Commerce Committee Today
KR. H. Young
Parma
Idaho
Farmer
Young
Union Pacific
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Oregon
Idaho Cooperative Council
Boise Chamber of Commerce
State Grange
Charles A. Root
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Mississippi River
Court probes vanished fortune tied to film star era
In Los Angeles on May 21 lawyers for Mary Miles Minter and her mother Charlotte Shelby pursued blame for embezzlement by Blyth & Co. broker Leshi B. Henry. They offered 191 sheets of records, claimed spurious entries, and presented Henry’s statement to Blyth officials before his conviction.
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Mary Miles Minter
Charlotte Shelby
Los Angeles
Miss Minter
Blyth & Co
Leshi B. Henry
Pasadena
Shelby
Townsend Pension Hearing Sparks Uproar as Townsend Walks Out
Dr. F. E. Townsend abruptly refused to testify before House investigators on the Townsend old age pension plan. After a denied request to read a prepared statement, Townsend declared he would not testify again unless under arrest, then left the hearing as cries of supporters and committee members demanding the door be closed followed.
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Washington
Congressional
Townsend
F. E. Townsend
House
Townsend old age pension funds questioned before committee
In Washington on May 21 Dr. F E Townsend faced a House investigation. James R Sullivan alleged Townsendgrams raised 11490 for a congressional fund by mail appeals. Townsend denied knowledge of the appeal before it went out and rejected the claim mails were used to defraud.
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Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
House
James R. Sullivan
Townsend
Sullivan
F. E. Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Townsend Sullivan
West states fight for 58 million irrigation program
A bloc of western legislators renewed their bid to appropriate 58 million dollars for 1937 irrigation construction in seven states, despite House rejection amid charges of pork. The plan faced heavy opposition and included cuts to Grand Coulee, Central Valley California, and Casper-Alcova Wyoming projects. Debate remained heated as Ickes noted continued Interior Department funding denial.
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Washington
Mississippi
Interior Department
Goes
Grand Coulee
Central Valley California
Casper-Alcora
Wyoming
House
Senate
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Sorrell
Crowder
Kimsey
Hayworth
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Millies
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Lehman
Management and Labor
Rail Labor and
George M. Harrison
Committee of
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Bob Acheson
Chehalle
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