Helen Wills Meets Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace
American tennis star Helen Wills, a sketchbook artist and student, met Queen Mary in a royal audience at Buckingham Palace attended by 500 women from many lands. The event sparked observations on press coverage and royal protocol.
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Helen Wills
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Helen
George
Des Moines
Byrd to Seek Abingdon Shooting Report
Governor Byrd said he would ask Abingdon officials for a report on the shooting of 17 year old James Kendrick at Emory and Henry College and will decide his course after reviewing the findings. Three officers remain free on $5,000 bonds as the case heads to a grand jury.
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Harry Byrd
Abingdon
James Kendrick
Emory and Henry College
United Press
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U.R
J. W. Kendrick
Emory
Henry Coligge
Kendrick
Virginia
Paul Phelps
Sterlny Dalton
Porter James McReynolds
J. H. Worley
James Crowe
Hquar
Rep
Brind
Georgin
Prohibition
Congress
Rep. Clancy
Republican
Michigan
Nebraska youth held on murder charge in Wauneta case
Paul Konecny 18, living west of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is jailed in McCook Nebraska on a murder charge for the slaying of Nels Erickson a Wauneta Nebraska peddler. Authorities say Konecny, also known as Fred Russell, was captured in Los Angeles and says he can produce witnesses to prove his Denver presence on the murder day.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Konecny
Here
McConk
Neb
Nels Erickson
Wauneta
Kenneny
Fred Russell
Los Angeles
McCook
Denver
Dirigible Los Angeles Radio Out of Order Over Erie
The navy dirigible Los Angeles with Lieut Commander H Wiley circled Erie at 8 a m and dropped a message stating its radio apparatus was out of order. After circling the city it turned south toward Pittsburgh. It left Lakehurst, N J hangar last night to remain in the air.
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Navy
Los Angeles
H. ¥. Wiley
Pittsburgh
Lakehurst
N. J
Preacher Fatally Beaten by Congregation in Idaho
Rev. Andrew Lajiunen of the Finnish Pentecostal church in Mullan Idaho died in a Portland hospital from a fractured skull inflicted, it is charged, by four congregation members who opposed his sermon. He told detectives he would not sign a complaint and could not name the assailants, and the Mullan investigation was dropped. He traveled to Spokane and then Portland for treatment.
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Ore
Andrew Lajiunen
Mullan
Idaho
Spokane
Richman Brothers Award 4 Million Gift to 3800 Employees
In Cleveland on May 10, 3800 Richman Brothers employees received a birthday investment gift totaling over 4 million dollars as a three to one stock split. The distribution reflects the market value of 50,000 shares versus the $50 offer price, with stock at about 350 dollars in the open market.
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Cleveland, O
U.K
Richman Brothers Company
Richman
Four Die After Fireworks Plant Explosions in Massachusetts
Four killed and several injured in a sequence of ten blasts at the American Fireworks plant in West Hanover, near Brockton. Ambulances from Brockton Hospital ferried injured workers as state police from the Norwell barracks secured the explosion site. The initial three detonations were followed by seven rapid blasts, shaking the countryside as powder stores exploded.
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American Fireworks Company
West Hanover
Brockton Hospital
Norwell Barracks
Post Office Receipts Show April Increase in Cities
Washington May 1 Fastal receipts in April for 41 general city offices and 50 industrial cities rose notably from last year. Total receipts across all 41 offices reached 32,351,906.46 dollars, up 3.15 percent, while Industrial cities totaled 50,988.40 dollars, up 3.19 percent. Leaders included Jersey City down 17.48 percent, Minneapolis up 15.90 percent, and Syracuse up 13.20 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Jersey City
Minneapolis
Syracuse
Constable Facing Fraud Charge Ends Life
Leslie Michigan May 10 72 year old constable David Beck shot and killed himself as officers moved to arrest him on a warrant for defrauding a machine parts dealer. Police say Beck allegedly took cigars from John Smith's cigar store by placing a nickel across the counter.
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Leslie, Mich
David Beck
Pollee
Beck
John Smith
Hoovers Forge Array Against Farm Relief Bill
Senate to vote early in the week as administration forces oppose the farm relief bill over a debenture provision. Republicans split and Democrats unite to back the measure with several Republicans voting against the debenture plan to avoid scuttling the bill. Debates shift to Copeland amendment on fruit and vegetable exclusions as Republicans prepare for a caucus and a Monday vote.
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House Committee On Ways and
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Axport
Toover
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McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Copeland
Iite
Nye
North Dakota
Borah
Idaho
Sen
Brookhart
Iowa
Ohio
Hoover
Flower thefts scare women’s graves at Fairview cemetery
Reports say vandals visited Fairview cemetery to steal flowers from graves. D W Hinkle of 404 Third Street East saw a heavy man and a woman remove flowers from his daughter's grave, then flee in a car before officers could obtain the license plate.
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Fairview Cemetery
la Palice
D. W. Hinkle
Third Street
Hinkle
Walter Hagen Wins Fourth British Open at Muirfield
Walter Hagen captured his fourth British Open title at Muirfield Scotland on a windy day. He posted an aggregate 202 over two steady rounds as rivals faltered under the gale. Diegel faded with an 82 in the third round while Hagen remained unchallenged.
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America
Muirfield
Percy Aliiss
England
Len Diegel
Sir Walter
Diegel
Hagen
Links
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North Sea
Muhfeldt
Niege
Fost
Woman to plead guilty on liquor purchase charge in Elgin
Elgin Illinois May 10 41 a plea of guilty for purchasing liquor will be entered next Monday by a woman who arranged her plea after consulting State's Attorney George D Garbary. A fine of 100 and 25 costs will be paid the action taken under a revised statute, first in state. The raid found a gallon of moonshine in bed with the 12 year old daughter of Mrs Helen Ambrose. The Cropper company buys Waterloo Sash factory and moves to Waterloo to handle increased business.
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George D. Garbary
Helen Ambrose
Reform
O. G. Allen
Carbary
John Ambrose
Ambrose
Hoover considers Theodore Roosevelt Jr for Puerto Rico governorship
Frank R. Fisher of Fisher Tent & Awning Co. praises the possible appointment noting the son of the renowned general and president played a key role in 1898 and helped acquire Puerto Rico as a U.S. province. He, a former Spanish-American War major, says the choice would be fitting for the island’s governance.
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Hoover
Col
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Porto Rico
Frank R. Fisher
Fisher Tent & Awning Co
Purto Rico
United States
Island
House Dynamited in Textile Strike
In Elizabethton Tennessee on May 10 violence flared as the home of Mack Elliott a former mechanic at the American Glanazstoff plant was dynamited. Adj. Gen. W C Boyd with troops guarded the Beene at Stony Creek area near the plant. Elliott his wife and baby were away.
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U.P
Mack Elliott
American Glanazstoff Corporation
Adj
W. C. Boyd
American Gilanvstoff
Stony Creek
Ellntt
Iowa Law College Dean Set to Return July 1
Henry Jones, dean of the University of Iowa college of law, will resume duties July 1 after a year’s absence due to Malta fever. Acting dean Prof. Percy Bordwell will continue in that capacity until Jones’ return from Florida where he has been convalescing.
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Iowa City
Henry ©. Jones
University of Iowa College of Law
Percy Bordwell
Jones
Florida
Loughran and Braddock Sign for Title Bout
New York May 10 Tommy Loughran light heavy champion and James J Braddock outstanding challenger signed for a 15 round title fight at Yankee Stadium on July 18.
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New York
Tommy Loughran
James J. Braddock
Yankee Stadium
Forty children die in Guanajuato town fire in Mexico
A dispatch from Tguala reports a wood fire near Xochilapa Guanajuato swept the town while residents slept. The blaze cut off two sides of the town and destroyed it. Municipal authorities at Tignalg offered aid.
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Mexico City
Iu.r
Xochilapa
Guanajuato
Prenga
Tguala
Tignalg
Couple to Marry in Hoover House
In West Branch at the Hoover House Dorothy Helen Franco of Tipton will wed Francis Clarke Reidesel of Bennett next Tuesday. The ceremony marks the house’s first use for a wedding, with Mrs Jennie Stellars preparing the setting.
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Tipton
Rain Postpones Waterloo Burlington Finale
The final Waterloo Burlington game was called off at 1 p.m. due to rain. A Sunday July 7 reschedule is expected when Burlington visits. Keokuk begins a series here tomorrow and stays until Monday before the Hawks head to Burlington for the Wednesday season opener. Manager Cletus Dixon said no starter is decided for tomorrow.
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Cletus Dixon
Hawks
Seek Aiello for Gunmen Killings
Chicago May 10 reports say authorities search Little Italy and Sicilian communities nationwide for Joe Aiello a former New York gangster linked to the killings of Capone associates John Scalise Albert Anselmi and Joseph Giunta found slain in Hammond Indiana Deputy Commissioner John Stege says it is a race to capture Aiello who was once allied with and later opposed to the Capone faction led by Scarface Al Capone.
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Little
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Joe Atel
New York
John Scalise
Albert Anselmi
Joseph Giunta
Capone
Hammond
Ind
John Stege
Aiello
Stege
Scarface al" Capone
Reporter Again Allowed in Jail
In Washington on May 10 reporters were reinstated to access the jail after George B. Wilson, head of the public welfare board, reversed a ban on press coverage of prisoner Mister Sinclair. Wilson faced Senate and press criticism before restoring the reporters to their former status at the prison.
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UNS
Harry F. Sinclair
George B. Wilson
Board of Public Welfare
Mister Sinclair
Senate
Probe into DC real estate bond misrepresentation investigated
Senator Brookhart seeks an investigation into real estate and finance corporations in the District of Columbia accused of misrepresenting bonds sold for apartment houses in Pittsburgh Philadelphia Buffalo and Washington The resolution cites millions in mortgage notes and bonds sold nationwide and alleges Commonwealth Finance Corporation of New York was defrauded of more than 5 million dollars of assets due to fraud in DC real estate deals.
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District of Columbia
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Washington
Brookhart
Republican
United States
Commonwealt France Corporation
New York
Ronal Estate Gates
Town State College soror head injured in campus crash
Miss Joanne Hansen head of the applied arts department at Town State College is recovering in the college hospital with severe bruises to the head and arms after a collision between her motorcycle and another car at the campus entrance.
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Mwart
Young Plan Compromise Gains Favor at Reparations Talks
Paris May 10 The British and German delegations draft a new report on the reparations conference to include German reservations to the Young plan. Schacht and Stamp will oversee revisions. four creditor powers weigh figures for proportional war damages as the talks near closure.
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Paris
Conference of Reparations Experts
Hijalmar Schacht
Josiah Stamp
Owe D. Young
France
England
Belgium
Italy
Emile Moreau
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Hisimar Schacht
Schacht
Young
Two Bombs Shake Chicago Suburbs
Mil Suburban police investigated explosions in Cicero and Niles near Chicago. A bomb at a dairy firm damaged a roof and sent three residents to wake from bed, with losses estimated at 1500. The other blast targeted a road house after a warning to a milk dealers' association.
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Chicago
Mil
Cicero
Milwaukee Avenue
Avenue Fim
Niles
Wagner Dairy Company
Joseph Wagner
Jo 2 Milk Dealers’ Association
Gramm Released Under Two Thousand Dollar Bond
Walter Gramm brother in law of Representative M Alfred Michaelson Chicago was freed on a 2000 dollar bond on tariff act charges linked to liquor found in trunks during the congressmans trial Gramm is headed back to Chicago as the bond is returned and the grand jury convenes next week Steel orders rise in April with US Steel reporting unfilled tonnage and forward orders increasing from February to March and April
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U.P
Walter Gramm
M. Alfred Michaelson
Chicago
Liberty
Gramm Jeff
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Gramm
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