Bakery Held Up By Four Men
Baltimore April 23 four gunmen held up a bakery bound and gagged several people including a 73 year old woman. They escaped with more than a dozen buns and later robbed Samuel Cammarata in an apartment above the bakery taking money from a desk. His wife was gagged when she showed signs of hysteria. Walla Walla Washington police chief ordered rear door knobs removed from inside the city’s “black marias” after inmates repeatedly opened doors and fell out.
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Baltimore
Samuel Cammarata
Germany resorts to butter cards for hikers this summer
Germany introduces travel butter cards to control fat consumption as millions flee home towns for vacations. Hikers and other travelers will need a counter signed card from their home town dealer to obtain butter during the period.
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Berlin
Germany
Woodman Falls From Poplar While Cutting Limb
Denver Roy Richards, 34, was pruning a poplar when he fell and became pinned by a crotch. City firefighters freed him after cutting the limb. He resumed with his ax and struck a clothes line causing a scalp cut.
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Denver
Roy Richards
State offers $75 grant for a mother
Albany April 23. The first application for a posed 75 state grant to mothers bearing a child in New York state was received by Assembly Leader Irwin Steingut. Steingut declined to name the applicant but noted a letter said the writer saw a newspaper advertisement and acted immediately.
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Albany
New York State
Assembly
Irwin Steingut
New York City
Steingut
Bell on Cats Ordinance Passed by Belled Feline Guild
The flower guild urged Belled Feline Mountain Lakes to curb cat predation in bird sanctuaries. The borough council enacted an ordinance requiring residents to tie a bell or other musical device on cats at large.
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Mountain Lakes
N. J
Flower Guild
Hold Rehearsal For Coronation In Westminster Abbey
In London on April 23 dignitaries of church and state practiced coronation rituals in Westminster Abbey using stop watches and cardboard crown sword and sceptre imitations. Watches timed processions to ensure no hitch for the actual coronation of George VI planned for May.
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London
Westminster Abbey
George VI
Dogs as jewel thieves? Vet x rays clear
In Herkimer New York Dr James A Graves worried his ring vanished and suspected his dogs Buddy and Dolly of theft. He had the animals x rayed at a hospital, but the pets turned out not to be guilty.
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Herkimer, N. Y
James A. Graves
Buddy
Dolly
Nudist Exhibit Proposal Features Mermaid Tails
In San Francisco on April 23, officials of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition reviewed an application to display nude women as mermaids wearing silver tails fastened to their feet and swimming in a large glass tank, among other nudist proposals on file.
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San Francisco
Drivers pay fines or license plates to proceed with circus lions
Three Texas truck drivers claimed they were broke as state patrolmen demanded fines or license plates. The officers ordered the trucks to proceed after a brief exchange, and the vehicles loaded with circus lions continued on their way.
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Temple
Texas
WPA Rolls Exceed Two Million With Cut Seen Likely
The Works Progress Administration reports 2,114,790 workers on its rolls as of March 27. Officials say rolls will have to be cut if Roosevelt’s 1.5 billion relief appropriation is approved, with unofficial estimates placing the possible maximum at about 7.786 million employed under that allotment.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
WPA
Judge fumes at trial cost over car theft acquits Bozovich
Pittsburgh Judge James H. Gray grew irritated as Alex Bozovich faced trial on auto theft charges. He questioned the expense of 12 jurors drawing $36 daily and other costs for a case involving a car worth $15. Bozovich was acquitted.
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Pittsburgh
James H. Gray
Alex Bozovich
Bozovich
Love Makes Cops Heads Spin A Bit
In Redlands on April 23 a romantic couple caused a police stir after a note on a restaurant paper towel asked to call the cops after they left. Officers halted the duo at Beaumont and escorted the girl home while en route to Long Beach. The lover phoned Chief Morrison to declare continued love.
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Redlands
Calif
Yuma
Beaumont
Long Beach
W. H. Morrison
Ponder Cause of Static On Radio
Pasadena report cites Mount Wilson Observatory taking notes on radio static sources. The item notes uncertainty about interference origins and mentions ongoing studies by scientists at the observatory.
Telephone Rates May Be Advanced
Walter 8 Gifford, president of American Telephone and Telegraph Company, told stockholders in New York that telephone rates may rise if prices keep increasing. He warned that rate hikes hinge on gradual price changes allowing innovations to create savings.
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Walter 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York
Astronomers Question Sunspot Link to Radio Disruptions
Astronomers speculated today on a possible connection between sunspot activity and serious free radio communication disruptions across the Pacific. They considered the potential bombardment by atomic particles affecting signals.
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Tronomers
Pacific
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