Trio's Jail Break Plot Foiled in Clarke County
Sheriff Buckner thwarted a jail escape from Clarke County Jail after a tip from Isaac Garrett. Earl Johnson and two youths, Charles Pollard and William Johnson, planned to tunnel through a rear wall with an iron cot to escape, with further aims to derail a local express train.
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Berryville
Clarke County
R. W. Buckner
Earl Johnson
Charles Pollard
William Johnson
Boyce
Johnson
Garrett
Buckner
Isaac Garrett
Neo
Sweden Vows to Defend Neutrality in May Day Speech
Stockholm May 1 Premier Per Albin Hansson declared Sweden determined to assert and defend neutrality with all means in our power. Addressing a May Day gathering he said neutrality requires independence and freedom be left unmolested and urged solidarity of Swedish people and cooperation with the government in facing the present situation.
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Stockholm
Per Albin Hansson
Sweden
Hansson
Phillips Talks With Mussolini
United States Ambassador William Phillips met with Premier Mussolini in Rome to discuss Italy’s policy amid the Mediterranean crisis. Reported health and spirit of Mussolini were noted, with no expected shift from non belligerency. British diversion of ships via the Cape route was seen as a move to elicit statements on Italy’s wartime intentions.
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Rome
United States
William Phillips
Mussolini
Italy
Mediterranean
Phillips
Tr Duce
Africa
Bronx Names and War Skirmishes Near Swedish Frontier
The report recounts German planes strafing a Swedish volunteer truck column on a winding road from Gaddede to Snasa Lake with no casualties. A seven truck convoy bringing food to Snasa Lake was attacked, Formo foss was observed, and hedge hopping by a plane revealed two men in the front cockpit. The Bronx name origin traces to Jonas Bronk, the first white landowner.
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Gaddede
Sweden
Snasa Lake
Formofoss
Norwegians Flee Narvik as Germans Retire Under Fire
Report describes German bombardment and British naval action near Narvik. German garrison short of provisions. 134 Norwegian soldiers reach the Swedish border after capture, later released due to weakness from hunger. British guns silenced German artillery, Nazis retreat to coastal positions as fugitives cross into Sweden.
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Narvik
Ambulance Train Bombed by Nazis Near Namsos
In Norway near Formofoss on May 1 German planes bombed Allied lines and attacked supply columns. A Red Cross ambulance train brought into Norway by British Quakers was strafed twice as it neared Formofoss, while two Nazi patrols were captured and ground movement remained limited.
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J. Norman Lodge
Formopfoss
Norway
Namsos
Red Cross
Richard Early
Formofoss
Selection of Delegate Is On In Earnest
The piece reports on presidential delegate selections for both parties. Garner declares candidacy regardless of Roosevelt, while Wheeler and McNunn tie theirs to the President's retirement. Republicans in Massachusetts and Tennessee chose uninstructed delegates, with Dewey supporters in Tennessee aiming for the state's 18 votes. Taft's camp counters with a claim of leading first-ballot votes.
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Pace
Garner
Mr. Roosevelt
Wheeler
D-Mont
McNunn
New York
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Saltonstall
Dewey
Washington
Taft
Ohio
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Ieee
Stratford
Walnut Tiewce Goc
Mapleton Tsenaces
OT LI
Gotham
Hershey
Rene Cream
Winchester
Briggs
OLD Mariner Tobacco
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Sioea
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National
Ff Ieter
Davol
J. Baby
Isfant
Ara Aes
Chelsea
Hankscraft
Meads Pablum
Gerbers Baby Foods
Thompson's
Fletchers Castoria
Peoples
Graham Catnep & Fennel
California
Jar Ince
KOTEX
Tsay
Magnesia
Lady Esther
Esos
Goodrich
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