Assassination of Paul Doumer Shocks France
Paris sees the death of 75 year old President Paul Doumer from an assassin s gun after a night of coma. He died at 4 37 am at Beaujon hospital as cabinet members and family watched. A funeral is set for Thursday and a new president will be elected at Versailles next Tuesday.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
A. P
Paris
Paul’ Doumer
France
Beaujon Hospital
Versailles
M. Doumer
Mesdames Ekymery
Fournier
Doumér
Hope Fades To Save Quebec Pulpwood Pile
Reports from Port Alfred Quebec say a pulpwood fire burning for eight days intensified overnight and destroyed all hope of saving the vast pile. The Consoli dated Paper Company owns the wood and damages are estimated at two million dollars.
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Quebec
Que
Port Alfred
Consolidated Paper Company
MIAMI COPPER SHUTDOWNS AFFECT 750 MEN
In Miami Arizona on May 7 Inspiration Copper and International Smelter posted notices of shutdowns affecting about 750 workers. The Inspiration will cease operations Monday with 500 laid off from its 3000 workforce while the International plans to close around May 30 with 250 to be dismissed. Unsold stocks and copper prices cited by gheneral manager T H OBrien as reasons.
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Miami
Ariz
Inspiration Copper Company
International Smelter
Inspiration
The
International
T. H. O’brien
Fair and unsettled in northeast Arizona forecast
Fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Frost probable tonight in north central and northeast portions as patchy unsettled conditions affect the northeast area. Continuous light winds and dry air expected elsewhere in the state.
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Arizona
Arizona Democrats To Name Committeeman Monday In Phoenix
Arizona Democrats meet in Phoenix Monday to name a committeeman. The event follows state party notices and positions, with local party leaders coordinating the selection.
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Arizona
Democrats
Phoenix
Verde Extension Mine to Cut Wages 10 Percent
Jerome Ariz May 7 United States Extension Mining will reduce salaries and wages by ten percent soon. George Kingdon general manager said the cut aims to prevent mine closures during the summer season.
Machine Gun Fire Injures Chicagoans
A police machine gun fired during a Melrose Park demonstration against alleged police brutality wounded nine men. Police dispersed the crowd with reinforcements as officers and firemen attempted to scatter the protesters after a May Day event.
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Chicago
Melrose Park
Cook County Highway Police Department
Roosevelt bloc leads Arizona convention race for national committeeman
Delegation backing Roosevelt appears certain to influence the Arizona Democratic state convention on May 9 with one major contest likely over the national committee man post. Three candidates Bowman Addams and Whitney vie for the post as supporters target key issues and party unity.
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Bowman,Addams, Whitney
Roosevelt
Phoenix
Ariz
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wirt G. Bowman
Nogales
C. E. Addams
State Highway Commission
Louis Whitney
Mother Of Clarke May Ask Autopsy
In Miami Florida May 7 the mother of Hayden Clarke Mrs Ida Clarke said she may request an autopsy and that she believes Clarke was murdered in a house he shared with his fianc e Mrs J M Keith Miller and Captain W N Lancaster his flying partner. Six newspaper men reporting the case since Captain Lancaster was jailed on murder charges were subpoenaed by State Attorney Vernon Hawthorne to testify in an inquiry into leaks from evidence before the grand jury.
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Miami
Fla
Hayden Clarke
J. M. Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Ida Clarke
Grand
Hawthorne
Captain Lancaster
Radio Engineer Dies In 10 Story Plunge
Chicago police say Wallace Seldon Wakem a 40 year old radio engineer from a prominent Chicago family fell from a 10th floor apartment on Sheridan Road early today. Mrs Wakem believes he climbed onto the window ledge while intoxicated and then fell.
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Chicago
Wallace Seldon Wakem
Sheridan Road
Massie Case Foes Drive Navy Civilian Rift Deepens
Honolulu reports a widening breach between navy personnel and city civilians sparked by the Massie assault, Massie murder verdicts, and the Fortescue case. Pearl Harbor voices join the boycott talk as civilians fear losing key customers.
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Honolulu
T. H
United States Navy
Navy
Massie
Fortescue-Massie
Granville Fortescue
Thomas. Massie
Albert O. Jones
E. J. Lord
Joseph Kahahawai
Thalia Massie
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
Kidnapped Youth Returns Unharmed In Illinois
Gustav Miller, 22, kidnapped April 29 and held for ransom, came home this morning to his wealthy parents who said no payment was made. His mother Fannie Miller and brother Martin met him at Starved Rock state park Deer Park entrance and drove him home after a note from the abductors. He was abducted near his fiancée Katherine Mesirow’s home just two blocks from his own residence.
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Joliet
Ill
Gustav Miller
Fannie Miller
Martin
Deer Park
Starved Rock State Park
Gustav
Katherine Mesirow
Senator Jones Holds Hope for Silver Conference Invitation
Washington May 7 Senator Jones said he was satisfied Hoover would invite an international silver conference if Congress presents a concrete proposal for remonetization of the metal.
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Washington
White House
Jones
Wash
Hoover
Congress
Butler Shoots Two And Kills Himself
In Princeton New Jersey May 7 Mrs Dorin Boice a horse owner and former Nelson Boice wife was wounded by her Japanese butler Isamu Yanashita in her Cedar Grove road home. Larry Daly a groom was shot in the head and died. The butler then shot himself.
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Princeton
N. J
Dorin Boice
Nelson B. Boice
Cedar Grove Road
Isamu Yanashita
Larry Daly
Daly
Bar Silver Bets Tip Hit Higher at 27 3 8
New York quotes Bar Silver at 1 8 higher to 27 3 8 on May 7 as market activity shows modest gains.
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New York
Governor Hunt Addresses Lyman Dam Water Celebration at St Johns
Governor Hunt and state officials attend the Lyman Dam event in Apache county as water storage surpasses irrigation needs. Dr. T J Bouldin presents the dam’s history while Fred Sutter covers legislative context. Other speakers include Fred Colter Arthur LaPrade and local candidates as the program continues.
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St. Johns
G. W. P. Hunt
Fred Sutter
Apache County
Colorado
Lyman Dam
T. J. Bouldin
Fred T. Colter
Art Saunders
K. Berry Peterson
Arthur T. LaPrade
General Crowder Dead After Long Illness at 73
Major General Enoch Crowder, 73, a leading soldier diplomat, died at Walter Reed Hospital after a long illness and pneumonia. He directed the selective draft system in World War I and served as the first American ambassador to Cuba, also rebuilding Cuba's government after its liberty struggle.
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Washington
Enoch Crowder
America
Walter Reed Hospital
Cuba
Fall Will Be Freed Monday From Prison
Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, likely will be released from the New Mexico state penitentiary on Monday after a corrected commitment from the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The DOJ announced the change which would allow his release without paying the $100,000 fine or serving an extra month, ending a brief postponement of his release.
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Washington
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Albert B
Department of Justice
District of Columbia Supreme Court
New trial to be held for Adkins
Superior Judge C C Faires said he will confer with Judge Fred W Fickett to set a retrial date for Clifford Adkins charged with abducting Gordon Sawyer Tucson banker. The first jury was discharged after failing to reach a verdict. Fickett tentatively set May 16 for the start of the new trial.
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Tucson
Ariz
C. C. Faires
Globe
Fred W. Fickett
Pima County
Fickett
City of Winslow to press lower power rates before A C C
City of Winslow urges its case for reduced electric rates before the Arizona Corporation Commission. The Citizens' Committee recommends filing Winslow’s demand, funding an engineer survey, and hiring a special attorney to pursue the city’s lower-rate fight.
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Winslow
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Cooperation Commission
Citizens’ Committee
Power Company
G. T. Herrington
Arizona Electric Power Company
Tax matters to be topics at road meet
Safford Arizona May 7 Tax matters dominate the agenda for the three day annual convention of Arizona supervisors and the Arizona Good Roads association from May 12 to 14. Topics include tax equalization budget law protection and various forms of taxation along with highway and budget related issues.
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Safford
Ariz
Arizona Supervisors
Arizona Good Roads’ Association
B. M. Atwood
Maricopa County
Good Roads Organization
Graf Zeppelin Heads Home After Brazilian Tour
Recife Brazil May 7 The Graf Zeppelin German dirigible left Recife at 11 p m yesterday completing its fourth trip of the season from Friedrichshafen Germany to Pernambuco Brazil.
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Recife
Brazil
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Pernambuco
Communists Wounded in German Disorder
In Chemnitz Germany a dozen Communists were wounded as police broke up a crowd of unemployed protesters opposing dole reductions. The clashes occurred May 7 with gunfire reported and no further details available.
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Chemnitz
Germany
House to Reconsider Omnibus Pensions Bill
The House will again vote on the omnibus pensions bill vetoed by President Hoover. The pensions committee agreed to bring the measure up, consolidating it with a similar bill for another push.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Pensions Committee
Plans Atlantic Hop With Passengers
Arthur Bussy, pilot at Floyd Bennett air port, plans a first commercial transatlantic flight with four passengers. The tri motored Ford monoplane will fly from Floyd Bennett Field to London via Harbor Grace, N F, with most seats removed for extra fuel and a relief pilot aboard.
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New York
Arthur Bussy
Floyd Bennett Airport
Floyd Bennett Field
London
Harbor Grace
N. F
Massie attack retrial date set amid massie case move
Honolulu May 7 officials set the retrial for the four remaining men in the Thalia Massie attack case for May 25. A subpoena was issued to Massie to deter her from leaving Hawaii and dropping the case. In Arizona, a second major fire hit Superior’s business district, destroying two buildings with an estimated $60,000 in damages and about $5,000 covered by insurance.
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Hawaii
Thomas Massie
Fortescue
Albert O. Jones
E. J. Lord
Honolulu
Thalia Massie
Superior
Ariz
Baseball scores and lineups from a National and American League card
League box scores show multiple games with plays, pitchers and batters listed. Key names include Hansen Benge McCurdy Spencer Chagnon Swetonic Brenzel Phelps Lopez Malone Hemsley Bridges Hogsett Hayworth Ruffing Dickey Hudlin Ferrell Myatt Earnshaw Deshong Cain Rommel Cochrane Blueholder Russell Tate Frasier Thomas Gregory McKain Berry Crowder Spencer and others across Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland St Louis Washington Chicago Boston Cincinnati Pittsburgh Brooklyn.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
Hudlin, Ferrell and
Myatt
Earnshaw, Deshong
Cain
Rommel
Cochrane
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District of Columbia
Edward B. McLean
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Chevy Chase
By Wendel Burch
United Press
Clarke
Patman
House Ways and Means Committee
Texas
Connery
Mass
Rules Committee
Representative Rainey
Ways and Means Committee
Crisp
Butler
ST. Johns Lyman Dam
General Crowder
Adkins
Grant
Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
Bulletins
Pittsburgh
Hansen
Benge
McCurdy
Spencer, Chagnon
Swetonic
Brenzel
Brooklyn
Phelps and Lopez
Malone
Hemsley
Boston
Cincinnati
American League
Detroit
Bridges, Hogsett and Hayworth
Ruffing and Dickey
St. Louis
Ferrell
Russell
Durham
Tate
Frasier
Thomas
Gregory
McKain
Berry
Crowder and
Spencer
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