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EPSOM DOWNS, Eng., June 1, -
Lord Derby’s “Hyperion,” the sec
ond choice at 100 to 11, won th<
150th running of the English Der
by before a crowd of 250,000 in
cluding the King and Queen.
“King Salmon,” carrying the
silks of Sir H. Cunliffe Owen, wa;
second; “Statesman” was third
Twenty-four horses ran.
“Hyperion,” ridden by Tommj
Weston, gave Lord Derby his thirc
victory in the event founded b}
his ancestors in 1780. The last time
he won was in 1924 when “Sanso
vino” carried the famous silks tc
victory.
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HALIFAX, N. S„ June 1. —Th<
cable ship Cyrus Field returnee
from a month at sea with a do$
mascot rescued from an ice floe
Off Bonavista May 11. the Cyru
Field’s lookout sighted a blacl
speck on an ice floe. It proved t<
be a Newfoundland dog half
starved and suffering from expos
use.
The eager dog fell into the wat
er as a rescue boat from the cabl
ship approached. It was haulei
out and immediately christens
"Berg”. The dog apparently ha<
been lost by sealers.
Will ill# BEGIN TO
OmiE CHINS BSKOIT!
TIENTSIN. June 1. —Japanes
military offensive in North Chin
has been ended by a truce, bu
* is considering employing an ef
fective war machine in two ne\
tasks.
The armistice was brief am
simple. It included liberation c
50.000 invaders for service agains
Chinese bandits in Manchuria an
for a proposed campaign for even
^ tual acquisition of the Kalga
area in Chasar province, inne
Mongolia.
GANDHI IS STILL III
CHIU GOUTIOI
POONA, India, June 1,' —Doctoi
said that the Mahatma Gandl
was still in a critical condition s
the result of his three weeks fas
r which was broken shortly aft<
noon two days ago.
He will require absolute physic:
and mental rest, they said. Gandl
was informed the famous Si\
Temple no longer was barred 1
_ “untouchables.”
DEPUTIES APPROVE
PARIS. June 1, —The undei
standing prevailed in Chamber (
Deputies circles that the Frenc
cabinet had decided unanimous]
to sign the Mussolini four-powe
peace pact. This may be done be
fore the end of the week.
MAJORITY IN FAVOR
NEW YORK, June 1, —Of
state legislature meetings th
year 32 of them supported ne
taxes or increased old ones ar
additional taxes, exceeding on<
i* .quarter billion dollars for the yea
A DIRECT SLAP
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1, —
The White House took a direct slap
at propaganda demands for war
debt revision in a formal state
ment denying President Roosevelt
intends to negotiate new settle
ments without recourse to Con
gress.
COMPROMISE ENDS
REVOLT SMALL MAS
DISH MEET
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GENEVA, June 1, —Revolt by
1 small powers which protested
’ against adjournment of the Dis
! armament conference, ended in a
compromise by which the “steer
> ing” committee will sit during
the conference recess to draft re
vised plans.
The chairman will have power
to convoke delegates for special
! negotiatiofls. The French introduc
! ed amendments strengthening i
j supervision over armaments which J
j would provide for regular inspec- j
j tion in every country and make;
,1 persons giving information about j
! violations, immune from prosecu-,
j tion,
. I WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1, —
| The Senate banking committee
quickly approved the program pro
a duced in executive session by Fer
j dinand Pecora, government coun
j sel, for continuation at once of
j | the investigation of J. P. Morgan
| & Co.
He was not even questioned in
' the brief meeting prior to re
I sumption of interrogation of the
I Morgan parties and their business
1 : associates.
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LAKE SWANNONOA, N. J., June
1, Max Schmeling, former hea
vyweight champion, denied reports
from Germany that he was to wed [
Anny Ondra, German film star, in j
-July. Schmeling said l|’e knew
Fraulein Ondra.
ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1 ,—
With the acceptance of his ap
pointment as a member of the
committee, Senator Couzens brot
the London arms economic com
mittee up to four. Other members
are Secretary Hull, Senator Pitt
man and Rep. McReynolds. ot Ten
nessee.
MURDER CHARGE
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 1, —Un
der-sheriff Earle Hamilton, direct-;
ing the probe in the violent death1
of Mrs. Ailene Thorpe Lamson, on j
the Stanford campus, said he would!
ask for a murder charge against;
the husband, David, saying he had
ample evidence to warrant such
action. Mrs. Lamson was a Y, W.
C- A. secretary.
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RECKLESS TRAILS
MC ALESTER, Okla., June 1, —
Fugitives from two state prisons,
left reckless trails across four
Southwestern states as two con
victs from this state’s prison kid
napped their guard and made
their escape after throwing him
out of the car. Officers are still
trailing the Kansas convicts.
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Most frequent violations of air
commerce regulations in the first
quarter of 1933 were in acrobatics
and low flying.
IIIHKET hGIHITT MS
BRISK ON ILL FRONTS:
NEW YORK, June 1, —Financial
narkets were irregular but activi
ty was brisk on all fronts. ,
In a turnover of more than 6,
300,000 shares, the stock market
pushed ahead to new highs in the
early session but the temptation
;o take profits was great and real
izing sales wiped out most of the
gains.
Bonds were mixed as U. S. gov
ernment and other gilt-edged is
sues eased off while speculative
corporation bonds perked up to
new 1933 highs.
Leadership of the Stock ex
change passed rapidly from group
to group as the session boiled thru
heavy trading.
Oil and copper stocks made the
best showing, the latter responding
to the rise in price of the red met
al
President Roosevelt gave last
minute instructions to the United
States delegates a3 they left the
Capital for the London economic
conference. He urged two objec
tives, stabilization of currencies
and lowering of tariffs. No men
tion was made regarding war
debts.
Echoes of the “Dot” King mur
der case were heard as the Sen
ate investigating committee re
sumed its hearing of J. P. Morgan.
The names of Edgar Rickard, an
associate of former President
Hoover and other notables, were
listed on a new Morgan inside
stock deal which yesterday first
sawr the light of public gaze.
Labors plan to unionize all wor
kers wras protested at the hearings
on the National recovery bill.
Despite objections of the United
States it was decided to adjourn
the Arms conference June 10 for
about three weeks.
California officials are meeting
to decide whether or not thej
charge David Lamson, sales-man
ager of the Stanford Press, with
the murder of his wife Allene whc
wras found dead in the bathtub oi
their campus home.
Tired with an existence filled
with parties and men, a 23-year
old girl, nude, leaped four floors
from her San Francisco apartment
but failed to kill herself.
Shipping men and other friends
mourned the death in San Fran
cisco of Edwin R. Dimond, 66, a
founder of the Family Club.
Shoot to kill orders were issued
against two bands of convicts whc
escaped Kansas prison.
FIFTH THOUD IS
DESIRED, KTFICfll
LOS ANGELES. June 1, —It wil
take $50,000 to get Jimmy McLar
nin into the ring in the first de
fense of his newr found welter
weight championship.
This was the statement of hi:
manager. Charles “Pop” Foster, ir
the face of several proposals o
bouts for the 25-year old Vancouv
er, B. C., fighter, who knockec
“Young” Corbett kicking in om
round here Monday night.
FORMAL ARMISTICE
SHANGHAI, June 1, —A forma
armistice in the North China war
fare was signed yesterday by mili
tary representatives of China an<
Japan, at Tangku.
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NEW ORLEANS, June 1, —The {
United States Court of Appeals up- j
held the Atlanta District Court in;
denying A1 Capone a writ of hab-1
eas corpus. Capone’s attorneys!
had contended that because of ai
technicality the former Chicago!
gangster was imprisoned illegally!
in the Atlanta federal prison.
Gill. JAMES ROLPH
BUSY II SIGlMTfl
LEGISLATIVE BILLS
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 1,— |
Governor Rolph signed Senator (
j Arthur Breeds bill giving counties ,
! a share of gasoline tax funds ap
j portioned on a basis of motor ve
j hide registration.
The apportionment will be in
i addition to the $20,000 minimum
granted every county at present.
! The Beuel bill reducing penalties
for delinquent property assesments
! in irrigation districts from 10 to
i five per cent, was signed.
I The Governor vetoed a bill giv
ing supervisors and city councils
] power to extend the time of pay
j ment for delinquent assesments,
1 under the Mattoon act.
j The McCormack bill preventing
i sale of reclamation district land
j for non-payment of taxes for the
1 next two years, was signed.
101ESILE mPT
; TO ISSUE SEVEN
I NEW YORK, June 1, —One man,
Charles Dominico, 27, was slain,
j and five other men and a 15-year,
old boy were wounded, three of ;
them critically,* in one of the most |
callous attempts at wholesale exe- j
' cution attempted by New York;
1 gangland.
| In its sheer brutality tne at
! tempted slaughter compared with
i the “St. Valentine Day massacre”
in Chicago four years ago when
j seven gangsters were lined up
1 against a wall and shot to death.
ELECTED CAPTAIN
j ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 1, —Mid
I shipman Victor M. Kdulack, Den
! ver. Colo., Coxswain of the 1932
; and 1933 Varsity crews and the
1931 plebe crew, was elected cap
i tain of the 1934 Varsity crew.
RECEIVERSHIP
CHICAGO, June 1, —Zion insti
; tutions and industries the exten
| sive commerical endeavors of the
! Church of Zion over which Wilbur
1 Glenn Voliva has ruled with al
; most a czarists power were thrown
’ into receivership.
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■ WEDDING IN OFFING
LONDON, June 1, —The engage
ment of the American film actress,
Constance Cummings and Benn
l W. Levy, British playwright, was
• announced- Constance Cummings
■ is a native of Seattle and was
. j born Constance Halverstadt, heri
mother being a concert singer and
; her father a lawyer.
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; IN TROUBLE AGAIN
BATON ROUGE, La., June 1, —
l U. S. Senator Huey P. Long, Louis
» iana’s political leader, was named
defendant in a $250,000 criminal
libel action by Mrs. Ruffin G.
Pleasant, wife of a former Gover
1 nor of Louisiana. Mrs. Pleasant,
- in a suit filed here, charged Long
• called her a drunken, cursing wom
1 an and had her forcibly expelled
from the State capitol.
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GIVEN TO CIMIIII
10 BETRXYEO PUS
BOSTON, June 1, —“Red” Cur
an, 25, member of the notorious
rustin gang of South Boston, who
■ecently squealed on his pals and
lent two of them to state prison
or long terms as a result of his
estimony in the fatal beating of
i detective, paid for his treason
vith his life.
His body, bullet-ridden and with
ihe head mashed in by a heavy,
3lunt instrument, was recovered
jy a diver from a rocky ledge un
ier 80 feet of water in the West
Quincy quarry.
At the bottom of the quarry, in
125 feet of water, the diver located
i new badge of expensive silver
which Curran purchased only a
few days ago. He reported the in
terior of the car showed signs of
i terrific struggle.
About 50 feet from the car, Diver
Fred Wallace reported he could
see an object which might be
another body. He w’as attempting
to reach it today. Police believed
the second body may be that of a
girl, possibly used as a lure to get
Curran to the lonely death spot
and then murdered with him to
seal her lips.
Curran apparently was bullet
riddled and beaten to death at the
end of the rocky cliff which rises
100 feet above the surface of the
w'ater in the quarry pit. Leaving
his liveless body in the car, his
murderers rolled it over the edge.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., June 1—
Max Baer took a couple of boxing
lessons from Promoter Jack Demp
sey last Monday but he already
seems to have forgotten them.
Dempsey insisted that the Cal
ifornian crowd his sparring part
ner. Punching with both hands
as he came in, Max did so as long
as Jack was around, but yesterday
he fell into his old habit of box
ing at long range against “Seal”
Harris, Pete Wistort and George
Simpson.
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PLEASANTON, Kans. June 1, —
The three women taken as hostag
es by five of the 11 convicts who
escaped from the Kansas peniten
tiary at Lansing, were safe here.
Miss Louise Wood, one of the
hostages, said the five convicts
released them from a motor car
near Pleasanton at 10 p. m. They
went to the farm home of Mr. and
Mrs. George New', she said, and
G. John Fletcher, a deputy sher
iff, was called. Miss Wood said the
convicts did not harm them.
TWO-LENGTH VICTORY
NEW YORK. June 1, —C. V
Whitney’s “The Darb” raced to a
tw'o-length victory over the nine
crack three year olds capturing
the $5,000 added Withers stakes,
feature of the card at Belmont
Park yesterday afternoon.
SUSPENDED
ROME, June 1. —Baron Ales
sando Sardi, organizer of the Ital
ian exhibition at the Chicago World
Fair and once one of Mussolini’s
right hand men, was indefinitely
suspended from the Fascist party