Wednesday, April 23, 1930

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The Headlines

DELAY IN FREEING CONVICTS TRAPPED BY FIRE REVEALED BY INQUIRY; 317 PERISHED; BLUNDER, SAYS THE WARDEN Suspended Guard Asserts He Acted Under Orders of His Captain. LATTER DENIES TESTIMONY Two Keepers Who Wrested the Keys From Comrade Battled to Free Doomed Prisoners. THOMAS EXPECTED BREAK Demand for the Warden's Suspension Shelved by OhioGovernor's Inquiry. Keys Wrested From Guard. DELAY IN FREEING CONVICTS REVEALED Says He Feared to Disobey. Investigates Shooting Stories. One Prisoner Escaped. TELLS OF FIRE 3 WEEKS AGO. Ex-Convict Says Inmates Burned "Idle House" After Ohio Riot. ASSAILED PRISON LAST YEAR. Head of Convict Relief Society Rebuffed by Ohio Governor. FEDERAL RELIEF IS OFFERED. Reformatory Warden Ordered to Help House Ohio Prisoners.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Happy Days Are Here Again

Milton Ager

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

You Share a Birthday With

• William Shakespeare (1564)
• Max Planck (1858)
• James Buchanan (1791)
• Halldór Laxness (1902)
• Shirley Temple (1928)

Slang

Tech Check

Jet Engine Concepts, Scotch Tape & Flashbulbs.

Style of 1930

Silhouette: Bias-cut and clinging

Material: Satin and crepe

• Puff sleeves
• Backless gowns
• Finger waves

Cost of Living (1930)