W Lee offers self as hostage; A Davis apptd secret agent in N Y C; mother writes appeal to kidnappers; State police decline to withdraw from district at request of family; search continues

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1933Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (died 1959)^[†]

O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith was a West Indian international cricketer.

Headlines from May 5, 1933

Border Incidents Already Alarm French

Flier Asks Blame in Crash, But Inquest Absolves Him

ITALIANS NOW BACK BRITISH ARMS PLAN; Jung Tells Roosevelt Rome Holds Positive Action Essential in Situation. TREATY CHANGES URGED Mussolini Believes Adjustments at Once Would Avert Possibility of War 20 Years Hence. ITALIANS NOW BACK BRITISH ARMS PLEA

Features of Railroad Bill

KIDNAPPERS URGED TO ANSWER PLEAS; New Yorker Named to Act as Secret Agent for Return of McMath Child. FRIEND READY AS HOSTAGE Watch Kept at Detroit and in Tryon, N.C. -- Massachusetts Police Refuse 'Armistice.' KIDNAPPERS URGED TO ANSWER PLEA

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