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May 4, 1935

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By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

New German penal code being drafted

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EXTORTIONER HELD IN PLOT AGAINST 150; Federal Men Seize Bridgeport Butcher Boy for Sending Threats to Notables.

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Held on extortion charge

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SENATE VOTES CASH FOR VINSON BONUS; BILL NEARS VICTORY; Only Recess Averts Passage After $2,263,545,684 Is Put Into It by 56-23 Poll.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

amendment to Vinson Bill providing appropriation for payment accepted by Sen; vote on bill averted by recess; amendment by Sen Gore to provide payment by war debt revision defeated; Harrison warns of veto

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Minor and Levinson Beaten, Freed In Desert After Gallup Abduction; Hooded Band Slugged Labor Defense Pair and Left Them Insensible, Heads Tied in Sacks, in New Mexico Wilds, They Say -- Governor Promises Action.

By the Associated Press

freed in desert after beating

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3 Boys Confess Setting It While Playing

By the Associated Press

5 killed as condemned apt is destroyed; 3 boys confess setting it, Poughkeepsie

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