Bridge name change debated in Tallahassee Meant to honor E P Green Sr
April 19 report from Tallahassee notes a local bill to rename the Manatee River Bridge at Badenton from Green Bridge to Manatee River Bridge. The measure passed the house last Thursday and now awaits a Senate vote. protests and organized letters from citizens, the Chamber of Commerce, and Kiwanis Club oppose the change. Senator M O Harrison declined to state his vote.
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Badenton
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Harrison
Herald
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Kiwanis Club
E. P. Green
Bradenton
State Highway Department
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Mana‘tee River
Senate
Palmetto
M. O. Harrison
Trade Board
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Perry
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Brn
Florida
Manatee County
Pat” Green
Protest Tied to Bradenton Palmetto Bridge Name Change
The Bradenton trade board condemns a proposed change of the Manatee River Bridge name from Green Bridge to Manatee River Bridge as a perceived slight to E P Green Sr. The Bradenton Chamber of Commerce, citing telegrams and petitions, urges the senate to halt the local bill and preserve the Green name.
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Trade Board
Jurors In Radical Case Stand Firm
A Boston AP report notes six years after the Sacco and Vanzetti murder verdict a newspaper poll shows most jurors believe the duo guilty despite protests over the death sentences. Foreman Walter Ripley and eleven jurors' responses vary with four declining to comment on the case or the judges.
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Boston
Dedham
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vangetti
Walter Ripley
Quincy
Judes Webster Thayer
Kidnapped Cafe Owners Released After Five-Day Hiding
Chicago reports the Mid night Frolics Cafe owners Adler and Gelell were freed after five days in captivity. Ransom allegedly sought was around 100000, with police estimating 50000 each. captors, masked men, blindfolded the pair and their chauffeur Albino during the ordeal. Gelell claimed the captors offered cigars and liquor and threatened harm, but said they were treated relatively well.
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Chicago
Jakie Adler
Frank
Sappho Joe) Gelell
Gelell
Adler
Tony Albino
Frank Lawro
Albino
Gelec l
Tony
Poon Weer
Thompson Begins Third Term amid Cheers and Booes in Chicago
Mayor William Hale Thompson opened his third term before about 2,500 spectators with a mixed reception as aldermen critiqued but largely supported his campaign promises. The event included a waterway boosters' trip to New Orleans and a meeting with Eamon de Valera, while Captain Dennis Malley hailed the Irish Republic’s supporters.
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Chicago
Big Bill Thompson
William Hale Thompson
New Orleans
Thompson
Eamon de Valeria
Kiwanis Vote Opposes Bridge Name Change in Bradenton
Kiwanis Club members at the Hotel Dixie Grande voice unanimous disapproval of a bill moving through the state legislature to rename the Bradenton Palmetto bridge from The Green Bridge to the Manatee River Bridge. Josiah Varn leads the motion and asks the club to wire Senator Harrison for action while notifying the senate.
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Bradenton
Palmetto
Manatee River
Kiwanis Club
Dixie Grande
Josiah Varn
S. G. Hollingsworth
C. J. B. Singletary
Green
Herald
House
Senate
Claude P. Hall
American Red Cross
E. W. Rice
Bradenton Beach
Hall
Life Saving Corps
Honeymoon at Sea Ends Amid Unclear Reports
Mary Lewis, an opera soprano, and her husband Michael Bohnen were reported missing after a yacht trip. The couple, married five days, had planned a short honeymoon voyage and were to perform later. A search was underway near the pier as authorities pursued clues to their whereabouts.
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New Sonea
Mary Lewis
Michae Bohnen
Miss Lewis
Cousens Ona
Lewis
Lamburg- Amence
Ford Counsels Clash Over Juror Misconduct Motions
The Detroit libel suit of Aaron Sapiro against Henry Ford resumes next Thursday with a motion for mistrial over juror misconduct. Stewart Hanley for Ford cites illness and seeks delay while William Gallagher for Sapiro denounces Ford detectives near jurors and alleges private chamber conferences with counsel.
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Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Stewart Hanley
Ford Counsel
Fred M. Raymond
Reed Hanley
Raymond
Gpa
Ford Organization
William Henry Gallagher
Sapiro
Ford
Saper
Gallagher
Trouble in Southern Russia Reports Reach Paris
Paris dispatches report highly alarming trouble in southern Russia via a refugee to Besarabia. Refugees cite violent Hands off China demonstrations, a separate separatist revolt in Ukraine, and mass killings as Red troops clash with separatists near Valniyeva Barenes and Tiraspol with troop movements toward Kiev and Odessa.
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Russia
Bessarabia
Bucharest
China
Ukraine
M. Teehoubar
Red
Red Army
Valniyeva
Barenes
Tiraspol
Kiev
Odessa
Weather wires restored after distant call from Fort Smith
Communication was re established with Fort Smith Arkansas this morning when a local newspaperman spoke with the weather observer by distance telephone. High winds had blown down wires rumors of a tornado were denied by the observer.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Fort Smith
Ark
Weather Observer
Arkansan
Drainage Bill Proposes Regional Commission Controls
A substitute drainage bill introduced by Senator John W. Watson would create a five member commission appointed by circuit judges across five counties to oversee lake and drainage projects and borrow funds. The measure shifts control from state level to local units, aiming to remove the issue from politics and place it with a practical board.
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Catts
West Palm Beach
Roy A O'Bannon
Palmetto
MacKenzie
Leesburgh
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Supreme Court
Stalnaker
House Educational Committee
Hotel Publicity Man Becomes Jury Foreman in Snyder Case
New York April 19 AP William E Young a hotel publicity man living in Elmhurst was chosen as foreman of the jury for the Snyder murder trial He was the 50th talesman examined and none of his predecessors were accepted Before approval he stated no scruples against capital punishment and that he would fairly judge defendants regardless of whether they testify and would follow court instructions.
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New York
William E. Young
Snyder
Young
Elmhurst
Jemarried
Talesman
Levee Break Threat Pushes 1900 Men to Battle Mississippi Floods
Memphis reports the Mississippi River swelling against weak dykes from Illinois to the gulf. One thousand nine hundred workers toil around the clock on breaches near New Madrid and Keats Crossing as floodwaters threaten St Francis district and Ark River levees. Red Cross and state agencies aid displaced residents while National Guard supports levee protection.
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Mississippi River
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Ark
C. S. Blocker
New Madrid
Keats Crossing
Arkansas River
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Toronza
Lepanto
Deckerville
Gilmore
Frenchman's Bayou
Dorner
Wilson
Ste Ecola
Marion
Harvard
Par Ca
Earl Brickeyes
Marianna
Forest City
Mrs Coolidge Hosts 10 Kids At White House Egg Roll
Nine year old Robert Merritt, a friend of Mrs. Coolidge, visited the White House during the egg rolling on the lawn. He recalled meeting her a year earlier and receiving a mouth organ. Christine Merritt, 13, also joined the visit, with their father employed in the Treasury.
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Washington
Robert
Kenton
One Man Killed In Texas Tornado
A tornado struck Arthur City in northeast Texas early today killing one man and injuring about a dozen others, with half the town’s buildings destroyed. Two daughters of Edward Champbel near Ranger drowned when their car plunged into a swollen creek while returning from school.
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Arthur City
Red River
Texas
Edward Champbel
Ranger
Floods Spread Damage Across Southwest States
Floods and storms battered Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma after a night of tornadoes and electrical storms. Rivers Neosho Verdigris and Arkansas rose to near record heights flooding valleys and forcing residents to flee. Rain totaling two to four inches swept central and southern Kansas while Missouri and Oklahoma endured rising rivers and widespread damage warnings.
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