Bradenton approves sale of municipal gas plant to Reed for 250900
Voters approve city council action selling the Bradenton gas plant to John A. Reed of Cedar Rapids Iowa by a three to one margin with 332 yes and 96 no. Reed to take charge soon with a 1000 deposit and 200000 final payment due within 90 days after the second installment.
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Cedar Rapids
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A. J. Lawlor
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Council Sane Yesdaternoon
Solons Quit to Fight Blaze in Florida House
In Tallahassee on April 20 lawmakers paused for 26 minutes as a fire broke out nearby. Legislators aided firefighters at a local pressing shop, causing a brief recess and a near standstill in the House while the Senate kept quieter attendance with nominal damage reported.
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House of Representatives
Hay
Fred WH. Davis
Sale Panama City
Senate
Florida bill to reform criminal bail bond forfeiture
Dewey A. Dye state attorney proposes a bill introduced by Senator Harrison to reform bail bond forfeiture in criminal cases. The measure makes sureties fully aware of all steps, allows six months to respond, and enables immediate judgments on default with state wide execution. It aims to curb professional bondsmen and increase funds for fines and forfeitures while preserving due process.
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Florida
Dewey A. Dye
M. 0. Herrison
Senate
Dye
Harrison
Dunan Outlines School Finances For Bradenton District
George Dunan of the Bradenton school district board reports finances through April 12. He outlines needed funds to complete an eight month term for schools and nine months for the high school, lists past due pledges and not yet due pledges, and notes funds to be raised from other sources. The balance in bank and salaries paid are shown with figures and deficits.
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George Dunan
Bradenton
Regrettable marriage shocks Chicago families
In Chicago on April 20 AP reports a sudden marriage of Gordon Bilderback to Miss Gertrude Sergeant while Miss Marion Dawes faced an unexpected match with the same man. Dawes’s father and Chicago Association of Commerce president William Dawes called the event a regrettable incident and offered no further details. Bilderback, 26, an auto salesman, and his bride left for a honeymoon after the Champaign ceremony with Sergeant, a University of Illinois Hanover instructor. Friends say the couple had known each other for some time and elopement was unexpected.
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Marion Dawes
Gordon Butler Bilderback
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Miss Dawes
Champaign
Gas price war deepens in Southern California
The Associated Oil Co cuts gasoline by two cents a gallon in Southern California, bringing Los Angeles prices down to 1 2 cents a gallon. Other majors follow suit, but Union Oil holds at 14 1/2 cents while some stations advertise ten cents a gallon signaled by the price war grip in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Associated Oil Company
Quenching Flames Ends Fire Blight In Waterproof
In Waterproof Louisiana on April 19 a rapid-fire blaze destroyed the business district after the city water system failed. A Natchez pumping engine extended a line over the levee into the Mississippi river, stopping the flames. One man, M. A. Case, was killed asleep in a rear store room. Four nearby towns aided.
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Actor 15 Killed in Fist Fight over Wife
Hollywood crash shatters when Ray Raymond dies after a bare knuckle fight with Paul Kelly. Kelly, 27, admits loving Dorothy Mackaye and faces a manslaughter charge as inquest looms. An eyewitness says Raymond fought back after being knocked down multiple times.
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Arthur Sullivan
Kright
Herman Kline
Ellis Fagan
Miss MacKaye
Paul
New York
Ethel Lee
Wagg Plan Amended In Florida House Actions
In Tallahassee on April 20 AP reports two prohibition bills were introduced by Rep Frisbee to ban liquor for beverage use and to ban purchase for beverage purposes, both sanctioning up to six months imprisonment or a fine up to 500. Lawler proposed a county health board for adjoining counties. MacKenzie introduced an absent voters bill, Getzen pushed a sales tax on amusements, Catts and Oliver advanced the Pahokee Palm Beach road district with a 500000 bond referendum and Palm Beach criminal court. Senate amended Wage deficiency decrees in foreclosure cases to leave debt balance to the court's discretion, per Gillis suggestion.
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Oliver
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Judiciary Committee
Floridian slays two and self in Pensacola tragedy
In Pensacola on April 20 Matthew Henderson a 39 year old mail carrier shot and killed his wife of five months and their four year old adopted daughter then killed himself. He had earlier placed mail for his route before returning home. The wife and child died from gunshot wounds and police offered no clear motive.
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Pensacola
Matthew Henderson
Henderson
Believe Tampa Deaths Due To Gang Warfare
Tampa police investigate the deaths of two men linked to gang warfare. William Thompson, 45, was dragged from a car and left on a street, dead for over a day with no violence marks. Charles Moses, 85, died from a fractured skull after being found dazed and hospitalized. An autopsy was ordered.
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Polee
Wiliam Thompson
Charles Moses
Moses
North Carolina
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22 Known Dead in Freak Storms in Illinois and Indiana
Squalls swept across Green county and surrounding counties causing 22 deaths with nine more fatally injured and about 100 hurt. Property damage neared 1 million dollars across five counties and others. many farms and schools were leveled or severely damaged.
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Calhoun County
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Logan
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Milwaukee
Wis
Clarence Gallagher
Thhe Chestnut School
Buffalo Hart
Cornland
Juror Number Two Chosen in Snyder Murder Trial
JUROR NUMBER TWO Wiliam B. Meisner of Springfield was selected as juror number two in the Snyder murder trial. He was the ninety first talesman examined.
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New York
Wiliam B. Meisner
Springfield
Snyder
Talesman
Floods Sweep North Little Rock and Southwest in April
North Little Rock suffers an eight foot wall of water from a levee break northwest of the city. Levy and areas north of Main Street inundated as four inches of rain fell between 3 and 7 a m with more estimated. In Kansas City and Texas floods kill dozens as storms and tornadoes devastate Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas. Rescuees report casualties and marooned residents amid rising rivers and widespread destruction across the Mississippi Valley.
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