Prohibition Bills Tied to Consumer Issues Move Forward
Prohibition measures introduced by Frisbie face delays as debates on related local bills continue. Senate and House schedules shift with bills on including anti saloon search powers and a new Bay County circuit court awaiting readings. The Miami drainage sub bill stalls after requests to hear Dade County delegation.
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Senate
House
Watson
Miami
Senaor Watson
Dade County
Drainage Committee
Formal School House Warming Delayed By Meeting
A joint meeting of the Greater Palmetto Improvement Association and the Palmetto Patient-Teachers Association delayed the formal opening of the new graduates school building to late summer or early fall to avoid disrupting end-of-term work.
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W. T. Jordan
F. Snyder Actee
Greater Palmetto Improvement Association
Palmetto Patient-Teachers’ Association
Library Auditoriuum
Main Street
Grads
Willon
T. J. Mason
Sard
Messrs. Trant
Gillette
Buttram
Earle
Money Is Retained To Tampa Bondsmen
The last wish of G. Killingsworth prompted surrender to Sheriff Hices. Judge Pettaway ordered surrender of a $7,000 bond to his bondsmen. Killingsworth, convicted in a $24,000 hold up, fled before prison term, then returned to face five year sentence.
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Tampa
G. Rilling
Eworth
Lice
Hices
R. E. Pettaway
Killingsworth
Calendar Bills Move Forward In State Legislature
Commensurate with disposals of bills on the calendar, lawmakers advance measures through committee and toward floor debate. The session highlights include fiscal, education, and public safety proposals with potential to become law pending votes.
Flood Devastates St Francis Basin and Arkansas Reach
Reports from North Little Rock indicate severe flooding across Arkansas and Missouri. The St Francis basin near New Madrid and surrounding areas see rising waters and widespread damage with hundreds of thousands of acres flooded and many lives uncertain.
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St. Francis
Missouri
Arkansas
St. Johns Levee
New Madrid
St. Francis Basin
Mississippi
Plan To Start On Paris Flight Sunday
Paris April 20 AP Captain Charles Nungesser and Captain Praendis Coll plan to begin Sunday morning a trans Atlantic flight from Paris to New York. Tests showed Nungesser’s plane with a three ton load reached over 15 000 feet and 120 mph. They will test with a four ton load before engine replacement and further cross country trials.
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Cajtain
Charles Nungesser
Praendis Coll
Rans Atlantic
New York
Nungesser
Weather improves for farm work but rain needed in southeast
Crop conditions for the week ending yesterday show warmth and light rain benefited field operations. However the southwest from Florida and central Georgia to North Carolina and other Atlantic coast areas need substantial rainfall. Citrus in Florida hold up but several areas require rain.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
Atlantic Coast
Branne Stands Trial Again For Check Forgery
Julian S. Branne, former Arcadia bank employee, faces a second trial in Tampa for forging checks totaling 12 600 drawn on the Desoto National Bank of Arcadia in the name of Mrs M A McAdow of Punta Gorda. The first trial halted when a juror fell ill. judge Pettawar ordered a full jury.
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Tampa
Julian S. Branne
Arcadia
Fla
Desoto National Bank
M. A. McAdow
Punta Gorda
Pettawar
Georgia Electrocution Law Held Valid by State Supreme Court
Georgia's 1924 electrocution statute was upheld as constitutional by the state supreme court. The ruling allows the execution of eleven inmates under death sentences for murder. The decision centers on whether a warden is required to perform electrocutions at a state prison, with the Milledgeville prison farm deemed a state facility and its official deemed qualified to carry out executions.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Supreme Court
General Assembly
Hanfire
Meil . Gore
W. H. Cheek
Bogrocer
John Howell
Bibb County
Gore
Supreme Court
Milledgeville
Actor Killed in Fist Fight Reported on Page One
An actor was killed in a fist fight with another man amid rumors of marital strife. The incident occurred in a public area, and authorities are investigating whether the altercation involved a dispute with the actor’s wife. Further details follow on Page One.
Six Executed in Shanghai Reds Crackdown
Six prisoners described as communists including the head of the Chinese seamen's union were executed today at the nationalist Cantonese headquarters in Shanghai. The executions bring the total agitators executed since the moderates began their drive against the reds to over 100.
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Shanghat
Chinese Seamen’s Union
Shanghai
Florida House Advances Bill On Untruthful Advertising
In Tallahassee on April 20, the Florida House passed a bill banning punishment or dissemination of any advertisement containing untrue deceptive or misleading statements by any person or corporation.
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Tallahassee
House of Representatives
Missing Tampa Child Found At St Lee
Tampa deputies opened a search for two men and a woman believed linked to the disappearance of Vivian Lee Davis six. The child was found disguised as a boy at St Leo Florida after being taken from her nurse by the trio. She is back with Mr and Mrs J P Watson guardians of the child per a Craighead County Arkansas guardianship. Davis had previously died and the Watsons faced a habeas corpus custody effort. The Watsons claim the girl was removed to avoid deputy sheriffs.
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Tampa
Vivian Lee Davis
Vivian
Mre
St. Leo
Fla
J. P. Watson
Craighead
Ark
Albert Davis
Watsons
Devis
Davis
Rejection by Peking on Soviet raid demands
A dispatch to Indo-Pacific agency reports the Peking government rejects the demands of the Russian Soviet government regarding the raid on Soviet buildings in the embassy compound at Peking.
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RED
Paris
Peking
Indo-Pacific Agency
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