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Newspaper
Bradenton Herald
Location
Bradenton, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1927
Page
2
Donations from individuals and banks flood in for Manatee flood relief. The Red Cross reports payments including checks and cash from residents and local banks as interest in the revival at the Met Church increases. Eighty one have applied for church membership. services are at 3:45 PM and 8 PM with three large services held Sunday.
A stream of warranty deed transfers records numerous grantees and trustees across varied local entities. Vendors and buyers include Manatee River Bank & Trust Co and Manatee River Park Inc with multiple names like P. Firing, Carrie Pellton, R. E. Fredd, J. Houze, C. E. Street, and others in Cumberland and McLean areas. The list reflects property conveyances among individuals, companies, and trustees.
Banks will be closed for Confederate Memorial Day. County bankers attend state convention in Sarasota. Mrs Brown ill at Palmetto home. Ballard and Biltmore grade schools end eight month term. high school extends another month. Rogers pleads guilty to larceny before Judge Tucker. fined and days served. Campbell sentenced after beating charge.
Clair Williams faced a gambling charge and accepted a choice of a ten dollar fine or thirty days in county court. Judge W. Tucker presided, delivering the sentence after the plea.
Judge W Fi Tucker orders J R Halt to pay costs after a licensee issue. Various entities list mortgage actions and assignments including Manatee River Bank & Tr Co, Bron Finance Corp, Underhill Young & Wells, and multiple corps. Transfers involve Harriet Dunham, Geo H Pont, Mrs Carrie Paxton Whitfield, and Myron Galloway among others.
The Palmetto Knights of Pythias will send B Whitehead W E Mann and J J D Edwards to represent at the grand lodge meeting in Clearwater starting Wednesday morning A Florida Exposition train with Kiwanis visitors arrives at Union Station Worcester today with Kiwanian Ralep Campbell aboard Local attendees from Worcester Palmetto and others expected to attend
Mrs. Ou T. Wheichel resumes duties at the First Nations Bank the morning after two weeks away touring Georgia.
The Orange Ridge school lot of three acres was sold by the Oneco board of school trustees for $1,500 total. Two buyers, Mrs. Helen B. Kaveny of Montclair and Margaret B. Goosman of Creco, purchased the other acre. The sale notes the five acre site near Connecticut park is high and dry and suitable for homes. Board members Merritt, Helm, Mark Wyatt and Goy Thompson oversaw the transaction.
A large fire in Charleston South Carolina damaged six buildings on Meeting and Market streets, with unofficial losses above 200000 dollars. The Hornik Peeries Wholesale firm suffered major losses and part of municipal wharves burned, boosting the tally. A second fire hit an uptown section yesterday with additional damage reported.
A store manager in Palmetto was killed and found with a note in his pocket while employees assisted in organizing the store today. Messages were sent to relatives in South Carolina Sunday night but no word had been received by this afternoon.
Despatches report Red peasant troops and allied Chiens forces clashing near Sawtow Kwangtung. Cantonese troops and ex‑propaganda students were killed or driven back as houses burned and control shifted amid the outbreak and ensuing fighting.
The US destroyer Perry came under fire near Kiukiang on the Yangtse about 125 miles east of Hankow. The source of the firing was not located and the Perry did not return fire. A separate AP item notes Good Will flyers passing St Augustine at 1 18 p m. and details of two inmates in the Warren Sprague case at Mc Duffie county chain gang.
A Bradenton junior Chamber of Commerce chapter will be discussed at a meeting of young businessmen at the Hotel Dixie Grande tonight. The session opens at 7 20 o clock. J R Twomey, Tampa Junior Board president, and Joseph R Calhoun, secretary, will speak on respective chamber methods.
Irregular price moves lead to mixed early trading with General Electric and others up modestly while Marland Oil and Phillips Petroleum hit new lows. Delaware and Hudson peaks near 1907 highs as traders expect a technical pullback and money rates tighten month end. Jacksonville market shows steady wholesale vegetable prices with moderate supplies.
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover arrived in Memphis at 7:35 AM as President Coolidge's relief representative for the flood stricken Mississippi. He traveled with Major General Jadwin and James L. Fieser to meet Red Cross officials and government workers. A personal survey of flooded areas is planned aboard a river boat.
In chancery the Manatee County Circuit Court issues a four week notice for a quiet title action filed by Clarence Hammatt and others against Clarence Hammatt and unknown heirs. The case seeks to remove clouds on lands described as Section 29 in Township 4 South Range 17 East and names the defendants and heirs, with Rule Day set for May 2, 1927. Publication in the Bradenton Herald is ordered.
Memorial Day will be observed in Bradenton with services at the First Baptist church led by Judge O. K. Reaves of Tampa. Members of Judah P. Benjamin Camp No. 751, Sons of Confederate Veterans, are to attend. Manatee County Schools may suspend classes to allow attendance. The United Daughters of the Confederacy organize the 3:30 p.m. program featuring Suwanee River, invocations, solos by Stephen Badger and Mrs. W. A. Fischer, violin by Hampton Junkin, and benediction by Rev. J. O. Grogan.
President Julian Goethus announced a plan to present weekly programs by groups of eight members appointed monthly. May’s program committee, chaired by George Denny, includes B G Arnold Bobbie Brollier A C Crockett Henry Edsall Filmore Fleming E E Garrison and Harry Gumprecht. Clark Barney was welcomed as a new Rotarian and Dwight Ford noted the Tampa district Rotary conference. Mrs Lawrence Russell of Palmetto charmed members with negro dialect readings including a piece about a mammy on the Manatee river bridge.
R M Sealey state supervisor notifies Manatee County High and Palmetto High that they are listed as standard four year senior high schools for the 1926 27 scholastic year. Letters note listing based on standardization report facts and any supplements, with nine months length of term as indicated.
Roberta Jane Pratt six year old foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett S Pratt of Des Moines Iowa is paroled in custody of Louis Hall an attorney and his wife who will take the child to Des Moines and turn her over to the juvenile court there Mrs Pratt on Friday was acquitted of third degree assault in allegedly burning and beating Roberta The child at that time was held for a hearing in children's court here on charges that she was a neglected child.
In Tampa, Paul Huhn, once sentenced for highway robbery, escaped en route to the Penitentiary. Danville, Illinois police report says He is a companion of Albert House the Tampa bandit now serving life at Raiford. Extradition papers are being prepared.
Two American submarine tenders and a flotilla of submarines reached Hong Kong on April 25 as part of a naval movement. The arrival underscores ongoing American naval activities in the area and signals continued readiness of fleet assets in the Western Pacific.
An AP report records the Good-Williers flying over Palm Beach at 10 28 a m with an escort of six Army planes. The event occurs in clear morning skies as the formation traverses the area.
Good Will fliers passed over Fort Lauderdale at 9 55 a m flying at about 5000 feet.
Several hundred newspaper publishers from across the country attend the annual Associated Press meeting in New York. A luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria follows, led by Frank B. Noyes with speeches by Henry J. Allen and Noyes. Participants from the American Newspaper Publishers Association discuss waste elimination, postal rates, and radio relations.
The House passed a bill by Representatives Knight and MacKenzie to empower the comptroller to reopen any closed bank at will. A second note added minor amendments. Valer of Jacksonville proposed a measure to give railroads more powers over terminals and union docks as a second item on the agenda. The session adjourned at 1 10 until soon tonight.
Planes will land in a patrolled St Johns river sector near the citys business district. Six land planes will be housed at the municipal air station. Lieutenant E M Caffey arranged marine patrols to keep waters clear and a national guard contingent will guard the fuel wharf.
Supplies for the continuation of the flight are prepared. A banquet and reception for the fliers is set for tonight. Civic officials will greet the aeronauts aboard boats on the river.
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