Evolution fight shakes Florida House over teaching Darwinism
April 29. The Florida House faced a dramatic floor clash as Rep Weeks proposed an amendment to an elementary supervision bill to bar teachers from promoting atheism agnosticism or Darwinism. The session also examined canal survey actions against the Florida Coast Line canal and Transportation Co with a $35000 appropriation and legal action potential.
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Tallahassee
House of Representatives
Weeks
Bonifay
State Departments
Ys Mic
Martin
Florida Coast Line Canal and Transportation Company
Bryan Broward
Anti-saloon League
House
Senate
Gary
Ocala
MacKenzie
Leesburg
Schoo
Wegent
Stalnaker
Tampa
Concensus
One Killed In Riot Over Plane Report
A riot at a newspaper office in Brazil resulted in one death and damage to the building. The mob gathered after a plane attempting a transatlantic flight from Cape Verde Islands to Brazil crashed into the sea near the American coast. The commander Joas De Tos and several crew members were reported missing or on a steamship.
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Hiv Janeiro
Apais
Joas de Tos
Iian National Telegraph
Gainesville Midland should not abandon 32 miles in Florida
An IPC report on the Gainesville Midland railroad proposes denying permission to abandon 32 miles between Belmont and Monroe Florida. Investigators note population dependence on the line and recommend Seaboard Air Line be required to maintain operation after the company’s reorganization and tentative acquisition. The commission will rule on the findings.
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Washington
Gainesville-Midland
Florida
Belmont
Monroe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Todevin
Gainesville
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard
Denial of Perry and Southeastern Railroad Route
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied the Perry and Southeastern railroad’s request to build eight miles of track from Clitchfield to Perry Georgia to serve a cement plant owned by the Pennsylvania-Dixie Portland Cement company. The commission warned small industrial lines risked abusing transportation privileges to pressure rate concessions from trunk carriers.
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Washington
Perry and Southeastern Railroad
Clitchfield
Perry
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Perry Company
Pennsylvania-Dixie Portland Cement Company
Georgia, Southern and Florida Railroad
Commission
Holt Proposes Conference Plan to Replace Lectures
Hamilton Holt, former editor of The Independent and president of Rollins College, urged abolishing lectures at colleges in favor of a two hour conference plan. He said the method is being tried at Rollins College this year and is a success, sparking discussion at a national alumni conference in Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Hamilton Holt
the Independent
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
National Association of Alumni Secretaries
Associated
Association of Alumni Funds
University of North Carolina
Holt
Accuse Each Other Of Snyder Staying
In New York on April 29, during the Snyder murder trial, Ruth Snyder and her former lover Henry Judd Gray accused one another of full guilt in the murder of Albert Snyder. Mrs Josephine Brown, Ruth Snyder’s mother, testified about her daughter’s married life.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Snyder
Albert Snyder
Joesphine Brown
Prisoner J E Almond Recaptured After Escape
An officer from the state road department was sent to Miami to return J E Almond to a road camp at Shady Grove. Almond, serving a ten year term for highway robbery in Dade county, had escaped recently and was recaptured by Miami police per prison bureau report.
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Tallahassee
State Road Department
Miami
J. E. Almond
Shady Grove
Almond
Dade County
Prison Bureau
Prohibition Raid Nets Prisoners in Florida Swamps
Jacksonville April 29. Federal agents report 15 prisoners, 31 stills destroyed, 1000 gallons of liquor and 50000 gallons of mash seized in a weeklong drive near Jacksonville. One man wounded by buckshot, Martin Padgett arrested after gunfire as raiders returned from the swamps.
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Jacksonville
Federal
Prohibition
J. P. Lee
C. A. Givhan
Daytona Beach
Martin Padgett
Padgett
Mr. Lee
Fear Disorder May Follow Executions
London reports plain clothes police in Pekin to curb disorder after twenty Chinese were strangled in an execution. Li Ta Chao, described as a famous Chinese scholar, was among the executed with a woman. The raid on the soviet embassy compound exposed Cantonese support from Soviet Russia for the northern campaign, prompting a Soviet note and withdrawal of embassy personnel.
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London
Pekin
Daily Mail
Li Ta Chao
Daily Herald
Russia
Pekia
Birger Gang Leader Re Arrested At Home In Illinois
Charles Birger, gang leader, was re arrested at his home in Harrisburg Illinois by Sheriff James S Pritchard and eleven deputies armed with machine guns. He was taken to Benton jail where a new indictment for the murder of Joe Adams of West City was returned. Birger posted 45000 bond and faces trial on complicity in Major Adams murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Ills
Charles Birger
James S. Pritchard
Franklin County
Benton
Birger
Joe Adams
West City
Major Adams
Shelton
Bradenton Chamber to Discuss City Charter at Meeting
The Bradenton Chamber of Commerce will focus on the city charter at a Monday night meeting at the parish house. Directors approved the plan, noting Bradenton’s own charter as the chief business item.
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Bradenton
Chamber of Commerce
Commerce
Details of Hollywood party probe into Kerrick murder
Hollywood inquest opened into the fatal shooting of Tom Kerrick after a drink party. Mrs. Sarah Kerrick, the widow, faced jurors as a murder suspect amid conflicting accounts of jealousy and a party described as lively. Witnesses included Tris Burns and guests Joe Hunt Henry Isabell and Anita Davis.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Tom Kerrick
Sarah Kerrick
Tris Burns
Kerrick
Grand Jury
Miss Burns
Joe Hunt
Henry Isabell
Anita Davis
Hunt
Flood Relief Fund Nears Goal of 1500 for Mississippi Sufferers
Red Cross officials expect the Mississippi flood relief fund to reach its 1500 goal tomorrow. Through noon today contributions total 1346 and the fund closes when the total is reached. Members of the Twenty Five Dollar Club include Jessie Mae Browne and others with donations ranging from 2 to 25 dollars.
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Bredenton
National Relief Fund
Red Cross
Eral
Jessie Mae Browne
T. Albert Messner
S. A. Reasoner
Reasoner Brothers
L. J. Knicht
Tallant
Groff
Whitney Curry
G. S. Warner
Henry J. Edsall
H. A. Turner
N. S. Young
N. H. Stephens
George W. Fuller
Amelia S. Fuller
Florence M. Lutford
E. W. Rice
Almeda Driscoll
Susie L. Wimbish
Don P. Dickerson
J. F. Bedell
W. J. Capehart
Dora A. Korns
Lavenia C. Harrison
G. S. Tanski
W. E. Webber
Grace O. Crandall
Jennie G. Braymer
Charges against Palm Beach Ocean Realty chief quashed
Paris E. Singer, president of Palm Beach Ocean Realty, had criminal charges dismissed at a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace F. M. Houghton. The defense argued for a continuance to locate witnesses and obtain records, but the motion was denied. Singer said he would drop the matter and blamed publicity for harming his standing and Florida’s efforts to solve state problems. He defended investments inPalm Beach Ocean despite halted land sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Paris E. Singer
Palm Beach Ocean Realty Company
Justice of the Peace
F. M. Houghton
Singer
Thomas S. Turner
Florida
Palm Beach Ocean
Explosion on aircraft carrier Langley at sea
An explosion of the Langley’s electric rotor disrupted all electrical systems aboard. No casualties were reported. The Langley, off New York, halted at Ambrose Light and was towed to New York for repairs after a 7 am blast damaging a 200 kilowatt generator and main injection line.
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Washington
Langley
Navy Department
New York
Ambrose Light
Missing Mexican Presbyterian pastor and family report
Douglas Arizona April 29 AP The Rev Thomas Del Gado pastor of the Mexican Presbyterian church and his wife and several children are missing. Post office officials first discovered their absence and a church connected search has failed to locate them. Del Gado recently issued a signed statement predicting a Mexican revolution in Chihuahua and naming prominent Mexicans as future de facto government officials amid threats to his life.
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Douglas, Ariz
Thomas del Gado
Mexican Presbyterian Church
Post Office
del Gado
Chihuahua
Time to Sink Dynamite Delays Levee Break Near Violet
The Mississippi levee near Violet Louisiana faced a delayed attempt to blast a crevasse as engineers could not complete at noon. National Guard patrols guard the inundated area while river craft circle the site awaiting the signal between 1 and 2 pm. 144 dynamite charges were sunk along 200 feet to ease flood waters and protect New Orleans.
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Mississippi Levee
Violet
Mississippi River
Here
Louisiana National Guard
New Orleans
Governor Simpson
Engineers
St. Bernard
Plaquemine
Enguerrs
Mediation Board Reaches First Birthday Quietly
Washington April 29 AP. The United States Board of Mediation marks one year since its May 1926 creation by the Watson Parker law, with no railroad strikes. While wage talks and new issues proceed, disputes are settled through discussion, not shutdowns, signaling a peaceful era in rail labor relations.
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Washington
United States Board of Mediation
Watson-Parker
Railroad Labor Board
Try
Board of Mediation
Samuel E. Winslow
G. Wallace
W. Hangar
Fenwin P. Morrow
Pat Neff Ard
John Williams
Winslow
Dentist Acquitted Of Murder Charge In Seattle Case
Dr Chester B Dobbs a Kirkland dentist was acquitted by a superior court jury of murder in the slaying of a 14 year old girl. The indictment said he heat and choked the girl after dragging and attacking her as she went to his office on October 30. Her body was found in a slough two weeks later.
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Seattle
Wash
Chester B. Dobbs
Kirkland
Dobbs
Commission Member Dan F. Sapp Dies in D C Office
Dan F. Sapp of Lancaster dies suddenly in his Columbia office. He was a member of the South Carolina railroad commission. The death occurred today in the capital city, according to AP.
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Columbia
D. C
Dan F. Sapp
Lancaster
South Carolna Railroad Commission
Yale President Says Prohibition Cuts Death Rate Nationwide
In Montclair New Jersey on April 29 AP reports President Irving Fisher of Yale voiced that prohibition has likely reduced the national death rate more than any other single cause.
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Beate
New Orleans Prepares to Breach Levees for Flood Control
Ancient plantations border the field chosen for the Mississippi break as Louisiana National Guard moves to safeguard New Orleans amid the largest flood in U.S. history. Soldiers cordon the area near the Orange Grove refinery, with engineers and federal officials coordinating the planned 1,000 foot breach to lower floodwaters by about three feet within days.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
South
Louisiana
National Guard
Poydras
Ahadon
United States and Engineers Corps
St. Bernard
Placuamines
Orange Grove, Refinery Company
First State
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Bryan
NEA Service, Inc
Telephoto
Missouri Pacific
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
NEA Service
Simsboro
Ark
Gainesville-Midland Railroad
Georgia Road
JAX
Sirger
Trade Board
Hei
Justice of Peace
Mediation Board
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