Bradenton council considers annexation bonds election date
Bradenton Florida city council in a special session advanced steps for an election on annexation and bond issuance. A June 14 date was tentatively set while drafting an ordinance and mayoral proclamation. The measure would extend city limits south and west and authorize 475 000 in bonds.
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G. BR. Sawyers
Boston
Bradenton
Leslie
Sawyers
Hine
F. A. Harrison
Fourth Ward
State of
Florida
Fla
Cabaret Singer Sues Real Estate Operator for Breach of Promise
Annie Almy, 21, a New York cabaret singer, sues Stanley E. Comstock for 500000 alleging he faked engagement for publicity and left her stranded after promising marriage. She claims job loss and public ridicule. case filed by attorney Francis C. Dale on Miss Almy’s behalf.
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New York
Annie Almy
Stanley E. Comstock
Ithy
Florida
Chicago
Miami
Almy
Seeas
Peggy Opkins Joyce
Miss Almy
Comstock
Francis C. Dale
Edward West Browning
Frances
Defense rests in Snyder Gray case in New York
The Gray and Snyder murder defense continued with cross examination focusing on Gray’s finances and motives. Gray, calm and courteous, denied gain from Albert Snyder’s death while acknowledging details of a $1000 loan and his drinking. The trial proceeded with jurors to be kept for possible verdict before Sunday.
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New York
Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Brown Snyder
Gray
Snyder
Newcomb
Mr. Wallace
Wallace
Albert Snyder
Syracuse
Mississippi Flood Spreads Through Eleven Louisiana Parishes
The Mississippi surged through northern Louisiana flooding over five million acres of farm and swamp lands as eleven parishes faced renewed overflows. Towns like Rayville Tallulah Newellton and Vidalia were threatened with refugees and cut off supplies as backwaters rose and Red Cross camps faced isolation.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Rayville
Boata
Tallulah
Newellton
Delta Point
Arkansas
Kentucky
Wickliffe
Tennessee
Missouri
St. Francis
White River
Black River
Cache River
Batesville
New Territory
Red Cross
Vidalia
Concordia Parish
Inspection Tour To Flooded Mississippi Valley
A congressional delegation will conduct a weeklong inspection tour of flood damage in the Mississippi Valley starting May 29.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Hicks Brothers Turmoil Ties to Slain Lawyer Case
St Louis May 6 AP Glenn T Hicks, brother of slain lawyer Clifford M Hicks and beneficiary of most of the estate and a $365000 life policy, is questioned amid police efforts to solve the murder. Hicks, along with two former convicts William Davis and Harry W Bestleman, is arrested as an investigation intensifies.
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ST. Louis
Clifford M. Hicks
Glenn T. Hicks
Hicks
William Davis
Harry W. Bestleman
Kaiser
Ida Sinnwell
Simnwell
Davis
Bostleman
Glenn
Clifford
Nicaragua Fighting Near End
In Managua May 6 AP report says after months of civil war the Liberal General Moncada announced readiness to lay down arms. He noted U S intervention possible if fighting continued and refused to sign peace terms keeping Adolfo Diaz as president.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Moncada
Henry L. Stinson
Coolidge
United States
Adolfo Diaz
USA
Education Board Stands With Southern Baptists
Louisville May 6 Delegates backed by a close vote a motion to table the special committee report on the presidents address. The committee would consider abolishing both the education board and the hospital commission from the convention financial program, preserving the board for at least a year.
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Education Board
Louisville
Southern Baptist
Hospital
Gullett Says Time Warrants Won’t Solve School Debt
Manatee County Superintendent B D Gullett says the recent legislative measure authorizing a 300000 time warrants issue will not relieve next year’s school finances. He cites poor marketability and a mismatch with county valuations as reasons the warrants are not desirable to bond buyers. He urges the county commissioners to seek another relief plan.
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Manatee County
B. D. Gullett
Gullett
the Herald
Board of County Commissioners
Manatee County School Board
Kidnapping Gangs Free New Yorkers After Battle
Abraham Scharlin and James Taylor, held for ransom by kidnaping gangs, were released at 4 am. A gun battle in Central Park left one alleged kidnapper dead and another captured. Scharlin, tied to liquor charges in multiple states, prompted the kidnapping plot after his wife received large ransom demands. Police traced another conspirator as Taylor vanished April 28 and learned of Marcus of Chicago and Dave Berman of Iowa, who chose to shoot it out after police shadowed Marcus following ransom calls.
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New York
Abraham Scharlin
James Taylor
Scharlin
P.k
Chicago
San Nessee
Taylor
Central Park
Joseph Marcus
House Passes Bill To Prohibit Boxing
Tallahassee Florida A bill amended by Representative Lee Avon Park would bar professional boxers from any pugilistic exhibition under American Legion national guard and other organizations. The measure affects numerous Legion posts and guard units statewide that provide purses for fighters. The original bill sought to amend the law allowing YMCA colleges universities and fraternal bodies to stage exhibitions.
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Tallahassee
Wey
Lee
Avon Park
American Legion
National Guard
Davis
Recall of Troops at Halifax County Farm Ends Mutiny
Raleigh May 6 AP Governor McLean arranged to call two National Guard companies from the Caledonia prison farm to end 24 hours of surveillance over 270 mutinous white convicts at Halifax county farm. Superintendent Pou said the prisoners had become amenable to discipline after Wednesday night disorder during union hours.
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Raleigh
N. C
McLean
National Guard
Caledonia Prison
Halifax County
Pou
State Prison
Salvation Army flood depot moved to new location
The Salvation Army flood relief depot shifts from 912 Ninth Street to 806 East Manatee Avenue in the post office arcade. Ensign John Horgan urges donors to leave clothing for the homeless across eight flood struck states. The Red Cross reports local clothing loaders at First Presbyterian church and two cases sent to Jackson Mississippi. Donations total 82 locally, lifting relief funds to 2440.34, with numerous individual gifts listed from Manatee and Bradenton communities.
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Salvation Army
Ninth Street
East Manatee Avenue
Post Office Arcade
Ensign John Horgan
Ensign Horgan
The
Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
Jackson
Miss
Manatee
Manatee Home
E. N
K. W. Wigfai
T. Palmer
Misselsie Palmer
W. C. Wiggins
L. A. Cornell
O. W. Johnon
Ess . Williams
Clyde Wrease
Bradenton
Y Pieee G. West
A. Jackson
Katherine and
Letitis Fogarty
Firefighters Use Oxygen to Combat Pneumonia
Chicago May 6 AP Fire fighters in Pulmotor Squad Six race against pneumonia to keep 52 year old Harry Thompson alive. He breathes pure oxygen for ten minutes every hour and a half hour while a pneumonic lung remains congested. Doctor Hessert remains hopeful Thompson may recover if lungs heal enough to resume work.
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Chicago
Harry Thompson
John J. Hessert
Palmotor
Chicago Fire
Hessert
Thompson
Hessest
Local option race betting bill faces final committee plea
Tallahassee May 6 AP The fate of legalized race gambling in Florida hinges on a final plea before a legislative committee. Proponents and opponents filled the chamber as a Miami Dade delegation arrived by special train to press for local option racing.
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Tallahassee
Florida
John W. Watson
Miami
Senate
Treasure
Dade County
Capitol
Frank B. Shutts
Miami Herald
Edgar W. Waybright
Jacksonville
Ben Rt. Cocroft
Stalnakers
Joint Committee On Agriculture
Starke
State Board of Health
Karr
Tampa
Valez
Crews
Booth
Indergartens
Getzen
Bushnell
Chicago orders 62 crooks to leave city at once
Chicago police chief William OConnor read the riot act to 62 known crooks and racketeers last night instructing them to depart and stay away. He warned they would be jailed on sight or charged with vagary and police would harass them until Chicago is rid of them. Michael Hughes led the crackdown and George Druggan Albert Long and Albert Rose were arrested after a revolver fight and charged with vagary and carrying concealed weapons.
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Chicago
William O'Connor
Michael Hughes
George Druggan
Terry
Druggan
Albert Long
Albert Rose
Mysterious Suit Filed by Opera Singer in New York
Freida Hempel, German opera singer, sues August Heckscher, wealthly magnate, for 40,000 annually for life claiming a 1926 contract gave her payments of 48,000 yearly for life but only the first 12,000 was paid. The suit, described as morally and legally well founded, follows years of engagement rumors.
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New York
Freida Hempel
August Heckscher
Metropolitan Star
Miss Hempel
Heckscher
Paris
William B. Kahn
Neer
Mise Hempel
Wind and hail storms cause near 2 million dollar damage
Oklahoma City May 4 AP Damage to buildings and crops from wind and hail storms reached about 2,000,600 across three counties. A large acreage of small grain was destroyed by hail yesterday, with farm buildings wrecked and wheat fields leveled in Noble county, and a large section razed in Alfalfa and Garfield counties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Vesterday
Noble County
Alfalfa
Garfield
New York Society Girl Lands After Miami Flight
Miss Ruth Roland Nicholas, a New York society girl with an international hydroplane license, landed here after piloting a flight from Miami with a mechanic and her aunt Mary R. Haines aboard. She stopped in St Augustine and Ocean City and said aviation is perfectly safe with reasonable precautions.
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Ruth Roland Nicholas
New York
Miami
Fla
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