Lynching of Bates in Calhoun County
Bodie Bates, a Black man accused of attempting to assault a 22 year old white woman in Pittsboro Mississippi, was lynched by a white mob at the Calhoun county jail. The mob overpowered an officer, took keys, and hanged Bates from a bridge over the Yalobusha river. Police report the woman screamed after a man appeared at her window. Bates reportedly admitted going to the home.
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Pittsboro
Miss
Bodie Bates
Calhoun County
Bates
Yalobusha River
Jack W. Powell
Stalker Stalked in Sacramento Hen Roost Incident
Harold Flint and neighbor Chester Boles investigated a chicken theft and heard a noise. Boles fired a .22 rifle, wounding Flint as they suspected a thief, but the culprit was not found.
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Sacramento
Calif
Harold Flint
Chester Boles
Flint
Head Conservation Enforcement Board Chief Shoots Self
Emmetsburg, AP Ross Moses, 50, appointed chief of the state conservation board’s enforcement officers three weeks ago, shot himself at his home. Coroner said Moses attempted suicide and did not reveal a motive. He was a former district game warden supervisor, married with four children.
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Emmetsburg
Ross Moses
State Conservation Board
J. W. Woodbridge
Moses
Belle Plaine Car Crash Injures Local Couple and Daughter
Mr and Mrs George Henry and daughter Jean Spalding sustained minor injuries Saturday after their car swerved off U S highway 30 eighteen miles east of Belle Plaine The vehicle rolled over three times with Jean Spalding behind the wheel and driving the car at the time of the crash.
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Belle Plaine
George Henry
Jean Spalding
U. S. Highway 30
Farm Leaders Form League to Defend AAA
Sioux City AP report says leaders from Iowa Nebraska Minnesota and South Dakota create a league for economic equality to defend the AAA and test the protective tariff. An injunction against Smoot Hawley is planned by Aug. 15 with Vernon Vrooman as chief counsel.
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Sioux City
League For Economic Equality
AAA
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
South Dakota
League
Vernon Vrooman
Drake University of Des Moines
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Farm
Gandhi Has Chance To Make Comeback
London AP reports that British circles see Mahatma Gandhi with a chance of returning to influence in India's new all-India federation under the recently enacted India law. Officials doubt he will reenter active politics, though he may push social and economic reforms while leaving political leadership to others. Meanwhile Britain continues to organize the federation, with constituencies marked and elections planned.
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London
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Tey
Mahatma
Britain
27 600 000 Acres Taken From Basic Crop Production
The AAA announced that its crop adjustment program has taken 27 600 000 acres out of basic crop production this year. Of this total, 27 500 000 acres have been planted in other crops. Acres rented by the government this year are 12 969 000 for corn 4 912 000 for wheat 10 293 000 for cotton and 430 000 for tobacco.
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Washington
AAA
Installation of IOOF and Rebekah Officers
The IOOF and Rebekah lodges installed officers on Wednesday with O W Edwards and Mrs Matilda Breese named noble grands. Other IOOF officers included Loren Manley vice grand J A Erickson secretary S K Dalziel financial secretary Louis Markham treasurer David Alcorn warden John Mowery right support to noble grand D P Dalziel left support to noble grand Emil Erickson and Frank Vagjrt as supports to vice grand Joseph Soucek as chaplain F P Man ley inner guard Ole Olson outer guard. Rebekah officers named Mrs Ruth Wehrhan Pearl Olson Ruby Otterman Josie Soueek Bertha Karr Ella Edwards Cora Mowery Lottie Hughes Bessie Manley Alta Alt enhein Bessie Walters Lucy Erickson Christian Danker Lulu Davis.
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TRAER
Rebekahs
O. W. Edwards
Matilda Breese
Noble
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Door Buster
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Gandhi
Vinton
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Carson E. Cram
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Mr. Cram
Crown Point
N. Y
Clinton County
Maud Stanton
Mary Purdy
Claude E. Cram
Lake View
Cram
Modern Woodmen of America
Columbus Junction
George Washington Brock
Brock
Rock Island
William
District Court of Iowa
Ander Linn County
A. D
D. W. Bates
State of
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
William S. Bye
William 8
Linn County
District Court of
William 5. Bye
Mary R. H. Bye
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
William S&s. Bye
The
Recorder of Linn Counts
Carpenter
Williams
Bye
Towa
Besun and Holden
George C. Gorman
Plaintiff
BAYON
McLellan Stores Co
Ward
Opter Tea
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Riverside
Riverside Oil
Pennsylvania
Montgomery Ward
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