Heat Wave Sets May Records Across South
A May heat wave pushed temperatures to new records across the South with Memphis Atlanta New Orleans and Charlotte among the hottest spots. Readings at 7 to 10 o clock showed 80s to low 90s as many cities reported their warmest May day yet and officials warned of continued heat throughout the region.
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Louisone
Orly
D Press
Mississippi
Tennessee
Euisiana
Atlanta
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Charfontgomery
Chicago Heat Wave Continues With Rising Deaths
Chicago records another deadly day as heat prostrations rise to three by 10 am. The Associated Press reports a total of thirteen deaths from the heat over nearly two weeks. Weather bureau forecasts relief tomorrow with cooler conditions and brisk northerly winds.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
unclear text on Mexican political agents and travel
Fragmented report mentions SARS S A and capital travel to Mexico City for high level discussions. References Valle of Coahuila and Vecustilano Carranza with uncertain details about legislature actions and depature timing. No clear individuals or outcomes available.
Reciproc ity Bill Backed for Quick Senate Action
The report notes optimism from President Ford aides and Senate leaders about a swift vote on the reciprocity bill. Officials say momentum remains strong despite questions about final passage and potential obstacles ahead.
Battle ship Idahopt visit to Baton pose reported
Officers entertain aboard the battleship Idaho at a harbor stop. A large party is noted with special mention of a guest and a subsequent ship schedule indicating a return or next port visit. The report reflects wartime naval activity and troop movements.
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Fisei
Sare
Sayen Marg
Irraneis
Idahopt
Baton Pose
Mack Stokes Held on Violating Dispensary Law
Mack Stokes of Orangeburg faced a preliminary hearing for selling alcoholic beverages in violation of the dispensary law. A prior raid on his Broughton street business yielded 19 barrels of near beer. The state chemist testified unlabeled beer contained over 3 percent alcohol and Tide Wave labeled beer over 2 percent. He was held under bond for trial at the September term of Orangeburg County General Sessions.
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Mack Stokes
Orangeburg
Ashe
Brunson
Stokes
Court of General Sessions
Orangeburg County
Storm clearance leaves Durham factories wrecked and city dark
A May 27 storm in Durham caused possibly 200000 dollars in damage. The Ven able tobacco factory with 50900 pounds of tobacco was wrecked, the Clatham Hosiery Company mills burned, telephone wires and system were destroyed, streetcars wrecked, several people burned by crossed wires, and theatres closed as the city lost power.
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Durham
Venable Tobaccco
Clatham Hosiery Company
Mobile bi centennial parade marks third day of celebration
Mobile Alabama observed the bi centennial founding celebration with distinguished guests given automobile rides and trips to surrounding country. The holiday spirit continued as churches prepared special services for tomorrow to conclude the observance.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Georgia to Send Exhibit on Agricultural Resources
Representatives of forty seven commercial organizations in Georgia will meet with Atlanta chamber of commerce to discuss sending an exhibit of Georgia agricultural resources to the United States land and irrigation exposition in Chicago next December.
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Georgia
Associated Press
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Middie Meet West Point Baseball Contest Eyed
West Point cadets host the Annapolis Middies in the annual Army baseball game with officials from the army and navy watching. The Army team has a 6-3 record in nine games since 1901.
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Middie
West Point
Army
Navy
Annapolis “Middies
Dispute Over Sand Sparks Dallas Streetcar Strike
A dispute about the amount of sand used by motorman Craig halted Dallas streetcars for four hours. The disagreement led to the resignation of assistant superintendent H L Harris after a prior clash over the sand issue, and Craig received a $5 fine in police court. The strike ended at 8 15 as workers began walking to work in the heat.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Craig
H. L. Harris
Madero Celebrates Victory as Provisional Rule Ends
Juarez May 27 Francisco I. Madero Jr former provisional president of Mexico now private citizen, danced at a city ball with his staff and officers. He is slated for receptions in El Paso and dinners in his honor while Mexican public ovations are planned along travel routes to Mexico City. A London cableker offered to hire discharged insurrectos and urged price controls on corn and beans to aid interior rail transport.
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Jung Jf
Associated Press
Juarez
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Senor Madero
el Paso
Col. Steever
Fourth United States Cavalry
Col. Sharpe
Twenty-Third Infantry
Mexico City
San Antonio
Laredo
Madero
Customs House
Chihuahua
London
Restaurant keeper guilty on multiple liquor charges in Mecklenburg court
W L Marks of West Trade Street was found guilty on three liquor charges and fined 250 dollars with 30 days jail. He gave notice of appeal and posted a 500 bond for the next Mecklenburg Superior Court term. A white boy, Ed Oliver, also found guilty of retailing, was committed to Jackson Training School at Concord. appeal noted.
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W. L. Marks
West Trade Street
Recorder’s Court
Plummer Stewart
Mecklenburg Superior
Marks
Bright Johnston
H. M. Hargatt
William Jones
Ed Oliver
Jackson
Concord
Stewart
M. & O. TROUBLE OVER
Vice President and General Manager R V Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad says wage scale differences with shopmen on the system are practically settled to the satisfaction of all parties. Heavy losses from fire in Dubuque Iowa as a lumber yard burns with suspected arson. about 800000 dollars in damage across three fires in eighteen months.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
R. V. Taylor
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Dubuque
Iowa
Standard Lumber Company
Firemen Dispute Referred for Mediation under Erdman Act
The dispute between the Southern Railway and its firemen will be referred to a mediation board under the Erdman act after earlier rejection of arbitration. Judge Martin A. Knapp and Dr. Charles P. Peill are named mediators, with negotiations set to begin immediately.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Railway
Board of Mediation
Martin A. Knapp
Court of Commerce
Charles P. Peill
Government Expert on Central Highway Aid Sought
Congressman Webb pushed for a government expert to help engineer and plan the Beaufort to Tennessee line through Madison county. Thomas J. Murray asked for aid, and Logan W. Page assured cooperation and a possible early next month site visit to North Carolina.
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Washinon
Webb
Beaufort
Tennessee Line
Logan W. Page
Public Roads
Madison County
Thomas J. Murray
Central Highway Committee
Mr. Webb
Page
North Carolina
Crowded Ithaca Sees Cornell Harvard Boat Race
Ithaca N Y May 27 crowds pack Cayuga lake to watch the annual Cornell Harvard boat race and related events attracting about 15000 visitors. The race is set for about 6 pm with Harvard holding a single win in the series since dual meets began.
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Associated Press
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Harvard
Cayuga Lake
British Cruiser Inflexible Damaged in Portsmouth Collision
The British cruiser Inflexible was badly damaged today in a collision off Portsmouth with no casualties reported. The incident was announced by Associated Press in London.
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Ociated Press
London
Portsmouth
Investigation of Steel Begun by House Committee
Washington May 27 Hearings open to decide if United States Steel Corporation violates Sherman anti trust interstate commerce or national banking laws. John W Gates testifies on amalgamation with Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. Cates links Trust Company of America collateral to US Steel acquisition.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
House Special Committee
Stanley
Kentucky
John W. Gates
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
J. J. McNamara
Indianapolis
Los Angeles Times
Committee On
Representative Berger
Wisconsin
House
Henry
Texas
Berger
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
John W. Cates
Steel Trust
Trust Company of America
New York
U. S. Steel Corporation
Cates
Charlotte to House Southern Railroad Engineering Dept
The Southern Railroad moves its Lynchburg Va engineering department to Charlotte to oversee double tracking work. The Realty building will host four offices on the 12th floor, with move expected in a few weeks. Charlotte, largest Southern town between Washington and Atlanta, is named a natural site for the department.
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Charlotte
Southern Railroad
Lynchburg
W. J. Chambers
Washington
Atlanta
Wilson Begins Southern Trip After Lincoln Visit
Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey toured Lincoln on a day spent meeting business and educational leaders. He arrived in the afternoon and departed for the south late that night.
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Lincoln, Neb
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Lincoln
South
Dreamland at Coney Island Destroyed by Fire
Miss Rena Munzler daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Fred Munzler died at Presbyterian hospital after several months illness Three operations failed to save her life She was 21 turning 22 and leaves a mother Mrs H H Hunter Funeral services will be held at 5 oclock tomorrow afternoon at East Avenue Tabernacle pallbearers listed Southy Savage Perry Ross Clyde Shaw Will Hall Frank Hunter Leonard Schroeder
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Fred Munzler
Presbyterian Hospital
Miss Munzler
Charlotte
H. H. Hunter
South McDowell Street
Munzler
A. R. P. Church
East Avenue Tabernacle
the Tabernacle
Messrs
Southy Savage
Perry Ross
Clyde Shaw
Will Hall
Frank Hunter
Leonard Schroeder
Hutchison Baby Dies. Funeral Service Held
Mr and Mrs J J Hutchison mourn the loss of their nine months old daughter Betty Jenkins Hutchison who died yesterday at 3 pm at their West Hill Street home after a brief illness. A morning service at the home featured Rev Dr Caldwell’s comforting words and the quartet sang Safe in the Arms of Jesus as flowers adorned the casket before burial at Elmwood.
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Betty Jenkins
Joel Jenkins Hutchison
West Hill Street
Dr. Caldwell
Oates
Glenn
Baxtresser
Scott
Jesus
Elmwood
Messrs
Eben Nye
Frank Hutchison
J. J. Hutchison
J. B. Beall
English Minister to congratulate President Taft
The Rev Frederick Brotherton Meyer sails from Liverpool to New York with an address from the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches congratulating President Taft on his arbitration treaty proposal. The trip underscores UK US efforts toward a general treaty of arbitration.
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Associated Press
London
Frederick Brotherton Meyer
Regents Park Chapel
Campania
Liverpool
New York
Taft
National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches
United States
Great Britain
Archbishop Ed Prendergast Appointed Philadelphia Archbishop
The Vatican announced that Right Rev. Edmund Prendergast auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia has been named archbishop of Philadelphia succeeding the late Patrick John Ryan who died February 11.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Rome
Edmund Prendergast
Vatican
Patrick John Ryan
Paris to Madrid to Rome air race starts amid safety measures
Paris May 27 in response to a fatality at the Paris to Madrid start no strangers will be allowed on the aviation ground for the Paris to Rome air race opening tomorrow. The Paris Petit Parisien organized flight offers prizes totaling 100000 dollars. Start is from the aero dome near Versailles with 21 contests including Pierre Vedrine who won yesterday’s Paris to Madrid event in 12 hours 18 minutes at about 60 mph.
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Associated Press
Paris
Madrid
Berteaux
Rome
Turin
Paris Petit Parisien
Aerodome
Versailles
Pierre Vedrine
Inferno at Coney Island Destroys Dreamland Park
A massive blaze at Coney Island in New York destroyed Dreamland and surrounding structures, killing no one but displacing about 2,000 workers and concessionaires. The fire started in tarred scaffolding near Hell Gate, spread over ten acres, and raged for about three and a half hours, with Dreamland valued at 2.5 million dollars and total losses near 2 to 3 million. A dramatic escape involved the removal of animals including several lions, though many perished. police shot the attacking lion after it charged into the crowd. The blaze also scorched dozens of buildings and left a third of the amusement district severely damaged.
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New York City
Coney Island
New York
Dreamland
Hell Gate
Bostick Animal Show
Dublin
Equatorial Africa
Behin
Muzzle Asheville Dogs Prompted by City Edict
Asheville residents are informed that the local dog will be muzzled under city rules. If the owner fails to enforce the muzzle, the animal faces fines and possible death under the enforcement standards.
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