Detector car tests Louisville & Nashville rails countrywide
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad operates a detector car to locate rail defects across its system. The May issue notes long service by L N staff including Cecile Sherman at Mobile, Frank Sherman senior, and retirements of engineers and conductors with diamond service pins.
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Louisville & Nashville
L&n
Peter F. Sweeney
Mr. Sweeney
Southern Parkway
Louisville, Ky
Be Given Hearing On Next Saturday
Be given arraignment for a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Saturday May 24 before Justice Henry Almon. Jim Fields is charged with shooting Frank Jones at Owens garage after Jones allegedly advanced on Fields with an open knife now in custody of G C Ethridge, town marshal.
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Town Creek
Ala
Jim Fields
Frank Jones
Justice of the Peace
Henry Almon
Owens Garage
Fields
G. C. Ethridge
Explosion at West Virginia quarry kills seven
An explosion of dynamite at a rock quarry near Onion West Virginia killed seven people including two workmen Paul Shires of Union and Oscar Johnson of Jacks Mills, plus three children of Mrs Bella Wiseman. Six dynamite cases in a blacksmith shop used for road work exploded, with bodies blown to fragments.
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Onion
West Va
Paul Shires
Union
Oscar Johnson
Jacks Mills
Bella Wiseman
Judge Patterson to Attend 31st Grand Lodge Session
Judge A G Patterson president of the Tennessee Valley Pythian Association leaves for Montgomery to attend the grand lodge Knights of Pythias sessions. He has attended every year since his initiation in 1900. The meeting may see Judge J Fred Johnson of Florence rise to grand inner guard. Patterson expects Northern Alabama lodges to show strong support.
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A. G. Patterson
Tennessee VaNey Pythian Association
Montgomery
Grand -Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Inner Guard
Grand Outer Guard
Patterson
Pythian Lodges
Alabama
Warrants Issued Against Decatur Residents Over Sanitary Violations
Sanitary Inspector C. L. Parham placed several new warrants with the police department charging Decatur residents with failure to observe city sanitary laws. He said repeated warnings were ignored and legal action was necessary.
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Decatur
Police Department
C. L. Parham
Parham
Tax Assessor Prepares for Morgan County Board Meeting
Tax Assessor Herman O. Troup is getting ready for the upcoming meeting of the county board of tax review. The 1930 total assessments for Morgan county are expected to rise over 1929 mainly due to normal county growth.
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Herman O. Troup
County Board of Tax Review
Morgan County
Rainfall Totals 1.91 Inches. Lodge Reports Note
The weather bureau records 1.91 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending at seven this morning. Judge Patterson helped organize the Tennessee Valley Pythian Association and served as its first president.
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Weather Bureau
Tennessee Five Cent Gas Tax Brings In April Revenue
Tennessee collected five cents per gallon, generating 779500 dollars in revenue in April. Louisiana club women and girls saved and preserved food products valued at 369108 dollars in 1929.
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Tennessee
Louisiana Club
Woes Forecast Vehicle Tags for 1931 Revenue
Woes expects to purchase 352 050 motor vehicle license tags for 1931. Twenty five sub motor vehicle tags will be issued under the plan.
Gallant Fox Wins 56th Kentucky Derby Under Sande
Gallant Fox leads the field by two lengths at Churchill Downs with Earl Sande guiding the colt to victory. The ceremony shows Earl Derby presenting the gold cup to William Woodward of New York, owner of Gallant Tua, as crowds fill the vast Kentucky turf scene.
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Gallant Fox
Earl Sande
Sande
Earl Derby
William Woodward
New York
Gallant Tua
Associated Press
Auto accidents kill 3500 in United States in 1929 report
May issue of the L N Engineer Magazine cites 3500 auto deaths in 1929 in the United States. Mycop W Galloway vice president of operation and legal at B&O Railroad notes that about 2085 deaths occur at grade crossings and stresses dangers at crossings.
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L&n
William E. Kean
Jackson Avenue
Memphis
Acorn
United States
L&n Emee
Mycop
W. Galloway
B&o
Galloway
Tennessee River Flood Elevation Report
The Tennessee river level rose this morning with a gauge reading of 6.8 feet, indicating ongoing high water conditions in the area.
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Tennessee
Weather report records 86 high and 65 low at seven
The weather bureau this morning logged a maximum of 86 degrees and a minimum of 65 degrees up to seven o'clock. This brief forecast note notes the day’s temperature range as reported by officials.
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Weather Bureau
Examinations Begin In Local School System
Examinations started this morning across the local school system and will conclude by week’s end in most grades. Preparations continue for graduation week.
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Louisville
Ellenen Notes
Pullman
Birmingham
Bowling Geren
Joe Brown
Bowling Green
May
Tabby
Broadway
Mobile
Cecile Sherman
Charles Hedley
American Opera Company
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
New England Conservatory of Music
Miss Sherman
Frank Sherman
L&n Railroad
South
Aye
W. B. Sherwood
Ewing, Ky
Sherwood
L&nn
Mr. Sherwood
W. H
Bill” Harrison
Lexington
Harrison
Matthew M. Hibbs
18Th Street
Robert E. Eaves
Wetmore, Tenn
State Pythians
Decatur Ice & Coal Co
Grand Lodge
Judge Patterson
Tennessee Valley Pythian Association
Alabama Power Company
Virginia
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