Great Britain's R-100 Airship Heads to Montreal
Great Britain's gigantic airship R-100 began a 3285 mile flight from Cardington toward Montreal with 44 aboard including 5 officers and crew of 32. The course set to pass via northern Ireland then Greenland and Labrador before reaching St Hubert, Montreal, though headwinds caused a potential deviation.
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Great Britain
Montreal
Cardington
Eng
H. S. Booth
Northern Ireland
Cape Farewell
Greenland
Labrador
St. Lawrence River
St. Hubert Air Station
Irish Sea
Liverpool
Eland
Hebrides Islands
Scottish
Air Ministry
Hebrides
Alabama Traffic Toll Rises with Multiple Accidents
Two people died and several were injured in various Alabama accidents reported yesterday. Notable fatalities include Roy Mayo from Girard struck by a train after falling from a truck and W M Hancock a miner who fell from a moving car at Townley Holly Groves. Others listed injuries from auto and street car collisions. Catherine Wall faces assault charges as the investigation continues.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Roy Mayo
J. W. Mayo
Girard
Ale
W. M. Hancock
Holly Groves
Townley
Mary Rose
Fairfield
Birmingham Hospital
Inuries
Catherine Wall
Hugh D. Merrill
Anniston
Hugh, Jr
Brundidge
Samuel Sanderfer
Columbus
Miss
Birmingham
Woman Jumped From Bridge Into River
HARRIMAN Tenn July 2 AP Mrs Farnnie L Henson 53 is believed to have committed suicide early Monday by jumping 75 feet from the bridge into the Emory River. The body was found at 6 by her brother Tom Aikens after she left home near the river about 3. A search was started when she did not return. No motive has been found. her husband has been away for work several months. She has no children.
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Harriman
Tenn
Farnnie L. Henson
Emory River
Tom Aikens
Docks Commission Sees Record Cotton Year at Mobile Port
Mobile officials anticipate a record year for handling cotton through the port as preparations for the shipping season proceed. The port is a delivery point for New York cotton exchange trades with a published Corpus Christi to southeast rate effective August 22 and toll reductions by the Mobile Bay Bridge on truck shipments.
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Mobile
Ala
State Docks Commission
William L. Sibert
Docks Commission
New York Cotton Exchange
Sibert
Corpus Christi
Tex
Mobile Bay Bridge Company
Judge Carnley Advocates State House Reapportionment
Judge Jefferson A. Carnley, gubernatorial candidate, told about 50 Houston County residents at the courthouse he favors legislative reapportionment. He cited underrepresentation in southeast Alabama and said his 1915 bill sought equal state house representation, criticizing Davis and Miller as avoiding the issue for votes.
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Jefferson A. Carnley
Enterprise
Houston
Alabama
Couméy
Davis
Miller
Coffee County
Mavis
Darnley
State House of Representative
Cartney
Birmingham
Alabama Power Company
Mobile bridge bond issue election under grand jury probe
Mobile county grand jury, in special session, nears completion of its probe into irregularities in the Dauphin Island bridge bond election. J M Dewberry testified with records, and bankers H L Baker Edward Wahl produced cancelled checks as ward election officers were questioned. Bridge bond issue was defeated amid heavy county votes.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile County Grand Jury
Dauphin Bridge
J. M. Dewberry
Birmingham
HL. K. Baker
American National Bank and Trust Company
Edward S
Sixth Ward
Relief Effort for Quake-Ravaged Italy Moves Forward
Rome ministers discussed long term relief coordination for Appennine provinces after last Wednesday’s earthquake. They outlined needs for food water and shelter and the building of new homes plus care for orphans and farmers who lost everything. Father Alfano warned of ongoing tectonic weakness in the Apennines and a potential 60 mile fissure.
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Rome
G. B. Alfano
Pompeii Observatory
Italy
Apennine Mountains
Apennines
Mediterranean
Georgia tobacco crop valued at 15 to 16 million dollars
Georgia's tobacco crop, estimated between 15 million and 16 million dollars, went to auction in Macon. Warehouses in 22 South Georgia counties held thousands of pounds of bright leaf, with growers noting better quality and potential higher cash return despite a smaller overall yield than 1929.
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Macon
Georgia
South Georgia
United States
Texas ranger guard for condemned killer in Vaughan slaying
Jesse Lee Washington, a Negro condemned to die for killing Mrs. Henry Vaughan at a Shamrock area farm, was guarded by five Texas state rangers. Washington pleaded guilty and sought mercy as mobs drove Oklahoma border residents from their homes before order was restored.
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Miami
Texas
Texas State Rangers
Jesse Lee Washington
Henry Vaughan
Shamrock
Washington
Oklahoma
Carmichael to Speak for Davis in Houston County
A. H. Carmichael, former governor hopeful and veteran legislator from Tuscumbia, will address Houston county voters at city hall Thursday at 3 o clock in support of Lieutenant-Governor W C Davis for governor. Judge Keener Baxley, Davis campaign manager, says Carmichael will discuss campaign issues and share insights on Davis and rivals.
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A. H. Carmichael
Davis
A. H. Carmichase
Bibb Graves
Tuscumbia
Houston County
W. C. Davis
Keener Baxley
Davis’ County Campaign
Judge Baxley
Mr. Carmichael
Mr. Davis
Sweet potato may be used in men's clothes
American sweet potato could become a textile starch source under new U S Bureau of Standards projects. Starch from sweet potatoes may replace imported starch in finishing fabrics, with Alabama Polytechnic Institute and University of Alabama assisting. The work aims to boost southern crops in textiles and future paper products.
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United States Bureau of Standard
Theodore Swann
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Industrial Development Board
Alabama Polytechnic Institute For Textiles
University of Alabama
Cottonseed probe continues in Alabama hearings
Montgomery July 24 AP E T Allen manager of Swift and Company Montgomery branch testified in the Federal Trade Commission cottonseed price fixing inquiry. He described a spread of at least 14.50 per ton between price paid to farmers and price received by mills with a five percent return goal. The census showed hog lard production exceeded refined cottonseed oil by over 91 million pounds in 10 months August 1929 to May 1939. Two days of hearings will follow in southern cotton belt cities with government witnesses expected.
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Federal Census Bureau
Postmaster Appointments Set for Two Alabama Towns
The Post Office Department announces Arthur H. Mershon as postmaster of Fairhope and John F. Fraser as postmaster of Lafayette. Both offices are second class.
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Birmingham
Arthur H. Mershon
Fairhope
John F. Fraser
Lafayette
Post Office Department
Stribling Reboots Title Drive With First Round KO
Georgia's fifth peach Stribling, 26 and veteran of 300 fights, knocks out Otto Von Porat in Chicago to rekindle hopes for the heavyweight title. Dempsey, who refereed a recent Atlanta bout, lauds Stribling and credits him for resurgence.
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Macon
Georgia
Jack Sharkey
Miami
Stribling
Otto von Porat
Chicago
Dixie
Strib
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Atlanta
Page
Ship George J Whelen sinks in Lake Erie short warning
Erie scene reports the stoneboat George J Whelen foundered in Lake Erie with 18 crew missing and six survivors saved by the Amasa Stone of the Pickands Mather fleet. Captain W H McNeil said cries were heard and six men were rescued after the vessel rolled over near Dunkirk New York around 12:30 am.
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W. H. McNeil
Amase
Stone
Amasa Stone
Buffalo
Parade Street
McNeil
George J. Whelen
Huston’s Position Cool Weather Relief Near
After record heat in the central south many states faced cooling prospects as thundershowers and relief from the heat wave were forecast. The Mississippi River and ports faced low water conditions with droughts persisting in Memphis and surrounding areas. Six deaths were reported in Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi amid the heat and drought, while farmers faced hardship from dry fields.
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South
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Memphis
Louisville
Myrtle
Mies
Baby Boys Identity Dispute Moves to Court in Chicago
In Chicago a baby born to Mrs. Grace Dibrell and the Watkins family is identified as John Doe in a lawsuit seeking damages from the hospital and Bambergers. Attorneys say a $195,000 claim for close identity is planned, with a separate $3,000 claim for mental anguish.
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Watkins
John Doe
Chicago
Wiliam Watkins
Teeamine
John Das
Grace Dibrell
Barratt O'Hara
Cones
Charles Evans Watkins
George Edward Banerger
Bambergers
Mra
Bambergere
Oklahoma Voters Face Busy Primary Slates
Oklahoma voters head to the polls amid a turbulent race featuring impeached governors and millionaire candidates. Nine Democrats seek the gubernatorial nomination while senators include former governors Lee Cruce J B A Robertson and T P Gore with Kathryn Van Leuven and Jack Walton among contenders.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Woodson E. Norvell
Charles J. Wrightman
Tulsa
W. H
Lee Cruce
J. B. A. Robertson
T. P. Gore
Mra
Kathryn van Leuven
Jack” Walton
Mother Watches Three Year Old Die From Window Fall
In Chicago a three year old, Elizabeth Graetzke, toppled from a third floor window after her rocking chair tilted toward the pane. The mother, nearby in another room, could not reach in time as the screen was knocked out and the child fell to the sidewalk below.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Graetzke
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Max
Willam J. Meers
el Paso
J. F. Meers
Tuarez Bartenders’ Union
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Mary Baker
Herbert M. Campbell
Oak Crest
Navy Department
Arlington County
Bureau of Standards
Campbell
U. of A
Auburn
Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
E. T. Allen
Swift & Co
Federal Trade Commission
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Manar
Swift and Company
Federal Trade
Allen
Lake Erie
Huston
Lean
Weatherman
Robert Lucas
James P. Selvage
Claudius H. Huston Ta
Republican National Committee
Internal Revenue
Aective
Feas
Ohio
Hoover
Englewood Hospital
Tai
BON
O'Hara
Arnold H. Kegel
Bamberger
Jer. Kegel
Dibrell
Mothers of Diners
Ward Taugir
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