Dallas May 17 Episcopalian bishops election vote
In Dallas on May 17 the quadrennium conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South approved adding three bishops to the college of bishops bringing the total to 16. The bishops will be elected by secret ballot next week with no date set. Opponents warned of expense while supporters cited mission-field benefits.
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Dallas
Texas
Committee of Episcopacy
Methodist Episcopel Church
South
College of Bishops
A. J. Lermar
Nashville
C. E. Gordard
Goddard
Tie
Uncollected Taxes Reach Forty Thousand Dollars
County tax collector W. B Jeffries reports over 40000 dollars in taxes unpaid, with threats of court action if delinquents do not settle. Citizens have paid more than 25000 dollars in the past month as collections accelerate.
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W. B Jeffries
Eugie
Jeffries
Freighter Kearny Grounded Off Vineyard Sound Reef
The 6509 ton freighter Kearny bound from Boston to Baltimore grounded on a submerged reef in Vineyard Sound near Nokaka Point. The ship, a United States Shipping Board steamer, arrived in Boston from Liverpool May 13 carrying a cargo including fancy liquors for foreign diplomats in Washington. Also reported: Pan-Hellenic Council at the campus elected Monte Willems president, Fred Sington vice president, and Lewis Little secretary, all of Birmingham. County Agricultural Agent Henry Witherington traveled to Montgomery on official business from the court house.
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Woods Hole
Mase
Kearny
Boston
Baltimore
Vineyard Sound
Nokaka
Coast Guard
United States Shipping Board
Liverpool
Washington
Pan-Hellenc Council University
Als
Pan-Hellenic Council
Monte Willems
Birmingham
Fred Sington
Lewis Littie
Montgomery
Henry Witherington
Court Foune
Birmingham Corporation
The
Woods Druge Incorporation
Wilmington
Del
H F. Grandland
H. H. Snow
LE. Gray
Death of University Mentor Doctor Tom Lovell
Ann Arbor May 17 AP Doctor Tom Lovell 79 a mentor to generations of Michigan students is dead. The London born cobbler and self styled poet traveler claimed to be one of the four great Americans and amused undergraduates by mending shoes and distributing his poetry. He announced candidacies for university president and gave honorary degrees. Lovell sold poetry and newspapers in later years and will be mourned by 70 000 alumni.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tom Lovell
University of Michigan
Heleo
Dickey Bird
Lovell
Accident on Campus Injures Girl at Colored School
A 43 year old African American student Osi Lee Anthony was accidentally shot and seriously wounded on the Colored school campus yesterday. Willie Mack Rambo, a Black youth, held a 22 caliber pistol that discharged injuring the girl in the abdomen.
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Osi Lee Anthony
Willie Mack Rambo
State Reformatory seeks extra weapons after riot fears
Mansfield Ohio May 17 Additional weapons were sought by State Reformatory Superintendent T C Jenkins to guard against disturbances. Convicts moved from the state penitentiary after Easter Monday fire disaster that killed 320 threatened unrest, Jenkins said. He asked welfare director Fint Griswold to supply machine guns tear bombs and more rifles to maintain discipline.
Alabama Five Gallon Law Before Supreme Court Today
Montgomery May 17 AP The Alabama five gallon law is under review by the state supreme court. Joe Hayes challenged a Cherokee circuit court conviction from 1929 for illegal possession of illicit liquors. Hayes claims the 1927 act making it a felony to transport five gallons or more is unconstitutional against Section 45 of Alabama’s constitution.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Supreme Court of Alabama
Joe Hayes
Court of Appeals
Hayes
Cherokee Circuit Court
Appelate
Hagen
Divinity student kills wife in personal crisis report
Low Mi Dutton, 23, of Bellflower Missouri fatally slugged his wife Nellie Dutton 21 then attacked her mother Mrs Frank Campbell with an iron pipe. He leaped into the Missouri River from the St Charles bridge and died. Both women suffered skull fractures. Mrs Dutton died after premature birth. Mrs Campbell is in serious condition. Dutton blamed Mrs Campbell and her husband for separating him from his wife. He was a divinity student and the son of a Bellflower minister.
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ST. Louis
Low- Mi
Dutton
Bellflower
Nellie Dutton
Frank Campbell
Missouri River
St. Charles
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Busy Scratched from Derby Entrants
May 17 AP Busy was scratched from the Derby entrants leaving a field of fifteen. The chestnut colt’s owner J B Respress said he would not run but was entered anyway.
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Busy
Louisville
J. B. Respress
Lindbergh Off Again From Roosevelt Field
AP reports Col Charles A Lindbergh took off alone in his record breaking plane from Roosevelt Field on May 1. He declined to reveal his destination and made no arrangements to return his ship to the hangar. Observers thought he might be heading to Washington based on direction.
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Roosevelt Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Admirals Face Foreign Relations Panel Over Navy Policy
Testimony before a foreign relations committee featured Admiral Jones and other Navy officers challenging the shift to six inch cruisers after the navy’s policy review. Reed pressed for precise figures on Japan’s tonnage under the treaty and the so called Yardstick was debated as camouflage. The hearing continues with naval committee members to hear further views from the General Board on strategy and defense.
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Reed
Bristol
Japan
Robinson
Admiral Jones
Great Britain
Jones
Foreign Relations Committee
Naval Committee
Hale
General Board
Keeler Praises Prince As Human And A Fine Fellow
Keeler extols the Prince of Wales as a very human sort of boy, a golfer with a 12 handicap, and a gallant figure alongside Bobby Jones. Jones notes Glenna’s near win and calls Don Moe the best kid seen, while British reporters react with polite curiosity after the Walker Cup finish.
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Prince of Wales
Bobby [Jones
Glenna
Don Moe
Don
Bobby Jones
Mrs. Andress assumes control of Harrison Coach Line
Mrs. W. L. Andress announced she has taken over the Harrison Coach Line from Dothan to Colum bus Ga and will operate it as Alags Coach Line. W. Taylor Ticks, a former policeman, is transportation manager and Claude Larkin is hired as a driver. She indicated no definite plans yet for new equipment or schedules but favors changing schedules.
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Drs. W. L. Andress
Harrison
Dothan
Columbus
Alags
W. Taylor Ticks
Claude Larkin
Inability to Recognize Own Home Trips Willie Up
In Birmingham on May 17 AP reports Willie Owens, a Black man, failed to recognize his own home leading to trouble with County Marshals Cooper and Carroll in Darktown. He guided them to the wrong house seeking liquor, found 19 tiles of homemade brew, and was fined $50 plus costs for violating the prohibition law.
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Bheritt
Joe Rollins
Joe
Queat
Vote
Birmingham
Ala
Wille Owens
Willie
Cooper and Carroll
HB. Abernathy
Pennsylvania Election Returns Be Watched
In Pennsylvania, chairman Nye of the senate campaign funds investigation committee telegraphed county attorneys in Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Scranton urging that returns be forwarded by Wednesday night due to reports of possible plans to alter election results in the upcoming senatorial primary. Nye hinted committee members may observe polling at strategic points Tuesday.
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Washington
Nye
Senate Canpaign
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Scranton
School for Pracedees At Womans College Sees Open Studies
A program at Womans College offers continuing education opportunities for female students. The initiative supports advanced studies and practical training for those seeking to extend their academic paths.
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Womans College
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W. L. Andress
Ozark, Als
Dale County
Dale County Bull Association
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T. W. Palmer and CO
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