Prohibition Poll Shows Two to One Repeal Momentum
The Literary Digest reports 32 states with over 86 million people voting two to one or better for repeal as 4,009,499 ballots are tallied. Dry sentiment climbs to 26.09 percent with Nevada leading anti prohibition and Maine showing about 69.5 percent repeal including Portland results.
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Mason-Dixon Line
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District of Columbia
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Literary Digest Today
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State of Maine
Expelled Columbia Student Plans $100,000 Suit
Reed Harris, expelled editor of the Columbia University Spectator, will sue the university over his dismissal. Attorney Raymond L. Wise says the action tests universities rights to expel students, arguing the move supports press freedom rather than Harris returning to Columbia. Harris had criticized John Jay Hall dining room triggering student protests and a riot.
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Reed Harris
Columbia University Spectator
Raymond L. Wise
Harris
John Jay Hall
Trial of Wiking Craig Continues in Cherokee Court
In Murphy North Carolina on April 9 the trial of Wiking Craig for the March 22 ambush slaying of Cecil Worley continued in Cherokee County Superior Court. The state began presenting evidence and was still underway. The dispute reportedly stemmed from Craig's separation from his wife of two years.
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Craig
Cecil Worley
Cherokee County Superior Court
Parker Executed for Murder of Infant Daughter
James H. Parker was executed in the electric chair at the state prison farm on Friday for the murder of his infant daughter in Middlegeeville Georgia.
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Middlegeevillee
James H. Parker
Judges War on One Another With Double Probes
Chicago today saw a clash between two judges over investigations and prosecutors. Circuit Judge Michael Feinberg and Chief Justice Harry Fisher appointed rival state attorneys and grand juries to probe election violence and Feinberg’s bank cases, risking double jeopardy as court officials faced conflicting orders and a sealed docket.
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Topsys
Simon Legrees
Michael Feinberg
Harry Fisher
Criminal Court
Feinberg
Bank Sao Aon
Fisher
Trial of Lola Harwood and her father set for next Tuesday
In Raleigh on April 9 the trial of Miss Lola Harwood and her father John H Harwood, who resigned as superior court judge after arrest for tampering with papers, will begin in Wake County superior court next Tuesday for alleged embezzlement of state funds.
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Raleigh
Lola Harwood
John H. Harwood
Superior Court
Wake Superior Court
So She Didn't VERA Kiss Scene Questioned
A fragmentary exchange shows Winifred recounting coercive behavior by a man who insisted he would not kiss her again if she screamed. The text implies a threatened, pressured kiss in an unsettling interaction.
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Vera
Winifred
Story Sue Sues After Accident
Sue Thorn ton recovers in a car after an accident as Ruth Bradley and Dale Courtney discuss the incident. Sue battles dizziness and blood loss while contemplating money troubles and the safety of her return home. Courtney stays on as host Harry departs, warning Sue’s friends that she may be fading.
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Sue
Ruth
Ruth Bradley
Dale Courtney
Dale
Dr. Raynor
Courtney
Sue Thornton
Jack
Illiterate hunter melts Louisiana plaque into bullets
New Orleans April 9 UP reports a voodoo doctor hunter killed a lead plaque marking La Salle's claim to Louisiana by melting it into bullets. Engineer Frank Waddill of the historical society describes the relic once valued at up to a million dollars.
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Louisiana Territory
Oo Historical Society
Frank H. Waddill
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Historical Society
United Press
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LaSalle
Louisiana
France
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Rene Robert Cavalier de le Salle
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Orleans
Gulf
Canada
Rockies
Alleghenies
Louis XIV
Saane the Great
Vilgere Dinet
George Lee Hays
Hays
Dinet
Friendship Keeps Smith In the Democratic Race
Washington April 9 Former Governor Alfred E Smith remains loyal to supporters in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Roosevelt’s sweeping wins shift party dynamics as Smith insists he will not abandon his backers while others back Roosevelt amid renewed primary victories.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
California
Raskob-Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Old Guard
Florida Legion Hears Stevens Urge National Defense Jobs Circulation
Florida audience hears Henry L. Stevens Jr. urge the American Legion to boost defense readiness, expand employment, and mobilize savings. He notes ten thousand daily hires through the legion and calls for circulating 28 billion from small savings accounts to spur hiring and end the low mood.
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Flia
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
Warsaw
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American Legion
Florida Department
Legion
National Employment Commission
Legionnaires
Tramp Confesses Murder but Is Acquitted in Arkansas
Irvin Eddington, 38, who confessed assaulting Miss Jackie Ruth Youngblood and pushing her before a Magnolia college train, was acquitted of murder after a 200 minute jury deliberation. The coroner ruled the death self-inflicted and a firefighter testified the woman appeared to jump in front of the engine.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Irvin Eddington
Jackie Ruth Youngblood
Magnolia College
T. E. Barton
Bellas Hess Faces Receivership Bid Over Asset Claims
Supreme Court Justice Dodd studied a demand for a receiver for National Bellas Hess Company assets. Preferred stockholders allege directors misrepresented finances and dissipated assets, planning to sell top stores to friendly interests. Attorney Samuel L. Cohen denied the charges, calling the firm solvent.
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New York
Supreme Court
Dodd Friday
National Bellas Hess Company, Inc
Samuel L. Cohen
Farmers Battle Insect Plague Threatening Crop Yields
Washington reports a severe pest infestation crippling crops as warm winters and drought aid grasshoppers across the plains. Officials seek nearly 1.5 million dollars to combat eggs in Minnesota North and South Dakota Nebraska Iowa Colorado Wyoming and Montana.
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Carolina
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Congress
Kentucky Miners Lot Seen As Hapless Yet Inevitable
A Kentucky reporter distills a Southeast Appalachia crisis noting a weak Miners Union strike amid three years of unprofitable mines in Bell and Harlan counties. Ten thousand miners and families face starvation yet relief efforts by Pineville, Harlan, Middlesboro leaders and various agencies strive to avert deaths.
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Harry Ferguson
Midlesboro
National Miners Union
Bell
Harlan County
Pineville
Harlan
Middlesboro
H. C. Williams
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A humorous exchange has a woman warning she will scream if kissed and suggesting they move to a quieter spot, prompting a lighthearted dispute about timing and privacy.
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Cumberland Mountains
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Middlenboro
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