Records Smashed at Georgia Tech Relays Amid Wide Breaks
Auburn led a wave of record breaking at the Georgia Tech Relays with twelve new marks across nineteen events. Indiana and Michigan Normal dominated distance events while Duke Louisiana State and Florida posted multiple wins including the four mile relay and mile relays.
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Kentucky Derby's 54 Years Tell Tale of Upsets
A retrospective on the Kentucky Derby from its 1875 start with Aristides to the May 18 Churchill Downs race. The piece notes historic upsets, changing race distances, and how Derby lore evolved as Kentuckians view the event as more than a horse race.
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Kentucky
F. P. Hankerson
Associated Press
Louisville
Aristides
Ledger of Sport
Churchill Downs
Chesapeake
Price McGrath
Lewis
Vagrant
Parole
Baden Baden
Old
William Cottrill
Bonaventure
Billy Lakeland
Frigidaire Cold Control Demonstration Draws Crowds
The five day national cold control exhibit by Frigidaire finished Saturday, drawing many visitors at Clinard Electric in the city. Netton Blackburn reports wives brought husbands to view the new temperature regulator, praised for its simple operation and speed in freezing desserts.
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Clinard
Frigidaire Corporation
Clinard Electric Company
Rr. H. Blackburn
School News Highlights Performances At Emma Blair
A committee with Prof. W R Taylor plans auditorium improvements at Emma Blair School. Second graders presented a civic program with model buildings and city officials portrayed by pupils. Fifth graders enacted a Great Britain study play featuring an American family in Ireland and a London museum visit. First graders performed The Toy Shop. Reported by B Wagner.
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W. R. Taylor
North Carolina College For Women
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Miss George
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British Islands
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Cartland
Wessinger
Rebels Swear Allegiance as Federals Reinforce Naco Front
Gil mandar s and five men pledge loyalty to the federals and join 200 other former rebels on duty in the federal trenches. General Gonzalez doubts another battle at Naco while reports place Topete forces moving to Nogales and Hermosillo. U S troops strengthen Naco defenses as a clash near Crook Tunnel is feared.
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Topete
Naco
Langrith
Mal Gonado
Nogales
Lucas Gonzalez
Pumpito Pass
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Gonzalez
Burley Tobacco Sales Jump in Midwest and South
Kentucky Ohio Indiana West Virginia Tennessee and Missouri sold a total of 275 214 921 pounds of Burley tobacco in the past season at an average of 31 34 dollars per hundred, up from 176 438 117 pounds at 25 06 dollars per hundred.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
R. E. Barker Tobacco Company
Carrollton
Poland Unifies Judicial System After Fragmented Era
Poland completes a unification of its judiciary ending decades of division. The reform consolidates courts and procedures to standardize oversight and align with European standards, aiming to streamline justice and reduce regional disparities.
Hoover Era Policy Sparks Echoes in Senate Parody
A satirical scene recounts internal clashes over oil leases and policy shifts under Hoover era figures. The piece notes cabinet disarray, Stimson’s quips, Borah’s stance, and Curtis in a summer Senate mock session amid stalled farm bill talks and a liquor seizure near the capitol.
Notable guests fill White House reception lineup
The event welcomed President and Vice President plus Secretaries Melton Stimson Good Wilbur Hyde Lamont Davis and Attorney General Mitchell among others. Postmaster General Brown also attended with ambassadors and ministers from about twenty foreign nations, plus governors and congressional leaders from multiple states.
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Stimson
Good
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Hyde
Lamont
Davis
Mitchell
Brown
New York
Maryland
Virginia
Wisconsin
Senate
House
Congress
Farm relief tariff bill outlined for Congress
Committee plans a tariff revision to aid farmers with a new farm bill to be introduced by Chairman Haugen. The House aims to start work Wednesday after Hoover’s message to Congress is read on Tuesday. Senate timing mirrors House delays with the measure not introduced until Wednesday and adjournment planned afterward.
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Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Hoover
Congress
Senate
Federal Farm Board
Proposal for wartime stabilizing corporations
The text discusses forming stabilization corporations at producers' request to curb violent price depressions by removing surplus products from the market and reinserting them gradually according to market needs.
Hoover Faces Senate Clash Over Tariff and Session Scope
Democratic leader Senator Joe T. Robinson declared the administration’s tariff upward revision and limits on congressional subject matter require vigorous opposition. He argued there is no constitutional authority for limiting topics in the extraordinary session and warned that flood control and stock exchange regulation would be considered, while Senator Watson countered the remarks as part of broader farm relief and tariff discussions.
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Senate
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Watson
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Congress
Hoover
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Federal Reserve Board
Stock Exchange
Mississippi River
Volcanic Eruption Forecast in Southern Idaho
Officials forecast a volcanic eruption near Craters of the Moon in southern Idaho. Geologists warn of possible lava activity and ash dispersion affecting nearby communities and air travel.
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Idaho
Railroads seek cancellation of North Carolina exception rates
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh April 13 Railroads ask to cancel the North Carolina exception sheet from the Southern Classification and to end less than carload intrastate rates. Hearing set for April 29 before the State Corporation Commission with carriers and shippers summoned to present arguments on potential rate increases.
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W. G. Womble
State Corporation Commission
Corporation Commission
North Carolina
Commission
U S Soldiers Fire Upon Mexican Firing near Naco
A squad guarding Crook tunnel on the Southern Pacific line near Naco Arizona was fired on by Mexican soldiers. The Americans returned fire and the Mexicans retreated with no casualties reported. An extra guard was sent to the area.
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Naco
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Crook Tunnel
Four Swedish Noble Families Went Extinct Last Year
Four noble lineages in Sweden became extinct in the previous year, erasing historic titles and genealogies. The losses reflect dwindling succession among aristocracy as names vanish from the peerage record.
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