Major John S. Cohen Named U S Senator to Fill Harris Seat
Governor Russell appointed Major John S. Cohen editor of the Atlanta Journal as United States senator to replace the late William J. Harris. Cohen, aged 62, will serve until the November general election to choose a successor for Harris term expiring March 1937. Known journalist and civic leader, Cohen nicknamed “The Chevalier” of his profession.
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Atlanta
Johns. Cohen
Atanta Journal Today
United States
Richard B. Russell, Jr
William J. Harris
Harris
Russell
Cohen
Jack Cohen
Democratic Party
Price Manipulations Of Bulls Bears Under Fire
In Berlin Adolf Hitlers national socialists lead in four of five states with a 162 seat tally in Prussia where coalition rules. Prussian diet resignations loom as socialists seek new government. In Washington the senate banking committee orders full stock market inquiry to probe 1929 boom and post crash pools with witnesses to be subpoenaed and investigators hired.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
Heinrich Bruening
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
New York
Newark
Norbeck
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Samuel Untermyer
Couzens
Michigan
Blaine
Wisconsin
William A. Gray
Gardner Lands State For Road and School Aid
Governors from about half the states gathered in Charlottesville to honor James Monroe as they heard North Carolina Governor Gardner outline state operated highways and six months school terms. He described major reforms including state maintenance of roads and consolidation of higher education, arguing the need to defend agricultural prosperity and fiscal health amid deflation.
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Richmond
Virginia
Charlottesville
James Monroe
Dan Turner
Iowa
C. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Turner
Conference of Governors
United States
Norman
Case
Rhode Island
Washington
Ralph
James Rolph, Jr
California
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Hoover
Meet of Governors
O. Max Gardner
Governors’ Conference
General Assembly
Gardner
Garder
Treasury Head Bets on Confidence and Credit Reform
New York April 25 Secretary Mills urged a reinvigorated credit structure and restoration of national confidence as twin weapons to defeat global economic decay. He traced the crisis from the Austrian bank insolvency to Germany’s collapse and Britain leaving the gold standard, noting heavy costs including a $700 million drop in US gold resources and widespread bank failures.
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New York
Mills
Credit
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Federal Reserve System
Mrs Bost Addresses Social Service Growth in N Carolina
Durham April 25 Mrs W T Bost state commissioner of public welfare told the North Carolina conference for social service that horizons are widening and outlined five imperatives for the service including social planning guarding against pauperizing and protecting youth during retrenchment. A W McAlister vice chairman of the state board summarized the board’s work and Mrs W B Waddill of Henderson presided over sessions.
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Durham
W. T. Bost
A. W. McAlister
State Board of Public Welfare
W. B. Waddill
Henderson
Daylight Time Tragedy in Chicago
Mrs. Anna Larson died when a step ladder collapsed while she adjusted a clock for daylight saving time. Local authorities investigated the accidental death at her Chicago home.
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Chicago
Anna Larson
Six Die in Dam Crumble Rescue At Marmet West Virginia
Rescue teams struggle through rains and unstable earth at a federal dam near Marmet West Virginia where at least six men died in a cave in. Five bodies have been recovered and officials expect more searches until all victims are found.
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Marmet
W. Va
Charles Ryan
Authorities Turn To Other Lines of Probe In Death of Haden Clarke
Miami April 25 authorities shifted focus in the Haden Clarke death case as Mrs. Jessie Keith-Miller and Captain W N Lancaster were released. State Attorney Hawthorne and Justice Ferguson postponed further inquiry to explore all angles before the inquest. Clarke was found fatally wounded in Mrs Keith-Miller's home after plans to marry with Lancaster, who doubted involvement.
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Haden Clarke
Miami
Fla
Jessie Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Oace
Thomas S. Ferguson
Keith-Miller
Lancaster
Peggytown
Atorney
Clarke
United States
Mexico
Import tax put on oil coal copper in revenue bill
Senate finance committee disposed the tariff issue by voting import taxes on oil coal and copper while rejecting forest product levies. Oil tax of one cent a gallon and coal at two dollars a ton were kept. copper levy rate to be decided later. All votes were close with ties and narrow margins.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Heavy Hail and Wind Storm Strikes North Carolina
A Sunday storm brought hail and heavy winds to multiple regions in North Carolina. Ice accumulated up to two inches in places, with uprooted trees, damaged lines, and property losses. Mocksville’s highway closed briefly as crews cleared fallen trees. In Stanly county near Albemarle hail impaired car tops and left two inches of ice after the storm.
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Mocksville
North Carolina
Stanly
Albemarle
Tornado Deaths Count Six In Tennessee And Arkansas
Six people are known dead and many injured after tornadoes hit portions of Tennessee and Arkansas. Four Shelby county communities suffered worst damage with deaths centered in Rosemark Kerrville and Millington. Cotton gins demolished near Osceola Arkansas. Earlier storms damaged Sweetwater dwellings and Portersville Alabama structures.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Arkansas
Shelby County
T. J. Dale
Kerrville
Jesse L. Sparks, Jr
Rosemark
Robert Harris
Millington
Dick Spigoe
Ethel Adams
Osceola
Ark
Sweetwater
Alabama
Portersville
Thieves Arrested After Auto Theft Shooting
In Edenton on April 25 three Black men were arrested within hours of a botched car theft during which B Y Cowan a Bertie County mail carrier was shot. One suspect remained in custody today for the shooting.
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Edenton
B. Y. Cowan
Bertie County
Pickpocket Threatened in Philadelphia Church Flight
In St Mary’s Ukranian Church of the Immaculate Conception North Philadelphia cries of kill him followed a pickpocket as he fled between pews. Angered worshippers chased him to the church courtyard where he was cornered.
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Philadelphia
St. Mary’s
Grape Growers Push Legal Wine Making in California
Donald D. Conn of the California Vineyardists association urged revision of the eighteenth amendment to legalize naturally fermented beverages. He accused federal and state authorities of weakening prohibition and expanding wine-grape production, noting government actions that aided grape marketing and home wine making despite ongoing dry policy.
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San Francisco
California Vineyardists Association
Donald D. Conn
Conn
Fruit Industries, Ltd
Department of Justice
the Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Prohibition Enforcement Department
Merrill E. Otis
Kansas City
Monroe Honored as Outstanding Democrat at Dedication
At Ashlawn Albemarle Virginia April 25 James Monroe praised as outstanding man of action among Jefferson Madison and himself. Claude Bowers New York author described Monroe as fighter while others used finesse. Governors gathered for Monroe statue dedication noting his championing constitutional rights and liberty.
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Ashlawn
Albemarle County
James Monroe
Jefferson
Monroe
Madison
Claude Bowers
New York
Monroe Home
Attilio Piccirili
Bowers
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Republic
Monticello
Little Mountain
Montpelier
Mr. Bowers
Hurley Declares No Intention to Run for Office
Oklahoma City April 25 Secretary of War Patrick J Hurley says he does not aim to be the Republican vice presidential candidate this year He is home to deliver the keynote at the state convention and endorses Vice President Charles Curtis while planning to campaign for a Hoover Curtis ticket in the fall
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Oklahoma City
Patrick J. Hurley
Republican Party
Hurley
Charlies Curtis
Insanity Plea Pressed in Massie Island Slaying Case
Honolulu April 25. Lieut Massie faces final expert testimony from Dr Joseph Catton Stanford psychiatrist in the Kahahawai murder trial. Prosecution argues the Hawaiian was slain by a sane man driven by revenge while defense says Massie acted while temporarily insane during a confession hunt.
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Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Joseph Catton
Stanford University
Stanford University Psychiatrist. Dr. Catton
United States Naval
Catton
John C. Kelley
Granville Fortescue
Albert ©. Jones
E. J. Lord
Romance in Kreuger life dispute linked to bequest
Stockholm April 25. Ivar Kreuger stock king who died in Paris left Mrs. Ingeborg Eberth about $93,000, reportedly as a bequest for romance years lingering in his life. She denies being the other woman, noting he promised a secret deposit, while earlier cash was not found among his assets.
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Ivar Kreuger
Paris
Ingeborg Eberth
Kreuger
Politikken
Copenhagen
Sweden
Torsten
Greta
United States
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