Tornado Toll Rises in Georgia and Surrounding States
Relief efforts spread as officials tally storm deaths near 52 with hundreds injured and many homeless. Reports from Metter and Statesboro inflated counts by duplicate names. Emanuel county deaths were later corrected. Most known fatalities were African American tenant farmers. more casualties feared unlikely in isolated districts.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Anderson
Metter
Statesboro
Emanuel County
Norristown
Red Cross
Republicans Of Midwest Lining Up With Hoover
Washington April 27 AP Administration leaders say a debenture plan likely fails by a small margin to win a place in the new farm relief bill. Senator Nye of North Dakota signals backing the administration while Senator Frazier indicates support for the debenture plan. Chairman McNary expects the Norris amendment to be accepted without difficulty as the farm bill debate continues.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Nye
North Dakota
White
Frazier
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Commission Men Blamed For Strikes
Philadelphia April 27. Ethelbert Stewart commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics pinpoints blame for textile unrest on commission men whose interest lies in sales not profits in the south and on absentee ownership in the north. He cites chaotic conditions since 1920 with wages dropping 26 to 41 percent and labor hours rising in most states.
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Bureau of Labor
Philadelphia
Ethelbert Stewart
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor College of Philadelphia
Gordon James
Department of Commerce
Washington
Broadus Mitchell
Johns Hopkins University
Stewart
Alabama
Massachusetts
Chinese Bandits Slay Three American Priests
Three American Catholic missionaries tied to the Passionist order were killed April 24 in Chenki Hunan near Changsha. Rev Clement Seybold of Dunkirk Kentucky Rev Godfrey Holdbein of Baltimore and Rev Walter Corvel you of Petoskey Michigan were named in a cable from Hankow to Rev Linus Monahan rector of St Michael's monastery Union City New Jersey.
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New York
China
Linus Monahan
St. Michael’s Monastery
Union City
N. J
Hankow
Clement Seybold
Dunkirk
Godfrey Holdbein
Baltimore
Walter Corvelyou
Petoskey
Mich
Chenki
Hunan
Chanigsha
(knox Upholstery Walkout Over Efficiency Expert)
About 60 upholsterers walked out of the Knox Upholstery Company plant amid discontent with an outside efficiency expert in tapestry cutting. The unrest grew from two workers resisting the supervisor's instructions, with fears the expert’s presence could precede payroll changes and piece work. The walkout occurred around 9 30 Saturday morning, and no organization or clear leadership was noted. Company officials say the aim of the efficiency man is to cut waste, not to reduce labor costs. Knox Upholstery is a major southern furniture producer and only one department joined in the walkout.
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Knox
South
Rebels dispersed as insurgent army dissolves in Sonora
The rebel army in southern Sonora, once half the country, is described as dispersed. About 250 cavalrymen reportedly moved toward the Sierra Madre near Sahuaripa to wage guerrilla warfare, while others have surrendered. Federal forces bombed and pursued them as War Secretary Calles predicted the remaining rebels would break up soon.
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Mexico City
Sonora
Sahuaripa
Hermosillo
Roberto Cruz
Enrique Leon
Crisofor Vasquez
Lino Morales
Bardomiano Figueroa
Sierra Madres
United States
War Calles
Ernest Hollar Killed in Morganton Wreck
Ernest Hollar, 20, of Drexel, was killed when his car attempting to pass near Drexel left the road and crashed. Red Powell is unconscious with a fractured skull at a Morganton hospital. Otis Franklin and Robert Baker are hospitalized but not seriously hurt.
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Morganton
Ernest Hollar
Drexel
W. R. Hollar
Red” Powell
Hollar
Otis Franklin
Robert Baker
Daredevil Dan Smith Dies in Delaware River Jump
Paterson New Jersey parachute jumper Daredevil Dan Smith plunged 2000 feet from an airplane into the flood swollen Delaware River at Port Jervis New York and was killed in front of hundreds of onlookers this evening.
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Port Jjervis
N. Y
Dan Smith
Paterson
N. J
Delaware River
Shelby County Officials Convicted in Prohibition Conspiracy Case
Sheriff Curtis J. Falkner and Calera Police Chief James M. Long along with seven others from Shelby County were found guilty of conspiring to violate the national prohibition act. Several acquittals, pleas of guilty, and a call for leniency for the youthful defendants characterized the verdict, with sentencing set for next Friday after bond posts.
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Birmingham
Curtis J. Falkner
James M. Long
Calera
Shelby County
Charlie Goodwin
Hugh Shaw
Falkner
W. J. Dennis
Burrell Shirley
Clark Sturdivant
Will Dickerson
Frank Ferrell
Shaw
W. J. Grubb
T. H. Godwin
Walter Linn
Otis
Mississippi Flood Expands Levee Breach Threats Across Illinois
The Mississippi River breached dykes near Murphysboro and McClure flooding 7 000 and 20 000 acres respectively, as water levels rose from Chester to the gulf. Basements flooded in St Louis Waterfront and Hannibal buildings, with no injuries reported and levees holding, while Quincy’s flood stage held at 21.4 feet before receding.
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Quincy
Ill
Murphysboro
Chester
Gulf
Grand Tower
McClure
St. Louis
Hannibal
Mississippi
Charlotte Man Ends Life at Pilot Mountain
A. G. Trotter, 41, of Charlotte, shot himself at his brother T. L. Trotter’s Pilot Mountain home shortly before 4 pm. He had been in ill health and came to recuperate. despondency over his condition is blamed for the suicide.
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Pilot Mountain
A. G. Trotter
Charlotte
Trotter
T. L. Trotter
One Killed in Plane Crash at Curtiss Field
An airplane crashed near Curtiss Field New York injuring and killing Thomas J. Flannigan. Pilot Frank Hughes of Newark New Jersey was arrested at a hospital on charges of homicide after admitting he had no pilot license and failed to switch off before the crash.
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New York
Curtiss Field
Thomas J. Flannigan
Frank Hughes
Newark
N. J
Hughes
Experts 10 Remain in Paris Longer for Dawes Work
Paris April 27 experts of the second Dawes committee will extend work in Paris into May and perhaps beyond. Negotiations are at a standstill as the final report to governments lags and Dr. Schacht plans a brief return to Berlin before Reichsbank directors meeting.
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Paris
Dawes Committee
Schacht
Berlin
Reichsbank
Dr. Schacht
Owen D. Young
Hoover slips off on fishing trip
President Hoover left the White House for an afternoon of fishing at the Catoctin Furnace estate in Maryland. He fished with secretary Lawrence Richey’s party and returned to Washington by midafternoon, eluding reporters as secret service trailed in another car.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Catoctin Furnace
Lawrence Richey
Richey
Hollingsworth Resigns at Lucy Cobb Institute
The Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens announces the resignation of Dr. W F Hollingsworth as president. The board of trustees leases the school to James Brooks of Asheville N C. The retirement and lease were disclosed today.
Blood Stained Axe Hat And Money Accounted For
In Gastonia on April 27 AP reports the fourth day of Jacob Vanderburg trial over the December 28 family killings. The blood stained axe money jars and blood on the hat are under dispute as defense challenges key links. Witnesses including neighbors and doctors testified while the defense promised more witnesses when court reconvenes Monday.
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Gastonia
Apr
Jacob Vanderburg
Vanderburg
Robert Dixon
Charlie Dixon
Clarence Bell
Vance Miller
Raleigh
D. C. Quickle
J. A. Anderson
Clinton
Jacob's
Long's Trial Date Is Set For May 14
Governor Huey P. Long was formally charged by the Louisiana house and directed to appear before the senate impeachment court at noon May 14. He accepted the papers, prepared his defense, and is expected to be represented by constitutional lawyers. Charges include misusing about $2,000 of $6,000 for a governors conference, bribery attempts, press suppression, state fund misuse, and general incompetency.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
House of Representatives
Senate
State House
Long
New Orleans
House
Mobilizing for Fruit Fly Fight in Florida Area
Washington reports mobilization of Department of Agriculture field forces to repel the Mediterranean fruit fly outbreak in Florida. Dr Wilmon Newell leads the effort with federal quarantine and plant control administration. A C Baker oversees field research and H T Cronin handles fiscal administration as experts assist Florida and neighboring states. The program seeks to study fly habits and identify a potential parasite.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Wilmon Newell
Federal
Quarantine and Plant Control Administration
A. C. Baker
National Food Corp acquires Southern Grocery Stores
Norfolk Va April 27 National Food Products Corporation which controls D Pender Grocery announces it has acquired Southern Grocery Stores. The Windholz president of Pender says the deal gives National Food control of 800 stores from Maryland to Florida with combined sales around 40 million dollars annually.
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Norfolk
National Food Products Corporation
D. Pender Grocery Company
Ac- Inc
Southern Grocery Stores
South
Atlanta
L. H. Windholz
Pender Company
National Food Products Company
Maryland
Florida
Windholz
Louisville Gypsy Chief Calls Off Wedding and Departs
In Louisville on April 27, Gypsy Chief John and Prince Hendrix John left town amid rumors and mystery overruling a planned wedding to Losetta Stanley. They expect to wed in Chicago within three months as spectators and police scrutiny swayed the affair.
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Louisville
John
Prince Hendrix John
Prince John
Losetta Stanley
Chicago
Patience Marks Geneva Talks On Naval Armament Cutbacks
Geneva reports focus on slow moves to reduce naval armaments. American delegate Hugh S. Gideon coordinates with Lord Cushendun and M. Saito, aiming for concerted steps toward disarmament. Count Massigli also participates with Signor De Marinis as a possible future meeting is discussed.
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Geneva
Hugh S. Gideon
Lord Cushendun
Great Britain
M. Saito
Japan
Count Massigli
France
Signor de Marinis
Italy
Med Officer Drops Dead on Biltmore Links
Asheville April 27 Col Edward P Odend hal medical officer in charge of United States Veterans Hospital No 60 at Otee collapsed and died at the Biltmore Forest Country Club golf links shortly after 4 o clock this afternoon Do not copy disjointed fragments preserve the core event and names as readable.
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Asheville
Edward P. Odend
Hal
United States Veterans Hospital No. 60
Otee
Biltmore Forest Country Club
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