Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Talmadge Suspension Ruling
The Georgia Supreme Court rules Governor Talmadge properly suspended State Treasurer Hamilton, reversing a Fulton County court ruling that would have ordered banks to release deposits. The decision notes suspensions require stated reasons and are subject to legislative review. Justice Gordon Knox dissented.
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Supreme Court of Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
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Talmadge
Fulton
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Marietta
Daniel
Gordon Knox
Hazelhurnt
Superior Court
Hamilton
Ickes Orders PWA Staff Cut After Bill Passes
Secretary Ickes ordered a 25 percent reduction in PWA staff after the House failed to earmark funds for new public works. The directive targets both PWA and housing divisions with immediate pay freezes and lists of employees to drop. The staff totals about 9,000, including 3,000 in Washington and 1,000 in housing.
Open House Showcases New Enterprise Plant Progress
Hundreds of visitors toured The Enterprise new home on North Main Street during a day long open house. Prominent business leaders and readers toured the plant while guides explained operations and machinery used in producing the Sunday paper.
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Enterprise
North Main Street
LRU
Promnte
Carolinas
Ethiopia 10 Appeals Against Italy and Seeks Peace Terms
Five Italian leaders are expected to announce annexation of Ethiopia as Mussolini tightens control after conquest. Haile Selassie’s exile looms with a planned move to London while an Ethiopian envoy seeks justice at the League of Nations. A new capital site is rumored for the Paris legation. The League factions clash over sanctions and war penalties.
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Mussolini
Italy
Ant ‘‘Adunata
Saeed
Ethiopia
Ema Haile Selassie
Grand Council
Victor Uel
Anticipa
Pietro Badoglio
Addis Ababa
Ried
Jerusalem
London
Holy Land
Winston Churchill
Antipanctions
League of Nations Union
League Council
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres Split. No Divorce Planned
Hollywood reports that Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres have decided to live apart but have no immediate divorce plans. The pair emphasized they will remain married while separating living arrangements.
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Gingrer
Hollywood
Calif
Ginger Rogers
Lewera
Tornado Kills Two in Dilworth and Lone Oak Arkansas
A tornado struck Dilworth and Lone Oak near Horatio killing two residents, injuring another, and destroying fifteen homes. Reports from Omaha Texas indicate two injuries and $5,000 in damage there. The victims near Horatio were Mrs. Sid Orr and Mrs. Tom Orr, crushed in their home. another Orr family member was gravely injured. The tornado path was five miles wide leveling houses, timber, fences, and farm buildings, with the Oakhill church demolished.
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Horatio
Ark
Dilworth
Lone Oak
Omaha
Texas
Sid Orr
Tom Orr
Orr
Oakhill
Five Arrested In Slaying Of Dan Shine Bridegroom
Five people are in custody as officials press the investigation into the death of Dan Shine a 60 year old corn belt bridegroom found shot in his Littleport Iowa home. Sheriff L J Palas said more arrests are possible after a new confession mentioned startling disclosures implicating Shine's uncle Tim Hines. Shine's body was discovered in a closet with a shotgun wound and a string clenched in his hand.
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Roup
Eleader
Ove Triangle
L. J. Palas
Dan Shine
Littleport
Pearl Thine
Maynard Knox
Dubuque
Jim
Howard
Finn de Hines
Shine
Lewis Attacks AF L Overt Steel Union Plan
John S. Lewis of the United Mine Workers criticizes the AF L executive council for proposing to organize 300 000 steel workers into a single industrial union rather than craft unions. William Green says campaign will start after council sessions. Lewis calls the plan desperate and unorthodox.
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Washington
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Lewis
A. F. of L
Ite
William Green
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel Steel and Tin Workers
Canonsburg
Action Deferred On Bridge Over Sound
The State Highway and Public Works Commission delayed a decision on the proposed bridge over the sound to allow further study. Officials estimate the cost at about 1.4 million dollars, exceeding the 1 million allocated, requiring careful review to fit the project into the department’s budget.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Albemarne Sound
Varied weather map hits nation with tornadoes heat and floods
Chicago May 9 Tornadoes blizzards heavy rains and abnormal heat hit the nation. In Oklahoma Hanna injuries and property damage were reported while Gore and Bonham Texas reported fatalities and power lines were down in Trinidad and Raton Pass areas. A heat wave reached the Northeast with temperatures from Philadelphia 92 Chicago 86 New York 87. Weekend showers expected to ease the heat.
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Hanna
Oklo
Gore
Okla
Bonham
Tex
Raton Pass
Trinidad
Colo
Raton
N. M
Dust Bowl
Minneapolis
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Easton
Philadelphia
New York
Midwest
Catches Large Sturgeon On Neuse River
W C Foy hauled what he believes is the river’s largest sturgeon from the Neuse at Cowpens Landing. The massive catch measured ten feet long and weighed about 450 pounds.
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New Bern
W. C. Foy
Neuse River
Cowpens Landing
Farmer admits slayings of two girls in Maine case
James H. Folsom, 35, a Skowhegan farm hand, confessed to assaulting and killing Mary Proulx, 7, in Waterville and Annie Knights, 12, in Fairfield. He led officers to the bodies along Messalonskee stream and an alder clump. He has been formally charged in the Proulx death.
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Waterville
James H. Folsom
Skowhegan
Henry PB. Burnell
Portland
Fairfield
Harold Maguire
Portland Police
Attorney General's Office
Folsom
Messalonskee Stream
Mary Proulx
Maguire
Annie K. Knights
Knights
Clyde R
Chapman
Proulx
Brunell
West Comerland
Hollis EB
Strout
South Portland
Burnell
Augusta
Mahan Pleads Guilty and Sentenced to Sixty Years
William Mahan pleaded guilty to kidnapping and conspiracy in the George Weyerhaeuser case. He was sentenced to 60 years on each count to run concurrently at McNeil Island penitentiary. The judge reserved further transfer decisions and an additional fraud indictment was not read.
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Wash
May
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
Mahan
KB. BR
Cushman
McNeil Island Penitentiary
Puget Sound
Mear
Fudge Cushman
United States
Washington
McNeil Island
Alcatran
Leavenworth Penitentiary
State praised NC prison system by federal official
F Lovell Bixby, assistant director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, praised North Carolina's prison and parole progress over the past four years. He highlighted Central Prison, women’s removal, a separate institution plan, Cary Farm administration, morale gains, and planned improvements. He said he would write to Co M Waynick with details.
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Raleigh
F. Lovell Bixby
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Central Prison
Cary Farm
Bixby
Mr. Waynick
Farmers Apply For Removal Of Cotton From Credit Loans
The Commodity Credit Corporation said farmers have asked to release 650,493 of the 4,500,000 bales of cotton held under government loans since 1934. Withdrawals cost a quarter of a cent below the prior day's average market quote, with 1,000,000 bales available and carrying charges assumed by the CCC. The Farm Administration reported the producers pool held 209,351 bales of spot cotton and 681,000 bales of futures contracts.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Administration
Mercer Named Executor in High Point Wrongful Death Suit
G C Mercer of 114 Virginia avenue High Point today qualified as executor of B M Mercer who died in High Point April 27. The appointment is for bringing suit for a wrongful death.
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Greensboro
G. C. Mercer
Virginia Avenue
High Point
B. M. Mercer
PWA May Cut Jobs After Relief Fund Setback
Washington May 9 PWA moved to trim its sails today after the house failed to set aside any of the proposed new 1 425 000 000 relief fund. Division heads were ordered to prepare lists of employees to be dropped from the present payroll of 9 000. Officials said dismissals would not be immediate. Housing division employees hoped some funds might follow.
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Washington
PWA
Ickes
House
WPA
Senate
Pi— Pwa
Chinese Communists Slaughtered by Air Bombing
Reports from Peiping describe a large aerial assault on Chinese communists in western Shanxi. Hundreds were killed as naval river crossings near the Yellow River were struck while attempting to move westward.
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Peiping
Shanxi
National Army
Yellow River
Shansi
Zepp Moored At Lakehurst Early Today
The Hindenburg, largest of the airships, completed its first North Atlantic crossing in 61 hours 53 minutes. It moored at Lakehurst NAS at 5 A M EST after passing Long Island and New York, eliciting cheers from thousands. Soldiers from Camp Dix unavailable for landing help, civilians pressed into service. The ship then headed for its first scheduled round trip from Germany.
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Atlantic
Associated Lakehurst
Hinden
North Atlantic
Naval Air Base
Shafen
Germany
Hindenburg
Long Island
New York
New
Manhat
Hieburg
United States
United Statavy
Elwitia
Camp Dix
Minderburg
Love
Weather Update for Carolinas and Georgia Overnight
Fair tonight and Sunday across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville mainly northwest and north through tonight and Sunday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Winds Hatteras
Jacksonville
Hoffman Refuses Help in Wendel Kidnapping Probe
Governor Harold G Hoffman disputes focusing on the Wendel case while defending his role in reopening the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry. He says New Jersey prosecutors should pursue the Lindbergh matter and distances himself from extradition of Ellis Parker Sr and Jr, who are linked to Wendel’s accusations. He blames Brooklyn District Attorney for political missteps.
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Wendel
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Parkers
Newark
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Paul HH
Pivseulesl Aguturles Tus
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
Ellis, Jr
Young Parker
Fesely
You Paker
William F. Geoghan
Kings County Distri
Kas Gal Parker, Jr
Parers
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Senate Finance Committee
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