Unions Demand Withdrawal Troops At Elizabethton
Washington reports FTC hearings on International Paper and Power Company holdings in southern newspapers. Testimony shows loans linked to acquiring Augusta Chronicle Columbia Record Spartanburg Herald and Journal with claims editors resigned or would not have taken posts if ownership was known.
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Federal Trade Commission
International Paper and Power Company
Southern
International Paper Company
William Lavarre
Harold Hall
Archibald R. Graustein
Boston
Lavarre
Charles ©. Hearon
Herald
Hearon Telegram
International Company
Spartanburg Herald
Journal
Columbia Record
Augusta Chronicle
McMaster
International
Sinclair's Money Taken From Him at Washington Jail
Major William L. Peak, head of the Washington jail, ends tipping of attendants by prisoner Harry F. Sinclair. All but five to six dollars is placed in the office safe. Sinclair arrived with two to three hundred dollars, much of which is stored in the jail safe. remaining funds cover jail store purchases. An inquiry into tipping was started after a report of a five dollar gift to an attendant.
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Washington
William L. Peak
Harry F. Sinclair
Peak
Sinclair
Captain Ronald Smith Killed In Air Crash Test
Lowell Mass May 11 Captain Ronald Smith English aviator was killed instantly when the Moth aircraft he was testing crashed.
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Ronald Smith
Lowell
Mass
Five Die In Am Rillo Texas Hotel Fire
Five men were killed and a woman believed fatally injured when a fire destroyed the Tourists Hotel in Amarillo Texas today. Four bodies were found on the third floor and a man died after leaping from that floor. The landlady Mrs Birdie Rhodes also jumped and may be fatally hurt. The hotel, once the Elmhurst, refused to be identified immediately by name. The cause of the blaze was not determined.
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Amarillo
Texas
Birdie Rhodes
Atchinson
Shamrock
Elmhurst Hotel
Oliver and Pritchett Reach Finals in Southern Golf
In Asheville on May 11, John Oliver of the University of Georgia and Harry Pritchett of the University of Alabama advanced to the finals of the Southern Intercollegiate golf tournament. Oliver edged George Bush of Tulane one up in 20 holes, while Pritchett defeated R. D. Mulloney of William and Mary 3 and 2. The championship match was set for that afternoon.
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John Oliver
University of Georgia
Harry Pritchett
University of Alabama
Oliver
George Bush
Tulane
Pritchett
R. D. Mullowney
William and Mary
Tar Heels Break Up Women's Trade Union League Convention
Washington May 11 The National Women's Trade Union League convention adjourned in pandemonium after eleven North Carolina textile mill strikers led by a National Textile Workers Union organizer barged in seeking a hearing.
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TAR Heels
Women’s Trade Union League
Washington
National Women’s Trade Union League
North Carolina
National Textile Workers’ Union
Byrd Asked To Probe Lad's Death
Governor Byrd poised to respond to Emory and Henry College students urging personal action in the fatal shooting of J. W. Kendrick 17 near Abingdon Virginia. Three officers and two youths faced murder and related charges after a car pursuit ending in a fatal shooting.
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Lad
Emory and Henry
Kendrick
Richmond
Harry Flood Byrd
Emory and Henry College
J. W. Kendrick
Abingdon
Trumbull
Connecticut
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Mrs Gene Tunney Undergoes Appendix Abscess Operation
Brioni Italy May 11 Mrs Gene Tunney ex world boxing champ Polly Lauder underwent removal of an old appendix abscess. She is reported to be doing well after prompt help from Berlin surgeons Dr A W Meyer and Dr Fritz Meyer. Pola Italy May 11 Mrs Gene Tunney left bed for first time since operation and is convalescing satisfactorily.
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Brioni
Italy
Gene ‘Tunney
Polly Lauder
Pola
Gene Tunney
Irish Free State to Establish Diplomatic Ties With Vatican
The Irish Free State government says it will establish diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Pope Pius has accepted, Dublin will send a representative, and Saorstat ministers will be received.
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Irish Free State
Vatican
Dublin
Pius
Death Mystery Hangs Over Harvard Junior Huntington
Windsor Connecticut May 11. Walter Treadway Huntington Junior of Harvard College was found dead from bullet wounds during a weekend visit. Officials remain baffled as coroner and medical examiners disagree on cause. County detective suggests possible self-inflicted death.
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Windsor
Conn
Walter Treadway Huntington
Harvard College
Gilbert Calhoun
Huntington
Edward J. Hickey
Baptists Vote Against Bar on Women Speakers at Convention
At the Southern Baptist convention in Memphis on May 11, a bid by Dr. J W Porter to bar women from addressing the gathering failed amid loud applause. Porter argued scriptural subjection and historic precedent while opposing invited speaker Mrs. W M Cox and noting feminism's supposed impact. Dr. M E Dodd defended inclusion as essential to missionary and benevolent work.
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Kentucky Baptists
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
George W. Truett
J. W. Porter
Lexington
The
American Baptist
General Association of Kentucky Baptists
Porter
M. E. Dodd
Shreveport
W. M. Cox
Woman’s Missionary Union
Dodd
Paul
Carroll
Dr. Porter
United
Kentucky Bap
Walker Faces Second Embezzlement Charge in Georgia
Macon Georgia May 11 John D Walker formerly president of more than 100 Georgia banks faced a second embezzlement charge after rearrest last night following an acquittal in a federal case over the disappearance of $9 000 in municipal bonds from the First National Bank of Spain Georgia. The warrant from Emanuel County charged him with embezzling funds from a county bank during his tenure.
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Macon
John D. Walker
First National Bank of Spain
Emanuel County
Georgia
Percy Miller to Die for Murder of White
In Windsor North Carolina on May 11 a Bertie county jury found Percy Miller guilty of first degree murder in the February shooting of Pat White the town police chief. Judge Clayton Moore sentenced Miller to death in the electric chair for the crime committed during a raid on a dice game. Miller claimed self defense.
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Windsor
N. C
Percy Miller
Pat White
Miller
White
Bertie County Superior Court
Clayton Moore
Western Carolina Hills Scarred in Hunt for Tyson Slayer
Marshall North Carolina May 11 With guards at railroad hubs and six mountaineers aiding a search for Wild Bill Anderson charged with the death of William Tyson the drowned youth in the French Broad Sheriff Ramsey believes capture is near Anderson is said to be hiding in the mountains Tyson died after a quarrel over Cora Tyson the woman in the boat with him Anderson a wife and ten children allegedly knocked Tyson from the boat Tyson’s companions Zack Ramsey and Cora Tyson are jailed on murder charges while rescuers press on for the body as the search drags on
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Ramsey
Anderson
Tyson
Zack Ramsey
Tariff Holds Interest At The Capital
Washington May 11 Tariff was the sole formal legislative concern of Congress today as the House sat to debate the tariff while the Senate paused for farm relief. Senate leaders sought a joint conference on the farm relief bill to avoid delay over constitutionality and revenue origin. The Senate interstate commerce committee heard proposals for a federal communications commission as the special committee on Vare’s campaign expenditures met to plan procedure for the extra session. Senator Robinson of Arkansas was named chairman of the committee after Reed’s retirement. The panel has issued a report opposing Ware and weighs pressing the oath case amid the election contest.
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House
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Couzens
Federal Communications Commission
Elect Vare
Pennsylvania
Ware
Loray Mill Officials Face 35000 Suit for Breach of Contract
In Gastonia on May 11 Manville Jenckes company owners of Loray mill face a $35000 civil suit after striker J A Valentine was ejected from a mill house. Valentine through attorney Tom P Jimison sues Justice of the Peace Bis marck Capps and Sheriff Eli Lineberger for breach of contract ejection and punitive damages totaling 35000 with 2500 for contract breach 7500 for eviction and 25000 in punitive damages.
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Manville-Jenckes Company
Loray
J. A. Valentine
Valentine
Tom P. Jimison
Charlotte
Bismarck Capps
Eli Lineberger
Gaston County
Mrs Gaut Leads In Dixie Women's Golf Championship
In New Orleans on May 11 Mrs David Gaut of Memphis led by four strokes over Miss Margaret Maddox of Atlanta after the first eighteen holes of the 36 hole Southern Women's golf tournament championship.
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New Orleans
David Gaut
Memphis
Margaret Maddox
Atlanta
Lexington Man Scores Hole in One on Local Course
Lloyd Hunt a Lexington resident and Country Club member achieved a hole in one on the sixth hole at 168 yards while playing yesterday afternoon with Z L Walser. The earlier ace on the course was by former assistant pro Bryant.
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Lexington
Lloyd Hunt
Bryant
Mr. Hunt
Hunt
Z L Walser
Hoover plans southern visit in full
President Hoover contemplates a tour of the south hoping for clearance of the administration and legislative situation so he can be away from Washington for an extended period this fall. He aims to include Texas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas and visits to Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Alabama if possible. Invitations have come from Dallas Fort Worth and Houston chambers of commerce for stops.
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Hoover
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Dixie
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Porto Rico
Latin America
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South America
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Fort Worth
Houston
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Louisiana
Tennessee
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Virginia
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South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Commonwealths
Florida
Threat Near Elizabethton Warns Arwood and Simmerly
On May 11 a fire destroyed the barn of John Arwood following the bombing of Mack Elliott’s home. A note left at the scene warned Arwood and Nat Simmerly to abandon work at Bemberg or risk their children not returning alive.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Mack Elliott
John Arwood
Nat Simmerly
Bemberg
Telegram Sent To Tennessee Governor Amid Textile Strike Tensions
Forty textile unions from Johnson City Elizabethton and Erwin sent a telegram to Governor Henry Horton demanding troop withdrawal. After a home bombing near an American Bemberg plant worker and rising strike activity national guardsmen remained on duty as mass meetings planned.
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Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Johnson City
Erwin
Mack Elliott
Hunter
Glanzstoff Rayon
Elliott
Glanzstoff
Rayon Companies
Horton
Stamp Returns to Text Reparation Talks With Schacht
Paris report says Sir Josiah Stamp pressed for a written version of Germany's reparations terms as outlined by Owen Young. An English delegation head and Reichsbank president may report to a plenary session next Tuesday, possibly closing the experts' committee work.
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Paris
Josiah Stamp
Hjalmar Schacht
Owen D. Young
Reichsbank
Committee of Experts
Spa
Germany
Sir Josiah
Sehacht
Prince to Wed American Divorcée After 22-Year Romance
Paris May 11. Prince Luis Ferdinand D Orleans de Bourbon of Spain and Mabelle Gilman Corey announce plans to marry in San Remo on June 1. Corey, a former musical comedy star and widow of William Ellis Corey, has converted to Catholicism to satisfy family objections from the prince’s mother Infanta Eulalia.
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Paris
Luis Ferdinand D’orleans de Bourbon
Spain
Mabelle Gilman Corey
Thea
Infante
Italy
Eulalia
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