Incendiary Fire Destroys Barn Near Elizabethton Plant
A fire destroyed a barn within 100 yards of the American Bemberg plant in Elizabethton Tennessee. Officers said the blaze was incendiary in origin and gasoline odor was evident. A carload of gunfire riders fled as flames started. pursuit failed. Two other properties were damaged and threats to workers emerged amid ongoing labor unrest.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Bemberg
R. T. Johnston
National Guard
Auto
Johnson
Gannet to Testify On Wednesday Before FTC Hearing
Frank E. Gannett of Rochester and Ss. E. Thomason were scheduled to testify next Wednesday before the Federal Trade Commission in a probe of newspaper financial interests tied to the International Paper and Power Co. Frank D. Comerford and N. C. Head of International Paper were set to appear May 16 and 17. Graustein testified that International owned notes and stock in four Gannett papers and that Gannett bought back holdings, retiring investments in several papers. The testimony also noted International bought substantial Bryan Thomason stock and debentures and that Bryan Thomason owns Tampa Tribune and Greensboro Record stakes.
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Washington
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Ss. E
Archibaldb. Graustein
International Company
International Paper and Trust Company
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Albany, N. Y
Knickerbocker Press
Albany News
Ithaca
Journal News
Graustein
Bryan- Thomason Newspapers, Inc
Chicago Journal
Bryan-Thomason Newspapers, Inc
Tampa, Fla
Tribune Company
Tampa Tribune
Record Company
Greensboro
N. C
Motihieir Poem Echoes A Mother’s Grace
A poem by Clarence M. Burkholder expresses a dream of the mother’s face in golden sunlight through the years. The verse speaks of divine grace and a loving beaming smile reflected in the mother’s lovelight.
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Clarence M. Burkholder
University Closed After Modernist Fundamentalist Clash
Des Moines Iowa May 11 APDr T T Shields president of the university board ordered the school closed indefinitely and placed under police protection after a mob disrupted the board session The board dismissed the entire faculty including President Harry Wayman and cited reorganization The dispute stems from a long standing modernist fundamentalist clash at the Baptist institution and involved resignations and leadership struggles within the board
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Des Moines University
Des Moines, In
T. T. Shields
University
Harry Wayman
Edith Redman
Shields
Adieanne
College of Educeion
E. L. Grimes
Miss Redman
Wayman
James H. Sperry
Cedric Peter
Maryland Fishing Attracts Hoover On Maryland Trip
President Hoover left the White House with Mrs. Hoover and Secretary Wilbur for a half holiday at the Maryland preserve. They planned a picnic lunch at Catoctin Furnace as Hoover fished, with Lawrence Richey arranging ground plans. Newsmen were kept behind a presidential injunction.
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Washington
Hoover
Maryland
Forest fires threaten Arizona mining camps in Patagonia range
Out of control winds drive a mountain forest fire across the Patagonia range in south Arizona. By May 11 the blaze covered about 15 000 acres, menaced Mar shaw village and mining properties including Tres de Mayo and Morning Glory, and forced cattlemen to move livestock to the lowlands as camps were abandoned and the fire spread ten miles south and east through the Dusquesne section.
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Nogales
Ariz
Patagonia
Arizona
Marshaw
Tres de Mayo
Dusquesne
Patagonias
Farm Leaders Plan National Conference on Unfair Rural Taxation
Chicago to host the first national farm conference of the American Farm Bureau Federation as farmers seek remedies for unfair rural taxes. President Thompson calls the event after December convention approval to expand federal tax principles into state and local programs with experts from 30 states slated to attend.
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Chicago
Ill
American Farm Bureau Federation
Sam H. Thompson
Federation
Thompson
M. S. Winder
National Farmers’ Conference
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Rainey Denounces Tariff Bill as Monstrous Plan
Illinois Democrat Rainey denounces the tariff bill as indefensible and notes it would raise living costs. He cites sugar shingles lumber and glass duties as key offenders and accuses era leaders of benefiting from trusts while vowing Hoover should veto the measure.
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Illinoisan
Rainey
United States Supreme Court
Steel Trust
American Bar Association
Illinois
Mellons
Mormon Church
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Mellon
Treasury Department
Cid Youth Archie Forshee Dies Suddenly at 15
Archie Forshee age 15 son of Mr and Mrs John Forshee of the Cid section Davidson county died suddenly at his home while cutting wood. Heart attack is given as the cause. Funeral services were held at the home and burial was in Forshee cemetery Silver Hill township.
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Lexington
Archie Forshee
John Forshee
Cid
Davidson County
Forshee
Silver Hill Township
German World War Ace Dies in California Plane Crash
A telephonic report from Trona California says Bernhard Lauscher a German World War II ace was killed in a crash at Trona field. The news came from Long Beach California dated May 11.
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Long Beach
Calif
Trona
Bakersfield
Bernhard Lauscher
Trona Field
Five Die in Amarillo Hotel Fire Tragedy
A tourist hotel in Amarillo Texas burned before daybreak with three men dead and two others killed after jumping from windows. A woman was badly injured and at least ten others hurt. Names identified include Pete Kearns Raymond Cozart and J H Perden. Birdie Rhodes leaped from her third floor room and survived. The fire started around 3 30 am wrecking the 25 year old wooden structure.
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Amarillo
Tex
Pete Kearns
Pine
Cole
Raymond Cozart
Detroit
Texas
J. H. Perden
Buffalo
Atachison
Shamrock
Birdie Rhodes
N. C. Wilson
Welcome Principal Struck By Athlete In Oklahoma School
May 11 Lexington reports principal C H Chapman of Welcome consolidated school was assaulted by Raymond Black, a star player and senior, after ordering him from a room. Black was expelled. Chapman considers legal options and has reported the incident to solicitor P V Critcher. Black had high scoring honors in three tournaments.
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Lexington
C. H. Chapman
Welcome Consolidated
Here
Highway 66
Raymond Black
Welcome High School
Black
Chapman
P. V. Critcher
Recorder's Court
Navy Oarsmen Win First Victory Over Syracuse Bladesmen
ANNAPOLIS May 11 Navy varsity oarsmen led Syracuse by four lengths on the Severn River course in the season opener. Syracuse debuted this season while Navy had previously lost to MIT and Columbia crews.
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Navy Oarsmen
Annapolis
Navy Varsity Oavsmen
Jim Ten Eyck
Syracuse Bladesmen
Severn River
Syracuse
Navy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Columbia
Debenture Plan Casts Shadow Over Tariff Bill
Washington May 11. A split in the senate group favoring the debenture plan alarms administration leaders as to the fate of adding the proposal to the tariff bill. Debenture advocates plan to tack it onto the tariff measure if the house rejects the senate farm bill, risking constitutional questions over revenue legislation. Republican leaders fear a possible house coalition of democrats and middle western Republicans could block tariff action, though they believe such a coalition lacks broad support. The debate grows sharper as sentiment for the riders has reportedly gained since the farm bill inclusion despite Hoover's objections.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hoover
Joseph E. Johnston Camp formed by Sons of Veterans in city
A local Sons of Confederate Veterans group was formed at the Commercial club last night. O. E. Mendenhall was elected commander with an executive committee including Roy J. Spearman Capus Waynick and others. Delegates were chosen to attend the Charlotte veterans reunion June 4 to 8.
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
Commercial Club
Joseph E. Johnston
O. E. Mendenhall
Roy J. Spearman
Capus Waynick
W. C. Jones
O. D. Ingram
H. I. Coffield
J. A. Myatt
W. A. J. Idol
J. Howard Paylor
D. C. MacRae
I. T. Mann
T. Wingate Andrews
C. G. Bedford
Gilbert W. Clark
FE. M. Knox
Edward T. Mathews
Carter Dalton
W. J. McAnally
R. Frank Seay
Charles P. Long
E. R. Lyon
D. A. Burrus
M. E. Castello
C Kirkman
W. F. Freeman
C. Clark
H. D. Herman
R. B. Parker
N. Lt. Garner
W. C. Jones, Sr
J. E. Johnson
Frank J. Sizemore
Charlotte
Messere, Seay
Waynick
Coffield
Kirkman
Paylor
Spearman
Mann
Jones
Long
Ingram
New Mission Board Named By Baptists
Southern Baptist convention replaces board tied to defalcations of former treasurer Clinton S. Carnes with an entirely new team. Mrs. W. J. Cox of Memphis defends women’s role as missionaries amid opposition from Dr. J. W. Porter who cites scripture.
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Memphis
Tenn
Home Missions Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Clinton S. Carnes
L. R. Christie
Atlanta
W. J. Cox
Woman’s Missionary Union
Porter
J. W. Porter
Lexington
General Association of Kentucky Baptists
M. E. Dodd
Shreveport
The
American Baptists
Convention
George W. Truett
Cox
Blood-Stained Handkerchief Key Tip in Harvard Student Death
Windsor Conn May 11 A blood-stained handkerchief found in Harvard student Walter Treadway Huntington’s pocket is the only concrete clue as investigators debate whether he was murdered or killed himself. Medical examiner Costello disputes detective Hackey’s suicide theory, noting the fatal bullet would have paralyzed him instantly.
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Windsor
Conn
Walter Treadway Huntington
Harvard
Henry Costello
Hartford
Edward Hackey
Huntington
Costello
Huntington's
Hickey
Convention Upset By Tar Heel Strikers
Washington May 11 AP The National Women's Trade Union League adjourned its convention after North Carolina mill strikers led by National Textile Workers of America tried to speak Miss Rose Schneiderman refused them floor time citing concerns over affiliation with communists Delegates and strikers exchanged heated words before the meeting ended The league previously aided Elizabethton strikers and collected a 120 dollar purse for Gastonia workers
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Washington
National Women’s Trade Union League
North Carolina
National Textile Workers of America
Women's League
Rose Schneiderman
Women’s League
Ethel Smith
Southern Mill
Gastonia
National Textile Workers of American
Women’s Trade Union League
Miss Smith
National Textile Workers
Elizabethton
Karl Marx Reeve
Reeve
Troops to Stay at Elizabethton Amid Labor Dispute
Governor Horton defends keeping state troops in Elizabethton to protect workers rights and property as fears of factional interference persist. He says state police act only to preserve order and liberty for employees in the rayon plants, and releases Major Berry from settlement roles.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. O. Birthright
State Federation of Labor
George L. Berry
International Pressmen’s Union
Henry J. Horton
Elizabethton
Berry
Birthright
Major Berry
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Happy Valley
John Arrowood
Valley Forge
National
Gannet
Federal Trade Commission
Motihieir
Taft
Ways and Means Committee
Burns
Tennessee
Hawley
Dickinson
Ohio
William Howard Taft
George W. Wickersham
Andrew W. Mellon
Herbert Hoover
Peace Institute
Raleigh, N. C
Charlotte Wimberly Wilkinson
Rocky Mount, N. C
Hotel Blaze Perish
Strugk
Sons OF Veterans IN
Wilhelmina Schlutz
Michigan City
Ind
Benton Harbor
Mich
Wynn Bradford
Tar Heel
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