Graf Zeppelin Over Atlantic On Southbound Route
Graf Zeppelin continues outward bound odyssey across the Atlantic on a 3750 mile trek to Pernambuco Brazil. The airship departed Cadiz Spain at 4 45 am EST and's reported toward the Canaries with mail drop planned. Weather storms in southern Portugal pose no danger to the voyage. Pernambuco prepares to receive the enormous craft expected Thursday.
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South Atlantic
Pernambuco
Brazil
Graf
Cadiz
Spain
Canaries
Friedrich‘shafen
Portugal
Confession saves bishop from church trial at conference
Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington DC admits making a mistake after the committee on episcopacy exonerates him from stock market speculation charges. The report credits contrition and publicity with averting a trial, while Judge Fitzhugh protests the decision. Cannon's letter to the committee aided rescission of action and a statement of regret follows. In Dallas Moore leads first bishop ballot with 163 votes. several candidates remain in contention.
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Dallas
Tex
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
Committee
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
G. T. Fitzhugh
Memphis
Sales Tax Plan Given Big Boost Would Raise 30 Million
North Carolina merchants warn a 1 percent general sales tax would add at least 39 million dollars annually to consumers and hit poorer earners hardest. Willard Dowell of the Merchants association says the levy falls on poverty, not wealth, and candidates in 1931 favoring the plan signal likely assembly action. Farmers would pay taxes on cotton, tobacco, livestock at every sale, even with losses.
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J. CC. Baskervill
Raleigh
North Carolina
Willard Dowell
North Carolina Merchants Association
American Business Club
Dowell
General Assembly
Mr. Dowell
Armadas under eyes of President as naval feats tested
The article notes President Hoover observing a fleet review from the Salt Lake City as the navy demonstrates new feats. It also recounts a revival led by Rev. Thomas Pardue at Flat Rock Baptist church ending with accusations against Pardue involving a 17 year old girl. Pardue had risen earlier from a Reidsville revival claiming a local confession and murder tied to Alma Gatlin.
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Mountairy
Thomas T Thunderbolt
Tom Pardue
Flat Rock Baptist Church
Pardue
A. I. Harrison
Reidsville
Graf Zeppelin Departs Seville for Brazil on Long Atlantic Crossing
The Graf Zeppelin left Seville at 8:30 a m on a 3 750 mile route to Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro Brazil beginning its sixth Atlantic crossing. The dirigible carried nineteen passengers including Mrs Mary Pierce of New York as it set course toward the Atlantic coast for the perilous leg of its 18 900 mile voyage from Friedrichshafen to Seville Brazil Havana Lakehurst New Jersey and back.
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Seville
Spain
Pernambuco
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Vice
Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
Havana
Lakehurst
N. J
Mary Pierce
New
Famous Old Man Asks For Pension
August Garry Herrmann, 71, former chairman of the national commission and longtime Cincinnati Reds president, applied to the Typographical Union for an eight dollar weekly pension, claiming financial hardship though previous stockholders had granted him a ten thousand dollar lifetime annuity. He said he is in good standing and began as a printers devil before rising to baseball leadership.
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Cincinnati
Garry) Herrmann
National Commission
Supreme Court of Baseball
Cincinnati Reds
Typographical Union
Garry
Sidney Weil
Cincinnati Club
Herrmann
Pension Granted to Former Baseball Leader Herrmann
Indianapolis May 20 Acting on a local union recommendation the executive council of the International Typographical Union approved an $8 weekly pension. Union officers said they were not familiar with the circumstances that led to the pension request for the former baseball leader.
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Indianapolis
Garry’’ Herrmann
International Typographical Union
American flier leaves Merida heading to Mexico City
Mexican aviation officials in Merida report Capt. Lewis Yancey the good will flyer hopped off at 6 05 am for Vera Cruz to refuel before continuing toward Mexico City He is scheduled to reach Vera Cruz around noon and arrive in Mexico City in the mid afternoon from Merida May 20
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Mexico City
Merida
Lewis Yancey
America
Good Will Flier
Vera Cruz
Shamrock V Wins Third Test Race at Harwich
Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock V claimed victory in a third test race at Harwich England on May 20. The challenger beat rivals in light breeze and maintained Lipton’s record in the series.
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Harwich
England
Thomas Lipton
McBride and Blaine Clash In Hearing Today
Senator Blaine pressed Anti-Saloon League head F Scott McBride on a score card grading candidates. The Wisconsin Republican adjourned the Senate lobby committee meeting after a clash over questions. Upshaw denied applauding and McBride faced a terse warning to answer before summer.
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McBride
Blaine
Washington
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Wisconsin
Senate Lobby Committee
South Dakota League
William D. Upshaw
Georgia
Upshaw
Pretty English Girl Flies Into Javan Town After Stormy Crossing
Amy Johnson, a 23 year old English aviator, landed near Samarang Java after a dangerous over sea crossing from Singapore with storms and fuel issues. She described the journey as dreadful and difficult and planned to press on to Surabaya despite damaged wing fabric repaired with plaster. She departed Croydon on May 5.
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Samarang
Java
London
Java Sea
Amy Johnson
Bert Hinkler
England
Australia
Singapore
Tjomal
Surabaya
Croydon
Texas Jim Baker Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder
James Texas Jim Baker admitted guilt on second degree murder charges in a New York trial at the start of the second day. The 25 year old laboratory night watchman Henry Gaw was poisoned in December at Guggenheim laboratory in the Bronx where Baker once worked. Baker had confessed to eight other murders, all believed mythical.
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New York
James
Texas
Jim’ Baker
Henry Gaw
Baker
Gaw
Guggenheim Laboratory
Bronx
Detroit
Police say they captured the ribbon slayer Slayer identified as suspect in Helsing murder
Chicago police report William H. Putscher a 19 year old already arrested for burglaries confessed to slaying Mildred Helsing, stating he strangled the 26 year old bride in her Oak Park home on April 1 after she returned home during a burglary. He said he used a hair ribbon to strangle her and then fled.
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Chicago
Mildred Helsing
William H. Putscher
Stege
Helsing
Putscher
Betty Compson Granted Divorce From James Cruze
Betty Compson, film actress, was granted a divorce from James Cruze, noted motion picture director, in Los Angeles. She charged mental cruelty citing his continual round of parties at their home.
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Betty
Los Angeles
Betty Compson
James Cruze
Violent Storms Sink Nine Fishermen Off Algarve
Violent storms off the southern coast of Portugal near Algarve caused the drowning of nine fishermen. Motor boats attempted rescue while two trawlers from the Olhao bar capsized and sank with all aboard.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Algarve
Olhao Bar
Remembering the Tranby Croft Baccarat Case
Sir William Gordon Cumming dies at eighty one in Forres Eng. The death recalls the 1890 Tranby Croft house party cheating allegations against him. The Prince of Wales testified. the slander suit with Mrs Wilson and four others ended in a verdict for the defendants.
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Altyre
Forres
Eng
William Gordon Cumming
Tranby Croft
King Edward
Prince of Wales
Sir William
Arthur Wilson
Wilson
Prince
America
England
Preacher Under Bond To Fly To Dallas
Rev A R P Shuler also known as Bob Shuler, pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South, was released on habeas corpus after 15 days of a 20 day contempt sentence. He planned to fly to Dallas as a belated delegate to the conference. The state supreme court ordered release on $500 bail pending appeal. a June 2 hearing was set on the sentence.
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Angeles
A. RP
Bob) Shuler
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South
Dallas
Tex
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Whalen Quits Police Job for Old Position
Grover A. Whalen resigns as New York police commissioner to return to John Wanamaker in an executive role. He leaves a $10,000 annual post after a year as head of the department. Whalen, famed as the city greeter, led reforms and Red Thursday actions in Union Square.
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Grover Whalen
New York
News York
Grover A. Whalen
Rothstein
Joseph A. Warren
Walker
Whalen
Arnold Rothstein
Union Square
Edward P. Mulrooney
Mr. Whalen
Gold Star Mothers Reach Front Cemeteries in Rain
In Paris on May 20, most of the first contingent of gold star mothers visiting their sons’ graves left in a drizzling rain. Medical officers reported no illness among them. The bus trip to former battlefields was leisurely and four groups were not expected to arrive until tonight with first visits planned for tomorrow.
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Paris
France
Estranged Pair Are Together In Death
In Hillsboro North Carolina on May 20 joint funeral services are held for W M Graham and his wife Lyda Roach Graham. Graham killed Lyda Sunday afternoon in Durham then took his own life. Seven children ages five months to 14 years survive, with the oldest daughter witnessing the tragedy. The family had been chided for his failure to provide.
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Hillsborq
N. C
W. M. Graham
Lyda Roach Graham
Graham
Durham
Anu
Multilingual Chicago Police Call Center Publicized
Chicago police now accept tips in seven languages including French Polish Swedish Yiddish Italian English. Capt. G F Meran announced that operators fluent in these languages handle murder the public can report quickly.
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Chicago
Man commits suicide at Market Street shooting gallery
An unidentified 27 year old man entered a Market street shooting gallery on May 19 and fired 43 practice shots before shooting himself. He died early today. The venue has seen another self inflicted death and an attempted similar case in recent months.
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ST. Louis
Market Street
Michaels Sold to Dallas Texas League Club
Kansas City May 20 Ralph Michaels third baseman sold to the Dallas Texas League club announced by George Muehlebach owner of the Kansas City Amer ican Association team William Swift right handed pitcher released on option to the Springfield Three Eye League club.
King of Hell Hole Shot in Ambush. Son Killed
Sabb Cumbee known as the King of the Hell Hole and his son Le grande Cumbee, 18, were ambushed while riding through the Hell Hole swamp area in Berkeley County near Charleston. Sabb was wounded. Le grande died at a downtown morgue. Sabb alleged Bill Cales and Wilbur Cumbee shot them. long standing feuds cited.
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Hell Hole
Charleston
S. C
Sabb Cumbee
Sabb
Legrande Cumbee
Berkley County
E. W. Smallwood
Charleston County
Bill Cales
Wilbur Cumbees
Wilbur Cumbee
Cales
Smallwood
Berkley
Sabl
Hoover reviews modern fleet as Salt Lake City sails by
Off Yvita Ginia Capes on May 20 President Hoover stood on the Salt Lake City as a vast U S fleet passed in review. Aerial forces soared above with the Los Angeles dirigible and planes from Saratoga and Lexington while the battleships cruisers and submarines formed a line. The event featured ships bands and the national anthem.
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JU. S. S. Saratoga
Yvitaginia Capes
United States
Hoover
Salt Lake City
Old Point Comfort
Los Angeles
Saratoga
Lexington
Saratoga race results spark cheers aboard Wu
Race day notes from Saratoga capture Kirkell and Simpson aboard Wu as crowds cheer. AP brief highlights jockeys, horses, and race conditions amid summer meet.
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Kirkell, Simpson
Associated Press
WU. S
Saratoga
French Move to End Rhineland Evacuation Phase
French army of occupation begins final phase of Rhineland evacuation with 40 000 troops to move home by June 30. Smaller towns including Landau Speyer and Pirmasens to be freed first while Wiesbaden Mayence and larger cities stay under control until the end. About 2000 soldiers ordered to march through rest of May.
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Mayence
Germany
Rhineland
Wiesbaden
Cmmand
Landau
Speyer
Pirmasens
Fourteen Men Indicted on Arson Rioting in Sherman
Sherman Texas May 20 Fourteen men were indicted on arson rioting and burglary charges connected with May 9 disturbances when a mob burned the courthouse. The riot led to the death of George Hughes a black man who had pleaded guilty to assaulting a white woman. Indictments were based on evidence from a military court of inquiry. The district judge R M Carter ordered the grand jury recessed subject to call.
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Sherman
Tex
Court House
George Hughes
R. M. Carter
Elks Elect Craig South Carolina Division President
Union South Carolina May 26 David P Craig of Charleston was elected president of the South Carolina division of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks today.
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UNION
S. C
David P. Craig
Charleston
South Carolina
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
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