Whitewash Charge Against Bishop Cannon Sparks Prohibition Debate
Savannah May 24 AP report The Savannah Morning News prints a sermon by Dr. John E. White of the Georgia Baptist convention criticising the Methodist Conference's handling of Bishop James Cannon Jr. The sermon accuses the Dallas conference of condoning gambling while condemning the abstract evil, warning it will be remembered as whitewashing a gambling bishop.
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Savannah
Savannah Morning News Today
John E. White
Georgia Baptist Convention
South
Cannon
Dr. White
Methodist Church
General Conference
Dallas
Conference
Southern Methodist Church
Graf Zeppelin returns to Pernambuco after Brazilian coast voyage
The Graf Zeppelin completed a 2500 mile leg from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro, with plans now to head to Havana and Lakehurst. Dr Eckener stayed aboard during the stop, weather was unfavor able, a holiday was declared, and a late arrival dispute in Rio Janeiro marred the visit. Seventeen US Marine planes arrived at Base Nine for target practice later in the week.
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Brazil
Graf Zeppelin
Rio Janeiro
Graf
Campo Dos Alfonsos
Eckener
United States Marine
U. S. Coast Guard
Louis M. Bourne
Asheville
N. J
Quantico
Cra May
Richmond Unable To Reopen Race Segregation Case
Washington May 26 Richmond Virginia failed in its bid to revive a Supreme Court review of a race segregation ordinance. The high court declined to reopen the case and left in place a circuit court ruling that voided the city measure prohibiting blacks from white neighborhoods and whites from black neighborhoods. The appellate ruling was affirmed without oral arguments.
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Washington
Richmond
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta City Clerk Faces $1000 Fine and Jail Term
Atlanta City Clerk Walter Taylor was convicted on one of 11 bribery counts. He received a 12 month sentence on the chain gang and a $1,000 fine in superior court.
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Atlanta
Walter Taylor
Toll of Weekend Car Accidents Across Carolinas
Charlotte reports eleven dead and many wounded from a weekend of highway crashes across North and South Carolina. Otho Fay of Greenville faces murder charges after striking Hattie Graves and Mary Day. Sanford Call of Hunting Creek is charged after killing Mary Lankford near North Wilkesboro. Other incidents include deaths in Durham and Fayetteville, a child death in Gastonia, and multiple injuries from collisions among twenty or more people, with several minor wrecks noted.
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Charlotte
North
South Carolina
Otho Fay
Greenville
S. C
Greensboro
Hattie Graves
Mary Day
Sanford Call
Hunting Creek
Mary Lankford
North Wilkesboro
C. A. Moore
Durham
Durham Street
Elizabeth Johnson
Charleston
Fayetteville
Frank King
Beaufort
Goldsboro
Louise Smith
Gastonia
M.L. Hancock
Bond
Lee Rhyne
West Gastonia
R. L. Lambert
Guy Augustus Hiatt
Easley
Mary Barber
Salisbury
Emma Williams
Raleigh
Robert
Guilford Wilson
Enfield
N. C
Marshall Becheler
B. Snyder
Mount Holly
Wilkinson Boulevard
Trenton Revives Ancient Blue Law Statute
In Trenton on Sabbath, police recorded hundreds of names and addresses of residents who used golf courses, radios, gasoline, cigarettes, groceries, or trolley and bus travel. The 132 year old law bans non-religious music and certain commerce on Sunday with limited exceptions.
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Trenton
N. J
Mercer County Grand Jury
Bobby Jones Wins in British Amateur at St Andrews
Bobby Jones, American open champion, defeats S Roper Wollaton Park three up with three to play to reach the third round of the British amateur at St Andrews. Spectators numbered about 5000 as Jones produced stellar holes in the cradle of golf. John Robinson Halifax defeats Robert H Baugh Jr Oxford captain Birmingham three up two to play in a second round.
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Scotland
Bobby Jones
S. Roper
Wollaton Park
Jones
Sydney Roper
Nottingham
John Robinson
Halifax
Robert H. Baugh, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Oxford
Census shows Salem population up 1.7 percent
Salem Massachusetts census figures list a total population of 43 287, an increase of 758 residents, or 1.7 percent, reflecting growth since the previous count.
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Salem
Mass
Chicagoan Snoozes Behind Wheel Ends in Ditch Crash
Chicago May 26 police report a tired Howard Gessler fell asleep at the wheel and steered his moving car into a water-filled ditch. He crawled out yawning and left to dry clothes while officers searched the wreckage and offered the station-house hospitality.
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Chicago
Howard Gessler
Gessvner
Gessler
Bootleg Rolls Featured By New Brunswick Cafe
A New Brunswick cafe advertised fresh bootleg rolls for Sunday dinner drawing interest as bread deliveries resume after two weeks. A1 bids sparked by revival of old laws mingled with local scenes as a bakery truck traded loaves with a restaurant car in Stelton.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Stelton
Miami Leads Nation With Record Census Growth
1930 census shows Miami Florida booming from 29,571 to 110,025 residents yielding a 272.1 percent rise, far surpassing rivals Long Beach Texas Houston Chattanooga and Oklahoma City in growth. Hamtramck and Highland Park drop from double digit gains to about 15 percent.
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Washington
Miami
Florida
Long Beach
California
Houston
Chattanooga
Tenn
Oklahoma City
Hamtramck
Mich
Highland Park
McBride Sees Morrow Nominated as Wet for Presidency
Milwaukee May 26 F Scott McBride, Anti-Saloon League chief, told West Allis church that Dwight W Morrow entering New Jersey politics signals Republicans grooming a wet candidate for 1932. McBride called Morrow a statesman and capable, but warned a wet Morrow could not be elected president. He argued GOP aims to align with public sentiment on Prohibition repeal.
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Milwaukee
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
West Allis Methodist Church
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Republican Party
McBride
Morrow
Utilities Magnate's Family Recovering From Fire Injuries
In Southampton New York May 26 utilities financier Lusien T Tyng his wife and three guests were injured when a blaze destroyed the Tyng summer home and a maid died. The loss was estimated up to 200000 dollars. The group was hospitalized with minor burns and smoke inhalation.
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Southampton
N. Y
Lusien T. Tyng
Big Wife
Tyng
Casey Greene
William Allen Hunt Bartlett
Southampton Hospital
Queen Mary Celebrates 63rd Birthday at Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary marks her sixty third birthday in private Buckingham Palace with the royal family gathered for congratulatory gifts. Grandchildren add festive energy as they present tokens with evident enthusiasm.
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England
Buckingham Palace
Grundy campaign cost him $291,000 in Pennsylvania primary
The senate committee disclosed that Senator Joseph R. Grundy spent 291000 of his own money on his unsuccessful renomination bid. Secretary James J. Davis contributed about 10541 from personal funds while campaign expenses totaled 332074 for Grundy. The joint committee handled the Davis and Brown campaigns.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Joseph R. Grundy
James J. Davis
Grundy
Davis
Francis Shunk Brown
William S. Ware
Francis H. Bohlen
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Bohlen-Phillips
Lincoln
Nye
Gold Star Mothers Rest From Strain of Week's Activity
Paris reports Gold Star Mothers easing from the emotional strain of visiting battlefields and graves of sons who died in the Great War. The first group stayed in hotels or took short tours while the second prepared for a strenuous week ahead. Souvenir shopping flourished as shops sold items like a miniature tin hat and other keepsakes.
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Cherbourg
France
Mme
August Bouchard
Blanche C. Hill
Kentucky
Paris
Tariff Bill Seen as Boon to Agriculture by Commission
The Tariff Commission reports that agriculture benefits from the Smoot Hawley tariff. Using 1928 data it estimates about 68 percent of higher duties apply to agricultural imports. Total 1928 import duties were $542,242,592 with $522,649,383 comparable to the pending bill. The estimate forecasts duties on comparable items at $629,076,152, a gain of $106,426,769, of which $72,181,314 would affect agricultural raw materials and farm product products.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Commission
New Parachute Jump Record
Bert White, 27, set an unofficial world parachute jump record yesterday from a plane at 25 000 feet over the Mojave Desert near Lancaster California. White was unconscious from the jump until midair and landed 28 minutes later after his parachute deployed automatically by a cord attached to the plane.
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Los Angeles
Bert White
Mojave Desert
Lancaster
Cal
White
Earl Gordon
Organic Union Plan of Presbyterians Is Postponed By Vote
Charlottesville Va May 26 The Southern Presbyterian church failed to unite with the United Presbyterian church as 92 Presbyteries reported 37 for, 29 against, 25 for postponing action and one abstaining. The Ozarks school at Hollister Mo was chosen for the 1931 meeting and Montreal NC was also considered. The union proposal was sent from the 1929 assembly and many Presbyteries planned to delay action pending broader consolidation.
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Charlottesville
Southern Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
School of the
Assembly
School of the Ozarks
United Presbyterians
Nationalist Government Faces Back To Wall Struggle
Shangai dispatch reports the nationalist government of China fighting with its back to the wall amid civil war in North China and bandit and red armies in many provinces. It seeks funds for military actions amidst an ongoing economic crisis.
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Shanghai
China
Foster Nominated for Governor by State Communists
William Z. Foster was chosen as the Communist party candidate for governor at a convention in Chenectady. He did not attend, as he was held in New York County jail on charges arising from a March 6 communist demonstration in New York.
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Chenectady
N. Y
William Z. Foster
Foster
New York County
New York
City of Honolulu Catches Fire at Honolulu Pier
The liner City of Honolulu ignited at pier 8 in Honolulu and three hours later volunteers scuttled the vessel to stop flames from reaching 16,000 barrels of oil in the after holds.
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Onolulu
City of Honolulu
Charges Dropped in Crickmore Shooting Case
Powell and Brantley of Battleboro faced assault with a deadly weapon charges over the Crickmore shooting, but the warrants were dismissed at a preliminary hearing. Crickmore was wounded while riding with Powell's daughter, a Battleboro police chief’s daughter, as a manhunt probed over 30 arrests with no solid link found.
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Tarboro
Joe Powell
Walter Brantley
Battleboro
Frank Crickmore
Rocky Mount
W. Stamps
Crickmore
Powell
Brantley
Edgecombe County
Supreme Court Quashes LAW Test Case on Prohibition
The Supreme Court today quashed the Farrar pro ban test case from Boston in a key ruling. It also avoided ruling on whether a liquor buyer who knows shipment is involved can be prosecuted for conspiracy.
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Supreme Court
Washington
James F. Farrar
Boston
Supreme Court ruling on liquor buyers spurs bill push
The Supreme Court upheld Alfred E. Norris's conviction holding a buyer could be treated as guilty by pleading nolo contendere. Justice Sutherland noted Congress had not added laws to charge buyers, but the decision may revive efforts to criminalize buyers with a bill pending.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sheppard
Alfred E. Norris
New York
Philadelphia
High Court
Norris
Farrar
Sutherland
Congress
Lowman
The
Treasury
Union Labor Wins High Court Fight
Union labor won a major Supreme Court ruling when an injunction against the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, part of the Southern Pacific system, was sustained. The case centered on company unions and the railroad’s alleged interference with employee choice of representatives in labor disputes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas and
New Orleans
Southern Pacific System
Brotherhood Railway and Steamship Clerks
Four Aces and a Jack Fight Turns into Jail Visit
In Chicago on May 26 a poker dispute over four jacks and an ace versus four aces and a jack led to fistfights. Nine players were jailed as peaceful passersby watched the casino-style quarrel end with authorities.
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Chicago
Joseph Gorman
Maypole Avenue
Bcard
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