Mob Hangs Accused Man After Jail Raid in Almo
A mob of about 100 men stormed Crockett county jail in Almo Tennessee early today and hanged 19 year old Joe Boxley from a tree four miles from town after removing him from jail. The victim had been jailed in Trenton and transported here for custody. A cardboard note on the tree read let this hang here until 4 p m Thursday. The mob also seized the key to the Almo jail from Sheriff Emmerson’s home during the rampage.
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Almo
Tenn
Crockett County
Joe Boxley
Gibson County
Trenton
C. A. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Sheriff Emmerson
Experts Agree On New Set Figures For Reparations
Paris May 29 Experts for creditors agreed on a new set of figures for reparations annuities and presented them to the German delegation. The proposal would extend the Dawes plan payments until September 1 and set younger plan annuities to take effect afterward. If Germany approves, Allies could proceed to address Germanys stated conditions and creditors reservations.
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Paris
Germany
Fruit Fly Quarantine May Get Extended Nationwide
Washington May 29. Secretary Hyde announced public hearings to consider extending quarantine areas for the Mediterranean fruit fly. Discovery of larvae in Dallas Texas and other states revived fears of massive economic losses if the insect spreads from Florida citrus groves.
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Washington
Hyde
Dallas
Texas
Florida
Helen Wills Advances to Fourth Round at French Championships
Paris May 29 Miss Helen Wills defending her women's singles title in the French championships reached the fourth round by defeating Ruth Tapscott 6-1 6-3 6-5 in the second set.
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Paris
Helen Wills
Ruth
Billie Tapscott
South Africa
Helen
Senate action shifts to census reapportionment bill
In Washington the Senate readies for a vote on the census reapportionment bill after Buffeted amendments. The House passed its tariff measure 264 to 147 and will reconvene for miscellaneous bills. Senate commerce and agriculture debates focus on labor inquiries and the Muscle Shoals project reemergence.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
House
Sackett
Kentucky
Hoover
McNary
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agriculture Committee
Norris
Nebraska
Coolidge
Senate Manufactures Committee
Wheeler
Montena
Federal Trade Commission
English Hold Elections Tomorrow
Britain readies for its first general election since 1924 with 615 seats at stake and 27 million eligible voters including 5.9 million enfranchised women. Conservatives Labor and Liberals contest in a likely hung parliament as King George may form a coalition or order a new vote.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
George
England
Scotland
Wales
Stanley Baldwin
Labor Party
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Commons
David Lloyd George
Liberals
Lloyd George
Commons
New Women's Altitude Record Is Claimed
Miss Marvel Crosson of Los Angeles reportedly reached 24,000 feet in a flight. Official confirmation hangs on altitude verification by the Bureau of Standards under the National Aeronautical Association. The prior record of 20,270 feet was set earlier this year by Mrs Louise Thaden of Oakland California.
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Los Angeles
Marvel Crosson
Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
National Aeronautical Association
Crosson
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Oakland
Cal
Death Toll From Typhoon In Southern Leyte Province
The death toll from last Friday's typhoon in Southern Leyte rose to 112 as communications were restored. Initial reports listed 10 fatalities, with isolated towns delaying casualty tallies. The Philippine Red Cross organized relief while provinces were authorized to spend 1000 pesos for sufferers.
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Leyte
Manila
Philippine Red Cross
Sogod
Antiguo
Lindberghs Hideaway Plane Spotted at Schenectady
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow left Englewood after their marriage and have not been located. A Blue Falcon plane fueled for a thousand mile flight was found at Schenectady airport, with two parachutes aboard, amid a confusing search and pursuit by reporters.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Schnectady
N. Y
Roosevelt Field
Schenectady
Upstate
Falcon
Randy Enslow
Lindbergh
Trade Board Reverses on Textile Labor Probe
The Senate manufactures committee reversed its prior plan and referred the proposed textile labor conditions inquiry to the Federal Trade Commission and Tariff Commission. The move shifts the probe from the Senate to federal agencies.
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Probe 10 Trade Board
Washington
Senate Manufactures Committee
Federal Trade Commission and Tariff Commission
Senate
Prisoners Get Credit for Working Sundays
Governor Gardner orders that state and county jail prisoners who work seven days a week receive an extra day of earned time weekly. About 200 inmates statewide will have their sentences shortened by one seventh.
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Raleigh
Gardner
Fahy Surpasses 27th Hour in Endurance Flight
In Los Angeles on May 29 Herbert J. Fahy piloted a Lockheed Vega solo endurance flight past the 27 hour mark at 7 43 05 a m aiming to break Martin Jensen’s 35 hour 33 minute 21 second record for solo endurance.
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Los Angeles
Herbert J. Fahy
Martin Jensen
Law Commission Begins Wide Probe Into Public Disobedience
Washington May 29 The national law enforcement commission led by George W Wickersham meets to plan a year long study of causes behind general law disobedience with prohibition as one aspect It will survey existing reports and data then form dedicated task groups with a $250000 fund to assist investigations Open hearings may be decided later and the aim is to make law enforcement more effective and swift.
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Washington
Hoover
National Law Enforcement Commission
George W. Wickersham
Wickersham
Editor Douglas Freeman in Critical Condition
Richmond May 29. Dr Douglas S Freeman editor of the Richmond News Leader underwent emergency operation for removal of a section of the intestinal tract. He remained in critical but slightly improved condition with doctors citing a precarious prognosis after his attack last Saturday.
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Richmond
Douglas S. Freeman
Richmond News-Leader
Bobby Jones Loses Golf Set In Stolen Auto in New York
New York May 29. Bobby Jones reported his complete set of golf clubs stolen from an automobile parked in front of an apartment house overnight. Police have not found the clubs as Jones prepared to take a train to Atlanta.
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New York
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Cone eliminates Jones in Carolinas Woman's Golf first round
At Sedgefield Country Club Greensboro May 29 Mrs Bernard Cone of Greensboro defeats defending champion Mrs R R Jones Winston Salem 3 and 1 to exit Jones from the Carolinas Woman's Golf tournament. Jones rallied briefly but Cone held on clinching victory on the 17th green with a six after a five by Cone.
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Sedgefield Country Club
Greensboro
N. C
R. R. Jones
Winston- Salem
Carolinas
Bernard Cone
Winston-Salem
Cone
Richard Thigpen
Durham
Jones
Matt Wall
High Point
Edna Hirshinger
Charlotte
Marshall Crichton
South Carolina
Conway Thompson
Spartanburg
Palmetto State
Newsome and Knoeppel Named Rotary Presidency Nominees
Raymond J. Knoeppel of New York and Eugene Newsome of Durham North Carolina were the sole candidates nominated for Rotary International president. The election is scheduled for tomorrow in Dallas.
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Newsome
Knoeppel
Rotary
Dallas
Texas
Raymond J. Knoeppel
New York
Eugene Newsome
Durham
N. C
Rotary International
Bellamy Named in Damage Suit
The case involves Grace Stemple of Ellerbe suing John D. Bellamy, former sixth district congressman and New Hanover County bar member, for 50 000 in damages for alleged slander. The suit, filed in Richmond County Civil Court before Judge Thomas J. Shaw, follows Stemple’s acquittal in a related theft trial in Wilmington.
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Rockingham
John D. Bellamy
New Hanover County
Grace Stemple
Ellerbe
Thomas J. Shaw
Shaw
Richmond County
State Supreme Court Rules Injured Sue Policyholder Not Insurer
Raleigh May 29 The State supreme court held that an injured person may sue the policyholder rather than the liability insurer in accidents involving a policyholder. The decision reverses the Superior Court in Peeler vs Casualty Company Mecklenburg county and affirms several other cases including Newberry vs Draughon Harnett and Noland vs City of Asheville Buncombe.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Peeler Vs Casualty Company
Mecklenburg County
Newberry
Draughon
Harnett
Lowery
Lumber Company
Jones
Stanback
Citizens National
Coast Line Reports April Operating Income
Atlantic Coast Line reports net operating income for April to the Interstate Commerce Commission totaling 2,274,171 for 1929 and 1,060,083 for 1928, as part of railroad financial disclosures.
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A.C. L
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Coast Line
Disaster Threatens In Attempts To Take Off From Old Orchard
OLD ORCHARD Maine May 29 Trans Atlantic monoplanes Green Flash and Yellow Bird postponed after takeoff attempts ended in near disaster. Pilot Williams said an early start tomorrow would allow daylight flying. Backer Lotti Lotti said repairs and fuel would be ready for a second attempt.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Green Flash
Yellow Bird
Roger Q. Williams
Lotti
Armeno Lotti
Paris
Norris Resolution Favors Government Operation of Muscle Shoals
Washington May 29 The Norris resolution to provide for government operation of the Muscle Shoals property in Alabama was reported favorably by the agricultural committee. The report passed unanimously by 13 members present. Nebraska author of the measure, identical to the one previously pocket vetoed by President Coolidge, doubts Senate action before recess.
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Washington
Norris
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Senate
Nebraska
Coolidge
Kohler Signs Wisconsin Prohibition Enforcement Repeal
Governor Kohler signed the bill repealing Wisconsin prohibition enforcement after voters favored repeal by about 150000 in spring elections. The measure passed the assembly a month earlier and the senate two weeks earlier, with attempts to block its passage failing in both houses.
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Madison
Wis
Kohler
Assembly
Senate
Southern Cross Heads to Florida for Chile Flight Tests
The biplane Southern Cross left Washington early today for Daytone Beach Florida where tests are planned before a flight to Chile and Argentina.
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Southern Cross
Washington
Daytone Beach
Fla
Chile
Argentina
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Tennessee
Miss Colorado
Elva Lyvette Roy
Colorado
Galveston
Tex
Internal Revenue Post
Robert H. Lucas
Louisville
Internal Revenue
Lucas
David H. Blair
Lindy
Lone Eagle
Fahy
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Douglas Freeman
GAR
Tunney
Specialist
Thei Villa
Gene Tunney
Brioni
Italy
A. W. Meyer
Berlin
Mrs. Cone
Mrs. Jones
Sedgefield
Bellamy
Jean Assolant
Rene le Fevre
Lewis A. Yancey
Air
Bellanca
Wisconsin
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