Respite Granted for Georgia Murder Suspect Gore
Georgia Governor Clifford Walker allowed a delay in Mell M. Gore's execution at Milledgeville state prison to 2 pm to permit further review. The case centers on Gore's involvement in the December killing of William H. Cheek, with Ruby Ray asserting she fired the shot. Ray was moved to Atlanta for questioning by Fulton County officials.
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Georgia Supreme Court
Gore
John D. Humphries
Walker
Milledgeville
Clifford Walker
Mell M. Gore
Milledgeville State Farm
William H. Cheek
Mell Gore
B. H. Dunaway
Ruby Ray
Atlanta
Ray
Fulton County
John A. Boykin
Richard B. Russell
Gate City Man Sought on Criminal Attack Charge
Greensboro police issued a warrant for Benton Henry Owen a Gate City carpenter after a dramatic assault on Miss Isa Barbee on her Groomtown road front porch. She was forced into a car driven away before being dumped and left to walk home. Officers fear he fled by roadster toward northern cities possibly aiming for Brazil.
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Greensboro
A. Pr
Benton Henry Owen
Isa Barbee
Groomtown
Owen
Brazil
Alligator Shot Near Wilmington Draws Crowd
In Wilmington area a six foot alligator was shot on a field by R L Foy of Scotts Hill. He used a rifle and later showed the carcass in his front yard as amazed passersby watched the event.
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Wilmington
R. L. Foy
Scotts Hill
Nebraskan receives sixty day bread and water sentence
Hartington Nebraska September 14 AP Judge Wilbur Bryant sentenced Fred S Dirks to sixty days in jail with ten days bread and water on a guilty plea for transporting He also imposed a 100 dollar fine and required a 200 dollar bond to assure future liquor law compliance An appeal looms for Max Saltzman and efforts to block Roy Carson from the diet sentence continue with a habeas corpus bid The case has drawn questions about due process and the health impact of prolonged dietary punishment
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Hartington
Neb
Tekamah
Wilbur Bryant
Fred S. Dirks
Bryant
Dirks
Saltzman
Burt County
R. C. Hunter
Omaha
Carson
J. H. Chatt
Orville Chatt
Hunter
Herbert R. Rhoades
Nebraska Supreme Court
Thomas Nelson
H. W. Benson
Nelson
Smith
Flashy Life Snippet on Boxing, Fines, and Daring Swim Feats
In Philadelphia ministers mock boxing crowds while America tunes in WEAF for 35 thousand dollars of broadcasting rights. Tex Rickard seeks 75 thousand for Dempsey Tunney film rights and insists on legal exhibition. New York reports Staff Sergeant Dee Kondas plans a two mile Narrows swim in full gear, noting his Greek birth.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Washington
Tex Rickard
Dempsey-Carpentier
Pennsylvania
New York
Uncle Sams
Dee Kondas
New York Harbor
Trudie
Mille
Ernst
Georges
Dee
Greece
Rising River Floods Wreck Kansas Farms Kill Five
In southeastern Kansas, floods from Sunday rains caused extensive damage in the Neosho and Verdigris valleys. Damages exceed four million dollars with five deaths. Red Cross chapters and state officials mobilize aid as forecasts threaten relief efforts.
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Emporia
Kas
Kansas
Neosho
Verdigris
Here
Oklahoma
Missouri
August Cotton Consumption and Stock Falls in Census Report
The Census Bureau reports August cotton consumption reaching 500,652 bales of line and 67,781 linters, up from July figures, with on hand stocks in consuming establishments and public storage detailed. State totals show August consumption at 859,708 bales, with July and August prior-year comparisons and stockpiles across presses and linters noted.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Old Printer Dead
Joseph A. Harris, 78, one of the state’s oldest newspaper men, died in Hillsboro. A Raleigh native, he apprenticed under Major Seaton Gales of the Raleigh Sentinel. Funeral at St Matthews Episcopal Church tomorrow afternoon. Survived by widow, two sons Edward Monroe and Charles Hines Harris of Philadelphia, and brother Edward E. Harris of Winston-Salem.
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Hillsboro
Joseph A. Harris
Harris
Raleigh
Major Seaton Gales
Raleigh Sentinel
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Edward Monroe
Charles Hines Harris
Philadelphia
Edward E. Harris
Winston-Salem
Foundling Left In Gastonia Car Foundling Foundling In Gastonia Car
In Gastonia on Sept 14 AP report said Bill McArver found a six week old baby wrapped in a newspaper in his automobile. After an hour with no claimant the police were notified and the welfare department sent for the infant.
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Gastonia
Bill McArver
Bill
Foundling
Mrs. Kellar
Nine states vote on party standard bearers in decisive primaries
Voters in South Carolina and eight other states sought party standard bearers for governor and federal offices. In Columbia, E D Smith faced Edgar A Brown for the U S Senate amid farm policy and world court debates. Other contests included Richards vs Blackwood for governor and congressional races in the Seventh District. Polls closed 4 pm with Columbia and Charleston extending to 6 pm.
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Brown and Smith
Columbia
S. C
United States
South Carolina
E. D. Smith
Edgar A. Brown
House of Representatives
N. B. Dial
Smith
Brown
Dial
The
World Court
Senate
John G. Richards
I. C. Blackwood
Richards
Blackwood
Hampton P. Fulmer
Ernest M. Dupre
Dan R. Starkie
Charleston
Washington
Washington Cook
Governor's Council
Massachusetts
William M. Butler
Republican National Committee
David I. Walsh
Louisiana
Bro
Colorado
Rice W. Means
Clarence C Hamlin
Ellison D. Smith
Maine Goes Republican Solid in State Election
Maine voters favored Republicans as Governor Ralph O. Brewster won re election by about 20,000 and the four congressmen were all reelected. The turnout was roughly 67,000 fewer than two years ago when Brewster defeated Democrat W. R. Pattangall.
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Portland
Maine
Ralph O. Brewster
Ernest L. McLean
Augusta
Brewster
W. R. Pattangall
Ed Clinard in Serious Illness Prognosis
The condition of Ed Clinard worsened today with reports indicating he is seriously ill this afternoon casting concern among his family and community.
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Mr. Clinard
Ed Clinard
Third Klonvocation of Kluckers Gets Under Way At the Nation's Capital
Kinney Wagner on trial in Leakesville for the murder of Greene County deputy Dock McIntosh. He previously escaped jail after a string of killings including Webb and Smith in 1925. The Klonvocation in Washington opened with a parade and large crowds as Klan members gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Leakesville
Miss
Kinney Wagner
Dock McIntosh
Greene County
Wagner
McIntosh
Gate City
Hubert Webb
John Smith
Kingsport
Desperado
Tex
Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania Avenue
Peace Monument
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Capitol
SOS from British freighter Loyal Citizen near Bermuda
An SOS from the Loyal Citizen was picked up by Independent Wireless Telegraph Station near Bermuda. No distress details were received. the ship, en route from Norfolk to Cardiff, Wales, was believed to be in a hurricane zone. Radio was shut down locally for possible further word. Location given: 31.18 N, 67 W.
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New York
Bermuda
Independent
Norfolk
Cardiff
Wales
Wreck of Missouri Pacific Sunshine Special Deliberate
Officials announced the Missouri Pacific Sunshine Special wreck from New Orleans to St. Louis near McGehee Arkansas was deliberate. Engineer George Bushey of Little Rock was killed and fireman H J Munda of Little Rock was severely injured after rail fastenings were moved and spikes pulled. A spike puller and wrench were found by the road bed.
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Little Rock
Ark
New Orleans
St.aal
George Bushey
H. J. Munda
McGehee
Train Engine Overturns Injuring Two in Winston-Salem
Engineer Swift Hooper and Fireman J H Wall of Winston-Salem were injured when Engine 1 on the Wilkesboro line overturned at the 21st street crossing. They were taken to the hospital with non serious injuries, and no passengers were hurt as the coaches stayed on the track.
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Winston-Salem
Swift Hooper
J. H. Wall
Wilkesboro
21St Street
N L Hall dies suddenly on railway inspection
N L Hall 76 a roadmaster for the Southern Railway on the Winston Salem division died suddenly about 11 30 a m en route to the wreck of a passenger train in Donnaha while inspecting the line to North Wilkesboro. He had served the company forty years and was roadmaster seven years.
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Winston-Salem
N. L. Hall
Winston Salem
The
Southern Railway
Hall
Southern
North Wilkesboro
Donnaha
Mr. Hall
Greensboro
Federal Trade Commission cites 27 furniture makers over unfair advertising
The federal trade commission accused twenty seven Grand Rapids furniture firms of unfairness in advertising and selling veneered furniture. Many operate nationwide. The action was docketed today in Washington.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Grand Rapids, Mich
Commission
Merton denies knowledge of fee going to any US official
New York AP report on Richard Merton the German industrialist testifying in the Daugherty Miller trial. He says he had weak legal claim over war stock transfer to Societe Suisse and that he paid King a $59,000 retainer and $391,000 in liberty bonds. He asserts no knowledge of any official receiving part of the fee.
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Merton
United States
Seciete Suisse
America
Buckner
John T. King
Cording
Societe Suisse Pour Valeur Des Metaux
American Metals Company
Washington
William Rand
Miller
King
Daugherty
Supreme Court
Switzerland
Mack
Emory R. Buckner
Daugherty Miller Trial Details Disputed Commission Link
Federal jurors hear that 241000 in commissions stemmed from 7 million paid by the United States to alien claimants while no direct link is shown to ex Attorney General Harry M Daugherty or ex alien property custodian Thomas W Miller The chief government witness says he does not know of any government official set to receive funds in the deal and Richard Merton heads the German metal syndicate involved in the transactions.
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New York
Richard Merton
America
American Metals Company
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
United States
Officials meet with Florida governor over Punam county lawlessness
Sheriff Hancock and Mayor Waymer met Governor Martin in Tallahassee to seek action after evidence of 63 floggings in Punam county in the past year. Reports say mobs terrorized residents, with two white women beaten and two murders noted. Earl Sapp is held as a suspect as a 350 page report is prepared for the grand jury.
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Tallahassee
Fla
R. J. Hancock
Punam County
F. S. Waymer
Palatka
Martin
Putnam County
Hancock
Earl Sapp
Atkins
Eighth Judicial District
Fred Queen Hurt After Being Struck in Indianapolis
Fred Queen of Charlotte was carried to Concord after injuries from being struck by an automobile in Indianapolis yesterday. The driver is unknown and Queen is expected to recover.
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Auto Concord
Fred Queen
Charlotte
Kannapolis
Queen
Pennsylvania Court Injunctions Do Not Affect Dempsey Tunney Fight
Attorney General George W. Woodruff says Indiana injunction against the Dempsey Tunney bout has no legal effect in Pennsylvania. He comments on the case as a matter of news in local courts.
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Philadelphia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
George W. Woodruff
State News Briefs Highlight Local Ad Yet Unlocated
Raleigh ad seeks William E. Mahon of Buffalo in a state prison term. advertiser Raleigh address cannot be found. Raleigh circus day includes the governor and Mr McLean taking children to the show. Durham man Howe Jr faces manslaughter warrant related to Poindexter death. Winston-Salem judge to bar intoxicated drivers for one year with a suspended sentence option.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
William E. Mahon
Buffalo
N. Y
Advertiser
McLean
Durham
Edward K. Howe, Jr
W. N. Poindexter, Jr
Winston-Salem
T. W. Watson
Municipal Court
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John Cataldo
Revere
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Union
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Puman County
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