Evanson named new zone head for Pontiac in Memphis
Bevengon appointed as new manager of the Pontiac Motor Co zone with headquarters in Memphis. He succeeds W. J. Conners who resigned and arrives after three months as assistant zone manager in Kansas City. Evenson brings nearly twenty years in auto industry and seventeen years in GM sales work. He has begun his duties in Memphis.
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Evenson
W. J. Conners
Kansas City
Pontine
Mich
General Motors
Veena-mint laxative gum touted for digestion
An old advertisement promotes Veena-mint a chewing gum laxative claiming it relieves constipation during childbirth and everyday digestion. It markets a minty taste and even distribution through the stomach and intestines, promising non habit forming use for children and adults with a money back guarantee and family-sized packages.
Nashville visitors and local social notes
Mrs C M McLarty of Nashville spends the week with her son George C McLarty’s family. Miss Virginia Wray Holt, recent Henderson College graduate, returns home to spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs H R Holt. Mr and Mrs Claud Steuart and daughter visit W T Cooley. Miss Dulcie D Holt leaves for Arkadelphia for a six week teaching course at Henderson State Teachers College. Chas Bryant of Nashville was a business visitor here Monday.
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C. M. McLarty
Nashville
George C. McLarty
Virginia Wray Holt
Henderson College
H. R. Holt
Claud Steuart
Highland
W.T. Cooley
Dulcie D. Holt
Arkadelphia
Henderson State Teachers College
Chas. Bryant
Luciano Case Nearing End in Prostitution Trial
New York jury in the Charles Lucky Luciano case nears verdict as prosecutors rest and the defense presents final testimony. Patrolman Helelt recounts taking witness Mildred Balitzer to nightclubs while she was intoxicated, though sober during questioning. Defense attorney Caesar Barra questions Dewey staff influence as closing arguments begin.
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New York
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
George Helelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Mildred Balitzer
Bali
France and Britain May Lift Embargo on Italy
Diplomatic sources report France and Britain open to lifting sanctions on Italy if Mussolini maintains the present Mediterranean and Central Europe status. Talks followed Eden and Leon Blum on May 15, with a June 29 League Council session delay to allow settlement of the Italo Ethiopian issue and possible broader disarmament moves under Blum's policy.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Europe
Anthony Eden
Leon Blum
Ethiopia
Britain
League of Nations Council
Blum
Hitler
London
Blumy
League
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Blum Seeks Avert Crisis in France
Paris reports Premier Leon Blum urged 500000 striking workers to avoid disorder and pass a 40 hour week. He ordered cabinet action to avert industrial paralysis and transferred interior and labor powers to ministers as strikes spread across the nation. Several first time socialist ministers and women joined the cabinet amid food supply concerns in Paris.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Mremiership
Stoger Salen
Albert Lebrum
Stabbed in Night Club Fight Leaves Man Critical
MEMPHIS Tenn. Elmer Kennedy 24 of Forrest City is in critical condition at a Memphis hospital after a knife attack during a Forrest City night club fight. His mother gave two blood transfusions. EF Mills of Colt St. Francis county was jailed for assault to kill. Kennedy said he was wounded when he tried to stop the fight. Mills claimed Kennedy struck first and drew his knife in self defense.
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Memphis
Tenn
Forrest City
Elmer Kennedy
Walter Kennedy
EF. C. Mills
Colt
St. Francis County
J. M. Campbell
Campbell
Kennedy
Haanon
Mills
Federal aid urged as rain prayers move Georgia farmers
Article notes calls for Sunday prayer meetings to ask for rain, with direct federal grants proposed by Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder to aid relief. Dealers raise prices, potatoes hit $4 a bushel wholesale in Atlanta, beans up to 2 dollars per hamper amid supply strains. Estimates place North Carolina drought losses near 50 million, with Tennessee and others at around 20 million. Also mentions time zones: every 15 degrees longitude adds one hour to the new day, circling the globe shows the same day ending and beginning at the 180th meridian.
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Georgia
Tom Linder
Atlanta
Dean J. O. Schaub
North Carolina
Landon Seen Clinching Republican Nomination Gains
Cleveland report notes Alf Landon’s surge toward the Republican presidential nomination with Indiana’s 24 delegates added atop Connecticut’s breakthrough. Massachusetts appears near capitulation as allies coordinate to derail Landon while Hoover contemplates addressing the convention and expresses skepticism toward Landon’s qualifications and ties to interests.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Alf Linsdon
Kansas
Indiana
Connecticut
Landon
Typhoid Fever Dying Out in United States
The American Medical Association reported typhoid fever is dying out in the United States. Deaths in 93 large cities fell from 470 in 1934 to 385 last year, with 78 cities totaling 348 victims. In 1910, deaths reached 4,637.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
United States
Day Not Guilty in Prison Death
James Day, 21, acquitted of murdering Richard Loeb in a case tied to the Bobby Franks kidnapping. The jury spared him an added term, while Day faced parole considerations after 53 minutes of deliberation. An omitted portion references Day's self defense claim and prior larceny sentence in Cook County.
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Nathan Leopold
Lock
Edwin L. Wilson
Day
Lynchburg
Chicago
Cook County
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Tokio
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Staley
Lipton’s
Jewel Coffee
Country Club
Latonia Club
Chuck
K. C
Luciano Case
Blunt
Albert Sarrivat
Jea Chiappe
Munipal Council
Sarruvt
Rockefellers
John Peter
America
Eleanor Powell
Miss Powell
Hoover
Massachusetts
Knox
Landen
Senator Borah
Liptons
U. S
Armour
Kraft
Hobbs Meres
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NORGE
ARC
Hope Furniture CO
Hue Ee Pass
Tisou
U.S
Ud. Liiters
Milwaukee
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