Georgia tobacco growers seek relief over prices
Georgia tobacco growers pressed for relief as prices fall below production costs. The push, backed by Senator George and Congressman Edwards, calls for a federal investigation led by Attorney General Mitchell and appeals to the Federal Trade Commission. Initiatives include a Savannah meeting with Farm Board officials, and potential use of up to 5 million dollars to aid farmers through the Southeastern Agricultural Products Cooperative.
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Atlanta
Mitchell
George
Edwards
Georgia
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Waycross
Savannah
F. B. Bomberger
Federal Farm Board
The
Southeastern Agricultural Products’ Cooperative
Eugene Talmadge
Farm Board
Savannah Cooperative Association
Tobacco
Talmade
Calles Weds Leonor Llorente in Simple Mexico City Ceremony
Former Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles, 52, and Senorita Leonor Llorente wed in a civil ceremony at his Santa Barbara hacienda near Mexico City. Fewer than a dozen witnesses attended as farm work continued nearby, with officials and family members present.
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Marines Leonor Llorente
Mexico City
Santa Barbara
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Senorita Leonor Llorente
Ernestina Robinson
Alfredo Calles
General Calles
Senorita Liorente
Interior
Eiva Palacio
T. R. Robinson
Ramon Solido
Heated political battles near end in Tennessee races
Voters in Sullivan County and Kingsport will decide party nominees for Congress, Senate, state offices, and county posts in a tense primary. The Todd Hull U.S. Senate race dominates, with Todd gaining momentum and Hull maintaining a strong campaign. Carroll Reece and Sam Price also wage a fierce first district contest.
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Sullivan County
Kingsport
Congress
United States Senate
State Senate
Andrew L. Todd
Murfreesboro
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Todd
Hull
Carroll Reece
Sam W. Price
Price
Reece
L. F E. Gwinn
Henry H. Horton
Endurance plane forced down near Roosevelt Field
Red endurance monoplane piloted by Bob Black and Lou Reichers was forced to land at 6:05 p.m. near Salisbury golf club south of the air port after the motor died during a 13 day endurance attempt. The pilots, oil smeared but unhurt, planned to continue next day on a second plane after addressing the mechanical failure.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Bob Black
Lou’ Reichers
Salisbury Golf Club
Hunter Brothers of
Chicago
Black
Kentucky primary voting unusually light in August polls
Voters turned out sparsely across Kentucky’s six of eleven districts in a primary marked by smooth operation of the new election law. Ballots will be counted next weekday after poll closures, with no party contests in several districts and noted races including Marie Haller against J Lincoln Nussall and two Republican women challengers in other districts.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Marie Haller
J. Lincoln Newsall
Congress
Katherine Langley
Minerva Allen
Robert Blackburn
William Lewis
Charles Finley
William J. Fields
Fred M. Vinson
Ralph Gilbert
Virgil Chapman
John M. Robsion
Appeals Court
N. M. Logan
Williamson
Crippled Children’s Commission
Lively Chicago Gunman Jack Zuta Killed at Delafield
Gangland figure Jack Zuta who escaped a July 1 hit near State and Jackson streets in Chicago was tracked to a Delafield Wisconsin hotel where five killers shot him on August 1. Moran and Aiello face a new loss in their liquor trade, while police resume the investigation.
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Gangland
Delafield
Wis
Bugs” Moran
Joe Aiello
North Side
Ganglands
Zuta
Capone
Jake Lingle
Tribune
Detective Bureau
tSate
Jackson
Delafield Hotel
N. H. Goodman
Lakeview
German Airmen Brave Grueling Greenland Hop From Orkneys
Two German pilots Wolf ram Hirth and Oscar Weller, en route to America, completed a 1300 mile jump from the Orkneys to Greenland despite rough weather and misdirection. They secured warm clothing and awaited a favorable wind, with Danish permission for landing not yet granted. The next leg hinges on wind conditions, causing potential delay.
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Reyjavika
Iceland
Wolfram Hirth
Oscar Weller
America
Greenland
Orkney Islands
Hirth
Weller
Edgewaters
Arctic
Orkneys
Greeland
Wreck on Cotton Belt Freight Trains Kills Eight
Eight people die after a head on collision of two St. Louis Southwestern Railway freight trains at McNeill Arkansas on the main line. Between 50 and 60 box cars derailed as crews repair the damaged line. Officials say one crew overran orders while two train crews and three unidentified men were killed.
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Cotton Belt
H. W. Jennings
B. F. White
B. L. McKenzie
al E. Simpson
T. E. Hilburn
Jenings
White
McKenzie
Simpson
Hilburn
Texarkana
Pine Bluff
Ark
Endurance flight nears record as pilots hover over St Louis
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine completed 300 hours of sustained flight at 7 11 p m in their monoplane The Greater St Louis over Lambert St Louis field. They were 254 hours from matching the 554 hour endurance record set by the Hunter brothers in Chicago.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Greater St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Merchant Drowns in Estabuchie River
Israel Milstream a Laurel merchant drowned last night while swimming with his wife and friends in the Estabuchie river near Hattiesburg Mississippi. The incident occurred August 1 and authorities continued to investigate the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg, Miss
Israel Milstream
Laurel Merchant
Estabuchie River
Weather Summary From Local Station
Fair weather with no change expected. High Friday 87, low 60. Record highs and lows compare with last year. No rain expected. July averages show high 94.3, low 64.3, mean 79.3 with 5.76 inches of rain for July. Data taken at 6 30 p m local standard time.
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Eunn
Prohibition Raids Nets 28 Arrests in Phenix City
PHENIX CITY AL Aug 2 Three squads of Alabama prohibition enforcement officers arrested 28 men and women and continued raids for illicit liquor across the city as night fell.
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Phenix City
Ala
Alabama
Nine Confederate Veterans Added State's Pension Roll
Nine Confederate veterans were added to Tennessee's pension rolls at the July meeting, bringing the total to about 1,000 on the rolls. include J. D. Edwards and others from Lewisburg Bethpage Hermitage Finger Milan Memphis Normal Station and James Wilkins. Sixty widows were added, raising total Confederate widows pensioned to about 2,500, with names listed across Memphis Nashville Clarksville Chattanooga and other cities.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Confederate Pension Board
Edgar Graham
J. D. Edwards
Lewisburg
J. D. Dorris
Bethpage
Allen S. H. Dunn
Fountain Head
James T. Gleaves
Hermitage
W. H. Harris
Finger
Thomas E. Mercer
Mercer
B. D. Mills
Milan
T. J Sanders
Normal Station
Memphis
James Wilkins
Bessie R. Cannon
Julian A. Gregory
Peachtree Street
Daniel C. Jones
Vinton
Margaret E. Norris
South
Raynor
Eliza Ann Robinson
Faxon
Rebecca Ann Smith
Rufus D. Whitley
Willett Street
Laura L. Anderson
Clarksville
Delilah J. Ayers
McMinnville
Ella B. Cosby
Eighteenth Street
Chattanooga
Canseda Mitchell
Broad Street
Gertrude E. Dickinson
Johnson City
Giles Delia
Oliver Springs
Alma Haile
Celina
Martha Jones
Peace with India Appears Possible
Bombay August 2 AP A prelude to talks with Viceroy Lord Irwin followed Gandhi conferences as civil disobedience turned violent in Mumbai. Volunteers attempted to enter the fort area injuring 50 to 300 bystanders. Vallabhbhai Patel and Pandit Malaviya were arrested with four leaders as officials feared rioting would continue. The demonstration marked the anniversary of nationalist leader Tilka’s death. police stopped the march after a dawn clash and a parliamentary trial began amid disputes over dispersal orders.
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Bombay
Congress
Lord Irwin
Mahatma Gandhi
Forbidden Fort
Vallabhai Patel
All-India National Congress
Pandit Malaviya
Congress Working Committee
B. G. Tilka
Fort
Patel
Coral Earrings With Black Lace Highlight Willebrandt Style
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt attended a Woman's Press Club function wearing coral earrings and a matching black lace neckpiece. She paired them with a simple black taffeta evening dress and a striking ribbon arrangement at the low back, with hair drawn into a low knot.
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Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
TURN PEST INTO FERTILIZER MIL Waukesha ALFALFA KING
Quack grass roots, dug out and dried, should be turned under for fertilizer says Peter Schwartz of Waukesha Wisconsin known as the alfalfa king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.c.uekee
Wis
Peter Schwartz
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Dry Law Enforcers Target Aliens in Prohibition Sweep
Washington Aug 2 The reorganized enforcement bureau pushes a campaign against alien violators of prohibition statutes and the Jones law to secure felony convictions and deportations. The plan targets big operators to cut liquor supply, citing foreign-led underworld activity in Chicago and other cities. The Jones law allows deportation after a felony prison term, with 200 trained agents across 12 districts conducting prosecutions.
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Washington
Reorganized Enforcement Bureau
Chicago
Coolidge
Congress
Amos W. W. Woodstock
Prohibition
Moving Day Effects Phones in New York
The annual telephonic migration in New York relocates over 100000 telephones as residents move homes in spring and fall, creating substantial work for the New York Telephone Company.
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New York
New York Telephone Company
Conductor Killed by Switch Engine in Birmingham
S I Bigham a 60 year old freight conductor for the Seaboard Air Line was killed today in Birmingham when he was run over by a switch engine while connecting cars authorities said he lost his footing and fell beneath the wheels He is survived by his wife and eight children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
S. I. Bigham
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Bigham
Mencken Engaged To Miss Sara Haardt In Baltimore
Henry L. Mencken of Baltimore, editor and critic, announced his engagement to Miss Sara Powell Haardt, writer for popular magazines. The wedding is set for September 3 in Baltimore as they plan to reside there. Haardt, Montgomery native and local literary figure, has articles in American Mercury and other magazines and an upcoming novel The Making of a Lady.
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Baltimore
Sara Powell Haardt
Ienry L. Mencken
American Mercury
Anton Haardt
Montgomery
Ala
George Jean Nathan
New York
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FE. M. Neil
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Lula S. Malone
North Royal
Elizabeth Duncan
Georgia Sims
Cornell
Sarah Stoffell
McCalla Avenue
Julia Jack Young
Knoxville
Eloysa Barker
Mary J. Hendricks
Newbern
Margaret E. Bradsher
Oakland
Ella V. Campbell
Humboldt
Irena C. Chandler
Gladeville
Cullie Corn
Hillsboro
Fannie Curle
Shelbyville
Catherine Dalton
Dyer
Mary F. Derryberry
Lawrence
Emelene Dickerson
Tullahoma
Kate Dodsor
Millie Duffer
Josephine Edmondson
Smyrna
Lizzie English
Mt. Pleasant
Catherines. Green
Keeling
Dora Harris
Waverly
Lela F. Haynes
Gadsden
Jane Henry
Ripley
Nancy Herndon
Li Arsons
Margaret Isabella Jordan
Criselda F. King
Denver
Elizabeth
Whitwell
Martha G. Sanders
Jane Seiber
Hohenwald
Mary C. Thacker
Laura P. Turner
Covington
Kitty Williams
Eliza J. Wyrick
New Market
Henry Ford
Pay Firestone
Thomas A. Edison
Ford
East Orange
N. J
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India
Richard L. Turner
Henry L. Mencken
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