Bank Organizer Swank Arrested In Kingsport Case
Swank, an organizer of a proposed Morristown tied industrial bank, was arrested by Blount County officers on a warrant sworn before Magistrate J. Hy Jones. Charged with obtaining money under false pretense, he allegedly obtained 5000 in Liberty bonds from Mrs. Griffiths near Greenback and promised bonds for a Jefferson City bank. The case involves B L Palmer and the Morristown Industrial Savings and Loan Bank, with Smith also linked to the incident. Continued on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hy Jones
Creenback
Tennessee
MeTeer
Blount
Gownty
Kingsport
B. L. Palner
Morristown
Swank
TE. Heil Smith
Dimplayus
Industrial Savings and Loan Bank of
United States
Griffiths
Greenback
Vial Savings
Jefferson City
Kings and Lean Bank
Griffith
Palmer
Welmon paSinake
Smith
Courtney
Floods drown many in Mexico Tampico area
Aug 11 dispatch from Tampico reports widespread floods in northern Vera Cruz and southern Tamaulipas. Evacuations spread across inundated districts as rivers Tempoal Panuco and Tamesi burst, drowning villagers, severing water and communications, and forcing Red Cross relief to reach 3000 refugees in Panuco amid food shortages and disorder fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico
IAP
Tampigo
Punuco
Tamesi
Vera Graz
Tamaulidas
Interor
Tampoal
Vera Cruz
Tames
Tamaulpias
Tampico Red Cross
Expect Meteor Shower Tonight in Pasadena
Amateur astronomers, led by Alfred H. Joy of Mount Wilton Observatory, are urged to count meteors tonight and Wednesday as Earth intersects the Perseid path. Joy predicts over a million visible nationwide. Data should be sent to Dr. Charles P. Oliver of the University of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Alfred H. Joy
Mount Wilton Observatory
Joy
Charles P. Oliver
University of Pennsylvania
Johnson on Stand in Trial of Leal
In Asheville Tennessee publisher Colonel Luke Lea faces conspiracy charges to defraud Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Nashville. M Dr Johnson former assistant cashier testified with records linking Lea to Central Bank transactions and a $80 000 Central Bank note endorsement. The trial also involves Wallace B Davis E P Charlee and Luke Lea Jr. with a grand jury indictment seeking about 1.8 million in losses. The court paused for a conference on evidence admissibility as the ledger details were reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. G
Central Bank and Trust Company
E. P. Charlee
Nashville
Luke Lea
Johnson
Colonel Lea
Liberty Bank
Central
Lea-Liberty-Central
Lea
Tennessee
Central Bank
R. B. Moseley
Liberty
Zeb V. Nettles
M. ¥. Barnhill
Cuba Faces Civil War as Revolt Spreads Across Island
Havana under martial law as President Machado uses emergency powers to crush a growing rebellion. Skirmishes near Guanabacoa leave several dead and wounded. insurgent leadership reportedly reaches Oriente coast. Coast guard vessels shift allegiance. Congress expands martial law nationwide while authorities vow swift action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Gerard Machado
Congress
Guanabacoa
San Nicolas
Aarames
Mario Menaul
Oriente
Menceal
Machado
Guba
Baire
Cuban Congress
Pinar del Rio
Interior
Zubizrreta
Nautilus Drifts After Engine Trouble in Arctic Mission
The submarine Nautilus, part of Sir Hubert Wilkins North Pole expedition, reported to be adrift off Tromsø after leaving for Svitzenbergen. Engine trouble, unreparable by crew, forced repairs overnight. a motorboat from Tromsø aided efforts as the vessel drifted with strong currents and narrow sound, raising fears of grounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tromsoe
Norway
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Arctic
Submarine voyage and repairs span across Atlantic voyage
Weather reports and naval telegraph combine with a narrative of Sir Huerbt Wilking's Atlantic crossing in the submarine Nautilus from Provincetown, engine failure, tow to Ireland, repairs in Bergen and Plymouth, and a northward voyage toward Spitzbergen, amid later weather forecasts and small craft advisories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Huerbt Wilking
Atlantic
Provincetown
Wyoming
Ireland
Cobh
Plymouth
Bergen
Norway
Tyamsoe
Spitzwergen
Tennessee
Virginia
Lindberghs Take Off for Nome from Point Barrow
Point Barrow reports Lindberghs depart for Nome while Austin Texas sees Governor Sterling threaten martial law to enforce conservation measures in oilfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Barrow
Alaska
Lindberghs
Nome
Austin
Texas
Sterling
Oilields
Whetsel Shackled En Route to Nashville
James Whetsel, a Tennessee lifer for murder, is being returned to Nashville state prison in shackles after capture in Port Townsend. Sheriff S. L. Harper accompanied the prisoner east, noting two murder charges, with Whetsel previously escaping from the state pen and once using the alias Ray Neff while working as a house builder in Port Townsend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Avg
James Whetsel
Tennessee
Nashville
Port Townsend
S. L. Harper
Whetsel
Jim Whetsel
Chese
Kingsport
State Penitentiary
State
St. Louis
Washington
Ray Neff
L. Harper
American airman Parker Cramer missing after North Sea flight
Parker Cramer, American airman, and radio operator Oliver Pacquette vanished while flying from Greenland toward Copenhagen. Danish naval flying boats and Island of Falk searched the North Sea but found no trace as weather hampered recovery efforts. They had departed Detroit for an air mail route from America to Europe, with possible drift far to sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Admiralty
Island of Falk
Parker Cramer
Cramer
Oliver Pacquette
Shetland Islands
North Sea
Riis Larsen
Arctic Flier
Norway
Skargaard Sea
Oslo
Bergen
Detroit
Mich
Canada
Greenland
America
Europe
Fate Islands
Germany Celebrates 12th Republic Anniversary in Berlin
Berlin observes the 12th anniversary of the republic with flags on official and many private buildings. Chancellor Bruening Finance Minister Dietrich and other leaders planned speeches at the opera house. Berlin police held a separate commemoration at Lustgarten amid lingering tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Bruening
Dietrich
Prussia
Lustgarten
Kaisers Palace
Reichsbanner
von Buelow Platz
Otto Braun
Vorwaerts
I Nation
Friedrich Ebert
Weimar
Reich
Dietrich Divorce Suits Raise Alimony and Libel Claims
Josef von Sternberg dismisses claims as absurd as Marlene Dietrich faces two New York suits from his ex wife. Attorneys allege delayed alimony unless dropped. One suit seeks 500000 for alienation of affections and another 100000 for libel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Dietrich von Sternberg
Defense of 1931 cotton crop estimate stays firm
Washington Aug 11 The agriculture department defended its estimate of 15 584 000 bales for the 1931 cotton crop, despite traders calling it too high Trade estimates were about 1 5 million bales lower as of August 1 condition The farm board was surprised at the large figure and Senator Connally Texas urged preservation of records for investigation The department cited weather moisture and insects as factors and noted drought could alter the yield. the board reclaimed its reporting method to align with private trade signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Farm Board
W. F. Coallander
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Connally
Democrat
Texas
Hyde
Gallander
Callandar
Lindberghs Grounded After Long Delay Near Nome Alaska
Reports from St Paul Island indicate the Lindbergh plane was about one hour off Nome today on the way from Kotzebue Sound. Colonel Lindbergh and his wife landed on the Seward Peninsula near Point Barrow last night after fog forced a coastal descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Anchorage
Naval Radio Station
St. Paul Island
Bering Sea
Nome
P.S.T
Bremerton Naval Radio Son
Kotzchue Sound
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
Charles A. Lindbergh
Seward Peninsela
Point Barrow
Kulnebue Sound
Mward
Advives
Lindberghs
Lindbergh
Seven Die In Chicago Milwaukee Train Crash At Crossing
Seven people are killed when a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific passenger train hits a car at a suburban crossing. Victims include Bruno Woods and his wife Helen of Chicago, their infant David, and James Ratowski with his wife Martha and two Milwaukee children. Woods and Ratowski died trying to save the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Bruno Woods
Kzerducki
Helen
David
James J. Ratowski
Martha
Woods
Henry
Dolores
Rutowski
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. A. Swank
E. H. Smith
Mexico
Leal
Nashville Bank
Santiago
Cubs
New York
Ponta Do Boi
Santos
Brazil
Ozo
Rio de Janeiro
F. B. Colton
Associated Press
Aup
National Institute of Health
Rumana
New York City
Institute
United States Public Health Service
Institute of Health
Lindy
PT. Barrow
Kotzebue
Inc
Joe
Orient
Coast Guard
Northland
Wainwright
Point Bar
R. R
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