Hearings to Begin as Jake Investigation Ends Probe
A federal probe into the Jamaica zinger known as jake ends and hearings start today in Morristown with preliminary hearings for accused. W F Carter district attorney says 50 indictments against manufacturers jobbers retailers and individuals will be sought in East Tennessee. Concerns named include Morristown Manufacturing Elk Manufacturing Queen City Distributing Teer's Product Co and out of state firms in Cincinnati Boston and New York.
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W. F. Carker
East Tennessee
Carter
Fournoon
Upper East Tennessee
Elizabethton
Johnson City
Kingsport
U. S
Lillard S. Howell
Morristown
Jake
Creeneville
Morristown Manufacturing Company
Elk Manufacturing Co
Jellico
Queen City Distributing Company
Cincinnati
Teer’s Product Co
Boston
New York
Greeneville
Boy Scout William Meier Talks With President Hoover
Portland boy Scout William Meier age 12 recounts a visit with President Hoover in Newberg Oregon. He described the president asking how things were at Newberg and noting the old swimming hole remained while progress was steady.
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Portland
Ore
William Meier
President Hoover
Newberg
William
Hoover
Young Meier
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Summary
Partly cloudy conditions persist in both states with showers in the extreme east of Tennessee tonight. Virginia reports light showers in the east this afternoon or tonight with moderate southwest winds and little temperature change. Yesterday’s high 80 and low 65 with 0.98 inches rain. Readings taken at 6:30 p m daily for the preceding 24 hours by C L Bunn U S Weather Office.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
Hoover Aides Plan Nationwide Drought Relief Network
President Hoover chairs a conference to establish state and county relief committees led by prominent citizens with agricultural officials bankers Red Cross and railroads to manage drought aid. A federal relief committee will coordinate across sectors to secure feed seed and livestock movement. Red Cross pledges 5 million dollars and states with surplus feed coordinate with cattle counties.
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Washington
Hoover
Red Cross
Department of Agriculture
Farm and Farm Loan Boards
American Railway Association
Public Health Service
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Federal Agricultural and Finance Agencies
Hyde
Gang Slayings Record Across Mid West Alarming
Chicago reports a surge of gang killings across the middle west with victims in Rockford St Paul and Detroit. Police link the violence to Moran gang operations and bank robberies involving Kansas City Minneapolis and Chicago figures.
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Middle West
Chicago
St. Paul
Minn
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Willmar
Harry Silverman
Sammy Stein
Frank Coleman
Danny Valle
St. Valentine’s Day
Detroit
Cicero Mangiapani
Man
State considers eight highway bids in bid tabulation
Nashville Tenn August 15 The state highway department opened eight bids for highway and bridge work totaling an estimated 1127730 awards to be made after bid tabulation Projects cover MecNairy Scott Knox Rhea Hickman Lewis Franklin Cheatham with multiple bridges and road grades across counties
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Nashville
Tenn
State Highway Department
MecNairy
Hardeman County
Route
Scott
Morgan County
Helenwood
Knox
Lincoln County
Winchester
Cheatham
Ashland City
Bellsbore
Anglican Bishops Endorse Birth Control With Limits
The Lambeth conference of Anglican bishops approved a resolution on birth control stressing Christian principles. It allows non abstinence methods when clearly needed, condemns selfish motives, and urges abstinence as primary. The vote was 135 to 67 amid opposition from high church leaders. The conference also urged against remarriage in cases of divorce where the former spouse is living.
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London
Lambeth Conference of Bishops
Archbishop of Canterbury
No indication of weakening engine drives long flight
Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brien push the Greater St Louis toward a 1000 hour mark. After 26 days aloft they reached 604 hours at 11 11 a m CST and reported all crew well aboard.
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Dale Jackson
Forest O
Monoplane Greater St. Louis flies 26th day over Lambert
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine extended their flight in the Greater St. Louis over Lambert St. Louis Field to a 600th hour aloft on the 26th day. The pair said the engine showed no falter and their plans to strike while hot were noted by manager William H. Pickens.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Greater St. Louis
C.S.T
Jackson
O’brine
William H. Pickens
Ptage
Prohibition Spotlight Returns to Washington Debates
Washington and national lawmakers turn attention back to prohibition as La Guardia pushes for a strong enforcement drive. A Washington board of trade report accuses federal agents of aiding lawbreaking by employing disreputable stool pigeons and informers and notes the disappearance of liquor seized as evidence.
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Washington
Laguardia
New York
Washington Board of Trade
Law Enforcement Commission
Department of Justice
Department
New Yorker
Seventy-second
Congress
Board of Trade
Bombing Case Delayed As Trials Postponed in Dixon
In Dixon Kentucky the examining trials of Paul Montgomery Essel Grant and Ew ing Riley charged with dropping nine bombs on the coal fields last Monday were postponed. Montgomery confessed he piloted the plane and is held in Murphysboro Illinois. Grant and Riley are at liberty on 5000 bonds each. Illinois fate of Montgomery and James Maline undecided. James Harvey 33 a miner arrested in connection with the bombing. Noble Harris also to be arrested.
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Dixon
Paul Montgomery
Essel Grant
Ewing Riley
Montgomery
Murphysboro
Ill
Grant
Riley
Liberty
Illinois
James Maline
James Harvey
Noble Harris
Governor Horton Attends Lewisburg Livestock Show
Governor Horton spent the day in Lewisburg for a livestock show and planned to return to his Nashville office tomorrow.
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Nashville
Horton
Lewisburg
R-100 Heads Home Across Atlantic From Montreal
Britain’s giant dirigible R-100 cruised eastward across the North Atlantic on the way back from Montreal aiming for Cardington. The ship held about 62 mph, eyeing a 53.5 hour crossing, and sent radio messages to Canada and London while a reporter noted a smooth flight and dining atmosphere reminiscent of Piccadilly Circus.
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Hardington
Eng
Britain
North Atlantic
Montreal
Cardington
Lakehurst
Friedrichshafen
Diricible
Canada
Air Ministry
London
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Belle Isle Straits
Piccadilly Circus
Fifth Avenue
Ptage
Oldest Arkansas electric chair victim dies at 64
W H Howell aged 64 is electrocuted at the state penitentiary in Little Rock for the 1928 murder of Jeff Nicholson at Crawford County infirmary. Howell, the oldest person executed in Arkansas, spoke calmly and said as he died that the body would live again and offered peace on earth before the final adjustment.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. H
Bill) Howell
State Penitentiary
Howell
Crawford County Infirmary
Jeff Nicholson
Cliff Deffenbaugh
Deffenbaugh
Arkansas
Man burned to death in alleged Hot Springs incident
John Cutler age 24 burned to death in an automobile near Cedar Glades while police accuse Dave Golden of hurling gasoline and setting him afire during a drinking party. Golden is held in jail as the investigation proceeds.
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Hot Springs
Ark
John Cutler
Dave Golden
Cutler
Cedar Glades
Drownings Rock Huntington Family Barrel Accidents
One year old Mabel Romine drowned in a barrel of water at the family home in Huntington West Virginia after the drought dried wells and streams. Relatives had hauled water to the residence and placed a barrel near the porch where the child toppled in.
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Huntington
W. Va
Mabel
Romine
Green joins fight against illinois miners union
William Green head of the AFL urges Illinois Federation of Labor to deny seats to delegates of the insurgent Illinois miners union at the Springfield convention in September. The move follows a two year dispute with the United Mine Workers over leadership and charter revocation. Green voiced sympathy for UMW at Indianapolis without calling for reprisals.
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Springfield
Ill
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Illinois Miners’ Union
Victor A. Olander
Illinois Federation of Labor
Green
State Federation
Ilinois
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois Mine Union
Illinois
Harry Fishwick
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Fishwick
United Mine Workers
Illinois Union
Alex Howatt
Indianapolis
Mass casualty plot linked to Chinatown cash scheme in New York
In New York City Chinatown detectives uncovered a violent scheme where a Filipino recruiter and four Chinese men were targeted for killings paid at $500 per victim. A 19 year old witness described the setup at a 26th street laundry and police seized weapons including knives, a long blade, cartridges, and a still.
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New York
Rosenberg
Bryant Park
Lamberto Bullaran
26Th Street
Bullaran
Euallaran
Need Cooperation
Washington reports a note urging further cooperation by the weather group to bolster allied efforts. No additional context or details provided in readable text.
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Washington
Wea
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