Pope Declares He Is Nominee In Primary Campaign
In Paris Tennessee Lewis Pope proclaims himself Democratic nominee and denounces frauds he says occurred in the August 4 primary. He criticizes party bosses and a conspiracy of power interests, naming banks utilities and city machines in Memphis and Nashville. The Shelby county vote count is cited as 84,441 with continued coverage on page six.
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Paris
Tenn
Ann
Crumpism
King's Mountain
Tennessee
Pope
Nen Basses
Gilius
McAlister
Memphis
Nashville
Shelby County
Davidson
Shelby
Bodies of Cadets Returned to Port in Niobe Tragedy
The Niobe, a naval training ship, was dragged to Kiel with 69 cadets' bodies recovered after sinking July 26. Divers worked through wreckage to retrieve remains for burial in a joint ceremony, as grieving families watched from shore.
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Associated Preas
Kiel
Germany
Niobe
Sys
Hoikendorfer Bay
North Sea
Taylorville braces for attack by striking miners
In Taylorville Illinois on August 17 a woman in a car was shot and wounded by Christian County deputies guarding highways against a threatened invasion by striking coal miners from downstate and Springfield. The incident occurred as the group returned from Springfield with a 7 year old child. Deputies attempted to stop the car, fearing evasion. The scene highlights 1500 home guard opponents and a planned invasion set for tomorrow, as miners dispute a new wage scale.
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Taylorville
APM
Christian County
Downstate
Springfield
Mose
Ill
Roosevelt Interrogates Walker Aide Over Sherwood Case
Governor Roosevelt pressed Mayor Walker aide Charles Kerrigan on why Sherwood the missing accountant was not produced. Jacob Gould Schurman Jr testified he urged Kerrigan to obtain Sherwood and said Sherwood had been located in Atlantic City and later Mexico City but subpoenas were not served. The hearing paused for lunch as Roosevelt sought a clear account of Walker’s role and efforts to locate Sherwood.
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Albany
Eumue Seabury
Walker
Charles Kerrigan
Sherwood
Russell Y. Sherwood
Seabury
Hofstadter
Roosevelt
Jacob Gould Schurman, Jr
Schurman
Kerrigan
Europe
Police Dept
John J. Curtin
New York City
Atlantic City
Traymore
Curtin
Mexico City
Russell T. Sherwood
Scerman
Samar
Reconstruction Loans to Be Made Public by Clerk
Washington reports that House Clerk South Trimble plans to publish the details of Reconstruction loans issued since July 1. The eight page brief argues public disclosure is required by relief law, despite President Hoover and party leaders’ hopes to omit publicity.
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Washington
Toover
House
Congress
South Trimble
Trimble
Garner
Rainey
Senate
Hoover
White House
Ment
Executive
Relief Corporation
Toongress
Fallen Grandeur and a Murder Mystery at Goat Castle
Natchez chronicles reveal Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery in a turbulent life near the Mississippi river bluff known as Goat Castle. Suspected in the Merrill murder, the pair face public scrutiny while their mansion decays amid relics of antebellum grandeur.
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Natchez
Misc
Richard Dana
Ostavia Dockery
Mississippi River
Goat Castle
Jane Sarget Merrill
Pine Bluff
Ark
Chicago
Merrill
Dana-Dockery Partnership
Peir
Jennie Merrill
River Bluff
Glenwood
Danas
Natchez-Under-the-Hill
Mississippi
Octavia Dockery
Comstock
Noland Accused of Bribery in Lea Bank Case Trial
In Asheville North Carolina on August 17 Wiley Noland Haywood county farmer was cited by state witness H L Justice as saying Colonel Luke Lea authorized a bribe offer for a favorable jury report in Lea and Lyle Lea Jr bank fraud trials. Justice testified Noland talked with Lea about paying 1500 to Mrs Justice and 2000 to Noland for a jury verdict.
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Asheville
Wiley Noland
Haywood Bounty Dormer
H. L. Justice
Luke Lea
Lea
Justice
Noland
Tennessee
Hurst Justice
HLL
Hurst
Lyda Justice
Lee
Lyle Lea, Jr
Wallace B. Davis
Wylie Snyder
Brownlow Snyder
N. G
Pi—Hurst
Col
Luke Les
Wiley B. Noland
Haywood County
July trade balance shows large favorable margin
The Commerce Department reports July exports exceeded imports by 29 million dollars, the largest favorable balance of the year. June posted three million and July 1931 six million dollars.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Lancaster in Hands of Jury
Two separate criminal cases dominate the report from Tennessee and Florida. In Rogersville Lee and Hob Guy face murder charges for the killing of farmer couple Mr. and Mrs. Cook, held on $5,000 bonds after a preliminary hearing. In Miami Captain W N Lancaster awaits a jury on a love triangle murder against Fia Iden Clarke, with court proceedings detailing circumstantial evidence and a high-stakes assertion of cold calculated murder.
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Rogersville
Tenn
Lee
Hob Guy
Robert Cook
Cook
Bradshaws Springs
John Barton
Miami
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
H. F. Atkinson
Atkinson
Lancaster
Ave
Fia Iden Clarke
K. M. Keith-Miller
Ghenit
N. Vernon Hawthorne
James M. Carson
Glerke
Keith-Miller
Miller
Fae
Cox expected to stump for ticket
New York observers report James M. Cox plans to stump for the Roosevelt Garner ticket with Robert Jackson confirming Cox’s 100 percent alignment and John W Davis potentially speaking if time allows. Alfred E. Smith’s stump status remains a mystery while Garner returns from talks in Albany and New York City.
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New York
James M. Cox
John XN. Garner
Washington
Albany
Smith
Mr. Smith
Gayner
Gasoline Tax Office Guard Battle Sparks Court Fight
Nashville August 17 The comptroller Roy Wallace was blocked by a court order from taking control of the gasoline tax office and an armed guard remained at the door. George Dempster, finance and taxation commissioner, disputes jurisdiction and will press for a permanent ruling. Highway patrolmen once guarded the office, then were withdrawn as Wallace called the move absurd. The dispute centers on the seven cent gasoline tax and its collection. The office was guarded today by Patrolman J H Duncan on Dempster’s orders.
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Nashville
Roy C. Wallace
George BR. Dempster
Finance and Taxation
Wallace
J. H. Duncan
Dempster
Willace
Pini
Comptroller
State Legal Department
W. S. Booton
Booton
Excise Tax Division
Roy ‘Wallace
George R. Dempster
Lindberghs Shun Public Attention As Baby Born
In quiet seclusion the Lindbergh family welcomed a newborn son and asked for privacy to let their children grow normally. Col. Lindbergh and wife emphasized minimizing publicity amid ongoing public interest. Betty Gow, the nurse from the earlier case, plans to return to the United States in October to nurse the new baby.
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Englewood
N. 1
Aus
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Betty Gow
Glasgow
Scotland
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
United States
Lindbergh
Miss Gow
England
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Alb. i
James J. Walker
Larchmont
Jacob Schurman
Kerringer
Albert H. Hamilton
Auburn
N. Y
William Lancaster
Miamiewspaperman
Jessie Keith
Hamilton
Clarke
Wail
Russia
Moscow
Alva Christetsen
Nary
L. Degive
Atlanta
Cherbourg
Minsk
Borisov
Orca
Smolensk
Nolan
Bob Guy
Cox
Davis
Roosevelt - Garner - Smith
Sen. Morrow
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