Negro sought in Trammell case gives up
Chicago August 18 James Gray 31 year old negro gambler facing police inquiry in the Mary Louise Trammell hotel room slaying surrendered. He claimed no knowledge of the murder but identified a laundry bundle found at the hotel as his property. A note book with gambling items led detectives to a carnival of suspects including an entertainer Audrey Tatum. Authorities tied the case to a series of hotel room attacks with similar method and noted possible links to another murder. Relatives were notified as part of the unfolding investigation.
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Chicago
James Gray
Mary Louise Trammell
Gray
William Schumacher
Mary Louise Trammel
Central Police
Sergt
James Coleman
Morris Meyers
South Side
Zrrs
Trammell
Audrey Tatum
Otto Erlanson
Florence Thompson Castle
Lillian Guild
Thomas Starr Neera
Meyers
Trammel
Castle
Thomas Trammell
Kentucky Weather Then Fair to Warmer Next Day
Weather bulletin notes slight change with generally fair to Wednesday and near normal temperatures. Interior may see scattered showers while Kentucky is generally fair tonight and Wednesday, warmer inland. yesterday’s highs and lows not fully clear.
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Kentucky
Gabt
Gale Traps Three Ships in Pacific Gale
A brutal gale off the lower California coast endangers three vessels, Enterprise, Magellan, and Panama Tuna boat, with distress calls and missing crews. Enterprise possibly sinking near Magdalena Bay, Magellan with rudder loss, Calypso and tanker G Scoffield racing to assist, Coast Guard mobilizing for rescue. 10 to 18 crew aboard Enterprise and 10 to 15 on Magellan.
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San Francisco
California
Enterprise
Tesco Point
Magdalena Bay
Magellan
Mackay Radio
Panama
San Pedro
Mackay
Santa Teresa
G. Scoffield
Coast Guard
Calypso
San Diego
Mackty
No Fraud Found After State Election Probe
The state board of elections reported no evidence of fraud in the July 4 primary. It cited a Surry county precint error where 19 ballots were hidden during counting as a joke, and a Clay county practice allowing one head of a family to vote for all in the family for 15 years. Officials pledged to avoid such irregularities and had been ordered to investigate by Dr. Ralph McDonald after prior complaints. Also noted, Samuel Crawford House, 70, Knoxville retiree and hardware co founder, died today.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Board of Elections
Surry County
Clay County
Ralph McDonald
Food price rise seen as drought tightens grocery bills
Washington experts predict higher family grocery Budgets as crops shrivel and the dollar buys less. They warn milk butter and eggs already rise with meats likely next, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics indexes from 1923 to 1954 droughts and a 12 percent uptick since the drought began.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Cavern Hidden Bathtubs Still a Capitol Mystery
Washington Aug 18 A report describes a brace of sunken marble bathtubs found in Capitol caverns. Architects and officials, including David and Artin Caos, could not explain their origin or use dating to Mercian era. The discovery raised questions about whether Senators ever used the baths beneath the Senate wing.
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Washington
Lda
Minier Payehery
Marcenas
Cracé
Anne
Roosevelt Plans Drought Trip With Limited Speaking Dates
President Roosevelt outlined a drought tour schedule confined mainly to drought states starting next week. He will discuss plans with James A. Farley before returning to Washington. He disclosed three speaking dates in September in Charlotte Washington and Harvard Tercentennial events.
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Douglas Cornell
Associated Press
Hyde Park
Europe
Roosevelt
ADV
Washington
Mississippi River
Farley
James A. Farley
Charlotte
D. C
Taylor to Remain in Utilities Race in Knoxville
Knoxville August 18 Tom Taylor Athens Republican who failed to qualify for the Republican nomination for State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission in the recent primary says he is still in the general election race. He would run in November if he can secure Democratic support, a key factor he lacked in the primary. Leon Jourolmon Knoxville attorney won the Democratic nomination over Hirvey Hannah chairman and veteran committee member.
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Knoxville
Tom Taylor
Athens
State Railroad
Public Utilities Commission
General Election Commission
Taylor
Demoocrats
Dourshnon
Leon Jourolmon
Hirvey Hannah
Two Killed in Plane Crash at Selfridge Field
An Army Reserve airmen Lieut William W Harding and Private Francis Maier died when a PB-2 plane crashed near Selfridge Field during Western Midni wart maneuvers. The crash destroyed the aircraft and set it ablaze as Army trucks and ambulances rushed to the scene.
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Allegan
Mich
Ang
Cai
Fepperte
Selfridge Field
William W. Llarding
Wir
Francis Maier
Tennessee Ready for Old Age Plan
Nashville officials outlined four bills to let Tennessee participate in unemployment compensation provisions of the Federal Social Security Act. Assistant Attorney General W H Eagle said the bill will be ready for presentation to the legislature in any session. He noted it will follow model bills and laws from other states with W E Jacobs, state labor commissioner, aiding. Authorities questioned whether an extra session would be needed to authorize sharing in unemployment benefits.
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Nashville
Tennessee
W. H. Eagle
Eagle
State Planning Commission
W. BE. Jacobs
Smith Diary Claims Reveal Smith Finances In Court Action
In Syracuse, Aug 18, a diary described as highly financial by Mrs. Bertha Ott Smith is presented in a supreme court motion for temporary alimony and fees. It allegedly shows Smith earning as much as 30000 a month from his New York City law practice since 1928, while Mrs. Smith contends a 1934 separation agreement and alimony were ignored. The filing also cites a stenographer payment and funds purportedly supporting Mrs. Smith.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
Supreme Court
Clifford S. Sears
Smith
Young Smith
New York City
Imne Ana
Rebels Seize Bay of Biscay Guns In Spain Fight
Six inch shells from rebel cruiser Almirante Cervera silenced Guadelupe fortress as rebels gain pressure along the Iran San Sebastian sector. Government leaders feared fall of Madrid and prepared to fly out while airliners evacuated by Ambassador Bowers at Hendaye Beach in France.
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Associated Press
Almirante Cervera
Guadelupe
Iran-San Sebastian
Spain
Bay of Biscap
Madrid
Cuadelupe
Enderlaza
San Sebastian
Espana
Hendaye Beach
France
Claude G Bowers
Bay of Biscay
Washington State
Farmers Plan Southwide Meet Prompted by Governor Futrell
Memph is Aug 18 report notes Eastern Arkansas landowners active in Southern tenant farmers union favor a southwide conference to discuss the sharecropper situation. Some planters reject ending the system, others see the need to move toward breaking tenant farming. Continued on page eight.
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Memphis
Arkansas
J. M. Futrell
D. B. Woolard
Clarkedale
Child Spurns Mother Over Care Dispute in Court
In Los Angeles on August 18, thirteen year old Edith Fellows rejected her mother Mrs. Clarriet Fellows in a superior court hearing. Edith said she was not used to loving strangers and preferred to stay with her grandmother, who had raised her since infancy.
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Los Angeles
Edith Fellows
Chile
Nather
Clarriet Fellows
Edith
Elizabeth
Arthur Crum
Superior Court
Memphis abandons bid to buy power system plans municipal TVA distribution
Memphis officials announced failure to purchase the Memphis Power and Light Company distribution network. Plans now shift to building a municipal system powered by TVA under a 20 year contract, despite a May offer and no reply from the company. Deputy Warden Glenn Swafford named to Brushy Mountain prison post.
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Memphis
Memphis Power and Light Company
TVA
Thomas H. Allen
The
Light and Water Commission
Federal Power Commission
Allen
Weare
Sail
Petrol
Tenn
Glenn Swafford
Nashville
Brushy Mountain
Wheeler
Madrid chaos nears as gov t readies three airliners
Un censored Madrid dispatches report Spanish Socialist government leaders holding three airliners at Barajas airfield in case capital falls. Rebels push from Guadarrama mountains toward Madrid with reinforcements expected. government calls for volunteers and women to make arms and winter clothing. Meanwhile, fighting rages in the north near San Sebastian and at Fort Guadalupe.
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Madrid
Gibraltar
Guadarrama
Associated Press
Iran-San Sebastian
Burgos
Guadierrama
Red Lions
Spain
Fort Guadelupe
Turun-San Sebastian
Internat
Onad
Sade
Paris
France
Rebela
Maree
Valladolid
Mallorca
Badajoz
Heiresses Pursue Vivid Lives Beyond Wealth and Idle Prospects
A feature profiles a new breed of heiresses who juggle careers and society life. Mary Elizabeth Pala notes modern wealth daughters managing stores, directing banks, running theaters, and engaging in politics while enjoying travel, sports, and cultural pursuits. The piece highlights Julia Smith of Glen Falls, Louise Brinch of Richmond, and Nora Bullitt of Louisville as examples of independent, serious minded young heiresses shaping their own paths.
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Mary Alivabeth Pala
Julda Smith
Glen Falls
N.Y
Heise
Peredinn
Gard Emery
Busine
NLA
Auiuinnal
Rite
Nations
Trichmond
Louise Brinch
John Werr
Richmond
Pawling
N. x
Graier
New York
Nora Bullitt
William Marshall. Bulli
Louisville
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Missouri
John Warren Beery
Jackson County
Beery
John Warren, Jr
Central
Beseiess
Wm Samuel Crawford
House-Hassan Hardware Co
Capitol
David
Beth Yphe
Savan
Uae
Artin E. Caos
Lynn
Utilities
Hannah Democrats
Russell Darbo
University of California
Berkeley
Cal
Darbo
Otten Darba
Mia
Electric System of Power Company
Gov’t
Baraja Airdrome
Noth
America
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