Petition Seeks to Void State Note on Liquor Referendum
William Martin attorney and former legislator says a chancery suit will be filed in Nashville to challenge the September 23 repeal referendum on Tennessee's prohibition law. He seeks an injunction to stop funds for the statewide vote, arguing the measure diverts legislative power and undermines republican government. Bishop DuBose of the Anti Saloon League indicates no objection to the referendum.
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Nashville
William Martin
Tennessee
Chancery Court
Martin
G. S. Armstrong
State Board of Elecs
H. M. DuBose
Tennessee Anti - Saloon League
Infantile Paralysis Decline Reported by Health Board
Louisville August 30 The State board of health reported today infantile paralysis is definitely on the decline. Fifteen cases were reported during August while July tallied 64 cases.
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Louisville
State Board of Health
Amnesia Victim Identifies Self as Local Machinist
In Louisville on Aug 30 a man wandering downtown remembered only events before last Tuesday and identified himself as Charles Beaver a machinist from near Chattanooga. Separately C Moffett a 73 year old Louisville shoe merchant died from pneumonia after injuries from a automobile accident.
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Louisville
Charles Beaver
Chattanooga
C. Moffett
Louis- Ville
Teen dies after pool diving accident in Lexington
Lexington, Aug 30. McDaniel, 17, died Sunday from injuries after striking his head on the pool bottom while diving.
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Lexington
Lyman McDaniel
Weather Likely Showers in Tennessee Kentucky and Nearby States
Regions including Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia expect showers tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. North Carolina and Georgia remain mostly cloudy with likely showers and coastal winds.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
City Judge Garrett backs sheriff in drunk driving probe
City Judge Harry L. Garrett said he would assist Sheriff J. D. Newland in investigating charges that county officers compromised drunk driving cases turned over to them for circuit court prosecution. County officers denied the accusations, saying few cases were bound to circuit court after city court conviction and that reports of widespread compromise were incorrect. A state warrant charging drunk driving was issued with a trial set for tomorrow at 8 30 a m. The Garrett announcement aligns with his plan to act as magistrate in state cases and bind offenders to the grand jury after city court conviction.
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Harry L. Garrett
J. D. Newland
Newland
Kingsport
Garrett
Times
New York and Chicago Lead July Highway Death Toll
The National Safety Council reports 3420 lives lost on roads in July, up 160 from a year ago. New York tallies 452 deaths for the year, tops Chicago, while Chicago ranks second with 438. New York has the lowest deaths per 100 million vehicle miles among reporting cities. Memphis leads the 250,000 to 500,000 population group at 12.5.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Kansas
Maine
New York
Memphis
Wind Storm Hits Coast of Florida
A tropical storm along the Florida east coast near Daytona Beach brought 50 mph winds between Ormond Beach and Flagler Beach. No injuries reported. minor property damage with toppled trees and a blown down 40 foot tower. Power and communications briefly failed but were restored. storm warnings extended to Savannah, with diminishing threat expected later.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Florida
Here
St. Augustine
Atlantic Ocean
Jacksonville
Ormond Beach
Flagler Beach
Grady Norton
State Firemen’s Association
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Savannah
Norton
Georgia
Twig Snap Ends Slayer Frank Foster's Flight
In Independence Kansas a tenant farmer, Frank Foster, killed two men and fled. A two day manhunt ended when a posse near a giant mulberry tree fired as Foster toppled from a limb with a pistol in hand. Foster had been sought in the slaying of H N Kolb, a 79 year old farmer. Deputy sheriff Gerald Gibson was wounded in the struggle.
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Independence
Kas
Frank Foster
Carl Harder
Foster
Harder
Charles Casey
Montgomery County
H. N. Kolb
Gerald Gibson
Forced Landing in Gibson Field Ends in Corn Loss
Bill Thompson, Brashear Motors foreman and amateur pilot, grounded his Curtis Wright Monoplane after a failed engine near Gibson town. He tried to land in a vacant field, scraping stalks and sending ears of corn flying, with only minor damage to the tail. he previously circled for a safer approach but headwinds thwarted his plan.
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Bill Thompson
Brashear Motors
Curtis Wright
Thompson
Gibsontown
J. D. Harris
Kingsport
Bristol
Gibson
Tragic Iowa Farm Family Murder Suicide Claims Seven
Denison Iowa August 30 seven bodies including Elsie Nollen and six children lay in a funeral home. Coroner says murder and death by own action after a note details marital unhappiness and a plan to end the family. Albert Nollen found the bodies. note cites drinking and abuse.
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Denison
Iowa
John Gottburg
Elsie Nollen
Leona
Viola
Orvin
Wilbert
Pauline
Earl
Nollen
Albert
Power industry growth since 1902 reaches 92 billion kWh
The U. S. electric power sector expanded from about 2.5 billion kilowatt hours in 1902 to over 92 billion kilowatt hours by 1936, reflecting rapid industrial growth and expanded electrification across the country.
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U. S
Hull to protest bombing of liner President Hoover
Secretary Hull announced he instructed Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson in Nanking to lodge a strong protest with the Chinese government over the bombing of the liner President Hoover.
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Washington
Hull
Nelson T. Johnson
Nanking
Hoover
British American Tobacco Director Missing From President Hoover
N G Harris director of the British American Tobacco Company and a passenger on the Dollar liner President Hoover was reported missing from the ship today though the report was not confirmed.
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Shanghai
N. G. Harris
British American Tobacco Company
Dollar
President Hoover
AFL Leaves Door Open for Reunion with Lewis Group
Atlantic City August 30. AFL leaders informally keep doors open for a reunion with John L. Lewis and the C I O. The Executive Council begins its seaside meeting and suspensions from last September are not expelled, citing a chance for unity amid intra labor movement splits.
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AFL
Lewis
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
American Labor Movement
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ford Unite Plan Drives UAWA Ford Plant Action
United Automobile Workers led by Homer Martin moved to organize Ford Motor Company workers from Milwaukee to Toledo as a factional struggle ended with a compromised executive board. Delegates voted to expand the board, approve officers, and raise a $400000 war chest with a $1 per member assessment.
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Milwaukee
United Automobile Workers of America
Homer Martin
Ford Motor Company
Martin
Toledo
Ohio
Flint
Mich
CIO
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ford
Morgan Reopens Attack on Prober in County Road Fight
State Senator Fletcher Morgan renewed his criticism of a Bledsoe county road project calling it mine to market. He accused officials of using WPA funds and county money on coal mine lands for the Lewis Pope project and urged scrutiny by Harry Berry. Morgan’s statement, sent to papers, condemns the road as misused relief funds amid claims of legitimate action. In Kentucky, Herbert Ward was fatally wounded when a pistol he was twirling discharged at his home near Cornettsville.
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Chattanooga
Fletcher Morgan
Bledsoe
Lewis S. Pope
Lewis Pope
Bledsoe County
Fiery Chattanoogan
WPA
Morgan
Harry Berry
Pope
Hazard, Ky
Herbert Ward
Cornettsville
Seven Seamen Wounded In Air Raid On Ship
Bombs from four Chinese warplanes damaged the United States liner President Hoover in the China Sea injuring seven seamen. The attack halted U S evacuation plans from Shanghai and prompted official protest to the Nanking government.
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United States
Hoover
China Sea
United States Navy
Dollar Line
Shanghai
Nelson T. Johnson
Nanking
China
President Hoover
Kobe
Japan
Woosung
Manila
U. S. S. Augusta
Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull- Hugessen
Britain
Tokyo
Russia
Clarence E. Gauss
Johnson
Atten
Mind can curb pain effects on psychology students
Four volunteers pricked feet with tacks showed that imagination altered physical pain responses. Blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and skin potential rose during pain but lessened when imagining no pain. Hypnosis yielded similar results to willful imagination, indicating mind methods can modulate pain perception.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Minneapolis
American Association of Applied and Professional Psychologists
Ralph R. Brown
Victor H. Vogel
United States Public Health Service
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