Ready to return in murder case faces extradition
New York July 4 Pro Detective Raymond Henshaw said Merton Ward Goodrich confessed to the murder of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher last September in Detroit. Goodrich and his wife Florence faced extradition and promised to waive. He gave a detailed account of the slaying and a prior similar crime.
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New York
Michigan
Dwhrett
Merton Ward Jeedrich
Lillian Gallaher
Florence
Detroit
Vale
Goodrich
Raymond Henshaw
New York City
Gallaher
Merton Ward Goodrich
Dewoi
Raymond Johnson
Woodrich
Weather shower patterns ahead across Tennessee Kentucky and neighbors
Weather forecast notes warmer conditions with showers for Tennessee and Kentucky late Thursday and Friday, including scattered afternoon thundershowers. Virginia may see fair but unsettled conditions with locally strong thundershowers in extreme west and north late Thursday. Friday improves. North Carolina experiences showers mainly Thursday and Friday with afternoon thundershowers in extreme west areas.
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Tennessee - Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Family of four killed in highway crash near Georgetown
Four members of a Dayton Ohio family were killed when their automobile was crushed by a bus in a highway collision near Georgetown. Coroner Khean Ashurst identified William H Walters 26 Mrs Mabel Walters 26 and their daughters Wanda 3 and Katherine 6. The car was hurled down a bank and it took an hour and forty minutes to recover the bodies. Relatives were en route to claim them.
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Georgetown
Khean Ashurst
Dayton
Ohio
Ashurst
William H. Walters
Mabel Walters
Otheir
Wanda
Katherine
Walters
Kentucky
Hoover Urges Preservation of Constitution on Fourth
Hoover in Grass Valley California on July 4 urged preservation of individual liberty as America’s mission. He linked liberty to the Declaration and Constitution, warned of a world crisis eroding freedom, and called for renewed pursuit of liberty to redeem mankind.
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Ograss Valley
Calif
America
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Cobb Defends AAA As Farmer Tariff At Martin Tenn
In an address to West Tennessee county agents Cully A. Cobb, head of the agricultural adjustment administration cotton division, defended AAA processing taxes and the farmers tariff. He said tariffs on farm products offer little protection to major crops and that the processing tax provides an equivalent shield. He also voiced confidence the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the taxes and noted farm income rose from 4.326 billion in 1932 to 6.09 billion in 1934, with Tennessee receipts increasing from 37.326 million to 52.183 million and farmers receiving extra AAA payments.
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United States
Cobb
U. S. Supreme Court
Tennessee
Bible Verses Spark Young Minister's Marriage Plan
Kansas City July 4 Miss Frances Elliott wires Rev. David Thomas Wright of Port Elizabeth South Africa using Ruth 1 16 and Ruth 2 1 to signal a marriage proposal While both were Moody Bible Institute students the couple discussed wedding plans after he cabled Genesis 12 1 Miss Elliott heads to Port Elizabeth to lead a native mission church in September with the ceremony and welding set for spring or fall arrangements tentative in the sunlit southern hemisphere Based on the readable text fragments this item records a cross continental proposal event tied to biblical verses and imminent marriage plans involving a young minister and a missionary daughter.
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Kansas City
Frances Elliott
David Thomas Wright
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Ruth
Ceaels
Walmer Road
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Tommy
Frances
Abram
Divorce Decree Fraud Overturned in Desertion Case
In a divorce court yesterday Mrs. Sarah Robison claimed she had not seen her husband Mayer Mathleen for 19 years. The court found Mayer’s earlier divorce decree fraudulent and set it aside, granting Mrs. Robison a divorce on the grounds of desertion.
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Chiscaco
Sarah Robison
Mayer Mathleen
Mathfeet
Reece Loses Habeas Petition in Extradition Case
Tampa on July 4 Judge Harry N Sandler denied habeas corpus for Joseph I Reece the former insurance commissioner. He faces extradition to Tennessee for theft of 90000 in bonds and awaited a ruling on remaining in jail during appeal. Reece collapsed from a heart attack in court and was treated before transfer.
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Tampa
Fla
Tennessee
State Insurance Department
Joseph I. Reece
Harry N. Sandler
Reece
Sandler
Iilsborough
Dave Shaoltz
Tallahassee
Muscle Shoals Scene of TVA Appreciation Day
Muscle Shoals Alabama hosts a holiday event celebrating the Tennessee Valley Authority program with a parade barbecue and speeches by teachers officials from Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi. Governor Bibd Graves attends to welcome Tennessee Governor Hill McAlister and Mississippi officials as Colbert County Chamber of Commerce hosts honored guests and TVA delegates. Route includes Wilson Dam as a centerpiece of the celebration.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Bibd Graves
Hill McAlister
Sennett Conner
Arthur E. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
F D R Confers On Tax Plans On July Fourth Celebrations
Washington July 4 The Fourth of July in the capital included a Roosevelt conference with house leaders on the tax the wealth program and a traditional parade and fireworks. Senate action required recess coordination while Byrd spoke at the Washington monument and Clark spoke at Arlington National Cemetery as party leaders seek to reunite administration forces after the recent defeats.
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Congress
Roosevelt
House
Garner
Robinson
Senate
House of Congress
United States Army Band
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
Byrd D-Vale
Clark
D-Mo
Arlington National Cemetery
Representative Taylor
D-Col
America
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
New Orleans
anti-Long
Roosevelt Utility Bill Veto Forecasted
Associated Press reports a predicted veto of the utilities bill if sanctioned without the death sentence for holding companies. Sen Wheeler and administration allies push for a conference to reach a satisfactory result while the House offered discretionary SEC power to kill holding firms. Speaker Burns promises a full fair inquiry into lobbying, amid fears of a whitewash and a later Senate probe.
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Preston. L. Glover
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Il Am
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate’ Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Securities Commission
Wheelers
Burns
House Rules Committee
Greek plebiscite date set amid royalist tensions
July 4 dispatches report Greece may fix September 22 or 29 for a plebiscite on maintaining the republic or restoring the monarchy. Debates begin, voting method details to be defined 40 days prior. Royalists seek George II restoration after 1924 deposition.
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Athens
George II
Elizabeth
Bucharest
Romania
Berry Shapes Organization to Take Over State Relief
Nashville July 4 Col Harry S Berry state WPA director said direct relief from the federal government will end soon and his organization will be ready for actual work by July 15. He noted Tennessee will start with rural road building employing about a quarter of workers, then a school repair program by fall, with other jobs depending on available personnel. Southern states move faster. Tennessee must organize a new force after regional WPA conference in New Orleans.
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Harlan
Adj
Henry HK. Denharde
Black Mountain Coal Corporation
Harlan County
James M. Gilbert
Pineville
Theodore BR. Middleton
Noel S. Jones
Denhardt
Frankfort
Middleton
Nashville
Harry S. Berry
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Berry
Tennessee
Fali
New Orleans
Washington
Fourth of July Travel Rushed Amid National Celebration
Transportation strained as Americans celebrated the Fourth of July with parades, picnics, and fireworks. Across major cities, cars clogged highways while trains, boats, buses, and planes ferried crowds. Government leaders and cele brants held events from coast to coast, with Hoover in Grass Valley and Roosevelt in Washington guiding public mood and policy.
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Seck
New Jersey
Hoover
Grass Valley
Calif
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