Atchley quits race to back Clem ents for GOP nomination
Knoxville Tenn July 22 The Republican governor hopeful Atchley withdraws to support rival Hal H Clements saying East Tennessee stands a better chance and that McCall cannot be elected He notes Memphis based factors and warns against a split in the party while urging unity for Clem ents candidacy Clements serves as US internal revenue collector for Tennessee and emerges as the active contender with broad East Tennessee backing
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Knoxville
Tenn
Arthur Atwhigy
Tennessee
Hal H. Clements
John KH. McCall
Memphis
Lily Whity
Atchlege Begli
Clements
East Tennessee
West Tennessee
Arthur Bruce
Trorton
Mast Tennessey
McCall
Nashville
Chattanooga
Con
Erty Aiwhley
Huwger Yng
Wes Ditvel
Knox County
U.S
Poisoning Probe After Mass Picnic Hospitalizations
Health officials investigate whether poisoning caused over 400 picnicgoers to seek hospital care after a large July event near the Potomac. Some salad portions were diverted to veterans facilities. 144 stayed overnight, two victims remained critically ill, and attendance included about 1,000 workers and families from Chestnut Farms and Chevy Chase Dairies. An earlier incident involved two dogen encamped bonus seekers and a misdirected salad supply.
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Washington
Nhealth
Potomac
Gan
Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase Dairies
Hoover to Make Speech on August 11
President Hoover will deliver his renomination acceptance speech on August 11 at Constitution Hall near the White House. Everett Sanders, campaign manager, announced the date and normal notice of renomination by the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
Hoover
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Constitution Hall
White House
Questions of Party Strategy Forced to Front by Campaign Pace
Washington July 22 AP The rapid presidential campaign pace forces decision on two key party strategy questions How far will Republicans push for prohibition and how far will Democrats seek Western support at the Easts expense President Hoover’s acceptance speech August Th will be watched He won’t declare for repeal and advisers urge distinct positions Roosevelt signals show a campaign targeting multiple states and factions Farley and Garner moves hint at broader party harmony and decentralized Democrat strategy The waterway treaty and farm aid issues loom as potential campaign flashpoints with undecided outcomes
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Garner
Congress
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Ident Hoover
Massachusetts
Wairman
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New Jersey
Farley
Hague Organization
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Jouett Shouse
Albany
St. Lawrence
Berlin Police Chief Arrested in Martial Law Action
Berlin July 22 Husro Heimmansberg chief of the Berlin police was arrested by soldiers and taken to the military prison on suspicion of contravening a presidential decree. Also seized were a major of police and Reichsbandy member Carlbregh. Earlier Albert Grzesinski and senior aides were briefly detained as General Von Rundstedt enforces martial law. Moarmonile ministry resignations continue as Dr Franz Bracht consolidates power. only Minister of Public Welfare Mintsiefer remains firm before departure.
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Husro Heimmansberg
Reichsbanndy
Carlbregh
Heimanmsberg
Albert Grzesinski
Grzesinski
von Rundstedt
Moarmonile
Franz Bracht
Prussia
Dr. Bracht
Foxee
Heinrich Mintsiefer
Gang War Against Union Labor Seen
Chicago authorities linked a Chicago gang war to control of labor unions after the double slaying of Patrick Borrell and his bodyguard Willie Marks at a Shawano Wisconsin roadhouse. Police pursued James Sammons, freed from Joliet prison, amid a broader hunt tied to gangsters targeting union organizations. The killings were described as retaliation for an earlier murder tied to gang domination within the labor movement.
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Patrick Borrell
Willie Marks
Wisconsin
James
Shawano
Wis
George Red
St. Valentine’s. Day
Florida convicts quiz probes in Sunbeam death case
Florida investigators questioned about forty prisoners at the Sunbeam road camp in a sweeping probe of the prison system. The inquiry targets the deaths of Arthur Maillefert Frank Powell and Harold Bradley, alleged mistreatment, and the conduct of Sunbeam camp guards including Captain J F Baker. Indicted guards face possible charges. investigations extend to a road camp shooting near Kenansville and the broader conditions of the prison camps under Commissioner Nathan Mayo.
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Fla
Florida
Sunbeamt Road
Arthur Maillefert
New Jersey
Ingby
Commissioner of Agriculture
Nathan Mayo
State Prison Board
Mailiefert
Frank Powell
Miami
Harold Bradley
Pennsylvania
J. F. Baker
Sunbeam
Duval County Grand Jury
Jacksonville
J. Denniston
Kenansville
George Courson
Synbeam
Powell
Bradley
Dennison
Maille
Tennessee bids for federal aid for unemployment relief
Nashville July 22 federal aid plans aim to mobilize 11.6 million dollars to curb unemployment. Governor Horton set up a nine member advisory panel to distribute funds and coordinate road work with matching federal support. Names include Col. O L Jones, George Dempster, Alvin York, and others from Knoxville, Chattanooga, Franklin, Memphis, and more.
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Tennessee
Hoover
Horton
Ténnesane
Highway Department
Govnor
Col. O. L. Jones
B Tol
George Dempster
Knoxville
Fred Frazier
Chattanooga
Sergi- Alvin C. York
Pall Mall
J. J Conroy
Clarksville
Charles Corn
Franklin
Wagener
Anderson
Jackson
T. K. Happel
Trenton
Renbert Moon
Memphis
Action on rail grouping plan up to carriers
Washington July 22 The Interstate Commerce Commission presented a consolidation plan for eastern railroads into four systems while keeping some lines independent. It would group Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York Central, with antitrust constraints delaying New England entry for the Pennsylvania. The plan aims to end wrangling, preserve competition, serve the public and save money.
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Mtarstate Committee
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Chesapeake and Ohio
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Pennsylvenia
Maryland
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New England
Jines
Sas City
Wadesboro
North Carolina
Bristol
Tennessee
Pennroad Corporation
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Hartford
Pennroad
Boston and Maine
Boston Railroad
New Haven
New York Central
Federal relief bill signed by Hoover extends aid reach
President Hoover signs a broad relief measure expanding Reconstruction Finance Corp funding from 2 billion to 3.8 billion, with 1.5 billion for public works and 186 million for building and river projects. The bill allows federal reserve discounting of loans, and details public employment and agricultural credit provisions. No ceremony marked the approval as press were summoned.
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Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
House
Senate
White House
New York Bank Hands Fortune to Wrong Man
A bank robber in disguise, using the guard’s uniform and pistol holster, obtained 56925 from Chemical Bank and Trust Company on Broadway. The theft, hidden until Saturday, occurred inside the police boundary of Manhattan’s financial district as authorities pursue the brash culprit.
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Financial
Chemical Bank and Trust Company
Broadway
Mortey
United States Trucking Corp
Foul Play Suspected In Girls Deaths Near Rochester Minnesota
Foul play seen in the deaths of Louise Prigge and Frances Po Vikeews both 23 whose bodies were found along the Zumbro river near Rochester Minnesota. Authorities enlisted civic specialists for cause of death as coroner's inquest planned at Millville. Internal organs sent to Rochester for examination amid uncertainty whether drowning or violence occurred.
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Prigge
Rochester
Louise
Milville
Wabasha County
Cumpers
Jim Whetsell Freed by Clemency in Tennessee
Nashville reports Governor Horton granted clemency saving Jim Whetsell from life imprisonment for his wife's murder. He had escaped prison multiple times since 1920 and was recaptured after a long pursuit ending in Seattle, Washington. The advisory board cited his state of intoxication at the time of the killing and past incidents.
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Nashville
Jim Whetsell
Liberty
Henry H. Horton
Sullivan County
Whetsall
Whetsell
California
Seattle
Wash
Tennessee Penitentiary
C. W. Maynard
D. A. Vines
O. &. Lavette
Horton
Bonus vets must evacuate government property in two weeks
Washington July 22 Orders for veterans to evacuate government property within the next two weeks sent members of the bonus army flocking to the Veterans Administration to obtain transportation home. The administration added clerks and facilities to handle demand as lines formed outside. By 1 o'clock today 4,233 veterans had applied for transport, with funds to return home available until midnight July 25.
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Washington
Bonus Army
Veterans Administration
Heat Wave Strikes United States with Dozens Dead
Heat across the nation lifts temperatures to 100 plus in cities like Charlotte and Raleigh while humidity worsens conditions. Deaths total 86 nationwide with at least 27 drownings or drownings feared after boats overturned on Pontiac Lake. A high wind storm near Pontiac lake now being searched for up to 14 missing persons. In Chicago and Detroit area temperatures drop and showers ease the heat.
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Raleigh
N. C
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New York
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Pittsburgh
Cumberland
West Virginia
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Mich
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Great Lairds
Midwest
Dittsburch
Pontiag
Midh
Placid Lake
William Burns
Detroit
Local Thunder Showers Hit Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee sees local thundershowers tonight and Saturday with the south portion remaining fair tonight. highs near 59 on Saturday. Virginia reports local thundershowers tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions Saturday night. high temperatures yesterday reached 96, rainfall yesterday minimal. Readings taken at 6:00 p m by T C Harris US Weather Service.
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South Portion
Virginia
T. C. Harris
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