Stock Market Slumps Deeper as Wheat Hits Low
Stock prices continued to slide with the Dow dipping to a yearly low and wheat futures touching the season's new bottom. Corn and oats fell modestly while cotton futures steadied after early losses. The market showed heavy professional selling despite late covering as hopes for a better second quarter earnings faded.
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Cooley
W York
Jude
Tnal
Chicago
Cutton
New York
Mellon
Bears
Harmer and Tongs
United States Steel
Tennessee Weather Summary From Daily Report
Moostly fair with warm trend continues in Tennessee. Yesterday’s high reached 92 degrees while the low was 62. A year ago the high was 92 and the low 61. No rainfall yesterday. Readings taken at 6 30 p m by G L Bunn U S Weather Bureau.
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Identity sought for auto fire victim in Indiana
Mobile Alabama June 21 AP Authorities seek to identify a man left in an automobile when Harold Herbert Schroeder set the vehicle ablaze near Indianapolis on May 31. The boy’s father hopes it was Jack Sanders of Pritchard Alabama. Schroeder returned to Indiana to face charges and to confer with counsel regarding the case.
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Harold Herbert Schroeder
Indiana
Schroeder
Indianapolis
Jack Sanders
Pritchard
Schoeder
Terre Haute
Scho¢der
George Winkler
Tndianapolis
William Crowley
Tndiiana
Schroeders
Massachusetts
Sanders
Escaped lunatic hurls wife and four children to death
Raymond Spang, 35, an Ansonia, Connecticut World War veteran, escaped a mental hospital and took his family on an outing to West Rock. He hurled his wife Gertrude and their four children to their deaths from a 300-foot precipice, then leaped to his own death. Authorities report that the scene drew thousands as bodies were recovered below. The victims were Gertrude Carey Spang, 83, Helen 10, Lorraine 7, and Donald 4.
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Spang
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Brooklyn Naval Hospital
West Rock
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Lorraine
Donald
Rock
Judges
Charles 1
England
Maury Bogdanoff
Three Questions Hold Kingsport's Interest
Kingsport focuses on three topics of interest. When will American Cyanamid announce plans for a plant and dams near Kingsport. When will work start on the post office. And when will the Kingsport to Johnson City highway be paved. The post office project may yield news in 30 days. The cyanamid plant question lingers but likely tied to Muscle Shoals government action. The Johnson City highway paving is expected to begin this summer with possible partial paving and completion within a year.
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American ‘Cyanamid Company
Johnson City
Pany
Muscle Shoals
Holston River
Johnson ‘City
Lingle murder mystery and Chicago crackdown unfold
Chicago inquiry into Jake Lingle’s death marked by dwindling leads, police reform after the killing. Pistol traced to a gunman but linked suspects remain missing or renounced. Rumors swirl as officials with new leadership seek to uncover the motive and killer amid gangland lore.
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Jake’ Lingle
Tribune Crime
Lingle
1930 Census Figures in Denver and Other Cities
Census figures show Denver at 287728, up 31237 or 17 percent. Danvers Massachusetts revised to 12962 with an increase of 1844 or 16.6 percent. Richmond Virginia revised to 182883, up 11215 or 6.5 percent.
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Danvers
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Richmond
Maniac Ends His Mission of Death
New York reports a letter claiming the Queens killer’s death mission ended, easing terror in Queens where two men fell to the murderer’s revenge. The hunt continues across New York with two warm clues failing, suspects cleared or detained, and one held on a disorderly conduct charge as other leads fade.
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Queens
Yew
York
Joseph Oswald Clark
Philadelphia
Greedmore Asylum
John D. Galvoa
Newark
N. J
Mob Seaside SC Violently Kills Black Man Jenkins
A mob of about a thousand in Union South Carolina hunted and killed Dan Jenkins, a Black man, after he allegedly confronted five young women with a public safety item. Jenkins was struck repeatedly and his body was reported to be found in pieces near Maple Ridge Church. An inquest was held locally as investigators review the incident and the Shipman family links to the event.
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Dan Jenkins
Beaufort
N. Mel
Shipman
Jenkins
Maple Ridge Church
Colored
Yeutty
Virginia Welcomes Byrd as Native Son After Polar Triumph
Virginia bursts in celebration as Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd returns from his polar expedition. Crowds fill Broad Street and Capital Square with cheers while Governor Pollard greets him at the executive mansion. The reception marks a triumphant homecoming for a conquering hero.
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Dick" Byrd
Virginia
Admiral Byrd
Executive Mansion
Pollard
Broad Street
Admiral’s
Capital Square Land
Richmond’ Light
Infantry Blues
New York
Slemp declines Republican nomination in Virginia ninth
Sleep Surprises BIG STONE GAP Virginia June 21 Hon J Esscomb Slemp former congressman and secretary to President Coolidge declined the Republican nomination for Congress in the ninth district saying business ties prevent him from serving. Leaders at Bristol had hoped for his acceptance leaving the party without a clear candidate, with Shaffer cited as a possible runner and plans to prod him into the race.
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J. Esscomb
Slemp
Fighting Ninth
Virginia
President Coolidge
Congress
Mx. Slemp
Bristol
John Flannagan
Joseph’ G. Shaffer
Stemp
Satter
Eleed
Shaffer
Detroit Recall: Election Balked in Protracted Controversy
Detroit June 21 movement to recall Mayor Charles Bowles faces a long dispute as backers accuse frauds and obtain a temporary injunction restraining the city clerk from calling an election. Signatures are being checked. a five day limit governs decisions on sufficient signatures. Attorneys for Bowles submit an answer to the charges and a court hearing is set.
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Arthur Webster
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