Nashville Opens Second Air Mail Route Today
Nashville prepares to inaugurate a second air mail connection with five American Airways planes arriving from Cleveland. Officials and city representatives will participate in an opening ceremony at 1 15 p.m. as Cleveland mayor J D Marshall speaks with Nashville mayor Hilary E Howse.
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Nashville
Mar
American Airways
Cleveland
Airways
Interstate Air Lines, Inc
J. D. Marshall
Hilary E. Howse
Atlanta Loses Census Battle
The District of Columbia court of appeals ruled against Atlanta in its bid to have the Census Bureau report the population of Greater Atlanta as 360,691 rather than 270,360. The case centered on the Georgia legislature defined municipality boundaries.
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Washington
Mar
Atlanta
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Census Bureau
Bureau
Iger
Georgia
Youth Held in Friend's Death
Erwin Mitchell aged 17 faces manslaughter charges after a car wreck near Lupton City in which Tollie Baker, also 17, died. Deputy Holland said Mitchell drove away in the wrecked car. Baker lay injured about five hours before motorists found him. Mitchell reportedly claimed Baker exited before the crash and that the car struck a pole. both youths had been drinking. Baker's body was to be sent to Gastonia, North Carolina, that afternoon.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Mar
Erwin Mitchell
Tollie Baker
Lupton City
Fd Holland
Mitchell
Baker
Holland
Gastonia
N. C
Philadelphia man executed for 1930 armored car murder
BELFONTE Pa March 21 Thomas F Martin of Philadelphia who helped rob an armored car and killed bank messenger G Cameron Cook was electrocuted at Rockview prison He proclaimed innocence and denied ties to the crime The Feb 1931 slaying occurred during the robbery which yielded about 34000 in cash
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Belfonte
Thomas F. Martin
Philadelphia
Trieger
G Vyameron Cook
Rockview Penitentiary
Martin
Thomas McCaffee
South Banking Staging Comeness In South States
In Little Rock Arkansas on March 2, a AP report notes the southern states are rebuilding their banking system after last fall’s crash. Many failed banks have reopened with stronger reserves, while new banks have formed to serve community needs. Officials say a healthier structure is emerging by pruning weak institutions and aligning with local requirements.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mar
South
Star Boarder Case Ends With Black Eye Payment
Chicago March 2 AP reports Judge Mareio dissected the star boarder John Kofman case noting he paid no board for eleven years. Kofman claimed he paid nothing until Wednesday and then produced two black eyes as payment. The judge pressed the case toward March 6.
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Chicago
John Kofman
Mareio
Graber
John
Muscle Shoals Bill Veto Expected
Washington March 2 AP says Congress expects a presidential veto of the Muscle Shoals bill to be sustained within a day. Lawmakers race to pass emergency funding and prepare for the final hours of the seventy first congress as sessions close.
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Washington, Mar. 2
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Seventy-first Congress
House
Senate
Hebert
Rhode Island
Conner
Kansas
Myrtel Bennett to testify in husband slaying trial
In Kansas City on March 2 AP reports Mrs Myrtel A Bennett 35 wife of John G Bennett will take the stand in her defense for the Sept 29 1929 killing after a bridge game quarrel The defense hints at a new account of events leading to the fatal shooting in their apartment James Reed and J Francis O Sullivan refuse to reveal strategy
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Kansas City
Mar
Myrtel A. Bennett
James A. Reed
J. Francis O'Sullivan
John G. Bennett
Bennett
al Bum
Business Horizon Clears Up Says Julius H Barnes
Julius H Barnes reports a brighter business horizon with signs of improved conditions abroad. He cites stock adjustments aiding modest demand, lower farm prices tied to reduced city spending, growing savings, and a stronger long term capital market. Wholesale collections are fair, insurance sales lower, and building activity shows mixed gains and declines in various sectors.
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Julius H. Barnes
Hoover
National Business Survey
United States
Barnes
Franco Italian naval pact shifts to five power limit
Paris reports a Franco Italian naval race appears ended with a five nation naval relationship to last until 1936. Britain France and Italy agreed on terms to broaden the London treaty and limit navies if Washington and Tokyo approve. Briand Dumont were briefed on the agreement.
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Paris
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Washington
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Arthur Henderson
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Aristide Briand
Charles Dumont
Rome
Weather Overview Tennessee and Virginia Forecasts
Weather report notes cloudy skies in western Tennessee with possible rain or snow in the east tonight and cooler conditions tomorrow. Virginia expects rain on the coast and interior rain or snow, with a cooler interior tonight. Readings show yesterday highs around 50 and lows near 44 with minimal precipitation.
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East Portion
Virginia
South
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Probe of State Banking Tangle Shifts to New Hearings
The Tennessee legislative investigating committee resumes at 1 p.m. with Timothy Donovan testifying on Caldwell and Company and the Bank of Tennessee. The panel plans further hearings in Knoxville on Holston Union National Bank and Holston Trust, and may return to Nashville to consider the state purchasing department or prepare a report for March 16.
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Legislative Investigating Committee
Timothy Donovan
O’donovan
Old Ireland
Caldwell and Company
Bank of Tennessee
Ernest B. Smith
Donald Voss
Knoxville
Holston Union National Bank
Holston Trust Company
Nashville
State Purchasing Department
House
Senate
Fourteen SD Party Leaders Begin Confessions in Moscow
In Moscow on March 2, fourteen leaders of the Russian Social Democratic party started detailed witness stand confessions after pleading guilty to plotting the overthrow of the Soviet government. The court room held many vacant seats amid a dry program by Soviet prosecutor N. B. Krilenko, who led a five part examination on organization foreign activities counter-revolutionary ties sabotage and documentary evidence.
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Moscow
Russian Social Democratic Party
N. B. Krilenko
Social Democratic Party
Krilenko
Man Charged in Rahway Woman's Murder in Pictorial Tale
In Raleigh North Carolina a man named William Frazer is arrested and returned to New Jersey on charges of killing Phoebe Quick Strader of Rahway. An odd jobsman Ira Jenson reported Frazer claimed the woman was his lover and that Frazer admitted shooting her and disposing of the body in Bowling Green Virginia after a quarrel over her plans to end the affair. Frazer inherited $28,000 two years ago and had spent it before taking a factory job.
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William Frazer
Raleigh
N. C
New Jersey
Phoebe Quick Strader
Rahway, N. J
Ira Jenson
Frazer
Rahway
Jensan
Philip Stader
Tennessee Budget Clash Over School Funding Sparks Debate
Nashville reports show Governor Horton proposing a 28.35 million two year budget while Senator Anderson and others push a substitute cutting 3.52 million. Horton warns against slashing education and cites crowded rural schools, remodeling needs, and lower teacher pay.
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Nashville
Tenn
H. C. Anderson
Finance, Ways and Means
Walter Faulkner
Henry H. Horton
Horton
Anderson
John Brown
Charles C. Crabtree
Shelby
Tennessee
Brown
Crabtree
Treasury
Highway Department
Janus 4 Barnes Sees Global Business Improvement
Washington report notes Janus 4 and Barnes survey showing improving business conditions both at home and abroad. Philadelphia police raid on the home of Daniel Dever 80, a wealthy former liquor dealer, resulting in seizure of old private stock.
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Washington
Janus
Barnes
Philadelphia
Daniel Dever
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