Bratton Surrenders to Recess Committee Amid Criticism
Nashville march 7 Senator Sam R Bratton of Obion County an administration leader and sub committee chair surrendered to recess committees after urging they desist from spending state funds on investigations He also backed a 473000 appropriation to establish a junior college at Martin Tennessee He warned against repealing the Hall Moody school bill and pledged to amend the tobacco bill if needed to fund committee expenses He urged full cooperation and claimed to remain loyal to the school. The educational committee then began its statewide inquiry into state education with a tour schedule through March 17 visiting Murfreesboro Nashville Cookeville Memphis Martin and other sites.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sam RB. Bratton
Obion County
Jeader
Funketing
Bratton
Martin
Tennessee
West
Hall-Moody
Treasury
Waya
Bristan
Andrew J. Graves
Knox
John Shelton
Hardin
J. D. Hamilton
Hawkins
U. S. Keys
Smith
J. H. Gammon
Anderson
P. L. Harned
State Commissioner of Education
Murfreesbore
Middle Tennessee State Teachers College
State Department of Education
Cookeville
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
Memphis
Medical College of
The
University of Tennessee
West Tennessee State Teachers College
Hall-Moody Junior College
Taxi Driver Shoots Wife and Kills Himself in New York
A taxi driver Aloysius Joseph 26 shot his wife at their West 49th Street home after summoning Father John J Sheridan for last rites. The priest accompanied him to the house where the wife lay dead then Joseph shot himself in the temple and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition. The couple had been married two years.
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New York
John J. Sheridan
St. Raphael's Church
Aloysius Joseph
Joseph
Sheridsa
West 49Th Street
Bellevee Hospital
Memphis Woman Held for Murder in Apartment Slaying
In Memphis Tennessee on March 7, Anna Mace Wilk ingon, 22, was formally charged with murder after she shot George Oldham 36, in his apartment following an eight hour fight. She said Oldham was jealous of another man and fled the scene, later surrendering and showing no remorse. Her mother resides in Middleton, Tom.
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Memphis
Tenn
Anna Mace Wilkingon
George Oldham
Oldham
Wilkingon
Chattanooga Prohibition Agent Details Transfer to Nashville
Prohibition Agent Eli Williams, a Chattanooga veteran of six years, is temporarily detailed to the Nashville office. Kentucky and Tennessee Prohibition Administrator William O. M. Ky announced plans to rotate agents to assist enforcement, with Williams noted for his knowledge of moonshiners and bootleggers.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Eli Williams
Nashville
Federal Prohibitory
William 0. M. i Ky
Kentucky
Tennessee
Willams
Two Killed and Others Injured in Attempt to Catch Crazy Man
In Johnston Pay six hour pursuit of a demented man ends with two killed and multiple wounded. Bruno 50 shot and killed Max Millen 85 and mortally wounded John Tiberdale while injuring two others. A mistaken identity led to further violence as Walter Coleman and officer Howard Plummer confronted the suspect.
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Crazy Man
Johnston
Bruno
Rimgelhr Hia Howe
Boavedale
Max Millen
Boaverdale
John Tiberdale
Eleven Arraigned in South Carolina Blue Law Acts
South Carolina’s second blue Sunday led to eleven arrests in Camden and Aiken, while Governor Richards criticized a judge over a restraining order. Ten Camden golfers, and a restaurant proprietor Ammar arrested for cigarettes sold to an undercover agent, faced charges and court appearances. Trials were postponed to Friday at the governor’s request. some defendants contended their Sunday golf did not violate the law.
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South Carolina
Columbia
S. G
Aiken
John Richards
Camden
H. McLeod
Ammar
W. W. Rogers
Rogers
Robin
Sam
3. C
Richards
W. L. Depass
Veterinarian William P. Watkins Dies in Memphis
Dr. Watkins, longtime Memphis animal hospital operator, died yesterday. Funeral services to be held at the home of his daughter Mrs. J M Vineyard. He was active in the First Methodist Church and retired four years ago after his son’s death. Dirigible flight postponed due to unfavorable weather. visit to Memphis from Belleville will occur when conditions improve.
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Memphis
Tenn.s
William P. Watkins
J. M. Vineyard
Watkins
Howard Watkins
First Methodist
Tenn
Army Dirigible
Belleville
Ulingis
Drowning on Warrior River Near Birmingham
Ada Alabama March 7 Jessa Smith age 22 drowned when boat capsized on the Warrior River near Birmingham two companions escaped authorities reported.
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Logger
Birmingham
Ada
Jessa Smith
Sproye
Warrior River
Here
Thief Throws Brick Through Window in Jewelry Store Heist
In Chattanooga on March 7 an unidentified man threw a brick through the window at R. L. Parcell’s Jewelry, 734 Cherry Street, midnight. He escaped with watches and jewelry valued at over 400 dollars after Parcell alerted police and the thief reportedly returned for a second loot attempt.
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Chattanooga
Fenn
R. L. Pareell
Storn
Cherry Street
Mr.Parcell
Parteell
Camas
Mystery in Bomb Plot at St Peter and Paul Church San Francisco
In San Francisco police hunt for motive behind the fifth bomb attempt on St Peter and Paul Catholic church in the Latin Quarter. A wounded man, Charles Moss alias Celsten Ecklund, and an unidentified accomplice were killed in a police trap after a dynamite charge was tossed at the church entrance. Ecklund says he prayed at the church and had no link to the attack. police recovered a bomb and saved civilians by snuffing the fuse.
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San Francisco
St. Peter and Paul Catholic
Ong
Charles Moss
Celsten Ecklund
Ecklund
Former policeman deputy sheriff confesses murder
A former Atlanta policeman now held in Chattanooga confessed to killing Bert Donaldson special investigator for Solicitor Boykin. He said a group of rum runners and gamblers planned the hit and that three men drew straws to decide who would shoot. The declaration names Jack Lance R. K. Lovett and others implicated as participants.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
Bert Donaldson
John A. Boykin
Charles H. Fitchett
Atlanta Constitution
Fitchett
Jack Lance
Donaldson
R. K. Lovett
Boykin
Fulton County
Lance
Fulton
Lovett
Ed Lee
Whitey Jones
Flim King
Ike Sneed
Abe Nissenbaum
Aling Spark Piug
McBryant
Theyshad
King
Weather update for Tennessee and Virginia report
Cloudy with rain in central Tennessee and colder conditions tonight and Tuesday. Virginia reports rain tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions tonight and a colder Tuesday afternoon. Readings taken at 6 p.m. show yesterday's high 65, low 42, with rainfall to 6 p.m. and mixed precipitation in the west.
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Tennessee
Virginia
U.S
C. L. Bunn
Yesterda
Westerdy
Severe Earth Shocks Recorded Near Chicago
Severe earth shocks were recorded by the United States Weather Bureau seismograph at the University of Chicago from 3:41 to 6:30 a m central standard time. The maximum disturbance occurred at 4:24 a.m. and was centered about 400 miles from Chicago.
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Chicago
United States Weather Bureau
Q University of Chicago
Four Slayers Die in Electric Chairs at Western State
Four men from Philadelphia were executed in the electric chair at Western State Penitentiary in Rockview Pa after being condemned for a bank robbery killing a Yeoman in Philadelphia last May. The condemned were Joseph Curry Harry Bentley William Juliano and Frank Doris. They died in sequence from 7 a.m. to 7:82 a.m. Curry called farewell to his companions. Bentley and Juliano gave last statements in a prior interview naming Mathew Overnack, a bank holdup suspect from Westmont New Jersey, now serving 10 to 20 years in Trenton. They said five men were in the holdup but refused to name the others. Their statements will be turned over to Overnack’s counsel and New Jersey authorities.
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Rockview
Philadelphia
Western State Penitentiary
Joseph Curry
Harry Bentley
William Juliano
Frank Doris
Curry
Bentley
Juliano
Mathew Overnack
Westmont
N. J
Trenton
Jury Picked for Sinclair Contempt Trial Opens Soon
Jury selection finished in just over two hours in the District of Columbia supreme court for Harry F. Sinclair's trial on contempt of Congress over his Teapot Dome testimony. Testimony to begin tomorrow as witnesses are summoned, with related charges and a separate conspiracy indictment against Sinclair with Albert Fall for the Teapot Dome lease proceeding toward trial next month.
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Washington
Harry FP. Sinclair
Sinclair
Teapot
Supreme Court
Sinclaiy
Albert Fall
Teapot Dome
Wyamuir
Mammoth Oil Company
Bristol Man Shot Over Rooster Fight Dispute
In Bristol Tennessee on March 7, Matt Collins shot R H Love during an argument about a chicken fight near the Bristol Country Club. Love was wounded in the shoulder, Jeve is in hospital with a lung injury, and Collins is being sought after a prior killing. Police report a manhunt ongoing with a history of previous violence involving Collins.
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Bristol
Tenn Va
Maren
Bill Maiden
Maiden
Immatt Collins
R. H. Love
Jeve
Collins
Frank Cunnigham
Yester de Marden
Love
Page
Uruguayan flyer reported safe after overland trek
Major Tadeo Larre Barges and three companions, missing after departing Cape Balnca for Cape Jubi during a trans Atlantic flight, were found safe in a sparsely populated Spanish northwest Africa region, aided by friendly Moorish tribesmen. Their seized seaplane was recovered near a rivulet mouth sixty miles north of Cape Jubi.
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Gasa Blanaca
Tadeo Larre-Barges
Cape Balanca
Cape Jubi
Nore
Widow Dies After Fall From Hotel Buckingham Window
NEw YORK March 7 Dr Nathalie Sehley widow of Buchanan Sehley deputy collector of the port of Baltimore in Cleveland era died today after a fall or leap from a fifteenth floor window of the Hotel Buckingham in West 57th Street. Her son Buchanan Schley cotton broker found her body on a roof below after knocking and entering. Her husband who died November 16 was a long time New York Cotton Exchange member and first cousin of the late Rear Admiral Schley.
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Neow York
Nathalie Sehley
Buchanan’ Sehley
Baltimore
Cleveland
Buckingham
West 57Th Street
Buchanan Schley
Mya. Sehley
New York Cotton Pxeringe
Sehtey
Warfame
Woman's rights push at League of Nations meeting in Geneva
In the 44th session council Austen Chamberlain with Dr Benes protested female representation on the health committee. Dr Alice Hamilton was noted as the sole adviser. The council sent the complaint to the health committee and a favorable decision is likely.
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Geneva
Maren T
Woman's Rights
League of Nations Council
Austen Chamberlain
Dr. Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
League
Alice Hamilton
Harvard
McLane Reappointed Middle Tennessee District Attorney
A. V McLane, sworn district attorney for Middle Tennessee, sent to the U S attorney general a certified copy of his oath and asked for endorsement of his entire staff. The current staff includes W H Lindsey as assistant district attorney, Mrs Hyre A Williams as chief clerk, Miss Bessies Strenker as accountant, and stenographers Miss Louise Mills and Miss Grace Free.
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Wasiville
A. V McLane
Middle Tennessee
United States
W.H. Lindsey
Woodbury
Hyre A. Williams
Bessies Strenker
Louise Mills
Grace Free
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Tirano
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Miller
Plummer
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Istance
Viejenn
Qsear
Mehrhorn
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Robbins, Tenn
Robbins High School
Ben Fowler
W. W. Foust
Scott County
Fowles
Fowler
Dr. Foust
Sheriff West
Slayers
Who Is
Talbot
Senate
al Fall
Yerry Talbot
House Veterans’ Committee
Johnson
Tarbot
Samuck ‘M. Marcus
Los Angeles
Emmett Collins
Warsaw
Woman's Rights Blaze
Middle Tenn
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