Reed Pushes Libel Suit Against Ford in Detroit
In Detroit on March 18 Senator James A. Reed presented details of large sums reportedly obtained by Aaron Sapiro from cooperative farmer associations as part of the million dollar libel suit against Henry Ford. Reed depicted Sapiro as pressuring for funds, naming amounts from various groups while clashing with plaintiff attorney William Gallagher over court conduct and opening statements.
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James A. Reed
Ford Counsel
Sapiro
Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapire
Henry Ford
Sa~piro
Ford
Dearborn
William Gallagher
Reed
Tri-State Tobacco Association
Burley Tobacco Association
Sa~pito
Potuabay
Collie dog tourist guide travels 160 miles to Rockmart Ga
Anderson S. C. March 18 The Chamber of Commerce passed up a good tourist cue in a collie dog that walked from its home here to Rockmart Georgia 160 miles away. Mrs Pan Be Norris of Anderson County received the dog by express as a gift from Mrs J G Sustrunk of Rockmart. Taken to the Norris farm the collie was introduced to the folks and in a few days turned loose. A week later word came from Rockmart that the dog was safe and sound.
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Anderson
S. C
Chamber of Commerce
Rockstart
Pan BE
Norris
Anderson County
Express
J. G. Sustrunk
Rockmart
Nortis
Safe and Sound
Manville High To Have Poke Supper
A poke supper will be held at the New Manville high school building on Saturday night March 19. In addition to the regular supper, cakes and candies will be available to walk for. The event is expected to be well attended and the public is invited.
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Times
Gate City
New Manville High School
Weather summary for Virginia and Tennessee reports
Weather bulletin notes Virginia mostly cloudy with possible showers in west and north, warmer in far west tonight. Tennessee predicts cloudy showers in west and north tonight, followed by much colder conditions Sunday and Sunday night. Data compiled by U S weather station observer C L Bunn with 6 PM readings. comparisons to yesterday and last year included.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
C. L. Bunn
Family Has United States All Its Own
Winchester Virginia March 18 AP Me and Mrs Utah Crozen of Frederick county have a United State all their own Utah Crozen married Miss Rhode Island Place more than ten years ago and the county clerk who made out the license presenting it with compliments refused a fee Now Miss Tennessee is a main boar of the family She had four brothers Vermont Georgia Kansas and Montana and three sisters Minnesota Maryland and Florida
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Winchester
Utah Crozen
Frederick County
Utah
Crozen
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
Georgia
Kanana
Montana
Minnesota
Maryland
Florida
Slayings Bring Confusion in Macon as Suspect Freed
Authorities in Macon Ga wrestle with a murder case of local broker E B Hogan. Doublas Weaver a 22 year old student denies involvement and after alibi corroboration and fingerprint tests lawmen plan to release him unless new lead emerges. A second witness says Weaver was seen near the crime scene while a group including Luther Pritchett J C Jones Avanta and Elijah Suholz are held in connection with a car theft linked to the case.
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Macon
E. B. Hogan
Eva Tanner
Hogan
Doublas. Weaver
Luther Pritchett Slias
J. C. Jones
Avanta
Elijah Suholz
Jacksonville
Florida
Weaver
Boling
Hopan
Prisoner Loses Senses After Electric Execution Clemency
In Ossining March 18 Harry W. Cowan a Brooklyn murderer who escaped execution faces a life with loss of sight hearing taste and smell following a clemency decision. Fellow death sentence inmates Joseph Friia and Joseph Provenzano were executed at Sing Sing for killing James Lemardi Rochester New York in 1925. Lemardi’s widow and three children affected by the crime are noted. Mrs. Lemardi serves a long sentence at Auburn.
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Ossining
Harry W. Cowan
Brooklyn
Joseph Friia
Joseph Provenzano
Sing Sing
Cowan
Edith Burton
Miss Burton
Governor Smith
Priia
Provenzano
Kelling James Lemardi
Rochester
N.Y
Expansion of Southern Foreign Trade Acknowledged by Speaker
Atlanta March 1742 A dramatic forecast of Dixie foreign trade growth came from Julius Klein director of the federal bureau of foreign and domestic commerce at a Southeastern leaders dinner. He cited wartime shifts creating new markets and said the South with diversified products and vigorous leadership will play a major role. Klein noted nearly 40 percent of U S export tonnage left Southern ports last year and Southern port tonnage rose about 82 million tons, signaling a broader economic transformation.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Julius ‘Klein
Federal Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington, D. C
South
Klein
Far East
United States
Students Die By Own Action In Separate Incidents
In New Orleans Tulane junior Harold P Bergeret 27 killed himself at home over overstudy concerns. His brother and parents cited nervous breakdown and overwork as causes. In Galesburg and Tampa separate cases a high school junior and a named individual reportedly took their own lives amid worries over parts in plays and school pressures.
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Tulane
Hlinois End
New Orleans
Harold P. Bergeret
Tulane University
Bergeret
E. J. Bergeret
Legality of Parole Is Being Questioned
Washington reports question the legality of a five year parole grant to Dr. Frederick A Cook the famed explorer and oil promoter. Federal Judge James C Wilson may test the issue in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Fort Worth Texas. Attorney General Sargent and DOJ officials refused comment on the probationary order extended yesterday. District Attorney Aweitel at Fort Worth likely to press for action on the appeal he has announced.
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Washington
Frederick A. Cook
James C. ‘Wilson
Fort Worth
Texas
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sargent
Department of Justice
Aweitel
Finance committee ends morning session with luncheon honor Bratton
Nashville Tenn March 18. Protests urged privilege taxes on power companies and building and loan associations to cut revenue bill charges. Judge Tom Grier testified for Southern Cities Power Company as Memphis lenders pressed for rate reductions. Most cuts had already been made, and the committee adjourned early for a luncheon honoring Senator Bratton and Representative Love for three weeks of work on appropriations and revenue measures.
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Nashville
Tenn
Finance, Way and Means
Tom Grier
Shelbyville
Southern Cities Power Company
Memphis Building and Loan Companies
Senator Bratton
Representative Love
Miner Fined Fifty Dollars for Smoking in Mine Entry
Chattanooga March 18. Lee Roddy a miner for Boane Iron Company was fined 50 dollars at Rockwood after being observed smoking a pipe in Rogers entry of the mine where two fires recently occurred. He pleaded guilty as officers had suspected him.
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Chattanooga
Lee Roady
Fa Boane Iron Company
Rockwood
Crags
Rogers
Roddy
Governor Whitfield Dies After Long Illness in Mississippi
Jackson March 18 Governor Henry L Whitfield died this morning after a prolonged battle with bone cancer which led to his leg amputation. He had recently resumed duties and passed away with Mrs Whitfield at his side. The body lies in state at the capitol before a special train to Columbus for funeral on the Mississippi State College for Women campus. He was a longtime educator and later governor who championed public schools and revised the anti trust law.
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Jackson
Miss
Henry L. Whitfield
Capitol
Columbus
Mississippi ‘State’ College For Women
Whitfield
WoAs Hewitt
First, Baptist Church of Jackson
South
Whitfields
North Carolina
Fitzhughs
Virginia
Mississippi College
Millsaps College
Westville
Florence
Mississippi Industrial Institute
Missigissippi State College’ For Women
Memphis
Millionaire kid linked to train robbery probe
New York dispatch reports investigators doubt the claimed 300000 mail train holdup at Alton Illinois. Frederick Bobl Jr alias Scott Campbell, called the millionaire kid, was arrested in a Brooklyn rooming house and refused to name five companions. Police say he discussed a vital robbery and claimed funds were hidden in Bismarck Missouri.
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New York
Alton
Als
Frederick Bobl,Jr
Scott Campbell
Brooklyn
Kingsport Cagers Minus Whitey Hug
Nashville March 18 The Tennessean Vanderbilt basketball tournament enters its third day with White Haven facing a weakened Kingsport five after an accident sidelined Whitey Hugg. Kingsport fight to rebound and stay in the running for the Chicago national tourney while Millington and Alpine square off later. Tonight Chattanooga Central and Knoxville High clash in the opening bout as Red Floyd guides Knoxville.
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Nashville
Tennessee Secondary Schools Association
Chicago
White Haven
Kingsport
Whitey Hugg
Tornado toll rises in Arkansas towns and plains
A deadly tornado struck south central Arkansas killing about ten people and injuring many in Delight Pike County and surrounding areas including Klondike Point View and Mountain View. Names of victims and injured are listed, with extensive damage to farms and homes reported.
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Arkansas
Central Section
Little Rock
Ark
Arkannsas
Delight
Pike County
Kiondike
Point View
Mountain View
Edgar Smith
Jewel theft at Congress Hotel baffles Chicago police
Chicago reports a $60,000 jewel robbery at the Congress Hotel, duplicating a past hotel theft in method. Arthur Bowery of Grand Rapids alerted police that diamond jewelry from Adolph Luthy and Company vanished from the hotel vaults after he checked items Sunday. A suspected jewelry salesman reportedly swapped parcels through a mysterious check, with officers still uncertain how the exchanges occurred.
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Chicago
House
Congress Hotel
Arthur S. Bowery
Grand Rapids
Mitch
Adolph Luthy and Company
New York
Power Aid
Bonarix
Surveyors Begin Trek to Mark 50,000 Acre Tracts
Knoxville, Tenn. March 15 A team of fifteen surveyors from Cherokee National Forest led by James Derman has begun a six month trek to establish boundaries for 50,000 acres to be added to the forest. The work starts near Tellico Plains and covers large tracts.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cherokee National Forest
James Derman
Tellico Plains
Florida Women Must Take Part in Politics
Florida's Governor John W. Martin urges women to engage in government as he announces the appointment of Mrs Eaton, 45, to the state railroad commission. The article notes Mrs Eaton’s qualifications and the broader push for greater female participation in public affairs.
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Florida
Tallataries
Fia
Mare
John W. Martin
Ani
Eaton
Ford's Rail Merger Plan Denied by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission disapproved Henry Ford's plan to consolidate Detroit Toledo and Ironton rail properties into one corporation. The ruling rejected all Ford applications after a fight with minority stockholders who would have been forced to sell their DT and Iron ton shares.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit
Toledo
Irontor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ford
Ironton
England Seizes Ex-Naval Officer Over Illicit Documents
London reports the arrest and detention without bail of Lieutenant Commander Cailin Mayers on charges of illegally possessing official papers including submarine plans. The director of public prosecutions will handle the case for the admiralty at arraignment next week. Mayers, who retired last January, previously worked for Vickers, Ltd. in the submarine and ordnance sector.
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London
England
Cailin Mayers
Great Britain
Director of Public Prosecutions
Admiralty
Mayers
Naval Intelligence Department
Navy
Sub- Mariné Department
Vickers, Ltd
Builders of
Warcraft
Ordance
Bishop Russell Dies in Charleston Illinois
The Rt. Rev. Russell, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, died early today in Charleston Illinois after illness. His death ends decades of clerical leadership and service to the diocese and its parishes.
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Hishop
Charleston
8. C
I Russell
Diorese
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