Nine Negroes jailed after confessed attack on whites
SCOTTSBORO Ala March 26 Quiet reigns as national guardsmen guard the jail where nine Negroes some of whom have confessed were held for attacking two Huntsville girls aged 17 and 21 yesterday on a Southern Railway freight train near Stevenson. Five white youths were thrown from the train and two others knocked unconscious. Judge J A Hawkins promised to call the grand jury immediately and indictments would bring the Negroes to trial at once. The mob threat waned as troops and deputies maintained control.
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Scottsboro
Ala
National
Huntsville
Southern Railway
Stevenson
J. A. Hawkins
Jackson
Wann
Paint Rock
Chattanooga
J. W. Gleason
Georgia
J. C. Ferguson
Lindsey
O'Dell Gladwell
North Carolina
Ray Thurman
Jamestown
Orville Gille
Albertville
Lester Carter
Gille
Carter
Claude Norris
Willie Robinson
Haywood Patterson
Audry Wright
Ray Wright
Eugene Williams
di] Montgomery
New Light Demonstrated At Cleveland For Flyers
A light visible from 125 miles away was shown in Cleveland for aviators to gauge cloud height. The bulb, similar in size to a home tungsten lamp, lets a person five miles away read by its glow. It offers precise height readings with an error of 12 feet per mile and can aid firefighting by penetrating most smoke.
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Cleveland
Johnson Guilty Mercy Shown in Texas Slayer Case
A. B. Johnson, 46, teamster foreman in Beaumont, was convicted of murder for killing Ottis Lee Adams, 22, believed to be a traitor to his daughter. The jury imposed a five year sentence suspended to operate only if he is convicted of another felony. Johnson’s 17-year-old daughter Elizabeth had been shot to death in December.
Analysis Reveals Stability Returning to Business
A survey across many states shows growing stability in US business as February outputs and wage payments rose, layoffs lessen, and production plans expand. Detroit tire plant runs full staff. Buick up 30 percent in March over February and 18 percent over March 1930s. Paramount Publix plans seven films monthly with 1,700 to 2,100 workers. Utica and Syracuse show employment gains amid typewriter makers and Remington activity.
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Federal Reserve Board
New York
Memphis
Tenn
Red Cross
South
United States Rubber Company
Detroit
Buick Motor Company
Flint
Mich
Paramount Publix Corporation
Hollywood
Illinois Legislature votes for repeal of State Day Act
Springfield March 26 The Illinois Senate by 26 to 24 approved a bill to repeal the state prohibition law and the search and seizure act. If signed by Governor Louis Emmerson, enforcement would shift to federal authorities. The bill, already passed by the House, marks Illinois as the sixth state to repeal prohibition. The governor has ten days to decide.
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Springfield
Louis Emmerson
State Senate
House
Ilinois
Montana
Nevada
Wisconsin
New York
Massachusetts
O'Grady McDermott
Senate
Weather Rain and Colder Across Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee expects rain tonight and Friday with northeast areas cloudy tonight and a colder Friday after noon, turning much colder Friday night into Saturday. Virginia sees fair but colder tonight with increasing clouds and colder Friday, followed by rain Friday night and in the southwest Friday afternoon. Readings note yesterday's highs 61 and lows 39, with no rain yesterday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Germany and Austria insist on union despite caution
Berlin and Vienna reaffirm plans for an economic union opposed by many nations. Chancellor Bruening said the customs accord fits the Geneva protocol and the St Germain treaty, with full effect likely two or three months, as the League council prepares its May meeting.
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Berlin
Germany
Austria
Council of
League of Nations
Europe
Bruening
League Council
Council of the
Train Street Car Crash in Charlotte Injures 43
A Southern Railway engine plowed into a street car at the Trade Street crossing near the Southern station in Charlotte North Carolina injuring 43 people, many seriously. Twenty seven victims were negro. motorman John Faulkner and conductor Guy Smith were among the injured. Faulkner lost his left foot. An ambulance strike damaged a car of insurance salesman Jack Kimball.
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John Faulkner
Guy Smith
Smith
Faulkner
Foster seen at tunnel as reporter slain trial linked to Lingle
Chicago March 26 Otto Swoboda testified Frank Foster, Chicago gangster, was seen near the Randolph street tunnel during the June assassination of Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle. Foster, out on bail on related indictments, had gun traced to him. Swoboda, who identified Foster in court, said he saw him June 9 leaning by the north side library wall and later in court.
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Criminal Courts Building
Chicago
Leo Brothers
Alfred Lingle
Frank Foster
Otto Swoboda
Brothers
Randolph Street
Foster
Lingle
Harry Cantwell
Speculation links Foster to Lingle murder in Brothers trial
Chicago March 26 speculation centered on whether gangster Frank Foster had ties to Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle’s assassination. State witness Otto Swoboda testified seeing three men flee the Randolph Street tunnels after Lingle was shot on June 9, with Leo V Brothers identified among them. Foster was captured July 1 in Los Angeles by detectives led by Patrick Roche.
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Chicago
Frank Foster
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Leo V Brothers
Chicago Tribune
Foster
Los Angeles
Patrick Roche
States Attorney
Otto Swoboda
Randolph Street
Lingle
Wordy battle over city corruption in Chicago and New York
Washington dispatch says Democrats and Republicans exchange accusations over city administrations. The Republican committee calls New York City a sink hole of corruption, while Democratic leader Shouse argues Republicans avoid Hoover’s record and instead target Chicago’s Chicago’s Big Bill Thompson Al Capone pairing as proof of mismanagement.
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Chicago
New York City
Republican National Committee
Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Hoover
Democratic National Committee
Bill Thompson
al Capone
Tammany Prepares To Clean House Before Probers Come
New York March 25 The Democratic machine moves to purge officials as legislative inquiries loom. Resignations in the Manhattan bureau of buildings signal party efforts to address probes across eleven city departments. Mayor to review investigations upon return from California and respond to city affairs charges.
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New York
Tammany
Manhattan Bureau
California
Roosevelt
Walker
Dudley Field Malone
John Haynes Holmes
City Affairs Committee
Stephen S. Wise
Brooklyn Federation of Churches
Greater New York Federation
Frederick M. Gordon
Brooklyn Federation
Winter Storm Strikes Rocky Region From Montana to New Mexico
A pre-faster storm swept the Rocky Mountain area, delivering snow across Montana Wyoming Colorado and New Mexico with sub zero temperatures and drifting in Cheyenne toward Greeley. Pilot Henry C. Hollenbeck was forced down south of Spencer Idaho as travel warnings spread.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Henry C. Hollenbeck
National Parks Airway
Spencer
Idaho
Cheyenne
Wyo
Greeley
Nevada
Two men Involved In Jamestown Death Shootout
Jamestown Tennessee March 26 AP Will Abbott 27 living near Kentucky is dead after Carl Smith 24 says he shot Abbott from his horse with a .44 pistol Abbott allegedly fired at Smith’s home and threatened his wife and family Smith says he followed Abbott after the Tuesday incident Sheriff Norman said no arrests likely Abbott died from a gunshot wound in a rural confrontation on the edge of Kentucky.
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Jamestown
Tenn
Will Abbott
Kentucky
Carl Smith
Las
Abbott
Smith
Abbot
Norman
Censorship Tightened After Lima Barracks Revolt
In Lima Peru strict censorship is imposed following a revolt within the fifth regiment barracks. The measures aim to control reporting and public sentiment amid the unrest.
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Lima
Peru
Fifth Regiment
Default of former chief accountant revealed in highway probe
Nashville AP report says Gordon Briley testified that his predecessor W. O. Denny defaulted $11,800 on a special payroll account at Tennessee Hermitage National Bank. Denny’s $1,800 balance remained unpaid, with $410,000 to $450,000 of state funds tied to the account and rumors of campaign use. Briley described 1930 transfers of highway funds to banks favored by Lea and Caldwell, and said auditors questioned his role.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Highway Department
State Affairs Legislative Investigating Committee
Gordon H. Briley
Joe V. Williams
Mr. Briley
W. O. Denny
Denny’s
Tennessee- Hermitage National Bank
Tennessee-Hermitage
Lea-Caldwell
Legislative Investigation Committee
Highway Department
Tom Henderson
Denny
Williams
Henry H. Horton
Horton
Luke Lea
Rogers Caldwell
Holster-Union National Bank of Knoxville
Tennessee Hermitage National
Bank of Tennessee
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Briley
Charles M. McCabe
Finance and Taxation
McIntyre
Short
Robert H
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B. M. Miller
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Weems
Thurman
Jean Doyle
Salt Lake City
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Tenu
Frank
Johnson
J. R. Brackett
Associated Press
Mar
Illinois
Congress
Prohibition
Adelbert Roberts
Ralph M. Shaw
UNION
League
Charlotte, N. C
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Tribune
G.O.P
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W. Kingsland Macy
Assembly
Rocky
Tormenter
G.H. Briley
Quiz Committee
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