Republican Nominees Named for Sullivan County Offices
The Sullivan county Republican Executive Committee met at Blountville to pick nominees for sheriff county court clerk trustee and circuit court clerk amid close ballots. Ty Thomas of Brull City was chosen for sheriff, R M Rogers for county court clerk, Henry Miller for trustee, and M Hy Copenhaver for circuit court clerk. The meeting was open with a crowd in attendance. delegates to the state committee in Nashville were authorized.
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Sullivan County
Blountville
Ty Thomas
Brull City
Thinee
R. M. Rogers
First
Henry Miller
Kingsport
M. Hy
Copenhaver
Bristol
County Court House
Nashville
Forest Fires Around Richmond Tamed After 1500 Acre Blaze
Forest wardens and volunteers contained a 1500 acre fire near Richmond that destroyed a sawmill and houses and 75,000 board feet of lumber. The blaze began on Gaten Coal and Iron land and another fire along the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac tracks was quelled. Patrols remain to guard against new outbreaks in dry weather.
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Richmond
Gaten Coal and Iron Company
Richemond
Census drive urged in Kingsport for full count
Kingsport Times asks residents not yet counted to submit census forms. Supervisor Smythe in Bristol will forward papers, or villagers may go to The Times office to fill out forms. Prompt action is urged to ensure accurate tallies for the community.
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport
Senate Body to Study Navy Pact and Red Cross Praise
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will study the London Naval treaty after Stimson explains the pact. Hale plans hearings with Adams and navy officers to probe policy on big cruisers. Hoover praises the Red Cross, calling it the nation’s response to disaster and a central relief agency.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stimson
Naval Committee
Hale
Adams
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
Maine
Congress
United States
Navy
Senate
Watson
Indiana
The
American Red Cross
Hoover
Red Cross
Red’ Cross
Senate Naval Committee
Gandhi Arrest Ignites India Salt Protests
Bombay dispatch reports Mahatma Gandhi was arrested at Jalalpur at one a.M. and transported to YeroD a jail near Poona. British authorities invoke Article 25 to detain him without trial, seeking to curb civil disobedience as rioting flares in Calcutta Poona Madras and other cities.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma
Gandhi
Great Britain
Jalaipur
Borivli
Yerroda
Poona
Ahmadabad
Jalalpur
Calcutta
Peshawar
Madras
Jawahrlal Nehru
All-Indian National Congress
J. M. Sen Gupta
Dharsana
Britain
1930 Census Figures Across Several Cities
West Virginia cities Charleston Wheeling Huntington show large population gains. Santa Barbara Saginaw Duquesne Clairton Steubenville Ogdensburg also report notable increases with percentages ranging from 12.8 to 72.5 percent.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wheeling
Huntington
Santa Barbara
Calif
Saginaw
Mick
Duquesne
Clairton
Steubenville
Ohio
Ogdensburg
Monte Vista Fire Destroys Business Block Causing $300,000 in Damages
A blaze in Monte Vista’s central business district destroyed eight stores and a lumber yard as winds fanned the flames. Colorado national guardsmen patrolled streets while fire departments from Monte Vista and Alamosa fought the blaze, aided by over 200 volunteers. The fire began in a hardware store furnace room and spread rapidly, with a second blaze discovered at the lumber yard.
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Monte Vista
Colo
Colorado National Guardsmen
Alamosa
Here
Administration backs Parker for Supreme Court seat vote due
Washington reports show administration spokesmen pushing to confirm Judge John J. Parker as associate justice as a Senate vote nears. Borah leads opposition while some Republicans and Democrats back Parker, raising expectations of a tight, possibly tied result with Vice President Curtis potential tiebreaker. A separate Nashua fire devastates over 12,25 homes.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Senator Jones
Aen
Kansas
Waterman
Colorado
Parker
Chamber
Stephens
Mississippi
Borah
Curtis
Supreme
Two North Carolina convicts blamed in deadly attack and assault
Rocky Mount May 5 AP Two unidentified Negroes hunted after they shot Frank Crickmore and attacked Elizabeth Powell near Battleboro injuring Crickmore fatally and harming Powell. A companion, Joe Lee, was found dead with an axe as a posse searched nearby woods. Police identify suspects as Charlie Dixon and Willie Coachman, recent convicts.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Frank Crickmore
Elizabeth Powell
Battleboro
Joe Lee
Crickmore
Charlie Dixon
Willie Coachman
Dixon
Miss Powell
Don Gilliam
Tarboro
Lee
Besten
Buck Hilliard
Hilliard
Weather Outlook Tennessee and Virginia Regions
Tennessee mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with possible local thundershowers on Tuesday and little temperature change tonight. Virginia fair tonight and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers in the far north Tuesday afternoon, slightly warmer tonight, moderate west or southwest winds.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Weather To Bring Warm, Clearing Conditions In Southwest
After weekend snow and rain across Southern California and Arizona a warmup was forecast with clearing skies. A death occurred in the Los Angeles area from exposure after heavy snow in the San Antonio mountains near Ontario. Metros logged the heaviest May rainfall since 1921 at 1.04 inches.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Southwest
California
Arizona
San Antonio
Ontario
Cal
Mildred Percy
Chicago Child Welfare League
Pasadena
Ice House Canyon
Kelly's Camp
Southland
Slayer Deputy Sheriff Hunt Underway After Tennessee Shooting
A 300 man posse combed Madison County North Carolina and Greene County Tennessee for Hubert Stanton after a shooting near the Madison line killed Madison deputy Mitch Gentry and wounded Grady Cutshall. Cutshall was hospitalized in Greeneville with two bullet wounds. Details remained scarce as Marshall learned of the incident hours later.
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Asheville
N. C
Madison County
North Carolina
Green County
Tennessee
Hubert Stanton
Mitch Gentry
Madison
Grady Cutshall
Cutshall
Greeneville
Marshall
Augusta Block in Danger Fire
Fire of undetermined origin damaged two and three story structures in Augusta downtown. The McClellan ten cent store suffered heaviest losses as flames were fought for four hours. Damage estimated at under 200000 dollars.
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Augusta
McClellan
Ten Cent
Woodpecker in Chicago Draws Crowd at Lamp Post
Report from Lincoln Park notes a crowd gathered around a concrete lamp standard to watch a woodpecker peck a steel band. The bird pecked for about half an hour before flying off in disgust, with some onlookers calling it a bit cuckoo.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Nationwide Fires Leave Hundreds Homeless and Millions Lost
A May 3 AP report details a wave of fires across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Nashua New Hampshire suffered 500 homeless as 225 homes and four plants burned, while a Norfolk Hampton Roads pier blaze destroyed the aircraft carrier Lexington and nearby vessels. Staten Island and Long Island experienced extensive brush fires affecting hundreds of buildings and thousands of cottages. Damages run into millions as fire crews battled blazes from New Jersey to Massachusetts.
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New York
Nashua
N. H
Hampton Roads Naval
Just
Lexington
Hampton Roads
Elizabeth River
Naval Base
Norfolk
Vulcan
Vii. Aften
Staten Island
Manhattan
Long Island
New Jersey
Forked River
Presbyterian Church
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M. H. Copenhaver
Garner
Texas
Democratic Teader
Inj Ge
London
Fort Stockton
England
Miami
Fla
Hialeah
B. Lafitte, Jr
Delbert Ashland
Lafitte
Sam Belcher
Ashland
Sarah
Cali
New York City
Carrier Pier
Heart of
Bassville
Smithburg
Lakehurst
Naval Station
Worcester
Mass
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