Gandhi Taken To New Prison In India Conflict
Serious clashes between civil and military forces and Gandhi followers continued across India. At Sholapur police and natives died as authorities failed to disperse demonstrators. Gandhi reportedly moved at night from Yerada prison to Purendhar fortress for unknown reasons. A separate cotton fire at Dewri destroyed about 75000 dollars worth of baled cotton. Ratnai Morarji resigned from Bombay council of state protesting repression and Gandhi’s interment.
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Associated “Press
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Sholapur
Yerada
Poona
Purendhar
Bombay
Dewri
Ratnai Morarji
Council of State For
Lord Irwin
Machine Gun Accident Kills Two Convicts at Ohio Penitentiary
At Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus two Cleveland inmates Albert Freeman and Frank Ross were killed when a machine gun on the chapel roof accidentally discharged during a guard change. The blast followed a nighttime fire that destroyed 85 tents in the stockade after a clash with convicts. National guards and penitentiary guards patrolled the prison as leaders of a passive resistance were held in solitary confinement.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Albert Freeman
Frank Ross
Cleveland
Hostetter
Hakbrich
Fire Threatens Gulf Refining Plant in Bayonne
A gasoline tank exploded at Gulf Refining Company in Bayonne New Jersey injuring 30 to 40 workers and leaving three tanker crew missing. Flames spread across the yard threatening adjacent Tidewater Oil Plant and a Raseline storage warehouse amid fire and alert crews.
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Bayonne
N. J
Gulf Refining Company
Tidewater Oil Company
Gulf
Rain Brings Relief to East Tennessee Crops
Showers across East Tennessee on May 8 brought relief to breath stricken farmland after a drought since April 6. Crops such as clover, grass, hay, oats, straw berries and truck crops suffered damage from the dry spell.
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Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee eyes fair tonight and Friday with partial cloudiness and possible local thundershowers. Virginia forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with light to moderate east and southeast winds. High yesterday reached 86, low yesterday 42, and rainfall yesterday was 0.70 inches. Readings taken at 6:30 to 7:00 daily by C. L. Bunn.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
East Tennessee Medical Association Opens Meet Here
The East Tennessee Medical Association convened in Kingsport this morning at 9 o'clock for its annual convention. Over 90 delegates from East Tennessee attended the morning session with more due for the afternoon. President CG. Victor Williams presided as Dr. L. C. Cox opened the meeting. Notable papers included Achlorhydria by Dr. Fred E. Marsh and Eye Manifestations in Syphilis by Dr. Robert Leach. The morning session closed after a prostrate and seminal vesicle infection discussion led by Dr. Tom R. Barry. The afternoon promises several papers and an evening banquet at the Kingsport Inn hosted by Sullivan County Medical Association.
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East Tennessee Medical Association
East
Tennessee
L. C. Cox
Prank ¥. Jackson
Broad Street Methodist Church
E. W. Palmer
Kingsport
G. M. Pearler
Bristol
Sulllivan County Medical Association
Ralph Monger
Knoxville
Williams
Victor Williams
Kyle C. Copenhaver
Cox
Fred E. Marsh
Chattanooga
Robert §. Leach
George E. Campbell
Johnson City
J. B. Carson
Maryville
Francis ©. Grant
Philadelphia
Hoover to Name Supreme Court Pick Speculation Grows
President Hoover weighs next move after Senate rejection of Judge John J. Parker. White House delaying comment as Vice President Curtis discusses the situation. Potential nominees include Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, William S. Kenyon, and John H. Cotteral with immediate consideration to fill the vacancy.
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Washington, May
Hoover
Senate
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Curtis
White House
Exover
Capitol
Parker
Watson
Indiana
Arba S. van Valkenburgh
Missouri
William S. Kenyon
Town
John H. Cotteral
Oklahoma
Johnson City Population Jump Noted in Census
Johnson City reports preliminary census figures at 25,073, a rise from 12,443 in 1920, and an official increase of 10, or 71.1 percent, due to inclusion of 10 soldiers from the National Solitary Home, previously National Sanatorium. Also mentions a Peace Pact prize for a Jefferson High student and Hoover's silence on Parker reappointment.
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Johnson City
Tenn
National Soldiery Home
Washington
Ray Senkins
Jefferson High School
Portland
Oregon
Barone
Census Appeal Urges Full Kingsport Count for Welfare
The Kingsport Times asks residents not yet reached by census takers to fill and return a blank, or visit The Times office to be assisted. The form asks for abode, name, relationship, sex, race, age, marital status, birthplaces, language, immigration, reading ability, trade, employment, and veteran status. The paper forwards completed forms to Dr. Smythe in Bristol and emphasizes urgency for a complete local tally.
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The
Kingsport
Naval hearings to begin Monday in Washington
The Senate foreign relations committee will begin hearings on the London naval treaty Monday with Secretary Stimson and delegates explaining provisions and events leading to the agreement. The next day the naval committee will probe ranking navy officials on the big cruiser clauses. Hale says it departs from American principles as the week opens.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stimson
Senate Naval Committee
Navy Department
Hale
Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Reed
Pennsylvania
Naval
Adams
Congress
United States
House
1930 Census Figures in Several Cities
Census data shows Johnson City Tennessee at 25 073 an increase of 10 421 or 71 1 percent Gardner Massachusetts 19 356 up 1 411 or 7 8 percent Missoula Montana 14 616 up 1 948 or 15 3 percent Niles Michigan 11 317 up 4 006 or 54 6 percent
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Johnson City
Tenn
Gardner
Mass
Missoula
Mont
Niles
Mich
Bandit killed in brush with police near Toledo
Four detectives tracked a gang believed to run a Michigan store robbery ring and exchanged gunfire near a Toledo area house early today. Claude Allen, 32, of Mount Pleasant Tennessee, was killed as officers and four suspects fired. Allen's wife and a four year old son slept inside the house during the three day seizure.
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Claude Allen
Tennessee
Toledo
Here
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Allen
Girl Sees Her Parents Drown
Fayetville Tennessee May 8 A four year old girl was the lone witness to the drowning of her parents Floyd Holt and a neighbor Daisy Pirtle in Elk river about 12 miles from the town The child returned home saying mama and papa are drowned an investigation began and the Holt bodies were recovered from the stream Daisy Pirtle’s body was still being sought the next day Details could not be learned as the child was the only person at the scene besides the victims
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Elk River
Mama
Papa
Floyd Holt
Daisy Pirtle
Evans Finishes Story to Jury in Murder Trial
Carl James Evans, 24, on trial for murder in a Martinsville area case about the slaying of an automobile host near Christiansburg the night of March 26, finished his testimony to the jury under his counsel’s questioning before state cross examination. He denied details of the tragedy and the events leading to the fatal shooting as Charles Latham of New York had previously provided the defendant a title to his car.
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Christiansburg
Val May
Carl James Evans
Evans
Charles Latham
New York
Lie Detector Solves Murder in Chicago
Chicago May AP reports a University of Chicago lie detector, developed by criminologist August Vollmer and refined by Leonard Keeler, solved the murder of M. A. Douglas. Douglas, from Detroit, checked into a West Madison Street hotel with two sailors. their later confessions followed irregular graph lines during tests at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Admiral Crosley notified parents of the sailors of their sons’ serious trouble.
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Chicago
Science
University of Chicago
M. A. Douglas
Leonard Keeler
August Vollmer
Great Lakes Naval Training School
Herman WN. Bundesen
Keeler
Douglas
Detroit
Madison Street
Herald-and-Examiner
Walter. S. Crosley
Rioting injures four in Bombay amid Gandhi protest
Four persons were seriously injured in communal rioting between Hindus and Moslems at Armalet yesterday. The trouble arose after a Muslim shop-owner refused to close his doors in line with the hartal to protest Gandhi’s arrest. Fears of further clashes persist as authorities report quiet across India.
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Bombay
India
Armalet
Mahatma Gandhi
Dharsana
Abbas Tyanji
Mahatma
Gandhi
Manilal
Jagatram Daye
Sur
All India National
Congress
V. J. Patel
Legislative Assembly
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New Prison
Nebraska
Dhese
Central Press
Tekamah
Neb
R.K. Hancock
Medical Society
East Tennessee Association
Streat
Gues
Aay
USA
United “States
Naval Hearings
London
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