Gas Believed Blast Cause At Armour Plant Tragic Loss
Debris removal continues in St Joseph as 17 believed dead after a Galery building explosion at Armour Packing. Firemen and volunteers search for victims including workers from the sausage and smoke houses. Officials say gas smell pointed to cause. an inquest and jury investigation are planned with several named workers among the missing and known dead.
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Joseph
Armour Packing Plant
Guy
Orville Wise
W. E. Renfro
Walter Kline
Kline
LB. W. Tadlock
Buchanan County
Tadlock Stu
Verna Parkin
Mary Johnson
Gerald Munden
Ray Rickman
Arthur Rogers
Earl Kungen
Dexter Bowlin
Matilda Lou
Maggie Wilelis
Employes
James Staples
Joseph Scott
George Roberts
Charles Moore
Frank Weieaarek
L. E. Wiles
Ora Paxson
Lloyd Cox
Aircraft Parade Heads to New York Over Atlantic Fleet
On May 4 9 AP reports the naval air station at Lakehurst Los Angeles and three 200 foot blimps rose into a clear sky and headed toward New York to join a parade of aircraft over the Atlantic fleet anchored in the Hudson River.
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Lakehurst
Los Angeles
Naval Air Station Hallway
New York
Hudson River
Killer Wolf Shot After Cornered by Dogs at Stanford
In Stanford Montana on May 9 the so called white killer wolf, an 83 pound snow white predator, was shot and killed after being cornered by a pack of dogs. Hunters Al Gleg and Earl Neill who tracked and killed the wolf are expected to share a 3400 reward.
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Stanford
Mont
al Gleg
Earl Neill
Weather outlook with clouds and showers in Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee remains mostly cloudy with focal thundershowers tonight or Saturday and little temperature change. Virginia expects fair weather tonight and Saturday with slight temperature variation and light northerly winds. Readings taken at 6:80 p.m. daily for the preceding 24 hours by C L Bunn U S W.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C, L, Bunn
Constitution Debate Shapes Methodist Episcopal South
The Dallas quadrennial session of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opens special order business on a proposed constitution creating a seven member judicial council with appellate power. Bishop Warren A Candler heads the drafting commission and bishops trustees pick nominees for a 12 year term for elders and lay members, four years for bishops. Dr Daniel A Poling of New York addresses youth and Bishop James Cannon Jr defends temperance positions amid anti liquor stance. Continued on page six.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
South
General Conference
Warren
A. ‘Candler
Atlanta
College of Bishops
Memphis
Judicial Council
Daniel A. Poling
New York
Conference On
Cannon
James Cannon
Alfred B. Smith
Board of Temperance and Social Reform
Yancey Elected President of East Tennessee Medical Association
Local physician Dr. T B Yancey was elected president of the East Tennessee Medical Association at the close of the annual two day session in Cleveland Tenn Dr C C Vincant of Maryville was named vice president upper district and Dr L L Barnes of Sweetwater vice president lower district Jessen C Hill of Knoxville was reelected secretary and treasurer Cleveland Tenn chosen for 1931 convention A banquet at Kingsport Inn honored delegates with Dr Victor Williams presenting Twilight on Dawn as the keynote address over 160 attendees
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T. B. Yancey
East Tennessee Medical Association
C. C. Vincant
Maryville
Upper East Tennessee
L. L. Barnes
Sweetwater
Lower East Tennessee
Jessen C. Hil
Knoxville
Cleveland
Tenn
Yancey
Kingsport
Payne
East Tennessee Association
Sullivan County Medical Association
Sullivan County Association
Kingsport Inn
Victor Williams
Francis C. Grant
Philadelphia
1930 Census Figures for Yonkers and Lubeck
Census figures show Yonkers New York 135123 people an increase of 34047 or 34.8 percent Lubeck Texas 20612 people an increase of 16561 or 408.8 percent over prior counts.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Lubeck
Tex
McBride Defends League as God Born In Mouthpiece Senate Hearing
Washington May 9 F Scott McBride described the Anti Saloon League as born of God before the Senate lobby committee. He urged that obstacles to the kingdom progress be removed. Senator Blaine Wisconsin denounced city leaders remarks as sacrilegious and outrageous. McBride earlier denied charges that the league failed to report all political expenditures.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Born of God
F. Scott Mc Bride
Senate
Kingdom of God
Blaine
Wisconsin
McBride
Tinkham
Massachusetts
League
Greeneville Men Exchange Shots in County Terrace
Greeneville man Pitt s, 40, and Tayloc, 30, exchanged gunfire yesterday afternoon. Pitts received gunshot wounds and was found by Basil Ducon, Washington County deputy sheriff, then admitted to a local hospital. Taylor surrendered to the deputy and said the trouble had been ongoing and Pitts fired first.
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Esgreeneville
Luther Prits
Chifors
Tayloc
Taylor
Basil Ducon
Washington County
Depu Shantff
Relat
Gigene County
Tayler
Pitts
Iny
Menengitis Death Rises to 102 in Ajemphis Area
May 1 report notes meningitis fatalities in the region since January reached 102 after the death of John Wilson, seven, of Osceola Arkansas, who died soon after leaving the city isolation hospital.
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John Wilson
Osceola
Ark
Census drive urges Kingsport residents to return blank forms
The Kingsport Times appeals to every resident to fill and send or bring census blanks to the paper for forwarding to Supervisor Dr. H. B. Smythe in Bristol. Readers are urged to hurry as the chance is brief and every person should be counted.
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The
Kingsport
States vote bone dry as poll grows in magazine survey
A digest from a local newspaper reports three more states joining Kansas and Arkansas in voting for prohibition enforcement. North Carolina Oklahoma and Tennessee move toward dryness while Connecticut New Jersey and Rhode Island lean toward repeal. The eighth major poll shows 1 248 589 for enforcement 1 231 849 for modification and 1 669 579 for repeal.
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Virginia
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West Virginia
Judge Brady on Trial for Murder in Texas
Former civil appeals judge John W. Brady, 59, faces a second jury in Dallas for first degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Lehlia Highsmith, 26. Selection wrapped after three and a half days amid a prior hung jury. Defense again cites insanity caused by chronic alcoholism. The slaying occurred six months ago in Sustin, Texas.
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Dallas
Texas
Civil Appeals Court
John W. Brady
Tosarl
Lehlia Highsmith
Sustin
Two Held as Slayers Deputy
Greeneville Tennessee May 0. Hubert Stanton his brother Pete Stanton and Fowler Shelton were jailed without bond over the shooting death of Mitchell Gertry a North Carolina deputy sheriff near here last Sunday At a preliminary hearing they were held to await the June term of the criminal court grand jury action pending.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Hubert Stanton
Pete Stanton
Fowler Shelton
Mitchell Gertry
North Carolina
Yale Students Clash With Cops Ends in Arrests
Yale students clash with police during the freshmen celebration leaving fifteen arrested and many injured. Disturbances spread from late last night as upperclassmen joined, with over 150 officers involved and several treated for injuries at hospitals and the infirmary.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
College
College Infirmary
Clarence W. Mendell
Yale , College
Hoover Names Pennsylvania Man to Bench
President Hoover selected Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia for the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench. Roberts, a Republican, has practiced in Philadelphia since 1898 and served as assistant district attorney, law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and World War I special deputy attorney general in espionage cases in Pennsylvania. Endorsed by Senator Reed and Senator Watson, the nomination would shift a seat from the South to the North after Justice Sanford’s death in March.
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Teapot Dome
Hoover
Supreme Court
Roberts
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Reed
Watson
Indiana
Jeader
White House
Sanford
Fron
Tennessee
Wilkins Plans Trip Under Ice
Captain Hubert Wilkins and submarine inventor Simon Lake discussed a possible Arctic submersible purchase with Assistant Secretary Jahnke. The plan involves a converted obsolete U S submarine for geophysical Arctic work, though navy sale decisions remain undecided.
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Washington
Hubert Wilkins
Arctic
United States
Bearded Explorer
Simon Lake
Janicke
Navy
Wilkins
Lake
Jahneke
Adams
Whim Slayer Pays With Life
CHICAGO May 9 AP August Vogel 27 was electrocuted for the murder of Lyle Perrenaud. He left a Mother's Day telegram for his illiterate mother who believes her son is jailed only for parole violation. In a last minute confession Vogel denied being a shim slayer. He said the killing was the result of sin and anger and that he deliberately planned a robbery.
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Chicago
August Vogel
Lyle Perrenaud
Voxel
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Armour! Packing Company
St. Joseph, Mo
Smith
East Tenn. Med. Assn
G. Victor Williams
W. H. Reed
O. S. Hauk
M'Bride
United ‘Tate
Brady
Slayers
Taunt Cops
Waldo W. Greene
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Grein and Phals
West Madison Street
Prohibition
Joe Grein
J. Pahls
E. S. Yellowley
State Street
Wickerham ‘of Law Enforcement Commission
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