Morrow Seeks GOP Senate Nomination for Repeal Stance
Dwight W. Morrow announced his bid for the Republican Senate nomination in New Jersey as an advocate of repealing the eighteenth amendment. Washington figures split with Morrow. Senator Jones says the country will not support a return to pre prohibition. Bishop Cannon opposes repeal while noting enforcement must continue to curb intoxicants.
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Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Morrow
State Organization of the Teague
Puehrach
Congress
Mos
Jones
Respublican
Graham
Cannon
Iais Cannon
Methodist Episcopal Chit South
Care is Needed in Bandit Game
In Chicago on May 15, Daly Harris warned bandit associates to beware whom they trust. Paul, during a parked car hold up, talked too much and urged the victims into a short ride. Leslie Healy invited the group to his home for a drink, thenLeft for liquor, returning with police who arrested Harris.
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Cufcago
Daly Harris
Paul
Tour Strang
Leslie Healy
Healy
Harris
Chicken theft ring trial ends with hung jury
In Charlotte, a jury failed to reach a verdict in the Tom Thornburg chicken theft ring case. Judge J H W Clement ordered the twelve jurors kept in custody overnight after the mistrial was declared at a local hotel.
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Charlotte
N. C
Tom Thornburg
Dudge J. H W. Clement
Weather: Rain and Cooler in Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee expects showers tonight and Saturday morning with cooler conditions in the west. Virginia shows cloudy skies with occasional showers tonight and Saturday, cooler Saturday, moderate westerly winds. Readings note yesterday's high, low, and rainfall. data from 6:30 p.m. readings.
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Tennessee
West Portion
Virginia
Il. Burm
Post Office Bids Soon for Kingsport Building
Government plans to advertise bids for the Kingsport post office about mid June. A communication to J E Afiliov, the then postmaster, notes proposals expected by mid June and work to begin promptly after contract award. Construction could start in July.
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United States
Kingsport
Jyne
Arting
J. E. Afiliov
Tme
Tennessee
Tuly
Morrow Urges State Control Of Liquor As Prohibition Repeal
Dwight W. Morrow, ambassador to Mexico and Republican senatorial hopeful, says repeal of the eighteenth amendment and state control of liquor traffic are needed. In Newark speech he calls federal prohibition deplorable and argues that overburdened states shift enforcement to a weak federal police and bake social reform burdens into one central authority. He concedes no simple fix but advocates recognizing state power as the path forward.
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Dwight Morrow
Newark
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
United States Senate
Krueper
United States
Census drive urges Kingsport residents to submit forms
The Kingsport Times asks residents who have not yet been counted to complete census blanks and return them or visit the paper office for assistance. The appeal stresses the importance of a full local count and notes blanks can be sent to Dr. H. S. Smythe in Bristol.
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Kingsport
Special analysis of defective votes in Digest Prohibition poll
A condensed report from the Literary Digest May 147 1930 issue presents a three column tally. The first column shows votes for enforcement and modification while the second column records votes for repeal and modification. The third column sums the totals.
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Pete Man Picked Up for Old Job
Chicago May 16 A 64 year old man described as a former safeblower known as Joe Harris alias Montague alias St Clair was identified by fingerprint records as the bank robber sought for a New Westminster Canada crime. He confessed his identity but denied the New Westminster robbery.
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Chicago
Joe
Big Charley) Harris
Pete’ Smen
Pete
Harrilias Montague
Alais St. Clair
Canada
New Westminster
B. C
Harris
Bureau of Identifiction
Wife testifies in Brady murder trial in Dallas
Mrs. John W. Brady tearfully recounts a clandestine affair between her husband and Miss Lehia Highsmith, the woman he stabbed to death in Austin last November, saying the affair wrecked her home and drove the jurist to a diminished mind as the defense closes its case.
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Texas
John W. Brady
Lehia Highsmith
Austin
Brady
Prohibition Poll Nears Closure as Nation Divides
Literary Digest reports ninth poll results showing Louisiana Nevada join Connecticut New Jersey Rhode Island with over 50 percent repeal sentiment. Five states favor strict enforcement Arkansas Kansas North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee. Nevada leads with 57 percent to repeal, Kansas near 50 for enforcement. Total votes 4,562,761: enforcement 1,886,216. modification 1,340,447. repeal 1,888,104. Special table analyzes defective ballots marked for two issues.
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Literary Digest
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Wyoming
Sailboat Azua sinks after collision with City of Atlanta
The schooner Azua bound for Bermuda with coal was rammed and sunk early today by Savannah liner City of Atlanta, 47 miles southwest of Barnegat Light. All seven crew were rescued by the City of Atlanta, which proceeded to Savannah with bow damage above the waterline. The Aqua carried a cargo of coal and was a four master sailing from New York with 22 passengers and freight.
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Bermuda
Savannah Lines
Atlanta
Barnegat Light
N. J
Savannah
J. E. McLean
Aqua
City of Atlanta
Census Growth Figures for Weweka Dearborn and Paterson
1930 census figures show Weweka Oklahoma at 10,023 with a rise of 8,503 or 559.4 percent. Dearborn Michigan lists 50,060 a gain of 45,124 or 1093 percent. Paterson New Jersey reports 135,287 an increase of 2,393 or 3.7 percent.
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Okla
Dearborn
Mich
Paterson, N. J
Indian salt depot raid leader Naida Sarajini arrested
In Bulsar Bombay May 46 AP the patience of India's police faded before the passive indominy of Mrs Naida Sarajini leader of the civil dis obedience campaign She was arrested after being taken from a police cordon at Dharasana where she led volunteers to raid the government salt depot Police later removed the remaining volunteers from the cordon and held them at the Satyagrahi camp with food and water.
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Bulsar
Bombay
India
Naida Sarajini
Dharsaana
Patty
Mrs. Naidu
League Receipts Show Large Anti-Saloon Donations
Senate committee public records reveal Anti-Saloon League received about 5.55 million dollars over eleven years, with Detroit's Kresge Foundation as top donor. Details list major contributors, yearly receipts, and notes that the league's official witness will return for further testimony amid a wet and dry probe.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Anti-Saloon League
Kresge Foundation
Detroit
Stanley S. Kresge
William F. Cochran
Baltimore
John H. Hauberg
Rock Island
Ilinois
Catherine
Jessie Corbin
Lake Forest
William H. Crosby
Buffalo
Alfred Edgar Freeman
Philadelphia
W. H. Cowles
Spokane
F. Scott McBride
League
SURRENDERS CHAIR OVER MATTERS BEFORE CONFERENCE
In Dallas May 16 Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington DC, president of the Methodist Episcopal Church South general conference, surrendered the gavel to Bishop W J Beaucamp of Atlanta citing conditions before the conference. He cited ten thousand copies of Hughson’s address and denied any compromise with episcopacy critics amid gambling charges against him.
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Dallas
Tex
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. J. Beaucamp
Atlanta
Beauchamp
Board of Temperance and Social Welfare
Dwight Morrow
Bishop Cannon
Cannon
James E. Hughson
Canada
Hughson
Prohibition Inquiry Committee
Congress
Bishop Bedschamp
Dubose
E. B. Mouton
Charlotte
Mouzon
Moore
Rembert Smith
Washington, Ga
Schmeling Granted Boxing License for Sharkey Title Fight
New York May 16 AP announces Max Schmeling received a boxing license from the New York state athletic commission. The license includes approval of contracts with Madison Square Garden for Schmeling's heavyweight title bout with Jack Sharkey at Yankee Stadium on June 12 and a defense within a year if he wins the title.
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New York State Athletic Commission
Max Schmeling
Madison Square Garden
Jack Sharkey
Yankee Stadium
Schmeling
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