Chief Freeman Denounces End of Confederate Reunion
Birmingham May 19 General W B Freeman commander in chief told the opening session of the thirty sixth annual reunion of United Confederate Veterans that talk of a last reunion is nonsense and that the veterans will carry on. He asserted the organization is not dead and urged courage, recalling 61 years since the Civil War and the enduring pride in their cause.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lee
W. B. Freeman
United Confederate Veterans
Confederacy
Ynan
Late Tabulation Shows Vare Lead in GOP Nomination
Philadelphia May 19 supporters report late tabulation from 6 435 districts in yesterday's primary gives Congressman William S Vare a lead of 114 118 over Senator George Pepper for the Republican nomination for United States senator Governor Gifford Pinchot trails Pepper by 159 423. Vote totals show Vare 548 449 Pepper 434 331 Pinchot 247 908. Vare maintains lead as a wet candidate amid continuing tally updates.
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G.O.P
Philadelphia
William S. Vare
George Wharton Pepper
United States
Gover
Gifford Finchat
Vare
Pepper
Pinchot
William
Methodists Near End of Sessions Clear Chief Issues
Memphis Tenn May 19 Dr Stonewall Anderson re elected secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church South on the first ballot. He received 185 of 341 votes. R H Bennett 120. E L Todd re elected secretary of lay activities 827 of 889 votes. Delegates begin balloting for two remaining connectional officers as adjournment nears. Editor Gilbert T Rowe elected local editor. Dr W G Cram named head of mission department. Dr Cram, long time Korea missionary, will oversee home and foreign missions. John W Shackford re elected Sunday school board secretary.
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Memphis
Tenn
Stonewall Anderson
Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
General Conference of the Church
Anderson
R. H. Bennett
E. L. Todd
Board of
General Conference
Gilbert T. Rowe
Methodist Quarterly Review
W. G. Cram
Cram
Korea
Heid
Kentucky
Nashville
Dr. Gyam
Prison Reorganization Fails to Curb Flat Top Cruelty
Jefferson county grand jury probes Flat Top prison abuses in Birmingham Alabama reporting indiscriminate flogging by guards and Warden Davis. Convicts beaten in mines and a three life term policy alleged. Dr J E Robbins accused of neglect and improper death certificate. six indictments for murder brought. Board of Control now reorganizing system in Montgomery to address evils found.
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Birmingham
Ala
Flat Top
Jefferson County Grand Jury
J. E. Robbins
Robbins
James W. Knox
Knox
Montgomery
Board of Econtrol
Weather outlook for Virginia and Tennessee
Virginia sees thundershowers late this afternoon or tonight with cooler temperatures. Thursday will bring fair skies and continued cooler air, winds from southwest shifting to northwest tonight. Tennessee expects fair and cooler conditions tonight after possible thundershowers this afternoon or early tonight in the eastern portion, with Thursday turning fair and slightly warmer in the west.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Senate probes campaign spending ordered after crossfire
Washington May 19 A Senate vote 59 to 13 ordered an inquiry into all senatorial campaign expenditures this year amid Democratic charges of excesses from Pennsylvania in yesterday's Republican primary. Senator Reed Democrat Missouri led the push. Reed's plan drew Republican old guard opposition. Aldous Huxley shaves moustache in New York remarks reveal the pink-to-red change and public reaction.
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Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
Chamber
Ben
Reed
Penn
Missouri
Pinchot Concedes Defeat as Vare Secures Nomination
In Philadelphia on May 19 Governor Pinchot conceded that William S. Vare won the Republican nomination for U S Senator in Pennsylvania. Pepper refused to declare victory or defeat until official results are counted, seeking only coffee as the day ended.
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Philadelphia
William 5. Vare
Pennsylvania
Finchot Thal
Vare
Harrisburg
Pepper
Amundsen Polar Career Said to End by Followers
May 19 reports suggest Roald Amundsen’s Arctic ambitions may be finished after his Norge flight crossed toward the North Pole from Spitzbergen. Friends note the 53 year old explorer rests near Tellar as he contemplates past poles and passages and his youthful vow to visit earth’s extremities remains a defining life thread.
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Poles
Amundsen
Tellar
Ship Norge
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Ij Islands
Norge
Thas
Othe
Argumet Over Women Ends In Man's Death In Miami
In Miami on May 19 E W Wells formerly of Atlanta died after an argument over which state produced the most beautiful women. H G Gunn a native Georgian and B G Mizell a Virginian were held by police after dragging Wells to a hospital. The men argued aboard a houseboat on the Miami river where spectators from various states joined in. A fight followed after a sharp remark and Wells was struck with a timber, causing his death.
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Miami
Fla
E. W. Wells
Atlanta
H. G. Gunn
B. G. Mitwell
Wells
Mizell
Mitwell
Lars Ring
Wille
Culbertson Denies Sugar Case Charge
William B. Culbertson former tariff commissioner testified before the special tariff investigating committee that he resigned from the tariff commission because the position had become intolerable not because he was forced off or tempted away He defended President Coolidge and criticized Senator Norris who led the inquiry and Commissioner Costigan over use of private papers which Culbertson said were never intended to be public He emphatically denied Norris charges that efforts were made at the White House to coerce him into changing his stance on the sugar case and said his relationship with the president remained friendly after the incident.
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Washington
Rumania
William
Culbertson
Special Tariff Investigating Committee
Commission
Coolidge
Tariff Commission
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Costigan
White House
Hesugar
Paliet ‘Cept
Romania
Tariff ‘Commission
Lee's Men Respond to Call at Alabama Reunion
Birmingham May 19. Tee's men answered the annual roll call with 4500 present in gray uniforms. The aged veterans, many on crutches, recalled the six-year struggle while bands played Dixie. General W B Freeman urged unity and dismissed talk of disbanding the Confederacy.
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BirminghamAta
Tee
Turty Wats Cotes
Dixie
W. B. Freeman
Confederacy
Crop and Weather Conditions Review Virginia to Tennessee
The Agriculture Department summarized crop and weather conditions for Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee over the past week. Virginia saw light to moderate showers and moderate temperatures improving crops though moisture remains insufficient for corn cotton and tobacco. planting and setting out tobacco limited by moisture. North Carolina cotton progress is poor with two weeks late in the east and general rains needed for stand. planting not yet complete. Tennessee reports cool weather detrimental to cotton germination and replanting in some areas but early planted corn is very good. winter wheat headed but well filled. oats fair to good and spring oats in good condition with rain needed for transplanting tobacco.
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Washington
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Agriculture Department
Beans saved as court case continues without defendant
A Detroit courtroom resumed after luncheon with Mrs Nina B Smith absent. The court paused for fifty minutes as she remembered a pot of beans on the fire. The judge excused her and the trial proceeded, reportedly saving the beans.
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Efrenit
Nina B. Smith
Movies Keeping French Workmen From Saloon Doors
Professor Labbe of the Academy of Medicine says cinema is helping reduce alcoholism by keeping workmen away from saloons. He notes improved reforms and believes film and pictures contribute to curbing drinking nationwide.
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Fouses
Professor Labbe
The
Academy of Medicine
Disarmament panel flags limits to peace armaments
Geneva May 19. The preparatory disarmament commission ruled that only peace time armaments can be limited for now, rejecting total reductions in wartime strength. A French proposal urged considering military, economic and geographic factors plus rapid aid potential when drafting any future formula. A drafting committee was formed with delegates Boucour Gibson Cecil Marinais Matsuda Bernstorf Perez Brouckere Sokal to recast the agenda and separate technical from political issues.
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Geneva
Conference of Nations
Preparatory Disarmament Commission
M. Paul Boncour
France
M. Paul Boucour
Hoch Gibson
United States
Lord Cecil
Great Britain
General Marinais
Italy
M. Matsuda
Japan
Count von Bernstorf
Germany
eSnor Perez
Argentina
M. de Brouckere
Belgium
M. Sokal
Poland
Nesbitt Pleads Guilty to Wife Murder in Troy
Jacob Nesbitt, a member of Troy's social set, pleaded guilty to murdering his wife in their home on February 19. He received a life sentence after previously entering a not guilty plea and opting for trial. Nesbitt was taken to the Ohio penitentiary.
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Troy
Ohio
Jacob Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Ohio’ Penitentiary
Another Dual Murder Is Uncovered in Ohio
Steubenville, May 19. Police report a second double murder in Jefferson county this spring. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Miller were found hidden under sawdust near their Berghots home. The couple had been missing since Monday night. No gunshots or outward signs of abuse. Poisoning is suspected.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Jefferson County
Berghots
Here
Omar Miller
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