Widow Absent as Collings Murder Inquest Started
Huntington X Sept 18 District Attorney Alexander Blue announced he would not subpoena Mrs Benjamin Collings but requested her attendance at the inquest into the death of her husband who drowned after being swept from his cabin cruiser in Longshore Sound. Mrs Collings in poor health and staying in Stamford Conn may determine if she testifies. the inquest opened with other witnesses including the coroner and the identified body.
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Huntington
Alexander Blue
Benjamin Collings
Blue
Collings
Stamford
Con
Lexton
Longshine Sound
Platen
Col
Niu
Coaner William Gibson
Presidin
Herbert Collings
Dr. Schulla
Gorn
Nonmer S. Cummings
Consel
Benjamin 2. Collings
Buffolk County
Tennessee utility property valued at 155 million
The Tennessee railroad and public utilities commission announced valuations totaling 155 million for utility properties to aid tax levies for the new biennium. The figure exceeds the 1929 30 assessment, with hydro electric properties making up about 108 million. Protests will be heard at formal hearings. A separate aviation crash in Quint, Kansas, killed a pilot and two passengers at a fairgrounds.
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Nasiville
Venn
Tennessee
Railroad and Public Utilities
Cotton Holiday Plan Defeated in Several States
The Associated Press report notes continued sessions in two southern states over cotton relief plans while others pause for special sessions. Texas lawmakers rejected a Louisiana plan to curb cotton production in 1982 and moved to acreage reductions. South Carolina advanced the cotton holiday bill to its second reading after senate approval. Georgia and Arkansas governors weighed calls for sessions, awaiting legislative support before action.
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Associated Press
Senate
South Carolina
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Georgia
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Graf Zeppelin Leaves for Brazil on Second South America Run
Graf Zeppelin, giant trans Atlantic airship, departed from Friedrichshafen for Pernambuc for a second South America cruise within three weeks. It carried ten passengers including Harold Knight and James McVittie, 265 pounds of mail and 2000 pounds of provisions. Captain Ernest Lehman commanded, replacing Dr. Hugo Eckener who attended a conference. The ship will pause five days in Pernambut for return mail, with a third cruise planned mid October.
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Friedrich Shafen
Germany
Pi—The Graf Keppelin
Leviathan
Trans- Atlantic Airways
Pernymbuce
South America
Lyons
France
Sainte Marie de Lamer
Harold Knight
New York
James McVittie
Chicago
Ernest Lehman
Hugo Eckener
Innsbruck
Graf
Pernambuto
Flight pair prepare to hop again after nine days lost
Don Moyle and Cecil Allen, California flyers, readied to resume their non stop Japan to Seattle flight from Nome, Siberia, after being picked up by the Buriat on a remote island nine days after takeoff. They reported enduring a storm near the Aleutians and an eight day overdue pause before refueling. Public support and media doubts were addressed as Asahi and the Buriat confirmed fuel supplies and progress toward Nome.
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Moyle
Allen
Associated Press
Don Moyle
Cecil A. Allen
California
Japan
Seattle
Miano Pilgino
Siberia
Nome
Buiat
Samushira Beach
Warer
Asahi
Tokyo
St. Paul Island
Behring Sea
Aleutian Islands
Miano Pilgine
Samushire
Alaska
Buriat
John Buffelen
Tacoma
Moyte- Allén
Young Seeks Fund to Provide Relief for Unemployed
Owen D Young chairs a Hoover relief committee to mobilize private and public funds for winter unemployment distress. The effort, part of Gifford’s relief administration, will run October 19 to November 25, urging local drives while not raising funds directly.
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Washington
Owen D. Young
New Yorker
Hoover
Gifford
Iian
Walters
Pierre Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Fred Fisher
Detroit
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Walter Teagle
New York
Yount
Relief Administration
Weather Forecast Fairer Temperatures Ahead
Tennessee generally fair tonight and Saturday with cooler air in the north portion. Virginia fair and cooler tonight, Saturday fair with moderate temperatures and light northeast winds. Readings taken at 6:00 p m by T C Harris USWB for the preceding 24 hours. Same date last year notes not provided.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Yesterda
T. C. Harris
U.S.W
State Officials Quit Tag Parley At Peace Conference
Chattanooga Sept 18. After leaving a peace conference on the interstate track license controversy in confusion last night, state officials failed to reach a settlement and withdrew during an executive session. Charles M. McCabe Tennessee's commissioner of finance and another official quit the meeting amid discord. Continued on page six.
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Chattanooga
Shel Chattanooga Automobile Club
Oan
Charles M. McCabe
Tennessee
Ex Senator Nugent Dies at Capital
Former Idaho senator John F. Nugent died of heart disease at 62 in Washington. Appointed in 1918 to fill James H. Brady’s vacancy, he resigned in 1921 for the federal trade commission, later practicing law. Survived by widow and son George. Funeral Monday with burial in a Washington cemetery.
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Washington
John F. Nugent
Idaho
Nugent
George
English bankers press to keep MacDonald regime in power
London reports show Liberal MPs oppose recalling the government and a general election this fall. Home Secretary Sir Herbert Samuel says the cabinet should not resign before completing its program to restore confidence in sterling. Bank of England figures and Daily Mail commentary pressure MacDonald to stay in office to prevent a collapse in exchange. Treasury receipts and customs revenue for September 16 are listed.
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London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Herbert Samuel
Musgrave Harvey
Bank of England
Daily Mail
Obe
Dies
Episcopal Convention Debates Divorce Law and Mass Book
Denver, Sept 18 Two major topics loom as the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church opens. Debates focus on the matrimonial canon for divorced persons and on the American Mass Book as a supplement to the Book of Common Prayer. Delegates consider definitions of certificate accuracy, differences over the Mass Book, and proposals for ecclesiastical courts to rule on remarriage and annulments.
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Denver
Colo
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
House of Deputies
Womans Auxiliary
Robinson
Seymour
Charles Fiske
Central
New York
Fiske
Marshall Mott
Western
Massachusetts
Commission On Divorce
Gamblers Aim Extortion Plot at Widow and Children
Los Angeles Sept 18. Ten men tied to a New York gambling ring guarded the Bergin home to threaten widow Gladys Balfour Bergin and her three children Gloria 11 Lee 4 John to force continued payments on debts of 50 000 to 75 000 racked up by late Leo P Bergin. District Attorney Baron Fitts warned of impending arrests as investigators recounted letters threatening kidnapping unless installments were paid. An accidental self wound by Investigator Harry Leslie on a mountain road delayed action against the extortionists once linked to Arnold Rothstein’s circle. Guards remained posted at the Bergin residence and for the children.
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Los Angeles
Leo P. Bergin
District Attorney's
Gladys Balfour Bergin
Lergin
New York
Santa Barbara
Baron Fitts
Harry Leslie
Fitts
Arnold Rothstein
Bergin
Gloria
Lee
John
Kidnap attempt ends in triple homicide near Atlanta Texas
J H Boyd a 50 year old Louisiana gas station operator shot three men dead and wounded a fourth near Atlanta Texas after claiming they lured him from his station and forced him into their car. The victims Hardy Lace Bill Fish Early Sullivan are described as fellow gas station operators. Boyd sustained gunshot wounds to his right arm and chest and says he fired in self defense after being struck. The motive remains unclear.
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Atlanta
Texas
J. H. Boyd
Louisiana
Hardy Lace
Bill Fish
Boyd
Early Sullivan
Bill Sullivan
Fish
Sullivan Brothers
Vivian
Luce
Louisiana Line
World financial crisis not ended
Geneva September 13 The financial committee of the League of Nations warned the assembly that the world financial crisis is unprecedented and may become more acute and widespread. Eminent experts including Norman Davis urged a larger appropriation to meet emergencies in 1921 and 1922. Sir Arthur Salter stressed the crisis as the era’s most important international issue, blaming tariff systems and unequal treaties for current fiscal troubles.
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Geneva
API
Financial Committee
League of Nations
Assembly
Norman Davis
League
Arthur Salter
Economic Committee
Bond set at $16,000 for Kane murder case hearing
Sampton Va Sept 18 AP Bound for the revised front jail of Elisha Kent Kane University of Tennessee professor charged with drowning his wife was set at 16000 today by Judge G Vernon Spratley in circuit court Bail money not immediately available but defense attorneys said the professor would be released later that day A preliminary hearing date of September 23 was set before County Police Justice J E Dixon The defense argued against reducing the bond while the Commonwealth pressed for 100000 as a minimum bail The judge refused to make bail prohibitive and townspeople gathered for the bail hearing Kane, a member of a prominent Pennsylvania family, is linked to the drowning of Jennie Graham Kane in Chesapeake Bay The story outlines Kane's ancestry and career from Cornell to military service and academia and notes his marriage after World War I.
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Percy Caramel
Roland BD. Ceeke
Commonwealth
Frank Kearney
Jenny Graham
Kane
Chesapeake Bay
Kearney
Carmel
Spratley
Hampton
Elisha Kent
Jennie Graham Kane
Evan O'Neill Kane
Elisha
England
Pennsylvania
Spere
Bein
Cornell University
Germany
United States
Thhe
National Guard
Europe
Ypres
Jennie Graham
Salem
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Aska Her
Quint
Kan
Central Press
Aimee Semple McPherson
David L. Hutton
Myrtle St. Pierre
Hutton
Pierre
Graf Zeppelin
Brazil
YOUNG
Parley
M’donald
Treasury
Episcopal Convention
Elisha Kent Kane
University of Tennessee
Hampton, Va
Jenny
League Finance
U. T
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