Georgia Drys Vote Sets Early Result On Amendments
Georgia counts 125 913 ballots from about 810 of 1700 precincts. Two years ago a repeal attempt led to a wet majority after rural returns arrived, while urban votes remained. Governor Rivers praised the amendment results though not taking a repeal stand, amid a political fight with Talmadge and Roosevelt era policy pushes. Georgia remains one of five dry states with Mississippi Kansas Oklahoma and Tennessee.
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Eugene Talmadge
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Rivers
Talmadge
Heart of Rivers
Georgia
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Mississippi
Kansaz
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertised Claim
An old advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills as the cure for sluggish bile flow and poor digestion. It warns that lack of bile causes decay, gas, constipation, and a poisoned feeling, urging readers to demand the product by name.
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Howe
Carter
Jean Harlow funeral details reveal hush and high-profile mourners
The Hollywood star Jean Harlow died leaving a restricted funeral with about 200 mourners including William Powell and Clarke Gable. Notable attendees ranged from Hal Rosson to her mother Mrs. Bello and former husbands as Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald planned performances. The service used a Christian Science rite, with no public viewing, and guards kept crowds away at Forest Lawn.
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William Powell
Miss Harlow
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Lionel Barrymore
Warner Baxter
Ray June
Charles McGrew, III
Hal Rosson
R. Mo. Clair Carpenter
Kansas City
Marino Bello
Paul Bern
Genevieve Smith
Wee Kirk
Heather Chapel
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette MacDonald
Bello
Jean
Hollywood
Mortuary
Roosevelt outlines subsidies to boost U S merchant marine fleet
President Roosevelt announces plans to empower subsidies for building and operating ships to revive home owned shipping. He notes that over 85 percent of the current merchant fleet will be obsolete in five years and underscores the lack of new American built cargo and passenger vessels since 1941. The policy aims to accelerate construction and prepare two hundred seventy World War II era ships for potential emergency use.
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United States
Roosevelt
Shipping and Merchant Marine Fleet Corporation
Confederates Open Meet at Jackson
Confederate veterans gather in Jackson for their 47th reunion with fading numbers. They march to Winter's woods for park dedication and weigh a possible joint reunion with Union veterans at Gettysburg. Brigadier General W M Buck opposes joint plans, others favor cross‑state commemoration next year.
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Miss
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Gettysburg
W. M. Buck
Muskogee
Okla
Gun Duel Near L. S. A. Ends Without Wounding Vance
A shooting occurred when Vance and Harrington exchanged shots. Vance was uninjured and did not speak to officers. The county attorney planned murder charges against the druggist, with Miss Vance as the sole eyewitness. Police tied a preexisting drunkenness charge against Harrington’s porter to the confrontation.
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Harrington
Green
Miss Vance
John Almond
Marshal Harrington
Tyler
Tex
Shaw
Grace Vance Honored LSU Coed Wounded in Shaw
Grace Vance age 18 an LSU undergraduate and honor student is wounded at her father's drug store in Shaw Mississippi. She was named as one of LSU prettiest women in the Gumbo yearbook and is active in Chi Omega Delta Gamma Delta Purple Jackets and the university Players' guild.
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Mississippi State College For Women
Chi Omega
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University Players’ Guild
Shaw, Miss
Typhoid Clinic Schedule Announced by Parish Health
Mrs. Lois Grey, Ouachita Parish Health unit nurse supervisor, said typhoid vaccination clinics were held Wednesday afternoon at Cypress community and Cypress school. Additional clinics are planned for Monday June 14 at 1 pm in Indian.
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Lois Grey
Ouachita Parish Health Unit
Cypress Community
Cypress School
Claudette Colbert Stars in I Met Him in Paris
Paramount features Claudette Colbert in I Met Him in Paris as the current attraction. The film showcases Colbert’s charm and fashion in a light romantic comedy setting for moviegoers.
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The
Paramount
Paris
Community Health Clinics for Negro Residents Announced
Clinics will be held at several locations including the home of W A Mills, Mr Sims on Highway 80, and at Bryant's addition negro school. Times vary on Wednesday June 16 with sessions at 10 a.m. 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The events target negro residents.
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Mr. Sims
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Maniac Dies After Shootout With Officer at Lying Yard Fight
State police and citizens pursued James Robbins after he shot at Trooper Hairyes near railroad yards. Hairyes and Caplette returned fire. Robbins fled and died in an abandoned cellar hole. Robbins had escaped a hospital in February after obscene letters to Sutton girls led to commitment.
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Robbins
Hairyes
George Caplette
Charles Stockdale
Maniac Fires At Police Near Farm After Barred Doors
A man, barred from entering, terrorized a rural area as he approached the farm and fired on patrolling officers each night since Sunday, frightening schoolchildren in the vicinity.
Knights of Pythias to confer page rank Thursday night
Stonewall lodge, Knights of Pythias, will confer the rank of page Thursday at 8 p.m. The rank was given last week but repeated to meet class requirements. A large attendance is desired and refreshments will be served.
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Stonewall Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Family matron attends ill father in Cleveland Mississippi
Mrs Gertrude Mitchell a switchboard operator at the Vaughan Wright Bender clinic was summoned to the bedside of her father who is reported seriously ill with pneumonia in Cleveland Mississippi.
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Gertrude Mitchell
Vaughan-Wright-Bender Clinic
Cleveland
Miss
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