Gas Association Plans Large Cooperative Ad Campaign
Atlantic City May 22 Executives of the American Gas Association approved a three year cooperative advertising plan and urged local gas companies to back it with strong newspaper ads. Kansas City Gas Co vice president T J Strickler, chairman of the national advertising committee, urged spending 2 to 3 million dollars annually by local firms in addition to the association 500000 fund. There are over 450 gas companies serving more than 16 million customers. The joint effort plus local ads will reach the large market.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Gas Association
T. J. Strickler
Kansas City Gas Company
Strickler
Playground Saved at Kilauea Volcano Camp
Army officers in the Hawaiian department were reassured that their recreation camp at Kilauea volcano would not be abandoned after the interior department granted a 20 year lease to the army.
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Associated Press
Hilo
Hawaii
Hawaiian Department
Kilauea Volcano
Interior Department
Army
Isle of Man Assembly Proposes Second Boston Tea Party
A member of the Isle of Man legislature blamed Britain’s tea tax for colonial losses and proposed staging a second Boston Tea Party as protest against the new levy.
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England
Isle of Man
Island
Boston
Nephew of Mayor Held for Slaying in Milton
Eilm er Field, 25 year old nephew of Mayor A R Field, waited for a hearing on a manslaughter charge after Roy Blake, 30, died from a fractured skull. Police searched for Field after he surrendered to the mayor, who said Field had been in Fayette county seeking work when he learned of Blake's death.
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Milton
Eilmer Field
A. R. Field
Roy Blake
Blake
Field
Young Field
Fayette County
Mrs. Draper Returns to U S After Stowaway Voyage
Mrs Eben S Draper wife of former Massachusetts state senator returns to New York aboard the inner Georgia after a stowaway voyage to England. Associated Press photo records the scene.
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Eben S. Draper
Massachusetts
New York
Georgia
England
Associated Press
Lynching Basis Of Damage Suit A First Of Its Kind
In New Orleans May 22 a federal court jury awarded 2500 to the parents of Fred Moore lynched in 1933, in a damage suit against Sheriff Lezin H. Himel of Assumption Parish and his surety for negligence in failing to prevent the lynching. The verdict directs payment to Louis and Lilly Moore. The Moores sought 10000 alleging negligence and presented evidence tending to support their claim.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Lezin H. Himel
Assumption Parish
Louis
Lilly Moore
Fred Moore
Moores
Himel
Deputies Implicated in Labadieville Lynching
Two of Himel's deputies aided the lynchers but denied the charge. Fred Moore, accused of killing a white girl, was seized October 11, 1933, and lynched near Labadieville, Louisiana.
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Himel
Fred Moore
Labadieville
Pen Shop Unit Held Dangerous
A factory inspector warned the penitentiary building No 1 is dangerously weakened by heavy second and third floors and boiler room pipes. The board of control ordered evacuation and humane steps plus cutting the building in two, removing the top floors over the boiler room, with remaining space used for light storage. All work to be done by prison labor.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Control
M. D. Carrico
E. M. Lee
Department of Labor
Lee
Perfect Model Voted By Fifteen Illustrators
Elizabeth Russell, recruited by the movies, was named the perfect model by fifteen illustrators in a Hollywood feature.
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Associated Pross Hollywood
Elizabeth Russell
The
Movies
Refinery Official Faces Embezzlement Charges in Texas
M. T. Wilson, president of Dominant Refinery in Neview, Texas, was named in three embezzlement charges. The state says he failed to remit about 106000 dollars in motor fuel taxes collected by the refinery. S. M. Marrs of the state comptroller's office called it the largest case of its kind ever filed in Texas.
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Associated Press
Neview
Tex
M. T. Wilson
S. M. Marrs
East Texas
State Comptroller’s Department
Texas
Mountaineers close home season with two-game Ohio series
Morgantown West Virginia May 22 The Mountaineers finish their intercollegiate home schedule with a two game series against Ohio University today.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Baseball Mountaineers
Ohio University
Bobcats Run Of Conference Play Highlighted By Losses
The Bobcats have lost only one conference game this year and two extra-league contests while winning 13 encounters across the season.
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Bobcats
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Rittenhouse
Pennsylvania
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
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