Tennessee Votes on Prohibition Repeal in 1933
Nashville Tennessee voters cast a verdict on repeal of national prohibition amid strong expectations of a 75 000 vote margin. Predictions cited Arkansas and Alabama turning dry states as influential while officials forecast a statewide turnout between 200 900 and 250 000 and noted Tennessee history with dry laws and later 3 2 percent beer legalization.
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Nashville
Teen
Aennessee
Ninetate
Repeal
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Deep South
Forc
John F. Baggett
James A. Far Yay
Horace Frierson, Jr
Democratic State Executive Committee
Hog sale check forgotten for 17 years nets $7.42
Windom Minnesota July 20 a farmer near here Tom Dryden recalled a 1916 check from selling a hog at the South St. Paul Market. The check was outlawed but the writer agreed to honor it if presented. Dryden received $7.42 after all those years.
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Windom
Minn
Tom ‘Dryden
South St. Paul
Dryden
Baltimore Shipping Gains Ground On Waterfront
Baltimore merchants report a surge in port activity with several shipping firms ordering new cargo carriers and overhauls for idle vessels. Calmar Lines and Ore Steamship Co both plan to expand to 26 ships by August 16, extending coastwise and foreign trade from Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Calmar Lines
Ore Steamship Company
Beth- Jechem Steel
Shooting charge against Mrs. Conley overheard in Albany
Police Judge Wagner told 58 year old Mrs. Mary F. Conley she is accused of shooting at her son in law. She replied he ought to be shot and said her daughter also filed a complaint. Mrs. Conley was held for a hearing.
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Albany
Wagner
Mary F. Conley
Men to Meet at Williamsport Methodist Church
A meeting of the Men's Brotherhood at Williamsport Methodist Church is set for 7 30 this evening. The Washington County Clay Bird Shoot championship is scheduled for Thursday July 20 at 3 pm at Hoover's Club House. Trank Walton Club invites the public.
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Men’s Brotherhood of the
Williamsport Methodist Church
Washington County
Hoover's Club
Trank Walton Club
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Seeks Divorce
The long distance drama unfolds as Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton fights her husband David Hutton’s divorce filing in superior court on grounds of mental cruelty. She remains in love and aboard a ship from Europe to America while Hutton weighs career choices and consults counsel.
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Los Angele
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
David Hutton
Havre
Balbo Welcomed In New York After Transatlantic Flight
Balbo and his Italian air group drew a rousing New York reception as their dirigible Macon saluted from the bay. Balbo praised aviation while declaring plans to return for an official reception and a possible hop to Newfoundland, weather permitting.
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Balbo
Italia
Macon
Rome
Columbia Yacht Club
Kates Stirling
Fier
Mediterranean
America
Newfoundland
Deaths Henry Ebersole Dies at 74 in Paramount
Henry Ebersole aged 74 died at his daughter Mrs. Abram Fry’s home in Paramount last evening at 7 o’clock from arteriosclerosis. He leaves wife Mary and children Christ Eby Maugansville Abram Fry Paramount Amos S. Tiffin Irvin H. Chicago brothers Abram Baltimore Christian Clear Spring sisters Mrs Amond Shank Maugansville Mrs Albert Everly City. Funeral Friday at 1 pm at home then Miller's Mennonite Church with Reverends Denton Martin and John Risser officiating. Interment in adjacent cemetery.
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Henry Ebersole
Abram Fry
Paramount
Miller’s Mennonite Church
Mary Ebersole
Christ Eby
Maugansville
Amos S
Tiffin
Ohio
Irvin H
Chicago
Abram
Baltimore
Christian
Clearspring
Amond Shank
Albert Everly
City
Denton
Martin
John Risser
Waynesboro
City offers 3% discount on July 1933 taxes
City Tax Collector and Treasurer Chas Fry announces a 3 percent discount on to be paid 1933 city taxes during the remainder of July. Ady notes the program applies to all levies due this month.
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Chas
Fry
Ady
Wall Street Warning After Yesterday's Market Slump
Washington July 20 President Roosevelt watches stock and commodity exchanges with close attention. Senators and officials discuss whether his recovery plans need adjustment and whether new rules to limit daily losses are needed. Public debate centers on how government action might affect market stability.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas
D. Okla
New York Stock
Chicago
Drop Thomas
The
Oklahoman
Post Takes Off for Alaska in 1931 Flight Record Chase
Wiley Post continues toward Alaska after a 15 hour lead from Berlin to Khabarovsk. He faced fog and near ground flight near Rukhidov and landed at Khabarovsk then aimed for Nome or Fairbanks with Fairbanks most likely. Weather clouds and fog from the Bering Sea threaten the crossing as he seeks a new record.
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Blagoveshchensk
Rukhidov
Moscow
Khabarovak
Alaska
Nome
Fairbanks
Rukh- Jove
Winnie Mae
Post
Khabsrovsky
Berlin
Khabarovsk
Oklahoman
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Central
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Bering Sea
Aleutians
Man Quits After Theft Plot to Borrow General Balbo Plane
In New York on July 20 a man, Barney Gambino, attempted to reach General Italo Balbo in the Ambassador Hotel lobby. Police stopped him as he claimed he wished to borrow Balbo's plane to return to Italy saying the line We will all five or die together.
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New York
Italo Balbo
Ambassador Hotel
Italy
Barney Gambino
These Bees Good Bees on Roof Cause Neighborhood Stir
New York July 20, Py Ale vert Dubriel keeper of rooftop bees answered neighbors complaints about stings. He said these bees are good. A tenant sunbath unclothed on the roof. bees covered him but did not sting. Magistrate Mazon will refer the case to a judge with bee expertise.
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New York
Py Alevert Dubriel
Dubriel
Mazon
Bituminous Code Near Complete Aims at Fair Competition
Washington July 19 after a full day of talks producers from large non union fields in North and South said they hoped to meet tomorrow to finalize a minimum wage scale. The code calls for a 40 hour work week and open shop for miners.
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Washington
North
South
Grocers to Act on Maryland Fair-Competition Code
Harry W. Walker, secretary of the Independent Retail Grocers' Association, announced a tentative date for a Maryland wide meeting to decide on a fair competition code for the grocery trade. Also notes a festival event with a Raiders Ball benefit at Cor Franklin St and Cleveland Ave on July 24-22.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Walker
Independent Retail Grocers’ Association
Maryland
Franklin St
Cleveland Ave
Raiders
Kidnapped O Connell heir stirs fear in Albany
In Albany New York on July 20 the O Connell family mood turns grim as Johnny O Connell the kidnapped guardsman remains held. District Attorney John T Delaney warns the case is life or death with little hope of a quick rescue. Father John J OConnell has been out of sight for four days.
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Albany
Wny
Young O'Connell
John T. Delaney
Miller Leonard
O’connell
Leonard
John J. O'Connell
Hull Presses Tariff Truce At World Economic Conference
Secretary Cordell Hull and American negotiators push to maintain the tariff truce amid European opposition. The conference may form a permanent steering group including Prime Minister MacDonald and James M. Cox to keep talks alive during the London recess.
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London
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
MacDonald
Great Britain
James M.cox
Ohio
Hendryk Collin
Botany
Stitched Often But He Succumbs In Baltimore
In Baltimore a 40 year old man Walter Judah died after surgeons completed 1124 stitches in a bid to save him. Police report that Monroe T. Young, 38, was arrested after slashing Judah with a penknife during a dispute over a small sum of money.
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Baltimore
Ater
Walter Judah
Monroe T. Young
Judah
Father Iden Dies After Long Illness At 77
Ann Arbor Michigan July 20 Father Thomas M Iden known as Father Iden spiritual adviser to thousands of University of Michigan students for two decades died today after a lengthy illness The longtime campus figure was 77 and had served the university community with guidance and pastoral support for many years.
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Iden
Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas M
University of Michigan
Chicken and Waste Supper at Mise BM Rickard
Community supper advertised from 5 to 7 on Friday evening July 21 at Mise BM Rickard 55 E Franklin. Menu includes chicken and waste with vegetable salad and dessert.
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Rickard
E. Franklin
Confessed fugitive identified as Walter Alley admits shooting
A captured man in Morgan County West Virginia identified by telegram as Walter Alley admits to the shooting of Henry Lee in Buck Valley Pennsylvania and to his own identity at Martinsburg hospital. Alley, wounded in a pursuit, awaits extradition to Pennsylvania for the murder. He was previously convicted of felonious assault in Missouri and fled across several states.
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Washington
Walter Alley
Missouri Penitentiary
Morgan County
W. Va
Martinsburg Hospital
Henry Lee
Buck Valley
Alley
Jefferson County
Missouri
Lee
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Potomac River
West Virginia
Martinsburg
W. F. Bowman
Charles Barnhart
Tom Henry
Buck's Valley
Carl Smith
Scott A. Smith
City Hospital
Smith
Smith Home
British Lead Cut Down in Schwab Trophy Match
London July 29 The American contract players led by Ely Culbertson trail the British team by 320 points at halftime but narrowed the gap amid heat and Culbertson's headaches. After 150 boards the British stood 46 050 to 45 730 for the Americans.
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London
Charles M. Schwab
Ely Culbertson
Theodore A. Lightner
Michael Gottlieb
Culbertson
Arkansas and Alabama Move to Legalize Beer After Prohibition Repeal
Arkansas Governor Futrell calls a special session to legalize 3.2 percent beer and light wines after approving repeal of the national prohibition law. Alabama leaders back a payless special session to legalize beer while Governor Miller declines to weigh in. Alabama vote totals show 92,443 for repeal and 62,201 against from early returns. The Alabama convention is set for Montgomery August 11.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Alabama
J. M. Futrell
George A. Sossman
W. ¢. Taylor
Turner Granade
Mobile Court
Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Beer
Man leaps from governor's office window in Baltimore
Hyman Schwartzman, 59, drops from a tenth floor window while resisting extradition to New York. Police and attorneys intervene and drag him back into the room as he protests.
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Baltimore
New York
Hyman Schwartzman
Governor's
Chicago Grain Market Quotations by The Stickel Salew
Quotations from The Stickel Salew Corporation at 26 W Washington Street outline grain prices and market movements. The report covers Chicago prices and related trading activity with Hagerstown Maryland as a referenced destination.
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Stickel Salew Corporation
W. Washington
Hagerstown, Md
Federal moves target kidnapers after arrest first
Washington July 26 The federal government will pursue kidnapers first and determine jurisdiction later said Assistant Attorney General Joseph B Keenan heading the anti kidnaper drive He noted authority could rest with state or federal courts depending on facts Roosevelt aides have discussed awaiting new legislation. Also a local lunch special at Peter Pan Grill offers a combination seafood dinner for 46 cents.
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Washington, Ju
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Peter Pan Grill
Potomac Bt
Ady
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