Mission Board Faces 1 Million Shortage Crisis
The Southern Baptist Home Mission Board in Atlanta reveals a $1.6 million shortage tied to treasurer Clintons Carnes who vanished August 15. A joint church committee cites unaudited loans with 150 banks and plans for grand jury action as investigators probe how funds were used over years.
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Atlanta
Ome Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Clintons Carnes
W. Daniel
Richmond
Yeang
Carnes
South
Walter R. Brown
Ed A. Stephens
Joint Church Committee
Raleigh
Southern Baptists
Home Mission Board
Home Minion Board
Train plunges into washout near Columbia killing two
Sept 6 Columbia 8 C two men were killed and a third missing when a passenger train engine plunged into an unreported washout three miles from the South Carolina capital. Fireman J oy and D. B. Poore died, J. E. Glenn is missing. Passengers huddled in the coach all night as conductor Eskew sought a telephone to summon relief and relief cars were sent after the washout was located.
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Volumbia
South Carolina
D. B. Poore
J.oy
J. E. Glenn
Eskew
Columbia
Painter faces murder charge in drunken street assault
James Leonard Ard, painter, is charged with murder after Philo Pads, 51, a cashier in the city tax collector’s office, was struck on the street and died four hours later. Witnesses say Pads was accosted by a visibly intoxicated man who struck him in the face and left him unconscious. Ard says he cannot recall the incident and denies knowing Pads.
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Dallas
Texas
Spet
James Leonard
Philo Pads
Eads
Chef
Leonard
Sue
Babe weighs pound four ounces at birth Tulare baby
Tulare California September 6 Little Miss Alice Hamilton weighed one pound four ounces at birth two weeks ago and is described as getting along nicely Her bracelet uses her mother’s wedding ring which fits just below her elbow and serves as a keepsake.
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Tulare
Calif
Alice Hamilton
Barber's customer clash leads to no-talk order in Vermont
In St Albans Vermont a barber owner obtained a court or private order after a heated argument with two customers, seeking to forbid discussion or criticism in the shop.
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ST Aibans
Officials Stand by Make Wrecked Plane After Crash
Salt Lake City dispatch reports National Parks Airways Fokker plane crashed near Pocatello on a routine Salt Lake City to Great Falls run. J Purcell, VP, says official statements will not be issued while eye witness notes guide theory. Pilot’s body to Spokane. Mrs Wheatley among survivors. crash marked first for new craft.
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Salt Lake City
Pocatello
National Parks Airways, Inc
J. Purcell
Com
Nts
Salt Lake
Great Pall
Great Falls
Melena
Butte
Pocetelio Field
Schedwe
Smith Opens West Swing for Campaign Itinerary
Governor Smith will launch a western campaign swing the week of September 16 with speeches in Omaha Oklahoma City and Denver. The three extemporaneous night talks focus on farm relief and he plans to keep the schedule flexible for later travel after Rochester. The special train departs Albany September 16 to join the party en route.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
West
Unee
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Denver
New York State
Pacific Coast
South
Abany
Rochester
New York
Palmer Labor ticket named Mangas City nominees
The executive committee of the Farmer-Labor party announced James A. Reed of Kansas City and Mangan Webb of San Francisco as presidential and vice presidential nominees. William Penn Collins of Denver was named to assist with acceptance notices, with a contingency to find new candidates if needed.
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Mangas City
Mibridge Webb
San Francisco
James A. Reed
Kansas City
Fermer-labor
Seasion
United States
Permer-Labor
William Penn Collins
Denver
Ban Francisco
Calif
Frank Eldridge Webb
Associated Press Today
Palmer-Labor Party
Keness City
Webb
Rowland Leads Fast Birdmen to Kansas City
Earl Rowland of Wichita on a Cessna A monoplane led the Class A transcontinental fliers into Kansas City landing at Richards Airport at 12 45 PM He wins a Kansas City chamber of commerce cash prize for fastest time between St Louis and Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kan
Richards
Rport
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Los Angees
Norton Field
Wichita Kan
Derby
Robert Dake
Pittsburg
WN. Emery, Jr
Bradford
Rowland
Roosevelt Meid
N. Y
Indianapolis
St. Louis
George W. Brill
Monterey Park
Calif
Los Angeles
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Pittsburgh
Rowand
William Kowelski
Metroit
W. N. Emery, Jr
Trainmen thought to have voted strike
Chicago dispatch reports leaders of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors in conference over a wage increase dispute with 58 western railroads. About 170000 employees are believed to have voted for a strike, though official results are not yet public. A peace plan discussion is planned with railroad managers next week.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Western
Walen
Crash claims seven lives in air mail disaster
Inspector J E Shees of the aircraft division of commerce said he had nothing to add about the crash near Pocatello. An official inquiry began as investigators sought witnesses and examined wreckage after the plane burned to clear the field. A rancher near Springfield reported a low flight before the crash, prompting possible further questioning.
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Pocatello Tribune
J. E. She's
Aircraft Division Department of Commerce
Shields
Shieds
Billings
Mont
G. C. Miler
Department of Commerce
San Francisco Woman Alleges Abduction in Utah Trip
Althea Melton, 21, told police in Salt Lake City that Benjamin M. Boyd and his wife drove her from California toward Washington, D.C. They allegedly took her money, abused her, then left her stranded in a hotel. Police seek Boyd. Melton is linked to an Alexandria editor cousin.
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Salt Lake City
Althea Melton
San Francisco
Benjamin M. Boyd
California
Washington, D.C
Boyd
Caefornia
Salt Lake
Miss Melton
Alexandria, Va
Two Fatalities in Plane Crash at Cleveland Airport
George Stowell and Go Merryman both of Detroit pilot and traffic manager for Stour Airways Inc were killed when their plane crashed during a practice flight at Cleveland Municipal Airport. The aircraft rose to about 600 feet before one wing crumpled in the crash, authorities said. Mostly fair tonight and Friday with unsettled northwest portions and cooler temperatures.
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Cleveland
George Stowell
Detroit
Go Merryman
Stour Airways Inc
Weather and rain cancel twin bill doubleheader
Rain washes out both games of today’s doubleheader between the Athletics and Red Sox with makeups set for tomorrow and Saturday. Washington at New York also postponed. two games scheduled tomorrow at Cleveland, plus Boston Philadelphia and St Louis Pittsburgh games postponed.
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Boston
Athletics
Red Box
New York
Washington
Smith silent on national affairs as campaign nears
Governor Smith's public remarks focus on New York state business while he awaits the first major campaign speeches. He avoids conferences and relies on mail and telephone for party intelligence, with visitors mostly sightseeing at the capitol as reporters observe his cautious approach. A phone call during a press conference underscores his dependence on telephonic reports.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
New York State
George B. Graves
George
Farmers urged to adopt better marketing by producers
Secretary William M Jardine argues for improved marketing methods led by farmers themselves not government. He cites rising production yet stagnant marketing, calls for organized competitive selling, weed out marketing parasites, and points to auto industry as a model. Also reports Nebraska Governor McMullen announces the nineteenth annual governors conference will be in New Orleans November 20 to 22 with preparatory committee meeting in Chicago.
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Salt Lake City
William M. Jardine
Agricultural Department
Iig
Lincoln
Neb
McMullen
New Orleans
Chicago
George H. Dern
Utah
Rescue search abandoned for Amundsen and party
Oslo reports the search for Roald Amundsen and five rescuers from the Nobile expedition is abandoned. Government and polar experts say the men are presumed dead, with continued work along the Norwegian coast and any debris from the sea plane noted.
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Oslo
Norway
Learr
Roald Amundsen
Ministry of Defense
Norwegian
Tromsoe
Admiral Kerr
Strasho
Spitzbergen
Plane tragedy ends hope for Utah couple after wedding
Mrs Nona Schaper and husband Lawrence Schaper had married in Salt Lake City seven years earlier. The couple’s love for aviation ended in disaster when a Super-Universe Pokker passenger plane crashed near Pocatello, killing Mrs Schaper and their two daughters Cari and Ramona Lou, 18 minutes old. Mr Schaper, a mechanic at the Galt Lake hangar, mourned as officials confirmed the loss of his family.
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Salt Lake City
Lawrence C. Schaper
Shaper
Nona Hendrickem
Galt Lake
Newhouse Hotel
Pocatello
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