Eighth Annual Rose Show Opens With Stately Displays
The eighth annual Rose Show in Thomasville opened at eleven with hundreds waiting to enter. Exhibits from plantations florists schools and civic groups impressed with rare merit despite fewer roses this season. Prominent displays included a river scene by Mrs John C Vaughn Mrs Anna W Mason and Miss Elizabeth Hopkins and a grand American Legion arrangement of red and white roses.
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Thomasville
John C. Vaughn
Anna W. Mason
Elizabeth Hopkins
American Legion
Legion Committee of Ladies
Clemenceau says he and Pershing are good friends
Paris April 19 French premier Georges Clemenceau told the Associated Press that General Pershing and he are friends and he would not engage in a debate before a coffin over remarks printed yesterday by Raymond Recouly. Clemenceau recalled ongoing discussions with Foch about American troop deployment, noting they never quarreled and remained friends.
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Paris
George Clemenceau
France
Associated Press
General Pershing
Marshal Foch
Raymond Recouly
Foch
Pershing
M. Clemenceaugald
Mexican airman dies shielding president and ambassador
Mexico City, April 19. Lieutenant Joaquin Garcia Bolanos was shot while stopping posters that insulted President Emilio Portes Gil and Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow. He died of his wounds as authorities began removing the many posters across the city. Morrow kept silent at a late press conference.
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Mexico City
Emilio Portes Gil
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Joaquin Garcia Bolanos
Portes Gil
Ambassador Morrow
Mexico
Mr. Morrow
Bolanos
Yin A
Morrin
Adams Begins His Term in Federal Pen in Atlanta
L. R. Adams, former secretary of the defunct Bankers' Trust Company, began a five year mail fraud sentence today at Atlanta Federal Prison as a clerk to the chaplain after arriving yesterday. John D. Russell starts a two year term, Paul Baker has served 18 months of a five year sentence. Convictions followed a 1926 failure. Baker served earlier, Adams and Russell appealed to the Supreme Court without success. Judge Sibley rejected probation and hinted clemency not out of order.
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Atlanta
L. R. Admas
Bankers’ Trust Company
Federal
John D. Russell
Paul Baker
Adams
Russell
Baker
United States Supreme Court
W.D. Manley
Concern
Samuel H.sibley
Three Soldiers Die in Honolulu Gun Blast
Three soldiers were killed and six injured in a 155 millimeter gun explosion during target practice at Ft. Kamehameha on Oahu Island. Soldiers K. R. Webb H. Clark and Rove Wood died. two of the wounded suffered severe injuries.
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Honolulu
Fifty- Fifth Coast Artillery
Ft. Kamehameha
Oahu Island
K. R. Webb
H. Clark
Rove Wood
Georgia Drug Association Chooses Macon for Next Meeting
The Georgia Pharmaceutical Association elected Walter Jones of Savannah as president and set Macon as the next meeting location during its session in Valdosta. Mrs. R. C. Wilson of Atlanta was elected head of the ladies auxiliary.
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Valdosta
Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
Walter Jones
Savannah
Macon
R. C. Wilson
Atlanta
Ladies Aux Hary
Police reveal reference to him and Portes Gil
The report states that police disclosed the reference to the individual and to President Portes Gil, noting the authorities’ confirmation of the connection.
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Portes Gil
Senate Adjourns as Mellon Question Looms in Power Shift
Washington April 19 AP The Senate adjourned while Congress readies farm relief and tariff measures. House leaders expect quick action on farm relief with a possible final vote by midweek. Debate centers on a proposed debenture provision and executive branch authority over Mellon’s tenure.
Opposing Mexican Armies Prepare for Major Battle
Mexico City reports two large federal forces gathering for the final phase of General Calles campaign to crush the rebellion. Under General Lazardo Cardenas 10 000 troops move to San Glas Sonora to strike Navojoa while General Juan Andreu Almazan forms a 10 000 strong column to push through Pulpito Pass into Sonora toward rebel positions.
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Mexico City
Labora
Calles
Lazardo Cardenas
San Glas
Sonora
Navojoa
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua
Juan Andreu Almazan
Victor
Pulpito Pass
Woman shoots man after being put on the spot in Chicago
A Chicago woman and her male companion shot Tony Rosa after he was placed on the spot early today. Rosa died from two head shots as witnesses watched. The pair fled on foot, attempting to enter a passing taxi but were refused. The scene prompted a broader debate on treasury trade statutes during a committee inquiry.
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Tony Rosa
Chicago
Rosa
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Reed
Pennsylvania
Norris
Meeting on Farm Relief Debenture Plan Shows Administration Study
Washington April 19 The White House disclosed that Agriculture Treasury and Commerce experts have studied the export debenture plan as Senate committees press for a detailed view. President Hoover opposes a bounty aspect, favoring a House style bill as a starting point to place agriculture on par with other industries. Senator McNary delivered a tentative Senate version with the debenture feature but did not meet the president.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department
White House
Agriculture, Treasury and Commerce Departments
Senate Agriculture Sub-Committee
Hoover
McNary
Senate
Walter Newton
Mr. Hoover
Death of Lord Revelstoke Clouds Reparations Talks
Paris April 19 The death of Lord Revelstoke British delegate casts gloom over the reparations experts as they meet to report failure of negotiations and adjourn in mourning. Owen D Young and others indicate the conference may be ended while Schacht and the German team plan to attend Monday’s session to draft a final report.
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Lord Revelstoke
Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Owen D. Young
Conference of Experts
Schacht
George V. A. Lite
Tin
Aimee Semple McPherson Figures in Hardy Impeachment Case
Sacramento April 19 AP. The Carmel angle of Aimee Semple McPherson and Kenneth Ormiston in her kidnapping tale is set for another hearing in Judge Carlos Hardy's impeachment trial. Defense witnesses, including former deputy DA Joseph Ryan, testify about alleged improper legal help and withheld evidence.
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Aimee Semple M’pherson
Hardy
Sacramento
Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
Carmel
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Mexico
Superior Court
Carlos $. Hardy
McPherson
Bond issue for education favored in Georgia
Savannah Georgia April 19 Charles M Snelling of Athens chancellor of the University of Georgia urged a 25 million dollar education bond issue to accompany a 75 million dollar road paving program. He proposed a semi permanent commission of six to eight prominent Georgians to study schools and present recommendations to the legislature. He cited last year’s 3 million dollar state appropriation and ten year school improvements. Florence Hale spoke on rural education and classroom approaches while L H Dennis and Edith B Jaynes addressed vocational education and elementary principals duties. A telegram from the South Carolina Education Association greeted the convention and another from the Junior Order United American Mechanics urged daily bible reading and flag-raising in public schools.
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Savannah
Charles M. Snelling
Athens
University of Georgia
Georgia Education Association
Georgia
Florence Hale
Augusta
L. H. Dennis
Pennsylvania
Edith B. Jaynes
National Education Association
Norfolk
Alfriend
South Carolina Education Association
Junior Order United American Mechanics
Association
Braves Win Morning Game at Boston on Patriots Day
The Boston Braves beat Brooklyn 6 to 5 in a morning Patriots Day game, taking the lead with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.
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Braves
Boston
Boston Braves
Brooklyn
Mississippi River Levee at Knowlton Arkansas Caved In
Four hundred feet of the main Mississippi river levee at Knowlton Arkansas caved into the river. Engineers rushed a hastily looped banquette around the damaged section to prevent a larger crevasse.
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Memphis
Tenn
Knowlton
Ark
One killed and one injured in Pryor road crash near Lakewood Park
Mrs May Thomas 41 died after an automobile overturned on Pryor road near Lakewood Park. Price Holt 25 suffered a fractured skull and was in critical condition along with injuries to Mrs A H Baker 31. William Ellis 26 and Mrs Baker testified to high speed before the crash. Mrs Thomas leaves parents Mr and Mrs Augustus Wilson of near Covington and four children.
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Atlanta
May Thomas
Price
Holt
Pryor Road
Lakewood Park
William Ellis
Greenwood
A. H. Baker
Ellis
Two Gunman from Idaho Finds Chicago Not Terrible
Idaho sharpshooter Bob Limbert visits Chicago to show pistol prowess at a Frank Walton Leagues event. He vows to face ten color-and-tie gunmen and boasts never missing as he blasts a bottle in the air.
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Idaho
Chicago
Bob Limbert
Bob
Fzank Walton Leagues
Mr. Limbert
Captain Campbell’s 215 Mile Test Run Reaches Speed Sign
Aeneuk Pan at Cape of Good Hope reports Captain Malcolm Campbell attempting to break the 231 mile per hour record set by Major H. O. D. Segrave. The test run reached 216 miles an hour in calmer conditions, with ongoing efforts to push the pace higher in upcoming runs.
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Campbell
Aerneuk Pan
Cape -of-Good Hope
Malcolm
H. O. D. Segrave
Bhié Bir
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Morrow
Federal Pen
Heart of Miami
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U. S. Coast Guard
Harold Latham
Congress
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Senate Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Preetany Hoover
Tariff Commission
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate Judiciary Committee
DAWES
Snelling
Georgia University
Knowlton Ark
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