Mercy Slayer in Atlanta Faces Freedom and Murder Charge
In Atlanta, John Stephens, 32, is jailed on a murder charge for striking his aunt Miss Allie Stephens with a heavy potted plant amid her battle with cancer. Autopsy says death came from the disease, not the blow, while authorities quote Stephens saying the act would be an act of mercy.
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Atlanta
Paul Dondico
John Stephens
Allie Stephens
Stephens
Miss Stephens
Aliie Stephens
Baptist Home Mission Board
120 Year Old Negro Dies at Augusta Home
Sophia Jones reported age 120 dies at her Martinez area home in Augusta Georgia. She leaves an 83 year old daughter and many grandchildren the oldest 71. Born after the War of 1812 she lived as a slave until the Civil War and spent her life in Martinez.
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Augusta
Sophia Jones
Martinez
William Morton Snelling Dies at Home in Athens
William Morton Snelling 43 former naval officer dies at his parents home in Athens Georgia. He had been in ill health for some time and died yesterday at the residence of Chancellor and Mrs C M Snelling of the University of Georgia.
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Athens, Ga
William Morton Snelling
C. M. Snelling
University of Georgia
Former policeman pleads not guilty in Missouri lynching
John Zook a former policeman and wrestler pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the death of Lloyd Warner a black man lynched November 28 in St Joseph Missouri Circuit Judge J W Gaddy ordered Zook held without bond. He is accused of pouring gasoline on the victim whose body was burned after being hanged near the courthouse. Two other mob members are in custody on lesser charges. William O Sawyers assistant attorney general said further arrests would follow.
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St. Joseph
John
Zook
Lloyd Warner
J. W. Gaddy
Lindberghs Start Return Flight From Natal
Natal Brazil December 7. Col Charles A Lindbergh tuned the monoplane motor used on the Africa flight and prepared for a return trip to the United States via Para Belem. Authorities expect the next Lindbergh passage along Brazil’s northeast coast. The couple showed quiet reserve amid crowds and rumors of tours.
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Natal
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Africa
United States
Para
Belem
Bathurst
Gambia
Lindy
Anne
Lone Eagle
Six Fishermen Missed As Northwest Storm Hits Puget Sound
Seattle December report says six fishermen remain missing after the first severe winter storm in the Pacific Northwest. Four known dead were counted as torrential rains high winds and heavy snowfall hit the Puget Sound region. the Weather Bureau forecast another storm for today.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Puget Sound
Weather Bureau
Big Scotch whiskey shipment leaves Scotland for US
Glasgow reports a large cargo bound for New York aboard the steamer Winona County. Between 25,000 and 30,000 cases of Scotch whiskey are loaded for shipment with loading beginning yesterday and departure expected this weekend.
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Glasgow
United States
Winona County
New York
Revolt Plot Rumor Tangles Havana Night
A rumor swept Havana claiming a cabinet member backed by part of the army planned a coup. The report circulated amid a tense night marked by bombings and fears of an extraordinary overthrow.
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Havana
Dont Rock the Boat Advice From Inside NRA
Washington December 7 10 Advice printed for American newsmen by a former NRA insider urges cooperation for long term gains. Louis Kirstein former NRA industrial advisor board chair calls for focusing on long term objectives and industry self government within codes.
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NRA
Louis Kirkstein
Boston
Industrial Board
Washington
Louis Kirstein
Touhy Gangsters Arrive in Chicago for Trial
Chicago reports Roger Touhy gang leader and three henchmen arrived from St. Paul to face charges in the John Factor kidnapping. Acquitted in St. Paul of kidnapping William Hamm Jr. for ransom, Touhy Schaefer McFadden and Kator were escorted to the state's attorney. Willie Sharkey, also tried, hanged himself in his St. Paul cell days later.
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Chicago
Roger Touhy
John Factor
St. Paul
State’s Attorney’s
Touhy
Gus Schaefer
Eddie McFadden
Albert Kator
Schaefer
McFadden
William Hamm, Jr
Brewer
Willie Sharkey
Highway Board Opens Bids for New Public Works Projects
Atlanta dispatch reports bids totaling about 1.25 million dollars were opened for highway construction pending awards after federal approval. Low bids listed include bridge work on Oconee river at Milledgeville Cornell Young Co Macon 13375425 and multiple grading paving and bridge projects across Calhoun Clay Cobb Fulton Crawford Dooly Evans Johnson Lincoln Madison Miller Oglethorpe Putnam Morgan Quitman Tattnall Tel etc with firms from Georgia Florida South Carolina and Columbus.
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Atlanta
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Oconee River
Milledgeville
Cornell Young Co
Macon
Calhoun County
Mm. A. Hudson and Son
Bolton
Chattahoochee River
Cobb
Fulton
George A. Thomason & Co
Greenwood
S. C
Crawford County
Sam E. Finley
Dooly County
Beckham - Lawler Construction Co
Orry
Quitman
Beckham-Linler Construction Co
Perry
Sumter
Jimeruck Prving
Tattnall County
Hooper Construction Co
Bunnell
Fla
Somers Construction Co
Vidalia
Tel
Liquor Warehouses Roar With New Sales Start
New York December 7 liquor warehouses and stores buzzed with record demand as customers flooded lines at closing. Hotels bars and department stores reported bustling crowds and rapid sales including 2000 drinks per hour at Macy’s and 10000 sales at Bloomingdale’s. Prices ranged from 20 cent wines to cocktails 30 to 90 cents as establishments served beer and wines early with cocktails later.
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New York
Polo Grounds
Childs
Park Lane
Tiltmore
Commodore
Pennsylvania
Astor
Waldorf-Astoria
Manhattan
Federal Officials Eye Higher Liquor Imports to Cut Prices
Washington on December 7 reports federal officials plan to boost liquor imports to expand domestic supply and lower prices for whiskies ryes and other newly legalized beverages. The administration also considered using its power over distillers wholesalers importers rectifiers and other players as a potential lever.
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Washington
Roosevelt denounces lynching at church council address
President Roosevelt tells the Federal Council of Churches that America will not tolerate lynch law and must strengthen the judicial system to protect individuals while delivering swift justice. He urges a public mood that enforces broader justice for all citizens.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
America
Cummings Deplores Waves of Lynching
Attorney General Cummings denounces recent lynchings across the country as distressing and inexcusable. He says they harm the cause of law enforcement and cannot be justified, urging calm and lawful conduct nationwide.
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Cummings
Washington
Three Men Die in Smugglers Gun Fight at Rio Grande
In El Paso Texas border clash at the foot of Park Street three U S border patrolmen and two Juarez smugglers die and one man is wounded. Officer Donne C Melton 31 shot through heart. Francisco Gonzalez 25 and Higinio Perez of Juarez killed. Francisco Mos Quero seriously wounded in Liberty Hospital Juarez. 140 gallons of liquor seized.
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el Paso
Tex
U. S
Park Street
Donne C. Melton
Francisco Gonzalez
Juarez
Higinio Perez
Francisco Mosquero
Liberty Hospital
Melton
Conyers
Georgia
Rio Grande
Regular Feller Russell Long Lights Up Huey Storm
Russell Long, son of Huey P. Long, remains undisturbed by the political uproar surrounding his father. A Louisiana high school junior known as a regular fellow, he poses with a basket his classmates assembled for the needy.
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Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Associated Press
Fess Predicts Roosevelt Won’t Seek Second Term
Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio told Republican leaders the president may not be in office beyond three years predicting Roosevelt will not seek another term. He attacked monetary policy relief and recovery programs saying government spending won’t bring prosperity and warned of a growing deficit.
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Columbus
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fess
Foss
Treasury Statement Shows December 5 Treasury Position
Washington December 7 reports receipts 18,708,253.75 expenditures 23,063,254.06 balance 1,028,782,121.68 customs receipts for the month 4,288,426.47 fiscal year receipts since July 1 1,185,206,749.66. Total expenditures 2,029,808,004.62 including 761,089,696.52 for emergency relief excess of expenditures 844,601,300.26.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Weather forecast for southern states today and Friday
South Carolina sees partly cloudy skies with colder for tonight and Friday and gradual warming. Georgia reports similar pattern with frost in east and south tonight and improving Friday. Florida Alabama and extreme northwest Florida forecast fair to partly cloudy with frost tonight and gradual temperature rise into Friday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Augusta Votes To License The Sale Of Liquor
Augusta Georgia adopts an ordinance legalizing sale of alcoholic, vinous and malt beverages with a $300 tax on retailers and $1 000 on wholesalers. The measure, approved 8 to 6 after a second ballot, faces mayoral veto concerns and requires three days of publication before licenses issue. Civil Service chief warns arrests. local leaders vow action against the measure.
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Augusta
Georgia
W. D. Jennings
Couner
Hamer
K. Lee Olive
Civil Service Commission
Dty
A. Maude Heath
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Drought Ends in Southwest Georgia After Heavy Showers
South west Georgia’s long drought was broken by showers yesterday. Forecaster George W. Mindling said the rain extinguished forest fires and left ground moisture adequate for planting crops. The drought had persisted about thirteen weeks with clear skies and rising temperatures afterward.
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Atlanta
Gin
Georgia
George W. Mindling
Mindling
Man with Poisoned Tongue Sought by California Officers
Beverly Hills California December 74 The man with a poison tongue who has terrorized film people and wealthy residents of Beverly Hills and Hollywood with threats of bodily harm was sought by the district attorney's office today Nelson Eddy the operatic baritone said he had been twice threatened by the man Blayney Matthews chief investigator said the motive was a mystery with no extortion attempt detected
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Cal
Hollywood
Nelson Eddy
Blayney Matthews
District Attorney's Office
Matthews
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