Georgia Senate orders three member probe of executive department
In Atlanta on July 10, the Georgia Senate approved a three person committee to investigate the executive department and report within twenty days. The move follows a prior special legislative inquiry that spurred bills for reorganization and consolidation of many departments and boards now before the legislature.
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Georgia House considers lobby and printing probes
Resolutions in Atlanta call for a five member lobby committee to investigate all lobbyists and their employers and to inspect records and books. A separate measure seeks a probe of the state printing department over alleged overcharges and convict labor issues.
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Coffee
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Wayne
Griffin
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Decatur County
State Printing Commission
State of Georgia
Secretary of State
Milledgeville
Hans Luther Returns Home Amid Political Demands
Berlin reports Hans Luther, chief of the Reichsbank, is returning from Paris. Observers say his return signals possible French political demands as the price for financial aid. Luther, a nonpolitical figure, is expected to consult the cabinet on terms.
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Hans Luther
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Baltimore Siamese twins still alive after separation
Twin girls joined at birth in Baltimore Tuesday remain alive after a surgical separation and doctors hope a second vital operation can save them. Without the second operation the babies cannot survive. Their organs are normal except for a shared intestinal tract. The mother, 36, is in good condition and a plan for the next operation is several days away.
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Treasury receipts and expenditures report for July 8
Treasury receipts on July 8 totaled 4,271,084.75 dollars with expenditures at 15,305,574.95 dollars, leaving a balance of 409,338,055.03 dollars. Customs receipts for the month to July 8 reached 6,792,395.51 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Acquittal in Colquitt Murder Trial Stuns Town
Colquitt Georgia July 10 Jack Long was acquitted today of the murder of Lucy Scott a negra g woman and Joe Brown was tried in the same case with only ten jurors seated by agreement of counsel The panel had been exhausted by earlier trials Yesterday Joe Albritton was convicted of murder in the case The jury recommended mercy which carries a life term
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Jack Long
Lucy
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Britain puts moratorium in operation
London reports the British government intimated it will activate the Hoover moratorium immediately and will not expect payment of the German annuity due on July 15. Officials also invited the United States France Germany Italy Belgium and Japan to a Young Plan experts conference opening here next Friday.
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Bank For International Settlements
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France
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German Bourse Nervous as Prices Fluctuate Sharply
Berlin tavern reports show the Borese closing with nervous sentiment after hours. Rumors swirl over Dr. Hans Luther delaying return from Paris, and political difficulties cited in Reichsbank negotiations for a long term loan. Currency withdrawal continued, about 50,000,000 marks mostly by France.
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Aged Columbus Man James Deaton Dies In Georgia
James Eugene Deaton 86 a business leader in Columbus since after the war between the states died yesterday. He was a Mason and Methodist church member. Survived by widow a son Eugene Deaton of Columbus and three daughters Carrie D Hight of Atlanta Dorothy Deaton and Anne Deaton of Columbus. Funeral services will be held late today.
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Atlanta
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Anne Deaton
Two Steamers Ground on Cape Cod Shoals in Fog
Provincetown Mass July 10 Two steamers the freighter Crandon and the passenger liner President Hayes grounded on Cape Cod Shoals during dense fog. Both were held fast as the flood tide receded. The Crandon is near the Cape tip en route to Plymouth with sisal from Mexico. The President Hayes bound from New York to Boston carried no passengers and little cargo and officials expect to refloat with the next tide.
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Nicola Tesla Birthday Tribute Highlights Major Future Work
New York reports Nicola Tesla turning 75 with plans to focus on a fourth quarter century of work. He receives felicitation volumes from about 100 inventors and scientists, praising his contributions to radio power and Niagara projects while hinting at a new, unlimited power source he will reveal in time. Tesla notes his rotating field and induction motor may outlive him, but his latest discoveries could be his most important.
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E. F. W. Alexanderson
Lee Deforest
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Robert A. Millikan
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Heflin seeks voiding of Alabama primary election
Washington July 10 The Senate elections committee heard J Thomas Heflin former Alabama senator argue to void the Democratic primary that nominated John H Bankhead as senator elect Horace C Wilkinson backed Heflin alleging the state central committee barred Heflin for not backing Alfred E Smith violating Alabama law Hefflin contends Bankhead's nomination illegal and Heflin the only legal candidate The committee debated authority to regulate primaries and courts jurisdiction The result hinges on legal interpretation of party action versus state law
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Senate Elections Committee
J. Thomas Hefflin
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Horace C. Wilkinson
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Bankhead
Wilkinson
Democratic State Central Committee
Alfred E. Smith
George
Georgia
Senate
Doherty Sues Kansas City Star For 12 Million
Henry L. Doherty head of Cities Service Company filed a $12,000,000 damages suit against the Kansas City Star alleging a campaign to cut gas rates via Star reporting. The petition denies any personal income from cited charges and accuses the Star of plans to spark a competing gas firm to smear Doherty. Defendants include Star Company officers and editors. a hearing is set for July 13.
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Roy A. Roberts
Fred C. Trigg
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Showers Bring Relief to Georgia Farmers and Towns
Weather bureau meteorologist C. F. Von Herrmann reports scattered June showers eased drought across two thirds of Georgia with Rome recording 2.20 inches in 24 hours and Macon 1.20 inches. Towns like West Point Tallapoosa Newnan Monticello and Atlanta Area benefited though Atlanta city area remained dry.
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Americus
White House invokes new policy on President news
Washington July 10 Theodore Joslin secretary to President Hoover said the White House will require news about the President or White House to come from a stated official source. He denied censorship but noted journalists cannot obtain Joslin or camp secretary Lawrence Richey for statements as investigations into sources of accounts of the President’s departure from Rapidan camp continue. Veteran correspondents push back claiming the rule is censorship.
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Theodore Joslin
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Lawrence Richey
Defamation Suit Seeks Punitive Damages Across Six Counts
The filing seeks one million dollars in punitive damages on each of six counts, tied to articles published in the Star on multiple dates, alleging defamatory and libelous statements.
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Rayon Mill Blast Fatal to Two Men
In Rome Georgia two Tubize Chatillon rayon mill chemical experts died from injuries after a laboratory explosion yesterday. A third man remained in critical condition. Victims were Jack Donovan 25 a former Atlanta man and former Georgia Tech student and Dave Garin Jr 26 son of Mr and Mrs Dave Garvin of Rock Run Alabama also a former Georgia Tech student. Fred Holzer a laboratory employee was injured and not expected to survive.
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Jack Donovan
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Georgia School of Technology
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Dave Garvin
Rock Run
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Georgia Tech
Atlanta man dies in Rome mill chemical blast
Rome Georgia July 10 Jack Donovan 25 formerly of Atlanta died today from burns suffered in a chemical laboratory explosion at Tubize Chatillon Rayon Mills. Six other men were injured as officials investigated. Donovan is believed to have inhaled flame when a colloction overflowed a tank and exploded. Fred Holzer and Albert Carr were seriously hurt by flying glass and burns.
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Express Regrets To Mexico In Case Of Acting Consul
The American government expressed regret to Mexico over the Chicago sentencing of Adolfo Dominguez, the acting American consul, for contempt of court. The note was delivered as a formal protest, reflecting diplomatic sensitivity over a consular official's treatment.
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Weather forecast for South Carolina Georgia and nearby regions
Weather outlook notes generally fair conditions across South Carolina and Georgia with gentle north winds tonight and Saturday. Florida expected partly cloudy with possible local thundershowers in the east and south, Alabama partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in southern areas, and Northwest Florida unsettled with possible thundershowers tonight or Saturday.
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Key witness in New York graft probe killed
Traugott F. Keller chief engineer of the New York dock department was killed by a subway train at Bowling Green station. He held a 21 year city service career and was due to testify in a graft inquiry led by Referee Samuel Seabury. Police noted a subpoena found in his pocket.
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Traugott F. Keller
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Samuel Seabury
Charles Brady
FIRST DIVISION TEAMS IN SOUTHERN ARE WINNERS
Memphis Southern Association action left first division teams dominant. The Barons beat Nashville 11 to 2, the Chicks won both games against Mobile 5 to 2 and 6 to 4, and Chattanooga topped Atlanta 5 to 1. New Orleans edged Little Rock 5 to 4 in the second game after Little Rock won the first 3 to 2.
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Flights Postponed In California And Atlantic Flights
In Burbank two projected flights were postponed. Asa G. Candler Jr. and wife from Atlanta with Beeler Blevins the pilot delayed their Savannah trip until tomorrow. Laura Ingalls delayed her hop to New York for a trans Atlantic flight to Paris due to gasoline tank trouble. Jamey Goodwin Hall, World War ace, started at 7 18 a m EST on a one stop flight to New York but said he would not attempt a record.
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Laura Ingalls
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Paris
Jamey Goodwin Hall
Doak calls labor leaders to meet on Monday
Secretary Doak announced a conference of mine union leaders at the labor department for July 13. He notified John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers to bring other labor leaders as he sees fit. The aim is to see if all coal industry factions can assemble for discussion to improve conditions, despite operators’ doubts of progress.
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Doak
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Secretary of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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Warned in advance Tenn officers thwart bank robbery
Friendship Tennessee July 10 officers of Memphis police warned of a planned Friendship Bank heist and stationed inside. Claude McCleish was killed as he approached the cashier with a pistol. Hughey Mullen, believed to be his confederate, was captured in a waiting automobile outside.
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Friendship Bank
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