Hindenburg Opens Path to Reopen German Bank
The Associated Press reports President von Hindenburg returns to Berlin to stabilize finances and enable mid month payrolls. Britain France and Italy weigh payments and loans while Young Plan, Hoover moratorium and Franco German talks loom.
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Associated Press
von Hindenburg
Berlin
Henry L. Stimson
Arthur Henderson
Paris
Germany
London
Hoover
White House
International Bank
Great Britain
France
Italy
Europe
Bruening
Laval
Stimgon
Henderson
MacDonald
Adolf Hitler
Rentenmark Plan Shelved by Germany
Berlin reports Germany’s government has shelved a plan to reintroduce the rentenmark as a currency fix without inflating the money supply. The move follows domestic and foreign bankers’ objections to the domestic tender scheme based on agriculture and industry rather than gold.
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Berlin
Germany
Government to Meet Mid Month Payroll
Berlin reports Germany will meet the mid month payroll tomorrow with authorities stating Darmstaedter and National Bank will resume salary payments at reduced rates.
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Berlin
Germany
Darmstaedter and National Bank
State Agriculture College needs more money says Soule
Athens July 15 The Georgia State College of Agriculture faces a funding shortfall. President Dr. Andrew J. Soule said the institution cannot operate on 100000 for maintenance as recommended by the legislative appropriations committee. Governor Russell proposed a 15 percent cut bringing the request to 194000, but the committee reduced it to 100000. Soule warned the college would be disemboweled if this sum were approved.
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Athens
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Andrew J. Soulé
Legislative Appropriations Committee
Russell
Soule
Bank Robbed in Minnesota as $20,000 Taken
Five masked men robbed the First National Bank of Staples Minnesota today securing about $20 000 in a daring daylight theft. Police hunt for suspects and details remain scarce as investigators process the scene.
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Staples
Minn
First National Bank
Fascists denounce pope as liar after meeting in Rome
Rome July 15 Premier Mussolini and the fascist directorate denounced the pope's encyclical on young fascism as lies. They accused the Vatican and Masonry of collusion to defame Balilla and announced mass mobilization of 1.515 million members at Piave battlefields to prove fascism as a united revolutionary force.
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Rome
Mussolini
Fascist Directorate
Vatican
Masonry
Clay Denies Confession in McBride Slaying Trial
In Swainsboro Georgia George Clay testified he never confessed to taking part in the slaying of E B McBride the filling station operator killed May 13 He claimed an alibi and denied the earlier confession alleged by Sheriff Otis Coleman who said Clay admitted going to the station with others to rob McBride and that Hightower fired the shotgun while Dixon and Clay set fire to the building
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Swainsboro
George Clay
E. B. McBride
Clay
Cliff Hightower
Homer Dixon
Otis Coleman
McBride
Hightower
Dixon
M . Gross
Coleman
City Marshall Killed in Kingland Gunfight
The city marshal H. L. De Garmo aged 30 of Kingland Cleveland County died in route to a hospital after a gun battle in front of a store. A second man named John W. Smith aged 69 of St. Louis Missouri died later at the same city.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Kingland
Cleveland County
H. L. DeGarmo
John W. Smith
St. Louis
Laura Ingalls Reaches New York on Atlantic Hop
Laura Ingalls arrives in New York City at 2:45 p.m. on the first leg of a solo eastward flight across the Atlantic, coming from St. Louis.
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Laura Ingalls
New York City
New York
Atlantic
St. Louis
B.S. T
Russell undecided on first district election plan
Atlanta July 15 Governor Russell said he has not decided on a plan for a special election in the first district to fill the vacancy. He noted the chief executive may wait for congressional redistricting in the legislature before acting since Congress does not reconvene until December.
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Atlanta
Russell
Sutton Criticized for His Many Visits
In Atlanta on July 15 a resolution criticizing Willis A. Sutton superintendent of the city's public schools for frequent out of town trips was introduced by seven of the fourteen Board of Education members. Sutton recently retired after a year as president of the National Education Association, which led to several absences from the city.
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Atlanta
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta Board of Education
Sutton
Sérvica
National ‘Education Association
Ten District Plan for State Congressional Redistricting
A Georgia legislative plan would redraw into ten congressional districts with incumbents brand and vinson facing each other in one pair and rutherford against larsen in another. A Myrick substitute would reimburse counties $25,363,625.08 for highway costs,Begin payments March 25, 1936, funded by the state highway department at no less than 10 percent annually, listing allocations to Baldwin Bibb Chatham Clarke Colquitt Crisp Dougherty Floyd Fulton Glynn Laurens Lowndes McIntosh Meriwether Muscogee Richmond Schley Screven Spalding Sumter Talbot Thomas Tift Ware and Coastal Highway.
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Atlanta
Thomas
Wayne County
House
Brand and
Vinson
Rutherford
Larsen
Myrick
Chatham
House Committee On
State Highway Department
Russell
Baldwin
Bibb
Chattahoochee
Clarke
Colquitt
Crisp
Dougherty
Floyd
Fulton
Glynn
Laurens
Lowndes
McIntosh
Meriwether
Muscogee
Richmond
Schley
Screven
Spalding
Sumter
Talbot
Tift
Ware
Ways and Means
Dorsett
Carroll County
Western
Drought Ends as Heavy Rains Hit Southern Belt
Atlanta reports soaking overnight rains break drought across the cotton belt east of Texas. Meteorologist Von Herrmann says centers near the Mississippi mouth will drift northeast bringing more showers. New Orleans records 4.72 inches, Port Eads 3.78. Farmers gain moisture for cotton and peaches though upland corn too late for harvest. many Georgia stations tally varied totals.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Cc. F. von Herrmann
Texas
Mississippi River
Port Eads
New Orleans
Pensacola
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Nashville
Vicksburg
Galveston
Columbus
Savannah
Gainesville
Griffin
Rome
Tallahassee
Toccoa
West Point
South Georgia
Georgia
von. Herrmann
Leland Harvey Escapes From Georgia State Prison
Milledgeville Ga July 15 Leland Harvey serving 145 years for banditry escaped from the state penitentiary for the seventh time He had earlier been sentenced for robbery in Fulton in 1924 and escaped four times in 18 months He was pardoned in 1927 and later convicted again in December 1928 for automobile theft with indictments in Atlanta Macon and Camilla His father H L Harvey 56 of Macon received a nine to 25 year sentence after pleading guilty to multiple robbery pistol possession and attempted larceny indictments
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Milledgeville
Leland Harvey
Harvey
Fulton County
L. G. Hardman
Atlanta
Macon
Camilla
H. L. Harvey
Railroads seek 15 percent rate increase amid bank and insurer support
Washington reports insurers and savings banks urging a 15 percent rail rate rise to protect railroads. Edward D. Duffield and Julius H. Parmelee testified that reduced revenues threaten 50 million life policyholders and 13 million savings deposits. They cited rail bonds totaling 4.7 billion and rising taxes as factors behind the demand.
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Washington
Edward D. Duffield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Duffield
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America
Julius H. Parmelee
Bureau of Railway Economics
Commission
Parmelee
Mother of Vallee Dies in Westbrook Maine
Mrs Katherine L Vallee mother of Rudy Vallee bandmaster died at 1145 am her 11th birthday soon after sons Rudy and George were summoned to her bedside Rudy left last week Fay Webb in New York traveled to Boston then home to support her. Mrs Vallee native of St Johnsbury Vermont married Charles A Vallee 35 years ago Surviving children include Rudy George and Kathleen Lunneville authorities noted Rudy near collapse and menaced by the strain of care.
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Vallee
Westbrook
Maine
Katherine L. Vallee
Rudy Vallee
St. Johnsbury
Charles A. Vallee
Kathleen Lunneville
Rudy
Weather forecast overview for southeastern states
Regions include Alabama and northwest Florida with occasional rain tonight and Thursday and strong southeast winds on the coast. South Carolina sees partly cloudy tonight, Thursday cloudy with showers in the west and mild southerly winds. Georgia expects cloudy skies with showers Thursday especially in the west, while south Florida has rain in the north and fair conditions in the south with moderate southeast winds.
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Alabama
Xtreme
Florida
South Carolina
Georgia
South Florida
South
House Hearing Russell Plans for State House Reorganization
Atlanta July 15. House members failed to delay action on the reorganization bill, as Speaker Tucker upheld a two thirds rule to fix the order of business. Dykes sought to reverse the ruling while Hubbard pressed for more information on state employee counts and salary cuts. Crowe accused the measure of blocking the bill in defense of state employers. The Hubbard resolution was tabled 103 to 41, and debate moved to the third reading of the reorganization bill. the senate passed the Peterson bill.
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Atlanta
Dykes of
Dooly
Tucker
House
Hubbard
Habersham
Reorganization Committee
Crowe
Worth
Senate
Peterson
Philadelphia Electrical Storm Wreaks Havoc Across City
A brutal electrical storm with a 57 mph gale tore through Philadelphia and nearby areas. It caused at least one death and more than 1 million dollars in damage, flooding Logan and other sections, sinking cars, destroying homes, flooding stores, uprooting poles and trees, and cutting power and telegraph service.
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Philadelphia
Stimpson in Paris Arrival Stirs U S Officials
American Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson arrived in Paris from Italy and was met by French officials and Ambassador Edge. He stated that the visit would hasten actions rather than public talks. He proceeded to the American embassy from the station.
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Paris
Henry L. Stimson
Italy
Edge
Mr. Stimson
Lewis Calls Roosevelt A Middle West Favorite
Senator James Hamilton Lewis toured Albany meeting Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt at the invitation of Roosevelt. Lewis praised Roosevelt's independence and relief views and noted both men are potential 1932 Democratic nominees while urging an earlier convention and campaign against Republicans.
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Atlanta
N. Y
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
Middle West
Lewis
Woodrow Wilson
Fulton County to Replace Five Member Panel with Three
In Atlanta on July 15 the four committee approval came with a bill that would abolish the current five man Fulton County commission and replace it with a three member board after a split delegation.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Treasury official found dead in garage in apparent suicide
Robert G. Hand, commissioner of accounts and deposits at the treasury, was found dead in his closed garage with the car motor running. A death certificate cited self-inflicted harm. Hand, with 28 years at the Treasury, directed government receipts and deposits and his estimates guided fiscal planning.
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Washington
Robert G. Hand
Treasury Department
Hand
Federal Reserve Banks
The
Treasury
Hurley to Fly to Muscle Shoals for Plant Inspectio
Secretary Hurley of the War Department will fly from Washington to Muscle Shoals Alabama tomorrow morning to inspect the government plant. He expects to arrive by 1 p m to confer with a new commission representing Tennessee and Alabama on operation plans for the plants.
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Washington
Hurley
War Department
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tennessee
Alabama
Conference for Tomorrow Called by Premier Laval
Premier Laval announced a conference for tomorrow morning at the ministry of the interior. Attending are Secretary of State Stimson, British Foreign Secretary Henderson, Laval, Foreign Minister Briand, and Finance Minister Flandin.
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Paris
Laval
Ministry of the Interior
Stimson
Henderson
Great Britain
Briand
Flandin
Florida Committee Rejects Cigarette Tax Bill
In Tallahassee on July 15 the Florida senate finance and taxation committee voted 7 to 6 to report unfavorably a house bill to tax cigarettes. An unfavorable committee report typically kills a bill but it may be placed on the senate calendar if a senator requests.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
House
Senate
Coast Guard Reaches Barge Stranded on Lake Ontario Reef
Coast guard cutters reach motor barge I S L 105 stranded on a reef five miles east of Olcott Lake Ontario. Crew of 14 to be rescued if storm threatens. Officer Johnson says all danger past for now as they plan to lighten cargo to refloat the vessel.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
I. S
Johnson
Fliers Plan Budapest Hop Delayed Then Resumed
Emil Salay of Flint underwrites a Detroit to Budapest flight by Hungarian pilots George Endres and Alexander Magyar. The plan, delayed by weather, proceeds as Salay awaits their arrival in Budapest while backing the patriotic venture with $30 000.
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Flint, Mich
Budapest
Hungary
Emil Salay
Flint
George Endres
Alexander Magyar
Saley
Detroit
Salay
Fliers Face Bad Weather on Atlantic Flight to Budapest
Alexander Magyar and George Endres depart Harbour Grace bound for Budapest in the plane Justice to Hungary. Weather Bureau foresees dangerous ceilings and eastward storm development as they travel over the Atlantic toward northern Germany. Officials note planned wireless contact with call letters KHNZA and a modest food supply for the journey.
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James H. Krimball
Weather Bureau
New York
Atlantic
Washington
Great Britain
France
Italy
Europe
Ocean
Alexander Magyar
George Endres
Budapest
James H. Kimball
Germany
Harbour Grace
N. F
Hungary
New Foundland
Endres
Justice
KHNZA
Cuban challenger to Bass in junior lightweight title bid
In Philadelphia on July 14 Kid Chocolate from Cuba challenges Benny Bass for the junior lightweight title in a ten round bout at the National League park. Bass is favored to retain the crown amid Chocolate's speed and boxing skill.
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Philadelphia
Kid Chocolate
Benny Bass
National League Baseball Park
Bass
Los Angeles Man Elected Head of Rainbow Division
Lawrence E. Gibbs of Los Angeles California was elected national president of the Rainbow Division Association at the final business session of the 1931 annual meeting held in Macon Georgia. Los Angeles was chosen as the 1932 convention city and Mrs W Q Kinney president of the Macon chapter and a Macon alderman was selected national president of the auxiliary.
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Macon
Lawrence E. Gibbs
Los Angeles
Cal
France
149Th Field Artillery
Rainbow Division Association
Josa Angeles
W. Q. Kinney
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