Chicago Madman Preuss Shot by Train After Tragedy
Ferdinand Preuss went on a drunken spree yesterday wounding six people, including three police officers. He died when a Chicago and Northwestern train decapitated him on the tracks, police say, after a final rampage ended with multiple fatalities and injuries.
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Chicago
Anilrcad
Ferdinand Preuss
Chicago and Northwestern
Preuss
Fred Preuss
John Lee Canley
North Side
Conley
Herbert Hagberg
Hagberg
Joseph J. Murphy
Fie
Murphy
Gus Karos
John Chorazak
Karos
Rudolph Krusche
Chorazak
Public Hearing Planned On Mediterranean Fruit Fly Quarantine
The Department of Agriculture will hold a public hearing to extend the quarantine against the Mediterranean fruit fly from Florida to any state with infestation risk. Dr C L Marlatt outlines enforcement aims for Florida fruit movement and prevention of cotton belt infestation. Florida grower J C Chase calls for public release of fruit quality data amid ongoing interstate shipments. Marlatt confirms much fruit remains sound and subject to strict inspection before movement.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Florida
C. L. Marlatt
Plant Quarantine and Control Administration
Marlatt
Potomac River
Cotton Belt
J. C. Chase
Dr. Marlatt
Woman Survives Twenty Foot Fall In Cartersville
Miss Ethel McElwee, employed at the telephone exchange in Cartersville Georgia, is recovering from a twenty foot fall from a window. She suffered severe cuts and bruises after the screen had been removed and she fell backward while resting in the window.
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Cartersville
Junio 1
Ethel McElwee
Exchange
Georgia Chief Justice Urges Reform and Unity in Law
Justice S Price Gilbert of the Georgia Supreme Court warned the Georgia Bar that criminals have grown resourceful and threaten government, calling for unselfish leadership from trained legal minds. He urged modernization of the penal code and possible creation of a judicial council to reduce delays, and condemned sensational courtroom depictions in moving pictures.
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Atlanta
S. Price. Gilbert
Georgia Supreme Court
Georgia Bar Association
Gilbert
Henry Cotton defeats Horton Smith in exhibition match
Henry Cotton, British professional golfer, defeated Horton Smith, young American pro, six up with five to play in a 36 hole exhibition at Coulsdon Court England on June 1.
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Coulsdon Court
England
Henry Cotton
Horton Smith
King George's condition deemed satisfactory in bulletin
London reports the king's physicians say his majesty's condition is satisfactory though progress will be tedious. A Windsor bulletin notes the abscess is following its normal, slow course and defers the June 16 Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey to a later date.
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London
George
Windsor
Wesminster Abbey
Protest over Atlanta and Birmingham on new air route
Macon Ga June 1 Protest against Atlanta and Birmingham being included in the proposed western air route from the east to Texas will be voiced in Washington The Southern Airways Association voted to send J Ralston Cargill of Columbus to Washington to file formal protest and to allow one membership for each city in the route Members cited safety and population density per mile as reasons for excluding the two cities on the itinerary
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Macon
Atlanta
Birmingham
Texas
Washington
Southern Airways Association
J. Ralston Cargill
Columbus
Cillegy Techave
Raleigh
Columbia
Augusta
Montgomery
Selma
Jackson
Monroe
Dallas
Fort Worth
Future of British government held in doubt today
London June 1 Immediate future of the British government was in doubt today as Labour failed to gain a clear majority in the parliamentary elections. The balance of power rested with Liberal leader David Lloyd George and the Liberal bloc. Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin faced options to seek support or resign, with Ramsay MacDonald as potential successor. The stalemate risked new elections this autumn.
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London
David Lloyd George
Labor
Labor Party
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Commons
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Baldwin
Tech High of Atlanta Claims Baseball Title
Tech High of Atlanta claimed the unofficial Georgian Inter scholastic Athletic Association baseball title after a double header with Gordon Institute in Barnesville. Tech High won 11 to 6 in game one, while Gordon won 10 to 0 in the nightcap after darkness halted play in the sixth inning. Slayden pitched Gordon to the shutout and single hit against Tech High, as the season had seen Tech High defeat Gordon in prior meetings.
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Atlanta
Tech High
Gordon Institute
Barnesville
Ted High
Gordon
Slayden
Atlanta Boys
Marlier
Tech “High
Mexican Church Reconciliation Moves Forward With Delegation
Washington reports Arch bishop Ruiz, head of the Mexican bishops conference, is to be apostolic delegate to negotiate church state settlement in Mexico. He plans to travel to Mexico City in two weeks, aiming to reestablish Catholic ecclesiastical organization with President Portes Gil’s invitation and Vatican approval. The 25 year rift followed church property nationalization and expulsions. Ruiz prioritizes restoring church services, deeming property issues secondary.
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Washington
Ruiz
Mexican Bishops Conference
Mexico
Mexico City
Catholic Ecclesiastical Organization
Portes Gil
Holy See
Republic
Florida rail baggage inspections to curb fruit fly spread
Palatka Fla June 1 officials of the stateplant board announce baggage inspection of passenger trains in infested and protective zones of Florida will begin Monday to prevent spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly. Motorist and traveler baggage has already been checked in the zones.
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Palatka
Fla
Florida
State Plaint Board
Hagen Beats Compston In 36 Hole Birmingham Match
Walter Hagen defeated Archie Compston one up in a 36 hole match at Blackwell Park Birmingham after trailing earlier the previous day at Moor Park Compston won the 36 hole match yesterday seven and eight.
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Blackwell Park
Birmingham
Eng
Walter Hagen
Archie Compston
Compston
Moor Park
Florida Republicans Meet in Orlando to Settle Factional Rift
A Florida Republican meeting in Orlando went into executive session to settle factional differences. Newspaper reporters were excluded as a settlement plan was prepared for discussion.
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Orlando
Fla
Florida Republican Party
Single Question Remains in Reparations Settlement
Paris June 1 A single question blocks a final reparations settlement as experts await word from Berlin on Belgium payments for German marks left in the country. Belgium balked at signing until negotiations begin, but Berlin is expected to fix the omission soon. Quick progress followed on other settlement issues including reducing some of the last 22 annuities under theYoung plan and linking any U.S. debt reduction to a similar cut in Germanys obligations.
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Paris
Berlin
Belgium
Germany
United States
America
Deaths From Heat Near Fifty Mark In East
Deaths from a four day heat wave in the North Atlantic states neared 50 with 19 deaths and 3 drownings reported yesterday. In New York City area 90 degrees caused nine deaths and 18 prostrations while upstate New York saw one fatality. Boston relief began as temperatures dropped from 84 to 71 with five deaths before the heat wave broke.
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New York
North Atlantic
New York City
Upstate
New York Central Railroad
Auburn
N. Y
Newark
Freight Service Starts Over New Rail Line
Daily freight service on the 58 mile extension of the Georgia and Florida Railroad between Augusta and Greenwood was inaugurated at 11 a m with a 45 car train. A formal celebration is planned for June 19 with a special passenger train including Augustans and South Carolinians. William G. McAdoo is expected aboard. Construction began April 19, 1927.
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Augusta
Georgia and Florida
Greenwood
William G. McAdoo
Investment Firm Taylor Ewart & Company Suspends Operations
Chicago June 14 The investment securities house Taylor Ewart and Company announced from its offices that it suspended operations today. The firm is led by chairman B F Taylor and president C B Ewart and maintains offices in Chicago New York San Francisco Boston Kansas City St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Louisville New Orleans and Houston.
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Chicago
Taylor, Ewart and Company
B. F. Taylor
C. B. Ewart
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Louisville
New Orleans
Houston
Lacoste Beats Tilden In Dynamic Tennis Semi Final
Paris reports Rene Lacoste defeated Bill Tilden in a landmark match 6 1 6 0 5 7 6 3 in the French championship semi final. The win guarantees an all French final with Lacoste facing Jean Borotra after Tilden's earlier elimination by Borotra.
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Lacoste
Tilden
Paris
Rene Lacoste
Bill Tilden
Enaneplonehipe
Freak Hunter
Jean Borotra
Hoover Seeks All-Summer Recess To Complete Farm Tariff Work
Congressional leaders plan an all-summer recess tied to finishing farm legislation and tariff debates. President Hoover backs no recess until farm bills pass, with a tentative Senate recess from June 12 to September 9 and a tariff vote slated for November 9.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
House
Watson
Tilson
Senate Finance Committee
Week Ahead Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States
The forecast covers the week starting Monday with occasional afternoon showers in the South Atlantic states. The north portion should be mostly fair midweek with cooler conditions at the start of the week.
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South Atlantic
Structural Iron Workers on Strike in Chicago Area
Chicago June 1 over 2000 structural iron workers walked out affecting all active construction projects valued around 200 million dollars. Union sought 14 dollars per day, employers offered 12.50, with 13 agreed but not accepted by bosses.
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Structural Iron Workers
Chicago
Charlie Hall Named President and Champion of Southeastern PGA
Charlie Hall, Birmingham pro, will serve as president and champion of the Southeastern Professional Golf Association for next year. He won the championship at Roebuck Country Club with 284 over 72 holes, 16 strokes ahead of Frank Ball of East Lake, Atlanta. Amateurs were led by Bill Moughan of Birmingham with 304.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hall
Southeastern Professional Golf Association
Roebuck Country Club
Frank Ball
East Lake Country Club
Atlanta
Bill Moughan
Mrs Roosevelt to Fly in Albany Flight Protest
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt, wife of the governor, plans her first flight in Albany on Tuesday. When asked to sponsor a new plane she wrote I am inclined to say no flight no christening The hint was taken.
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Albany, N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Insurance plots swirl around Powers in Macon slayings
In Macon Georgia police probe a web of insured deaths tied to 71 year old Mrs J C Powers. Investigators focus on James Parks with a $14000 policy and Sam Wright the overseer. A youth, a Canadian named Bart Manchester, and a series of past deaths are reviewed as investigators seek motive and confessions.
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Associated Press
J. C. Powers
Macon
James 8
Parks
Earl Manchester
Powers
Parka
J. C.powers
Manchester
Sam Wright
Wright
James R. Hicks, Jr
Charles Garrett
Bibb County
Solicitor General
Prison Commission Seeks Burns Indictment Copy
The Georgia Prison Commission in Atlanta requests a copy of Robert Elliott Burns indictment from 1922 to send to Governor Hardwick for extradition. Burns, arrested in Chicago after seven years free, faces a six to eight year term on a Campbell county chain gang for robbery.
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Atlanta
State Prison Commission
Robert Elliott Burns
Burns
Chicago
Georgia
Campbell County
Vivian Hill Stanley
The
Prison Commission
Springfield
Liberty
Sun Yat Sen Body Interred in Nanking Mausoleum
The body of Dr Sun Yat Sen founder of the Chinese republic was interred in a permanent tomb on a purple mountain overlooking Nanking at 10 40 a m today after a two week ceremony that moved the body from its former sepulchre near Peking.
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Nanking
China
Sun Yat Sen
Chinese Republic
Sepulchra
Peking
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Justice S. Price Gilbert
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Hagen
Investment Company
Conference Committee
Charlie Hall
Champ Southeastern P. G. A
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Inourange
Jas. Parks
Illinois
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