Tennessee Senator McKellar Injured in Auto Crash
Memphis Tenn June 1 Senator K D McKellar of Tennessee was under a doctor's care today after an automobile accident near Covington. He sustained four fractured ribs plus bruises and lacerations. A H Lane of Memphis, riding with him, was badly bruised. This is his second injury in seven months following a previous crash in Oklahoma during a campaign.
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Memphis
Tenn
K. D. McKellar
Tennessee
Covington
A. H. Lane
McKellar
Oklahoma
Senator Gore
Deaths of Nineteen Persons Probed in Insurance Case
Chicago June 1 Coroner Bundesen said nineteen deaths including five husbands of Mrs Margaret Summers and fourteen others are under investigation in a poison murder case. The inquiry covers 25 years with deaths of James Lynch Stanley Jones and three more husbands. Investigators seek to learn if insurance was taken on these victims as with others. Names include James Fairfax Stanley Korzen Thomas Summers Thomas Meyers 17 Lanagan 46 and William Reenan 72.
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Chicago
Margaret Summers
Herman N. Bundesen
Stanley Jones
James Lynch
Bachelor farmer cooks own meals on dollar a week
Fort Mill South Carolina farmer J M Harris says his weekly food cost is one dollar. He explains a meal plan including eggs sausage cabbage and milk for breakfast and supper to support his claim that marriage would raise his costs by one dollar.
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Charlotte
N. C
J. M. Harris
Harris
Fort Mill
S. C
George Washington Sent 15 Guineas To Mother After War
Newly released letters show George Washington returned from the Revolutionary War nearly broke and sent his mother 15 guineas with the note that these were all he had and owed others.
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George Washington
Washington
Summers case notes nineteen deaths tied to roomers
Investigators list nineteen deaths linked to Mrs Summers as relatives and roomers. They obtained additional names from five homes she occupied since arriving from Effingham Illinois. Police also seized her bible, which reportedly recorded the death.
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Reenan
Texas Guinan defers run awaiting Paris decision
Havre France June 1 Texas Guinan postpones plans to perform in Paris cabaret as she awaits the interior minister's ruling on the government's deportation order for her troupe. French police monitor the emigrant hotel where the entertainers are housed and jauh activities are restricted amid tensions.
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Havre
France
Texas
Guinan
Paris
Coolidge
Immigration Bureau
la Guinan
Florida youths fatally injured in auto accident
A sedan carrying four University of Florida students from Florida collided with a truck near St. Paul North Carolina. Herbert Foswick of Miami and Norton B. Davis of Florida died from injuries. Tom McClure of Tampa was seriously hurt and Royce Goodbread of Gainesville was bruised. The group was en route to New York state for summer work at a country club.
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St. Paul
N. C
Herbert Foswick
Miami
Fla
Norton B. Davis
Florida
Here
Tom McClure
Tampa
Royce Goodbread
Gainesville
University of Florida
New York State
Thomas county approves Thomasville Moultrie road contract
In a 1931 special session the Thomasville road project contract with the State Highway Board for grading culverts and bridges on the Thomasville Moultrie highway was approved. The board also authorized partial equipment transfers and set plans to start six miles of grading next to Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Court House
Pittman
State Highway Department
Thomasville- Moultrie
Vaughn
CS Geezer
E. W
R. W. McMillan
State Highway Board of Georgia
Thomas County
Thomasville-Moultrie
Georgia
E. W. McMillan
Hardy
W. J. Taylor
Tax Assessors
Lacy
Bank of Boston
Heeth
Council
Bradshaw
Boston
J. F. Pittman
L. Heald
Poor Old Tony and Orchard Hill’s fading theatrical dream
Antonio Latour a famed but aging actor, living in Orchard Hill Ohio, recalls his theater days and his love Harriet Noel while villagers mock his past. The piece contrasts small town pettiness with the enduring pull of art as Latour and Harriet’s son Pierre Donovan rises to later theatrical fame.
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Tony
Orchard Hill
Ohio
Antonio
Antonio Latour
Booth
Barret
Irving
Mansfield
Antonio Latur
Antonio Lves
Buxton
Latour
Tony Latour
New York
Harriet
Nature
First National Bank
Owl Drug
The
Careys
Rotaries
Lions
Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
Boostera
Pierre Donovan
Harriet Noel
Pierre
Roy Donovan
Donovan
Doc’ Noel
Orchard
Hill
Lved
Lfe
D. Appleton and Co
Guardsmen Protect Tennessee Negro Trial Preparations
Tiptonville Tennessee June 1 A company of National Guardsmen patrolled the streets around the Lake County courthouse with a machine gun mounted on the steps as a precaution ahead of the trial of Dave Smith a farmer accused of attacking a ten year old girl Smith is alleged to have kidnapped the girl and held her prisoner for several hours at her residence.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
National
BrenaU Conservatory Holds 52nd Commencement
Gainesville Ga June 1 Breau College Conservatory observed its 52nd commencement Dr William F Ogburn professor of sociology at Chicago University was scheduled to deliver the baccalaureate address.
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Gainesville
Brenau College Conservatory
William F. Ogburn
Chicago University
Infant killed in Georgia auto accident near Pavo
Soperton Georgia June 1 Martha Louise Gillis infant daughter of former State Senator and Mrs Jim Gillis Soperton was killed yesterday in an automobile accident near Pavo in Thomas county The Gillis family was en route to commencement exercises at Florida State Woman s College Tallahassee Fla
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Soperton
Martha Louise Gillis
Jim Gillis
Pavo
Thomas County
Georgia Pastors School Opens In Macon
The annual Georgia Pastors School opens in Macon with about 250 ministers from the North and South Georgia Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Bishop John M. Moore, overseeing the Georgia and Florida conferences, will address the gathering.
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Macon
Georgia Pastors
North
South Georgia
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
John M. Moore
Georgia
Florida
Mercer Alumni Meet Marks 98th Commencement in Macon
Mercer University alumni gathered in Macon for class reunions on the second day of the 98th commencement. Sixty five candidates for degrees heard Dr Fred Porter of Columbus speak on immortality, described as the biggest reality in the universe. Tomorrow seniors will be presented diplomas with Howard Coffin of Sopelo, Ga., delivering the lecture.
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Macon
Mercer University
Fred 8. Porter
First Baptist Church
Columbus
Gen
Porter
Howard Coffin
Sapelo Tans Ga
Catholics attacked in Scotland during May parade
In Glasgow a 10 000 strong Catholic procession in the Gallowgate was attacked by a mob. Police halted fist fights as crowds clashed. Similar disturbances occurred in Lanarkshire towns Mossend and Bellshill with injuries and statue vandalism.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Gallowgate
Lanathisaire
Mossend
Bellshill
Carfin
Bus Operators Gather to Discuss Georgia Motor Carrier Act
Georgia truck and bus operators meet in Atlanta to review the new motor carrier act. Comptroller General William B. Harrison says enforcement starts today and carriers will decide whether to pay higher taxes or seek injunctions to halt enforcement.
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Atlanta
Georgia
William B. Harrison
Harrison
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Smith Avenue
Cadillac
Titus Motors, Inc
Madison
D. C. Walker Monument Corner
Stegall’s Dairy
Heisler’s Market
West Jackson Street
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