Dean Poised to Plead Guilty in Black Legion Slaying
Dayton Dean, tied to the Black Legion killing of Charles A. Poole, said he would plead guilty as soon as permitted. Harvey Davis, dubbed the Legion colonel by Dean, denied Dean's charges and claimed Dean acted as an agent of HQ. A grand jury inquiry into the gang’s 12 alleged murders was planned as Detroit weighs mass protests and prosecutors seek renewed action.
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Harvey Davis
Black Legion
Dean
Detroit
Dayton Bean
Charles A. Poole
Poole
Davis
WPA
Black Legion “General Headquarters
Ervin D. Lee
Dayton Dean
Chester P. O'Hara
John S. Navarre
Navarre
Pontiac
Mich
Appeal for direct federal aid to Georgia farmers drought loss
A AP report notes an appeal for direct federal grants to Georgia farmers facing a 30 million dollar crop loss from extended drought. Commissioner Tom Linder urged relief, saying the emergency warrants grants with no strings, while weather surveys show widespread poor crop conditions across the state.
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Georgia
Associated Press
Tom Linder
Emmett Owen
Griffin
Linder
Congress
Harry Brown
State Agricultural Extension Service
Atlanta
Macon
Augusta
Rome
Dalton
Owen
Doles
United States Weather Bureau
George W. Mindling
North Georgia
Alpharetta
Bremen
Elberton
Atandstill
Washington
Middle Georgia
Traffic violations tried in Atlanta recorder's court
Nearly 300 traffic cases were tried in the Atlanta recorder's court yesterday taking about four hours. Fines collected totaled 1743 dollars, adding to the city's revenue.
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Atlanta Recorder’s Court
Atlanta
Recorder’s Court
State Police System in Georgia urged by Ben Watkins
Savannah June 4 Ben TF Watkins president of the Georgia County and Peace Officers Association urged sweeping reforms to end antiquated police methods and equipment He proposed a state police system for county and city agencies a modern highway police force a criminal identification bureau a modern penal system and a police radio system He also called for reduced county taxes and an educational system revision The convention opened with talks by E E Conroy Samuel A Cann E A Terry and Stanley Jones.
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Georgia
Ben Watkins
Peace Officers
Ass’n
Savannah
Ben TF. Watkins
Georgia County and Peace Officers Association
Watkins
Macon
Association
E. E. Conroy
Department of Justice
Samuel A. Cann
Eastern Judicial Circuit
E. A. Terry
Stanley Jones
Roosevelt Signs Record Defense Budget Totals Over Billion
President Roosevelt signed the navy supply bill for 526,546,532 and a war department measure for 572,446,844, creating over a billion dollars in peacetime military appropriations for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
John Craft Dies Father of Good Roads in Alabama
Mobile leader John Craft died after a long illness on the eve of his 89th birthday. A New Orleans native, he moved to Mobile in youth and became a prominent figure in Alabama roadway improvements.
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John Craft
Good Roads
Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Craft
New Orleans
Solons Abandon Hope of Early Adjournment
Washington June 4 Congress abandons plans to adjourn before the Republican National Convention due to the death of Speaker Burns. The Senate recesses to honor the late speaker and efforts continue to push tax and relief bills into conference while aiming for final adjournment in the week between conventions. Senator Robinson says action on the conference report may occur after ceremonies tomorrow but not before the convention starts.
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Washington
Congressional
Congress
Burns
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Petteway and Cone Lead Florida Gubernatorial Nomination Race
In Florida Democratic gubernatorial races Judge Raleigh Petteway leads in unofficial returns with 42,158 votes from 1,161 precincts, Fred Cone trails at 38,387, and William Hodges 37,176. A runoff is set for June 23 among top two finishers.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fred P. Cone
Lake City
Raleigh Petteway
Tampa
Petteway
William C. Hodges
Tallahassee
Cone
B. F. Paty
West Palm Beach
Hodges
Paty
Hnrries
Florida
Fred Cone
William Hodges
J. Hardin Peterson
J. Mark Wilcox
Millard Caldwell
R. A. Green
Thomas County Runoff Primary Set for Next Wednesday
Thomas County voters return to the polls on June 10 for runoffs in a four-candidate slate. Incumbent Sheriff Gordon E. Davis leads with 1,413 votes and challenger C M Dixon has 1,332 in a three way first primary, while Arch M. Lacy and J E Craigmiles top the solicitor contest with 1,680 and 1,430 votes respectively.
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Thomas County
Gordon E. Davis
C. M. Dixon
Davis
Dixon
John A. Cobb
Thomasville
Arch M. Lacy
J. E. Craigmiles
W. H. Titus
Ex-member Sally Rand troupe dancer shoots dancer then kills self
Irate former Sally Rand troupe dancer Irving La Zarr shot Donna Park in Phoenix and then killed himself. Justice of the peace Nat McKee called it murder suicide with no clear motive. Park, a Los Angeles native, had been staying at a Phoenix rooming house for three weeks.
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Phoenix
Ariz
la Zarr
Sally Rand
Troup
Donna Park
Los Angeles
Nat McKee
Justice of the Peace
Tragedies Hit Georgia with Fatal Crashes and Drownings
In Lithonia a truck crash killed Philip Manson of Atlanta. survivors include his widow, a young son, and his Madison Ga mother in law. In La Grange Oscar Hobby Jr., 24, drowned while attempting to swim the Chatto hoochee river during a summer camp. In political news the state cabinet nominees were re nominated except W S Cawthorn who trailed Colla English.
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Lithonia
Philip Manson
Atlanta
Here
Madison, Ga
la Grange
Chattahoochee River
Oscar Hobby, Jr
Hobby
W. J. Sears
W.S. Cawthorn
Colla English
Burns dies in office. Bankhead named new House speaker
Washington June 4. The sudden death of Joseph W. Byrns speaker of the House prompts immediate mourning and the selection of William B. Bankhead to succeed him. Congress adjourned in respect and a state funeral is planned for Byrns in Nashville with President Roosevelt attending. Byrns died after a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage at 12 15 a m. he was 66.
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Joseph Welling Byrns
House of Representatives
Washington
Byrnns
Garner
Associated Press
Joseph Burns
Sudddenly
William Bankhead
Joseph Wellington Byrne
House
William Brockman Bankhead
Alabama
Burns
Roosevelt
Congress
M. Ellison
Arthur M. Whaley
Army Medical Corps
Whaley
Byrns
M. J. Byrns
John Byrns
Cincinnati
Calver
Robinson
Arkansas
Tan
Nashville
Cedar Hill
Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
Tennessee House
Julia Woodward
Joseph W. Jr
Joseph W. Burns
Capitol
Death of Speaker Burns Shocks Washington Leaders
Washington mourns as Speaker Joseph Wellington Burns dies at 66 after a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage in a Mayflower Hotel room. The Tennessee born leader had pressed the New Deal agenda amid a turbulent congress, with leaders expecting a long session as the nation grieves.
Roosevelt to Attend Burns Funeral in Washington and Tennessee
President Roosevelt will attend the state funeral for Speaker Joseph W. Burns at the Capitol and accompany the funeral train. The ceremony is set in the House chamber tomorrow at noon, with a funeral party scheduled to depart at 4:55 p.m. and travel by Southern Railroad to Nashville arriving Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
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Senate
Chamber
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Nashville
Representative McReynolds
Committee On
Burns
House
James Shera Montgomery
Joseph W. Byrns, Jr
Byrns
National Party
Leadera
White House
FDR
Washington
Speaker Burns
Joseph W. Burns
Representatives McReynolds
D. Tenn
Southern Railroad
Bankhead Brothers Reach Peak in Congress as Speaker
Jasper Alabama reports a half century of Bankhead service culminated when William B Bankhead was chosen speaker of the U S House of Representatives He becomes Alabama s first speaker and is part of a congressional family that includes his brother John H Bankhead and their father John Hollis Bankhead Sr The elder Bankhead began service fifty years ago with ties to both the House and Senate
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Bankhead
Congress
Jasper
Ala
Alabama
William B
Will” Bankhead
House of Representatives
John H. Banke
John Hollis Bankhead
House
Senate
Will Bankhead
Speaker Bankhead
Capitol Hill
John
J. Thomas Heflin
Moscow
Lamar
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John Carroll
United States
Robert Stevenson
Joseph Byrns
Concord
Fort Valley
Hampton
South Georgia
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Solons
Jerry W. Carter
Tallawassee
Ralph W. McDonald
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Lacy
Craig Wiles
Joseph Wellington Burns
William B. Bankhead
Snell
New York
Joseph Burns Washington
New Deal
Byrne
Mayflower Hotel
A. Pratt Andrew
R. Mass
Massachusetts
George W. Calver
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