Giant meteor shock rattles Ohio clouding mystery of crater
Reports from Toledo Ohio dated June 10 describe a large meteor or explosion near Malinta Ohio causing earth shocks. A 40 foot diameter hole five feet deep was found on Henry Pohlman farm and damage extended within 3800 feet. Several towns felt the blast with broken windows and disrupted telephone service while investigators offered no conclusive meteor proof.
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Toledo
Ohio
Indiana
Henry Pohlman
Malinta
Manita
Here
Tremor Rattles Northwestern Ohio Towns
A series of three shocks was felt in Fostoria Bluffton Continental Columbus Grove and Wauseon early today. No damage was reported as investigators sought the cause of the tremors.
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Findlay
Ohio
Fostoria
Bluffton
Continental
Columbus
Grove
Wauseon
Georgia war veterans elect state officers in Savannah final meeting
Savannah June 10 Barney Bernard of Atlanta was elected commander and Albany chosen as the next encampment city at the annual encampment of United Spanish American War veterans department of Georgia. Walter F. Hill of Albany was elected Senior Vice Commander William K. Campbell of Augusta Junior Vice Commander Ralph Staeckels of Atlanta Adjuntant and Albert C Bollay of Atlanta Quartermaster.
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Savannah
Barney Bernard
Atlanta
Albany
Department of Georgia
Walter F. Hill
William K. Campbell
Augusta
Ralph Staeckels
Albert C. Bollay
Palm Beach Hotel Faces Foreclosure Suit
West Palm Beach June 10. The Alba, Palm Beach's large hotel, is in foreclosure suit filed by First Trust and Savings Bank of Miami. Bank alleges mortgage indebtedness defaults totaling 3 725 000.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Alba
Palm Beach
First Trust and Savings Bank of Miami
Saussy Elected Ordinary of Chatham County
Savannah June 10 Gordon Saussy was elected ordinary of Chatham County and awaits state certification before taking office. The former Savannah mayor defeated John R. Fawcett by 4764 votes, about half of the registered total, with Frank W. Williams serving as interim ordinary until Saussy assumes duty.
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Savannah
Gordon Saussy
Chatham County
Saussy
John R. Fawcett
Frank W. Williams
Commissionera
Pantages Faces Court Climax In Conspiracy Trial
San Diego June 10 The theater magnate Alexander Pantages confronted a courtroom climax as the state rested its case in a conspiracy and juvenile law violation trial tied to an alleged Hollywood girl market. Attorneys moved to dismiss the conspiracy charge while the defendants await judge L M Turrentine’s ruling on whether the case continues on the lesser juvenile law charge.
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San Diego
Cal
Alexander Pantages
Pantages
Jerry Geisler
Georgia Bus Lines Enjoined in Statewide Action
The Georgia Public Service Commission announced that W. T. Thomas Bus Line and W. T. Thomas were enjoined by Judge Claude Pittman from operating motor buses for hire between points in Georgia. The action, the first under the motor vehicle act, bars alleged violations as the Thomas and Dalton lines compete.
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Atlanta
Georgia Public Service Commission
W. T. Thomas Bus Line
W.T. Thomas
Claude Pittman
Cherokee Circuit
Superior Court
Jry
Dalton Bus Lines
Thomas Line
Public Service Commission
Thomas
Dalton
Fire destroys barges and warehouse in New Bern
A blaze in Newbern North Carolina destroyed two barges a tugboat and a Caroling Lines warehouse with an estimated $200 000 in damage. The fire started shortly after 3 a m and was under control four hours later. Twelve thousand bags of sugar worth about $60 000 stored in the warehouse belonged to the Pennsylvania Sugar Company and were en route for distribution.
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Newbern
N. C
Caroling Lines, Inc
Pennsylvania Sugar Company
1000 Slaughtered in Nanchang Kinagsi Bandit Clash
Advices from Nanchang report ten thousand noncombatants driven against 3000 soldiers as bandits in Kinagsi Province use civilians as a shield. The soldiers with machine guns were overwhelmed and slaughtered while the bandits escaped largely unscathed.
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Nanking
Nanchang
Kinagsi
Klanfu
Convictions Upheld in Georgia Death Sentence Case
Georgia supreme court upholds William and Fred Hulsey of Polk county, father and son, under death sentence for the murder of Clifford Jones. Bodies of Jones, Ernest McCullough, and Lige Harper found in a well near Rockmart after a gambling fight. three other men arrested in connection with the killings.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
William
Fred Hulsey
Polk County
Clifford Jones
Hulseys
Jones
Ernest McCullough
Lige Harper
Rockmart
Husseys
Supreme Court
Miss Corlett Leading In British Ladies Golf Championship
MISS CORLETT led Portmarnock in Ireland as she held a four hole edge over Maureen Qreatt of Englewood New Jersey after the first nine holes of their 18 hole third round in the British ladies golf championship. Diana Righwick the defending champion also fared poorly on the back nine.
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Portmarnock
Ireland
Elsie Corlett
Maureen Qreatt
Englewood
N. J
Miss .Diana
Righwick
Alao
Levis
Migs D
Pimmon
Enid Vreen
Aix
England Declines War Debt Conference Move
London reports Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons there is no current plan to call an international war debt conference. He said such action would not serve a useful purpose given present circumstances.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Paris
Aristide Briand
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
France
Jury selects 12th juror in Caldwell fraud trial
Nashville records show W. L. Douglas a 56 year old farmer chosen as the twelfth juror in the Rogers Caldwell case charged with fraudulent breach of trust. The jury box filled shortly after noon on June 10.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
W. L. Douglas
Tennessee House Rejects Evolution Teaching Ban Bill
Nashville reports the Tennessee House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected a bill to repeal a state law banning the teaching of evolution in schools funded or partly funded by the state.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representatives
William T. Hincks Dies in Bridgeport at 61
William T. Hincks a director of the United States Chamber of Commerce died at his home in Bridgeport Connecticut today at age 61.
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Bridgeport
Conn
William T. Hincks
United States Chamber of Commerce
Property Bought With Compensation Money Tax Exempt
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that property purchased by ex service men with government compensation is tax exempt. In the case of Paul Merch the court upheld an injunction against a tax sale by Banks county tax collector Fred Rucker. Chief Justice Richard B. Russell stated Congress may grant veterans allotments and require tax exemption to encourage home purchases.
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Atlanta
State Supreme Court
Paul Merch
Fred Rucker
Banks County
Merch
Richard B. Russell
Congress
Reorganization Planned for Associated Textile Companies
Associated Textile Companies, a holding firm, announced a plan to reorganize and affiliate more closely with its subsidiaries Hoosac Cotton Mills New Bedford Cotton Mills Corp and Butler Mill New Bedford. Stockholders of the three units will vote at special meetings June 24 and 25 on consolidating into a new company in which Associated Textile would own the common stock. A minimum of 1 million dollars in new capital is assured for the new entity.
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Boston
Associated Textile Companies
Hoosac Cotton Mills
North Adams
New Bedford Cotton Mills Corporation
Butler Mill
New Bedford
Sherer and Long Meet at Union Station in Beggar Exchange
L F Sherer assistant to the chair man of the Louisiana public service commission met Governor Huey P Long at Union Station in New Orleans. Sherer lifted his hat and begged as Long flipped a dime into it without comment. The commission had recently said it was flat broke because Long would not sign treasury warrants.
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New “Orleans
L. F. Sherer
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Huey P. Long
Treasury
Union Station
Stierér
Slayings of Mexican Students Stir Ardmore Officials Probe
In Ardmore Oklahoma two Mexican students were killed by a Carter County deputy sheriff. Families seek justice with Baker named to represent them as investigations proceed. County Attorney Shilling and special prosecutors prepare for preliminary hearings against Deputies Guess and Crosby. The bodies will be sent to Mexico City with officials accompanying them.
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Mexico City
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Ardmore
Okla
Salvador Cortes Rubio
Cortés Rubio
Baker
Little Frame
Emilio
Cortezt Rubio
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Carter County
St. Mary’s Church
Salvador Cortes
Rubio
Southern ‘Republic
Marvin Shilling
W. H.murray
Oklahoma
W. B. Guess
Cecil Crosby
Chargga
Charles Clowe
Murray
Questionaire on Marital Happiness Proves Interesting
An Associated Press report from Philadelphia dated June 10 states a 1000 female subjects’ data analyzed at the AMA meeting show cultural factors and upbringing affect marital happiness. Dr. Robert L. Dickinson reports 770 of 1000 urban educated wives married to professionals with 1–2 children are unhappy, with first births averaging around age 26.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Medical Association
Robert L. Dickinson
New York City
Mother of Seven Faces Death Sentence in Ohio Murder
Jefferson Ohio June 10 Mrs Julia Maude Lowther 23 mother of a boy of seven awaits the electric chair in Ohio for the first time after a jury found her guilty of first degree murder for the slaying of Mrs Clara Smith 28 of Rahtabula wife of the man with whom she carried on a 10 day romance Tilby Smith 27 husband of the slain woman also faces death. Lowther testified she lied on the witness stand about May 29 1930 when Smith drove his wife to the appointed place and Lowther stepped from cover and fired the fatal shot Mrs Smith died with one of her two small children in her arms Attorneys sought mercy claiming blindness from love Lowther said she would prefer the electric chair to life imprisonment.
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Jefferson
Julia Maude Lowther
Ohio
Clara Smith
Rahtabula
Pink Boll Worm Found in Cotton Shipment in Atlanta
State Entomologist Manning Yeomans announced a pink boll worm discovery in a cotton seed shipment from Tripoli, North Africa, inspected at the U S customs office in Atlanta. He said the pest does not exist in Georgia, with Texas and Arizona actively working with the federal government to eradicate it.
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Atlanta
Manning
Yoemaans
Tripoli
North Africa
United States Customs Office
Yeemans
Georgia
Texas
Arizona
Kirkland Sent Back to Prison
Virgil Kirkland, guarded with two machine guns, was resentenced to one to ten years for the slaying of Arlene Draves and was taken back to Pendleton reformatory in Indiana. He had been returned May 27 after a second trial for assault with intent to rape. Circuit Judge Grant Crumpacker denied a five to twenty one year term.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Virgil Kirkland
Arlene Draves
Gary
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Kirkland
Grant Crumpacker
Slaying of Four People Probed in Magoffin County
Magoffin county officers investigate the slaying of Q David Wireman 48 as he tended millet near his home in Salyerville Kentucky Bloodhounds traced a trail at dawn and led a mountain search amid a feud linked to a previous family involvement in a manhunt for Frank Johnson. Initial reports of four deaths were corrected by health officials.
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Salyerville
Frank Johnson
Magoffin County
Q David Wireman
Wireman
Lexington
Brack Pinks
Johnson
Robert J. Gillespie
Railroad Employes Show Small Increase
Washington June 10 The Interstate Commerce Commission records a slight increase in railroad employes and a boost of 14 million dollars in compensation paid for March over February.
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Washington
Railroa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather forecast for Gulf states shows fair conditions
Canada and the southern states report generally fair weather tonight and Thursday. Winds are light to moderate and variable in Florida Georgia and South Carolina with some showers possible in extreme south portions and cloudy periods in Alabama and the extreme northwest Florida region.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mullis recounts near miss in Mrs Powers insurance plot
Macon Ga June 10 HL Tx reports Mullis aged 26 state highway employee testified in the second trial of Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Powers for the slaying of James W Parks. He described meeting Powers after responding to an advertisement and seeing a $12 000 life insurance application. The state says Powers plotted to murder Parks as an insurance scheme with Earl Manchester confessing later.
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Macon
Sarah Elizabeth Powers
Mullis
State Highway Department
James W. Parks
Hapeville
Luther Stevens
W C T U Answers the Beer Bloc Tax Contentions
The W C T U contends that to raise a billion dollars in a year via beer taxes as proposed would require two million saloons selling twenty one billion gallons annually. It notes prewar tax levels and per capita consumption and argues real revenue is unattainable under current prohibition states and timing.
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Washington
Jayeshe W. c. T. U. Today
District of Columbia
Congressional Beer Bloc
Union
Beer Bloc
House Welllot
Treasury
America
Fuqua stresses preparedness at Fort Benning graduation
Fort Benning Georgia June 10 Major General Stephen O Fuqua told 84 advanced class graduates and 126 company officers that preparedness cannot be neglected. He warned there is no reason to think the profession of arms will not have as glorious a future and that only a sufficient armed force can insure life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Fort Benning, Ga
Fort Benning
Stephen O. Fuqua
Fuqua
Rescue Ships Move To Raise Sunken Poseidon Submarine
At Weihaiwei June 10 eight men trapped at twenty fathoms beneath the Yellow Sea await rescue as the Medway Hermes Cumberland and a Japanese salvage ship work to raise the Poseidon. A collision with the Chinese steamer Yuta left eighteen missing. five officers and thirty men were saved, two died, and one more remained critical.
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Weihaiwei
China
Yellow Sea
Medway
Hermes
Cumberland
Poseidon Submarine Rescue Efforts Near Shantung Peninsula
Medway coordinates with eight crew members of the Poseidon submarine after its sunken wreck in the Yellow Sea. Japanese salvage tug grapples to raise the sub within 24 hours as British warships aid, while two Chinese servants entombed and casualty lists vary among reports.
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Weihaiwei
China
Medway
Yellow Sea
Shantung Peninsula
Yuta
Davis
Possedon
Hermes
Berwick
Cumberland
London inventor’s lung aid saves eight submarine escapees
Six men escaped the sunken Poseidon thanks to R H Davis’s breathing bag and buoyant mask device dubbed a third lung. The apparatus oxygenates air as it filters and allows breathing under water, with goggles for eye protection. Two survivors later died and another remains critical.
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London
Poseidon
R. H. Davis
Gorman Davis
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Sara Powers
James R. Hicks, Jr
Mra. Powers
A. V
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