Democrats Enter 1930 Campaign Front United by Dinner
Washington June 11 Democratic leaders praised last night's dinner for Jouett Shouse and John J. Raskob as signaling a more united 1930 congressional campaign. The Jefferson association event affirmed a permanent working organization and countered calls for a presidential bid. Raskob announced new executive team roles while critics of Smith-Raskob leadership were present but appeased.
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Washington
Jouett Shouse
South
John J. Raskob
Shouse
Jefferson Association of
District of Columbia
Raskob
National Committee
Congress
Banana earns medical honor for fishbone rescue
Atlanta June 11 banana awarded an M D degree by Grady Hospital for serving as antidote to fishbones. Mrs F A Brown 19 swallowed a fishbone. surgeons failed but banana aided extraction and she was sent home after a few days.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
F. A. Brown
Two Air Mail Routes Through the South Planned
Washington reports an inter departmental aviation meeting set for tomorrow to discuss two air mail lines in the South. Proposed routes run from Louisville to Dallas and from Atlanta to Fort Worth, with the Atlanta Fort Worth path adapting the Atlanta New Orleans corridor.
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Washington, D. C
South
Committee On Aviation
Louisville
Dallas
Atlanta
Fort Worth
Atlanta-Fort’ Worth
Fourth death by own action in two days found in Birmingham
Birmingham reports two family shootings with multiple suicides. Howard Fulenwider, 35, a Birmingham real estate and auto dealer, was found dead by a bullet wound at a fashionable hotel. Earlier, O. M. Wix and Frank S. Coleman died after murders and self inflicted gunshots.
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Birmingham
Howard Fulenwider
Ala
Fulenwider
Leslie Fulenwider
Atlanta
Decatur
Tuscaloosa
Civitan Vote Makes Membership Voting Mandatory
Civitan International adopted an amendment at its annual convention making member voting a condition of retaining membership. The measure requires applicants to be qualified voters on their own statement and registered to participate in elections. A separate plan for four tuberculosis sanitariums, estimated at 1 million dollars, was discussed but not decided.
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Atlanta
Civitan International
Fred Sykes
Asheville
N. C
Denver
Colo
el Paso
Tex
Lee
Saranac Lake
Newark
Missionary Safe After Capture in Amoy China Incident
Dr. C H Holleman American Presbyterian missionary reported safe from captivity on May 23. He wrote from Taipuhsien to his wife that he is staying at the British Presbyterian Mission Hospital there, though foreigners have evacuated due to warfare. The US consul at Swatow will send two Chinese detectives to assist him to Swatow, while the gunboat Tulsa moves to Swatow.
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Amoy
China
C. H. Holleman
Taipuhbsien
Kwantung
Holleman
Taipuhsien
Swatow
Dr. Bolleman
United States
Tulsa
Holloman
Treasury official orders probe into Virkulla shooting
Assistant Secretary Lowman ordered a thorough investigation of the Saturday night shooting of Henry Virkulla by a border patrolman in International Falls Minnesota. He will also probe the shooting of Archibald Kugster by a customs inspector in Detroit and will act on the report as warranted.
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Washington, D. C
Lowman
The
Treasury
Henry Virkula
Customs
E. J. White
International Falls
Minn
Detroit
Virkula
Archibald Kugster
Customs ‘Border Patrol
Bill to pay Virkulla's widow 5000 in Senate action
A bill to authorize payment of 5000 to the wife of Henry Virkula who was killed Saturday at International Falls Minnesota by a border patrol officer was introduced today by Representative Schafer a Republican from Wisconsin.
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Washington
Henry Virkula
International Falls
Minn
Border Patrol
Schafer
Wisconsin
United States Welcomes MacDonald Visit for Talks
Washington reports that a visit by British Prime Minister MacDonald to the United States to discuss Anglo American relations and naval arms reduction would be welcomed by the American government. Ambassador Dawes will arrive in London to learn of the proposed visit and lead U. S. discussions if it proceeds. President Hoover reportedly knows only what he has read in dispatches.
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Washington
MacDonald
Great Britain
United States
Charles G. Dawes
London
England
Hoover
Legal action started in defense of workers who shot policeman
In Charlotte on June 11 the International Workers Relief and the National Textile Workers Union filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking release of nineteen of the 65 prisoners linked to the fatal shooting of Gastonia Chief of Police O F Aderholt. The writ directs Gaston county Sheriff Eli Lineberger to produce the detainees in Charlotte for a hearing, including National Textile Workers Union officials and Workers International Relief organizers who were at the Loray mill tent colony.
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Charlotte
N. C
Loray Mill
Gastonia
O. F. Aderholt
International Workers Relief
National Textile Workers Union
Albert Wagenecht
Workers International Relief
Superior Court
H. H. Sink
Eli Lineberger
Gaston County
W. S. Harding
National Textile Workers
Sentence upheld in Knights oath case on Alumbaugh
Georgia Court of Appeals sustains a $500 fine or six months in jail for Mrs. Ed C. Alumbaugh after distribution of a Knights of Columbus oath during the 1928 campaign. Savannah City Court conviction stood, appeals denied the new trial and demurrer issues.
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Atlanta
Ed C. Alumbaugh
Knights of Columbus
Georgia Court of Appeals
Alumbaugh
Savannah
Court of Appeals
Recommendation for a school of religion at the University of Georgia
Chancellor C. M. Snelling urges establishing a department of history and literature of religion at the University of Georgia. Finance blocks immediate creation, but trustees should study its importance as people seek belief in modern times. The 300 page report highlights university progress and plans for library extension, radio instruction, and expanded public health and professional programs. It notes 1,830 resident students last year, up 139, with more freshmen staying.
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Athens
University of Georgia
C. M. Snelling
Four Boardman Family Drowns Saving Boy at White River
In Randolph Vermont on June 11 a father Mrs Henry Boardman and three daughters died trying to save their son and brother Harry Boardman 15 after he was seized by cramps while swimming in a White River branch. Three other children aged four to survive.
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Randolph
Harry Boardman
White River
Henry Boardman
Harry
Ona
Beatrice
Georgia Highway Transportation Association Formed
Atlanta announces the formation of the Georgia Highway Transportation Association. The group includes bus coach and truck owners and operators across the state. The declaration was made in Atlanta on June 11.
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Atlanta
Georgia Highway Transportation Association
Swedish fliers leave on third lap of trip to New York today
Reykjavik Iceland June 11 Captain Algin Ahrenberg and two companions start the third leg of their sea plane flight from Stockholm to New York aboard the Sverige at 6 50 a m local time after an earlier failed takeoff and a later successful ascent. They aim to reach Ivigtut Greenland before continuing toward New York.
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New York
Reykjavik
Iceland
Algin Ahrenberg
Ivigtut
Greenland
Stockholm
Sweden
Reykjavis
Albin Ahrenberg
Sverige
Witnesses Summoned to Appear in Power Probe Inquiries
Five additional witnesses are summoned to appear before the Federal Trade Commission investigating publicity activities of power utilities. W J Sylvester of the Industrial Conservation Board Chicago and Francis W Collins of the Richmond Development Company New York are to testify Thursday. Thomas W Martin and Logan Martin president and general manager of Alabama Power Company and Ernest F Ladd president of Merchants National Bank Mobile are to testify Friday regarding reported financial holdings of power companies in Mobile Alabama.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Power
Utilty Corporation
W. J. Sylvester
Industrial Conservation Board, Inc
Chicago
Francis W. Collins
Richmond Development Company
New York
Thomas W. Martin
Logan Martin
Alabama Power Company
Mobile
Ala
Preas
California Senator Denounces Cr ack of the Party Lash
The Hague reports Holland will not blame Venezuela for weekend disturbances in Willemstad Curacao but may urge punitive steps. Dutch defenses bolster with torpedo boat Kortenaer en route. Hertzog and Hendrix on standby. Venezuelan filibusters reportedly attacked Coro, looting arsenals. General Gomez warned garrison, who repelled the assault with civilian aid, leaving deaths and prisoners.
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Hague
Netherlands
Holland
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacao
Kortenaer
South American
Hertzog
Hendrix
Jonkheer Beela
Caracas
Coro
Falcon
el Nuevo Diario
Gomez
Muller's Schooner Is Aground Off Florida
Washington DC June 11 The Mosquito Lagoon coast guard station in Florida reported that the German sloop Aga, used by Paul Muller to cross the Atlantic, ran aground three miles south of the station Muller was at the station and there was no detail on the ship's condition or danger.
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Washington, D. C
Mosquito Lagoon
Coast Guard
Florida
Aga
Paul “Muller
Atlantic—ocean
Muller
Bonner Named Secretary of Federal Power Commission
Washington announces Frank E. Bonner district engineer of the U S forest service for California chosen as secretary of the Federal Power Commission. He succeeds O C Merrill who has resigned. The commission includes the secretaries of war interior and agriculture.
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Washington, D. C
Frank E. Bonner
United States Forest Service
California
Federal Power Commission
O. C. Merrill
The
Power Commission
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
Thousands of Fourth Corps Men Arrive at Camp McClelland
At Camp McClelland Alabama more than 1700 men from the Fourth Corps area prepare for the summer C M T C training period. Over 900 trainees report Thursday along with 800 college students already in camp. Four Georgia reserve officers join duty this summer plus 60 regular and 20 reserve officers on site. Trainees will sleep in tents and eat in mess halls and engage in outdoor athletics each afternoon.
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McClelan
Ala
Fourth Corps
Georgia Reserve
Infantry
William C. Massey
Thomasville
James E. Harrison
Alma
Flames Constrained to Two Flowing Wells
Los Angeles June 11. Fire department officials announced the Santa Fe Springs oil field blaze was confined to two flowing wells as crews battled the vast fire. The update marks progress in the long effort to control the oil emergency near the city.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Santa Fe Springs
Here
Decline in Rum Running Ships Cited by Coast Guard
Washington reporting a drop in seized liquor laden vessels from 734 in 1925 to 190 in the last fiscal year. Coast Guard officials credited the reduction to effective service work. They said rum row off Long Island and the New Jersey coast has been broken up while smuggling now mainly enters via the Great Lakes.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Guard
Long Island
New Jersey
Great Lakes
Senate Debenture Clash Tests Farm Bill Support
Washington June 11 reports show Hoover allies racing to push the farm bill as Sen Johnson California Republican denounces the measure on the Senate floor calling it the ruth less power to drive. With votes due at 4 pm the outcome hinges on a razor thin margin as Nye Frazier and Couzens weigh final positions and Hyde meets leaders.
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Hoover
Senate
Johnson
California
White House
Nye and
Frazier
North Dakota
Dent
Santor Dent
Couzens
Michigan
Robinson
Arkansas
House
Borah
Idaho
Kendrick
Wyoming
Alabama
Black
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Herbert Hoover
Trammell
Florida
Nye and Frazier
She Weed
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