Shippers Report Strong Business Outlook For 1931
Southeast shippers reported a third quarter volume near last year’s level with freight movements improving in textile goods and fresh produce. Peach crops were up 50 percent while watermelon matched 1930. coal and cement trends, grain, and petroleum showed varied results amid overall slowdowns in some sectors. An agricultural advisory commission was created to aid marketing of farm products.
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Atlanta
Potomac
Ohio Rivers
Southeast
Miscellaneous Commodity Committee
Agricultural Advisory Commission
North Carolina
Agricultural Commission
Shippers Organization
Shippers
Cable around sunken submarine by divers today
Divers from the American salvage vessel Pigeon wired a cable to the sunken British submarine Poseidon off Wethaiwei in heavy weather. About 19 crew are believed dead, with the Pigeon and other surface ships preparing to attempt raising the wreck tomorrow. A survivor was hospitalized from immersion effects after rescue.
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Chefoo
China
Twigeon
Poseidon
Wethaiwei
Mrs Powers Sentenced to Life for Parks Slaying
In Macon Georgia on June 12 Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Powers aged 74 was given life imprisonment after a second murder conviction in the Parks slaying the earlier trial had sought the death penalty A jury found her guilty with a mercy recommendation after four hours of deliberation Manchester the actual slayer had been sentenced to death but appealed the Court denied the motion Powers denied involvement and planned a new trial motion while her daughter reacted emotionally in court.
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Macon
Sarah Elizabeth Powers
James W. Parks
Powers
Charles KH. Garrett
Bibb Superior Court
Earl Manchester
Rochester
Minn
Parks
Manchester
State Supreme Court
Lee Sharpe
E. W. Maynard
Hapeville
Couzens Plans State Federal Joint Unemployment Insurance
Senator Couzens said he would sponsor a bill for unemployment insurance and old age pensions run jointly by states and the federal government. He argued direct government operation would be unconstitutional and cited precedents for a joint system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Couzens
Congress
Michigan
Couzéns
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hyde speaks at young Republicans rally on Hoover drive
Secretary Hyde continued the Hoover drive today at a speech before the young Republican conference. He defended the President, praised the party, and urged action on farm stabilization. Hyde said the farm board’s real job is supporting agriculture and warned against excessive doom over liquidations.
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Washington
Hoover
Fess
Republican National Committee
Brown
Hyde
Young Republican Conference
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Board
British Vessel Sunk After Collision With Coast Guard
The British ship Shuben Acadia, famed for rum cargo, sank fifty miles south of Montauk after colliding with the coast guard destroyer Davis. Ten crew members were rescued as the service craft, trailing the vessel, was damaged. A Coast Guard board will investigate the accident and hear testimony from the master and crew.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Montauk Point
Davis
Rum Row
Shuben Acadia
Marion
Coast Guard Board of Investigation
Railroads Unite To Seek Higher Freight Rates
New York June 12 rail roads of the nation united behind a move to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for a general 15 percent increase in freight rates. The plan, aimed at offsetting tariff cuts since 1921, could raise revenue about 10 percent or $4000000, with emergency action possible within weeks and rates effective after a three month suspension. Representatives from eastern western and southern roads coordinated the filing in Washington and Chicago leaders tied the effort to raising rail revenue amid decade-low earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Washington
John 5. Pelley
Newee
New Haven
Hartford
Scandrift
Guicag
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Pacific
WR. Cole
Louisville & Nash
Hanna Mines in Ohio to Be Scene of Serious Riots
Governor White says he will send troops if disorders occur after a planned strike at the New Lafferty Mine of the M. A. Hanna Company in Belmont County. Prosecutor Paul D. Waddell and Hanna official R L Ireland reported returning workers aiming to force others to join the strike. The governor pledged advance readiness and in area observation.
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Hanna Mines
Ohio
Columbus
New Lafferty
M. A. ‘Hanna Company
Paul D. Waddell
Belmont County
White
Waddell
R. L. Ireland
M. A. Hanna Coil
East Ohio
Treland
Jefferson Area
Eastern Ohio miners clash as jail attacked amid strike
In Belmont county Ohio a 2000 strong crowd faced 40 deputies around the Belmont county jail after a week old strike spread through about 1000 workers. Seven arrested 12 overcome by tear gas as leaders warned of another assault with state aid sought to quell unrest.
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St. Clairsville
Ohio
Belmont County
Paul Waddel
R. A. Ireland
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
Cleveland
George White
Howard Duff
New Lafferty
Hanna ‘Company
American Legion
Leo Thompson
Pittsburgh
Fairpoint
Hanna Company
Pennsylvania
Lyons Prisoners Escape
Three prisoners escaped the Lyons county jail by tunneling using a cast iron window weight as a tool. The escapees were Rich Williams, Carlos Morris, and Dewey Highsmith.
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Lyons, Ga
Rich Williams
Carlos Morris
Dewey Highsmith
Weather Outlook Across States With Variable Winds
Parts of Florida Georgia and South Carolina show partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with gentle variable winds. Georgia may see local thundershowers in the northwest Saturday. Alabama forecast is unsettled with partial cloudiness and possible showers in extreme north portions.
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Florida
Georgia
Carolina
Alabama
Capone and many other gangsters indicted in Chicago
Chicago reports that Alphonse Capone and sixty eight others, many tied to his liquor and gambling network, were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to violate prohibition. The case cites 5,000 offenses and notes a prior tax charge against Capone.
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Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Capone
Retz Motor Company
Hammond
Ind
Joseph C. Fusco
George Howlett
Bert Delaney
Jack Heinan
Lexington Hotel
Fusco
Michael Potson
Delaney
Prohibition
Nick Juffra
Frank Ross
Joseph D’ Angelo
Caldwell trial hears evidence on county court clerk
Nashville report details M. L. Partridge Hardeman county clerk testimony about bond collateral for Caldwell and Company. He says the county refused personal surety bonds and required government obligations, with Bank of Tennessee as collateral trustee. The collapse raised questions of misused collateral and transfer to Caldwell and Company.
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Caldwell
Nashville
Tenn
M. L. Partridge
Hardeman County
Caldwell and Company
Rogers Caldwell
Partridge
Bank of Tennessee
Patridge
Reds Riot in Berlin Over Emergency Tax Decrees
Berlin reports widespread communist riots against emergency tax decrees causing police to deploy special precautions. A mass meeting drew about 12 000 people as authorities searched for weapons and made arrests. Police fired blanks and used clubs to quell clashes. Several offices were guarded and at least five were wounded in Hamburg.
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Berlin
Ministry of the Interior
Ernst Thaellman
Reichstag
Hamburg
Lauenburg
Bremen
Oldenburg
People's Party
Bruening
von Hindenburg
Wall of Mystery Around Starr Faithfull Death Questioned
A Nassau county grand jury in Mineola opened testimony on the Starr Faithfull drowning case as New York police questioned a new witness. Taxi driver Emanuel Kussey said he drove Faithfull from a steamship pier to her Greenwich Village home on May 29, while she was intoxicated and hysterical.
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New York
Mineola
Starr Faithfull
Emanuel Kussey
Greenwich Village
Miss Faithfull
Hner Franconia
Elvin N. Edwards
Nassau County
Ruth Nichols Sets Sights On Europe Flight Despite Cold Tongue
Ruth Nichols plans a solo Europe flight from New York, aiming to reach 30 000 feet or higher. She notes the heated cabin may protect her body but the freezing oxygen could numb her tongue during the journey.
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W. W. Chaplin
New York
Europe
Ruth Nichols
Nichola
Miss Nichols
Liquor Runner Caught In New York Harbor Seizure
In upper New York harbor a 60 foot motor yacht named Bubbles was halted by coast guard fire from a petrol boat. The crew of three were captured and liquor valued at 14600 dollars seized, including 110 cases of whiskey malt.
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New York
Coast’ Guard
New York Harbor
Meyers Is Executed In Georgia Last Hanging Before Ward
Georgia’s final death by hanging is carried out in Augusta as Arthur Meyers is put to death for the murder of railroad detective R. E. Gunn. Witnesses crowd jail yard rooftops and trees. a shed collapses, sending 50 to 100 people to the ground with six injured. Meyers accepts his fate with a prayer.
Georgia executes last hanging in state history
In Augusta on June 12 Arthur Meyers the Augusta man was executed for the slaying of R. B. Gunn a Georgia Railroad detective Meyers died at 9 20 a m eastern time on the scaffold ending Georgia limited use of death by hanging
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Augusta
Georgia
Arthur Meyers
R. B. Gunn
Georgia Railroad
Meyers
Last Georgia hanging prepared after two-year scaffold build
Augusta on June 12 prepared to execute its last death by hanging. Arthur Meyers, an Augusta Negro, condemned for killing Georgia Railroad detective R. E. Gunn, faced the scaffold finished just weeks ago after the U S Supreme Court refused to review the case. Meyers said he was ready to die as spectators crowded the jail yard roofs for a glimpse while a shed roof collapsed.
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Augusta
Georgia
Arthur Meyers
R. E B. Gunn
United States Supreme Court
Meyers
Richmond County
Body of Thelma Woods found near Lima quarry
Thelma Woods, 17, who vanished May 30, was discovered at the bottom of an old stone quarry in Lima. The body weighed by a 30 pound stone and showed bindings and facial bruising. Officials called it a homicide and continued pumping the quarry to locate further evidence.
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Lima
Ohio
Thelma Woods
Earl
Wilda
Fay
Coun
Bark Ea
Sean
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Couzens’ Plan
Associated Press
Weihaiwei
Hoover Drive
R. E. Ireland
LYONS
Girl
Grand Jury
Otto Schultz
Edwards
R. E. Gunn
M. Gary Whittle
Meyer
Beafford
Dwight Morris
Brooks Scoggins
Cohen Hall
W. Willams
Jack Burckhalter
H. T. Morris
Dwight
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