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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
7
Washington June 13. Historic Boston loses population lead to Baltimore for the first time since 1790’s start. Baltimore reports 789,921 people, a 7.2 percent rise, ahead of Boston’s 775,729 and ahead in the national ranking, pushing Boston to eighth place and Baltimore to seventh.
Eddyville Ky June 13 three inmates awaiting the electric chair were granted indefinite stays after two executions had occurred. Lloyd Williams John Keller and James Grisby were reprieved following the deaths of Ballard Ratcliffe and Richard Edmonds. The pardon commissioner cited new admissions as a possible reason for saving their lives. Williams faced a prior Louisville robbery and killing, Ratcliffe had been executed, and Grisby and Keller had been linked to the same case.
In Bombay on June 13, eight hundred nationalist volunteers won a technical victory over police by holding a mourning parade after martial law was proclaimed a month earlier in Sholapur. Volunteers, 400 women in saffron and 400 men in white, waited for hours then advanced at midnight with 25 000 sympathizers. They held a mass meeting in the fort area and dispersed peacefully after clashes left twelve injured.
St. Louis held the lead over Boston and Baltimore with 817,334 in the 1920 census, as both cities were pushed down the list by Los Angeles edging into the big five.
The First Georgia healthcade traveling eastward to Brunswick visits Dixie consolidated schools in Brooks county where an eighth grade one act play demonstrates the malaria program. The group tours South Georgia Womans College Valdosta observes Lowndes County health work and drainage projects. A reforestation effort near Homerville is described as the largest in Georgia. Temporary healthcade HQs are set up in Brunswick for tonight through Sunday with plans to visit Waycross and Dublin next week.
Indianapolis reports the 54 year old E D Pierson, auditor for the National Baptist Convention, was killed for exposing a 562000 loan fund discrepancy. Arrests include Rev B J Westbrook and George Washington with Townsend released on bond after Nashville probe. Washington allegedly confessed to the murder for 3000 dollars.
Shriners departed Toronto in a steady stream after five days of celebration. A vanguard of 500 began returning to the United States last night, with about 3,000 delegates traveling by steamship along the St. Lawrence to visit Old Quebec. Delegations from Southern states are heading toward Niagara Falls en route home.
Local forecast from the U S Department of Agriculture records cloudy conditions for Thomasville and vicinity. Temperature details, rainfall totals, and humidity show a generally unsettled pattern with showers and thunderstorms reported in the region and tents of rain in the south Florida area.
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