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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1929
Page
5
London awaited concrete disarmament proposals after speeches by Ambassador Dawes and Prime Minister MacDonald. Dawes urged a statesman led conference to agree on a naval reduction standard, while MacDonald signaled cautious openness with multiple countries.
Washington observers viewed Ambassador Dawes' London address and Prime Minister MacDonald's Lossiemouth remarks as auspicious signals marking the beginning of disarmament negotiations. The June 19 dispatch highlights hopes that the speeches foreshadow formal talks.
In Milledgeville Georgia on June 19 1925 officials questioned payment of 125 dollars per inmate for electrocution costs. Dave Brookins and John Rushing faced death sentences for murder but county funds were not provided. If funds are not paid by Friday the executions may be postponed.
Dr James H Snook a dismissed Ohio State University professor who posed as Theora Hix husband freely spoke to reporters about his relationship with the slain co ed and his theories of the murder as county officials kept him in custody awaiting further evidence. Marion T Meyers a horticultural staff member and former suitor was released by the prosecutor while Snook remained detained as federal investigators probe narcotics ties and stains on his car and clothing await chemist analyses.
Charles A. Lindbergh resumes duties at Mitchel Field for the Guggenheim aero safety test prize event after his June 27 marriage to Anne Spencer Morrow. He attends as trustee and adviser to the Guggenheim fund and planned a three week transcontinental tour following the test.
Americus Georgia June 19 indictment charges W B Arnold Sr with holding two men in peonage by force threats and bodily injury to work off debt on his farm. Claude King and John Vanover alleged victims arrested. Federal session may be held in early July in Americas division of Middle District of Georgia.
Atlanta police chief J I Beavers announced a policy restricting firearms to defense of life. He cited national incidents of officers firing on vehicles and urged officers to avoid shooting unless defending their own life or that of a citizen.
A joint resolution was introduced in Washington on June 19 by Senator George of Georgia requiring daily publication in newspapers of the number of bales of cotton dealt on cotton exchanges or boards of exchange.
Lou Gehrig marked his twenty sixth birthday by belting his nineteenth homer in the first inning of the Yankees Red Sox game at the stadium. Jack Russell pitched with the bases empty in New York today.
Washington June 19 The Senate will start a summer recess after finishing the tariff revision and farm relief measures. The administration faces conflicts over the debenture plan with Borah and Brookhart leading Republican opposition. The agenda includes farm relief and census reapportionment bills, while immigration quota reform was defeated.
Washington DC June 1974 Louis Jacques a customs border patrolman at Detroit told to stay silent by enforcement officers was ushered from the office of Assistant Secretary Lowman after Lowman refused to consult with a man of that type The secretary said he knew the details and there was no need to explain them Lowman asked a Detroit newspaperman if he wished to consult Jacques and added he would not consult with a man like that Jacques who resigned was brought to the office by a Detroit reporter
Senator Glass of Virginia condemned the Hoover administration for submerging the prohibition issue in the law enforcement inquiry and criticized the use of a $250,000 fund for this purpose. He accused Hoover and the commission of overreaching while Copeland urged action on fatal shootings by federal agents in New York.
In Washington a letter declining Rep Shaffer's invitation to a June 21 musical and reception warns that De Priest's push toward social equality threatens South racial harmony. Shaffer, a Virginia Republican, says such moves won’t be tolerated by whites or desired by blacks.
A Birmingham man testifies as part of a probe into newspaper power and influence. The heat wave gripping the East worsened with high temperatures and multiple heat related deaths reported across New York New Jersey Philadelphia and nearby areas.
East Windsor rum runners engaged U S customs patrol on the Detroit river firing on the Walter S. Petty. The customs cutter returned fire and a hole was punched in its prow as the attackers retreated into Canadian waters. No casualties were reported.
Abner Aldridge testifies before the Federal Trade Commission that he borrowed 50000 dollars from Logan Mortain of the Alabama Power Company and loaned it to Joseph F. McGowin to start the Mobile Press. The loan was repaid and Aldridge returned funds. officials deny investment in newspapers.
Virginia anti Smith Democrats nominate Dr William Moseley Brown for governor and Captain C C Berkeley for attorney general as they seek cooperation with other states and potential independent run if both conventions nominate them. They plan national Washington headquarters to build a regional anti slavery style political coalition and oppose Democratic control.
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