Superior Court Grants Highway Board Injunction
Atlanta reports a Fulton Superior Court judge issued a temporary injunction blocking diversion of more than 2.5 million dollars in highway funds from the state treasury until July 1. The action names State Treasurer Hamilton and Comptroller General Harrison. Governor Talmadge argues for the dismissal of engineers and challenges board control over spending.
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Atlanta
State Treasury
J. W. Barnett
W. J. Vereen
John D. Humphries
Fulton Superior Court
Talmadge
Savannah
New York
Treasury
Highway Board
Highway Many
George B. Hamilton
William B. Harrison
Hamilton
Harrison
Georgia
State Aid Road Fund
Highway Department
State Highway Department
B. P. McWhorter
Clarke Superior Court
Reuben Arnold
Kidnap Victim Tells Of Abductors Experience
William Hamm the millionaire president of Theodore Hamm Brewing recounts his four day kidnapping near St Paul in 1933. He describes the car ride, hooded eyes, four ransom notes signed while bound, and his treatment as non abusive yet coercive. He mentions seeing a man resembling Verne Sankey and places the event as northern Minnesota.
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Associated Press
William Hamm
Theodore Hamm Brewing Company
St. Paul
Hamm
Verne Sankey
Wealthy St Paul Brewer Hamm Released by Kidnappers
William Hamm Jr a wealthy St Paul brewer was released near Wyoming Minnesota about 46 miles north of St Paul after three days of negotiation. The ransom amount was paid by Hamm's agents but not disclosed though reported to be under 100000 dollars. Hamm’s release ends a high profile kidnapping that had gripped the city.
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Associated Press
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul Brewer
St. Paul
Wyoming
Minn
Hamm
The
Brewing Company
Ham
Wm. Hamm
W. Johns
Chicago City
William Hamm
Hamm, Jr
Haskell Bohn
Denver
Sankey
South Dakota
Boettcher
Leon Gleckman
Morris Rutman
Duluth
Pany of
Kidthe Theodore Hamm Brewing Comnapers
Thomas J. Cahill
Dunn
Inspector Tierney
Cahill
Tierney
W. W. Dunn
Mr. Dunn
Charl Tierney
Weather forecast for Southeast states
South Carolina and Georgia stay fair tonight and Tuesday. Florida sees generally fair skies with possible local showers and storms in the far south. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expect fair tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy skies.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Baker Believes Prohibition Will Be Repealed Soon
Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war, said in Asheville North Carolina that the 18th amendment should never have been in the constitution and that prohibition should rest with states and localities. He spoke during a federal court session visit.
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Asheville
Newton D. Baker
Baker
Adjournment Sways World Economic Conference Over Currency Stabilization
June 19 London reports say the European gold bloc urged a long adjournment of the world economic conference until currency stabilization is settled. France leads the push, with a plan awaiting Washington and Roosevelt's final instructions, while a silver rehabilitation proposal by Senator Pittman was presented to the monetary committee.
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London
European Gold Bloc
France
Washington
Roosevelt
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senator Pittman
U S Flags Stabilization Not Keystone Topic for Conference
The United States says monetary stabilization is important for the world economic conference but should not be the central or sole issue. Treasury officials explained that no new plan is being advanced as the main agenda item.
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America
Washington
United States
Treasury
Roosevelt vacation voyage interrupted by rough Nantucket sea
President Roosevelt aboard the Amberjack II during a Martha's Vineyard to Provincetown trip shelters in Nantucket due to high seas. He says the weather bothers him little but fears rough water for reporters on press boats, surveys plan to sail two weeks with no shore leave, and notes he prefers the Amberjack to any Navy ship.
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Nantucket
Mass
United States
Roosevelt
Campo Bello Island
N. B
Edgartown
Martha's Vineyard
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Week end mishaps claim 23 lives across the south
A heat season toll across the south reports twenty three fatalities from drownings motor vehicle wrecks burns trains and an air crash. The tally includes eight in North Carolina three in Alabama and Georgia two in Mississippi Tennessee Louisiana Arkansas and one in Virginia with victims named in several cities.
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Atlanta
South
North Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Virginia
Helen Williams
New Orleans
Bill Smith
Alice Smith
W. L. Smith
Billy Smith
Morganton
R. C. Wallace
Percy Black
Wilmington
N. C
M. Holder
Charlotte
Perry Stowe
Gastonia
Birmingham
Ala
Senator George Sent to Hospital for Complete Rest
Senator Walter F George of Georgia was taken to the naval hospital in Washington for complete rest after a rundown condition from weeks of congressional strain. Dr Sterling Ruffin said the condition was not serious but critical enough to require rest.
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George
Washington
Walter F.george
D. Ga
Naval Hospital
Sterling Ruffin
Senator George in Georgia is now in naval hospital
Washington June 194 The condition of Senator George of Georgia was described as little changed since he entered the naval hospital for rest due to a run-down condition. His physicians are not alarmed and have prescribed an indefinite period of relaxation to regain strength.
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Washington
Senator George
Georgia
Naval Hospital
George
Mattern Brother Volunteers to Aid Search for Flyer
Roy Mattern, brother of James Mattern long overdue on the Khabarovsk, offers to join any search expedition by land or sea. He believes his brother was forced down on a small island in the northern Indian Ocean region.
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Mattern
Search
Calibory
Alta
Roy Mattern
James Mattern
Khabarovsk
Roy
Petitus
Oast Seria
Navy fliers delayed by fog in search for Mattern
In Nome Alaska on June 9 weather kept two navy fliers grounded for 24 hours as they awaited clearing conditions to resume a search for tor vemmie Mattern missing on a Pacific to Nome route. The coast guard and several civilian flyers joined eight to twelve others in the hunt for Mattern, now on his fifth day since leaving Khabarovsk Siberia.
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Nome
Alaska
Navy
Probilofs
Tor Vemmie Mattern
Coast Guard
Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
18th Amendment Faces Ballot Trials In Three States
Associated Press notes voters in Iowa Connecticut and New Hampshire weigh repeal of national prohibition. In Iowa both sides show confidence with prohibition rallies and Governor Herring predicting repeal. Connecticut no previous ratification echoed by repealists aiming for a strong vote. New Hampshire conducts last minute appeals as it shifts from dry to 3.2 percent beer. Overall seven states have voted yes, thirty six required for repeal.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Connecticut
Hampshire
Herring
Des Moines
Fletcher Parker
Citizens Against Ratification
New Hampshire
Exports and Imports of May Show Seasonal Upward Trend
The Commerce Department reports May US exports at 114 million dollars and imports at 107 million. Both show the usual seasonal rise from April figures, with cotton exports reaching 26 million compared to 16.9 million in April.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Plan for cotton lease contingent on planters cooperation
Secretary Wallace unveils a cotton plan to levy a processing tax and lease up to ten million acres of cotton if southern growers cooperate. A cotton week campaign starts June 26 to secure signed lease contracts, with payments and government-held cotton options offered to producers.
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Washington
Wallace
South
Secone
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Farm Credit Administration
Full schedule of payments for cotton acreage reductions
Washington reports secretary Wallace has outlined the full schedule of payments for cotton acreage reductions. Two options offer six cents a pound for cotton with yield based payments per acre. Payouts depend on past production and this year's yield and condition of the land.
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Washington
Wallace
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Sam Hayes
J. Anthony Long
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Claude Davis
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