Hoover Appeals For Reductions Of Arms Of The World
President Hoover urges a one third global arms cut with ten to fifteen billion dollars saved in the next decade. France rejects the plan as unacceptable while Britain calls it a valuable disarmament contribution. Geneva reactions mix guarded approval and hostility.
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Great Britain
Associated Press
Hoover
Washington
Hugh Gibson
Geneva
France
Joseph Paul Boncour
Hoover proposes one third cut in world armaments at Geneva
At Geneva the American delegation presented President Hoover’s plan for a one third reduction in global arms. The crowd reacted with mixed views as Borah praised the proposal as fair and sound while the French expressed frank hostility and Britain offered cautious approval.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Hoover
Hugh S. Gibson
Borah
Washington
Battlefields near Richmond are now parks
Richmond Virginia June 22 plans to perpetuate the United Confederate Veterans by admitting Confederate women as constitutional members were announced by General C A DeSaussure at the 42nd reunion. After the opening session veterans joined in dedication exercises for the Richmond battlefield parks with state and city officials delivering greetings.
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Richmond
United Confederate Veterans
C. A. DeSaussure
Memphis
DeSaussure
Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Southern Memorial Association
Richmond Battle Field
John Garlang Pollard
J. Fulmer Bright
W. B. Freeman
Richmond Battlefield Parks
Seven Pines
Mechanicsville
Gaines Mill
Savage Station
Fraysers’ Farm
Malvern Hill
Bethesda Church
Cold Harbor
Fort Harrison
Grant
U. S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox Court House
George Bolling Lee
Lee
U. S. Grant II
Lytle Brown
United States Army
Douglas S. Freeman
Virginia
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Hearing on Pleas for Same Import Rates in New Orleans
New Orleans examiner E V Fleming heard Gulf port pleas to keep a differential on import export railroad rates versus Atlantic Seaboard to balance traffic. Hearing moves to Savannah June 27 and Washington July 19. Mobile officials argued $10,000,000 in terminal facilities justify protecting Gulf traffic shares.
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New Orleans
E. V. Fleming
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf Ports
Gulf
Atlantic Seaboard
Savannah
Washington
Edgar Moulton
Girl Burns Self to Death at Lake Worth Boardwalk
A 20 year old woman identified as Mrs. Winnie R. Matthews died in a Fort Worth hospital after setting her gasoline soaked clothing alight. She had failed to obtain work at Lake Worth concessions, bought gasoline and matches, and was found in a ditch burning while muttering I love you.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Winnie R. Matthews
Lake Worth
Macon Hosts Legionnaires and Auxiliary Convention
Macon Georgia welcomes American Legionnaires and Auxiliary members for the Georgia department annual convention. Navy planes from Pensacola and Rear Admiral William A Moffett arrive to keynote a spectacular aerial circus at Miller Field for the dedication of Macon’s airport.
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Macon
American
Miller Field
Admiral Moffett
Washington
RK. FL Zobgaum
Pensacola Air Station
R. J. Wood
Navy
Walter A. ‘Harris
G. Glenn Toole
W. ‘Tl’. Anderson
P. T. Anderson
Herbert I. Smart
Kenmore Burns, Jr
John L. Morris
Chamber of Commerce
Stanley A. Jones
Unprecedented Demand for Poll Tax Blanks in Georgia
Atlanta June 22 Unprecedented demand for poll tax return blanks reported by Comptroller General William B Harrison as 200000 blanks mailed with about half for negro voters. Officials note expected drop in taxpaying voters offset by 100000 new white voters, signaling mobilization ahead of November election.
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Atlanta
Georgia
William B. Harrison
Ite
South Carolina Favors Resubmission To Prohibition Question
Claude N. Sapp, chairman of the South Carolina delegation, announced the 18 votes favor resubmission of the prohibition question. Delegates will be bound by the unit rule. Fay Desportes, on the platform and resolutions committee, urged outright repeal of the 18th amendment.
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Columbia
S. C
Claude N. Sapp
South Carolina
Fay Desportes
National Platform and Resolutions Committee
Senate Presses Ahead On 2 Billion Relief Bill
The Senate moves forward on a 2 billion dollar unemployment relief bill with hopes of a vote before nightfall despite continued debate. Senator Johnson accuses the administration of seeking adjournment before passage, and LaFollette urges time to argue to raise the public works bond from 500 million to 5.5 billion.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Calt
Congress
LaFollette
Wis
Robinson
Wisconsin
McNary
Garner
Banking Committee
Hooper Named to Georgia Court of Appeals Bench
Atlanta June 22 Frank Hooper Jr Atlanta attorney was appointed to succeed Judge O H B Bloodworth on the Georgia court of appeals. The term ends after the November election and he cannot run for a full term. Hooper, prominent in legal circles, served in the 4th district as Fulton county representative and was secretary to Senator Walter F George in 1916. He served in World War I, is active in the American Legion and Baptist Young People’s Union, and partners with his father Frank Hooper Sr. born 1895 Americus Sumter county Georgia Tech graduate.
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Atlanta
Frank Hooper, Jr
O. H. B. Bloodworth
Georgia Court of Appeals
Hooper
Georgia
Fulton County
Walter F. George
Court of Appeals
American Legion
Baptist Young People’s Union
Frank Hooper
Mr. Hooper
Americus
Sumter County
Giorgia Tech
U.S. Navy
The
Knights of Pythias
Masons
Roosevelt asks Walker to answer Seabury charges
Albany June 22 Roosevelt urges Mayor Walker of New York City to reply to charges raised by Samuel Seabury as counsel to the Hofstadter committee. The governor also asks Walker to address supplemental charges from civic groups seeking removal. Walker says he will wait to file his formal answer until after the Democratic national convention.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Walker
New York City
Samuel Seabury
Greater New York
Hofstadter
New York
James J. Walker
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hull Sees Resubmission Plan Most Popular at Convention
Senator Hall of Tennessee arriving for the convention cites broad consensus among wets and drys in the Democratic Party that a plank urging resubmission of prohibition should be adopted. The remarks place Hall in line for chairmanship of the resolutions committee.
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Hull
Chicago
Senator Hall
Tennessee
Democratic Resolutions Committee
Al Smith To Make Fight For The Democratic Nomination
Albert C. Ritchie campaign manager Robert B. Ennis opened the Ritchie headquarters in Chicago for the Democratic national convention. The move signals Ritchie’s bid for the Democratic nomination with Al Smith viewed as a key rival in the race.
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al Smith
Associated Press
Robert B. Ennis
Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Ritchie
Chicago
Sharkey Schmeling Fight Draws Big Madison Square Garden Crowd
About 65 000 fans paid an estimated 425 000 to witness Jack Sharkey defeat Max Schmeling for the heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden Bowl. Officials said net and gross figures, payouts to Schmeling and Sharkey, and Garden profit hovered around standard figures while judges split rounds.
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Jack Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Garden
Schmeling
Sharkey
Charles F. Mathison
George Kelly
Gunboat Smith
Schmoeling
Mathison
Kelly
Smith
Jimmy Johnston
the Garden
Mickey Walker
Ernie Schaaf
Tunney
Madison Square Garden
Newsie Victims of Counterfeit Money in Macon
Forty four Macon newsboys selling fight extras were each given counterfeit twenty five cent coins among their receipts last night. The incident occurred in Macon Georgia and involved counterfeit money distributors.
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Macon
Georgia Coal Rates Hit Georgians With Higher Costs
The Georgia Public Service Commission asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend new coal rates set to take effect July 11. The rate hike would cost Georgia coal consumers about 600000 dollars annually, with Atlanta alone facing roughly 200000 dollars more per year as rates rise across multiple consuming points.
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Atlanta
Georgia Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgia Rate
Georgia
James A. Perry
Albert J. Woodruff
Tennessee
Kentucky
Columbus
Macon
Waycross
Perry
Dowling Granted Parole From Atlanta Penitentiary
The department of justice said W. H. Dowling of Jacksonville Florida was granted parole effective June 30. Dowling, a former Duval county sheriff, received a two year sentence for violation of the prohibition laws and became eligible in April.
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Washington
Department of Justice
W. H. Dowling
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Dowling
Duval County
Congressman's Wife Fined for Reckless Driving in Washington
Mrs Bertha Huddleston wife of Alabama Representative was fined 50 dollars in police court after pleading guilty to reckless driving. She and a male companion were arrested June 8 after the car she drove hit two other vehicles. The drunken driving charge was reduced by assistant corporation counsel Stanley Deneale. her companion forfeited 10 dollars collateral.
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Washington
Bertha Huddleston
Representative Huddleston
Alabama
Huddleston
Stanley Deneale
Sarazen shoots fine seventy to retain favorite pla
Gene Sarazen British open golf champion reestablishes himself as favorite for the national open at Fresh Meadow. In a second practice round since returning from England he shoots par and adds five birdies to impress observers including Babbs Jones who predicts a 202 or 203 total for the championship.
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Sarazen
Flushing
N. Y
Gene Sarazen
Fresh Meadow Country Club
Babbs Jones
England
Jones
Weather forecast by state plains and coast region
The forecast covers South Carolina with bar tonight and Thursday, Georgia fair tonight and Thursday with possible west showers, Florida partly cloudy with showers in the south and west, Alabama generally fair tonight and Thursday with coastal showers, and extreme Northwest Florida fair tonight and Thursday partly cloudy.
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Wrather
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Smith Outlines Prohibition Plan In Chicago Speech
Alfred E. Smith arriving in Chicago spoke on repealing the 18th amendment and amending the Volstead Act to permit beverages of reasonable alcoholic content. He urged a straightforward platform and his own nomination, denying strong ties to Roosevelt while predicting a long convention battle.
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Chicago
Alfred S. Smith
Franklin PD
Roosevelt
Smith
Union
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