Georgia House weighs budget limits as Culpepper warns veto
The Georgia House, in session July 23, considers an $11 million annual appropriation for 1932 and 1933. Culpepper warns Governor will veto any increase, and the body adopts amendments to cut executive spend by $5,000 yearly. Richmond delegation seeks $10,000 transfer to Augusta medical college. Senate schedules July 29 for reapportionment bill. A repeal bill for Greater Atlanta is introduced in the Senate.
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Atlanta
House
Culpepper
Appropriations Committee
Georgia
Ncced
Executive Department
Richmond
Medical College
Augusta
Lanier
Cartledge
Lester
Senate
Highway board bigger than legislature says Park
Atlanta leader Representative Orville Park of Bibb County attacked the highway department’s size, claiming the highway board is bigger than the legislature and the state. He spoke at a 365-member meeting backing a 5 003 200 dollar common school appropriation and questioned 15 percent cuts to state agencies other than highways.
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Highway Board
Park Atlanta
Orville Park
Bibb County
Park
Highway Department
Nis
Budget Commission
Maniac Kills Four and Wounds Five in Mercer Village
In Mercer near Leesburg a 46 year old man Marko Demofonti, deemed insane, killed four people including his wife and sister in law and wounded five others before being shot in the hip by a store owner. The attack occurred at the Sharon Coal and Limestone Company mine area and spread through several nearby homes ending with Demofonti’s capture for treatment.
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Mercer
Leesburg
Marko Demofonti
Margo Demofonti
Alfonso Fastetti
Frank Takela
Bartano Devilaqua
Demofonti
Pete C. Ecilian
Tony
Mike Banan
Flora
George Masters
Num
Ber
Sharon Coal and Limestone Company
Edlian
Ecilian
Bevilaqua
Takela
Banan
Police fix slayer of Adams woman in Atlanta
Chief of Detectives A Lamar Poole says positive identification of Mrs Irene Adams killer is known. Lucille Adams a friend is jailed. George Georgelas and a woman identifying as Aiveste also held. Husband and a Griffin friend were briefly arrested. Police theory cites rum running betrayal motive.
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Atlanta
A. Lamar Poole
Irene Adams
Lucille Adams
Aivest
Ee Georgelas
Toner
Aimilar
Georgelas
Adams
Wilson Shivers
Griffin
George
Sturdivant
Police Department
U. S. Marines Press Through Nicaraguan Swamps
In Nicaragua on July 23 two U S Marines on flight patrol forced a landing in Coco river swamps. Sergeant Gordon W Heritage piloted while Corporal Orville B Simmons acted as mechanic and observer. They headed toward Logtown about forty miles away as planes circled above to guard against insurgent attack. The Marines aimed to reach Logtown before nightfall with support from Managua land planes and an overhead guard.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Coco River
Lowtoga
Gordon W. Heritage
Orville B. Simmons
Logtown
Porto Cabezas
Two Women Die in Atlanta Train Struck Car
In Atlanta near Adamsville a passenger train struck an automobile at a curved grade crossing. Mrs W B Cobb aged 48 and her daughter in law Mrs W H Cobb aged 25 were killed. Both husbands work for the Southern Railroad. The car was dragged 200 to 300 yards and the engineer did not see the car until too late. The two women had visited a son of the elder Mrs Cobb and were returning home when the crash occurred. The son helped remove bodies from the wreckage.
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Atlanta
W. BE. Cobb
W. H. Cobb
Atlanta Birmingham and Coast Railroad
Adamsville
Southern Railroad
Cobb
Fed rediscount rate unchanged at 1 3 4 percent
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced no change in its rediscount rate today. The rate remains 13 4 percent as of July 28.
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Federal Reserve
New York
Federal Reserve Bank of
Cotton Cooperative Association aims to boost product quality
New Orleans July 23 The American Cotton Cooperative Association announced a joint action with cotton growers cottonseed breeders cotton seed oil mills and textile mills to improve quality and expand uses. The plan includes exchanging improved planting seed for ginrun seed and urging net weight sales to encourage cotton wrapping of bales with lighter jute bagging. A report shows higher staple value from cooperative seed handling in recent years.
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New Orleans
The
American Cotton Cooperative Association
National Cottonseed Products Association
South
Cooperatives
Cotton Textile Institute
Tse
Association Airectors
Bpaegn
Aion of Cottad
Gue
T S
Rte
American Missionary Dr Tucker Released for Trial in U S
Peiping dispatch reports Dr Francis F Tucker an American missionary held for fatally shooting a Chinese hospital employee was surrendered to the American consul at Tsunanfu on Washington's instruction. He will be tried under United States law. Chinese officials sought execution and an apology plus indemnity.
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Shanghai
Peiping
Tsinanfu
Francis F. Tucker
Tsunanfu
Washington
Tucker
United States
Man Held in West Virginia Not Jack Martin
Authorities in Alderson West Virginia identify a man held on suspicion as not Jack Martin the Georgia life prisoner. The suspect Will Smith 35 Beaumont Texas was arrested after seeking Ruth Gazaway at the Federal Institution for Women in Alderson.
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Alderson
W. Va
Milledgeville
Jack Martin
Georgia
Will Smith
Beaumont
Texas
Federal Institution For Women
Ruth Gazaway
Martin
Annulment Ordered in Kennedy Hudson Marriage Case
In Los Angeles on July 23 the supreme court granted an annulment of the marriage between Mrs Minnie Kennedy and G Edward Hudson. The petition cited Hudson’s still undissolved divorce from Mrs L Margareal Newton Hudson as the grounds for nulling the union.
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Los Angeles
Minnie (Ma) Kennedy
G. Edward Hudson
Hudson
L. Margareal
Newton Hudson
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Weather outlook across Southeast states shows scattered thundershowers
In South Carolina and Georgia expect partly cloudy nights and Fridays with local thundershowers especially in northern areas. Florida and Alabama forecast generally fair to partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon storms and light to moderate southwest winds. Southeast coast remains unsettled with fringe shower activity.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Pete Inice Thunershowers
Three Suspects Arrested After Georgia Police Officer Killed
Waycross Georgia sheriff reports two men and a woman arrested on charges connected to the death of County Policeman James Hilton Johnson. The auto, linked to Newport Kentucky residents William C Devere and unknown wife, swerved into a trestle injuring Johnson who died later. A third occupant identified as Andrews fled. a large posse captured him hours later. The car carried 30 liquor cases and Ohio plates. Johnson, 38, leaves a widow and four children.
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Waycross
L. C. Warren
James Hilton Johnson
Johnson
William C. Devere
Mayport
Katherine Hallmark
William C. Revere
Norman
Andrews
Ohig
James Filton Johnnson
Gdr
LC. Warren
Aes
William C. Bedere
Newport
Warren
Court House
Bedere
Ohio
Bederes
Hawks Sets New Speed Record on New York Havana Flight
Captain Frank Hawks unseated James Hall’s record by flying from New York to Havana in about eight hours and eight minutes with refueling stops at Wilmington and Miami. He then returned to Miami and planned to reach New York by 5 36 p m, averaging over 200 miles per hour. He landed in Havana at 11 08 a m and departed again at 12 33 p m for Miami.
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Hawks
New York-Havana
Havana
Frank Hawks
New York
Miami
Curtiss Airport
Roosevelt Field
James Hall
Wilmington
James Good
Win Hall
N. C
Hall
Fla
Spain Awaits Government Change Amid Turmoil
Madrid July 23 The country braces for a new government next week as Seville endures martial law after riots that killed 17. The cabinet is expected to resign when the assembly forms Monday or Tuesday. Miguel Maura opposed military intervention, while Theodormiro Minnendez warned the situation was grave. Hundreds of syndicalists are arrested as the crackdown continues.
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Madrid
Seville
Spain
Miguel Maura
Theodormiro Minnendez
Austurjas
Seville Riot Seeks Rescue of Prisoners at Plaza Espana
In Seville on July 24 a mob tried to free three truckloads of prisoners in Plaza Espana amid syndicalist clashes. The death toll rose to 22 in the ongoing disorders.
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Seville
Spain
Plaza Espana
Whole Family Fights: Seven Officers In South Carolina
Seven county officers and nine Jeffcoat family members fought at a South Carolina home before three Jeffcoats were arrested. Jake Jeffcoat, an escapee from a North Carolina prison, was shot in the leg. no others were seriously hurt as the family joined the melee while officers moved to detain them.
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South Carolina
North , D. C
Jeffcoat
Here
As Jeffcoat
North Carolina
Jake Jeffcoat
Jake
Two Day Officers Shot and Killed by Bootlegger
Fort Wayne Indiana July four years ago recounts a bootlegger George Adams who killed two federal prohibition agents, special agent John J. Wilson and Walter M. Gilbert, then was wounded and captured after a later ambush, with Major Howard Long arriving to start an official probe and Green the informer injured and seeking guard protection.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
George Adams
Adams
John J. Wilson
Rockwell Center
Indianapolis
Prohibition Enforcement Office
Wilson
Walter M. Gilbert
Cincinnati
Gilbert
Saba Fl Tote
Ie ‘Hospital
Prohibition
C. E. Green
Portland
Oliver J. Gettle
Frank V. Kenierski
Howard Long
Indiana
Green
Gettle
Atlanta Man Wounded by Police After Gun Battle
Victor Dailey, 30, is in critical condition after a confrontation with Atlanta police. Officers responding to a disturbance at his home say Dailey fired a shotgun and a pistol as they approached. Etheridge returned fire, wounding him in the knee and hip. Mrs. Dailey reported threats against her life.
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Atlanta
Victor Dailey
Dailey
Forest Fire Fought in Black Hills Area
Fire started in a barn on a ranch east of Deadwood spread into the Black Hills. Several hundred soldiers ranchers and forest rangers fought the flames. Units included the fourth United States cavalry from Fort Meade Homestake Mining Company workers and local residents. Four other fires under control were reported in scattered Black Hills sections.
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Deadwood
Here
Black Hills National Forest
Fourth United States Cavalry
Fort Meade
Homestake Mining Company
Sturges and
Lead
Black Hills
Wyoming fires threaten 50 000 acres across grass and timber
Tourists and dude ranch guests join national guardsmen and forest rangers in fighting grass and timber fires swarming across about 50 000 acres of Cheyenne area.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
National Guardsmen
Forest Rangers
Wyoming
Conference Ends as World Powers Plan German Credit Measures
The seven power conference approved short term German credits maturing soon and concerted measures to sustain credit, while inviting Basel World Bank experts to study immediate needs. British officials outlined a Hoover moratorium path, with Stimson and Mellon possibly traveling to Berlin to urge action.
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Bruening
Germany
World Bank
Basel
Central Banka
British Foreign Office
Young Plan
Hoover
Stimson
Treasury
Mellon
Berlin
Son of
Great Britain
Arthur Hender
MacDonald
Stimson to Visit Berlin After Seven-Power Talks
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson said he would leave for Berlin shortly after the German representatives depart from the seven-power conference. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon will not go to Berlin and will stay a day or two before returning to Cap Ferrat in France to rejoin his family. Both American delegates were in a genial mood and Stimson expected to continue his vacation as possible.
Conference adjourns on relief to Germany in London
The seven nation relief conference ended at 12 26 pm with German delegates first leaving the foreign office. Plans call for Stimson and Mellon to go to Berlin with Bruening and Curtius while Prime Minister MacDonald may travel Monday. Bruening left grave and implied limited cash aid.
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Germany
Foreign Office
Stimson
Treasury
Mellon
Berlin
Bruening
Curtius
MacDonald
Henderson
Great Britain
Julius Curtius
Melion
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