Buck Brothers Plead Not Guilty in Kidnaping Case
Kenneth Buck and Cyril Buck pleaded not guilty to kidnaping and extortion in the abduction of 10 year old Margaret McMath. Each is held on $100000 bail with hearings set for May 22 and joint consideration urged by prosecutors. Cyril sought immediate hearing while Kenneth asked for more time to obtain counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Mass
Kenneth Buck
Cyril
Margaret McMath
Kenneth
Crossley
Robert A. Welsh
Cyrus
Ernest Bradford
Buck
Wallahassee
Fla
Florida
Dave Shultz
Kenneth Buck Tells of Other Suspect in Kidnapping Case
In Provincetown Massachusetts on May 8 Kenneth Buck sobbed in the prisoners box as he disclosed a third person may be implicated in the kidnapping of 10 year old Peggy McMath. His brother Cyril also faced charges but stayed silent and Buck alternated between saying one or two accomplices were involved.
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Kenneth Buck
Provincetown
Mass
Arralgamnet
Peggy McMath
Kenneth
Cyril
McMath Emotions Stir Over Buck Kidnapping Case
In Provincetown Massachusetts Margaret McMath expresses sympathy for Cyril Buck 41 charged with extortion as Kenneth Buck 28 faces kidnapping. District Attorney Crossley plans grand jury action after arraignment set for 11 8 a m before Judge Robert Welch youngest in region.
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McMath
Cyril Buck
Provincetown
Mass
Swift Justice Today
Margaret McMath
Provincetown District Court
Massachusetts
Nell C. McMath
Margaret
Kenneth Buck
Cyril
Kenneth
William C. Crossley
Fall River
Robert A. Welch
Crossley
Aginst
Perry Declares New Watermelon Rates Too High
Atlanta May 8. Georgia Public Service Commission Chairman James A. Perry says Interstate Commerce Commission rate increases will push traffic to trucks and expose the I C C's failings. Max L. McRae reports negotiations with motor firms to handle this year's crop as rail rates rise about 50 dollars a car from Moultrie to Nashville with smaller changes elsewhere.
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Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
James A. Perry
Georgia Public Service Commission
Max L. McRae
State Bureau of Markets
Perry
Moultrie
Nashville
Tenn
Georgia Commission
Senega Melon Association
Cincinnati
Washington
Fairley Clark Ties Sea Island Course Record at 69
Fairley Clark the Savannah golf pro tied the Sea Island Beach course record of 69 yesterday matching the mark set a year ago by Hugh Moore the former island professional now at Radium Springs Albany. The tough course has seen few scores equal to Moore’s 60 par and even golf greats have found it hard with Bobby Jones once playing it before completion but never finishing all 18 holes.
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Brunswick
Fairley Clark
Savannah
Sea Island Beach
Hugh Moore
Radium Sprigs
Albany
Moore
Bobby Jones
Harriman Trial Delayed to May Twenty second
New York May 8 The trial of Joseph W Harriman former head of Harriman National Bank and Trust Company on an indictment charging thirteen false entries to be made on bank books was postponed today until May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Gandhi Released From Prison In India Fast
Poona India May 8 The 63 year old Mahatma Gandhi was released from prison hours after starting a three week unconditional fast. He vowed not to end it even if temples opened to untouchables as he seeks to end untouchability and the caste system. Doctors warned the fast could prove fatal.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Doyle Named U S Marshal for Middle District
Washington May 8 President Roosevelt nominated Edward B Doyle of Georgia to be United States marshal for the middle district of that state. The president also nominated Pat Maloy as assistant attorney general and Richard C P Thomas of Kentucky to be district judge of the Panama Canal Zone.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Edward B. Doyle
Georgia
United States
Middle
Pat Maloy
Richard C. P. Thomas
Kentucky
Panama Canal Zone
Doyle Named U S Marshal for Middle Georgia
Edward B. Doyle, mayor of Warm Springs, Ga, and president Roosevelt’s farm manager, was nominated today to be United States marshal for the middle district of Georgia. The Warm Springs foundation, led by the president, treats poliomyelitis aftereffects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Edward B. Doyle
Roosevelt
Middle District
Georgia
Warm Springs Foundation
Roosevelt Proposes Government Industry Partnership for Recovery
President Roosevelt outlined a government partnership with industry to raise wages shorten hours and curb surplus production as part of domestic and international recovery. He signaled use of inflation powers to expand credit buy government bonds and back trade liberalization while pursuing self regulation through anti trust relaxations. The plan includes boosting employment potential by industry driven programs and continuing policy measures to stabilize prices and prevent overproduction.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
House
Wagner
N. Y
J. H. Rand, Jr
Wagner Committee
Weather Outlook for the Southeast United States
South Carolina shows generally fair conditions with possible local thundershowers in the northwest Tuesday afternoon and warmer tonight. Georgia entries forecast fair weather with isolated storms in the north and west central areas Tuesday afternoon and heat noted in the same regions. Florida and Alabama portions predict fair to mostly cloudy skies with similar trends into Tuesday.
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South Carolina
Northwest
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Weather Report: Generally Fair Tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday with no precipitation expected. Calm to light winds prevail as high pressure influences the region. Temperatures will trend mild with modest cooling after sunset.
Congress Pursues Roosevelt Program on Rail. Farm Relief Moves Ahead
Washington May 8 The Roosevelt program advances in Congress with a Senate vote on secrecy code documents and securities regulation while House committees begin hearings on a rail economies coordinator and Muscle Shoals measures. Farm relief inflation bills progress, conference talks loom as lawmakers press for resolution on Norris Simpson cost amendments.
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House
Senate
Fire Rips Ellsworth Center In Suspected Arson Blaze
A Night fire in Ellsworth Maine caused extensive damage with losses estimated around 1.5 million to 3 million and more than 100 homes, with authorities suspecting incendiary origin. Over 100 guards and police protected the area as two persons were seen fleeing the first burning building.
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Ellsworth
Maine
Elsworth
Harold V. Moore
John A. Stuart
National Guardsmen
Main Street
Civilian Forestry Enrollment Shifts to Columbus Today
In Atlanta on May 8, civilian forestry enrollment moved to Columbus. About 100 applicants from Muscogee Chattahoochee Macon Taylor Upson Talbot counties were to report for examinations. The next day 103 more applicants from Chattahoochee Macon Taylor Upson Meriwether Talbot Schley Terrell counties would report.
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Atlanta
Forestry Army
Columbus
Muscogee County
Chattahoochee
Macon County
Taylor
Upson
Talbot
Macon
Meriwether
Schley
Terrell
Muscogee County Prison Warden Held in Killing
Columbus Georgia May 8 officers arrested L M Houser Muscogee county road superintendent and warden of the county convict camp and M Carlisle custodian at the Muscogee camp in connection with the killing of C E Davis Jr a convict guard. Davis was shot four times and found in a car with Thelma Theresa Roberts Holmes who also was killed. A coroner s jury found Davis killed Mrs Holmes and then shot himself. Davis s father swore out the warrants. Arrests followed Chattahoochee officers theory Davis was killed in their county.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
L. M. Houser
Muscogee
M. CarliXsie
Muscogee County
C. E. Davis, Jr
Davis
Thelma Theresa Roberts Holmes
Houser
Carlisle
Holmes
Two Killed in Atlanta Hit and Run
An automobile fleeing the scene killed Henry T. Bellingrath and James G. Gowder at a street intersection Saturday night in Atlanta. Bellingrath 52, once a state food inspector under Governor Talmadge, was an attorney and former football captain at Greovela. Gowder 11 was with him at the time.
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Atlanta
Henry T. Bellingrath
Talmadoe
University of Georgia
James G. Gowder
Bellingrath
Talmadge
Greovela
Mercer University
Compromise on electricity tax approved by committee
The Senate Finance Committee approved a compromise on an electricity tax. It proposes a two percent levy on producers of domestic and commercial energy and a one percent tax on industrial users, starting September 1.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Rubber firm to pay 5 percent worker bonus
The Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co announced plans to pay a 5 percent bonus on weekly earnings to its workers as part of an effort to aid the president's program of increasing purchasing power.
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Congress
Capitol Hil
France rejects moratorium on June 15 debt payment
Paris reports the cabinet backed demanding a guarantee of a moratorium on the June 15 U.S. debt payment, with official note limited to general subjects. Washington notes U.S. officials remain hopeful debtors will pay at least part of the June 15 installments, while Roosevelt would need Congress approval for any postponement.
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Washington
Paris
United States
America
Ward
Daladier
Edouard Herriot
Herriot
Roosevelt
Congress
New Bonus Army Marchers Move Toward Capital
East Radford Virginia May 8 about 78 men claiming to join the new bonus army movement were ejected from a Norfolk and Western freight train. They sought food from the town but authorities took no action. Some carried discharge papers from the Soldiers Home at Johnson City Tennessee.
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East Radford
Bonus
Washington
Norfok and Western
Bristol
Johnson City
Tenn
Marchers from Johnson City Plan Washington Freight Protest
A company of over 200 ex soldiers calling themselves The Second B E F marched into the Southern Railway yard in Johnson City Tennessee and announced plans to board a freight to Washington to protest disability compensation cures. Leaders said members had been or would soon be dismissed from the veterans hospital and would seek a bonus payment from President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
Raiway
Washington
Veterans Hospital
Roosevelt
Twister Unroofs Farms Across Palmetto State
A tornado cut a two mile wide path about thirty miles long from Bruson to Walterboro South Carolina damaging crops and tearing roofs from several dwellings. No injuries reported. The storm followed by hail and rain lasted about an hour around midnight. This marked the second South Carolina tornado in four days after a Friday outbreak in Anderson Greenville and Laurens counties that killed 17 and injured about 100.
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Bruson
D. C
Here
Walterboro
Watterboro
South Carolina
Anderson
Greenville
Laurens
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Edward B. Dolye
U. S
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Nate
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Rankin
D. Miss
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EER
Sholtz
Miami
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Twister
Palmetto State
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