Committee Votes to Retain Bishop Cannon in Position
In Dallas on May 22 the temperance and social service committee of the Methodist Episcopal South voted to keep Bishop James Cannon Jr of Washington DC on the board. Other nominees were named for clerical and lay seats while Wesleyan College president W F Cullen became secretary of the new board.
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Dallas
Texas
Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Episcopal Church South
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
Temperanes and Social Service
Josephus Daniels
Ralerh
N. C
Cannon
A. C G. Millar
Little Rock
M. B
Levin Smith
Parkersburg
W. Va
W. F. Cullen
Wesleyan College
Macon
Board of Christian Education
Tex
Church Board of Temperance and Social Service
Collins Denny
Denny
G. T. Fitzhugh
Memphis
Raleigh
Protes Cannon
Committee On
Fitzhugh
Episcopacy Committee
Bishop Cannon
Kable and Company
Highway Department Opens Bids On Nine Projects
Atlanta May 22 The state highway department opened bids for nine projects totaling about fifty miles of paving sixteen miles of grading and three bridges The largest project was seventeen miles of concrete paving in Harris county on the Chipley Columbus route Other bids included 9 7 miles of lime rock treatment in Brantley county on the Waycross Brunswick highway 10 6 miles of concrete paving with black top in Habersham and Hall counties on the Guinerville Baldwin route 9 19 miles concrete paving between Newton and Walton counties Covington to Madison 8 2 miles of grading on the Marietta Canton highway 6 7 miles of grading on the Louisville Sanderaville route and 2 2 miles of grading on the Jesup Ludowici highway Also two concrete bridges in Cobb and Jefferson counties plus timber treated bridges between Chipley Columbus in Harris county and between Louaville and Sanderaville in Jefferson county
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Atlanta
State Highway Department
Harris County
Habersham
Hall
Newton
Walton
Covington
Madison
Cobb County
Marietta-Canton
Jefferson County
Louisville-Sanderaville
Guess Qualifies as Candidate for Georgia Secretary of State
Carl N. Guess of Stone Mountain Georgia qualified today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Georgia secretary of state. He becomes the third entrant joining Louis Moore of Thomasville and A H Rengle of Bartlesville in the race.
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Aulsata
Carl N. Guess
Stone Mountain
Louis Moore
Thomasrville
A. H. Renglee
Bartlesville
Graf Zeppelin Near Equator on Brazil Run
Graf Zeppelin nears Fernando do Noronha off Brazil as it crosses the equator. The airship reports 250 miles from the island with fine navigation and direct radio contact, planning a stop at Pernambuco before Rio de Janeiro.
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Associated Press
Fernando Do Noronha
Brazil
Pernambuco
Graf
Rio Janeiro
Seville
Brazia
Havana
Fernando Noronha
Taylor Takes Stand in Own Defense at Atlanta Graft Trial
Atlanta mayoral graft trial details show Walter Taylor, the defendant, testifying in his own defense as the court hears testimony from J A Beall who claimed Taylor offered 400 dollars in 1923 to vote for a poolroom license. Beall refused. Courtroom crowded. state trims charges from 25 to 11 counts.
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Taylor
Atlanta
Walter Taylor
J. A. Beall
Solomon Phia
Phia
Beall
Reuben
Arnold
Moore
Boykin
Non Stop Flight to Brazil to Begin Soon
New Haven Conn May 22 Captain Herbert Partridge announced the K of New Haven will depart tomorrow afternoon or Saturday on a long hurled non stop refueling flight to Buenos Aires. The craft will start from Hartford and fly to Havana Cristobal Panama Lima Mendoza before final leg. The 90 hour journey aims to set a new long distance flight record if successful.
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New Haven
Conn
Herbert Partridge
Buenos Aires
Hartford
Havana
Cuba
Cristobal
Panama
Lima
Peru
Mendoza
Argentine
Weather forecast for Southeast states with fair skies
South Carolina will have fair weather tonight and Friday with gentle northeast and east winds. Georgia expects fair conditions tonight and Friday with increasing cloudiness and gentle easterly winds. Florida remains mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with a probable local shower in the extreme south portion and light east or southeast winds.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
British Troops Deployed to Salt Mines to Quell Disorder
Bombay reports British troops dispatched to the Dharasana salt depot to stop nationalist raids as police and troops raid camps near Dharasana and Untadi. In Dharasana clashes injure many, with tallies ranging from three to several hundred. A bank run expands amid unrest as Congress leader K F Narima is jailed for four months.
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Bombay
Dharasana
Untadi
Dharasna
Wadala
Peshawar
Turangzai
Bank of India
Congress
Charleston Shows Population Drop in 1930 Census
Charleston, S C May 22 Preliminary 1930 census figures show Charleston city population at 62 128 down 5 864 from 1920 a drop of 8 6 percent Civic groups call for a recount while noting growth in suburban areas Greater Charleston including suburbs totals 88 846 with outside corporate limits and North Charleston.
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Charleston
S. C
Greater Charleston
North Charleston
Negro Held After Fatal Wreck Near Ridgeland
Ridgeland Mississippi May 22 A coroner jury returns verdict charging Sherman Right a negro held in jail since the death of Charles Nettles former police officer who was killed in an automobile wreck Sunday Right driving recklessly and failing to stop in a crash in which Nettles was thrown from a light truck struck by the car Right operated Three other negroes were in the car none injured Right will be held for the grand jury.
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Ridgeland
5. C
Shurman
Charles Nettles
Nettles
Compromise on Tariff Authority Debates Narrowed by Conferees
Congress conferees move to curb presidential power over emergency tariff changes. A plan would require action based on Tariff Commission recommendations, removing executive discretion. Senate and House acts trim debenture plans and adjust cement duty while soft wood lumber duties settle at $1 per thousand feet.
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Senate
Gr Iver
House
Republican Coalition
Congress
Tariff Commission
Senate Coalition
Detroit Mayor Faces Recall Over Law Enforcement Clash
A citizen committee allied with supporters of Mayor Charles Bowles prepares recall petitions with 12 charges. The action follows Bowles firing Police Commissioner Harold Emmons after Emmons ordered gambling raids that led to 276 arrests, including 80 from a handbook operation near the city hall while Bowles was away at the Kentucky Derby in Louisville.
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Detroit
Charles Bowles
Bowles
Harold B. Emmons
Emmons
Louisville
Alabama Supreme Court denies Wilkinson rehearing in 1928 primary dispute
The Alabama Supreme Court denied Horace C. Wilkinson of Birmingham a rehearing on his appeal seeking an injunction to halt the August Democratic primary in Jefferson County. The case involved barring Senator J. Thomas Heflin and others for not backing the national ticket in 1928.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Horace C. Wilkinson
Birmingham
Jefferson ‘County
J. Thomas Heflin
Jefferson County Court of Equity
Judge Nash K Broyles Seeks Renomination in D6 Court
Renomination bid filed by Judge Nash K Broyles in the District 6 Court of Appeals. The entry fee was paid today as part of the independent campaign filing.
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Nash
Court of Appeals
Television-Ra Talkie Debuts In Schenectady World Premiere
In Schenectady on May 22 the television radio talkie had its world premiere as a theatre attraction. An orchestra in the theatre was led by a life size radio television image of its conductor from a distant laboratory. Merrill Trainor demonstrated the system, shown by Dr. Alexanderson and GE RCA engineers, with signals sent by telephone and broadcast on 92 and 140 meter wavelengths.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Merrill Trainor
E. &. W. Alexanderson
Alexanderson
General Electric Company
Radio Corporation of America
New York
Dr. Alexanderson
General Electric
South Schenectady
Labor Ministry Faces Test in Parliament Today
London May 22 The Ramsay MacDonald Labor government confronts a vote of confidence over unemployment measures. A Labor Party meeting was held to decide support as Sir Oswald Mosley’s resignation unsettles MPs and risks dissolution if defeated.
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London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
King George
Oswald Mosley
Duchy of Lancaster
MacDonald
Oswald
Labor Party
Improvised crematorium sought by Chicago police
Chicago officials say Commissioner John Stage has opened a search for an improvised crematorium used to burn two missing holdums to conceal their identities and thwart ballistic testing of bullet evidence.
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Chicago
John Stage
Vice Presidents Son Testifies in Contract Probe
Chicago May 22 An inquiry into contractors seeking influence for government contracts focused on Harry K Curtis son of the vice president. Curtis a Chicago lawyer testified that he handled legal work for contractors but did not solicit or use any pull. He said he withdrew after learning his name was used as a surety for kickbacks and returned all fees after acknowledging the arrangement.
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Chicago
Washington
Harry K. Curtis
United States
Curtis
Pat Roche
Roche
Mike Malloy
Mique Malloy
Malloy
Pinchot Still Leading Brown in Pennsylvania Race
Gifford Pinchot maintained a lead over Francis Shunk Brown for the Republican gubernatorial nomination as late returns trickled in from rural districts. Unofficial statewide totals showed Pinchot ahead by about 10,000 with 212 districts uncounted. Davis led Grundy for the U S Senate. Official count to begin at noon tomorrow.
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Pinchot
Brown
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
Francis Shunk Brown
Vare
William S. Vare
James J. Davis
United States
Joseph R. Grundy
Davis
Grundy
Fisher
Vranels Shunk Brown
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Phillips, Jr
Davis-Brown
Liberal candidate to oppose Pinchot named in Pennsylvania
Robert K. Cassatt announced a coalition liberal candidate for governor to run against Gifford Pinchot in November. The statement was made in Philadelphia and identifies the Pennsylvania division chair.
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Pinchot
Philadelpha
Gifford ‘Pinchot
Robert K. Cassatt
Pennsylvania
Fight Over Prohibition Pledges Stir Senate Lobby Hearing
Washington May 22 Records of the Anti-Saloon League show pledges totaling 18 175 922 and an average pledge collection of about seven hundred percent of its pledges. F Scott McBride said funds aimed to back a big campaign for the eighteenth amendment with costs and pledges explained to senators.
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Washingon
Senate Lobby Committee
F. Scott McBride
Caraway
League
McBride
Pennsylvania
Senate
New Jersey
Nets
Blaine
Wisconsin
Ilinoia
Hoover
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Sympathies of Two Nations To Gold Star Mothers
Paris and Thencourt May 22 Amb Claudel and General Pershing voiced their nations sympathies for 200 Gold Star Mothers. They spoke at ceremonies during the mothers visit to Paris and a luncheon at the American club. At St Mihiel cemetery German officers stood at attention as mothers arrived and saluted. The mothers later planned to visit Nancy.
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Paris
Claudel
France
John J. Pershing
United States
American Club
Thencourt
Otto Gessler
Germany
St. Mihiel
Nancy
Prohibition Theme Shapes Tuesday Primary in Butler County
Cassatt announced that the party would not back the net candidate on the prohibition platform. Thomas-W Phillips of Butler indicated belief that the Republican nomination should align with an anti prohibition stance. The association district concentrates on the prohibition issue ahead of the Tuesday primary.
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Cassatt
Net
Thomgas
W ‘Phillips
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Smacker
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