Queen Mary christened Cunard White Star liner in Clydebank
Queen Mary, the living monarch named ship, christened by Queen at Clydebank amid royal and diplomatic presence. The 73 000 ton liner will cross Atlantic at about 31 knots with 12 decks and four propellers, costing an estimated 330 million dollars.
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Clydebank
Glasgow
Scotland
Great Britain
Britannia
King George
Prince of Wales
Robert W. Bingham
United States
Bingham
Queen Mary
Clyde
Cart
Cunard Company
White Star Line
Probers Examine Government Loans to Ward Line in Morro Castle Case
Federal investigators widening Morro Castle inquiry focus on government loans to Ward Line, operator of the liner. Witnesses testify the ship exceeded safety rules, fire started in writing room, and gasoline lines and detector systems were reportedly mishandled or disconnected.
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New York
Morro Castle
Ward Line
John Walter Barrell
Department of Commerce Shipping Board Bureau
Shipping Board
Dickerson N. Hoover
Barnett
Radio Shack
Hoover
Howard Hansen
Courish
Board of Inquiry
Ivan Freeman
List of Jurors Drawn for October Superior Court
A long roster lists jurors drawn for October sessions of the superior court. Names appear in weekly blocks, including Emery R. Rehberg T. C. McKibben F. W. Upton J. E. Robison N. K. Stegall and many others, followed by a grand jury slate with P. A. Adams D. M. Shelley and more.
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Superior Court
Key Faces Opposition for Renomination as Mayor of Atlanta
Atlanta on September 26 sees Mayor James L. Key seek renomination in a Democratic primary against Roy Le Craw and Alderman J Charlie Murphy. Key touts his record while opponents push for fiscal reforms, outside residency taxes, TVA power, and tougher crime measures.
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Key
Atlanta
James L. Key
Roy le Craw
J. Charlie Murphy
le Craw
Murphy
TVA
Canzoneri Fights Dublinsky At Ebbets Field
Tony Canzoneri former lightweight champion meets Harry Dublinsky of Chicago in a ten round bout at Ebbets Field tonight. The wager or outcome is not stated.
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New York
Tony Canzoneri
Harry Dublinsky
Chicago
Ebbets Field
Convicts Fugitives Identified After Mass Escape Near Savannah
A continued report lists ten inmates who fled during a breakout. Names given include Caesar Hagee Mark Howard Joe Darley Garfield Thomas an unidentified dead man Willie Harmon Charles Davis C Richardson Albert Streeter and Robert Brown. The men resided at the county convict camp about 16 miles from Savannah.
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Caesar Hagee
Mark Howard
Joe Darley
Garfield Thomas
the Dead Man
Willie Harmon
Charles Davis
C. Richardson
Albert Streeter
Robert Brown
Savannah
More Lindbergh Ransom Money Recovered
Homer S. Cummings met in New York with Francis X. Fay of the U S department of justice to discuss the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Cummings expressed belief Hauptmann was the right man and noted a prior change was made on command of Captain Robert Wilmott who died before a ship fire that caused heavy loss of life.
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Freeman
Robert Wilmott
Roosevelt to Study NRA Plans and the Strikers Pleas
President Roosevelt returns to Washington to address NRA reorganization and the textile strikers' complaints. Donald Richberg, after talks with the president, would not confirm plans for new NRA administration. The arrival from Hyde Park drew a small cheering crowd.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Hyde Park
White House
Lindbergh Suspect Hauptmann Faces Extortion Trial
New York reports Col Charles A Lindbergh testified before a Bronx county grand jury probing Bruno Hauptmann in the extortion case. Lindbergh arrived with Col Norman Schwarzkopf, smiled on the way to the eighth floor, while police kept a clear path in the corridor.
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New York
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bronx
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Grand Jury
H Norman Schwarzkopf
Ew Jersey State Police
Englewood
N. J
John J. Lyons
McDonald
Col. Schwarzkopf
Col. Lindbergh
New Jersey
Schwarzkopf
Bronx County
N. Norman Schwarzkopf
Grand Jury Room
Hauptmann
Ransom Money Found in Hauptmann Garage
Four rolls of bills totaling about 840 dollars were discovered in Bruno Hauptmann's garage. District Attorney Samuel J. Foley said Hauptmann admitted the money was part of the Lindbergh ransom and denied any further funds on the premises. He noted a continuing search after previous finds of 13 750 dollars last week.
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New York
Samuel J. Foley
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Foley
Hauptmann
Lindbergh Case Officers Find More Ransom Money
Police dismantling Hauptmann’s garage uncover more Lindbergh ransom money stuffed in four holes of a board and a loaded auto in a fifth hole. The discovery adds to the evidence in the high profile kidnapping case.
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Lindbergh
Associated Press
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Local Visitors and Notices Parade Through City
Local residents and visitors are listed with brief mentions of trips, business visits, and family news. Names include Mr. QO. F. Waice of Macon, Mr. S. B. Allen of Atlanta, Mr. R. N. Clark of Atlanta, Mr. W.M. Hill of Rome, Mr. W.J. Moore Jr. of Atlanta, Mr. A. S. McDougald of Savannah, Mr. J. L. Edgerton of Atlanta, and Mrs. C. O. Kimbell among others.
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Mr. A. S. McDougald
Savannah
Mr. J. L. Edgerton
Atlanta
C. O. Kimbell
T. A. Pace
Snelton Chastain
Photographs Plain and Oil Tinted Good Work Prompt Service
Albany visitor W. W. Parks Jr. was in town yesterday while Burness Moore departed for Atlanta to resume medical studies at Emory. Mrs Joe Oxendine of Fort Worth Texas visits Col Walter Burch’s home. Lindbergh testified before a Bronx grand jury on the extortion case tied to the $50 000 ransom. U S Attorney General Homer S Cummings met with justice department agents noting Hauptmann as the likely receiver. Bronx jail staff report Hauptmann sobbing in his cell overnight.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Bronx County Grand Jury
Hauptmann
CUMMINGS CONFERRS ON LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING CASE
U S Attorney General Homer S Cummings met in New York with Francis X Fay head of the Bureau of Investigation and voiced satisfaction with developments in the Lindbergh kidnapping case He affirmed Hauptmann is the right man and that doubts are unfounded.
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Cummings
New York
U. S
Homer S. Cummings
Francis X. Fay
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Developmens
Hauptmann
Former Georgian Held for Threatening Lives of Wife and Others
Camden New Jersey September 26 A man identified as Paul Swicord 26 of Whigham Georgia formerly Brunswick Georgia was arrested in a fight with police on charges of threatening the life of his estranged wife Frances 20 and three other persons He allegedly followed her from their Georgia home held three people at pistol point in a Pennsauken rooming house and after she returned pretended a faint on the porch The wife said she left him months ago fearing he would kill her Police overpowered Swicord after a struggle a letter found in his pocket addressed to Mrs S P Swicord of Whigham apparently threatening death by his own hand was recovered
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Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Anna
Mark Groeningen
Herr Schoeffler
United States
America
Switzerland
Camden
N. J
Paul Swicord
Whigham
Brunswick
Frances
Georgia
Pennsauken
Hoxie to Appear With Downie Bros Circus inThomasville
Famous western star Jack Hoxie headlines the Downie Bros Circus in Thomasville on Thursday October 4 with matinee and night shows on the Dixie highway grounds. The cast includes Hollywood cowboys and Miss Nixie Starr plus sound crew for on site filming and a revived street parade for the season.
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Jack Hoxie
Big Sparks
Downie Brothers Circus
Thomasville
Downie Bros. Circus
Dixie Highway Circus
Hoxie
Hollywood
Nixie Starr
Macon
Pierpont appeal from sentence of death dismissed
Ohio Supreme Court dismissed Harry Pierpont's appeal from a death sentence for the Lima sheriff slaying. The court granted the prosecutor's motion to dismiss the petition in error as of right of Pierpont's attorneys. October 17 was set for execution. Makley’s appeal was moot after his death.
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Columbus
Harry Pierpont
Jesse Larber
Lima
Ohio Supreme Court
E. M. Botkin
Allen County
Pierpont
Charles Mak‘Jey
Ohio
Makley
Extra Special Vat Due for 2000 Yards at 36 Inch
A note records a vat due of 80 square for Extra Special material measured at 2000 yards with a 36 inch specification. The terse entry lists the quantity and unit, indicating a tax or duty assessment.
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Goldstein
Circus Parade Charms City With Mile-Long Colorful Route
At 11 30 a m crowds throng to watch a parade that stretches over a mile and radiates vivid color and splendor, a daily tradition in this part of town.
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Queen Mary OF England
NEW Cunardwhite Star
Britain
Ward Steamship Line
Secom
J. J. Boswell Albert Feinberg
H. J. Labastie
E. J. Norton
G. W. Selph
E. G. Wheeler S. A. Chastain Lee Daniels
E. J. Burns R. R. Parrish
G. L. Clark
Co. C. Johnson
W. S. Anderson H. H. Williams
A. E. Cooper
P. H. Ward J. J. Parramore
M. C. Bowers
L. V. McKinnon R. L. Merritt
D. J. Baker
J. .B. Akridge
E. V. Halt
N. Neel
J. E. Hill
K. E. McBride
BE. W. Weeks H. J. Thompson
R. L. Williams
J. W. Davis
Cc. S. Mallard
H. T. Murphy J. L. Cook
S. A. Tillman
J. A. Johnson
Relious Hobbs
J. E. Selph
R. L. Dunn
W. 4H. Par
A. M. Singletary
Frank Mitchell
M. T. Nunnally, Jr
E. T. Horne
E. D. McCrae
J. A. White Shelton Chastain
W. F. Quarterman
C. J. Maddox
Wm. M. Bradshaw
W. E. Cochran
Conzoneri
New York Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Union Station
Donald Richberg
Richberg
Lindy
Mr. QO. F. Waice of
S. B. Allen
R. N. Clark
W.M. Hill
Rome, Ga
W.J. Moore, Jr
Funderbark & Taylor
W Carroll Hil
Virginia Parker
Gainesville
North Carolina
Bryant McCullough Sells
Sells
Eleanor McClearen
Triangle
South Broad Singletary & Cooper
A. D. Little
Anne Little
Mrs. Little
Miss Little
Highlands, N. C
Roy A. Hill
B. L. Brewton
Harry Feinberg
Florence Feinberg
Joe Feinberg
New Orleans
Ference Feinberg
Sophie Newcomb College
Tulane University
Feinberg
E. Woody
W. W. Parks, Jr
Albany
Burness Moore
Emory University
J.J. Blanton & Son
Joe Oxendine
Fort Worth
Texas
Walter Burch
Math
Sparks
Screen Star
Ford U
Detroit
Easy Terms Thru ‘Universal Credit Company
Ford
South
Thomasville Sales CO
Thomasville Ga
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