Baltimore Woman Seeks Florida Execution for Husband’s Killer
Mrs. Sarah G. Mowbray of Baltimore county seeks to have Florida carry out the execution of J. W. Buchanan, killer of her husband W. C. Mowbray, a prohibition agent. Buchanan has sat on death row since 1929, with seven read terms canceled. Mowbray says she will write Governor Cone urging the verdict be carried out.
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Sarah G. Mowbray
Florida
Mowbray
Baltimore County
J. W. Buchanan
W. C. Mowbray
Buchanan
Florida State Prison
Cone
Women Begin Battling For Augusta Title
A field of top women's golfers started the Augusta titleholders' tournament a 54 hole medal test at Augusta Country Club Bert Berg the Minneapolis schoolgirl is the favorite Helen Hicks former national champion from Hewlett New York and Babe Didrikson Zaharias a noted long hitter were among early entrants Both claim to be businesswomen golfers with no cash prizes offered in this event.
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Augusta
Bert Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Miss Berg
Augusta Country Club
Helen Hicks
Hewhlitt
L. I
Mildred
Rally Round and Sing the Old Songs Song Book
A Washington Information Bureau booklet offers 205 songs with words and music edited by noted musicians. It explains origins of classics like The Star Spangled Banner and Home Sweet Home, in a 144 page 6x9 volume with a three color cover. Enclose 20 cents for cost, handling, and postage using the coupon.
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Washington
America
Information Bureau Notice Encloses Payment for Song Book
The Winchester Evening Star lists the Information Bureau under director Frederick J. Haskin. A payment of twenty cents in coin, carefully wrapped, is enclosed for a copy of Everybody's Song Book, with the name street city state and mailing address specified for Washington D C.
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Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Haskin
Mayor Burton Learns City Hall Has $40,000 Interoffice Phone System
Cleveland mayor Harold H. Burton, after a year in office, found City Hall was equipped with a $40,000 inter office telephone system. Custodian Jack Jones said the batteries always ran down since its 1916 installation and no one had attempted to use the phones for years.
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Cleveland
Harold H. Burton
Jack Jones
Nation on Capitol Hill Plays Key Roles in RFC and Reforms
On Capitol Hill a flurry of activity unfolds as the Senate weighs extending the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and discusses new fiscal powers. The LaFollette and Wheeler committees pursue civil liberties and rail deal reviews while the Bank and Coinage panels examine stabilization funds and monetary authority. House adjourns to Monday as appropriations subcommittees push deficiency and regular bills and farms seeks crop loan policy. Senate blocked RFC extension by Byrd, and House approves special committees for government reorganization.
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LaFollette Committee
Wheeler Committee
van Sweringen
Banking
Appropriations
Agriculture Committee
Still Doesn't Care For Oysters Pearl Surprise
Boston report tells of Harry B. Paul a Akron Ohio sales executive who tried raw oysters on the half shell and found a pearl after five minutes. Assistant manager John J. Clabby of Pauls hotel estimated the pearl’s value at several hundred dollars and Paul kept it as a souvenir while reiterating he still dislikes oysters.
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Boston
Harry B. Paul
Akron
Match Company
John J. Clabby
Paul
Fruit Trees of South Showing Much Activity
Warm weather across the deep south has caused premature growth in fruit and flower crops. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s spread from New Orleans to Miami and as far north as Charlotte and Atlanta. Premature growth threatens with near-inevitable freezes. Florida citrus and peach trees bloom early. Alabama pears and peaches bud. in Georgia's peach belt fears grow that a few more hot days will push tender shoots.
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Jacksonville
Fia
Deep South
New Orleans
Miami
Charlotte
Atlanta
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
One Mile from Winchester On Northwestern Grade
Jan 16 1937 at Northwestern Grade Toney Renner listed with a birth date of January 14 1921 appears in a brief local notice about a distance race location near Winchester. The item notes the exact distance marked as one mile and identifies athlete Toney Renner in the entry.
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Winchester
Toney Renner
Knoxville Whistlers Face Fine for Singing Old Tunes
WPA workers in Knoxville Tennessee record an 1893 ordinance making the singing or whistling of superannuated tunes a misdemeanor. The code lists songs like Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay At the Ball and Two Little Girls in Blue as prohibited public performances.
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Knoxville
Knoxville, Tenn
Jan
WPA
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