Two Negroes Electrocuted at State Pen in Raleigh
Dortch Waller and Taft Williams both condemned for murder were executed by electric chair at the State prison in Raleigh. Waller aged 43 from Oxford claimed innocence and spoke to observers after the strap in. Williams, alias Williamson, received two shocks and died shortly after. Olivia Glascoe, The Carolina Tribune society editor, witnessed the executions the first such spectator in 12 years and the first time two men were put to death the same day in the state.
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Dortch Waller
Taft Williams
State’s
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Williams
Williamson
Olivia Glascoe
The
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Route 2
Oxford
Granville County
John Harris
George Coleman
E. C. Lawrence
First Negro Congregational Church
Doctor's Slayer Caught In Chicago
Chicago police capture 26 year old Canton Missouri carpenter Mandeville Zenge in a West Side taxi garage. He confesses after initial questioning while prosecutors examine motive tied to Dr Walter J Bauer's brutal murder and a suspected love triangle with Bauer's widow. Evidence includes a ransom note tied to a Lake Michigan boat and a blood stained clothing trail.
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Mandeville
Man
West Side
Chicago
Madeville Zenge
Canton
Missouri
Walter J. Bauer
Zenge
Captain Gilbert
Harry Hoffman
Cook County
Charles S. Dougherty
Dr. Bauer
Bauer
Louise
Ann Arbor
Mich
The
State University
Kirksville, Mo
College of Osteopathy and Surgery
John Stege
Lake
Otto Frianson
Erianson
Zense
Leighton
Criminal Course
Leighton Zenge
C. V. Stange
Caston
Republicans Attack New Tax Program
Washington August 2 Republicans lambasted and Democrats defended the administration s new 270 000 000 tax bill as the House met early to finish general debate by nightfall Leaders hoped for a final vote by tomorrow but faced little cooperation Only 30 members present quorum call 40 minutes.
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Washington
House
Weed Market Flooded But Prices Hold Across Georgia Belt
Atlanta reports opening day flood of Bright Leaf tobacco in Georgia warehouses as authorities note heavy offerings in 15 market cities led to unsold floors. Tifton and Moultrie posted large sales with averages near 22 cents, while government grade prices ranged from 30.50 to 10.80 cents per pound for cutters and lugs.
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Georgia
Tifton
Moultrie
Vadosta
Department of Agriculture
Ee Ee
Cébl
Federal Tobacco Market Itema Service
President Faces No Action Over Insane Campaign Claim
White House signals no criminal move against E P Cramer of Plainsfield New Jersey who testified to a Senate lobby panel about a whispering campaign alleging President Roosevelt was insane. Legal experts see libel risk but say action unlikely.
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Catherine Curtis
New York
Women Investors, Inc
Senate
Investmet
Whit Wells
P. Cramer
Plainfield
N. J
Senate Lobby Committee
Roosevelt
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Supreme Court
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Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Fiiegenheimer
Schultz
Washington
White House
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Plainsfield
Cramer
Patton
D-Tex
House Rules Committee
E. V. Sellers
NRA
Fleo Brennan
Sellere
Bianton
Laval Says Arbitration Resume Planned for Ethiopian Crisis
Aug 2 Geneva report says Italy Britain and France reached a draft arbitration plan to settle the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Mussolini balked at full acceptance and Laval prepared wording with Pompeo and Aloisi while Bri tish and Italian experts seek a consensus. Ethiopian delegation reportedly unhappy with the formula. The League council to meet and decide whether to adopt the terms or hold further private talks.
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Italy
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Ethiopia
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Associated Geneva
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Baron Pompeo A
Maint
League of Nations Council
Ts ‘Low
Ouneil
Anthony Edes
Prince Mdivani Dies in Spain Car Crash
Prince Alexis Mdivani aged 31 died instantly when his roadster hit a culvert and plunged into a gully near Albans Gerona province. His young female companion was critically injured and taken to Gerona Clinical hospital. The Georgian prince, once married to Barbara Hutton, had been visiting at Palamos the home of his sister Mrs Jose Maria Sert before the crash.
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Spain
Alexis Mdiveni
Barbara Hutton
Perpignan
France
Palamos
Mdivani
Jose Maria Sert
Roesting
Albans
Gerona
Gerona Clinical Hospital
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Zachary Mdivani
Czar
Nicholas
Russia
Post to Fly Across Alaska In New Red Monoplane
Wiley Post and his wife prepared a new red monoplane with pontoons for a pleasure cruise that will send them from Seattle toward Juneau and Fairbanks. The trip covers about 8000 miles starting in Los Angeles and includes a crossing to Nome and possible sea leg to Siberia.
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Wiley Post
Alaskan
Moscow
Juneau
Alaska
Post
Mrs. Post
Winnie Mae
Filer
Here
Fairbanks
Nome
Soara
Siberian
Freak Chick Hatched In Guilford County
In Greensboro on August 2 Frank Melby hatched a black Minorca chick with a horn on its head no eyes wings tied to its neck and feet positioned to keep it upright It stands erect and is fed with a spoon due to an unusually shaped beak though healthy in appearance
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Greensboro
Frank Melby
Melby
Four Arrested For Spy Plot In France
In Nice France police disclosed an alleged spy ring with four arrests. A German named Eugene Hahn, labeled the spies post office, coordinated information from others who were intercepted at Hahn’s Beausoleil apartment near the Monaco frontier.
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France
Eugene Hahn
Post Office
Hahn
Beausoleil
Monaco
Treason Crimes to Be Death Penalty Under New Nazi Code
Berlin reports state secretary Roland Freisser announced new penal code provisions making treasonable acts against the Nazi party and its organization subject to the death penalty. Foreign treason acts would also be punishable, though not treason against the people. The remarks came on the first anniversary of Marshal Hindenburg’s death as Hitler’s one man rule began.
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Roland Freisser
Ne Istry of Justice
Ieee
Nazi Germany
Marshal Paul von Hindenburg
George Washington
United States
Washington
von Hindenburg
Germania
Reich
Germany
Mueller
Governor Commutes Carter Sentence in Mecklenburg Case
Charlotte dispatch reports Governor Ehringhaus commuted the death sentence of Will Thomas Carter to life imprisonment. Assistant Police Chief Frank N. Littlejohn denounces the parole system and calls for tougher punishment for crimes. He criticizes lack of police consultation prior to the commutation and cites evidence gathered in Carter's conviction.
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Aus
Will Thomas Carter
Mecklenburg County
Frank N. Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Ehringhaus
Carter
Edwin M.) Gill
Maureen Orcutt Wins Biltmore Forest Invitational
Mrs. Maureen Orcutt Crews of Miami captured the 13th annual Biltmore Forest invitation golf tournament in Asheville defeating Jane Cothran of Greenville in the finals.
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Asheville
N. C
Maureen Orcutt Crews
Miami
Jane Cothran
Greenville
Bandits steal 824000 in Denver robbery
Gunmen robbed Max Schwartz a real estate man on a main downtown street taking 21000 in cash stocks and jewelry. The heist occurred in Denver as authorities investigated the daylight assault and subsequent escape.
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Denver
Max Schwartz
New Speed Tilt Aims at Record on Utah Salt Flats
London seeks 21 miles per hour faster United States speed record on Utah salt flats and aims to boost his own world automobile record.
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London
United States
Utah
Salt
Japanese Fleet Sets Course for Northwest Pacific Maneuvers
The combined first and second Japanese fleets steamed toward the northwest Pacific for annual drills after a informal review before Emperor Hirohito in Hayama.
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Hayam
Japan
Bay
Northwest Pacific
Hirohito
One Eyed Driver Enigma Baffles Woman
Mrs. W. W. Anderson returned from a trip to find a crumpled fender after a truck with a blind eye and crossed eye swerved into her path. She chased no license nor name as the driver yelled and fled.
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Charlotte
W. W. Anderson
Mattress Factory Burns At Prison
A pile of ashes remains of the mattress factory at Central Prison Raleigh after a fire swept through the building late yesterday. The main prison complex housing about 600 inmates was not endangered. Officials could not determine the cause. Damage estimated under $1,000 and covered by insurance.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Hosiery Theft Cases Continued for High Point Suspects
The cases of Robert Lamet, Tom Tatum, and R. P. Pope of High Point were continued in Superior Court for the term. They are charged with larceny in connection with the theft of about $1,400 worth of hosiery from the Adame Millis plant in High Point.
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Greensboro
Robert Lamet
Tom Tatum
R. P. Pope
High Point
Adame-Millis
Superior Court
Ethiopian Woman Calls Women to Armies in Haile Selassie Era
Addis Ababa reports Woisero Asagadatch, a noblewoman and relative of Ras Tessamma, vows to organize an all female army. She insists women will fight with rifles and knives, not just nursing, and cites past Addis campaigns as precedent. A rally of 600 Ethiopian Red Cross women aided by Paula Lecler, Abba Betch, and others preceded the appeal.
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Associated Pres
Adua
Asagadath
Ethiopia
Ras Tessamma
Menelik
North Carolina South Carolina Weather Forecast
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with possible mountain showers Saturday afternoon. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras indicate moderate to fresh southwest, while Hatteras to Jacksonville show westerly winds with scattered showers in the north portion and overcast skies tonight and Saturday.
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