Fated Slush Fund Inquiry Expands to New States
Senate campaign funds committee plans further hearings after receiving complaints from New Jersey Alabama and notes from North Carolina and Colorado. Chairman Nye says no decision yet on investigating the Simmons Bailey North Carolina case while hinting New Jersey inquiries may proceed with more unreported expenditures. He will continue with Pennsylvania hearings then travel to Canada before Nebraska and Illinois probe work.
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Washington
New Jersey
Alabama
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nye
Committee
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Telegraph
Colorado
Simmons- Bailey
Canada
Nebraska
Illinois
Endurance Monoplane Forced Down Near Roosevelt Field
The red endurance monoplane piloted by Bob Black and Lou Reichers landed near the Salisbury golf club south of the airport after a motor failure ended a 13 day flight in pursuit of the endurance record. The pilots were unhurt and planned to continue the effort the next day using the green ship.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Bob, Black
Lou Reichers
E. S.T
Daeaa
Salisbury Golf Club
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Black
Black E
Tennessee and Virginia Primary Campaigns Heat Up
In Virginia, embattled Democrats face a quiet primary with Carter Glass renominated unopposed and an eight district contest among five candidates led by R. Dalton Moore. In Tennessee, the biennial Democratic primary awaits a high turnout with governor and U.S. Senate races on the ballot, including Cordell Hull challenging Andrew Todd and Brock Bunning seeking the short-term seat.
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Richmond
Virginia
United States
Carter Glass
R. Dalton Moore
Frank L. Ball
Anti-Saloon League
Ball
Howard Smith
Crandall Mackey
E. H. deJarnette
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Tnnessee
Congress
Cordell Hull
Andrew L. Todd
Murfreesboro
Hull
David W. Dodson
Brock Bunning
William E. Brock
Chattanooga
Henry H. Horton
Lawrence D. Tyson
Senate
John R. Neal
Knoxville
Horton
L. E B. Gwinn
Memphis
First Leg Of His Globe Encircling Trip
Tohn Henry Mears and Henry J. Brown began a long over water leg from New York to Dublin in the City of New York. The pair aimed to complete the journey in about 15 days, pushing the world circumnavigation record toward a new, faster time.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Tohn Henry Mears
North Atlantic
Baldonnel
Dublin
Treeland
Mears
City of New York
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Henry J. Brown
Air Mail
Mary Pickford
Brown
C. B. D. Collyer
Europe
Asia
Graf Zeppelin
Woman's Body Found in Wreck Near York South Carolina
The mangled body of 35 year old Mrs Minnie Martin of Kings Mountain North Carolina was found in a wrecked auto near York South Carolina. Witnesses saw a woman flee the scene and officers found a man's hat and footprints indicating two men and a woman. The car ownership traced to John B McDaniel of Kings Mountain and relatives Gaines Mahaffey and N M Moss identified the remains.
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North Carolina
Lcense
John B. McDaniel
Kings Mountain
Gaines Mahaffey
York
N. M. Moss
Martin
German Aviators Prepare Greenland Flight
German airmen Wolffran Hirth and Oscar Weller, en route to America, brace for the Greenland leg of their flight after a 1,360 mile hop to the Orkney Islands. They shopped for Iceland wool jackets and faced cold conditions as they landed at a makeshift field.
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Reyjavik
Iceland
Wolf Fram Hirth
Oscar Weller
America
Greenland
Orkney Islands
Hirth
Weller
Orkneys
R-100 Repairs Ten to Be Made Shortly
At St Hubert Quebec Aug 2 the British airship R-100 crew began patching the damaged fin without Lakehurst help. Ladders cannot be used due to currents, making the repair slow and dangerous as fabric is lashed on and doped while refueling continues. Officials expect completion in three days before the ship sails to Cardington England and visits Canadian cities en route.
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ST. Hubert
Quc
United States Naval
Lakehurst
N. J
Cardington
England
Witness says Mooney and Billings bombings testimony was lies
Sacramento guards kept the capitol secure as John Macdonald, Baltimore waiter, testified before Governor Young that his prior statements accusing Mooney and Billings of bombing San Francisco’s preparedness day parade were false. He urged sympathy or punishment as he claimed his testimony was untruthful.
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Sacramento
Cali
John Macdonald
Baltimore
C. C. Young
Mooney-Billings
San Francisco
Macdonald
Advisory
Senate Chamber
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Mooney
California Supreme Court
Billings
Driver Blamed for Wreck Near Asheville
A coroner's jury ruled that a truck and sedan collision near Asheville caused four deaths and six injuries due to the negligence of Dave Brown, the sedan driver. The verdict urged Buncombe County grand jury action and Brown's bond was posted by his employers at 2500 dollars.
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Asheville
Dave Brown
Brown
Buncombe County Grand
Standard Oil of New Jersey Plans Tire Sales Network
F H Bedford Jr, a director, announced that Standard Oil of New Jersey and four affiliated firms will begin selling automobile tires to filling stations within two weeks. Stations will be along roads in New England, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and across Canada.
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New York
F. H. Bedford, Jr
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
New England
Delaware
Maryland
North
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Canada
All Quiet on the Western Front at the Broadhurst
The film All Quiet on the Western Front plays the Broadhurst theater Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with high praise from critics including the New York Telegraph calling it the best motion picture ever made. The story has been published in many languages and read by over ten million people. If your name appears in the Enterprise want ads you may see the show as a guest.
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Broadhurst Theater
N. Y. Telegraph
Enterprise
Light turnout marks Kentucky primary amid新 quiet voting
In Kentucky six of eleven districts voted with unusually light turnout. The new law functioned smoothly with ballots sealed for next Wednesday tabulation. No disorder occurred as voters chose among congressional candidates.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Duke Football Practices Early Start This Fall
Duke University's 1938 football squad will begin fall practice on September 2, the traditional opening date for southern colleges. Director of athletics Jimmy De Hart explained the early start aims to mold a large group of inexperienced players into a cohesive unit.
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Durham
Duke University
Jimmy de Hart
de Hart
East Salvages Men’s Doubles Title From Invading Forces
SEABRIGHT N J Aug 2 UP The 37th annual Seabright invitation tennis tournament closed with the east salvaging the men’s doubles title from the far west. Richard N Williams of Philadelphia and J Gilbert Hall of South Orange NJ defeated Sydney B Wood and Frank Shields of New York in five sets 2-6 4-6 6-1 9-7 6-2. Mrs Lawrence A Harper of San Francisco won the women’s singles title defeating Dorothy Cruickshank of Santa Ana California 6-4 6-4. Edith Cross of San Francisco teamed with Hall to defeat Harper and Phil Neer of Portland Oregon in the mixed doubles 6-4 6-3. Wood won the men’s singles yesterday and Cross and Harper won the women’s doubles.
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Seabright
N. J
Far West
Richard N. Williams
Philadelphia
J. Gilbert Hall
South Orange
Sydney B. Wood
Pasadena
Frank Shields
New York
Lawrence A. Harper
San Francisco
Dorothy Cruickshank
Santa Ana
Cali
Edith Cross
Hall
Harper
Phil Neer
Portland
Qoro
Wood
Miss Cross
Eight Die in Arkansas Train Collision Near M'Neal
A head on crash on the St. Louis Southwest line near M Neil Arkansas kills eight aboard two freight trains. Engineers H W Jennings and Al E Simpson among the dead. three unidentified negro victims ride the rods. 50 to 60 box cars derail. causes under review with orders question.
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M’neil
Ark
St. Louis Southwest Railway Company
H. W. Jennings
B. F. White
B. L. McKenzie
al E. Simpson
T. E. Hilburn
Jennings
White
McKenzie
Simpson
Hilburn
Texarkana
Jackson and O Brine Round Out 300 Hours
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine completed 300 hours of sustained flight in their monoplane the Greater St Louis at Lambert Field at 7 11 p m as they pursue the fuel endurance record. they were within 254 hours of tying the present record of about 554 hours set by the Hunter brothers of Chicago.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Greater St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Greenville Selected as Air Mail Stop on Route
The Post Office Department announced Greenville South Carolina will be added as a stop on trips numbers two and three of the New York Atlanta air mail route starting August 29. The change places Greenville among route stops and expands mail service.
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Greenville
Washington
Post Office Department Today
S. C
New York-Atlanta
Duke Daughter Pays Record Customs Duty
Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., daughter of the late Benjamin H. Duke, paid a record 77000 in customs on personal property. She declared 300000 worth of dutiable merchandise bought abroad aboard the Bre men arriving at New York. Most purchases were jewelry with some clothing and souvenirs. Attempts to reach her were unsuccessful.
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New York
The
New York Herald Tribune
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr
Benjamin H. Duke
Kinston Father Kills Family Then Takes His Life
Charles K Bailey 53 killed his wife Irene 40 and their eight year old foster son Henry Clay in their Kinston apartment after financial reverses. He shot himself after, leaving letters detailing the planned double murder and funeral. Bailey, once a police court clerk, had been discharged over alleged account shortages and had been unemployed. He was known in sporting circles and was the son of late Henry C Bailey.
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Kinston
N. C
Charles K. Bailey
Irene
Henry Clay
Bailey
Kinston City Hall
Carolina
Henry C. Bailey
Gaines Advocates New Southern Patriotism and Self Critique
At Columbia University Dr. F. P. Gaines of Washington and Lee University argues the South must face current flaws openly. He proposes a forthright patriotism that accepts educational gaps and calls for remedies rather than evasions.
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Gaines
New York
Southern Club
Columbia University
F. P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
South
Dr. Gaines
Engagement announced between Sara Haardt and Henry L Mencken
Baltimore August engagement notice states Miss Sara Powell Haardt writer to Henry L Mencken editor and author of the American Mercury will marry September 3 in Baltimore. Haardt is a Montgomery Alabama native and literary figure. Mencken turns 59 in September and remains a Baltimore resident with long literary career and collaboration with George Jean Nathan.
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Baltimore
Sara Powell Haardt
Henry L. Mencken
American Mercury
John Anton Haardt
Montgomery
Ala
George Jean Nathan
New York
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Baltimore Herald
The
Sun
Evening Sun
Mencken
Smart Set
Nathan
Calles Married In Rustic Simplicity
In a simple rustic ceremony at his Santa Barbara hacienda General Pultarco Elias Calles former president of Mexico wed Senorita Leonor Liorente at 2 oclock this afternoon in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Santa Barbara
Pultarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Senorita Leonor Liorente
Brown Flayed by Ga Republicans at Savannah Convention
Republicans from nine Southeast states met in Savannah to oppose the Brown led administration faction and pledge to charter a new headquarters in Atlanta to purge party leadership. The group praised Horace Mann’s earlier southern campaign and outlined plans to start a new organization within two weeks with Mississippi representation.
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Savannah
Brown
Atlanta
South
Horace Mann
Hoover
Fred C. Redfern
South Carolina
Lee R. Monroe
Florida
J. A. Carver
Arkansas
O. A. Cotton
Louisiaana
O. R. York
North Carolina
J. W. Farley
Tennessee
R. P. Liffey
Alabama
J. 8. Adams
Virginia
J. W. Arnold
Georgia
Chamered
Mississippi
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Lilianne M. Andreescu
Russia
Nadia de Kosarin
Ciate
Minnie Martin
Quebec
M'Donald Brands
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Standard Oil
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H. L. Mencken
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