Lindberghs Fly From Churchill to Baker Lake on North Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh departed Churchill at 12 45 p m en route to Baker Lake 375 miles north as authorities and wireless stations monitored the trip to prevent a repeat of past communication difficulties. The couple refueled and inspected the plane in front of the Canadian frontier town before resuming the journey.
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Churchill, Man
Baker Lake
Churchill
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Canada
Moose Factory
Lindberghs to Leave Ottawa This Morning
Wireless operator reports Col and Mrs Lindbergh will depart between 10 and 1 Eastern time. AP log notes movement from New York to Washington and back, with July entries and times. Continued on page 5.
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Ottawa
Churchi
Department of Marine
Grasshoppers Rampage Across Northwest Iowa Crops
In Des Moines on August 3, grasshoppers devastate crops across western Iowa. State officials plan to spread poison bran and molasses by air, following success in neighboring states. The pests threaten livestock feed and even Governor Dan Turner’s desk, with reports of a wagon tongue chewed and other surfaces devoured.
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Des Moines
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa Department of Agriculture
C. J. Drake
Dan Turner
Grandmother Held in Robbery Ties to Police Killings
Chicago police held 57 year old Anna Baranski after a car used in a spree of robberies ran into a light pole. Identified by victims of 35 robberies, the suspect is linked to the robbery that left her son dead in a police shootout.
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Chicago
Anna Baranski
Tar Heel Democracy Faces Political War
North Carolina politics heated up as Frank Grist announced his Democratic Senate bid with a dry platform and tobacco tax plans. He urged strict Volstead Act enforcement while R R Reynolds backed a wet campaign, fueling primary tensions across the state.
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Tar Heel
Charlotte
Frank Grist
North Carolina
Grist
R. R. Reynolds
Asheville
Rey
Nolds
North Caro
Thomas C
Tom) Bowie
West Jefferson
David P. Dellinger
Cherryville
Dennis G. Brummitt
Statesville
Gambling Charges Hit Prominent Tar Heelers
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports warrants issued by Sheriff W A Garren for arrest of alleged gambling operators and patrons at the Clairmont country club near Hendersonville. Names were not released pending service. returnable before Judge J Foy Justice on August 10 in Henderson county. Several Asheville Buncombe and Henderson residents implicated in the broad crackdown.
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Asheville
N. C
Plato Edney
Henderson
J. Foy Justice
Henderson County
Buncombe County
Citi
Fifteen Men Swept to Death in Canal Crash at Montreal
The steamship Rapids Prince crashed into Lachine canal lock gates, sending a six foot surge that swept 15 men into the St Lawrence. Rescue boats saved several workers on shore as traffic on the canal halted. Authorities search for the missing 15.
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Montreal
Lachine Canal
Canada
Canal
St. Lawrence River
Texas aviators headed for Japan
Fairbanks Alaska reports the Fort Worth monoplane failed in a second non stop Seattle to Tokyo attempt. Reg L Robbins and Harold S Jones may have refueled near Unalakleet but no contact with the refueling ship had been confirmed by 9 am. Unalakleet is remote and radio linked with Nome.
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Robbins
Jones
Alaska
Seattle
Tokyo
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Seattle-Tokyo
Settle
Reg L. Robbins
Harold S. Jones
Unalakleet
Nome
Com
Federal judges review peddler tax injunction in border case
A three judge federal court opened arguments on a petition from South Carolina produce growers for a permanent injunction against North Carolina's 50 dollar peddlers license. Judge Webb granted a temporary injunction earlier, contending the tax interfered with interstate commerce. Judges Parker and Watkins joined, with C Wyche of Spartanburg representing the South Carolinians. The case centers on whether federal equity jurisdiction applies when state tax measures affect neighboring state residents.
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South Carolina
Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
North Carol General Assembly
E. Yates Webb
John J. Parker
Charlotte
H. H. Watkins
Anderson
S. C
Webb
Co. C. Wyche
Spartanburg
Federal Court of Equity
Court of Equity
Crash Victims Rest In Hospital
ROCKY MOUNT N C Aug 3 Lonnie Carter 33 of Greenville and Mrs Mathews 20 of Kinston remained in serious condition at a hospital today after a car with five Negroes collided with a car driven by Early Rhodes of Kinston Rhodes escaped injury Lonnie Carter 38 also injured reported improved two children in Rhodes car not seriously hurt Police know the names of the Negroes but have not found any of them
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Lonnie Carter
Greenville
Mathews
Kinston
Early Rhodes
Rhodes
Noted Pastor Asked To Quit
The deacons of First Presbyterian Church Birmingham request that Dr. Trevor P. Mordecai resign for not cooperating in church life. The church voted 260 to 101 to decline severing his pastoral relations, and the Birmingham Presbytery met to consider the issue.
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Birmingham
Ala
Trevor P. Mordecai
First Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
Mordecai
Edison in serious condition in Llewellyn Park home
Thomas A. Edison, 84, shows improved but precarious condition after a period of ill health. Dr. Hubert S. Howe reports a satisfactory night and increasing interest in outside affairs as a special police guard watches the estate. The article notes his combined Bright's disease and diabetes and describes his Llewellyn Park residence and its historic rooms and mementos.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas Alva Edison
Hubert S. Howe
Llewelly Park
Edisons
Howe
Charles
Edison
Mr. Edison
Bright
Nina Miller
Llewellyn Park
Mary G. Stillwell
Miss Miller
H. C. Peder
Mrs. Edison
Krupp
Germany
Light
Noted Educator Is Laid To Rest
Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the University of South Carolina, was buried in Columbia in the first Presbyterian church yard after a brief illness. Governors and state leaders attended along with presidents of state colleges and other officials.
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Columbia
8. C
D. M. Douglas
University of South Carolina
First Presbyterian
Blackwood
John G. Richards
Eugene 8. Blease
Air ages heading toward new goals
Tokyo August 3 Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon arrived in Khabarovsk Siberia after a 1200 mile flight from Chita in eastern Siberia. The dispatches say they landed at 1:55 am Khabarovsk time to continue their world record air voyage.
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Tokyo
Rengo
American Globe Fliers
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Chita
Log of Pangborn and Herndon Transcontinental Flight
The log details Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr crossing Europe and Asia from Floyd Bennett Field to Moscow and beyond, describing landings at Moylegrove Croydon Berlin and Tempelhof, with weather challenges and mountain-range avoidance as they approach Chita and the last Asiatic terminal. Moscow dispatch notes they are more than halfway to the Post Gatty time.
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Herndon
Pangborn
Associated Press
Floyd Bennett Field
N. J
Moylegrove
England
Croydon Airdrome
London
Croydon
Tempelhof Airdrome
Berlin
Moscow
Jiettegari
Omsk
Siberia
Chita
Rim of the World
Sibe
Sam Day Surrenders in Sheriff Harris Slaying Case
Texarkana dispatch reports Sam Day, 19, jailed in Little Rock after surrendering to end a multi state manhunt for the Miller county sheriff killing during a still raid. The census lists 29 percent of unemployed as 20 to 30 years old with about 500 thousand over 50 and 269 thousand aged 10 to 20.
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Texarkana
Ark
Sam Day
Arkansan
Walter Harris
Miller County
Little Rock
Washington
America
Census Bureau
Former Tennessee figure Alf Taylor reported with slight recovery
In Johnson City Tennessee physicians said a minor chance for Alf Taylors recovery existed after he underwent kidney surgery. Attendants noted he took nourishment and rested well following the operation and that hope remained based on his condition.
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Johnson City
Tenn. Au
Alf Taylor
Tennessee
Liberal Leader Lloyd George Shows Steady Recovery
London report states David Lloyd George, veteran Liberal leader, is progressing satisfactorily today from last week's kidney operation. He remains under care but shows signs of improvement as doctors monitor his condition.
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London
David Lloyd George
Hendersonville Tragedy. farmer kills wife and child then flees
Plato Edney, a Henderson county farmer, shot and killed his wife and child at his home eight miles from Hendersonville and fled into the mountains. Also reports of a yacht tragedy as Ernest Friend drowns off Cowes while King George watches, and Amy Johnson flying crew lands in Chita beginning leg toward Tokyo.
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Hendersonville
N. C
Plato Edney
Henderson County
Cowes
Isle of Wight
King George
Ernest Friend
Britannia
Moscow
U. S
Amy Johnson
England
Tokyo
Chita
American fliers tour Istanbul with Turkish aviation group
Russell Boardman and John Polando, American pilots, were taken on a sightseeing tour of Istanbul today by members of the Turkish Aviation League as part of their visit.
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Istanbul
Turkey
American Turkey Fliers
Russell Boardman
John Polando
Turkish Aviation League
Boy Hero Dies Under Train To Save Sister
Cowpens South Carolina reports the burial plans for Shirard Jackson a nine year old boy who saved his eight year old sister Shirley and playmate William Revels by jumping onto the tracks to push them aside as trains approached from opposite directions.
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Boy Hero
Sister
Cowpens
Shirard Jackson
Shirley
William Revels
Georgia Women Oppose Lincoln Birthday Holiday
Augusta activists from two Confederate veterans groups protest a Georgia move to honor Abraham Lincoln with a legal holiday. Legislator T. W. Mattox planned a Lincoln birthday resolution, while Augusta’s United Daughters of the Confederacy and Ladies Memorial Association leaders telegraphed opposition, urging respect for southern traditions.
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Augusta
Abraham Lincoln
Georgia
T. W. Mattox
Colquitt County
General Assembly
Lincoln
W. W. Battey
United Fighters of the Confederacy
Ada Ramp Walden
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Lin
Conspiracy Indictment Questioned By Attorney
In Asheville on August 3 a Buncombe County courtroom prepared for the $1,300,000 conspiracy case against Col Luke Lea of Nashville and three co defendants. Defense lawyers argued that the indictment mixes three separate crimes and asked the judge to choose one theory. The trial resumed with bank ledgers and portfolios as the prose cution seeks to prove defrauding the Central Bank and Trust Company.
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Asheville
Buncombe County
Col
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Central Bank and Trust Company
Wallace B. Davis
E. P. Charlet
Nashville
Lea
Carlyle
Littleton
Giles L. Evans
Defense
M. V. Barnhill
Barnhill
Nashville, Tenn
Shaw urges youth to follow Russia's path says to today’s youth
George Bernard Shaw, returning from Moscow, tells the young to face the east and cast their lot in Russia. He declares the balance of opportunity has shifted east of Horace Greeley to beyond Stalin and says Russia is putting its house in order. He notes he and the Astors were treated like kings, with good food, in Russia.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Russia
Moscow
Horace Greeley
Ciy
Joseph Stalin
Lord
Lady Astor
Memphis Cops Question C Rex King Over Slayings
MARION Arkansas August 3 C Rex King of Yancey County North Carolina faced Memphis men to determine if he aided Burton Hensley and Woodrow Wilson before their bodies were found near here last October. He was brought from Asheville North Carolina after his arrest and denies any connection claiming he was in Texas at the time.
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Marion
Ark
C. Rex King
Yancey County
North Carolina
Memphis
Burton Hensley
Woodrow Wilson
Here
King
Asheville
N. C
Texas
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Mattox
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G. B. Shaw
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