Mediterranean Powers Seek Non Intervention In Spain War
As frigid turmoil hits the Iberian peninsula Spain faces a looming accord among major powers to avoid war while opposing factions clash on three fronts in the civil conflict. France and Britain reportedly press for non intervention with Italy, Germany, and Russia courted to back the policy amid renewed offensives around Zaragoza and Madrid and fresh naval actions along the coast.
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Europe
France
Britain
Italy
Paris
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
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Zaida
Aragon
Nghold
Zaragoza
Guadarrama
Madrid
San Sebastian de Bay of Biscay
Emilion
Pamp
Surge of brief city and national notices across states
Reports from Idaho Idaho Boise Raleigh and Dyersburg note events from martial law proclamations to tremors and labor unrest. Samuel Reeves announces wage rise at ixtron. Lindbergh criticized by Danish press. Idaho picket violence injures workers. Roosevelt plans drive for reelection. Chester wreck leaves two injured in Greenville.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Velt
Reelec
Tie Naional Committee
Ing
Wreck Chester
Robert Scog
Greenville
Candy Manuuver
Ralph Johnson
Charles
Williamson Moves Into Finals With Olympic Triumph
The second day of Olympic competition in Berlin saw American sprinters Jesse Owens and Helen Stephens shine as Karl Hein set a hammer throw record. Ralph Metcalfe fell to MWrrane awen Sank 405 MVUMND in a 10.3 second dash, while Stephens and Annette Rogers reached the women's 100 meters final. Germany led in field events with Hein posting 66.49 meters. US track stars qualified for finals in 800 meters, and wrestling teams advanced despite a loss for Roy Dunn. Germany moved to 31% to lead the medal table, while the US stood at 46% in unofficial track scoring.
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Jesse Owens
Helen Stephens
Karl Hein
Mwwrane Awen
Mvumnd
Amtria LI
Itum Vou
America
Ralph Metcalfe
Chicago
Stella Walsh
Hein
Erwin Blask
Bill Rowe
Don Favor
United States
John Woodruff
Chuck Hornbostel
Harry Williamson
North Carolina
Germany
Finland
Roy Dunn
Hope
Oklahoma A
Nils Akerlind
Sweden
A York, Pa
Tony Terrazzo
Railroads Fail to Make Freight Surcharges Permanent
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a petition by class one railroads to convert emergency freight surcharges into permanent rates. The surcharges, a potential $104 million yearly, were set to expire December 31 after a six month extension. Railroads may seek reconsideration or target specific rate increases, while shippers argue the surcharges hinder traffic and divert business to other transport modes.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Kwangsi Troops Stream Toward Shanghai Front
Shanghai dispatch reports Kwangsi provincial troops advancing toward the Shanghai area as tensions rise during the August confrontation. No further details available in readable text.
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Shanghai
Jimmy Walker Is Still a Democrat
Former New York Mayor James J. Walker, who resigned in 1932 amid an office probe, returned from Europe and declared he remains a Democrat and will vote the Democratic ticket. He said he is not politically ambitious and bears no ill will toward anyone.
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New York
James J. Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe
Walker
Normandie
Raleigh Times Publisher John Park Arrives in Santiago
John Park publisher of The Raleigh Times arrived in Santiago Chile from Argentina by air on August 8 accompanying fellow newspapermen as part of a press delegation.
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Santiago
John Park
Raleigh Timese
Argentina
Coughlin Calls Roosevelt Communist in New England Speech
In New Bedford and East Providence the controversial priest labels Franklin D. Roosevelt as a communist. He claims Hoover would have caused more capital dynamite and accuses Roosevelt of socialist promises.
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Detroit
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
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National Union For Social Justice
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Husband Held in Murder of Wife and Suitor in East St Louis
John Hamilton a constable and political candidate admitted shooting his wife Wilma Woods Hamilton and Thomas Grissom in a downtown street scene. Grissom and Mrs. Hamilton were found dead in Grissom's coupe after six shots were heard. Hamilton said he hid two pistols, one from Grissom, in a lake south of the city and is being questioned by Police Chief Sam Strautz.
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Sam Strautz
John Hamilton
Wilma Woods Hamilton
Thomas Grissom
Strautz
Hamilton
Grissom
St. Clair
Teamsters and Chauffeurs’ Union
Real estate values surge in High Point amid demand and blanket rise
Real estate values in High Point have jumped 10 to 20 percent in recent months, driven by strong demand for residential property and higher sales prices. An out-of-town landlord has ordered a 10 percent price boost on its homes, while buyers accept higher asks from private sellers and brokers. Demand for business properties and vacant lots trails but shows growth as cheaper financing spurs new home construction.
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High Point
Gaston County Man Scheduled for Execution in North Carolina
John Pressley, convicted of murdering his lover in Gaston County, is scheduled for electrocution at the state prison on Friday unless the governor grants clemency. Pressley has already received several reprieves.
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Raleigh
John Pressley
Gaston County
Westerlover
Ehringhaus
Pressley
Thief Arrested After Stolen Goods Tied to Sears Robuck
Harry Moore a Greensboro area resident with ties to High Point and Charlotte was arraigned in municipal court on breaking entering and larceny. Police recovered watches silverware clothing and firearms from his person and from the Broadhurst theatre attic totaling about 150 dollars in value. Sears Roebuck manager W W Carroll praised the quick arrest and recovery.
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Greensboro
High Point
Charlotte
Lewis E. Teague
Moore
Sears- Roebuck and Company
Broadhurst Theatre
W. W. Carroll
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Carroll
Accused Slayer Weeps In Cell In New Jersey Case
Seventeen year old Gladys Mac Knight wept in her cell after being unable to attend her mother's funeral, while her attorney said she confessed to the killing. Police said the girl hacked her mother to death as her boyfriend cried out. The attorney noted long questioning can yield statements.
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Bayonne
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
R. Lewis Kennedy
Cornelius J. O'Neill
Donald Wightman
Kennedy
Wallace condemns polls used to mold public opinion
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace said polls now aim to mold opinions as well as reflect them. He cited Farm Journal data suggesting farm areas favor Landon and referenced a farmer from Cologne, New Jersey who could not vote in the magazine's poll.
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Enry A. Wallace
Washington
Hyde Park
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farm Journal
Philadelphia
Landon
Wallace
Cologne
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Hoenes
Arthur H. Jenkins
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Trade Practice Rules Approved For Rubber Tire Industry
The federal trade commission tentatively approved tire industry trade practice rules and will accept comments through August 18. The rules cover 50,000 independent dealers and 45,000 tire stations, detailing prohibitions on price discrimination, defaming competitors, below-cost selling, false markings, and misrepresenting authorized dealer status or full product lines.
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Federal Trade Commission
Chicago
National Association of Independent Tire Dealers
Ice helps hatch baby chicks in Kansas heat
In Kingman Kansas on July s extreme heat forced a local hatchery to cool incubators with blocks of ice. Hatch rate improved after reducing temperature from above 100 degrees. Laborers observed better hatch outcomes once cooling was implemented.
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Kas
Showdown Delays Being Sough
Washington reports a compromise to delay a showdown at the American Federation of Labor executive council during the trial of John L. Lewis and 11 associates on insurrection charges. Henry Ohl Jr. urged confining activity to steel and rubber and deferring industrial versus craft unionism to the federation convention in November.
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Fection of Labor Executive Council
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Henry Ohl, Jr
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le Committee
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Alf Craftsmen
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Actress May Be Manville's Bride
New York reports Tommy Manville Jr a world famous playboy returned from Europe aboard the Norman Die and said he asked Nancy Carroll film actress to become wife No. 5 He is still married to Marcella Edwards wife No. 4 but claims a definite agreement on a divorce has been reached.
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Tommy Manville, Jr
Europe
Normandie Today
Nancy Carroll
Tommy
Marcella Edwards
National Guard units receive new equipment at Fort Bragg
High Point's National Guard Battery E and the Combat Train of the 252nd Coast Artillery returned from a two week encampment at Fort Bragg with four trucks and four station cars. Two seven and a half ton trucks and two two and a half ton trucks will haul coastal artillery, improving speed and on call travel. Heavier vehicles will relocate to High Point after the fall armorery is completed. current storage is Greensboro.
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252Nd Coast Artillery
Fort Bragg
Battery E
Coast Artillery
Greensboro
Roosevelt Willing to Accept New York Governor Nomination
Roosevelt indicated willingness to accept the Republican nomination for New York governor in response to a query. He wrote that in his opinion at this crisis no one has the right to refuse service of which he is capable after a letter from M. Lewis, president of the Red Roosevelt Merchants and Salesman's league.
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Theodore Roosevelt
M. Lewis
Red
Roosevelt Merchants’ and Salesman's League
Leader slain in Algiers amid unrest after Mufti's murder
Mohammedan natives were stirred by unrest today following the slaying yesterday of Mufti Ben Dali, a Moslem leader in Algiers. The Mufti was found lying in the street with a knife in his heart, police believe, by a hired assassin.
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Algiers
Four Drivers Lose Licenses and Fined in Municipal Court
Four persons were fined $50 each and barred from driving for one year after arraignment before Judge Lewis E. Teague on drunk driving charges. The defendants were G. B. Coletrane Charles T. Young W. L. Lewallen and T. L. Boswell.
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Lewis E. Teague
G. B. Coletrane
Charles T. Young
W. L. Lewallen
T. L. Boswell
Presbyterians Report Large Home Missions Contribution
At the Montreat conference the southern Presbyterian church reported a $200,019 contribution to home missions last year and support for 501 mission workers across four states. The ten day conference will begin with home missions discussions followed by foreign missions.
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Montreat
General Missions Conference
Southern Presbyterian Church
Sion
Weather Brief North and South Carolina Tonight
North Carolina sees slightly warmer conditions in the extreme south with unsettled skies tonight into Tuesday. South Carolina experiences generally cooling with partly cloudy skies as on Tuesday.
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