Ten Thousand Dollars For A Real Haunted House Offers
Joseph Dunninger offers $10,000 for a genuine haunted house near New York City tested by a jury of press members and psychic researchers. He recounts past cases of rats in a cellar and a moonlit shrub silhouette proving haunting claims false.
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Laura Lou Brookman
NEA Service
New York
Joseph Ninger
Dunninger
Universal Council For Psychic Research
Harry Houdini
Houdini
Howard Thurston
Thurston
Rameses
New York City
Council For Psychic Research
Four Persons Lose Licenses and Fined in Prohibition Cases
Court records show multiple defendants facing penalties for prohibition violations and related offenses. Frank Rook was dismissed on violation of prohibition law. Nellie Parker and Irene Hodge received workhouse sentences. Lonnie Harris and Kent Lowery faced suspended terms with costs. larceny, assault, and other charges incurred fines and costs.
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Frank Rook
Ernest Spoon
Lonnie Harris
L. M. Bentley
Kent Lowery
B. H. Ivey
George Owens
Nellie Parker
Irene Hodge
Irvin Cox
W. P. Yow, Jr
Henry Fritz
Mediterranean Powers Hold Line Over Spanish Conflict
London welcomed the Spanish conflict’s neutral stance while Rome balked. Gen Mola aimed to secure a northern sea outlet before striking Madrid. Rebel guards claimed Guadarrama and Navasperal as gateways to the capital. Madrid reported total government control and a favorable civil war situation.
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Pean
London
Rome
Bservers
Mola
Madrid
Guadarrama
Navasperal
Battle shows Chinese forces advancing near Kwantung border
Japanese reports say Chinese troops advanced across the southwestern Kwantung border to seize many border towns. Kwantung mobilized units to block the invasion while U S consulate details remain unconfirmed in Chinese circles.
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Kwantung Province
Kwantung
Domel Tregenese
United States
Louisiana skeptics doubt Smiths 6 000 000 vote claim
In New Orleans Aug 1 Louisianans question Rev Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith as he edges toward Townsend and Coughlin alliance while Huey Long loyalists deny any official link to his Share Our Wealth movement. Analysts note Smith lacks verified backing and the movement’s heirs reject his leadership claim.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith
Townsend
Smith
Townsend-Coughlin
Earle J. Christenberry
Huey Long
Huey
U. S. Senate
Long
Share-Our-Wealth
Christenberry
Bailiwick
The
American Progress
Progress
Gerald Smith
California
Coughlin
Senator Long
Louw
Huey Powers
le Union Party
Richard Leche
Jim Farley
Roose
Leche
Louis
Legi
P Roosevelt
Huey Camp
Record
Shreve
Marc Antony
Gan
Self
James A
At Roosevelt
Canton Reports Troop Concentration Near Wuchow
Consular officials stated the Mindanao and other foreign warships near Wuchow were sufficient to handle emergencies and safeguard foreigners. Central government denied hostilities and said a blockade around Kwangsi is in place to curb the southern rebellion.
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Canton
Wuchow
Central
Nanking
Kwangsi
Wallace Warns Polls Shape Opinion on Roosevelt Policy
Secretary Wallace cites polls as a tool to curb Roosevelt borrowing and deficits. Hoenes writes from New Jersey accusing media ownership by Joseph Pew Jr. Pew, a Republican financier, is linked to anti administration activity and the Liberty League.
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Hoenes
Jersey Farmer
Joseph Pew, Jr
Pew
Wallace
State Receives $1,000,000 Franchise Tax Check
RALEIGH Aug 3 The State gained over 1 million dollars from a franchise tax payment by a state power company included in budget estimates. Earlier, Winston-Salem estates of Z Smith Reynolds and Bowman Gray paid inheritance taxes totaling about 3.015 million, Reynolds 2.015 million and Gray over 1 million.
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Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Z. Smith Reynolds
Bowman Gray
Reynolds
Gray
Two Negroes Held After Deadly Churchgoer Crash
In Bennettsville South Carolina Robert Alen and Robert McColl two Black men were jailed as alleged occupants of a car that struck and killed an elderly woman Mrs Ference Locklear 65 and her daughter Miss Anna Belle Locklear 38 as they walked home from church. Coroner Paul Covington planned an inquest for tomorrow after gathering witnesses.
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Bennettsville
Robert Alen
Robert McColl
Ference Locklear
Anna Belle Locklear
Witneses
Paul Covington
Court Approves Debt Settlement in Greensboro
An order in federal court approving a settlement by John D. Biggs as receiver of the Commercial National Bank of High Point covers $5,689 in indebtedness on notes by W E B Herndon and H M Armentrout. Deeds to five Negro houses valued at 3000 less 1200 taxes and street assessments are accepted, and the sale of the houses to Mr and Mrs Armentrout for 3000 is approved.
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Greensboro
John D. Biggs
Commercial National Bank of
High Point
W. EB. Herndon
H. M. Armentrout
Guilford County Commission Reviews Tuberculosis Building Plan
Guilford County commissioners met in regular session to review a feasibility report on constructing a building for Negro tubercular patients at the Sannatorium. The panel reported but no action was taken, with approval that if built, funding would come from budget money and no bonds would be issued.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Smith Sues Railroad Over Car Crash Injuries
D. J. Smith of High Point filed in Greensboro court a suit for 23931 against the Southern Railway System for injuries to himself and damage to his car from a March 1 1935 crash at the Main Street railway crossing in High Point. He alleges the locomotive that struck his car had no headlight, gave no signal, and was traveling faster than the limit.
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Greensboro
D. J. Smith
High Point
Clerk of Superior Court
Southern Railway System
Main Street
Merediths Face Trial for Highway Robbery
W L and C A Meredith from near High Point go on trial in Greensboro Superior Court on charges they robbed Lake Howard of Dillon 8 C on July 11. The state pressed evidence as of 3 PM. Melvin Wall of High Point admitted to bigamy and received 18 months on the roads. Stubert Rumley of Greens sore pleaded guilty to assault.
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Greensboro
Aus
W. L
C. A. Meredith
High Point
Superior Court
Lake Howard
Dillon
8. C
Melvin Wall
Stubert Rumley
Near Greens Sore
Balloon race drifts over Ohio toward Lake Erie
Two 385 000 cubic foot balloons the Good year X and the Great Lakes Exposition drifted eastward across Ohio skirting Lake Erie in a 15 hour match race. Paris Emile Labeyrie new governor Bank of France opens talks with foreign experts aimed at stabilization. Robert L Lewis saves a rollover by bracing his midget auto but breaks his arm. Elinore Herrick leaves NLRB regional post to lead American Labor party campaign in New York.
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Balloon Brace
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Paris
Emilé Labeyrie
Bank of France
New York
Elinore M. Herrick
National Labor Relations Board
American Labor Party
Labor
Nonn League
WPA to Extend Education Program for Next Year
Washington reporting 1 826 084 persons were receiving instruction from Works Progress Administration teachers on May 31 Aubrey Williams deputy administrator announced the educational program would be continued next year. St Louis Moeseo T Pott 43 wife of the president of the St Louis Shipbuilding and Steel company leaped or fell to her death from the kitchen window to her sixth floor apartment last night.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Aubrey Williams
Pall St. Louis
Moeseo T. Pott
The
St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Company
Two Are Sought For 3 Robberies
Fayetteville officers seek two men suspected of staging three hold ups yesterday. A Sanford grocery was robbed of 200 dollars, two Fayetteville men were robbed of 20 on the highway, and another Fayetteville resident was robbed at his door of 28 dollars by two gunmen.
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Fayetteville
Sanford
Court hears case on marriage and shared debt
Judge Wilson Warlick presides as the case discusses marriage to the girl in possession of shared debt, indicating a dispute over consorting with the woman and financial obligations.
Showdown Delay About AFL Unity Deepens Rift
The AFL leadership battles over reconciliation between Lewis and Green era craft unions deepen rift. A letter from Lewis argues for room in labor for both craft and industrial unions, while craft unions fear loss of control and limit entrance of new members.
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A. F. of L
Ences
Lewis
William Green
Hetw
American of Labor
Craft Uni
Mill
Commi Industrial Organization
Ite
Americans of Labor
Georgia Weeds To Open Tom
Georgia's drought curtailment and harvest conditions push higher prices as farmers begin auctions today. Warehouses report increased activity and crop quality expectations for the season despite weather challenges across southern states.
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Georgia
Valdosta
South Carolina
Hamilton Plans Wide Swing for Campaign Tour
Chicago August 3. Publican Chairman D. M. ton mounts a metered transport plane as the flying office for a campaign swing. Hamilton’s second tour will cover 15 states with speeches in 18 cities, flight over 6 446 miles aboard a chartered plane.
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Chicago
Aatipublican
D. M. Ton
Hamilton
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Sylvia Sidney Herbert Marshall
Rialto
Roob't
Montgomery Myrna Loy
Salem Street
Palace Theatre
Thomasville
Love Again
Jessie Matthews
Robt, Young
Cuueree
Major Bowes
Sport
Myrna Loy
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Gerald L. K. Smith
Mr. Roosevelt
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