L evading impasse and bank conspiracy trial in Asheville
Williams McCants testified in the Luke Lea case as state witnesses while the four defendants including Col Luke Lea Jr and E P Charlet faced charges of conspiring to defraud the Central Bank and Trust Company of about 1 300 000. The case involved identifying Lea signatures on notes amid court confusion and a judge allowed McCants to identify the signatures. In Nashville the grand jury began probing the closed Liberty Bank and Trust Company after Attorney General pro tem Seth Walker presented witnesses and discussion of indictments against Luke Lea Jr.
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Asheville
N. C
Williams McCants
Central Bank and Trust Company
Col
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Lea
Wallace B. Davis
E. P. Charlet
Nashville
McCants
Colonel Lea
M. V. Barnhill
Tennessean
Tenn
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Seth Walker
Walker
Charles Gilbert
Richard M. Atkinson
Grand Jury
Luke Lea, Jr
Bus plunges through open drawbridge killing 21 picnickers
A Georgetown South Carolina bus, carrying 17 Black passengers and two white men, crashed through an open Sampit River drawbridge late last night. Only one passenger survived. The driver Warren Newton and his son Olin Newton were among the dead. authorities search for other victims as inquest is planned.
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Georgetown
S&s. C
Ruth Brown
Sampit River
Warren Newton
Oil Newton
8. C
Frazer
Olin Newton
Andrews
Newton
Joe Sanders
Deadline passes as Governor Murray delays oil proration order
Oklahoma City August 4. Governor Murray defers issuing an executive order to shut prorated oil wells citing potential Supreme Court action. He warned of closing all but stripper wells unless crude prices meet a $1 minimum. Observers cite federal court challenge to Oklahoma's proration law as a possible factor. three judges heard Champlin Refining Co. case en banc and took it under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
W. H Murray
United States Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Champlin Refining Co
Enid
Muscle Shoals lease hearings set in three Alabama cities
The Muscle Shoals commission schedules hearings in Alabama and Tennessee to hear proposals for leasing and operating the project ahead of a September 1st reception of bids. Sub committees led by Bam F. Hobbs of Selma will conduct the sessions, with Birmingham Montgomery and Decatur in Alabama and Memphis Knoxville and Chattanooga in Tennessee listed as sites. Dates to be announced.
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Florence
Ala
Muscle Shoals Commission
Alabama
Tennessee
Washington
Bam F. Hobbs
Selma
Robbs
Birmingham
Montgomery
Decatur
Memphis
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Sir Hubert Wilkins Delayed In Polar Submarine Plan
Sir Hubert Wilkins awaiting launch of the Nautilus to reach the North Pole faced a delay in Bergen Norway as fuel cargo had to be shifted with half removed and reloaded to adjust supplies before departure.
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Bergen
Norway
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Golden Weed Turns To Silver
Hundreds of North Carolina farmers gathered at seven border markets to convert golden weed into silver and greenback dollars opening sales watched for better prices than last year. Tons of leaf filled warehouses in Clark ton Chadbourn Fair Bluff Tabor Whiteville Fairmont and Lambert on as buyers and growers thronged the gala opening. Local markets reported last season with 57 752 727 pounds at an average $13 18 a hundred, prices starting low then rising as higher grades sold.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina Border
Clarkton
Chadbourn
Fair Bluff
Tabor
Whiteville
Fairmont
Lamberton
Border Markets
Florence
S. C
South Carolina
Mullins
Lake City
Kingetree
Conway
Darlington
Dillon
Johnsonville
Lamar
Loris
Manning
Marion
Pamlico
Timmonsville
York's Claim as Marrying Capital Gains Attention
Institution For Blind Busy YORK, Aug. 4. York stands by its boast as the marrying capital of the region. Since South Carolina requires a license, 27,614 couples wed here, with most from North Carolina seeking to avoid banns publication.
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York
8. C
South Carolina
North Carolina
Lindberghs Plan Arctic Flight Leg to Fort Norman
From Baker Lake in the Northwest Territory the Lindberghs move west toward Hunter Bay then to Fort Norman on the Mackenzie River. The log notes time estimates and stops from New York to Churchill Manitoba with weather reports indicating clear conditions.
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Churchill
Man
Baker Lake
Northwest Territory
Lindberghe
Orient
Hunter Bay
Arctic Circle
Territories
Private Hearing For Rich Woman Seeking Divorce
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr and her husband prepared for a private divorce hearing before Judge Benjamin F. Curter in Reno. The former Mary Weir Logan of Chicago faces a cross complaint alleging cruelty, with the couple seeking a decree without contest if possible.
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Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Benjamin F. Curter
Vanderbilt
Mary Weir Logan
Chicago
Communists Blamed for Chicago Riot On South Side
Chicago police blamed communists for a brief, deadly riot on the south side in which three Black residents were killed and many injured as eviction scenes sparked clashes. Police and officials said rioters seized furniture, firearms appeared, and one officer fatally shot a man while another officer was wounded.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
William H. Sexton
Diana Gross
Dearborn
50Th
Fred Graham
Martin Ernst
John McFadden
Ernst
Henry ‘Lyons
Lyons
William Jordan
Jordan
John O'Neill
Cermak
Lovett Fortwhitemag
Russia
Alhoran
Floods Presage Chinese Epidemic
Washington dispatch reports American consul general Walter A. Adams says floods in Hankow create an inevitable epidemic risk. Refugees live in desolate, unsanitary conditions with huge crowds in tiny spaces. The Jardine estate area was flooded under 20 feet of water.
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Washington
State Department
Hankow
Walter A. Adams
Jardine Estate
Lynchers Escape Notice In Oscar Livingston Lynching
In Plaquemines parish authorities say they have no clue in the lynching of Oscar Livingston 22 who was jailed on an attempted assault charge at Daloour La. masked men overpowered jailer L T Fontenelle, freed Livingston and took him to a remote area near Pointe a La Hache.
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New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish
Oscar Livingston
Daloour
Pointe-a-La-Hache
L. T. Fontenelle
Livingston
Raleigh Tax Collector Faces Thirty Thousand Dollar Shortage
A shortage of 30622.99 was charged against Ed Hugh Lee, Raleigh tax collector for 16 years. Lee confessed to Mayor George A. Iseley and a bonding company representative. His attorneys said he would plead guilty and seek mercy. The worthless checks were said to have been destroyed to protect friends, some now dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hugh Lee
Raleigh
George A. Iseley
Lee
Morrison Denies Opposing Luxury Tax Rumor
Senator Cameron Morrison said reports that he opposed the luxury tax in the last general assembly were false. A Charlotte AP story incorrectly claimed he opposed it, Morrison stated.
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Charlotte
N. C
Cameron Morrison
General Assembly
Morrison
Associated Press
Yesmbok
Truck plunges into draw bridge trapping 19 near Georgetown
A truck carrying about 19 persons, most of them Black, plunged into an open draw bridge near Georgetown and drowned. The vehicle was raised at dawn and one body recovered as rescue teams searched for others.
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Georgetown
Jewelers President Robbed of 100000 in Diamonds
Julius Dreyfus head of Aaron J. Dreyfus jewelers New York says he was robbed of 100000 dollars in unset diamonds by three men. He was seized from a bus at Oak Grove Wisconsin and released by his captors in Des Plaines Illinois.
Edison on the road to recovery after collapse
West Orange N J Thomas A Edison is believed to be on the road to recovery from a sudden collapse last Saturday. He slept eight hours and breakfasted with relish, showing returning strength. His son Charles reports his father in good spirits and his mother keeping vigil at his bedside.
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West Orange
Thomas A. Edison
Charles
Hubert S. Howe
Clifford Weston
Glen Ridge
Edison
Executives Reject Conference on Railroad Labor Impasse
Cleveland August report says 21 railroad labor organizations rejected a general conference with rail owners to tackle unemployment of 350000 railroad workers. Brotherhood leaders said next steps will be decided in a week or two. Officials cited articles restricting collective talks and proposed broader transport regulation. A six hour day and five day week were among topics discussed.
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Cleveland
Tig
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Washington
Alfred P. Thom
Association of
Railway Executives
Brotherhood
Senators Oppose Sale of Stabilization Cotton to Germany
Senators Smith of South Carolina and Harris of Georgia lead a protest against the Farm Board plan to sell stabilization cotton to Germany on long term credits. They urge President Hoover to abandon the sale, warn it would ruin the cotton market, and seek support from ten more senators.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Solons
Germany
Federal Farm Board
Florence
S. C
Smith
Harris
Day
Farm Board
Hoover
Washington
Sheppai
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Murray
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John Polando
New York
Russell
Boardman
Turkey
Samuel
America
Good Will
Churchill, Man
Baby Son
Grandma's
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Tex
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