22 Years Since Outbreak of World War I
New York observes the 22nd anniversary of the August 4 1914 German invasion that opened the war in Western Europe. Britain declares war Britain and the United States pledge to peace while France, Alsace Lorraine and Luxembourg face continued fighting as the era of European conflict resumes.
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Belgium
New York
Europe
Igian
Paris
Britain
Berlin
Washington
Kent Wilson
France
Alscaleine
Luxembourg
Primaries Watched by Party Heads Across Three States
Washington Aug 4 Political leaders watched for hints of national sentiment as voters in Missouri Kansas and Virginia cast ballots in primaries. Missouri featured internal battles between the Pendergast organization and William Hirth with Stark backing. Kansas saw attempts to mobilize a large vote for governors and senators while Virginia faced limited Democratic contests.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Virginia
Thomas J
Ayd C. Stark
Jesse W. Barrett
James J. Barrett
Claude L. Lambert
Alf M. Landon
Arthur Capper
Walter Neibarter
H. L. Stout
Fort Scott
Trainer Dies After Heart Attack in Suffolk
kSE TRAINER Dead Winthrop Massachusetts trainer Tim Dono aged 58 from Washington DC died after a heart attack in Suffolk and was pronounced at Community Hospital. The report also notes other disparate European and U.S. items including a fire in Balboa and crude oil finds near Groveland Alabama.
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Kse
Winthrop
Mass
Tim Dono
Washington, D. C
Suffolk
Community Hospital
Coughlin Bets Big On Lemke Landon Clash
Frederick L. Jenckes, former head of Manville-Jenckes, publicly offered to cover Rev. Coughlin's $25,000 wager that Lemke would beat Landon in the November election. He said he would place $16,666.66 in escrow and asked for a telegraph reply.
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Providence
R. 1
Evening Bulletin
Frederick L. Jenckes
Manville-Jenckes Company
East Providence
Chas. E. Coughlin
Lemke
Union Party
Landon
Jenckes
Father Coughlin
Skeleton with blanket carried by Walter Chrobak shocks nurses
In Chicago at the Norwegian American hospital two nurses saw Walter Chrobak walking a corridor with a blanket wrapped around a skull. They recognized it as "Andy" a relic skeleton from their classroom. Chrobak told police it may have been the beers at a tavern that led to the act.
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Chicago
Walter Chrobak
Andy
Chrobak
Pocketbooks of Housewives Hit
Chicago reports rising food prices due to drought. A Department of Agriculture estimate shows average family food costs up about 30 percent from three years ago. Markets indicate a broad retail upturn while weather and crop shortfalls threaten milk, corn, wheat, and produce, with prices tied to consumer ability to pay.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
North America
Europe
Negro Expected To Get Reprieve
Raleigh August 4 parole commissioner Edwin Gill indicated a reprieve would be issued this week to John Pressley a Gaston county Black man scheduled for execution Friday for murder The governor Ehringhaus is on vacation preventing conference on the case
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Raleigh
Edwin Gill
John Pressley
Gaston County
Ehringhaus
Battle Rages Near Lake Tana In Ethiopia
Ethiopian warriors clash with Italian troops in a pitched battle raging around Lake Tana in Ethiopia. Reports from an authoritative source confirm heavy fighting and regional instability amid ongoing hostilities.
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Port Said
Egypt
Lake Tana
Ethiopia
Negro saved from death in courtroom to die in chair
In Anniston Alabama on August 4 194? Roosevelt Collins a Black man escaped execution in a courtroom drama after narrowly surviving an attack by the victim's husband. A Calhoun county jury convicted him of assaulting Mrs. Joel Hill and sentenced him to the electric chair for September 4.
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Anniston
Ala
Roosevelt Collins
Calhoun County
Joel Hill
Alexandria
Collins
Kilby
Montgomery
Hill
R. B. Carr
Carr
Madrid braces for rebel attack on capital
Civil war news reports heavy shelling in the Guadarrama range as government militia from Valencia and other areas rush to reinforce Madrid. Rebels claim Madrid will fall under attacks from north and Moroccan forces. government denies churches and convents were seized to fund the revolt. Fighting spreads east of Cordoba and Badajoz province remains under government control.
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Madrid
Guadarrama
Spain
Valencia
Burgos
Alcazar
Toledo
Cordoba
Badajoz
Williamson Places Sixth In Olympic 800 Meters Finals
William son finishes sixth in the Olympic 800 meters final as Jesse Owens leads the United States to another day of track and field success at the Berlin Games. Owens wins broad jump and helps push the U S point total to 83 with Hardin and Woodruff also securing gold in 400 meter hurdles and 800 meters.
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Williamson
Chuck Hornbostel
Jesse Owens
Woodruff
Berlin
United States
Tan Thunderbolt
Ohio State
Mack Robinson
Pasadena
Calif
Bobby Packard
Rockford
Ill
Glenn Hardin
Greenwood
Miss
Johnny Woodruff
University of Pittsburgh
Owens
Welcome Williamson Homecoming Plans In High Point
Civitan club and local groups organize a homecoming for Harry Williamson, High Point and North Carolina’s sole Olympiad entrant in Berlin. Williamson placed sixth in the Olympic 800 meters, earning one point for the U S with Woodruff taking first and Hornbostel fifth.
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Harry Williamson
High Point
North Carolina
Berlin
Germany
Civitan Club
Williamson
America
Woodruff
Chuck Hornbostel
Silas B. Casey
Wade Marlette
W. F. Bailey
More Revocations Hit Raleigh Drivers
Raleigh record notes 47 more driving permits revoked bringing total to 4 305 licenses canceled. Most revocations cited drunken driving under highway safety vision efforts.
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Raleigh
Highway Safety Vision
Indictment Targets 83 Oil Firms over Gas Pricing Practices
Madison reports government moves to serve warrants on 23 major oil companies and 60 others charged in a Sherman anti trust case for manipulating interstate gasoline prices. The grand jury case, pursued since May, alleges combined and conspired price fixing from February 1935 to present across multiple midwestern states.
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Madison
Wis
U. S
John Boyle
Patrick T. Stone
Boyle
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Inspection Trip Is Non Political
President Roosevelt said his forthcoming inspection trip through drought stricken states would not be political. He stressed that linking human misery with partisan politics is a disservice to proper government and held a monthly finance conference with Washington officials including Morgenthau Bell Williams Tugwell and Gill.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Morgenthau
Daniel Bell
Aubrey Williams
Cerrington Gill
Rexford G. Tugwell
Karpis Bound for Island Prison on Train Escort
An armored railroad car believed to carry Alvin Karpis and 19 other prisoners to a federal prison in San Francisco Bay passed through Topeka today attached to a regular passenger train. The report cites Breme as one of the confederates of the kid caper.
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Topeka
Kan
Alvin Karpis
Breme
Kidcaper
Beatral Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
Aopeka
Merger Sought Between Spinning Company and Florence Mills
Consolidation of the American Spinning Company with the Florence Mills of Forest City North Carolina will be considered at a meeting of the stockholders in Greenville September 3. Announcement was made today by company officials.
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Greenville, &. C
American Spinning Company
Florence Mills
Forest City
N. C
Sepner
Chemist Returns Wollner Clothes in Asheville Slaying Case
State chemist W M Allen said he returned clothing sent during the Asheville slaying investigation of Helen Clevenger to Buncombe sheriff Laurence E B Brown. The items arrived while violinist Mark Wollner was held for questioning and some bore the name Wollner. No examination was made and Wollner was released. Allen still had a small rug Brown had also sent.
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Raleigh
W. M. Allen
Laurence EB. Brown
Buncombe County
Asheville
Helen Clevenger
Staten Island
Mark Wollner
Wollner
Allen
Brown
High Point Chief Deliberates On Slot and Marble Machine Issue
Chief W. G. Friddle said there are no slot machines in the city but some may lie within city limits. He will follow Sheriff Phipps and authorities on action regarding marble machines in downtown venues. Tax collector T. R. Short reports no licenses issued or planned without higher approval.
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W. G. Friddle
High Point
Th County
Joe Phipps
Greensboro
Phipps
Friddle
T. R. Short
Conflicting Reports on Kwangsi Rebellion in South China
Reports from Hong Kong describe clashes near Doshing and at Huang Shaho with about 1200 soldiers dead, including 800 provincial troops and 400 central government troops, as Nanking sends troops toward Canton while Kwangsi officials deny fighting. Settlement rumors ease currency and tensions as Nanking forces advance.
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Hong Kong
Kong Kong
South China
Sanday
Doshing
Kwangsi
Nanking
Kweichow
Suisai
Huang Shaho
Hunan
Canton
Hankow
Juvenile Delinquency Declines in High Point City
In two years High Point shows a drop in juvenile delinquency attributed to supervised playground activities. For the year ending June 30 1936 216 new cases were handled by Parks and Juvenile Commissioner W F Iniley, up slightly from 1934 35 but far lower than earlier peaks. Funding limits curb summer supervision though the city park and swimming pool aid in reducing delinquency.
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High Point
Parks and Juvenile Commissions
W. F.iniley
Parks and Juvenile Commissioner
Bailey
Parks and Juvenile Commission
CWA
Insurrection Trial Opens Over Radio Union Split
John L. Lewis and associates face charges of insurrection before the AF of L executive council in Washington. Witness E. D. Bieritz testifies the council voted to enroll radio workers in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, while some plants resisted, fueling a potential federation split. Labor leaders seek delay until Tampa convention.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Council
E. D. Bieritz
Electrical Workers
Bieritz
Lewis
el Associates
Committee Industrial Organization
A. F. of
L. Lewis
International Brotherhood of E Electrical Workers
A. F. of L
Theommittee
Edward F. McGrady
Henry Ohl
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Tampa
Ohl
Garner at Fair at Uvalde Exposition Visit
Vice-President John Garner gave up fishing and loafing to visit the Texas Centen nial Exposition in Uvalde on August 4. He toured pavilions and greeted exhibitors during the brief stop.
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Uvalde, Tex
John Garner
Weather Outlook North and South Carolina
A partially cloudy pattern continues for North Carolina with a chance of scattered showers and cooler temperatures. South Carolina expects generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with slightly cooler but still warm weather.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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