Transatlantic flight attempt opens from New York bests distance record
French aviators Lieut Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes began a voyage from Floyd Bennett Field aiming to cross the Atlantic by Cape Sable and then go onward toward Karachi, India, in the 5340 mile goal. They expect weather to guide their course after Scilly Islands. Their aircraft named Joseph Le Reveur proceeds toward a possible landing in Africa or Russia.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codes
Floyd Bennett Field
Ocean
Cape Sable
Great Circle
Fell
Africa
Russia
Karachi
India
Scilly Islands
Oswald R. Gayford
Gilbert F. Nicholetts
Royal Air Force
Cranwell
England
Walfish Bay
Rossi and Codos
Joseph le
Two Hikers Report Witnessing Carter Killing
Gastonia attorney Stonewall J. Durham said two unidentified white men told him they witnessed the dying of W. J. Carter, a Rockingham county filling station operator, and claimed Clay Fogler was innocent of the Raleigh execution for Carter’s death.
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Gastonia
Stonewall J. Durham
W. J. Carter
Rockingham County
Clay Fogle
Raleigh
Carter
Durham
Bessemer City
Fogleman
June Fogleman
Cincinnati
George Sheattle
James Napier
Napler
Domestic code urged to curb divorce chaos in America
Rev. Dr. Walter A. Maier of St. Louis pressed for a domestic relations code to reduce divorce debauchery and regulate marital clashes. He compared it to industrial codes and criticized churches for allowing or condoning divorce and related issues.
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Pocono Pines
America
Walter A. Maier
St. Louis
Maier
Pocono Institute of Domestic Relations
Reno
Rabbits and guinea pigs stolen from Lincoln General hospital
Thirty rabbits and six guinea pigs inoculated with dangerous diseases were stolen from their pens at Lincoln General hospital. Superintendent Mrs. Gladys Smith urged newspapers to warn the public and asked the thief to contact authorities to prevent health danger and preserve long term tests.
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Lincoln
Lincoln General Hospital
Gladys Smith
Youth confessor in Calbert Aposhian case recants
Phillip Charles Edwards, 19, admitted to slaying the 1 year old Calbert Aposhian to friends who then proved his story false. He was picked up in Los Angeles and held three days as investigators checked his tale. Edwards was released when his friends confirmed his whereabouts on July 18. He faces possible jail if DA finds a statute to charge him.
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San Diego
Calif
Phillip Charles W. Edwards
Calbert Aposhian
Los Angeles
Edwards
Dalbert
Beall Shot Dead in Marshfield Art-Robbery Interference
Fred Beall former world middleweight wrestling champion was killed when he and another officer interrupted an art robbery at the Marshfield Brewery company early today.
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Marshfield
Wis
Fred Beall
Marshfield Brewery
Tobacco markets in South Carolina and border to open Aug 10
The farm adjustment administration announced that the South Carolina and border tobacco markets would open August 10, five days earlier than planned. In Burlington Iowa a garage fire killed two men and seriously injured a third, authorities said.
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Washington
Farm Adjustment Administration
South Carolina and
Border
Burlington
Husband of Dead Woman Sought in Gastonia Case
A coroner's jury ruled Mrs. Chris Medlin of Gastonia died from blows by her unemployed husband. Police search is underway as they investigate the suspected spouse. The body was found in a vacant lot near Charlotte's warehouse district. The skull showed two fractures and extensive bruising.
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Charlotte
Chris Medlin
Gastonia
Stretchout System Abused By Southern Mills
A federal committee report from Greenville South Carolina August 5 argues the stretchout system is a grave problem for industrial relations yet sound in principle. It finds it cannot yet be rigidly controlled and calls for an industrial relations board to study and correct abuses with mills forming in-house committees for arbitration and state boards aiding reconciliation.
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Greenville
8. C
Ben EB. Geer
Furman University
Robert W. Bruere
George L. Berry
Labor
Geer
Prin
Ciple
National Industrial Relations Board
State
Tribunal to Hear Pleas in Disputes
President Roosevelt approves a joint declaration by industry and labor for industrial peace. A seven member national labor tribunal led by Senator Wagner will promptly decide hardship disputes under the President’s rehiring agreement as a nationwide coal strike ends and a moratorium is issued.
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F. M. Stephenson
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ident
Senator Wagner
D-Ny
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Leo Wolman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Gerard Swope
General Electric Co
Louis Kirstein
Boston
White House
Industrial Recovery Administration
Industry
Samuel Gompers
Recovery Administration
Robert F. Wagner
Walter C. Teagie
Girard Swope
Louis E. Kirstein
National Labor Tribunal
Pennsylvania
Hugh 8
Johnson
National Tribunal
Fishing Tackle Makers File Fair Practices Code
The Associated Fishing Tackle Manufacturers filed a fair practices code with the recovery administration. A hearing is set for August 14. They seek a 35 cent hourly minimum for a 40 hour week with overtime during a 12 week seasonal rush. Fifty one concerns handle most sales. some individuals make their own flies. The code omits implications for fishermen.
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Washington
Associated
The
Recovery Administration
Iair
Faulty Gas Valve Ends Big Balloon Flight
Chicago August 5 A leaky top valve caused the Century of Progress balloon to descend from about 5000 feet to the Burlington railroad yards. Lt. Cmdr T G W Settle escaped unharmed after dropping 55 ballast bags totaling 2200 pounds. The crowd at the crash site hindered police efforts and one man was injured. Settle hopes to attempt another ascent after repairs and weather checks.
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Chicago
T. G. W. Settle
Soldier Field
Settle
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Condi
Commander Séttle
Raymond Thomas
Yardman
Burlington Railroad
Kentucky primary opens amid blasts in Harlan County
Blazing guns and exploding dynamite injure three men as national guardsmen deploy to quell pre election violence in Harlan county. Deputies report injuries to Robert Gilbert and Jim Cawood during a ballot box inspection near the FPC Tway coal company precinct.
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Harlan
Harlan County
National
Robert Gilbert
Jim Cawood
Evarts
FPC
Tway Coal Company
Middleton
Gilbert
Tom Gibson
Diamond EB. Perkins
140Th Infantry
Tax talk from Beverly Hills letter to Roosevelt
A sharp, informal note from Beverly Hills laments the income tax burden and mocks Congress for failing to fix tax policy. The writer complains that no group will bear the tax and jokes about brokers crying over finances.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Exchange
Roosevelt
Storm Devastates Brownsville and Point Isabel in Rio Grande Valley
Widespread destruction follows a tropical hurricane that swept the Lower Rio Grande, with 70 to 80 mph winds. Point Isabel and Brownsville suffered heavy damage as boats, buildings, and infrastructure were ruined and communications were cut. Rescue concerns centered on 26 to 20 people at Del Mar hotel on Brazos Island and 10 to 12 guardsmen at Padre Island station.
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Brownsvillee
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Point Isabel
Brownaville
Rio Grande
Gulf
Mexico
Sam Robertson
del Mar
Brazon Island
Padre Island
Brownsville
Carloadings Decline for Week in July
The American Railway association reported week ending July 29 carloadings of 638,398 cars, down 10,518 from the prior week but up 127,283 from the same week last year.
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Washington
American Railway Association Today
Lindbergh First Man To Cross Greenland By Air
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Scoresby Sound on the Greenland coast this morning the first to fly from west to east across Greenland. He plans a three day stay in the Danish colony while conducting an aerial survey of the North Atlantic.
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Lindbergh
Greenland
Scoresby Sound
East Greenland
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Holstenborg
North Atlantic
Luther Hamilton Named R. R. Chief By Governor
Governor Ehringhaus nominates Luther Hamilton of Morehead City as president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad with F. B. Wallace designated to cast the state's proxy. Other appointments include Charles L. Ives as secretary treasurer and a slate of officers and directors. Appointment notices cover several state boards and commissions.
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Raleigh
Luther Hamilton
Morehead City
John C. B. Ehringhaus
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
F. B. Wallace
Kinston
Hamilton
Charles L. Ives
New Bern
R. A. Whitaker
John D. Warlick
Jacksonville
J. H. Holloway
A. M. Gillikin
Goldsboro
R. A. Nunn
Paul Webb
William Dunn
Don C. Humphrey
Selby
Rocky Mount
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N. 8
Paul
New York
Sable Island
Iee Coast Wireless Station Sa
Stock Exchange
Financial District
Asa
National Board
Makers of Fishing
Kentucky
R. R. Chief
Ments
Atlantic and North
J. F. Patterson
W. RK. Allen
Jule Warren
Trenton
Merce C. Parrott
C. W Sutton
Richland
J. B. Banzer
Warrenton
BR. L. Coburn
Williamston
W. Atlas Finch, Jr
Wilson
State Hospital For Insane
Morganton
Harry Riddle
Marion
Ed White
Asheville
C. W Tillett, Jr
O. M Mull
Shelby
Baron Jurney
Statesville
North Carolin School For
Raleeigh
Carroll W. Weathers
High
Walter Powell
Ville
Notileae Ot’ Bickett
W.G Sule
Scotland Neck
T. Rocky Mount
K. T. Alteston
Col
John D. Greenville
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