Primaries Shifts and Victories Across States
In four states yesterday, gains traced to farm board policy and Prohibition lines shaped results. Kansas saw Senator Allen win the Republican nomination, while Frank Haucke defeated Governor Reed in a heated senate race. Virginia featured intra party backlash against Smith supporters as Burch toppled Whitehead and Howard Smith won the Democratic nod. West Virginia elected coal man James Elwood Jones to the Republican Senate race. Prohibition did not dominate.
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Farm Board
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Alfred E. Smith
Virginia
West Virginia
Kansas
Henry J. Allen
Curtis
Clyde M. Reed
Frank Haucke
Cornell
Haucke
Arthur Capper
Jonathan M. Davis
Howard Smith
Anti- Saloon League
Frank Ball
League
James Elwood Jones
Hawks Seeks New Flight Record Across Continent
Captain Frank Hawks refueled in Wichita on a westward dash from New York to Los Angeles aiming to set a new multi stop record. He plans about 14 hours of flight with 3 to 5 fuel stops, reaching Hollywood by 5 p.m. Pacific time. He currently holds the Atlantic to Pacific non stop record.
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Los Angeles
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Indianapolis
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Communists Evacuate Changsha Amid Warship Rush
Foreign reports say Changsha police withdrew allowing provincial troops to return. Japanese dispatches claim 2000 Chinese killed after Changsha capture with 4000 missing. foreigners flee as 11 whites killed and Americans and Brits wounded in river skirmishes.
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Kiangsu
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Kiukiang
Drought Deepens Across Nation as Relief Efforts Increase
The weekly weather and crop report flags widespread drought east of the Rockies with only scattered showers offering relief in limited zones. Authorities coordinate relief requests as Hoover aides study needs and potential government actions, while Kentucky Governor Sampson seeks a national prayer proclamation for rain.
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Farm Board
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Potomac
Husband kills after finding Hodges with wife
In Benson Henderson Hodges 50, a grocery employee, is killed by Herman Allen 35. Allen says he shot Hodges after finding him with Mrs. Allen, his wife. Allen is jailed in Smithfield on murder charges, with motive described as a compromising position.
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H. M. Hodges
Herman Allen
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Allen
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Our Blushing Brides at Broadhurst with Crawford cast
Joan Crawford stars in Our Blushing Brides a new talking romance at the Broadhurst this week with Anita Page Robert Montgomery Dorothy Sebastian Raymond Hackett and Hedda Hopper in the supporting line. The plot hints at wedding prep humor and a lesson on reading the classified ads.
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Wade Resigns Greensboro Post to Join Pittsburgh Press
Jake Wade, former Greensboro Record sports editor, resigns to join the Pittsburgh Press sports staff. He departs Greensboro tonight for Pittsburgh.
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Jake) Wade
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Stribling Schmeling World Title Bout Target In Europe
Promoter Jeff Dickson plans a Schmeling vs Stribling world heavyweight title fight in Berlin or London with Berlin favored. Dickson, on first US visit in ten years, sails to secure Joe Jacobs signature for a 12 round bout in Berlin in September. Germany's zeal for its first world champion could yield a gate of 4 to 5 million gold marks or more than $1 million. The Striblings reportedly accept a reasonable share. success hinges on Jacobs’ demands.
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Pa Stribling
Georgia
New York
Joe Jacobs
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Stribling
Germany
Jacobs
Population of Continental United States Tallies 122729615
The report states the Continental United States population reached 122,729,615 as of April this year. The count includes newly reported township data from Clearfield County Pennsylvania. Census totals may revise with the bureau's forthcoming announcement.
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United States
Washington
Clearfield County
Pennsylvania
Kirkwood Wins Divorce From Lila Lee in Los Angeles
Actor and director James Kirkwood was granted a divorce from Lila Lee after seven years of marriage. The court awarded custody of their six year old son, James Jr., with the wife denied any right to care or control of the child. The couple wed July 26, 1923 and separated July 15, 1928.
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Los Angeles
James Kirkwood
Lila Lee
Kirkwood
James, Jr
Tobacco prices slip as farmers seek higher returns in South Carolina
Reports from Mullins Lake City and other markets show average prices under ten cents for tobacco, with small offers and sellers delaying shipments. In Columbia, the Farm Board replies that aid is available through the new South Carolina Tobacco Growers Marketing Association for growers who join.
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S. C
South Carolina
Mullins
Lake City
Dillon
Kingsstree
Loris
J. W. Shealy
Federal Farm Board
George B. Travis
Farm Board
Agricultural Marketing Act
New South Carolina Tobacco Growers Marketing Association
Gardner Urges 4-H Members to Set Out Trees
Gov O Max Gardner told about a thousand North Carolina 4-H club boys and girls at the N C State College short course to do something constructive for the state by setting out trees rather than sitting in them. He called his talk Tree Setting and Tree Sitting.
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North Carolina
N. CC
State College
O. Max Gardner
Unmasked men rob Rockwell Bank in Salisbury area
Two unmasked men robbed the Bank of Rockwell ten miles east of Salisbury just before noon, taking 1028 dollars. They locked cashier K W Brown in the vault after loosening the lock with a ten cent piece and fled in a small blue car. Brown said the men were about 25 to 30, one short with a blue suit and pistol, the other tall in brown, both strangers to Rockwell residents.
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Dozen killed in Sukkur riots amid Hindu Muslim clashes
A Karachi report to the London Daily Herald says twelve people died and 150 injured in Sukkur communal rioting. Police fired on fighting Hindus and Muslims. two Indian troop companies were sent from Hyderabad. 200 arrested. Sind commissioner en route. Other dispatches note provincial revenue shortfalls and a Punjab Hindu linked to a separate killing.
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North Carolina Sees Cooler Heat Drop with Rain Forecast
Thermometers in North Carolina slid from 99 to 108 degrees to the low nineties. A heavy shower touched Henderson overnight and rain is forecast for the parched eastern region as clouds gather over New Bern. Weather centers on thunderstorms and cooler temperatures for today.
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New Bern
Raleigh mayor regrets planned junking of the battleship Wyoming
Mayor E E Culbreth expresses regret over the contemplated junking of the Wyoming battleship. He recalls cruising on her in the past. In Asheville a boxing show features Warren brothers with the elder stopping Lumpkin in two rounds and the younger winning his preliminary bout in one.
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E. E. Culbreth
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John
Warren
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Funeral for Bob Smith Held After Auto Crash
The funeral service for Bob Smith, a Black man, who died in an October automobile accident in Tarboro, was held yesterday. Lacking funds to pay the undertaker, his body was placed on a shelf and forgotten until the service.
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Bob Smith
Goldsboro Man Plans Goat Cart Trip to Greensboro
Goldsboro resident C. C. Lyles announces a playful tour on August 16 to Greensboro pulling three children in a goat cart. He has ten children in all and treats the trip as a birthday outing.
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C. C. Lyles
Greensboro
Friends Support Prohibition at Guilford College Meeting
The North Carolina Society of Friends adopted a resolution at its annual Guilford College meeting praising the prohibition law and the 18th amendment. The document also denounces the tobacco evil and the menace of the movie.
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Southern Girl Crowned Beauty Queen of the Universe
Dororthy Dell Goff of New Orleans won the 1940s Miss Universe title in Galveston. She previously earned Miss United States of America and will receive 2000 dollars and a silver plaque at tonight’s testimonial dinner. Goff stands five and a half feet, weighs 122 pounds, with 34-26-36 measurements and blond hair.
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Tex
Dorothy Dell Goff
New Orleans
Martin Starr
New York
New Jersey
Helen Hannan
Féa
Shattuck Warns Against Weakening Legislature in Reforms
Henry L. Shattuck of the Massachusetts house spoke at the Virginia Institute of Public Affairs urging the danger of overcentralization in state reforms. He warned against bureaucratic involvement in legislative details and called for maintaining the legislature as the forum for grievances and laws.
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Henry L. Shattuck
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Virginia
Massachusetts
Ted Lundgren Delayed After Leaving Akron for World Flight
Hollywood aviator Ted S. Lundgren rested at a country club in Akron after leaving the local airport at 5 55 a m. for Roosevelt Field while officials reported him two hours overdue en route from Amarillo Texas.
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Ted S. Lundgren
Hollywood
Roosevelt Field
Amarillo
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