Warner Oland Dies at 58 in Stockholm
Warner Oland famed for his Charlie Chan role died in Stockholm at 3 p.m. local time after a pneumonia battle. His brother Carl Olund reported the death as the actor’s estranged wife prepared to sail from Santa Barbara to be with him.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Warner Oland
West Hartford
Conn
Charlie Chan
Carl Olund
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hollywood
China
Earl Derr Biggers
Umea
Boston
Mass
Oland
Orient
Mr. Chan
Bomb attack wounds British official in Madrid raid
British consular agent Gabriel Callejon was seriously injured when a 500-pound bomb exploded two yards from the All ecante consulate during a raid by six Insurgent tri motor planes. The Vista Hermosa quarter suffered most bombs with one killed and 11 injured.
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Madrid
Allecante
Gabriel Callejon
Vista Hermosa
Strike Deferred in Canada Seamen Union Talks
About 1,000 Canadian Seamen's Union members paused their planned strike until noon Tuesday as negotiations for a new labor agreement with Canada Steamship Lines resume.
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Montreal
Canadian Seamen's Union
Canada Steamship Ones
Streamlined food planned for Army
Washington officials say a streamlined substitute may replace the World War era emergency ration. A special board is reviewing a combination of highly concentrated foods patented by Major Paul Legan of the Quartermaster Corps.
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Washington
Paul Legan
Quartermaster Corps
Webb Holds Six Up Lead At End Of 18
Pete Webb of Shelby shot 69 three under par to take a six hole lead over Jack Garrett of High Point after 18 holes of the Carolinas Open match play at Emerywood Country Club. Webb opened with four birdies in the first nine to go over par twice and led by six at the turn. Garrett replied with 35 on the second nine to narrow the gap to five, then Webb birdied the sixteenth to restore the advantage. The second nine saw halves at the fourteenth seventeenth and eighteenth. The first nine featured a swift margin build after the opening hole halved with a par. Continued on Page Eight.
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Jack Garrett
Pete Webb
Shelby
Garrett
Soc Charales
High Point
Emerywood Country Club
Webb
Accused Father And Boy Freed In Wake County Death Case
Wiley B. Huron a 66 year old Snow Hill farmer and his son Jeff 26 were released after an inquest into the death of Mrs Annie A Kidd Wake County farm woman. A coroner jury found she died at the hands of unknown person or persons and she had been beaten on the head with a blunt instrument.
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Raleigh
Wiley B. Huron
Snow Hill
Jeff
Annie A. Kidd
Wake County
Roy M. Banks
Cloudbursts In Graham County Destroy Bridges
Three cloudbursts in Graham County caused extensive flood damage. Bridges on West Buffalo Creek and Big Snowbird Creek were washed out and highway 129 flooded in several spots. A Tapoco area damage was about 3000 dollars. Rail lines and 23 trestles owned by Bemis Hardwood Lumber were washed away on Snowbird Creek. Crops across the region were affected.
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West Buffalo Creek
CIO Union Endorses Roosevelt Third Term At Convention
The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers CIO unanimously adopted a resolution urging a third term for President Roosevelt at its convention in Butte. The plan also backed expanding the National Labor Relations Board and a nationwide federal hospitalization and compensation program.
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Butte
Mont
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CIO
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Condor airliner to make non stop flight to New York
Bremen Germany August 6 The Focke Wulf Aircraft Company plans a 24 passenger Condor type plane on a nonstop flight to New York as soon as possible perhaps Monday secrecy surrounds preparations and a firm spokesman hinted no announcement until the plane reaches New York
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Bremen
Germany
Focke-Wulff Airplane Company
New York
Water main repairs end severe High Point shortage
A 24 inch water main burst near Perry street Thursday evening, but repairs completed after midnight restored normal pressure citywide except for one block near the freight station. A 16 inch line remains out. officials say interconnections prevent broader impact. Fire safety and industrial districts were monitored as insurers and night watchmen stood by. Ongoing details to page eight.
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High Point
Perry Street
F E. M. Knox
Knox
Eight Swept Away By River In Tennessee Tragedy
Torrential rains near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park caused the deaths of eight people in Sevierville Tennessee. The Ball family and two visiting neighbors were swept away when a mountain stream burst its banks. Mrs Ball body remained missing. Bridges were washed out and crops and homes damaged by the flood scene.
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Sevierville
Tenn
Great Smoky Moauntains National Park
Alfred Ball
New Deal Battle for Senate in Kentucky Primary
Kentucky voters head to the Democratic primary to decide between Senator Alben Barkley and Governor A B Chandler. Roosevelt backing Barkley clashes with Chandler in a heated race that could reshuffle Senate leadership and shape national policy support. The campaign saw illness rumors around Chandler labeled a publicity stunt, with intense local political scrutiny and warnings of hearings after the election.
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Senate
Kentucky
Senator Barkley
Chandler
Louisville
United States
Alben Barkley
Roosevelt
A. B
Barkley
Democratic
Washington
Congress
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Civil Service Commission
Campbell Fails In Record Boat Speed Try
Sir Malcolm Campbell failed to break the world motorboat speed record in a Lake Geneva trial. He reached 110 miles per hour in rough conditions, compared with his former record of 12.9 miles per hour.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Malcolm Campbell
Lake Geneva
Malcolm
Mrs. Rosa Fries Dies at 78 in Roaring Gap
Mrs. Rosa Mickey Fries, 78, of Winston-Salem and widow of Henry E. Fries, president of the Winston-Salem Southbound Railroad, died at her Roaring Gap summer home at 4:30 this morning after a period of declining health. Born May 24, 1860, she was active in Fries Memorial church and Sunday school work. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the home and 5 p.m. at Home Moravian Church, with interment in Salem Cemetery Mausoleum.
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Rosa Mickey Fries
Winston-Salem
Henry E. Fries
Roaring Gap
Fries
Cascade Avenue
Fries Memorial Church
J. E
Levinia Vogler Mickey
Moravian Church
H. B. Johnson
Salem Cemeery
Pair killed in shooting duel in Mason Michigan
In Mason Michigan a policeman and his estranged husband killed each other in the early hours in the business district. Officer James Ray Hinkley 52 and Richard Sandway 58 died after Sandway stepped from between buildings with a shotgun and fired at Hinkley as Mrs Blanche Sandway said she had asked the officer to escort her home.
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Mason, Mich
Mason
James Ray Hinkley
Richard Sandway
Hinkley
Blanche Sandway
H. J. Coffield Jr. Succeeds in Law Exam
Raleigh reports the state board of law examiners announced 58 of 64 applicants passed the attorney exam given Monday and Tuesday. Secretary Henry M. London said 14 percent failed and 14 licenses were issued.
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Raleigh
Henry M. London
State Board of Law Examiners
Ihe
Observers See State PWA Plan Top 20 Million
Legislative observers discussed the secret Advisory Budget Commission recommendations for Governor Hoey and the special session. Attorney General Harry McMullan prepared a municipalities bill to reenact the 1935 revenue bond act with changes. They expect first budgetRecommendations within about ten million dollars and note possible extra seven million through refunding bonds, pending PWA matching.
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Raleigh
N. C
Advisory Budget Commission
Hoey
Harry McMullan
Bill McMullan
PWA
Beatification of Frances Xavier Cabrini Planned
A final decree authorizing the beatification of Frances Xavier Cabrini was read in Castel Gandolfo in the pope's presence. The ceremony was tentatively set for November 18, with miracles attributed to Cabrini's intercession noted.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Frances Xavier Cabrini
United States
Congregation of Rites
Pope Pius
Mother Cabrini
Nina Graziel
Seattle
Peter Smith
New York
Chicago
North Carolina cities urged to act on housing plans
Asheville August 6 H Keyserling general and deputy administrator of the housing administration told the Carolinas League of Municipalities that North Carolina cities must move quickly to join the slum clearance and low rent housing program. He noted USHA had earmarked 960 000 for Wilmington and was ready to act on Raleigh’s application.
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Asheville
H.* Keyserling
The
Housing Administration
Penn Carolina League of Mu- 2
Carolina
USHA
Wilmington
Raleigh
Liquor Condemnation Endorsed at Friends Meeting
Guilford College N C August 6 The 241st North Carolina Friends annual meeting closed day with business items and a temperance resolution urging the legislature and citizens to restrict liquor expansion and enforce laws. Dr C Newbold spoke on interracial relations and Leslie D Shaffer discussed The Quaker Message in a Changing World.
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Guilford College
N. C
North Carolina Friends
C. Newbold
State Board of Education
Leslie D. Shaffer
Philadelphia
Soviet Plane Raid Puts Korean Front On Edge
Eyewitnesses report 24 Soviet planes raided Korean territory near Yuki at 2 30 pm striking the Rashin railway 15 miles northwest of Yuki. Japanese communique says 14 bombers crossed the Tumen river hitting villages. one Soviet plane downed, one pilot bailed out.
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Kogi
Korea
Yuki
Tumenrashin
Rashin
Kirin
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Siberia
Northern Korea Army
Chankufeng
Tumen
Rockingham Probes Fraud Charges in Eighth District Runoff
Chairman W A Lucas said the state board of elections would meet in Charlotte after investigating charges and denials of voting fraud in two Richmond county precincts during the July 2 run off. The board will report findings and recommendations to five counties including Davidson Montgomery Wilkes and Union, with county boards to follow.
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Rockingham
W. A. Lucas
State Board of Elections
Charlotte
Richmond County
Wilson
Richmond County Board
Richmond
Davidson
Montgomery
Wilkes
Union
Carroll murder case deepens as sheriff testifies
In South Paris Maine the Carroll murder trial advances as Sheriff F. F. Francis testifies Carroll hinted at Dr. James G. Littlefield's slaying when arrested on a morals charge involving his daughter Barbara. Francis says Carroll was missing from the jail 6 to 10:30 p m the night of the death and later denied involvement.
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Paris
Francis M. Carroll
F. F. Francis
Carroll
James G. Littlefield
Barbara
Francis
Littlefield
Dr. Littlefield
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Emerywood
Graham County
Robbinsville
CIO Union
NX. Y
Alben Baraley
A. B. Chandler
Enterprise
Campbell
H. J. Coffield, JR
Odds and Ends of Business
Changkufeng
State Elections Board
Canmuull
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