Anti New Dealers In Squabble In Detroit Rumor Denied
In Detroit on August 7 a fragmentary dispatch reports Jo D Ely a former Massachusetts governor said E Smith would oppose Roosevelt in Boston. Smith denied planning any statement or campaign and was said not to be in Boston. A conference of about 30 party members in New York discussed opposition to the administration but no definite plans were confirmed.
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Roosevelt
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Chusetts
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W York
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Madrid
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Foreign Office
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Hamburg
Archie Williams 400 Meter Champion in Olympic Trials
Archie Williams of Oakland California won the 400 meter race finishing in 46.5 seconds, short of the world record, as Arthur Brown and Jimmy Lavalle followed. Bob Clark of San Francisco led the all around event with two wins totaling 4154 points, while Glenn Morris set a decathlon record pace to 4192 points.
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Berlin
Oakland
Calif
Bill Carr
Los Angeles
Arthur Godfrey Brown
Great Britain
Jimmy Lavalle
Lavalle
Brown
Bob Clark
San Francisco
Clark
Glenn Morris
Fort College
Colo
Jack Parker
Sacramento
Merchants Pleased With Trading Boynting North Carolina Outlook
North Carolina merchants report improved conditions with expectations of 12 to 15 percent higher business in the last quarter. Textile industry leaders forecast a strong year ahead as housing tightness and a High Point furniture show reflect demand. state bank resources and July revenues reach new highs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Willard L. Dowell
State Merchants Association
Dowell
W. D. Anderson
Macon
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Chambers of Commerce
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Asheville
High Point
Wachovia Bank and Trust Byee
Prin
Both Sides Of Spanish Fracas Get Warnings
The Associated Press reports both sides in a Spanish fracas receive warnings as authorities seek to curb further clashes. Police movements and public statements aim to prevent escalation amid rising tensions surrounding the incident.
Four die in Tennessee primary election violence
Tennessee reports four deaths in a violent clash during county official races and Democratic and Republican primaries. Browning led Democratic gubernatorial votes while Dossett and Wright trailed. at least two other shootings occurred in Claiborne and nearby counties amid tense polling.
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Tenn
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
P. H. Thatch
Chattanooga
Browning
Dossett
C. W. Wright
Oneida
Nathan L. Bachman
John R. Neal
Knoxville
Speedwell
Claiborne County
Horace Russell
Albert Russell
William Russell
Horace
William
Charles Russell
James A. Singleton
Hohenwald
Middle Tennessee
John Gray
Possible new claimant to AFL consent raises labor tensions
A Washington rumor places William Keck, president of the United Miners of America, as weighing a possible A F L membership. The AFL ex council suspended Lewis aligned groups, stirring debate over whether craft unions or steel industry factions will dominate. No final stance from AFL leaders on the prospective application.
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A Federation of Laborship
John L. Lewis Mine
Illiam Keck
Ive Miners of America
Lewis
Illespie
Ill
A. L
Labor World
A. F. of L
Industnions
Lanish Leader Narrowly Escapes Bombardment Near Madrid
A near miss at Madrid as socialist Francisco fo Caballero dodges a shell during a bombardment while aging generalissimo Franco plans the campaign. Del Vayo and other loyalists scramble for safety as three more shells fall on the hillside.
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Bomardment
Mas
Madrid
Illeros
del Vayo
Charlotte City wins delay in Sunday baseball injunction hearing
The Charlotte City government secured a hearing date change for the restraining order on Sunday baseball. Judge J Will Pless set August 12 for the hearing after a telephone conference with City Attorneys Scarborough and Boyd, delaying from August 24. Barron Hinson Hornet president and Elbert Foster objected to the injunction. The order was signed in Monroe by Judge J A Rousseau and filed locally to halt Sunday games.
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Nat Hornet Park
J. Will Press, Jr
J. M. Scarborough
Basil M. Boyd
Judge Pless
Gastonia
Barron Hinson
Hornet
Elbert Foster
Monroe
J. A. Rousseau
Friends Plan World Conference Topics Discussed
Five chief topics opened the 239th annual session of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends at Guilford College August 7. Plans for a world conference of Friends at Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges in October were outlined by Leslie D. Shaffer of Philadelphia.
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Guilford College
North Carolina
Greek Crown Dictatorship Prompts Liberal Backlash
Liberal circles in Greece condemn King George II for appointing Premier Metaxas as military dictator and for martial law. Censorship tightens. parliament dissolved. workers mobilized. In North Carolina, High Point politics report low campaign activity as Democrats unite, with Grissom seen gaining some Democratic votes.
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London
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John Metaxas
Liberal
Eleutherios Vanizelos
George Kondylis
Metaxas
Hope Abandoned For 25 Men Entombed In English Mine
Aug 7 report from Barnsley England states 25 miners are listed missing after a catastrophic explosion at the Wharncliff Wood Moor mine. Rescue teams recovered 32 bodies and suspect gas caused many deaths. Alfred Brown survived but is in serious condition. Dr James Henderro led rescue parties as widows gathered at the pithead.
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Barnsley
York
Eng
Wharncliff, Wood, Moor Company
Alfred Brown
Barnsley Hospital
Brown
James Henderro
Clemency sought for Durham man awaiting execution
Counsel for J. B. Buck Carden asked Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill to grant clemency for the Durham man sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. Petition signed by 24 jurors and about 1700 to 1800 Durham citizens, as Carden faces July 14 execution date unless commuted. Lawyers argued intoxication and struggle over a pistol influenced the case.
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Raleigh
J. B
Buck) Carden
Durham
Edwin Gill
Carden
Gill
A. R. Wilson
R. O. Everett
Mia
J. P. Williams
Runaway Girl Running Again in Hickory and Asheville
Gloria Elaine Carter, 15, of Washington DC, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Carter, escaped from a local hotel this morning after breakfast with her parents. Police mounted a wide search, a bus station employee noted interest in southern routes, and a hotel elevator operator mentioned a back stairway. Previously she had been taken into custody in Asheville last Thursday after a taxi driver recognized her from a circular.
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Hickory
Gloria Elaine Carter
Washington, D.C
Asheville
Washington, D. C
Gloria
Grady Pinkerton
Woman Guilty in Train Plot Case at Milton Florida
Mrs Mary Vann a 40 year old Pensacola grandmother was convicted as an accessory before the fact in a conspiracy to wreck a railroad train to kill her husband the 60 year old engineer. The state said she and Earl Travis 35 planned the death to collect life insurance and marry. The conviction carries 1 to 40 years and a new trial motion will be heard August 31.
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Milton
Fla
Mary Vann
Vann
William Fisher
Pensacola
L. L
Father Seeks Court to Visit His Daughter Maury
Morrison B. Orr petitioned for a court order allowing him to see his eight year old daughter Maury, while his estranged wife Gladys T. Orr attacked him as a habitual drunkard and drug addict. Divorce actions and a separate $1,000,000 suit involving Orr were noted in Miami court records.
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Miami
Fla
Morrison B. Orr
Maury
Piqua
Ohio
Fortune
Gladys T. Orr
Orr
Dorothy Clark
Washington
Townsend Factions Urged to Quit Old Age Pension Group
Dr Francis E Townsend urged his followers in Chicago to resign from the movement if they back Roosevelt or Landon. The statement calls for resignations of members who support nonpledged congressional candidates or oppose the Townsend plan or Roosevelt.
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Chicago
Francis E. Townsend
Old Age Pension Organization
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Black Legion members found guilty in Michigan flogging case
Three of six defendants were convicted on false imprisonment charges in Detroit. Thomas F. Cox Earl Angstadt and Frederick A. Gulley received verdicts while Chares D Fing Wilbur Robinson and Harold Lawrence were acquitted. The case stems from a 1935 open air flogging of Robert Penland to coerce attendance at a Black Legion meeting.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Joseph A. Moynihan
Thomas F. Cox
Earl Angstadt
Frederick A. Gulley
Chares DD
Fing
Trus
Ecorse
Wilbur Robin
Tichigan
Charles A. Poole
Americans Routed by India in Olympic Field Hockey
America's Olympic field hockey team lost 7-0 to India in Berlin on Aug 7. India led 3-0 at halftime. Earlier, the U S had fallen to Japan 5-1 in a related competition.
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America
India
Harler
Japan
North Carolina and South Carolina Cloudy Scattered Showers
North Carolina will have cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight likely ending in the east by Saturday morning, with cooler conditions near the northeast coast tonight. South Carolina sees similar conditions with scattered thundershowers in the north portion this afternoon or tonight and possibly in the east portion on Saturday.
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North Portion
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