Tennessee Gubernatorial and Senate Nominations Headline
Nashville reports show Cordell Mull leading Andrew Todd in the Democratic primary for the junior U S Senate seat with 120963 to 66328 from 1779 of 2251 precincts. Governor Horton wins Democratic nod. L E Gwinn concedes. Brock defeats Neal. Reece and Taylor lead in the Republican and gubernatorial races. Six Democratic incumbents unopposed.
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Tenn
Tennessee
United States Senate
Cordell Mull
Congress
Andrew I. Todd
Wull
Todd
Henry H. Horton
L. E. Gwinn
Memphis
Covington
Horton
Gwinn
Conference On Drought Called In The South
Baton Rouge reports that Harry D. Wilson president of the Southern Commissioners of Agriculture calls a meeting in Atlanta for drought data and to reveal how the dry spell has harmed the cotton crop. He says prices are too low given the outlook and that Louisiana’s crop may have fallen about 40 percent in weeks. The session will include bankers from the South and discuss tobacco impact as requested by several state agriculture departments.
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Baton Rouge
Harry D. Wilson
Southern Commissioners of Agriculture
Atlanta
Louisiana
Wilson
Agriculture Departments
Kentucky
Georgia
Virginia
Carolinas
Anti-Saloon League proposes plan to strengthen prohibition
LITTLE POINT SABLE Michigan August 8 The Anti-Saloon League of America says it will offer a better national plan to enforce prohibition The board adopted a two day biennial conference policy and called for a five year educational campaign to explain prohibition to voters Dr Ernest H Cherrington will head the effort with a budget of half a million dollars utilizing motion pictures radio press debates and oratorical contests.
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Little Point Sable
Mich
Anti-Saloon League of America
F. Scott McBride
League
Ernest H. Cherrington
Westerville
Ohio
Prices Drop As Estimate Exceeds Old Forecasts
The Agriculture Department pegged this year’s U S cotton crop at 14 362 000 bales, down from 14 828 000 last year, with 62 2 percent of normal. Drought lingers in some states, Texas up 550 000 bales, and futures slumped 2 to 3 a bale before recovering. Prices fell on New York and New Orleans exchanges after the crop report read, then steadied. The Crop Reporting Board released a statement noting a United States cotton crop of
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Texas
Washington
New York
New Orleans
Census Bureau
the Crop Reporting Board
United States
Non-Suit Refused in Linville Arson Case
The Lexington news notes a non-suit ruling on Archie Linville's arson case after a preliminary hearing. Recorder A J Newyn denies the motion and defense testimony is due to continue. the case draws strong local interest amid witnesses near Woodrow Me ay's garage where cars were set and soaked with kerosene.
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Enterprise Davidson Bureau
Lambeth
Thomasville
Lexington
Archie Inville
A. J. Newyn
Lindie
Woodrow Meay
Young Linville
McKay
H. H. Koontz
Bandit Robs Man At Charlotte
A lone bandit held up B Hunnicutt, operator of a do it yourself company in Charlotte, early today at gunpoint and escaped with cash. The incident is reported from the city police.
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Charlotte
B. Hunnicutt
New Bern Seeks Banking Facilities After Bank Closures
State banking officials visited New Bern to explore restoring banking services after Citizens Bank and Trust and the Eastern Bank and Trust closed. Five Eastern branches also shut, leaving only an industrial bank. First NationalBank had suspended business last October. executives say closures were precautionary. The Eastern directors formed a committee to study immediate reopening possibilities.
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New Bern
CC. I. Taylor
State Banking Department
John Mitchell
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Eastern Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank
W. J. Swan
The
Eastern
Dissatisfaction With Tobacco Prices Triggered by Politics
In Columbia South Carolina W P Paullett Mullins market sales supervisor blamed newspaper agitation and political campaigning for farm discontent over tobacco prices. He noted prices are lower than last year due to poor primings though some good tobacco still fetches strong prices. He cited farmers selling at fifteen to forty cents a pound and projected prices to rise with better crops and standard grades.
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Columbia
S. C
Tobacco
South Carolina
W. P. Paullett
Mullins
Paullett
Two Killed and Seven Wounded In Sukkur Outbreak
In Sukkur early today two killed and seven wounded as communal rioting flares. Looting reported and fighting spreading northward as Karachi reports confirm the outbreak.
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Sukkur
Karachi
India
Mutiny Weakens Hankow Garrison
A mutiny weakened Hankow defense as brigand communists neared Hankow Wuchang and Hanyang. Commanders joined mutineers. authorities disarmed them. Eleven foreign warships stood by on the Yangtse to protect foreigners and property if needed. Thousands of Chinese fled to foreign districts for safety.
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Hankow
Wuchang
Hanyang
Yangtse
New G O P Chieftains Plan Fight
A plan to retain control of Congress in the November elections is led by new GOP leaders Senator Fess of Ohio and Robert Fl Lucas of Kentucky. Lucas to head national headquarters while J R Nutt handles finances. Huston’s exit smooths party unity. a $500,000 campaign estimate is cited and Hoover renomination is anticipated.
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Ohio
Robert Fl. Lucas
Kentucky
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Senate
House
Claudius H. Huston
Tennessee
Huston
Fess
Administration
Great Lakes
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Internal Revenue
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Cleveland
National Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Steiner
Oregon
Congressional Committee
Wood
Indiana
Mrs Brady Denies Plans To Enter Convent
Mrs Nicholas Brady denied plans to enter a German convent for her novitiate. Reports in New York claimed she wished to become a nun after a recent audience with Pope Pius XI and suggested she might found and endow a religious order.
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New York
Nicholas Brady
trans-Atlantic
London
Brady
New York Utilities
United States
Pius XI
Afghan Tribesmen Pressing Peshawar in Frontier Clash
Ten thousand Afghan tribesmen pressed toward Peshawar as British advance troops engaged Afridi fighters this forenoon. Air bombardment planes stood ready to repel a broad assault on the strategic frontier city.
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Peshawar
India
Lightning Claims Lives of a North Carolina Family
Severe electrical storms struck the Carolinas as two youths died in lightning strikes. John Luther, nine, was killed in Cand ler North Carolina, and Richard Everhart, fourteen, died near Lexington, North Carolina. Both brothers were injured or shocked by the same bolts. Wires and communications suffered widespread outages from the storms.
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Associated Pre
John Luther
Candler
N. C
Richard Everhart
Lexington
Richard
WBT
Charlotte
Chester
S. C
Richmond
Texan Confesses to Deliberate Family Car Bombing Murder
A. D. Payne Amarillo attorney signed a confession admitting he planted an infernal machine in the family car that killed his wife and maimed his 9 year old son on June 27. He called himself the meanest man in the world and said fear of exposure led to the crime. Payne expressed remorse that the explosion did not kill the boy and said he would not mount a defense and hoped for a speedy execution.
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Stinett
Texas
A. D. Payne
Amarillo
Wrong Man Buried At Baltimore But Nothing Can Be Done
In Baltimore on August 8 AP reports nephews and nieces buried a stranger thinking it was their uncle William L. Lewis. They learn the supposed corpse is alive and well at a busy street intersection. Health records are altered but no funeral costs can be recovered.
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Baltimore
Carroll Park
Charles Howser
William L. Lewis
Hoover Sets Course for Drought Relief Plan
President Hoover mobilizes disaster relief experience to shape a drought relief program as he awaits official damage estimates from the agriculture department. The nationwide drought adds urgency to federal action and aid considerations.
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Hoover
Washington
Agriculture Department
Flood Devastates Nogales Border Cities Killing and Missing
Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora suffer severe flood damage with four confirmed dead and thirteen missing. Search efforts paused by renewed rain while residents return to damaged homes. Mayor Villasenor reports property losses of 175000 in Sonora and 25000 in the United States amid heavy damage to adobe structures and tourist stock on International street.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Arizona
Winslow
Imperial Valley
International Street
Kinston Minister Celebrates Golden Anniversary at Church
Kinston, Aug. 8 A Bishop Dr. John Hartley, Episcopal clergyman, marks his 56th year in ministry this Sunday. He will deliver a sermon at a union service in the city to observe the milestone.
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Kinston
John Hartley
Mob Hangs Two Negroes After Grant County Jail Raid
In Marion Indiana a mob of about 1000 attacked the Grant county jail, dragged Thomas Shipp 18 and Abe Smith 18 from cells, and hanged them on the court house yard. The crowd then beat and severely wounded Herbert Cameron 16 before dispersing as state police restored order.
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Ind
Grant County
Court House
Thomas Shipp
Claude Deeter
Fairmount
Abe Smith
Deeter
Here
Shipp
Court House Yard
Smith
Herbert Cameron
Harry G. Leslie
National Guard
Camp Knox
Cameron
Robert Sullivan
Decter
Sullivan
Soen
Oter Negros
Mary Lall
Search Continues for Woman's Body Near Savannah River Bridge
Abbeville South Carolina Aug 8 Sheriff McLane and Sheriff Seymour planned to continue an all day search for a woman's body reportedly thrown from the Savannah River bridge between Abbeville and Elberton Georgia. Eyewitnesses heard a woman's scream and a speeding South Carolina plated coupe fled the scene.
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Abbeville
S. C
McLane
Savannah Rive
Here
Elberton
Seymour
Elbert County
South Carolina
Calhoun Falls
Robbery at Greensboro gas station nets $25
Two neatly dressed men and a pretty girl pulled into a Greensboro filling station, forced manager E. C. Walter to surrender all cash, then locked him in a rest room and fled with $25. The incident occurred today in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
E. C
Walter
Heavy Liquidation Depresses Stocks
New York August 8 prices fell sharply as fresh liquidity pressure pushed share values down three to eight dollars to monthly lows. The market, trying to mount a bull phase after July 4 trading resumed, retreated toward levels seen at the start, with indices near June lows and not this low since last December.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Forest fires in Idaho and Washington under control
Fire crews report most fires in northern Idaho and eastern Washington have been contained with all but one under control. After containment, teams began releasing workers as of August 8 in Spokane Washington, according to officials.
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Spokane
Wash
Idaho
Washington
Paris Fashion Week Ends Quietly in Rue de la Paix
Paris wrapped the autumn shows with no dramatic events as buyers breathe easier. Designers showcased ankle length evening skirts, higher waistlines, and new sleeve cuts while gray replaces beige and black and white dominate day and evening wear.
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Paris
Rue de la Paix
Matger
Lindbergh to Speak Worldwide on International Aviation Address
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will deliver a radio address on International Aviation tonight. The talk, from a single microphone at Columbia network studios, will be broadcast via five short wave stations and about 140 stations worldwide, including outlets in New York Philadelphia Roundbrook Schenectady and Pittsburgh with Australian and German relays planned. He will speak from 10 to 16 15 p m and precede a CBS short wave reading to Sweden where his father was born.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Columbo Broadcasting System
Columbia
W2xe
W3xau
Philadelphia
W3xal
Roundbrook
N. J
W2xad
Schenectady
WSXE
Pittsburgh
Sydney
Germany
Col. Lindbergh
S&s. T
CBS
Sweden
Virginia Bar Will Vote on Dry Law Repeal Referendum
At OLD POINT COMFORT Va August 8 the Virginia State Bar association adopted a resolution by 92 to 54 to hold a referendum among all Virginia lawyers on repealing the eighteenth amendment.
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Old Point Comfort
Virginia State Bar Association
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