Akron Christens World’s Largest Airship Akron
Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Washington officials arrived in Akron to christen the Goodyear Zeppelin built airship Akron. The 6.5 million cubic foot helium craft, as tall as a 15 story building, will be freed from its cradle at 2:30 pm with an expected audience of up to 100000 observers.
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Akron
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Washington
United States Navy
Montgolfier Brothers
Annanoy
France
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Ferdinand Zeppelin
Karl Arnstein
Zeppelin
Two state prisoners escape Cabarrus jail riot
In Concord on August 8 two state prisoners Neely and Mechin escaped Cabarrus county jail during a near riot sparked by crowded conditions at the Rowan County convict camp. Guards were stationed after the escape and the men fled by sliding down blankets after breaking a wall.
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Concord
Cabarrus County
Cabarrus
Rowan County
Dan Poplin
Neely
Medlin
R. C.ver
State Highway Commission
Hoover
Brevard Bankers Trial Highlights Fraud Evidence
Brevard August reports show James F. Barrett testified publishing a letter from Brevard Banking Co executives praising county officials for selling a $100,000 note. Testimony also confirmed signatures on the letter and that $217,440 was withdrawn from the bank by the county board. Trial involves six former county officials and three others.
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Brevard
James F. Barrett
Brevard News
Thomas H. Shipman
Joseph S. Silversteen
Brevard Banking Company
Shipman
Silversteen
Barrett
Ira D. Galloway
Register of Deeds
County Board
Shipman and Silversteen
Board of Commissioners
Transylvania County Board of Commissioners
Bishop Mouzon firm on prohiston stance
Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon of Charlotte asserted at Lake Junaluska that the Methodist Episcopal Church South will never abandon its anti prohibition flag. He told leaders that Christian churches will stand for the 18th amendment and enforcement laws.
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Lake Junaluska
N. C
Edwin D. Mouton
Charlotte
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
The
Methodist Church
Mouzon
Abuse of Aliens Roundly Scored In Wickersham Commission Report
Washington dispatch reports the Wickersham commission findings accusing federal immigration officials of tyrannic deportation methods. Secretary Doak defends progress in correcting abuses while labor secretary dissenters warn the tent report overstates issues. Doak urges stronger laws and more interagency cooperation to curb alien crime.
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Wickersham Commission
Washington
Doak
Secretary of Labor
Commission
Hoover
Reuben Oppenheimer
Baltimore
Openheimer
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond, Va
Kenneth MacKintosh
Washington State Supreme Court
Department’of Labor
Department of Labor
Department
Starving Millions in Central China Face Flood Crisis
John Earl Baker, adviser to Nanking’s railway ministry, urged channeling U.S. Farm Board surplus wheat to China on long term credit. He warned 10,000,000 people in flooded valleys may starve without aid and estimated flood damage at 300 million dollars. He led relief work in 1930 Shensi and Kansu famine regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
John Earl Baker
United States Farm Board
Baker
Ministry of Railways
Nanking
Associated Press
Shensi
Kansu
Schmeling Eye Injury Prevents Training for Longer Time
New York report states German doctors say Max Schmeling’s injured eye will not permit training or boxing for a longer time. Schmeling suffered the eye injury in the July 3 title defense against Young Stribling in Cleveland, won on a technical knockout in the 15th round.
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New York
Boxing Board of Deutschland
Germany
Max Schmeling
United States
Schmeling
Young Stribling
Georgia
Cleveland
Eminent Divine Hurt In Wreck
The Rev. J. W. Kincheloe pastor of the First Baptist church in Rocky Mount was seriously injured when his car collided with another at a street intersection Marvin Felton the second driver escaped unhurt Felton's car overturned Kincheloe suffered scalp lacerations a broken rib concussion and possible internal injuries doctors expect recovery Police have yet to determine fault.
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Rocky Mount
J. W. Kincheloe
First Baptist Church
North Carolina
Marvin Felton
Felton
Lindberghs Reach Point Barrow on Arctic Flight
Col and Mrs Lindbergh landed on open water near the ice at Point Barrow Alaska after a 536 mile hop from Aklavik NWT in six hours and thirty minutes. The Arctic outpost welcomed them with cheers as the Lindberghs continued their vacation flight toward Japan.
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OV Associated Press
Col
Lindbergh
Point Barrow
Alaska
United States
Japan
Parker D. Cramer
Arctic
Faroe Islands
Bergen
Norway
Copenhagen
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Hern
Don, Jr
Tokyo
Russell Boardman
John Polando
Istanbul
South America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rae
Aklavik
Arctic Ice Park
America
Arctic Circle
Col. Lindbergh
Beaufort Sea
Arctic Ocean
Amnesia Patient Recovers Memory After Phone Call
In Detroit a long distance call from Richmond Virginia helped a man with amnesia recall his identity. William Clyde Maddox aged 47 was found five days earlier on Woodward Avenue church steps with no memory of his name. His brother Richard in Richmond identified him after seeing a Detroit newspaper photo. The brother said Maddox had vanished ten days earlier following an operation.
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Detroit
Richmond
William Clyde Maddox
Woodward Avenue
Richard C. Maddox
Caid
Clyde
Richard
Clyde Maddox
Maddox
President Hoover Rests at Rapidan Camp in Virginia
President Hoover finds relief from Washington heat at Rapidan Camp in Luray Virginia after a cool night with guests. He will be joined by wives of the party today and plans for his upcoming birthday anniversary on Monday are undecided.
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Luray
Hoover
Mountaige
Rapham
Washington
Akron
Ohio
Mussolini to visit Berlin for first formal trip abroad
Italian Premier Mussolini accepted Chancellor Bruening's invitation to Berlin for a return visit to be scheduled later. He left Italy for the trip after a one hour discussion at the German embassy with Bruening and Curtius, following talks with Dino Grandi.
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Rome
Mussolini
Bruening
Berlin
Italy
London
Mystery Sn0 Takes A Life In North Carolina
In New Bern a nighttime shooting kills John Peel a 40 year old light house tender from Mesic Pamlico county Peel was shot in the back of the neck while seated in his truck near Craven county authorities chase a motive A woman named Mary Cannon is held as a material witness after reports a car approached the truck before the shot.
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New Bern
John Peel
Mesic
Pamlico County
Craven County
Peel
Here
John Boyd
Mary Cannon
Cannon
Hoover pledges plan to meet next winter's unemployment
President Hoover announces a nationwide survey to assess unemployment and asks agencies for data. He says improvements are promising and vows the problem will be met, while signaling that 6,000,000 jobless may be overestimated.
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Hoover
Washington
Mrs. Ewald Held on Break-In Charge in Judge Luxford Case
Mrs. Norman Ewald, 30, a divorcee, was held on a charge of forcing her way into the home of County Judge George A. Luxford and demanding lifelong support. She claimed a moral right to live with the judge after her husband’s divorce, and Luxford said she had molested him several times since the 1929 decree for mental cruelty.
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Denver
Colo
Norman Ewald
George A. Luxford
Ewald
Great Britain’s Hannibal Forced Landing Near Tonbridge
Great Britain’s largest airline Hannibal carrying eighteen passengers from Croydon to Paris made a forced landing today near Tonbridge. No one was injured.
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London
Great Britain
Croydon
Paris
Tonbridge
Evans Named to Farm Board Vacancy by Hoover
President Hoover appointed Frank Evans of Salt Lake City to fill one of the two vacancies on the farm board. Evans has served as general counsel and for four years as secretary of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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Washington
Hoover
Frank Evans
Salt Lake City
Evans
American Farm Bureau Federation
Savings banks reopen in Germany to stabilize Reich finances
Berlin August 8 Savings banks reopen after over three weeks of closure as an emergency step to steady the Reichs finances. Some banks extended facilities yesterday and all demands were met signaling easing unrest in business.
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Berlin
Reich
Henderson Man Commits Suicide in Home
Coroner F. B. Hight said 70 year old M. W. Harris killed himself, with a letter suggesting domestic troubles caused the act. Harris's body was found in a Henderson residence Friday, and authorities released the determination today.
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Henderson
F. B. Hight
M. W. Harris
Navy Acting Secy Jahneke backs resumption of Army Navy football
Acting Secretary Jahneke said he personally favors resuming Army Navy football relations soon but won’t pressure Naval academy officials to rush the move.
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Washington
Jahneke
Navy
Army
Naval Academy
Bank of United States Directors Sued For 60 Million
Joseph A. Broderick superintendent of banks filed a suit in supreme court against all directors of the closed Bank of United States for misappropriation of funds totaling 60 million dollars.
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New York
Joseph A. Broderick
Supreme Court
Bank of United States
Germany considers 600000 ton wheat purchase in 1932
Berlin reports negotiations for Germany to buy 600000 tons of American wheat on a three year credit basis with undisclosed payment terms. Washington notes Germany also seeks to buy about 600000 bales of cotton on long term credit at market price through U S channels.
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Germany
Berlin
Washington
Farm Board
Sackett
Hoover
Cramer Arrives at Faroe Islands and Heads to Bergen
An exchange telegraph from Copenhagen says Parker D. Cramer reached the Faroe Islands last night after a flight from the United States and will depart at noon for Bergen before continuing to Copenhagen tomorrow.
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London
Copenhagen
Parker D. Cramer
Faroe Islands
United States
Bergen
Birmingham Negroes Aid Search For Slayer Of Girl
Birmingham residents organized to aid officers in locating the slayer of a Birmingham society girl and wounding two companions. A $200 reward was posted by local Negro groups as city and county forces conducted a coordinated hunt in the district. Eleven suspects were brought in for possible identification as investigators probe a separate shooting of four Negroes in the past two days.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Society
Birmingham Civic and Commercial Association
Nell Williams
Miss Williams
Jennie Wood
Alabama
South
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Central
Hit
Max
Lindberghs
Nome
Page Saven
W. C. Maddox
Rapidan Camp
Light House Tender
Treasury
Cramer
Faroe Island
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