Democrats Split Over Landon Endorsement In Dissenters Meeting
A Detroit gathering of Democrats opposed to the New Deal drew a sharp line between backing Landon and opposing Roosevelt. A resolution committee left policy decisions to a resolutions panel while indicating broad anti Roosevel t sentiment and possible independent action at state levels.
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Detroit
Mor Landon
Roosevelt
London
John D. Hamilton
Cour D'Alene
Eed
Oth
Joseph B. Ely
Massasetts
Bainbridge Colby
Ison
Henry Breckinridge
John Henry Kirby
Ely
Landon
South Y
al EB. Smith
Democratic Central
Boston
Owens Leads U S In Olympic 400 Relay Trials Record Tie
Jesse Owens, recalling his idle days, helped the American team tie the world record of 40 seconds in the Olympic 400 meter relay trials. Metcalfe Draper and Wykoff boosted the lead to 15 meters over Italy as the U S fielded a strong five meter advantage. The Dutch and Argentine joined final qualifiers with 41.3 and 41.1 seconds respectively. The U S women led by Helen Stephens posted 47.1 seconds to beat Canada with Germany in hot pursuit at 46.4.
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Berlin
Jesse Owens
Finland
Volmari Iso-Hollo
America
Glenn Morris
Bob Clark
Zack Parker
Morris
Clark
Owens
Ralph Metcalfe
Fay Draper
Frank Wykoff
Metcalfe
Draper
Wykoff
Los Angeles
Carpenteria
Calif
Italy
United States
Germany
Canada
Holland
Harriett Bland
Annette Rogers
Betty Robinson
Helen Stephens
Johnson Warns of Bonds to Build Highways With Current Income
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson told the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association in Asheville that the state could issue about 25 million dollars in new highway bonds to rebuild aging main arterial roads without raising debt service or taxes. He noted debt would ease by 1939 and current highway revenue must stay intact to fund maintenance and debt service, warning against any gasoline tax or license reductions.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Charles M. Johnson
North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association
Johnson
Highway Department
Industry Moves Forward In Early 1930 Recovery
York reports the Associated Press index of industrial activity rose for a tenth straight week, reaching 95.8 percent of the 1929-30 average, the highest February 1930 reading. Gains are driven by freight car production and higher oil prices, lifting general industrial activity despite the stock market crash aftermath.
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York
Inin
Associated Press
Playboy Congressman Zioncheck Dies in Five Story Plunge
Seattle reports Rep. Marion Anthony Zioncheck leapt from a fifth floor window in a downtown building. A note was found, the coroner says indications point to suicide. An inquest is to be held Friday.
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Seattle
Marion Anthony Zioncheck
Otto Mittelstadt
Zioncheck
Williamt Nadeau
Mittelstadt
Guilford College Sees Strong Support at Yearly Meeting
The 239th annual North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends nears close at New Garden meeting house. Dr. Clyde A. Milner and Dr. Dudley DeWitt Carroll report Guilford College weathered storms and advanced as a leading smaller college. The trustees discuss student social dancing requests and seek continued Friends support.
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North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends
New Garden
Board of Trustees
Clyde A. Milner
Dudley DeWitt Carroll
School of Commerce
University of North Carolina
Guilford College Trustees
Guilford
Milner
Two Are Injured Near Asheboro In Car Truck Crash
Miss Anna Mae Knott and Father K Mabry of Winston Salem were injured when their car struck a melon truck stalled on Randleman road near Asheboro late Friday. W M Knott was uninjured. Miss Knott remains hospitalized with head cuts. The trio were traveling from Myrtle Beach to Winston Salem.
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Asheboro
Anna Mae Knott
Fr. K. Mabry
Winston-Salem
Randleman Road
W. M. Knott
Miss Knott
Myrtle Beach
Winston- Salem
Wilbur Moss Injured by Live Wire in Union
Wilbur Cotton Moss aged 19 suffered serious injuries from contact with a live electrical wire in Union. He was carried to the hospital unconscious but attendants expected a recovery.
Solicitor Faces Repudiated Confession in Flogging Probe
Wilmington August 8 Solicitor John J Burney confronted a repudiated confession in his inquiry into reported night riding floggings in Columbus County The affidavit by 24 year old W L Pink King called the earlier statement false Burney had questioned King who is jailed on a morals charge The Columbus County grand jury investigated the flogging of four women and two men at Clarendon but filed no report The next session begins August 24 and Burney with Sheriff Hall proceed quietly with the inquiry
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Wilmington
N. C
John J. Burney
Columbus County
W. L
Pink) King
Burney
King
Columbus County Grand Jury
Clarendon
John W. Hall
Whiteville
Cotton futures drop after government forecast
Chicago August 8 cotton futures fell 28 to 42 points following the government report estimating the crop at 12,481,000 bales. The market paused 20 minutes to absorb the figures, with bear interpretation by traders. Initial bids were down 3 to 10 points, then trading resumed active and orderly as about 10,600 bales moved in the first minutes.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Sleep Walker Shot by Employer in Greensboro
Jake Slade, 21, a farm hand, was fatally shot by his employer Clyde Sapp who claimed he mistook him for a burglar. Sapp fired at close range as Slade, believed to be sleepwalking, moved toward him after entering the house. An inquest was set for this afternoon.
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Greensboro
Jake Slade
Clyde Sapp
Slade
Joe S&s. Phipps
Sapp
Confessed Slayer Of Three Held By Police
WABASH Ind Aug 8 A 25 year old ex convict Harry Singer confessed three murders saying he was mad State police questioned him about the July 3 Detroit victim J D Bryant 23 and the Rochester area ax murders of his mother and brother The case links to the Wesleys crime and a five foot grave in a cow barn Bryant and his Detroit sweetheart Marguerite Rankin were killed en route to Louisville Authorities said robbery was the motive and Singer described the killings including Mrs Wesley and her daughter Marjorie plus Wesley himself
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Ind
Byron Kennedy
Harry Singer
Singer
J. D. Bryant
Detroit
Estel Bemenderfer
Rochester
Bemenderfer
Mary Singer
Lonnie Singer
Bryant
John Fielding Wesley
Marjorie
Louisville
Marguerite Renkin
Vere Howell
Wesleys
Wesley
North Manchester
Howell
Policeman Brintle Suspended For Intoxicated Duty
In Duluth Minnesota two police officers discuss the arrest and suspension of J. M. Brintle after he reported for duty around 10 30 p m intoxicated. The department faces vacancies as Wade resigns and possible replacements are eyed by city leaders. Meanwhile forest fires threaten multiple communities across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin prompting mass evacuations and emergency responses.
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Duluth
Minn
Markham
Palo
Here
Minnesota
Wisconsin
J. M. Brintle
Police Department
W. G. Friddle
W. C. Johnson
Friddle
EB. M. Knox
H. B. Wade
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt and Landon To Meet For Drought Conference
President Roosevelt prepared for his final work day before Washington. He planned to invite London and the governors of Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri to a drought conference in Iowa early next month to discuss state and federal cooperation to combat drought.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Washington
London
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kenesas
Mexicans Claim Bronze In Berlin Polo Showdown
Mexico defeated Hungary 18 to 2 to secure third place in the final Olympic polo standings in Berlin. Britain captured the gold medal after beating Argentina. Hungary finished fourth and Germany fifth.
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Berlin
Mexico
Hungary
Rcentina
Britain
Secona
Germany
HOLC Collecting $25,000,000 Monthly After Lending Halt
Officials say termination of all HOLC mortgage lending on June 12 led to the creation of a major collection agency. The organization now gathers about $25 million each month to recover the $3 billion in loans extended to over a million homeowners.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
Five-man crew rescued from burned schooner Mit near Nantucket
The Mit a 70 foot schooner was destroyed by fire off Nantucket Mass. on Friday with its five crew Douglas Malone 43 captain owner Roy Nickerson 53 engineer Charles Clemens 56 New Bedford Lewis Salisbury 51 Fairhaven Horton Quinlan 35 Fairhaven. They abandoned ship around 10 30 am and were picked up by the Ivanhoe of New Bedford. The Argo coast guard cutter and a coast guard plane searched the area last night without locating anyone else.
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Mass
Mit
New Bedford
Douglas Malone
Roy Nickerson
Charles Clemens
Lewis Salisbury
Fairhaven
Horton Quinlan
Nickerson
Coast Guard
Argo
Oldest Fireman Steps Back at Raleigh Meeting
Kinston reports P. S. Harper claims to be the oldest fireman in North Carolina at 78. He will sit out front duties and take a back seat at the upcoming Raleigh convention, letting younger firefighters run the gathering. Harper notes he cannot drive the fast horses he once did and remains a volunteer.
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Kinston
P. S. Harper
North Carolina
Raleigh
Zeppelin Arrives at Lakehurst Aloft Over U S Station
The German dirigible Hin denburg passed over the U S naval air station at 10 a m eastern standard time today and told station officers by radio it would stay airborne until 6 p m.
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Lakehurst
N. J
U. S. Naval Air Station
United States Fencing Team Eliminated From Olympic Finals
The U S Epee team lost to Italy 12 4 and to Sweden 86 7 percent today and was eliminated from the Olympic finals Italy Sweden and Germany advanced to the final rounds.
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Berlin
United States
Italy
Sweden
Germany
Cotton Yield Forecast Shows Ten Percent Rise This Year
Washington August 8 A department of agriculture forecast a 12 481 000 bale cotton crop for this season up from 10 638 301 last year. Acreage rises 9.8 from 1934 with 2 924 000 acres ginned to 41 130 running bases before August 1.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Germany Joins French in Neutral Pact Talks Amid Spain Crisis
Reports say Gen Francisco Franco leads Nationalist forces at Burgos while rebels claim success across Madrid region and Seville. Germany signals neutrality while warning of force to protect nationals as eight-power talks unfold. Madrid reports rebel gains near Guadalajara and Cadiz. Cortes suspended as liberals press political foes.
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Associated Press
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Comanent
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Seville
Morocco
Badajoz
Gament
Germany
Europe
Vicory
Guadalajara
Spain
Guadarr Mountains
Ragoza
Algeciras
Cadiz
Juelva
Cordoba
Granada
Tral
Avila
Barellc Isles
Governm
Alto de Leon
Health Board Reports Paralysis Smallpox and Fever Cases
Raleigh Aug 8 The state board of health received today an official report on an infantile paralysis case in Pitt county from some time ago. The report also notes a smallpox case in Mount Olive and fever cases in Robeson and Pitt counties.
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State Board of Health
Pitt County
R Mount
Rocky Mountain
Robeson
Pitt Counties
Weather Outlook For North and South Carolina
North Carolina sees scattered showers this afternoon with mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Sunday, warmer in the central area on Sunday. South Carolina reports mostly overcast tonight and Sunday with showers possible this afternoon and in the extreme south tonight.
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