Mutiny Threat Looms as Hankow Defenses Tighten
In Hankow on August 9, nationalist authorities brace for a Communist advance as foreign gunboats guard the Yangtse. Eighteen communists were executed amid countermeasures against internal sabotage. a mutiny in the defense garrison was crushed while marauders near Wucrang and Hanyang tighten the tense security. Foreign warships stand by. utilities and telegraph offices are guarded. two Reds captured at the Hankow light and power plant. communists reportedly threaten Kiukiang and Nanchang regions.
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Hankow
Yangtse
China
Wucrang
Hanyang
Hankow Light and Power Company
Tayer
Hupeh
Changteh
Hunan
Kiukiang
Yangtse River
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Marion victims ignite guard on looming mob outbreak
State police and Indiana National Guard moved into Marion to shield the Negro district after the lynching of two Black men from the county jail following the deaths of Thomas Shipp and Abe Smith. Patrols were ordered to deter property damage as court activity resumed and a grand jury was set for September 1.
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Marion
Ind
Thomas Shipp
Abe Smith
George H. Healey
Indianapolis
Indiana National Guard
Camp Knox
Courthouse Square
Shipp
Claude Deeter
Fairmont
Smith
Mary Ball
Deeter
Grant County
Seven Miners Dead in Gilberton Colliery Collapse
Seven miners died and 16 were injured when timbers and debris collapsed at the Gilberton colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company in Pottsville area. Twenty three men were working about 1900 feet underground when a timber collapse triggered by shifting silt and dirt buried the workers. Rescue crews responded as surface alarms sounded and most others escaped with minor injuries. The mine had been closed for months while new sloping timbers were installed in preparation to resume operations Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Gilberton
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Miss Jane Cothran Wins Asheville Women's Golf Crown
Miss Jane Cothran of Greenville South Carolina won the annual women's invitation tournament at Asheville Country Club by defeating Miss Daisy Rice Bartlett of Birmingham three and two in the 18 hole final.
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Jane Cothran
Asheville
Greenville
S. C
Thesheville Country Club
Daisy Rice Bartlett
Birmingham
Stocks Hurt By Short Selling
New York August 9 AP reports renewal of short selling in the last fifteen minutes of today’s stock market drove prices of leading shares $1 to $3 below Friday’s close after a covering movement had erased an earlier decline of $1 to $6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Big Business Tactics In State Government Urged
Governor O Max Gardner speaking at the University of North Carolina urged applying business methods to government. He advocated reorganization of state government and creation of study departments in public affairs to improve efficiency and meet future needs. He proposed extending opportunities to high school and college students.
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North Carolina
Gardner
Great
Institute of Public Affairs
Six of Sandino's Men Slain In Fight
In Nicaragua near Nance Dulce a National Guard assault on 45 Sandinista insurgents left six dead and two captured. Pedro Salgado, the insurgent leader, escaped. The patrol of 25 men was commanded by Lieutenant George Smith, a United States Marine.
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Managua
Nicc
Nicaraguan National Guard
Nance Dulce
Nicaragua
Pedro Salgado
George Smith
United States Marines
Lindberghs Fly From Hicksville to North Haven in New Biplane
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh launched from the aviation country club field at 9 55 a m in a new biplane bound for North Haven Maine home of Mrs. Lindbergh father Ambassador Wight W Morrow. The son Lindbergh Jr was not aboard. The craft cruises about 100 mph with seven hours fuel and a four hour expected flight if weather holds. They plan to reach Williamstown Massachusetts next week for aerial navigation discussions by the Institute of Politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicksbille
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh, Jr
Lindberghs
Williamstown
Mass
Institute of Politics
Lindbergh To Receive Congressional Medal
Charles A. Lindbergh will fly to Washington to receive a special congressional gold medal from President Hoover for his achievements in advancing aviation.
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Lindbergh
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hoover
Congressional
Woodcock Aims to Make Prohibition Agents Best Trained Group
Baltimore August 3. Amos W. W. Woodcock prohibition director writes to the Automobile Club of Maryland vowing agents will be held to strict accountability when stopping motorists. He says agents must have probable cause and aims to make the force the best trained officers in the world to protect the innocent and deter the guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodcock
Baltimore
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition
Automobile Club of Maryland
E. G. Duncan
Royal Physician Declares King George Fully Well
Lord Dawson of Penn, physician to the king, said King George has fully recovered from last year’s illness and is in excellent health. He arrived in Canada with Sandy Dawson and their daughter Rosemary and will visit Montreal Ottawa Kingston and Toronto before Winnipeg for the Canadian Medical Association meeting.
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Quebec
Lord Dawson of
Penn
George
Lord Dawson
England
Sandy Dawson
Rosemary Dawson
Montreal
Ottawa
Kingston
Toronto
Winnipeg
Canadian Medical Association
Planes Beat Afridi Attack Near Peshawar Front
British troops and bombers repelled a first assault by Afridi tribesmen near Peshawar. About 1 000 tribesmen probed to a mile from the city before withdrawing to Khajuri plain. Seven Afridis were killed by bombing, while tribesmen reaching villages southeast of Peshawar faced shelling and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshawar
India
Peshawer
Khajuri Plain
Watermelon Thievery Brought Up-To-Date
Greensboro story recalls a modern melon theft in which a roadster stops at a farmer’s truck, melons are loaded into the rumble seat, and the driver pays off the farmer with a wave and a quick clutch. John Gay the street car motorman reports the incident.
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Greensboro
John Gay
Treasury reports per capita money in circulation
Treasury Department estimates show total currency in circulation on July 81 at 84,426 611,703 dollars, equating to 836.48 per person. The figures indicate a monthly per capita decrease of 0.83 and a year over year drop of 2.86 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United State
Bank bombing kills official in Fort Worth
Fred L. Pelton vice president and cashier of the Stock Yards National Bank was killed and an unidentified bomber died in a Fort Worth, Texas, bank explosion. Several others were injured as the assailant demanded 10 000 dollars and warned of nitroglycerin in a satchel.
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Fort Worth Bank
Fort Worth
Tex
Fred L. Pelton
Stock Yards National Bank
L. W. Marshall
Harris Hospital
Clifton Major
W. L. Pier
Pier
Pelton
Lee
North Side
Heat Wave Grips Much of Nation with Record Highs
Chicago dispatch notes extreme humidity and temperatures across the Midwest and Northwest. Orofino Idaho hit 111.5, Couer d Alene 105, Lewiston 103, Evansville 105, Washington 106, Carbondale 111, Johnson City 110, Lamonte 110, Kansas City 103. Six deaths reported in St. Louis as drought worries farmers grow.
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Chicago
Middle America
Continental Divide
Idaho
Lewiston
Northwest
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Mississippi
Evansville
Ind
Washington
Carbondale
Ill
Johnson City
Missouri
Kansas
Lamonte
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wilson Bank Opens Branch At New Bern
New Bern sees a Wilson Bank branch opening after local banks suspended operations. R. E. Harris of Wilson Bank oversees the branch with S. Lawrence present for the opening. John Mitchell has cleared Eastern Bank to reopen, with five branches expected within ten days, per President W. J. Swan.
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Wew Bern
New Bern
Branch Banking and Trust Company
Wilson
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Eastern Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank
R. E. Harris
Wilson Institution
S. Lawrence
John Mitchell
State Bank
Eastern Bank
W. J. Swan
Latins Spotlight at Institute Examines Americas Role
At the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs Latin American affairs were discussed. Dr. Charles Batchelder defended American intervention in Nicaragua as internationalism, while J. Fred Rippy noted U.S. trade growth with Colombia amid discontent over canal actions. R. B. Gaither explained Colombia oil prospecting challenges and government reporting requirements. Women’s rights figures debated progress and legislation with Mrs. Bernita Shelton Matthews and Miss Selma Boerchard.
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Charles. Batchelder
New York
Nicaragua
J. Fred Rippy
Duke University
United States
Colombia
Panama Canal Zone
Round Table
R. B. Gaither
Gaither
Batchelder
Republic
Rippy
Panama
Bernita Shelton Matthews
National Women’s Party
Selma Boerchard
League of Women Voters, Women’s Trade Union
Jackson and O Brine Near Endurance Flight Record
Hale Jackson and Forest O Brine in the Greater St. Louis monoplane near a 554 hour world endurance record. At 7 41 pm they entered the twentieth day above Lambert St. Louis field with 98 hours to go and had logged 456 hours. The craft consumes more fuel than at the outset, others remain unchanged.
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ST. Louis
Hale Jackson
Forest O
Greater St. Louis
Lambert- St. Louis Field
Hunter Brothers
Gatekeeper John Horn hurt by nail in cork leg
Optimism remains bright in Goldsboro after gatekeeper John Horn at Wayne County Fairgrounds drives a nail into his cork leg. He lies injured but jokes that a worse outcome would have ruined the $175 artificial limb.
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Goldsboro
John Horn
Horn
Wayne County Fairgrounds
Hoover praised in Jonas speech at Catawba GOP event
Charles A. Jonas outlined Hoover's renomination and re election to the ninth district convention in Newton North Carolina. He praised Hoover for constructive service under adversity and rebuked Josiah Bailey for alleged slush funds and negative campaigning while defending Gardner's economy in government.
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Newton
N. C
Charles A. Jonas
Catawba County
Hoover
Jonas
Gardner
Josiah W. Bailey
Senate
Bailey
Sidney Wood Jr Defeats Wilmer Allison in Five-Set Final
Sidney B. Wood Jr of New York defeated Davis Cup star Wilmer Allison of Austin, Texas in the Meadow Club invitation tennis tournament final at Southampton. The five-set match ended 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-2 6-4, extending Wood's sensational winning streak.
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Southampton
N. Y
Sidney B. Wood, Jr
New York
Wilmer Allison
Austin
Texas
Meadow Club
Navy Objects To Coolidge Airplane Engine Claim
The Navy Department objects to a Coolidge syndicated piece stating that the best engine is made abroad. Officials Jahncke and Moffett dispute the line, suggesting a typographical error may have altered the meaning. The article notes Navy air cooled engines are highly regarded and produced by multiple American manufacturers.
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Washington
Navy Department
Calvin Coolidge
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Coolidge
Navy
Jahneke
Governors Of 12 States Called Into Conference
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued an emergency order authorizing reduced freight rates by railroads in drought stricken areas. It allows lower tariffs on livestock, feed and water and other needed traffic without standard publication. Authorization lasts until October 31 and aligns with Hoover’s proposals.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern and Western
Hoover
Commission
Fires Add 10 Drought Menace In Midwest
Milwaukee reporting fires flare in the Great Lakes region as drought tightens. Federal and state forestry officials call conditions extremely dangerous with only light showers failing to curb blazes. Officials warn of possible forest closures to travelers if public cooperation falters.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Great Lakes
S. E. Schoonover
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Schroeder and Bague Sentenced to the Electric Chair
Mrs Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Bague of Wheeling West Virginia were sentenced to die in the electric chair for the December killing of Highway Patrolman Brady Paul near Newcastle Pennsylvania Judge R L Hildebrand denied new trials and set execution date to be determined by the governor They were convicted after extended trials following a gun battle in Arizona in which a deputy sheriff died
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Newcastle
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Bague
Wheeling
W. Va
Brady Paul
R. L. Hildebrand
Arizona
Egg-Stealing Snake Caught In Rattrap
In Goldsboro on August 9 a long snake that preyed on hens’ eggs was caught by a rat trap in Ed Godwin’s corn crib. The creature crawled fifty four inches to a nest before a trap snapped shut and a .33 caliber bullet ended its tale.
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Goldsboro
Ed Godwin
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