Architect Appointed Reconditioning Supervisor in NC
John M. Geary Ashe ville architect named reconditioning supervisor for HOLC in North Carolina. State manager C B Noble announced the appointment, though acceptance not yet tendered. In Chicago wheat rises on silver nationalization news, futures gain as December options move higher.
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Salisbury
Aug
John M. Geary
Asheville
HOLC
North Carolina
C. 8. Noble
Mountain family on trial in death of adopted daughter
In Wilkesboro a jury trial began for Warwick Tilley and relatives charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of 20 year old adoptee at their home. Prosecution says motive involved fear of exposure over money. defense cites alibis.
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Howard Dixon
D. Spillman
J. O. Hobson
M. Holcomb
R. B. Chrismor
C. Steelman
A. C. Shore
W. . Williams
Hubert Williams
Johnson
G. H. Binkley
J. Williams
Warwick Tilley
Luther
Clyde
Minerva
Andrew Ridge
Eys
Autlers
Tilley
Tilleys
Citor Jones
Roosevelt Urges Non-Partisan Support for New Deal
President Roosevelt on a Wisconsin tour urged non-partisan backing for the New Deal. He hailed public support since 1932 and urged citizens to look to the average person for confidence. He named Bob Lafollette and Ryan Duffy for cooperation and criticized critics clinging to old methods.
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Roosevelt
U. S
Green
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
Bob” Lafollette
Ryan Duffy
Senator Lafollette
Duffy
Congress
Representative Burke
Neb
Nebraska
Gov
Bryan
A. G. Schmedeman
Walmsley Wins Over Long In New Orleans Political Clash
In New Orleans Judge Nat W. Bond barred a state bill creating a police board, siding with Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley against Huey P. Long and delaying Long faction plans. The fight escalated into armed camps and guards in the city.
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New Orleans
Nat W. Bond
T. Semmes Walmsley
Bond
Huey P. Long
Walmsley
State Assembly
Long
Luke Lea Returns to North Carolina State Prison
Luke Lea of Nashville Tennessee quietly re entered the state prison in Raleigh at 11 18 a m to resume a six to ten year sentence after attending the funeral of his son Percy Lea who was killed in an automobile accident last week
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LPA
Raleigh
Luke Lea
Nashville
Tenn
North Carolina
Percy Lea
Bond Set After Death In Driving Incident
Coroner's jury ruled Virgil Simms death yesterday near here resulted from negligence by Wil Lyday. Simms, 12, was fatally injured when he jumped from a moving car driven by Lyday about 25 miles an hour. Lyday was charged and a bond of 500 dollars was set to prevent jail time. Simms was one of four boys on the outside of Lyday's car at the time.
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Wasaga Beach
Ont
James Ayling
Leonard Reid
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Iraq
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England
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Middlesex
Hendon
Atlantic
Pee Bok
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Wil Lyday
Lyday
Oung Simmis
Hce
G. C. Kilpatrick
Mms
Lydas Car
President Roosevelt Faces Wisconsin Political Tangle Tour
President Roosevelt, en route to Washington, arrives in Greenway for a state centennial address amid party realignments. La Follette enters a new party race while Democrats contest a Senate seat and Republicans stay active as Roosevelt tours Minnesota dams and locks signaling a future navigation project.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Wisconsin
Greenway
Robert M. LaFollette
F. Ryan Duffy
Senate
Rochester
Minn
Mississippi
Minnepaolis
Lake City
Government Sticks To Cotton Control Plan
Washington reports the government will press the Bankhead act amid drought cutbacks with a 9,195,000 bale yield forecast the lowest since 1896. Farmers may gain from higher prices, rental and parity payments, and tax-exemption certificate sales as drought and aridity influence harvests and carryover.
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Washington
Wallace
Old South
Mississi
Millard Hendrix Held As Theft Ring Head
Millard Hendrix, 37, with a long police record, is jailed in Asheboro on six counts of automobile theft receiving stolen property and forged titles. State officials say he led a statewide theft ring based at a Randolph County garage near High Point, with three autos recovered including a car stolen from Star and a Plymouth coach altered and traded for a Hudson coach. Police surrounded Hendrix at Fred Maus’s Greensboro home. Maus was cleared of involvement.
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Asheboro
Motor Vehicle Department
Hendrix
W. J. Cram
State Highway Patrol
King
Randolph
C. H. Ingram
Fred Maus
Asheboro Street
Greensboro
Maus
Randolph County
Clegg Kearns
Star
High Point
Plymouth
Fayetteville
Malcolm McQueen
Hudson
Ben Lowe
Charlie Lohr
Roby Lohr
Old Motors
Guilford Friends Oppose Motion Pictures and Punishment
At Guilford College the yearly meeting adopted reports opposing motion pictures and Sabbath desecration. Capital punishment faced some debate though the abolition report was supported. The moving picture critique warned that 30,000,000 annual filmgoers include one third children and risk moral collateral.
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Guilford College
Call
Committee On “the
Moving Picture Menace
Opening Day Tobacco Prices Rise on Border Belt Markets
Jubilant farmers reported early sales on the South Carolina and border belt markets with average prices over 20 cents a pound, near twice last year. Lumberton led with 100 piles at 25.81 per hundred, ranges from 8 to 50 cents. others like Timmonsville Dillon Mullins and Chadbourne showed strong gains amid a shorter crop and weather impacts.
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South Carolina
Border Belt
Lumberton
North Carolina “Border Belt
Timmonsville
Darlington
Chadbourne
Dillon
Kingstree
Mullins
Pamlico
R. W. McFarland
Eastern Carolina
Fairmont
Corn and Cattle Of Nebraska Destroyed
Nebraskas drought devastates crops and cattle with two thirds of counties drought areas. Thousands of cattle face slaughter or removal due to feed shortages as fields turn brown and corn wilts. Farmers urge saving roughage while some small regions may yield fair crops.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Roosevelt sets silver price at 50.01 cents per ounce
President Roosevelt issues an executive order under the Silver Purchase Act of 1934 directing mints to receive all silver in the United States. Mints will deduct seigniorage and repay depositors in silver certificates or coin equal to the monetary value. Exemptions apply to certain silver and aged domestic stock.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mongenthau
United States
Caveat Filed Over Milton Brown Will By Nephew
In Greensboro on August 9 a caveat to the last will of Milton V. Brown of Washington township was filed in Superior Court by his nephew G. B. McIntyre. The challenger argues the signature and placement are improper and that the document may not reflect the uncle’s intention, noting the instrument was found in a suitcase, not among valuable papers.
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Greensboro
Milton V. Brown
Washington Township
Superior Court
G. B. McIntyre
Weather Forecast by States and Coastal Areas
North Carolina shows fair tonight with Friday partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers in the extreme west. South Carolina fair tonight with Friday showers in the northwest portion. Hatteras to Jacksonville reports gentle to moderate easterly winds and partly overcast conditions tonight and Friday. Sandy Hook to Hatteras notes moderate to fresh southerly winds over the north and moderate southeast over the south with partly overcast weather tonight and Friday. Charlotte AP reports official weather bureau temperature and rainfall records for the 24 hours ending at 8 A M in key cotton growing areas and beyond.
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South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
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