New Deal Lauded By Negro Representative In Appeal To Race
Athens Alabama August 10 Representative Mitchell Negro Democrat from Illinois praised the New Deal as a square deal for all and salvation for the Negro. Speaking to thousands at Negro Tennessee Valley Authority Appreciation Day he attacked Republicans for pre Roosevelt economic oppression and urged support for Roosevelt and the Democratic party.
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Athens
Ala
Mitchell
Illinois
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tuskegee Institute
Republican Party
Roosevelt Signs Far Reaching Social Security Plan
Washington August 10 President Roosevelt signs and pushes fast enactment of a broad social security program after months of debate. The bill provides old age pensions funded by a 3 percent tax on wages up to 2000 and creates unemployment insurance with federal grants to states and aid for needy mothers and children. It envisions a federal state system with a 190 million dollar next year appropriation and a 50 billion dollar fund by 1980. The measure also offers grants for the aged, blind, and crippled children and includes a provision for congressional committees to study amendments next session.
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Senate
Treasury
Congress
Clark
D-Mo
Salesman Killed in Auto Crash Near Laurinburg
Henry McNatt, 35, a salesman for a local auto accessory firm, died when his car struck a bridge abutment near Laurinburg last night.
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Laurinburg
Henry McNatt
Fayetteville Chief of Police Shot Fatally
N C Fayetteville chief J Ross Jones 41 longtime police leader died in a hospital after a mysterious pistol wound in a hotel room. He had telephoned his wife to join him and was found with a bullet wound near a mattress, following a 48 hour bank robbery probe. An inquest was ordered.
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Fayetteville N. C
J. Ross Jones
Worth Moffett
Sanford
Smoaks
8. C
Finance Committee Boosts Taxes on Small Taxpayers
The senate finance committee, surpassing President Roosevelt's plan, moved to raise taxes by lowering exemptions and adding surtaxes in the lower brackets, targeting the small tax payer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Virginia Troops Barred From Pennsylvania Maneuvers
Dr. Edith MacBride-Dexter ordered 3,000 Virginia national guardsmen not to enter Pennsylvania for the first army maneuvers due to a spreading infantile paralysis epidemic. Troops were to encamp at Mt. Gretna Aug 17–31. the event would involve 20,000 soldiers from the third corps area. The DC district troops may also be excluded.
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Harrisburg
Edith MacBride-Dexter
Virginia
Pennsylvania
MacBride-Dexter
Baltimore
Mt. Gretna
Third Corps
Maryland
District of Columbia
Will of Bowman Gray Allocates Major Estate to Family and Charity
The late Bowman Gray’s will, probated in Winston-Salem, sets aside one eighth for charitable and religious uses while his widow Mrs. Gray and sons Bow men Gray Jr and Gordon Gray receive the remainder. The estate, valued over 10 million dollars, largely in R J Reynolds stock, faces over 4 million in taxes. After taxes and debts, 12.5 percent is left to the Wachovia Bank and Trust for the Winston-Salem foundation to fund designated charitable causes chosen by a family committee.
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Winston-Salem
Bowman Gray
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
R. J. Reynolds Company
Charges Dropped for Pelzer Strikers in Greenville
Four Pelzer workers faced assault with intent to kill and highway robbery charges in Greenville County were dropped when the prosecutor and witnesses did not appear for the preliminary hearing. Suspects John Roberts Luther Ramage and David Epps remained jailed, Robert Johnston free on bond.
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Greenville
8. C
Pelzer
Louie E. Smith
F. C. Ware
United Textile
John Roberts
Luther Ramage
David Epps
Robert Johnston
Ware
Saluda River
Fayetteville Police Chief W G Fridale Receives Death News
The Fayetteville chief of police, W G Fridale, president of the North Carolina Chiefs of Police association, was informed this morning of the death of Ross, head of Fayetteville police.
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W. G. Fridale
North Carolina Chiefs of Police Association
Rossoom
Fayetteville
Battle Scarred Sloop Surface With Cargo Of Bones
The sloop Philadelphia raised from 60 feet of Lake Champlain near Burlington, bearing human bones and rusted cannon. Dating to the 1776 Battle of Valcour Island, the wreck shows holes in the hull and three cannon balls. the ship measures about 465 feet long and marks Benedict Arnold’s fleet late in the Revolutionary War.
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Burlington
Philadelphia
Lake Champlain
Benedict Arnold
Valcour Island
Hager
Arnold
Canada
Hudson River
Saratoga
Deavers Bound Over in Raleigh High Court Case
Donald P. Deavers a 30 year old silk hosiery salesman from Washington D C was bound over to the superior court under a $1000 bond by Magistrate J B Dansely to face highway robbery and assault charges. Worth of Raleigh testified Deavers attacked him knocked him unconscious and robbed him on the night of August 2.
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Raleigh
N. C
Donald P. Deavers
Washington, D. C
J. B. Danseley
Deavers
St. Augustine
New Office Planned for City Manager Knox
Work began today to partition the old library room in the city hall as it is converted into a new office for City Manager M. Knox. Administrative offices will be moved to give the tax department more space on the ground floor of the municipal building.
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M. Knox
City Tax Department
Governor commutes Raleigh inmate to life in prison
Sentence commuted in North Carolina. Governor Ehringhaus changes Gary Thompson from death row to life imprisonment for first degree burglary, as reported from Raleigh.
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Raleigh, N. C
Ehringhaus
Gary Thompson
Alexander County
Hemphill Defends Linville Invitational Golf Title
Kathryne Hemphill of Columbia North Carolina successfully defended her Linville hometown invitation golf title by defeating Deane Van Landingham of Charlotte in the finals 5 and 4.
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WII
Linville
N. C
Kathryne Hemphill
Columbia
Deane van Landingham
Charlotte
James not held by detectives in Mary James death case
Los Angeles August 10. Robert James a five times married man known also as Lisenba was released after brief detention for questioning in the death of his wife Mary 27 found drowned beside a goldfish pool. Capt Norris Stensland said officers found sleeping powder at his home. James denied any connection and said his conscience is clear.
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Los Angeles
Robert
James
Liberty
Mary
Lisenba
Norris Stensland
Sheriff's Office
Vera Mae Vermillion
Emporia
Kas
Winona Wallace James
Manitou
Colo
Tobacco prices average higher in border markets
The department of agriculture reported this week that tobacco prices in the South Carolina belt border markets averaged from one to three dollars per hundred pounds higher than last year. Department studies showed an average increase of 1.90 dollars across 20 standard grades as selling remained heavy, with export purchases a key factor.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina Belt
Early Showdown Expected With Strike Relief Forces
The New Deal faces an early clash with relief workers as unions forecast spread to many cities and President Roosevelt issues an ultimatum. Hopkins accompanies the president on the Sequoia as talks promise no immediate change to security wage payments. Disputes over numbers of skilled workers and union actions in New York shape the brewing crisis.
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Washington
New Deal
New York
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Works Program
Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union
Works Progress Administration
William Green
New York Stocks End Week With Broad Gains And High Volume
A brief Saturday session in New York markets saw numerous new highs for the year or longer despite profit taking. Trading ranged from fractions to around a point with transfers near 1,390,000 shares and a firm closing.
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New York
Rex Beach Boosts Alaska Image During Visit
The account notes a visit from Rex Beach arriving from Vancouver and warmly welcomed in Alaska. Beach is credited with popularizing the region, described as an old friend and a mighty dear person. The weather is mentioned as bad, and a plane mishap near Juneau is alluded to but not detailed.
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Juneau
Rex Beach
Vancouver
Alaska
Carolina Auto Supply Company Inc Formed in Asheboro
Stacey W Wade secretary of state reports the filing of the certificate of incorporation for Carolina Auto Supply Company Inc Asheboro The firm will operate retail and wholesale stores selling merchandise under 100000 authorized capital with 300 stock subscribed by Lottie Samet Dell Samet and Alex Samet all of North Carolina local investors from High Point and Asheboro respectively
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Raleigh
WN. C
Stacey W. Wade
Carolina Auto Supply Company, Inc
Asheboro
Lottie Samet
Dell Samet
High Point
Alex Samet
Man agrees to become human icicle for science
Hollywood, Aug. 10. Stephen Simkhovitch, 34, agreed to become a human icicle under a contract with Dr. Ralph Willard, the monkey freezing chemist. The subject, chosen from 180 volunteers, awaits a suitable refrigerator before the experiment begins.
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Hollywood
Calif
Stephen Simkhovitch
Ralph
Willard
Simkhovitch
George Parrish
United States
Mexico
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