Four teens slain on country road near Ann Arbor
Authorities identify four victims and arrest four suspects after a double boy girl slaying on a rural road southeast of Ann Arbor. The crime scene includes a bloodstained purse and a .38 bullet, with two suspects released and two remaining in custody as investigators link the victims to a lover's lane shooting and a later car fire.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Here
Jacob B. Andres
Paul Keene
Lawrence
Thomas Wheatley
Near Denton
Harry Love
Ypsilanti
Vivian Gold
Lore
Wheatley
Love
County Line
News photo names suspect in Peel slaying
Mary Cannon identifies Ben Thompson of Goldsboro as the man who shot Craven County guard John Peel. Cannon, held as material witness, pointed to Thompson in a lineup of four men. Lawrence Gatling and Richard Eubanks had earlier named Thompson. Sheriff Lane leads the hunt. Thompson has a prior prison record.
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Are Bern
Mary Cannon
John Peel
Pamlico
Ben Thomon
Goldsboro
Peel
Thompson
Lawrence Gatling
Richard Eubanks
Miss Cannon
New Bern
Gatling
Eubanks
Raleigh
R. B. Lane
Craven County
Hoover Warns of Permanent Unemployment Risk
President Hoover worries about a lasting unemployment phase as many workers and activities deemed essential can be cut without hurting efficiency. Some laid off high type employees are hard to place, while a revival may quickly lift employment in some industries but others stay depressed. The radio and airplane sectors are seen as potential new engines of demand as federal relief is rejected.
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Washington
Hoover
Few SCHOOLS to Fallback on Tuition for OutofDistrict Students
Raleigh August 12 The state board of equalization bans charging tuition for extended term students living outside districts and claiming attendance for state aid. Secretary LeRoy Martin said the ruling ends double funding and will likely lead to very few schools charging tuition.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
LeRoy Martin
Martin
Capone Gang Tapping Phone Wires, Report States
Federal agents report Capone’s gang tapping telephone wires on a large scale to monitor moves of law enforcers and rival bootleggers. The syndicate taps independent liquor distributors to learn when shipments will be moved, aiding hijack operations.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Alphonse Capone
Capone Syndicate
Texas Fears Martial Law Over Oil Production Crisis
Austin faces the potential use of martial law to curb oil output in the East Texas field as the special legislative session ends. Governor Sterling hints martial law as a last resort if a satisfactory bill fails, while a compromise measure gains cautious support from oil interests and administration allies.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Great East Texas
Rose
Sterling
Walter Woodward
Charles West
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Mail Car Bomb Explodes Without Injuries at Union Station
A bomb tossed into a mail car at the Union Station post office exploded but caused no damage and no injuries. Postal inspectors and police conduct an investigation as no witness could be found regarding who tossed the bomb.
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Washington
Augs
Union Station
Morrison Addresses Sheriff's Meeting
In Rutherfordton on August 12 the North Carolina Sheriffs Association met with Senator Cameron Morrison delivering the principal address. A Chimney Rock visit and barbecue preceded the speeches as B Skull of Hertford county was elected president with Wrightevill e Beach chosen for the 194? gathering. N H McGaha Cumberland named first vice president, O F Adkins McDowell second vice president, and A Glover Wilson re elected secretary treasurer.
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Rutherfordton
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina Sheriffs Association
Chimney Rock
B. Skull
Hertford County
Wrighteville Beach
N. H. McGaha
Cumberland County
Japanese clamor for punishment of fliers
Tokyo crowds press for harsh action against Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. after they photographed fortified Japanese zones while flying from Khabarovsk to Tokyo. Investigators question Pangborn’s WWI service. officials debate leniency versus strict prosecution as the government defends its anti photography law.
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Tokyo
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Pangborn
Herndon
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Pacific
Japan
Legge Elected to Cotton Stabilization Board
E F Creekmoor announces Alexander Legge is voted onto the board of the Cotton Stabilization Corporation which controls 1 300 000 bales bought with Farm Board funds to steady prices. Directors met in Washington. Hastings McGraw of Carroll County Virginia files suit against nine Winston Salem bank officials for alleged fraudulent representations of the bank's condition.
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Washington
E. F. Creekmoor
The
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Alexander Legge
Winston -Salem
Hastings McGraw
Carroll County
Defunt Peoples National Bank of
Winston-Salem
Hendersonville Gambling Ring Fined and jailed trio
Recorder J. F. Justice sentenced Grady Justus Frank King and J. K. Livingston of Hendersonville and Luther Happy Wilson of Asheville to a $250 fine and three months in jail after a guilty verdict on one count relating to gambling devices at the Clairmont Country Club near Hendersonville.
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Hendersonville
J. F. Justice Today
Grady Justus
Frank King
J. K. Livingston
Luther
Happy
State Labor Federation Elects High Point Man
R. R. Lawrence of Winston-Salem was unanimously re elected president of the North Carolina State Federation of Labor. Claude L. Alben of Charlotte was chosen first vice president and D. J. Butler of Salisbury and G. W. Kite of Winston Salem were elected secretary and treasurer. George Cameron of Wilmington became life honorary president. The Greensboro convention selected Winston-Salem to hold the 1932 session after a contest with Asheville and Morehead City.
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Greensboro
R. R. Lawrence
Winston- Salem
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Morehead City
Charlotte
A. F. Smothers
W. B. Plemmons
C. A. Matthews
Raleigh
J. W. Cole
Durham
L. P. Greenway
High Point
George Cameron
Wilmington
Cannon's Plea Dismissed by Cox in 1928 Virginia Probe
Justice Cox of the District of Columbia Supreme Court dismissed Bishop James Cannon Jr's petition to stop the Senate Campaign Fund Committee from further inquiry into the 1928 Virginia campaign. Elisha Hanson, for the committee, had moved to dismiss. Cox said the committee should have wide latitude in investigations potentially leading to further legislation. Critics called the probe a persecution and a violation of constitutional rights.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jrs
Cox
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Cannon
Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Virginia
Elisha Hanson
Campaign Funds Committee
Senate Committee
Southern Methodist Churchman
Senate
Glass
Three Sentenced to Death for Killing Police Officer
In Nashville Tennessee on August 12 three young men were sentenced to death for the slaying of a policeman during a grocery store robbery.
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Nashville, Tenn
Uprising in Cuba Shifts to Havana Amid Rebel Attacks
Havana reports say rebels attempted to blow up the Regia water reservoir and the Shell storage tank at Lugano but were driven off by loyalist forces. In Pinar del Rio and other provinces clashes left 14 rebels fatally harmed and 19 wounded, with several officers reported among the dead.
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Regia
Havana
Shell Oil Company
Lugano
Pinar del Rio
Los Palacios
Rodolfo Chipi
Francisco Peraza
Peraza
Afrtemisa
Candelara
Celestino Baizan
Interior Department
Cienfuegos
Oriente
Cruses
Santa Clara
Vueltas
Interior
Ranchuelo
Vinas
Sancti Spiritus
Arabos
Frank Knox Buys Chicago Daily News
Frank Knox, publisher of the Union Leader in Manchester New Hampshire, and Theodore T. Ellis of Worcester Massachusetts, former Worcester Telegram Gazette publisher, purchased control of the Chicago Daily News from the Walter A. Strong estate executors.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Walter A. Strong
Frank Knox
Manchester
N. H
Theodore T. Ellis
Worcester
Mass
Worcester Telegram Gazette
Harris Back on Witness Stand in Leas Trial
W D Harris vice president of Central Securities Corp and bond department manager for the defunct Central Bank and Trust Co Asheville testified in the Lake Lea Tennessee publisher defraud case. He said the bank bought $875 000 in bonds from subsidiaries for sale to Lea, while prior witnesses testified about nonpayment for $214 000 of those bonds.
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Asheville
W. D. Harris
Central Securities Corporation
Central Bank and Trust Company
Lake Lea
Tennessee
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank
Luke Lea, Jr
E. P. Charlet
Lea
Harris
Central Securities
The
Universal Mortgage Company
Garay Faces New Troubles After Plane Crash
Captain Lisandro Garay, rescued at sea from a non stop New York to Tegucigalpa flight, heads toward port in a exhausted condition as investigations begin into alleged aviation rule violations and Honduran actions to revoke his license. Court martial looms over prior orders to return home amid disturbances.
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Norfolk
New York
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Lisandro Garay
North Carolina
Atlantic
Savannah
Legation
Washington
State and Commerce Departments
Garay
Floyd Bennett Field
Bert Acosta
Acosta
Lindberghs Reach Nome After Foggy Bering Hop
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Safety Bay near Nome after a 100 mile hop from Kotzebue Sound, facing a 1,067 mile leg across the foggy Bering Sea toward Karakinek Siberia. They planned to depart weather permitting, amid a large reception and curious crowds.
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Nome
Alaska
Orient
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bering Sea
Safety Bay
Kotzebue Sound
Lindebergh
Grant R. Jackson
Jackson
Commissioners Hear A. E. Cline At Asheville Convention
A. E. Cline president of the state association of county commissioners warned that some boards failed to say no, leading the general assembly to strip county boards of authority. Cline, Cleveland County commissioner chair, cited citizens’ demands driving deepening debt to alarming levels as others spoke at the opening session alongside F. P. Spruill and Charles M. Johnson.
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Asheville
A. E. Cline
State Association of County Commissioners
General Assembly
Cline
Cleveland County Commissioners
Chine
BE. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
F. P. Spruill
State Board of Equalization
Charles M. Johnson
County Government Advisory Commission
Association
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Two’s Company
Nils Asther
Vivian Duncan
Europe
Evelyn
Germany
Dent
Capone
Morrison
Sheriff’s
War Department
Great Japan Production Party
Mitsuru Toyama
Ministers of War, Communications and Foreign Affairs
Army General Staff
Black Dragon Society
State Labor Federation
High
Cuba
Gertrude Salmon
Detroit
Ross W. Judson
Continental Motors Corporation
Jeffress
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