Roosevelt Delays Walker Case to Await Court Action
Governor Roosevelt will not rule on removing Mayor James J. Walker until courts pass on his authority to try the case. The Hofstadter inquiry and possible appeal to the state's high court may push a decision past the general elections. Walker defended finances amid questions about his ties to Senator Hastings and the Equitable Coach Company.
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Walker
Gird
Gotham
State Capitol
Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hofstadter City
Goosevelt
Hofstadter Committee
Financelal
John J. Curtin
Hofstadter
John A. Hastings
Hastings
Equitable Coach Company
Equitable
Curtin
New York
Hoover calls for prohibition reform in acceptance speech
President Hoover urges nationwide liquor control reform in his acceptance address while pledging to quell the economic hurricane and outlining a state by state approach with constitutional guarantees. The speech signals a broader push beyond the Republican platform.
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Washington
Constitution Hall
Hoover
Solem
House
Fess
Ohio
United States
Libby Holman Barred as Executor of Smith Reynolds Estate
Forsyth county officials in Winston Salem said Libby Holman Reynolds cannot serve as executor because she is not a North Carolina resident. She remains temporarily disqualified pending the murder indictment of her husband, with W. N. Reynolds, his uncle, proposed to act as executor but his decision was not announced.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Libby Holman Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Forsyth County
Governor Horton Resting Comfortably After Minor Operation
Nashville Tennessee August 12 Governor Henry H Horton rests at St Thomas Hospital after a minor operation yesterday in a months long illness.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
St. Thomas Hospital
Machinery prices soar as taxes and credit squeeze farmers
Special to the Enterprise reports farmers facing tax burdens and scarce credit while machinery prices rise. The piece notes farmers cannot buy farm gear or even basic tools, blaming high costs and limited credit for a bleak economic outlook.
More Twin City Workers Strike at Huntley Furniture
About 40 more employees at B. F. Huntley Furniture in Winston Salem joined 75 to 100 workers who walked out yesterday. Landing room workers struck today while finishing room staff left yesterday. The walkout stayed orderly as strikers avoided outside labor agitators. The dispute centers on moving from weekly wages to piece work.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
B. F. Huntley Furniture Company
State Federation of Labor
Huntley
Gunfire and Arson Mark Renewed Athens County Mine Violence
In Chauncey Ohio last night and today gunfire dynamite and arson marked a renewed wave of violence in the Athens county coal field. After the No 25 mine crew left work cross fire from machine guns and rifles hit mine property as guardsmen returned fire. Five nearby houses were bullet scarred though no injuries were reported.
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Athens
Athens County
Manhattan Coal Company
Chauncey
Ohio National
Mill Adds Twenty Five Workers This Monday
Aug 12 report from Hickory states twenty five new workers will be added to the present force at the Conover Mill slave plant on Monday.
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Conover
Burst Of Selling Acts To Prick Mart Bubble
The New York stock market faced a heavy selling barrage in late trading with extreme losses up to 5 points in key issues and declines over 12 in speculative favorites. Wheat fell over 2 cents a bushel and cotton showed a sharp drop as blocks of shares sold. United States Steel fell 4.25 to 38.12, American Telephone down 7 to 106.25, Allied Chemical off 5 to 73, American Can down 6 to 50.12 amid broad weakness in farm implements. total volume about 3,500,000 shares.
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New York
United States Steel
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
American Can
German Aviator Granted Japanese Flight Permit
Tokyo reporters say the ministry of communications issued a permit to Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau, the German aviator crossing North America, to fly over and land on Japanese soil after a Pacific crossing.
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Tokyo
Ministry of Communications
Wolfgang von Gronau
North America
Pacific
Law on the trail of pair who killed man in car
In Spartanburg South Carolina Aug 12 police spread a drag net across the Carolinas seeking two men and a woman believed connected to the shooting death of Frank Bridgman 21 as he sat with a female companion in a Campton car waiting for another woman. A pistol bullet struck Bridgman in the neck and the killers fled toward Rutherfordton North Carolina.
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Law
Spartanburg
8. C
Carolinas
Frank Bridgman
Campton
Rutherfordton
N. C
Rioting and arson flare across southern Spain
In Madrid and southern towns mobs burn churches and buildings as authorities plan reprisals against General Jose San Jurjo. Civil guards are killed or wounded, fires rage in multiple locales, and soldiers cordon religious houses while a special judge is named for the rebel leader's trial.
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Madrid
Spain
Jose San Jurjo
Santa Fe
Civi
Seville
San Luciar
Aznalollar
Santino
Las Provincias
Valencia
Liquelme
Switzerland
Albacim
Santotomas
Granada
San Jurjo
Public Safety
Mendendez
Dr George Lay Former Rector Of St Marys Dies At 72
Dr George W Lay 72 former rector of St Marys Raleigh and longtime Episcopal educator died in Chapel Hill after a cancer battle. He served 11 years leading Episcopalian school work and was acting rector of Church of the Good Shepherd Raleigh in 1930. Survivors include wife, seven children, and brother Bernie Lay of Charlottesville. Burial in family plot. funeral in Chapel Hill.
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Durham
Joe Wy. Lay
St. Mary’s School
Raleigh
Duke Hospital
Lay
Chapel Hill
Joseph Blount Cheshire
Alfreds. Lawrence
Chapel Hill Episcopal Church
Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopalian Church
America
Bernie Lay
Charlottesville
George W. Lay
Episcopal Church
Germany Awaits Hitler Return in Possible Coalition
Berlin reports a potential new government formed by a coalition of Adolf Hitler's national socialists and Heinrich Bruening's centrists. Centrists seek a cabinet on constitutional lines with Nazis sharing responsibility, while Prussia calls for ending Papen's dictatorship. Alfred Hugenberg's nationalist bloc also influences talks. a renewed offer may be accepted next Monday.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
Heinrich Bruening
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Thew
Prussia
Franz von Papen
Alfred Hugenberg
Strikers threaten to picket Illinois mines at reopen
In Springfield Illinois unions warned that any mine resuming under the new five dollar basic wage scale would be picketed. The strike threat follows violent clashes in Indiana and comes as thousands of workers prepare to restart production across the state.
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Billy
Inventors’ Congress
Portland
Springfield
Illinois
Indiana
Death by own action ruling in Clarke murder trial
In Miami on August 12 a ballistics expert testified that Clarke’s death was caused by Clarke himself. Dr. Albert H. Hamilton said the skull and revolver evidence show the shooting was “absolutely death by own action,” amid autopsy and photographs presented at Capt. William N. Lancaster’s murder trial.
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Albert H. Hamilton
Auburn
N. Y
William N. Lancaster
Clarke
Lancaster
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Keith-Miller
Hamilton
James Carson
Defense Counsel
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Mrs Earl Cary Dies in Nashville Home
Mrs Earl Cary sister of the late Governor Austin Peay died at midnight at her sister Mrs W A Coolidge home in Nashville Tennessee She had lived there about three years Input text notes she was the sister of Gov Peay and died at the Coolidge residence in Nashville Tennessee on August 12.
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Nashville
Tenn
Earl Cary
Austin Peay
W. A. Coolidge
Bright Spots In Business Shows Mixed U S Economic Read
Air travel demand rises significantly with 223 834 passengers in first half. Sears Roebuck notes rising commodity prices. New York real estate cites apartment rentals as business health sign with 600 leases since April at London Terrace. Yukon Milling reports 60 days of orders and August sales over 300 car loads. Leger Mill in Altus runs at full capacity with enough orders to operate 24 hours daily through January 1.
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New York
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
William J. Demorest
New York Real Estate Board
London Terrace
Yukon
Okla
Yukon Milling and Grain Company
T. A. Dobry
Altus
Leger Mill Company
Art Jackson
Chevrolet Posts 13.7 Percent Rise In Commercial Vehicle Sales
Detroit reports Chevrolet gains 13.7 percent in the first half of the year over the same period in 1931 in sales of cars and trucks for commercial use, per H. J. Klingler, vice president.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
H.J. Klingler
Natchez Recluse Death Remains Unsolved at Glen Burnie
The murder of Jane Merrill at Glen Burnie outside Natchez remains unsolved after a week of investigation. Neighbor Duncan Minor is named sole beneficiary and estate executor. Octavia Dockrey and Richard Dana, charged with murder, dispute innocence amid goat trespass disputes. Fingerprint evidence and bloodstained prints linked to the Glen Burnie Mansion are under review as officials re-question John Geiger about Merrill’s final hours.
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Natchez
Richard Dana
Jane Sarget Merrill
Dana
Charles A. Dana
Octavia Dockrey
Miss Dockrey
Dick Dana
Miss Merrill
Merrill
Miss
Glen Burnie
Duncan G. Minor
Richard
Dick) Dana
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ST. Mary's
Alabama
New England
Huntsville
Ala
Henry Champlin Lay
Hindenberg
Miami
Fla
Hadenen
The
United Press
Los Angeles
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
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