Current Survey Shows Enormous Increase In Business Conditions
A world wide improvement in business conditions over recent months is reported with production and international trade rising in several nations. The Gold bloc faces currency difficulties while France Holland and Switzerland show declines in June. Alfred P Sloan Jr GM reports sustained improvement in 1935 half year. Italy and Japan are strong export customers as England eyes tourism rebound. France struggles to save the franc amid devaluation fears.
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New York
Gold Bloc
France
Holland
Switzerland
National Industrial Conference Board
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
United States Department of Commerce
Italy
Japan
England
Emperor Haile Selassie open to concessions in Ethiopian-Italo clash
Paris dispatches report Haile Selassie willing to cede part of Ethiopia for a sea outlet and loans to spur development. He says a port is essential and Djibouti currently serves as the port. Eden proposed similar territorial compromise in July.
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Paris
Addis Ababa
Sperior Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Gulf of Aden
Anthony Eden
League of Nations Affairs
House of Commons
Million-Man Italian Mobilization Aims at Ethiopian Conflict
Rome reports orders for 500000 troops to join 1000000-strong Italian army for war maneuvers in northern Italy starting August 24. Observers say Mussonlini aims to flex mobilized power, potentially sending more regiments to East Africa to aid 235000 troops already deployed.
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Rome
Italy
Oday
Mussolini
East
Africa
Brenner Pass
Il Duce
East Africa
Last-Minute Proposals Rejected Over New Deal Wage Scale Fight
The Roosevelt administration rejected last-minute compromise ideas and decided to test the New York union fight against the Works Progress Administration wage scale, signaling a hard line on wage policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Protests Roil Senate and House Over Tax Bill
Democratic leaders in both houses oppose the rewritten tax plan with higher levies on small incomes. Senator Robinson warns the revisions may prolong the session while House critics accuse the measure of lowering exemptions and increasing lower bracket taxes. Officials report labor unrest and a pending work relief strike mood in New York as President Roosevelt faces broader wage and relief policy debates.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Robinson
of Idsho
Doughton
Ways and Means
Finance Committee
Tobacco prices rise across markets as auctions resume
Reports from South Carolina and border belt markets show rising tobacco prices on resumption of auctions. Dillon South Carolina averaged about 30 dollars per hundred with standout lots reaching 32.10 and 29.50 per hundred. Lumberton North Carolina showed strong demand with 400 000 pounds offered. Chadbourn and Fair Bluff, North Carolina, noted higher prices across most grades with larger inventories on floors.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Border Belt
Dillon
8. C
Lumberton
N. C
Chadbourn
Fair Bluff
Tobacco auctions open second week across border belt markets
Florence heavy offerings were reported as the border belt tobacco auctions entered their second week on 16 markets in South Carolina and North Carolina. Reports say last week's sales rose from 20 cents a pound with prices often higher than a year ago and farmers appeared generally satisfied. Mullins stands as the largest market.
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Florence
8. C
Border Belt
South Carolina
North Carolina
Mullins
Crowson Named Field Representative for WPA Compensation
Manly C. Crowson of Greensboro, formerly of High Point and now a senior investigator with the NRA compliance division in North Carolina, is appointed field representative for the state compensation director in the Works Progress Administration. He will operate in the middle federal judicial district and handle compensation matters for WPA workers injured on the job.
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Greensboro
Manly CC. Crowson
High Point
NRA
North Carolina
Works Progress Administration
Crowgon
Middle Federal Judicial District
WPA
Blondell Sues Barnes for Divorce in Los Angeles
Actress Joan Blondell files for divorce from film cameraman George Barnes in Los Angeles after alleging months of silence, intoxicated driving, and neglect of guests at their home. Their son was born last November.
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Los Angeles
Joan Blondell
George 8
Barnes
Blondell to file for divorce from George Barnes today
Hollywood star Joan Blondell announced she would seek a divorce from film cameraman George Barnes, her husband since 1932, on grounds of incompatibility and declined to specify the charges.
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Joan Biond
Hollywood
Joan Blondell
George Barnes
Constitutional Issues May Predominate Next Election
Washington Aug 12 Amid debate over whether Herbert Hoover will seek the presidency Senator Robinson Democratic leader said one aim of any administration is to overcome the effects of Hoover policies. He urged Roosevelt to state proposed constitutional changes before adjournment. Republicans split views on Hoover’s candidacy and New Deal reception.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Robinson
Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
Representative Treadway
R-Mass
Hoover challenges Roosevelt on constitutional change in 1936 fight
President Herbert Hoover urged President Roosevelt to tell the people openly and precisely how he would modify the constitution. The call was seen as a major step in a Republican drive for a hard fought constitutional battle in 1936 during Roosevelt's Chicago stop.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Chicago
Faint hopes for Stresa front fade amid Paris talks
Rome reports dampen optimism over restoring the Stresa front as Italy prepares for talks in Paris on the Ethiopian dispute. Addis Ababa rumors of Haile Selassie ceding land for a loan or sea outlet are viewed skeptically, with concern that the Stresa accord risk collapses as Britain hardens its East African stance.
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Rome
Stresa
Italy
Paris
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
France
Great Britain
Britain
Mother and Son Die in Tragic News of Loss
In Gastonia on August 12, Franklin Carl Patricka a 46 year old textile worker died at his home Sunday afternoon. His mother Mrs Melie Mabry Patrick collapsed and died at her home in Gaffney SC within hours of learning of her son's death. A double funeral service was planned with services in Gastonia and Gaffney.
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Gastonia
Franklin Carl Patricka
South Gastonia
Melie Mabry Patrick
Gafffney
8. C
Patrick
Gaffney
Airlines Set New Records Across July Passenger Traffic
Chicago August 12. American Airlines carried 10,498 passengers on its nationwide system in July, a record for the industry. President C R Smith noted this month set the all time high, up 2,201 passengers or 12.1 percent from June and up 100.1 percent from July last year.
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Chicago
American Airlines
C. R. Smith
Smith
Polio Continues On Wane In North Carolina
State health board reports four new infantile paralysis cases in North Carolina over the weekend raising August total to four. The month’s tally reaches 48 new sufferers, compared with 84 in the first half of July, bringing the year’s total to 634.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Bryant Beats Tilney In Newport Tennis Second Round
Robert Bryant of Chattanooga defeated John Tilney of South Orange 6-3, 6-2 to advance in the Newport Casino tennis tournament.
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Bryant
Newport
R. J
Robert Bryant
Chattanooga
John Tilney
South Orange
N. J
Convict Henry Davis Escapes Woodville Prison Camp
Henry Davis, a convict cook sentenced in Charlotte to four to six years, escaped from Woodville prison camp early today by climbing a barb wire fence surrounding the camp buildings.
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Elizabeth City
Henry Davis
Cook
Charlotte
Woodville
Inquest Pending in Death of Clyde Carter
In Rock Hill South Carolina an inquest will be held tonight into the death of Clyde Carter a 25 year old textile worker who died from injuries after his automobile overturned Saturday. Two companions were injured but not seriously.
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Rock Hill
8. C
Clyde Carter
Noted Doctor Dies at 60 in New York City Native of Goldsboro
A nationally known psychiatrist from Goldsboro North Carolina died yesterday at his summer home after a months long illness. He leaves a widow and one daughter, six sisters and additional survivors in Goldsboro.
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New York City
Goldsboro
WN. C
Death in cafeteria scuffle in Kinston
Barney Anderson about 41 died from a bullet wound after a cafeteria scuffle last night. Police say a pistol discharged during a struggle with Eunice Pickett and there was no apparent malice.
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Kinston
Barney Anderson
Anderson
Eunice Pickett
Burlington Men Patent Machine Looping Device for Rugs
R E Haynes Frank Keener and A L Hill of Burlington have secured a patent for a machine that ties looper rounds to form a continuous strand for rug manufacture. The device feeds endless rings through the machine to loop and join them, with several units already operating in a local textile mill. The patent is owned by Fabrics Incorporated of Burlington.
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Burlington
R. E. Haynes
Frank Keener
A. L. Hill
Paul B. Eaton
Charlotte
Fabrics, Incorporated
Skaggs Named Principal at Mills Home High School
THOMASVILLE Aug 12 Special Professor Romulus Skages arrived to take the post as principal of the Mills Home High School. He is accompanied by his wife and young son Romulus Jr.
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Thomasville
Romulus Skages
Mills Home High School
Romulus, Jr
Negro twins born to Wat son Jones in Charleston hospital
Twin Negro boys were born to Benjamin and Hattie Watson Jones in Charleston Ohio. They named the first Pete Reveley Jones and the second Repete Lucas Jones.
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Charleston
8. C
Benjamin
Hattie Watson Jones
Pete Reveley Jones
Repete Lucas Jones
Arctic voyage toward Herschel Island at McKenzie mouth
From Akalvik N W T on Aug 10 a Northwest Mounted Police party describes reaching the Arctic Ocean at the McKenzie river mouth. The message notes perpetual daylight near the Arctic Circle and a trek toward Herschel Island as Esquimaux and pioneers mingle in a northern frontier scene.
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Aklavik
McKenzie River
Arctic Ocean
Esquimesux
The
Northwest Mounted Police
G-Men
Herschel Island
Arctic
Old Wiley
Arctic Circle
Sheriff ends guard duty after mob violence scare
Abbeville sheriff says National Guard units were demobilized after a weekend stand by at the county jail. He believed no disorder would occur following an assault on a white man in which 10 Negroes were being held. Prisoners remain at the county jail.
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Abbeville
National Guard
8. C
F. B. McLane
Battery F
115Th Field Artillery
Sheriff McLane Sees Little Hope in Abbeville Case
Abbeville August 12 Sheriff McLane said he believed there was little hope in the case as investigators continued to search for clues. The brief statement came as authorities pressed efforts to solve the incident reported earlier in the day.
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Abbeville, &. C
F. McLane
Two Held in Dover Slaying Case
Dover authorities hold Toke Davenport 23 for the death of Roland Arthur 32. A coroner's jury orders Davenport charged with slaying. her brother L A Davenport is held as an accessory.
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Dover
Toke Davenport
Roland Arthur
Arthur
L. A. Davenport
Former Local Man Ill After Stroke
GREENSBORO August 12 Special H A Garretef route one Burlington former superintendent of the Methodist Protestant children's home High Point is seriously ill at his home following a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago which came during a visit here.
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Greensboro
H. A. Garretef
Burlington
Methodist Protestant Children's Home
High Point
Thieves Take Trunk Containing 6000 Dollars
Thieves broke into Tom Taylors home in South Gastonia and removed a trunk containing 6000 dollars. They started a fire and left, then police found the trunk and its ashes about a half mile from the home.
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Gastonia
Tom Taylor
Taylor
Strike Breaks At Key Astor Housing Project
The New York relief roll strike at the Astor interests housing project in New York City showed signs of ending as about 865 skilled workers returned to the job. Federal officials had set a deadline for the relief strikers to resume work or be dropped from relief roles under the $93.50 monthly security wage policy. The broader labor fight continued in New York and other states with unions resisting the policy.
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Hugh 8. Johnson
Newsworks Progress
Johnson
York
Whit House
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress
Hopkins
Aubrey Hiams
Tional Coordinating Committee
Congress
Williams
New York
Astor Interests
State Building Trades Council
State Federation of Labor
New Jersey
Ohio
Astor Project
Hugh 8
Washington
Council of the American Federation of Labor
Rev M C Johnson Resigns to Lead North Carolina Friends
Rev Murray C Johnson, pastor of Spring Garden Street Friends church in Greensboro, tendered his resignation at a pastoral committee meeting. He has been chosen field secretary of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends.
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Greensboro
Aus
Murray C. Johnson
Spring Garden Street
Weather Forecast for Carolinas and Coastal Regions
North Carolina expects generally fair weather with Tuesday showers over western and northern areas and cooler temperatures in the far west. South Carolina turns partly cloudy with possible local showers to the northwest on Tuesday and little temperature change. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras are moderate to fresh south then southwest, increasing over the north on Tuesday. From Hatteras to Jacksonville winds are gentle to moderate, mainly southwest, becoming fresh in the far north with overcast skies and possible showers in the south portion.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
South
North
Jacksonville
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