Senate tackles tariffs leather sugar debate in August
Senate Finance Committee members weigh rates to protect hides leather and shoes under the house tariff. They tentatively back a ten percent impost on hides and may adjust leather and shoes rates. Sugar duties spark major conflict with Cuban raw sugar at 2.40 cents and 1.76 cents under the present law. Borah hires an expert to study alternative plans while Harrison cites consumer costs around 325 million to 443 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Harrison
Mississippi
Graf Delays Two Year Mild Murder Its Takeoff For Tokyo
Graf Zeppelin flight to Tokyo postponed on second lap of world voyage due to Siberian low pressure. Weather officials plan alternative routes while Russia boosts weather support. Sixty crew will board. one mate ill. police guard airship to curb stowaways.
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Graf
Tokyo
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Siberia
Eckener
Bohemian
Russia
von Schiller
Ludwig Mark
Greenville Sheriff Murder Mystery Solved by Confession
Blair Rock, an African American man, confessed to killing Sheriff Sam D. Willis in 1927 at his Greenville home. He said two white men paid him $500 to commit the crime, but he received only $50. He led deputies to a construction camp arrest and described the ambush and escape. The sheriff’s wife and deputy were previously tried and acquitted.
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Rook
Cliff Bramlett
Willis
Henry Townsend
Bramlett
George King
Eheriff
Two Die In Roller Coaster Tragedy In St Louis
In St Louis Aug 13 a 15 year old girl Helen Brockmeyer and a 23 year old man were killed when thrown from a roller coaster car at the top turn 40 feet above ground. Two ride employees James Shacklett and Maynard Shoemaker were arrested for the coroner. The coaster had opened last Saturday and straps were found loose after the accident.
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Louis
Helen Brockmeyer
James L. Shacklett
Maynard Shoemaker
Guy A. Hightower
Clark
Move Toward Union Of Disciples And Baptists
Seattle delegates to the International Conference of the Disciples of Christ last night adopted the unity committee report urging immediate steps to merge the educational evangelistic and missionary work of the Disciples of Christ with the Northern Baptists.
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Union
Seattle
Disciples of Christ
Northern Baptists
International Conference
Church Unity Committee
Communist Girl Denied Platform At Labor Meeting
Sophie Melvin, 19, a Communist accused in the Gastonia police chief murder case, was denied permission to address the North Carolina Federation of Labor convention in Raleigh. A public meeting is scheduled for tomorrow night in Wake County courthouse. a motion to speak was tabled after debate among labor delegates and union leaders.
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Raleigh
Sophie Melvin
Gastonia
Aderholt
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Winston-Salem Tobacco Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
E. F. McGrady
Highway Commission
Ben R. Lacy
State Highway Commission
Heavy Fog Delays New York Harbor Shipping
Heavy fog again blanketed New York harbor delaying shipping. About 3,845 passengers on several ocean liners were held up as liners including the Augustus from Naples and Genoa and the Cedric from Liverpool via Boston anchored off Ambrose Light. Mariners navigated the mist for morning arrivals.
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New York
New York Harbor
Augustus
Naples
Genoa
Ambrose Light
Cedric
Liverpool
Boston
Careless Campers Blamed For Blazes
Kenora Ontario fire crews blamed weekend campers for two forest fires six miles north of the city. One blaze grew large enough to require a sizable line of firefighters to suppress it and prevent spread.
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Kenora
Ont
Here
France Belgium Italy Offer Proposals on Reparations
The next act in reparations talks at The Hague will present compromise proposals from France Belgium and Italy to British Chancellor Philip Snowden. They may require compensation to Britain for sacrifices under the Young plan and Dawes framework, aiming to avert stalemate and possible adjournment to September.
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France
Belgium
Italy
Philip Snowden
Henri Caspar
Louis Locheur
Snowden
Great Britain
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Aristide Briand
Ramsay MacDonald
London
Rhineland
Hague
Women attacked by hitch hikers near Hoxie Kansas
Two women from Concordia Kansas, Miss Leda Beauregard 21 and Mrs Beatrice Walsh 34, were beaten and slashed with a razor by two young hitch hikers near Linon Colorado as they returned from a vacation. The attackers stripped them, robbed them of money, and escaped in Walshs car. both victims were hospitalized but expected to recover.
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Hoxse
Kas
Colorado
Leda Beauregard
Beatrice Walse
Concordia
Here
Hoxie
Beauregard
Walsh
Linon
Colo
Kansas City
German Returns To Wed After 65 Years
Jacob Schwartz now 91 returns from Kanshein Germany after 65 years to wed Freda Schmidt age 90. He cabled her to prepare for the wedding as he arrives back in America to keep his promise.
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Los Angeles
Jacob Schwartz
Freda Schmidt
Kanshein
Germany
América
Schwartz
Miss Schmidt
Snook Case To Jury Some Time Tomorrow
In Columbus two days into the trial of Dr. James H. Snook for the murder of Theora Hix the State pushes toward closing rebuttal. Chief Harry French testified that Snook dictated the confession and described cutting Miss Hix’s throat. Dr. Dunn noted bruises on Snook but thought they were two or three weeks old. The defense argues Snook struck first with a hammer at a rifle range after a June tryst.
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Court Room
Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Cheif
Harry French
Columbus Police Department
Snook
John J. Chester, Jr
J. M. Dunn
Dr. Snook
Miss Hix
U S Advertising Men Drink Heavily At Berlin Congress
Berlin reports the International Advertising Association banquet drew 2,500 guests served by 400 waiters. German dishes included 250 calves for saddle of veal and 35,000 crabs and other delicacies with 4,900 bottles of wine, 59 percent consumed by U S guests.
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Berlin
International Advertising Association
United States
Continue Fighting Blaze In Coal Mine
Firefighters battled a Sherman Coal Company blaze in the Primrose vein after explosions lit a 250 foot long area. Twenty five miners were at work when four explosions triggered the fire. four rescue party members suffered severe burns.
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Pittsville
Sherman Coal Company
Aviation boosted for advertising in Berlin meeting
Delegates of the international advertising association in Berlin discuss aviation as a major future advertising tool. They foresee rapid delivery networks and a global airways system influencing industry, with a special radio committee led by Robert H. Rankin and F. D. Duisberg among participants.
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Berlin
International Advertising Association
Robert H. Rankin
William H. Rankin Company
New York
F. D. Duisberg
German Post
Chicago Rackets Cost Every Person In City
Chicago records show rackets and the bomb menace cost the city 186 million dollars in 1928. An average of 36 per person, with 94 organized rackets noted by the employers' association. The report warns the trend may rise in 1929 and cites the growth of the racketeering enterprise beyond Chicago.
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Chicago
Ciy
Employers’ Association
Joseph Neilsen
Eers
Neilsen
Will Probe Death Of Justice Agent
Two Department of Justice agents flew from Washington to Phoenix to investigate the death of special agent Paul E. Reynolds whose body was found in Phoenix. J N Keith and S W Hardy left Washington and were due in Phoenix today. J C White from Oklahoma City also flew to Phoenix and El Paso agents planned to join the inquiry.
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Oklahoma City
Phoenix
el Paso
Body of Scholar Is Found In Thames
The body of Hugh McNaghten vice provost of Eton College and noted classical scholar was recovered today from the Thames near Clewer after missing since Saturday. He was staying with his sister at the Etonian country club and was last seen on the club lawn leading to the river. The body lay 59 yards below the club steps.
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Windsor
England
Hugh McNaghten
Eton College
Tames
Clewer
MecNaghten
McNaghten
Etonian
Cholera Epidemic Declares Shanghai An Infected Port
Shanghai health authorities declare the international settlement an infected port as cholera reaches epidemic stage. Other oriental ports are notified and safeguards for ships from Shanghai will be invoked. The American consulate general informs Washington that an epidemic exists.
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Shanghat
International Settlement Today
Shanghai
Oriental
Washington
Moore's Motor Express Franchise Hearing Opens
The state corporation commission in Raleigh heard arguments on canceling Moore's Motor Express franchise. The line serving Raleigh Greensboro High Point and Winston Salem faced grounds of general negligence. The hearing continued this afternoon.
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Raleigh
State Corporation Commission
Moore’s Motor Express
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Attempted Bank Robbery Foiled at Ramseur
Two young men in a Whippet attempted to rob the Bank of Ramseur this afternoon. Their car overturned on a country road a few miles away and both men were taken into custody by Ramseur officers. They fled after one entered the bank, but no money was taken.
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Ramseur
Bank Fails to Open in Elizabeth City as Negotiations Continue
Elizabeth City NC August 13 The Carolina Banking and Trust Company and its Hertford and Columbia branches failed to open today. Negotiations with First Citizens National Bank aim to have it take over assets and guarantee deposits, pending treasury approval. If agreed, Columbia may become a separate bank and Hertford absorbed by Hertford Banking Co.
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First
Citizens National Bank
Carolina Banking and Trust Company
Elizabeth City
N. C
Hertford
Columbia
First & Citizens National Bank
First and Citizens National Bank
W. G. Gaither
United States Treasury Department
Hertford Bank
Hertford Banking Company
New Commodity Rate Schedule Delayed to October 1
Raleigh August 13 The State Corporation Commission announced that the new commodity rate schedule and the elimination of the exception sheet will go into effect October 1 instead of September 1 as initially ordered.
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Raleigh
State Corporation Commission Today
Gate City Boy and His Dog Found After Wandering
Leroy Jamie, 13, of Greensboro and his dog Queen returned home safely after an aimless foray to Winston-Salem. Welfare officials found them after a worrying wander, and Judge W. M. York and juvenile worker Charles H. Miller met the boy on arrival.
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Greensboro
Leroy Jamie
Queen
Winstom Salem
W. M. York
Charles H. Miller
Leroy
Two Women Die In Auto Collision Near Norwood
Two women died instantly and three others were seriously injured in a head on collision of two cars at a hill top near Norwood Alabama, thirty five miles north of Baton Rouge. The dead are Mrs A J Ritter of Baton Rouge and Mrs Dick Reid visiting in Norwood.
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Baton Rouge
Norwood
Ala
Here
A. J. Ritter
Dick Reid
Fairmont Tobacco Market Sums Hit 774,922 Lbs
Tobacco sales on the Fairmont market totaled 774,922 pounds with an average price of 19.16 cents per pound. Supervisor R W Mc Farland estimated today’s sales around $600,000.
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Fairmont
R. W. McFarland
McFarland
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