Southern Furniture Makers Favor Annual Show Plan
A special meeting in Winston-Salem discussed restricting expositions to a single annual event per city for High Point Chicago Grand Rapids and New York. The plan proposes May shows and a May 1931 start, with White Sulphur Springs hosting a pivotal conference today. The move aims to reduce seasonal slumps cut production costs and simplify marketing while preserving key trade advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
High Point
Chicago
Grand Rapids
New York
Southern Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Winstonsalem
Charles KF. Long
James T. Ryan
Virginia Gz
Lincoln, Jr
Marion
Southern Association
Winston-Salem
Train collision at Seceleanu claims nine lives
Nine people die and fifteen are injured in a head on collision between two express trains at Seceleanu station on the Bucharest Konstanta line. The crash occurs today near Bucharest, highlighting disastrous railway safety.
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Bucharest
Romania
Seceleanu
Bucharest-Konstanza
Flooded Chinese District Sees Thousands Drowned
Reports say about three thousand Chinese died in Fuichunghein district forty miles north of Shanhaikuan as heavy rains flooded 10 villages along the Mukden railway washing out the line and causing extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priping
Fuichunghein
Shanhaikuan
Mukden
Communist Advances Threaten Nanking Amid Drought Aid Meeting
Reports say Communist forces push toward Nanking and Hankow while foreign warships anchor for evacuations. Rebels seize Changsha, and Cantonese aviators bomb the French mission as Nationalists retreat in Henan. Nation wide drought relief conference opens at the White House with governors from ten states.
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Shantung
Henan
Nanking
Kwangsi
Feng Yu- Hsiang
China
Washington
Hoover
White House
Gold Star Mother Passes In France
In Verdun France Mrs Harriet Bates wife of Henry Bates of Portage Pa died today in a Verdun hotel from a cerebral hemorrhage while with a party of gold star mothers. She was the first gold star mother to die in France among nearly 2000 who visited battlefield cemeteries this summer. Several mothers have fallen ill due to the strain and ages while at the graves of war victims.
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Verdun
France
Harriet Bates
Henry Bates
Portage
Bates
Red Cross Nurse Heads Legion Post
In Tarboro North Carolina on August 14 a Red Cross nurse was elected commander of the local American Legion post. Veterans of Eason Tiney post chose Miss Mattie Shackleford as commander after their officer meeting.
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Tarboro
N. C
Red Cross
American Legion
Veterans of Eason Tiney Post
Mattie Shackleford
Quake Strikes Naples Market Area Killing Four
Four dead and 70 to 80 injured in a tornado that swept the agricultural market area of Naples on the eve of Thanksgiving. The disaster followed last month’s quake, causing panic as rescuers cleared debris from the Romeo Aeronautical works site.
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Naples
Italy
Romeo Aeronautical Works
Rome
Ascalesi
Duutchess
Aosta
Victor Emanuel
Incendiary Fire Destroys Providence Coal Tipple
Officials say incendiary blast destroyed the Providence Coal Mining tipple in Providence Kentucky. Police in Murphysboro Illinois probe Monday air bombing in the Providence mining district. Five Zeigler Illinois miners were questioned, two Kentucky miners held, and two aviators jailed in Murphysboro. Investigators estimate losses at about 50000 dollars. Paul Montgomery, who confessed piloting the bombing plane, named Essel Grant and Ewing Riley as plotters and companions. Grant and Riley allegedly proposed the flight three weeks earlier. Maione says Grant and Riley approached Montgomery, who was then connected to the plan. Maione is held for further questioning.
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Providence Coal Mining
Providence
Murphysboro
Ill
Kentucky
Zeigler
Paul Montgomery
Essel Grant
Clay County
Mine Union
Ewing Riley
Maione
Grant
Riley
Montgomery
Malone
Mann Promotes Permanent Southern Republican Organization
Horace A. Mann, former Hoover campaign manager, moves to build a permanent Dixie Republican organization based on principle not patronage. The group plans radio, literature, and newspaper outreach with officers to be announced in Atlanta. Mann aims to channel southern political sentiment against northern machine influence while denying factional ties and insisting on principled republicanism in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Horace A. Mann
Hoover
Dixie
Brown
Savannah
Georgia
Atlanta
Mann
South
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Potomac
Republican National Executive Committee
Hoover's Aviation Party Heads West Without Planes
President Hoover plans a week end trip to his Virginia lodge with no aircraft in the party. Lindbergh will join, to receive a congressional medal, and four aviation officials including Trubee Davison, Davis Ingalls, Clarence Young, and W. Irving Glover accompany him to discuss flying problems. Mrs. Lindbergh will accompany Lindbergh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Congress
Davis S. Ingalls
Hines Defeats Jacobs in Junior Singles Quarters
Wilmer Hines of Columbia South Carolina defeated William Jacobs of Baltimore 6-2 4-6 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the national junior singles tennis tournament at Culver Indiana.
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Culver
Ind
Wilmer Hines
Columbia
U S. C
Flash
William Jacobs
Baltimore
Judge Johnson in Race for Governor
North Carolina judge Thomas L. Johnson of Lumberton formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1932. He will resign six months before the primary to campaign, after serving as president pro tempore of the state senate and special judge on the superior court bench. Other potential candidates include Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt, Lieut. Gov. R. T. Fountain, and J. C. B. Ehringhaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
North Carolina
Thomas L. Johnson
Lumberton
Johnson
Superior Court
Buncombe County
Wake Forest College
Josiah W. Bailey
United States Senate
State Senate
Senate
O. Max Gardner
Dennis G. Brummitt
Oxford
R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Bootleg King’s Wife Killed in Ontario Shooting
Hamilton, Ontario report says Mrs. Bessie Perri wife of a self styled bootleg king was shot and killed last night as she and her husband left the garage behind their home. Perri was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, Ont
Bessie Perri
Perri
Goldsboro Man Makes Good Goat
O C Liles father of 11 left Goldsboro at 5 a m Thursday with two children in a goat cart and covered 12 miles in the first three hours. Dispatches from Princeton say Gladys Liles ten weighs 65 pounds and Charlie eight weighs 69 pounds during the trek to Greensboro.
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Goldsboro
O. C. Liles
Greensboro
Princeton
N. C
Gladys Liles
Charlie
Roger Williams Plans Transatlantic Flight From Maine
Roger Q. Williams, who flew to Spain last summer with Captain A. Yancey, telegraphed Captain Harry Jones at Old Orchard Beach to expect arrival today. Jones said 1,000 gallons of gasoline had been ordered and Williams’ intentions were not disclosed, but it was believed he planned a trans Atlantic hop from the hangar.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Frank M. Hawks
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tuheit
Hawks
Travelair
Curtiss Field
Fe, S. T
Glendale
Cal
Roscoe Turner
Desert
Flagstaff
Aziz
Old Orchard Beachl
Maine
Roger Q. Williams
A. Yancey
Spain
Harry Jones
William Powell Stars in For the Defense at Broadhurst
A smart young lawyer faces a moral gamble when the penalty for his love must be paid by him or the woman he loves. William Powell and Kay Francis headline this drama described as Powell’s most unusual. Friday and Saturday showings highlight the production and its suspenseful premise.
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William Powell
Kay Francis
Broadhurst
Powell
Doubt Casts Shadow Over Abduction Claim In North Carolina
Raleigh authorities question Milton Rodgers Johnston county story as deputies search woods near Garner for a missing girl Viola Edwards of Elizabethton not found. Rodgers held in Wake County jail as sheriff Turner probes route discrepancies and lack of luggage in the tale.
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Wake County
Raleigh
Milton Rodgers
Johnston County
Garner
N. C
Viola Edwards
Elizabethton
Sheriff’s Office
Numa F. Turner
Rodgers
Turner
Elizabethtown
Angier
Garner Road
Fayetteville Road
R-100 Pushes Out On Homeward Trip
The British airship R-100 with ten newspaper men on board raised hopes of a new eastward Atlantic record. It departed Montreal Aug 14 heading toward the Belle Island straits with 44 officers and men and 13 passengers, despite one dead motor, aiming for Cardington and a 50 hour crossing aided by favorable winds.
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Atlantic Ocean
Montreal
Quebec
Straits of Belle Island
New Foundland
St. Lawrence Valley
R. M. Booth
Cardington
Two Miners Die As 46 Entombed In Canadian Mine
In Princeton British Columbia an explosion at the Blackburn Coal Mine, Coalmont Colliers Ltd, killed two miners and trapped forty six others. Workers recovered two bodies identified as Albert Coal and Reid Smith and rescued one miner.
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Princeton
B. C
Blackburn
Coalmont Colliers, Ltd
Here
Albert Coal
Reid Smith
Endurance Fliers Reach 25th Day in Record Flight
In St Louis on August 14 Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine continued their nonstop endurance flight. By 12 11 p m they logged 588 hours surpassing the Hunter brothers previous record by over 27 hours.
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ST. Louis
AID
Dale Jackson
Forest O
S. T
Hunter Brothers
Third Gangster Victim Found Near Wildwood Park
A third body, likely shot by gangsters, was found early today 200 feet from two victims discovered last night near Wildwood, an amusement resort on White Bear Lake. Sheriff Mehr ties the killings to a Kansas City gang and the slot machine racket, with investigators noting the trio may have been trailed from Wildwood Park by another gang.
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ST Paul
Wildwood
White Bear Lake
Here
Mehr
Kansas City
Wildwood Park
Negro Held For Attempted Attack On Young White Girl
The 19 year old Jackson was jailed for safe keeping after being arrested near Aiken on charges of attempting to assault a 12 year old white girl. The girl described the approach as she walked home from a neighbor's residence. She escaped and ran home and her father alerted Sheriff J P Howard who then had Jackson arrested at his home.
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Columbia
Jackson
Aiken
J. P. Howard
Aiken County
Howard
New Jersey Woman Hurt in Greensboro Automobile Mishap
Mrs. Margaret Caldwell of Maplewood New Jersey was seriously injured in Greensboro when a car driven by her son in law Peter Gierson collided with a machine operated by Gordor Webb of Greenville Texas. Gierson and other family members suffered minor bruises and Webb was cut and bruised. Caldwell remains hospitalized.
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Greensboro
Margaret Caldwell
Maplewood
N. J
Peter Gierson
Gordor Webb
Greenville
Tex
Caldwell
Grierson
Webb
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Chicago, Grand Rapids
New York Expositions
White Sulpher Springs
U.S
Frank B. Hawks
Los Angeles
Col
Hankow
Hanyang
Wuchang
Yangtse
Hanknow
Changsha
Hunan
Legge
Leslie
Indiana
Robison
Sampson
Bluegrass
Weaver
Nebraska
Erickson
Montana
Farm Board
Agriculture Department
Alexander Legge
Legion Post
Southern
U. S
Judge Johnson
Goldsboro Man
Roger Williams
Newfoundland
New Jersey
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