Knox Frames Republican Platform From 1932 Democratic Promises
Colonel Frank Knox outlined a Republican platform accusing Franklin Roosevelt of breaking sacred promises. He proposed plank items including immediate budget cuts, balanced federal finances, sound currency, state unemployment and old age insurance, strict anti trust enforcement, and opposition to farm policy he termed unsound.
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Rockingham County Republican Club
Republican Party
Curley and Saltonstall Defend Massachusetts Resolutions
Governor James M. Curley and Speaker Leverett Saltonstall refuse to back down on Massachusetts House resolutions condemning alleged persecution in Germany. They call the move timely and an honest expression of American opinion. Baron Von Tippelskirch criticizes the leak of letters as a breach of courtesy.
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James M. Curley
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Germany
Baron Kurt von Tippelskirch
Levertt Saltenstall
Massachusetts
Saltonstall
Baron von Tippelsskirch
Market Slack Shifts as Alcohols Lead Gains
New York August 14 stocks eased pace with rails and utilities restrained while alcohols and oils advanced on fresh news. Industrials showed profit taking again as other markets remained mixed and commodities moved unevenly. Wheat rose slightly in Chicago and cotton slipped with bar silver down 1.58 cents to 65.5 cents in New York after London’s prior cut.
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Parker Wins Over Gene Mako In Tennis
Frankie Parker of Spring Lake New Jersey crushed Gene Mako of Los Angeles 6-1 6-1 6-1 to reach the semi finals of the Newport tournament. Parker dominated with steady net play while Mako appeared erratic throughout the match.
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R. I
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Los Angeles
U. S
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Italy Dam Break Kills Hundreds in Ovada Flood
Italian officials say about 250 people were killed when a hydroelectric dam burst near Ovada in the Orba river valley. Rescue teams report widespread devastation across 40 square miles with many missing, injured, or drowned, and property losses estimated at 300 million lira.
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Mill worker nearly severed wife's head in Eden mill
In Edenton North Carolina John Horne a former Edenton cotton mill worker attacked his estranged wife at the Eden cotton mill slashing her throat with her weapon. Police feared mob violence and moved him by ambulance to a county jail for safety as a blood stained note indicated his intent to kill his wife and himself.
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N. C
John Horne
Edcotton
Edencotton
Ine
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G. A. Helms
J. A. Bunch
Crowan County
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Inilizaity
Helms
Clipper Stands To Make Record Flight Westward
Midway Island August 14. Pan American Airways clippers prep for a Wake Island flight 1191 miles west after a record flight from Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The crew of seven, one passenger and 3000 pounds freight arrived last night, landing at 3 PM Honolulu time eight hours 52 minutes after leaving Oahu base.
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Pearl Harbor
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Honolulu
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Labor Joins In Sales Tax Fight
Opponents of the sales tax gained union support as the AFL executive council urged affiliate state federations to push repeal. President William Green framed the tax as shifting relief burdens to workers and the unemployed, while reports from Washington noted PWA plans to hire union members only.
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N. J
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Green
Washington
PWA
Inquest Scheduled Into Police Chief Jones Death
In Fayetteville North Carolina an inquest into the mysterious death of Police Chief J Ross Jones who was found shot in a hotel room late Friday night is to be held next week Coroner W C Davis said a definite date was not set Barnet McBryde was elected to succeed Jones as assistant chief and Mrs Alice Drake Jones was elected clerk to the mayor a new post
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N. C
J. Ross Jones
W. C. Davis
Barnet McBryde
Board of Aldermen
Jones
Alice Drake Jones
Tobacco Market Remains Strong Across Border Belt
Tobacco prices edged higher on border belt markets as receipts stayed moderately heavy and curing lagged in North Carolina. About 300000 pounds offered at Lumberton market while Dillon reported extra heavy receipts with early sales near 25 dollars per hundred. quality of the offer rose with over 60 percent graded better to best.
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Four Convicted in Dickinson Death Case
DETROIT Aug. 14 A court verdict sends William Lee Ferris and three former burlesque dancers Loretta Jackson Florence Jackson and Jean Miller to life terms for the slaying of Howard Dickinson New York attorney. The four face mandatory life sentences with appeal possible only as the final barrier before imprisonment.
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William Lee Ferris
Howard Dickinson
New York
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Loretta
Florence Jackson
Jean Miller
Yeateray
Charlotte Chief Likely Be Fired
The Charlotte News reports a demand for the resignation of A. P. B. White, civil service chairman, and removal of Police Chief E. B. Pittman likely by the city council after disclosures in a probe of alleged unprovoked police attacks on Negroes. A hearing on the charges ended early today.
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Charlotte News Today
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EB. D. Pittman
Driver Absolved In Fatal Crash Near Asheville
An automobile accident near Asheville on Monday night caused the death of Slater, 75, of Hewitt, New Jersey. Grady Lyda of Swannanoa, driver of the car, was absolved by a coroner's jury as the crash was deemed unavoidable.
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Asheville
N. C
Slater
Hewitt
N. J
Grady Lyda
Swannanoa
Kidnap Trial Evidence Heard In Johnston County Case
Camelia Price, 17 at the time, testified she was forced by eight defendants to travel to New York for immoral purposes. The eight defendants including Alex Beasley and relatives face renewed trial on conspiracy to kidnap four Johnston girls and the actual kidnaping of three. Lucille Wallace’s indictment was returned yesterday.
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N. C
Camelia Price
Johnston County Superior Court
New York
Price
Johnston County
Alex Beasley
Clinton Beasley
Sarah Beasley Krane
Nellie B. Beasley
Pearl Beasley
Mrgaret Lee Keen
Ila Mae Beasely
Arthur Krane
Krane
Ogolia Barbour
Smith
Lucille Wallace
Wallace
Camelia
Sarah Krane
Alaska Aviators and Seward’s Purchase Reflected in Town Talk
In Fairbanks Alaska on Aug 13 residents praise the city as aviation minded with 80 000 white residents and 70 commercial lines. They suggest a mail line from Seattle and note Seward’s 1867 purchase of Alaska for seven million dollars while debating Manhattan Island costs.
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Alaska
Arctic
Seattle
Seward
Manhattan Island
Even Rivers Run Up Hill at Times
Fayetteville observers watched the Cape Fear river flow upstream for about two hours after gates closed at the third lock and dam twenty miles below the city. Trash and driftwood moved upstream at roughly two miles per hour as water released from Buckhorn power plant backed up against the new dam.
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N. C
Cas Fear
Buckhorn
Lillington
Employers Cut Wages or Add Hours After Blue Eagle
NRA observers report 12 000 to 18 000 American employers cut wages or increased hours since the blue eagle died. The majority of wage cuts and hour increases appear in smaller firms.
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Washington
NRA
Blue Eagle
Catalonia Governor Reports Missing Jewelry Worth 2.8 Million Francs
Governor General Pichupon of Catalonia says a suitcase containing 2,800,000 francs of jewelry vanished from the car involved in a fatal Aug. 1 accident that killed Prince Alexis Mdivani.
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Alexis Mdivani
Officer Exonerated in Shooting of Paul Purcell
J T Rose railroad policeman was exonerated by a coroner's jury after Purcell, Franklin County a black man, was shot during an attempted arrest for hoboing. Rose testified Purcell grappled, chewed his ear, and seized the pistol.
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Payetteville
N. C
J. T. Rose
Paul Purcell
Franklin County
Rose
Purcell
Educator William MacPheeters Dies In Charlotte
The Rev William Marcellus MacPheeters D D retired professor emeritus of Columbia Theological Seminary died today at his home in Charlotte after a yearlong illness. He was 88.
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N. C
William Marcellus MacPheeters
D. D
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur
President's Son Cited for Speed in New York
John Roosevelt son of the President was charged with speeding in Irvington on the Albany Post road. He posted a $10 bond after being clocked at 54 miles an hour for a mile and a half during a police drive on speeders on the newly paved section.
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N. Y
John Roosevelt
Albany Post Road
Roosevelt
Ethiopia Pleads Inability To Buy Arms For Defense
In Geneva on August 14 Ethiopia protested to the League of Nations that Italy is massing troops and war materials in eastern Africa and seeks relief from arms embargoes hindering its defense. Hawariate, the Ethiopian minister to Paris, urged the League to act before Paris talks on Italo Ethiopian settlement.
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League Council
Africa
Haile Selassie Deploys 60000 Troops Near Ethiopia Somaliland Border
Emperor Haile Selassie has dispatched 60,000 troops near Ethiopia's eastern borders beyond the Djibouti Addiss Ababa line. The force centers in Harrar, awaiting a southward push into Italian Somaliland if Italy invades.
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Italy recalls 1911 13 14 classes for new war mobilization
Rome reports Italy renewing wartime readiness by recalling officers and troops from the classes of 1911 1913 and 1914 under a three month service plan as the government presses preparations for war in East Africa.
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Contempt cited looming as Hopson fails to appear
Howard C. Hopson, longtime head of the Associated Gas and Electric system, did not report to the Senate lobby committee by the 3 PM deadline. Chair Black and others prepared to cite him for contempt while a resolution to broaden inquiry into corporate structures and finances was adopted.
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Howard
Hopson
Senate Lobby Committee
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Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
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Angin
Harry F. Sinclair
Magnate
William P. Mee Cracken
Commerce
House Rules Committee
Lobby Committee
Congress
Hastings
Rdel
Fair Tax Group Postpones North Carolina Convention
STATESVILLE Aug 14. Dr J Paul Leonard secretary announced the North Carolina fair tax association convention has been postponed until September or October due to excessive heat.
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Statesville
J. Paul Leonard
North Carolina Fair Tax Association
Weather outlook west portion tonight and Thursday
West portion tonight and Thursday show little temperature change with moderate to strong winds. Sandy Hook to Hatteras feature southwest and west winds, central and southern areas seeing moderate west winds, shifting to east in extreme north portion. Tonight overcast with showers possible in north, Hatteras mainly southwesterly, variable in extreme north, and scattered showers tonight and Thursday. Charlotte area report lists temperatures around 92 and 70, other cities show varied readings.
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