Hoover Plan Forms Drought Relief Network Across States
Governors and state relief committees will direct drought aid. County units will assess applications and pass unmet needs to state and federal panels including Agriculture Red Cross and Public Health Service. Surplus feed states will link with livestock states to share resources. Red Cross commits 5 million dollars.
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Washington
Hoover
Red Cross
Compris
Department of Agriculture
Farm and Farm Loan Boards
American Railway Association
Public Health Service
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Washington board of trade condemns stool pigeons in prohibition era
The Washington board of trade report attacks federal prohibition agents for using disreputable persons as stool pigeons and informers, perjury, and lost liquor evidence. Representative LaGuardia urged strong DOJ enforcement and warned Congress may demand a frank update in the new session.
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Washington Board of Trade
Washington
LaGuardia
New York
Law Enforcement Commission
Department of Justice
Department
New Yorker
Seventy-Second
Congress
Board of Trade
Federal Prohibition
United States
Prohibition Department
Tong War Slayings Targeted by Cash Bounty Scheme in Chinatown
In New York a cash bounty spurred a planned killings scheme in Chinatown. A 19 year old friend of Detective Rosenberg aided police by informing of a proposal to murder four Tongmen for 500 apiece, leading to arrests of Chinese and a Filipino at a Bryant Park laundry.
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New York
Rosenberg
Bryant Park
Lamberto Bullaran
26Th Street
Postpone Trials of Aerial Bombers in Kentucky Case
In Dion Kentucky the examining trials of Paul Montgomery Essel Grant and Ewing Riley for dropping nine bombs on local coal fields were postponed. Montgomery remains in Murphysboro Illinois while Grant and Riley post $5000 bonds and remain at liberty. Earlier reports say James Maline may face prosecution in state or federal court. Also arrested were miner James Harvey age 33 and a second suspect Noble Harris was to be arrested.
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Dion
Paul Montgomery
Essel Grant
Ewing
Riley
Montgomery
Murphysboro
Ill
Grant
Liberty
Illinois
James Maline
Grant and
James Harvey
Noble Harris
Bears Squeezed In Own Trap
In New York traders pushed several leading issues up five to ten points as they tried to recover from a sharp summer squeeze. The stock market’s advance marked one of the season’s briskest sessions.
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New York
Bears
Two Bodies Taken From Wreckage
In Chappells South Carolina a Southern Railway engine overturning after hitting a cow killed engineer James G. Price and fireman Jeff E. Holland of Columbia instantly. The locomotive overturned but no passengers were hurt. Removals and track clearing completed. passengers were conveyed to Spartanburg for onward routes to Atlanta.
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South Carolina
Chappells
S. C
Southern Railway
Wreckaga
Cei A
Wwueay
James G. Price
Jeff FE. Holland
Columbia
Southern
Jeff E. Holland
Atlanta
Greenwood
Chappell
Old Town
Spartanburg
Hoodlums Scattering Over Entire Midwest
Chicago reports a rising gangland spread across the Midwest with killings in Rockford Minnesota St. Paul Detroit and Chicago. Victims include Rockford bootlegger Giovingo shot during a drive by while gangster Abbott watched. Police tie to Moran gang amidst theories on loot disputes and gang expansion.
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Chicago
Ganglann
Middlewest
St. Paul
Minn
Rockford
Ill
Detroit
Joe Giovingo
Giovingo
Tommy Abbott
Abbott
Moran
Jake Lingle
Tribune
Jack Zuta
Vice
Kansas City
Minneapolis
George
Bugs
Twin City
Phelan Will Grants Bequests To Noted Californians
James D. Phelan's will filed in San Francisco lists more than 100 beneficiaries. Helen Wills Moody receives 20000 dollars for California tennis championship tribute. Gertrude Atherton also gets 20000 dollars. Villa Montalvo goes to San Francisco Art Association for park maintenance. a 1 million dollar foundation for nursing is established in his name. Phelan states he never married and had no children.
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San Francisco
Helen Wills Moody
California
James D. Phelan
United States
San Francisco Art Association
Villa Montalvo
Phelan
Saratoga
Here
Gertrude Atherton
Nices
Hoover Wires Tribute on Eve of Cary Celebration
President Hoover paid tribute to Walter Hines Page on the eve of Cary North Carolina honoring his 75th birthday. The late ambassador and patriot’s memory would be celebrated with tributes read and spoken in Cary Auditorium with readings from leaders and citizens.
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Hoover Wires
Cary
Page
N. C
Herbert Hoover
Walter Hines Page
United States
North Carolina
Cary Auditorium
Hoover
J. M Templeton, Jr
Mount Airy City Engineer Drowns After Boat Fall
Mount Airy, Aug 15 The body of C W Absher 30 city engineer was found at the pond bottom after he apparently fell from a boat and drowned The missing man was last seen leaving his office Thursday afternoon A capsized boat and oar were found on the water Floodgates were opened and the body recovered No signs of foul play. He is survived by his wife.
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Mount Airy
C. W. Absher
Absher
No Change in Tax Rate at Thomasville
The Thomasville city council fixed the tax rate at 1.75 for the current year, the same as last year. The budget totals 320415.12 with 137375 from the rate, and the property valuation is 7850000. Other income is projected at 182863.63 to support funds for bonds, while allocations shift from schools and water sewer services to debt service.
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Enterprise Davidson Bureau
Lambeth Bldg
Thomasville
Bishop Jailed for Liquor Conspiracy
In New York on August 15, Bishop Charles Nrzona head of the Czecho Slovak Orthodox old Catholic church in the United States was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for using church power to divert sacramental wine to bootleg channels. Judge Thomas gave light or suspended sentences to thirteen others including Father John Peterykanyn of Youngstown Ohio. The court noted Nrzona as the principal conspirator and described priests signing withdrawal forms for hundreds of gallons of wine at a time. Victor Dumbra the wine broker received four months in prison while the others faced suspended terms.
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New York
Charles Nrzona
United States
John Peterykanyn
Youngstown
Ohio
Thomas
Nizona
Father Petrykany
Victor Dumbra
Father Petrykanya
Bat dispute ends in shooting in Anderson
In Anderson South Carolina two men named Mattison and Wilson argued over a jointly owned colored baseball bat. The dispute led to Mattison firing once, wounding Wilson and his wife as the bail tore through, leaving Mattison jailed.
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Mattison
Wilson
Wilsons
Lindbergh Receives Congressional Medal of Honor
Charles A. Lindbergh is awarded a special congressional medal of honor in recognition of his aviation achievements. President Hoover presents the medal in the White House with government officials watching. Lindbergh thanks Congress and the President for the honor.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
White House
Hoover
Congress
Lindbergh
Congres
Rollins Reported Near Death After Heart Attack
Asheville August 15 Thomas S Rollins 658 a longtime leader in state Republican circles was reported near death after a heart attack in Asheville.
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Asheville
Thomas S. Rollins
Rescuers Struggle At Blakeburn Mine After Explosion
In Coalmont 46 miners remain entombed after a blast at Blakeburn mine on Wednesday night. Rescue teams, hampered by poisonous gases, toil in short shifts though the main fan has been repaired. Bodies of Albert Cole and Clifford Smith were recovered. one miner was saved.
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Princeton
B. C
Hope
Blakeburn
Coalmont
Albert Cole
Clifford Smith
Birth Control Approved by Episcopalians
The Lambeth conference of Anglican bishops ended after five weeks with resolutions defending the Christian standard of family life and marriage. It authorized that birth control may be used in cases of clearly felt moral obligation to limit parenthood, but condemned birth control for selfish or luxurious motives. The encyclical outlining these positions received wide press attention in London.
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London
Lambeth Conference of Bishops
Anglican Church
India
Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops
Archbishop of Canterbury
Youthful Bandits Are Bound Over to Superior Court
Ted Honeycutt and John Ellis of Charlotte were bound over to the superior court in Rowan County on charges of robbing the Bank of Rockwell of 1126. Mary Frick Rockwell school teacher and Mabel Yarborough were held on 7500 bonds each. R W Brown bank cashier testified as the principal witness along with Sheriff Ray Ly erly and Detective Littlejorn.
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Salisbury
Ted Honeycutt
John Ellis
Charlotte
Superior Court
Rockwell
Mary Frick
Mabel Yarborough
R. W. Brown
Ray Lyerly
Rowan County
Little Jorn
Billings Denies Part In Bombings In Five-Hour Hearing
In Folsom California the supreme court sat behind prison walls as Warren K Billings denied involvement in the 1916 San Francisco preparedness day bombings while serving a life term. He claimed he worked to sabotage for automakers and transported dynamite for a strike leader.
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Billings
Folsom Prison
Cali
Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Young
Edgar Hurley
Oakland
Sacramento
R-100 dirigible crosses Atlantic toward Cardington
The R-100 travels eastward from Montreal toward Cardington at about 62 miles per hour aiming for a 5314 hour arrival. The trip covers 3287 miles, shorter than Graf Zeppelin’s 4200 mile record, with radio messages confirming all well aboard.
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Cardington
England
Britain
North Atlantic
Montreal
Lakehurst
Friedrichshafen
Canada
Air Ministry
London
Charlotte Farm Boy Kills Father After Alleged Abuse
Brown Fowler, 17, from Charlotte, says he shot his father after witnessing his mother being abused and believing her to be near death. He describes a house confrontation where his father cursed and swore following punishment of another son, then he shot the man on the back porch as the family tensions heightened.
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Charlotte
Brown Fowler
Brown
Talbert Elected Police Chiefs Head in North Carolina
The North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police elected Chief R. B. Talbert of Lexington as president and picked Morehead City as the 1981 convention site. Officers include W. R. Messer Asheville as first vice president Joe Lane Wilmington as second vice president and R. L. Rankin Salisbury as treasurer. The secretary position was left to the officers and executive committee. A first aid lecture by Dr. W. J. Fenton and Judge H. Hoyla Sink addressed the gathering.
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Salisbury
North Carolina Association Chiefs of Police
R. B. Talbert
Lexington
Morehead City
W. R. Messer
Asheville
Joe Lane
Wilmington
R. L. Rankin
Lalisbury
W. J. Fenton
Washington, D. C
National Red Cross
H. Hoyla Sink
North Carolina
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