Lindberghs Land on Karagin Island After Arctic Flight
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh landed on Karagin Island off Kamchatka after a 1 067 mile Ber ing Sea crossing from Nome Alaska. They flew about ten hours and fifteen minutes with a 500 gallon fuel supply and communicated with radio stations from St Paul Island to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Charles Agin
Siberia
Bering Sea
Safety Bay
Nome
Alaska
Naval Radio Station
S J. Paul Island
Pacific Coast
Little Volcanic Island
Karagin Island
American
St. Paul Island
Japan
Obiishi
Kamchatka Peninsula
Tokyo
Karagin
Lindbergh
New York
Merndon
Four States Object to Plan for Cotton Stabilization
Four states with holdings in the cotton sector filed objections to a plan urging one third of standing cotton to be plowed under. Texas wavered on cooperation while Governor Sterling signaled aid, and Florida Georgia Alabama resisted the plan. The board requires ten of fourteen governors to approve for operative action starting September 1, with California declining due to small output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Sterling
Sonal
Houston
Stone
Farm Board
Georgia
Alabama
Flo
South Carolina
California
Ben Thompson Remains In Jail Awaiting Trial
Ben Thompson is in an accessible jail awaiting trial on a murder charge in the shooting of Pamlico coastguard John Peel near New Bern. Sheriff R B Lane transported Thompson from Richmond where he surrendered, keeping him separated from Richard Eubanks. Mary Cannon, a material witness, is held as she rode with Peel in the slain truck. Lawrence Gatline is at Liberty under bond with Eubanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
N. C
Ben (Brownie) Thompson
John Peel
Pamlico
R. B. Lane
Thompson
Richmond
Lane
Richard Eubanks
Mary Cannon
Peel
Lawrence Gatline
Eubanks
Grissom Pushes Converting Farm Board Cotton to Bagging
Raleigh report says Gilliam Grissom, federal revenue collector, urged President Hoover to have cotton held by the federal farm board sold to mills for making bagging. He proposed a two cent tariff on jute and using cotton bagging to boost cotton use, aid growers, and dispose of government holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Revenue
Hoover
Farm Board
Raleigh
Gilliam Grissom
Federal Revenue Collector
Federal Farm Board
Mr. Grissom
Walter Newton
McBride forecasts Prohibition at next election
F Scott McBride at Winona Lake Bible conference predicts the next general election will decide prohibition. He warns the saloon returns if liquor is legalized and outlines possible party maneuvers involving Hoover, Raskob, Roosevelt and Smith. He urges awareness of reapportionment effects on dry and wet voting power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
F. Scott
McBride
Anti-Saloon League
National Bible Conference
Hoover
John J. Raskob
Raskob
Roosevelt
Smith
Wedding barters wheat and eggs for merchandise
Hobart Indiana reports a new wedding barter scheme allowing couples to swap wheat or eggs for up to four dollars in merchandise. The AP note indicates brides and grooms may exchange nonperishable goods to cover wedding costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Ind
Edenton Pilot Charged Over Garbled Public Statement
Captain Charles D. Farmer of the state highway patrol faces a complaint to the highway commission over a press statement he released. Judge J. H. McMullan of Chowan recorder's court said the remarks misrepresented him and criticized use of handcuffing and high speed through Edenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edenton
Charles D. Farmer
State Highway Patrol
J. H. McMullan
Chowan
Foster
Herbert S. Falk
Greensboro
R. J. Vaughn
Charles Blaylock
Ed Thompson
Edwin M. Gill
D. Max Gardner
Painters To Receive Prevailing Wage Rate
Washington August 15 painters hired to work on the interior of the Internal Revenue building must be paid 11 dollars a day under the Bacon Davis act. Secretary Doak ruled this as the prevailing wage for Washington DC, applying to Alliance Construction of New York. Contractor Herman Morris had argued wages ranged from eight to twelve dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue
Doak
District of Columbia
Alliance Construction Company of
New York
Herman Morris
Reidsville Banker Elected Chamber Secretary
Scott Fillman recently re signed as active vice president of the First National Bank in Reidsville has been elected secretary of the Reidsville Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
N. C
Scott Fillman
First National Bank
Bishop Cannon Seeks Government Action on Unemployment
In Fayetteville Arkansas Bishop James Cannon Jr head of the Methodist Episcopal Church South board demands immediate government correction of unemployment driven inequalities and misery. The report cites 13 annual conferences across seven southern states and condemns persistent poverty amid plenty as unchristian. The church vows to oppose liquor interests seeking to weaken prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Ark
James Cannon, Jr
Board of Temperance and Social Welfare
Methodist Episcoal Church
South
Cannon
Ern
Methodist Church
Cuban revolt near end says government after Menocal capture
Dr Domingo Mendez Capote said the uprising would continue despite General Mario G Menocal s capture and surrender of 12 followers in Pinar Del Rio. He compared it to 1898 war for independence and urged ending Machado s oligarchy and tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domingo Mendez Capote Saye
Menocal
Havana
Mario G. Menocal
Col
Carlos Mendieta
Cuba
Fernandez Quevedo
Pinar del Rio
Machado
Santa Clara
Rancho Veloz
Verde
New York
Domingo Mendez Capote
Spain
Jose Mati
Jose
Antonio Maceo
Congress
Sentenced Today For Manslaughter
Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols, in Miami Florida, was sentenced to one day in jail for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her husband Sam Nichols. She pleaded guilty a year earlier and Judge H F Atkinson called the sentence the minimum under the law. She testified she was abused and threatened and that the fatal shot was fired during a struggle for a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Elizabeth Nichols
H. F. Atkinson
Aviators Pangborn and Herndon Fined in Japan Over Fortifications
American pilots Pangborn and Herndon were fined 2050 yen each by a Tokyo district court for violating Japanese aviation laws and for flying over fortified areas on arriving from Khabarovsk. They claimed no fortification photos were taken while their cinema camera was seized and plans for a Seattle flight faced uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
New York
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Japan
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Siberian
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Herndon
Pangborn
United States
Aviation Bureau
Seattle
Rengo News Agency
Wash
Pacific
Aviation Law
Wreck Locomotive Delays Northern Ireland Delegates
A mob of about 20 men wrecked a locomotive near Rich Hill and blocked a railroad used by Ancient Order of Hibernians delegates to the Armagh assembly. They lifted rails, forced the engineer to start the locomotive toward a cap, and caused it to smash along the line. The act followed clashes with the Irish republican army that halted Orangemen meetings at Cootehill. Trees were felled and wires cut in County Armagh, and a Union Jack was torn from a staff in Armagh City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Rich Hill
Order of Hibernians
Irish Republican Army
Orangemen
Cootehill
Free State
Hibernian Assembly
Armagh
Market Hill
County Armagh
Rites For Whitley Are Set For Today
Funeral services for Commonwealth's Attorney Hampton Whitley 45 who died Thursday night after a long illness were set for this afternoon at his Paris home. Burial will be in Paris cemetery. Whitley a Panhandle North Carolina native is survived by his widow and a daughter. Two brothers Thomas and Frank Whitley of Beaufort county North Carolina also survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Commonwealth
Hampton Whitley
Whitley
Pantego
N. C
Thomas
Frank Whitley
Beaufort County
Storm Warning Issued For Gulf Coast And Pensacola
New Orleans weather bureau issues a storm warning with southeast warnings from Carrabelle Florida to Pensacola. Small craft warning west of Pensacola to Bay St. Louis Mississippi. High pressure over Ohio Valley with falling gulf coast pressure brings strong easterly winds and squalls west of Pensacola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Carrabelle
Fla
Pensacola
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Seeking Means To Boost Crude Oil Prices In Texas
Mid-continent oil producers pressed for price relief as east Texas fields face possible week delay before conservation laws take full effect. Governor Sterling rejected a martial law petition and said the railroad commission would test the new measure for one or two weeks before enforcing limits. The action aims to relieve industry distress from overproduction and falling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Tex
East Texas
Texas
Ross S. Sterling
State Railroad Commission
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Caraway
Arkansas
Senator Smith
Carl Williams
Ben Thompson
Grissom Advocates
MecCullan
Bishop Cannon
Ypsilanti
Mich
Ann Arbor
David Blackstone
Frank Oliver
Fred Smith
Ralph ©. Southard
Oliver
Seawell
North Carolina
A. A. F. Seawell
G. W. Foster
Guilford County
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