Resignations and disasters across nations dated Aug 15
Ambassador Oscar Cintas of Cuba reportedly resigned and the new government accepted. London reports a 16 year old girl shot dead by RAF gunners mistaking her boat for a target. An Azores quake was felt with no damage. Prudential keeps a six day work week for 9,000 plus employees. One thousand peasants drown after Yellow River dikes fail. A garment strike affects 2,500 workers in 125 shops.
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Washington
Oscar Cintas
Cuba
London
Jean Chesterton
Isle of
Sneppey
Kent
Royal Air Force
Kaifeng
Henan Province
China
Yellow River
New York
U S Acknowledges Cuban Transition After Machado Fall
In Havana August 15 United States envoy Sumner Welles told diplomats the U S is ready to recognize the new provisional government led by Carlos Manuel de Cespe des. Italy and others signaled recognition as crowds celebrate Machado's ouster aboard the Morro Castle liner and dockside gunboat cries echo the change.
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Havana
United States
Sumner Welles
Washington
Chian
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Luciano Lopez Srrer
Gerardo Machado
Augustin Ledon
Machado
Manuel Rosales
Morro Castle
General Machado
Italy
U. S
Taylor
Claxtor
Havana Harbor
Destroyer Tows Ship After Collision Near Boston
The coast guard destroyer Wainwright towed the Gloucester schooner Shirel M. Clarenburg to Boston after a collision with the Norwegian freighter Horda in dense fog off Georges Banks at 2 a m while fishing. The accident damaged the schooner and prompted спас? (Continued on Page 7).
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Georgia Banks
Boston
Coast Guard
Wainwright J
Shirel M. Clarenburg
Horda
Georges Banks
Smuggler's Goose Route Then Smuggled Watches Under Wings
In Santa Monica a Swiss man attempted to smuggle watches into Spain by guiding geese across France with watches tied under the birds’ wings. He joked about trained whales in the current talk and contrasted it with wartime and trade news.
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Santa Montor
Calif
Cuba
France
Yokohama
Japan
Switzerland
Spain
Racketeers Strike Fear Into Court Witnesses
Augustine J. Smith, secretary of the New York County Grand Jurors association and former grand jury foreman, described a fur racket case before the senate racketeering sub committee. He depicted terrified witnesses sweating and afraid to speak as racketeers keep spies near the grand jury and swiftly punish informants.
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New York
Senate
Augustine J. Smith
New York County Grand Jurors Association
Smith
March
Grand Jury
Copeland
Sleeping sickness outbreak mobilizes St. Louis area
A coordinated effort led by Dr. J. P. Leake fights an encephalitis outbreak in St. Louis and suburbs. Six deaths include Albert Kissinger and David McCulley. hospitalizations reach forty seven in the county and ten in city facilities as committees organize field work and lab procedures.
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ST. Lou
St. Louis
J. P. Leake
United States
Washington
Albert Kissinger
St. Johns
David McCulley
Kirkwood
Greater St. Louis
Leake
Lake Matamuskeet Fills With Water Again
Lake Matamuskeet in Hyde county, once an experiment farm abandoned months ago, is refilling and will host thousands of geese and ducks this winter.
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Kinston
Lake Mattamuskeet
Hyde County
Negro Shot in Arm in Charlotte Taxi Scuffle
Robert Mitchell, a black taxi driver, was wounded in the arm when he scuffled with an unidentified white man who attempted to rob him near Charlotte. Police investigated the incident as a robbery attempt with a gun involved and none of the details about suspects or motives were released.
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Charlotte
Robert Mitchell
Divorced Wife Jailed in Death of Husband in Illinois
ROCKFORD ILL Aug 15 A penny box of matches a porcelain wash basin and a quart of gasoline supposedly used to burn Earl Hanson to death led to the arrest of his divorced wife May 38. Authorities say gasoline was poured from the basin onto Hanson in his car ignited with a match and the killer fled as flames engulfed him. Hanson’s body and car burned after he returned his daughter to his mother’s home. Mrs Hanson admitted likely murder but claimed innocence and said someone with a grudge did it. She bought the matches and gasoline and says the basin waterer was used for chickens. The basin and gasoline disappeared from a shed where the car had been stored. The match box and basin were found near the body. Her hair and eyebrows were singed. State’s Attorney Nash will present evidence to the October grand jury. The 12 year old daughter found the fire from a window. (Continued on Page 17.)
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Rockford, Illl
Earl Hanson
May
Hanson
Nson
Jane
Here
Nash
Bailey and Nine Tied to High-Profile Kidnap Plot End
Dallas August report details Harvey Bailey, famed criminal, among ten arrested across three states on charges tied to the Kansas City machine gun slayings and the Oklahoma City ransom case. Bail set for four of five accomplices, including R G Shannon family members. Authorities cite ransom demands up to 200 000 dollars as Bailey’s network is probed.
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Dallas
Tex
Harvey Bailey
Kansas City
Charles F. Urachel
Oklahoma City
Bailey
Arsachel
Farmer Slain in Dark by Whiskey Thieves in Camden
Earl Barnard, 35, Shiloh farmer, was shot in a darkened graveyard near his home while investigating liquor theft. His ally Hubert Whitehourst, 19, witnessed two unidentified men flee after the shooting. Suspects Winfred McPherson and Wilton Forbes were detained for questioning as an inquiry began.
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Camden
Earl Barnard
Shiloh
Barnard
Hubert Whitehourst
Whitehourst
J. F. Forbes
Winfred McPherson
Wilton Forbes
McPherson
Camden County
Forbes
Pasquotanks
Whitehurst
Roland McPherson
Return Of Hickory Stick And Ten Commandments Urged
Judge John M. Ogles urged Cabarrus County grand jurors to restore discipline by using the hickory stick and the Ten Commandments. He said lack of discipline in formative years helps explain the state’s high crime rate and that parental training could curb it.
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Concord
John M. Oglesby
Cabarrus Grand Jury
Oglesby
Old North
Capone Still In Atlanta Prison
Capone was reported en route from the Atlanta federal penitentiary to Joliet Illinois to face Chicago racketeering charges. Officials cited conflicting statements and said Capone remained in Atlanta as transfer decisions awaited Attorney General Cummings return.
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Chicago
al Capone
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Thellinois State
Grover C. Niemeyer
Washington
Sanford Bates
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Justice Department
Capone
Criminal Division
Courtney
Illinois
Cummings
Governor Ehringhaus Urges Immediate Action on Tobacco Prices
North Carolina Governor J B B Ehringhaus writes to Agriculture Secretary Henry A Wallace urging immediate federal steps to raise flue-cured tobacco prices. He warns the Georgia market slip and the large North Carolina crop require swift action to support agricultural recovery and coop with federal programs.
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Raleigh
J. B. B. Ehringhaus
Secreta of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Road Contracts To Be Let In August In North Carolina
Be B. Jeffress says contracts for about 650000 dollars of highways in North Carolina may be opened in the last week of August. The federal government approves 18 projects to be let before month’s end with actual work likely starting mid September. About 11000000 dollars in federal funds will be spent on roads in the state soon. Reorganization of the state prison and highway departments remains key business ahead of tomorrow’s commission meeting under a 1933 merger law.
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Raleigh
B. Jeffress
State Highway and Public Works Commission
North Carolina
Youth Free For Killing Father Beating Mother
Purvis Dillard a 10 year old cripple was exonerated by Wake county coroner L M Waring after testifying he shot his father Cliff Dill ard to defend his mother during a beating. He described loading the gun from the bed springs and firing as his father attacked his mother.
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Wake Porbost
Purvis Dillard
Cliff Dillard
L. M. Waring
Wake County
Waring
Daddy
Mamma
Guards Protect Jury At Lynchings Probe In Alabama
National guardsmen guarded Tuscaloosa county as a grand jury met in special session to probe the lynching of Tom Pippen and A T Harden and the wounding of Elmore Clark and the transfer of the wounded man to the county jail near the courthouse. Clark, wounded but not seriously, was expected to testify as authorities sought details of the mob attack and masked assailants.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
National Guardsmen
Tuscaloosa County
Elmore Clark
Court House
Clark
R. L. Shamblin
Tom Pippen
A. T. Harden
Birmingham
Pippen
Harden
Detroit case ties North Carolina pair in elopement plot
A 15 year old girl from Greer North Carolina testified against her cousin George Wood 27 of Asheville charged by federal agents with violating the Dyer and Mann acts. She said Wood Berry Boyter and Betty Martin eloped to Detroit robbed a North Carolina safe of 750 and Wood stole a car to aid the trip. Boyter was arrested on return trip and an aunt drove Miss Martin back to Detroit. Wood was later arrested in his Detroit room and the girl agreed to testify.
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Detroit
Pauline Boyter
John Boyter
Greer
N. C
George Wood
Asheville
North Carolina
Wood
Berry Boyter
Betty Martin
Boyter
Miss Martin
Mamie Pace
Whiteville
Martin
Pauline
Machado hailed as first tourist at Nassau arrival
Gerardo Machado, arriving from Cuba, is welcomed as the season’s first tourist in Nassau The Bahamas. He is received by the Tourist Development board director and says he hopes to find a house, adding he has only a small party due to circumstances.
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Machado
Nassau
The
Bahamas
Gerardo Ee
Couba
Tourist Development Board
Exiled Cubans To Return To Homes
General Mario G. Menocal leader of the Menocalistas says he will depart from Miami for Havana ending his exile. He plans no public office run but will continue party activity as about 200 exiles have already returned to Cuba with 60 to 70 more to follow soon.
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Miami
Fla
Mario G. Menocal
Machado
Cuba
Havana
Menocalistas
Menocal
Slayings Convict Walsh of Second Degree Murder
North Wilkesboro jury convicts Glenn Walsh 24 of second degree murder in the Grayson case and sentences him to 30 years in the state penitentiary.
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North Wilkesboro
Glenn Walsh
J. R. Grayson
Cuban lottery tied up by anti Machado revolution
Havana reports the C ub an national lottery suspended as a by product of the anti Machado uprising. The Sunday August 6 drawing was postponed by decree amid a general strike. Lottery director Sebastian Planas fled or hid after his home was ransacked.
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Havana
Sebastian Planas
Machado
Negro Kills Wife At Church Services
In ROWLAND on August 15 Lonnie McCallum, a Black man, shot his wife during Mount Petier Negro Presbyterian services. She died, two women nearby were wounded as the congregation fled. Coroner D W Biggs held an inquest.
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Rowland
Mount Petier
Kansas State Treasurer Faces Arrest In Million Bond Forgery
Topeka Aug 15. Kansas state treasurer Tom B Boyd, serving his third term, faced arrest and impeachment proceedings over a bond forgery scandal. Gov Alf Landon requested his resignation after directing Shawnee county attorney Lester Goodell to prepare a warrant. The charge alleges Boyd unlawfully converted 150000 of state funds and bonds to the use of bond broker Ron Finney, with related arrests of Finney associate Leland Caldwell.
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Topeka
Kas
Tom
Boyd
Kansas
Lester Goodell
Shawnee
Alf M. Landon
Ron Finney
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
Fayal
Newark
N. J
Prudential Insurance Company
Aay As
U.S. Action
Federal
Storm
R. G. Shannon
Armond
Oleta Shannon
Earl Brown
William Stanley
Wallace
Purvis
Dillard
Porra
Antonio Jiminez
Jiminez
Alabama
S.C
Finney
Emporia and
National Bank of Topeka
Leland Caldwell
Hoyd
Treasury
Bank of
Eureka
Kans
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