Italy and Laval discuss East Africa policy in private talks
Paris reports Premier Laval and Italian Baron Aloisi met privately to weigh war and peace options in East Africa. Italy urges disarmament of Ethiopia and colonial expansion, while Laval warns war could derail peace efforts and the League of Nations. A follow up meeting with three-power treaty signatories was planned.
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Paris
East Africa
Premier Laval
France
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Italy
Mussolini
Eritred
Italian Somaliland
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Laval
Europe
League of Nations
Aloisi
Anthony Eden
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Fecon Aloisi
Opposition 10 12-Cent Loan Cotton Faces
Washington reports a 112 cent loan on the 1935 cotton crop may be announced despite opposition from farm officials. Senator Bankhead said an announcement would come by week’s end, while Secretary Wallace indicated it would be released in due time. Some AAA officials fear the loan decision.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Wallace
AAA
Agriculture Department
Four Die as Delta Airlines Plane Crashes in Texas
A tri motor Delta Airlines plane crashed near Gilmer Texas after circling a cotton field while attempting an emergency landing. Four occupants were killed Dixon Monroe La Herbert Bulkeley Dallas J W Thompson Atlanta P A Ivy Birmingham. Farmers Guy Weldon and Herbert McWhorter arrived at the scene but could not assist the victims.
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Gilmer
Tex
Delta Airlines
Dixon
Monroe
Herbert Bulkeley
Dallas
Copliot
J. W. Thompson
Atlanta
P. A. Ivy
Birmingham
Ala
Guy Weldon
Herbert McWhorter
McWhorter
Weldon
Senate Will Question Utilities Chief When Not Under House Fire
Washington Aug 15 The Senate lobby committee will question Howard C. Hopson once the House dispute over custody is settled. Hopson, an elusive utility operator, remains a focus as readiness grows to proceed with the inquiry.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Howard C. Hopson
House
Hopson
House Committee
House Rules Committee
O'Connor
Rules Committee
Chesley W. Jurney
O’conner
William A. Hill
Negro Place in United Methodist Church Debated
Chicago August 15 major question at church leaders conference over Negro Methodists role in the proposed United Methodist Church. Debate expected as regional conference feature hints at Wesleyan reunification and broader governance.
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Chicago
New “United Methodist Church
United Denomination
United Methodist Church
Wesley
Ethiopian firms suspend business amid looming war threat
Ethiopian business houses halt operations as war fear grows. Valuables are moved to Djibouti to avoid confiscation should Italy invade. Emperor Haile Selassie protests arms embargo at the League of Nations and strengthens northern defenses. An ammunition train led by Deljaz Abeba is set to depart for frontier areas.
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Addis Ababa
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Italy
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Georgian Winner Over Menzel In Newport
Tiny Bitsy Grant of Atlanta defeated Roderick Menzel of Czechoslovakia in the Newport Casino tournament advancing to the semi finals with a 4 6 6 3 61 6 3 victory after a grueling match in Newport R I Aug 15.
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Menzel
Newport
Newport R. L
Wests Lobbying Called Outrage
Representative Snell of New York calls the White House liaison Charles H. West’s lobbying an outrage. He vows to bring the matter to the speaker and keep the interior undersecretary off the House floor, urging a subpoena for West.
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Washington
Snell
New York
House
Charles H. West
White House
Charley West
Allison and Van Ryn Lead National Doubles Field
BROOKLINE Mass Aug 15 Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn American Davis Cup veterans head the favored list for the national doubles tennis championship opening Saturday at Longwood Enrique G Maier Spain and Roderick Menzel Czechoslovakian giant were top seeded in the foreign list The American seedings shown place Allison and Van Ryn first followed by Donald Budge and Gene Mako second Frank Parker and Francis X Shields third Henry M Culley and Wilmer Hines fourth Berkeley Bell and Gregory Mangin fifth Robert Bryan and John McDiarmid sixth Bryan Bitsy Grant and J Gilbert Hall seventh and Samuel Lee and Henry Prussoff eighth
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Brookline
Mass
Wilmer Allison
John van Ryn
Longwood
Enrique G. Maier
Spain
Roderick Menzel
Allison
van Ryn
Donald Budge
Gene Mako
Frank Parker
Francis X. Shields
Henry M. Culley
Wilmer Hines
Prison break ends with one killed as three escape in Hendersonville
A convict was shot dead during an escape attempt from a state prison road camp in Henderson county. Three other prisoners fled, using a group of girl campers as cover, while guards fired and bloodhounds were brought from Statesville to track the fugitives. The slain man was John Brown, with others named Lonnie Parker Robert Kennedy and Artress Cannon.
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Hendersonville
Henderson County
John Brown
Salisbury
Lonnie Parker
Anson County
Robert Kennedy
Union County
Artress Cannon
Winston-Salem
Mount Olive
Greenville County
South Carolina
Transylvania County
BR. H. Brown
Cir
B. R. Lyda
Brown
Statesville
Young Johnston County Girls Testify in Kidnap Trial
In Smithfield on August 16 the trial heard Josephine Smith 14 recount how she and two other Johnston County girls were allegedly kidnapped and transported to New York for immoral purposes by eight defendants. She described being invited to a party at Holts Lake and given a drink at Margaret's home before locale changes.
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Smithfield
Johnston County
New York
Superior Court
Josephine Smith
Camelia Price
Ogella Barbour
Josephine
Holts Lake
Margaret
Ayres Sees Industrial Gains Held Through Year
Col Leonard P Ayres predicts business will hold most gains made this year and may add more. He notes stock markets rose for five months and industrial production, per the Fed index, shows a reliable recovery from lows in 1932 with most gains retained this time.
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Cleveland
Leonard P. Ayres
Federal Reserve Board
Col. Ayres
Decline Found in Cotton Exports for 1934 35
The Commerce Department reports a 36 percent drop in quantity and a 23 percent fall in value of U S raw cotton exports for the 1934 35 season, August to July. Total shipments reached 4 795 000 bales valued at 325 451 000 dollars, down from 7 534 000 bales and 421 406 000 dollars in 1933 34.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Flying high over Alaska’s Mount McKinley and wild terrain
ANCHORAGE Alaska Aug 15 well we had a day off and flew with friends including Joe Crosson Alaska crack pilot and Joe Barrows in a Lockheed Electra. We sealed Mount McKinley on a sunny day and flew past mountain sheep moose and bears then headed toward Montanuska valley to visit 1935 model pioneers.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Joe Crosson
Wiley
Joe Barrows
Mount McKinley
Crosson
Montanuska Valley
Farm admin pays out millions on corn hog contracts
Government payments totaling 17,208,066 were made on 10985 corn hog contracts. North Carolina received 49,083 and South Carolina 92,270 as part of the state by state distribution announced by the Farm Administration.
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N. C
Washington
Farm Administration Today
North Carolina
South Carolina
Roosevelt gives Aiken 14850 for drainage project
President Roosevelt approves a public works grant of 14 850 dollars to Aiken to improve storm drainage in the city's business district.
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Aiken
Roosevelt
No Charges Made on Negro CCC Enrollees Moves
Brigadier General Manus McCloskey said no Negro CCC enrollees are leaving Fort Bragg for Creaton camp. He indicated that within a week Negro enrollees would likely be placed at Havelock camp.
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Fayetteville
CCC
Fort Bragg
Creaton Camp
Bridagier
Manus McCloskey
Havelock Camp
Censorship Bill Proposed to Limit Postmaster Powers
Washington August AP reports Rep Zioncheck Democrat Washington introduced a bill to curtail the postmaster general's censorship powers over mail. The measure would guarantee jury trial for any material deemed obscene or seditious before refusing mailing privileges.
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Washington
Aug
Zioncheck
D-Wash
Hornets Cancel Series Shift From Charlotte to Richmond
Charlotte Piedmont League president Herb Pennock announced the Charlotte Richmond series moved to Richmond and played Sunday through Tuesday due to Charlotte blue laws prohibiting Sunday baseball. The Hor nets had traded with a High team for Sunday and the game is canceled in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Herb Pennock
Checker Tourney Drawn Out Delays Championship
CHARLOTTE Aug. 15 Long games stretched the Southern Checker Association tournament delaying the start of the final result. H C C McNair president Maxton said the championship would likely be decided tomorrow with the event running over the planned end time tonight.
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Charlotte
Southern Checker Association
H. CC. McNair
Maxton
McNair
Robison Elected President At North Carolina County Officials Meet
The 25th annual State Association of County Commissioners and County Accountants of North Carolina concluded in Wrightsville Beach with Asheville named 1936 convention city. Dr John D Robinson was elected president succeeding R L Stowe. T R Wolfe named vice president and John L Skinner reelected as executive secretary. The group urged counties keep alcohol revenue locally, opposed a $1000 homestead tax exemption and urged a WPA survey. They also endorsed the Roosevelt administration and Governor Ehringhaus.
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Wrightsville Beach
Asheville
State Association of County Commissioners and County Accountants of
North Carolina
John D. Robinson
Wallace
Duplin
R. L. Stowe
Belmont
Gaston County Board
T. R. Wolfe
Albemarle
Stanly
John L. Skinner
Littleton
Council of State
Roosevelt
Ehringhaus
Negro youths put spikes on tracks to wreck train
Authorities say two black youths, Abraham Stoney Jr. and Levi Green, ages 13 and 10, confessed to placing spikes on rails between Beaufort and Port Royal. A handcar was derailed by the spike, and a passenger train was warned beforehand. Sheriff McTeer cited their motive as hoping to see a train overturn.
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Beaufort
Charleston and Western Carolina
Here
Port Royal
Abraham Stoney, Jr
Levi Green
Selective buying lifts stock list in a mixed market
In New York on August 15 selective buying lifted scattered equities while profit taking trimmed some areas. Wheat and corn rose in Chicago, cotton futures lagged, and U S government securities fell. Bank clearings showed a slower upturn with a 7.2 percent weekly gain, down from a 36.9 percent rise the prior week.
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New York
Department of Equities
Chicago
Long Reiterates Will Be Candidate For President
Senator Huey Long declared he would run as an independent in 1936 if neither party offers a liberal alternative. He criticized Hoover and Roosevelt as ineffectual and named four liberal peers he would like to see nominated, including Borah Norris Capper Wheeler, signaling a potential third option for the liberal wing.
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New York
Huey Long
Hoover
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Long
Senate
William FE. Borah
Idaho
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Bob” LaFollette
Congress Clashes Over Custody Battle of Utilities Magnate Hopson
In Washington on August 15 investigators from both houses tugged over who controls the probe into Howard C. Hopson, utilities magnate, as a senate sergeant at arms pursued him amid intense lobbying and public scrutiny.
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O'Connor
Washington
Senate
House
Howard C. Hopson
Prisoner to be moved from death row to county jail
James B. Carden, twice convicted in Durham county for the murder of his wife, faced removal from Central prison death row to Durham county jail. His second appeal is pending in the state supreme court, with a habeas corpus hearing having led to the removal motion granted by Judge W. C. Harris, marking a rare use of such proceedings.
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Raleigh
James B. Carden
Durham County
Central Prison
Carden
State Supreme Court
W. C. Harris
North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy conditions with likely showers in western areas tonight and Friday. Temperatures remain steady. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras shift from moderate west and southwest in the south to moderate east in the north, with showers probable in the north portion.
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North Carolina
West Portion
South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
South Portion
North Portion
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