Hope Is Virtually Given Up For Plan To Destroy Crops
Washington dispatch reports the farm board may adopt a plan to assist southern cotton farmers facing a low price crisis. Rejections from five of fourteen governors hinder state action while board members seek a workable approach from counter proposals. A southern grower telegram claims 200 farmers support plowing under a third of their crop. Negotiations with the American Cotton Cooperative Association continue over advances for handling this year's harvest amid a bumper crop of 15,584,000 bales and a July 31 domestic stock of 6,369,405 bales. World carryover stands at about 2,000,000 bales.
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Washington
Farm Board
Hope
Bilbo
Mississippi
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Census Bureau
Fight Continues in Cuba After Rebel Leaders Arrests
In Cuba heavy fighting persisted as government troops and revolutionists clash despite the arrest of General Mario G. Menocal Colonel Carlos Mendieta and 28 others. Rail stations in five Santa Clara province towns were burned robbed and telephone wires cut. Rebellious forces concentrate in hidden mountain positions near Sierra Morena Rancho Veloz saw government troops routed. Government sent 400 more troops into Santa province and trucks with supplies while leaders were being transported to Havana as prisoners of war.
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Havana
Cuba
Mario G. Menocal
Carlos Mendieta
Gerardé Machado
Santa Clara
Baez
Sierra Morena
No Compromise Ends Insurgent Push in Cuba
President Gerardo Machado pressed to halt fighting while insurgent leaders General Mario G. Menocal and Colonel Carlos Mendieta returned to Havana under arrest. Rebels claimed no compromise without Machado's resignation as clashes raged on Santa Clara coast with Corralillo and Sierra Morena encircled and burning. A reported US‑sourced group led by Colonel Rosendo Collazo was blamed for energizing the revolt.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Mario G. Menocal
Carlos Mendieta
Machado
Santa Clara
United States
Ganuza
Menendez
Corralillo
Sierra Morena
Rosendo Collazo
Lindberghs Off Again From Kamchatka Island
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh departed from Karagin Island in eastern Siberia at 8 50 p m for Petropavlovsk Kamchatka after stopping on the island to cache fuel supplies They previously left Nome at 9 a m Friday and reached the island by 5 49 p m Saturday local time or 1 40 a m Friday Eastern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Karagin Island
Siberia
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka
Nome
Campaign to curb highway robbers follows Ypsilanti slayings
Announced from Petoskey by Wilber M. Brucker plans a statewide drive to close roadhouses and resorts where robbers gather after the slayings of two boys and two girls near Ypsilanti. Wash tenaw authorities press charges against associates of Fred Smith Frank Oliver and David T. Blackstone as five more suspects are questioned.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Ypsilanti
Petoskey
Wilber M. Brucker
Washtenaw County
Fred Smith
Frank Oliver
David T. Blackstone
Brucker
Detroit
Here
Miss Gold
Miss Harrison
Harry Love
Thomas Wheatley
Aged Woman Slain Near Lexington Near Davidson Farmer Wife Found Shot
Mrs. Jake Berrier a 68 year old wife of a prominent Davidson county farmer was found shot to death in her home six miles north of Lexington. Bloodhounds were brought in to trail the slayer but no weapon or arrests were reported. A coroner's inquest found an unknown person killed her. Witnesses said she warned of a visitor by phone around 2:30 pm. A posse of about 1000 men aided the search.
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Jake Berrier
Davidson
Lexington
Davidson County
Here
Berrier
Berriers
R. van Yokeley
A. A
Riot and arson scar Armagh as Irish groups clash
Police reinforcements rushed to Armagh after a day of street battles between Orangemen and Ancient Order of Hibernians delegates. Irish nationalists shouted Dublin and Up De Valera while Orangemen sang Derry's Walls. Windows shattered and locomotion wrecked near Rich Hill signaling tensions tied to Irish Republican Army actions and Free State tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Armagh
Orangemen
Assembly of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
Haenla Prmnamanta Wara Ala
Sane Ptimaviltimno
MLS Weevo
Dublin
de Valera
Derry
Rich Hill
County Armagh
Henry Bell
Bell
Irish Republican Army
Orangement
Cootehill
County
Cavan
Hibernians
Pangborn and Herndon Face Fine in Tokyo After Flight
Pangborn and Herndon, recovering from a $2,050 civil aviation fine in Tokyo, view the setback philosophically. The duo, once circled by suspicion for photographing fortifications, recall their Siberian journey and await backers in New York to raise funds within a week.
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Tokio
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Pangborn
Wenatchee
Wash
Herndon
Princeton
New York
Hokkaido
Siberia
Japan
Woman 10 Try Pacific Flight From Tokyo to Seattle
Los Angeles reports Miss Juanita Burns plans a non stop solo flight from Tokyo to Seattle within a month. She will pilot a low wing monoplane with about 850 gallons of gasoline, aiming for a $25,000 Seattle prize.
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Juanita Burns
Tokyo
Seattle
Los Angeles
Miss Burns
North Pacific
Miss Burne
Ehringhaus Announces Candidacy for 1932 Democratic Nomination
Elizabeth City attorney J. C. B. Ehringhaus formally announced his bid for the 1932 North Carolina Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He pledged a vigorous campaign across the state and outlined four platform points emphasizing party record defense and opposition to imposition of the so-called...
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Elizabeth City
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
R. T. Fountain
Charlotte
D. G. Brummitt
A. J. Maxwell
State Revenue Department
Albert Cox
Raleigh
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Insurance Agent Wounds Wife And Then Slays Self
In Shreveport Louisiana an insurance agent H Atkinson wounded his estranged wife and two other women, then killed himself in a bathroom at his home. The wife said he followed her to her sister Geneva Hanlin’s home and opened fire. Mrs Hanlin and Mrs Coons were injured.
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Shreveport
Russia Faces Two New Shortages in Moscow
Moscow reports two fresh crises a shortage of knives forks and spoons in public eateries and a brush shortage. Evening Moscow notes patrons must queue for cutlery while soups cool. A writer demands severe action against those depriving the proletariat of Moscow of toothbrushes as new eateries open.
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Moscow
Russia
Evening
Moscow Today
Final Agreement May Alter War Debt Basis
New York reports that leading international lawyers and bankers say the Hoover Moratorium finalizes an end to prior war debts. Germany likely seeks a two to three year extension and may push a new reparations argument tied to revising the Versailles treaty. England may lead a new pact, France resists, and the United States leans toward a new international deal.
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New York
New York Evening Post Today
Germany
France
England
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Maxwell Holds Fire On Democratic Candidacy Outlook
Raleigh Aug 15 Maxwell an official in North Carolina revenue declined to announce a gubernatorial bid saying he has not issued any statement and does not expect one soon. While letters urge a run, observers note growing talk and a likely delay before a formal announcement. Fountain leads among others Brummitt Ehringhaus remain potential rivals with Brummitt’s campaign seen flailing as he faces tax policy questions.
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J. C. Baskervill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
R. T. Fountain
Fountain
Dennis G. Brummitt
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Brummitt
Ehringhaus
State continues htS evidence in Luke Lea's trial
Asheville August 15 The trial of Colonel Luke Lea Tennessee publisher and three others charged with defrauding Central Bank and Trust Co. of 1 3 million dollars continues as state witnesses describe bonds and collateral details. Pryor Nashville appraiser placed values on properties and loans revealing prior liens and escrow arrangements.
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Asheville
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Central Bank and Trust Company
E. G. Pryor
Nashville
Bonde
Colonel Lea
Pryor
United Properties, Inc
Lea
Standard Properties, Inc
Central Properties, Inc
Becourt
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Peggy Norman
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Peggy Szekely
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