Wall Street closes higher after late rally boosts major equities
Stocks swung in morning gains and afternoon declines with a late surge lifting many issues. U S Steel rose to 43.12 after briefly touching 45. American Tel 114. Westinghouse 38.25. Union Pacific 71.50. Coca Cola 98. Allied Chemical 79. Case 56. cotton climbed to near 1 per bale but ended with 30 to 50 cents gains. 3.7 million shares traded.
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New York
U. S. Steel
American Tel
American Can
Westinghouse
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Coca Cola
Allied Chemical
Case
Betty Compton Linked to Walker Unknown Person
Albany report notes actress Betty Compton rumored to be the unnamed woman in the Walker affair. Mayor Walker declines to reveal more during ouster hearing, saying he knows a person by that name. The probe tracks Sherwood transfers totaling over 41 000 dollars to the unidentified recipient.
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Betty Compton
Albany
N. Y
Compton
Walker
Miss Compton
Roosevelt
Russell T. Sherwood
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit
Sherwood
John J. Curtin
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Walker
Princely Bourbons Heir Slain in Paris Apartment
Prince Edgard of Bourbon, Austrian branch, was found slashed to death in a Paris apartment. His Spanish woman companion was detained, and she claimed self defense claiming the prince attacked her. The prince, born 1850 in Austria, had been in reduced circumstances.
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Paris
Edgard of Bourbon
Clara B. Cringer
Austria
Ondeleria Brau
Miss Soler
Prince Edgard
Alice de Bourbon
Birth Of Lindberghs Son Brings Some Hope
ENGLEWOOD New Jersey August 16 another son was born to the Charles A. Lindberghs today easing the tragedy that darkened the family home.
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Englewood, N. J
Charles A. Lindberghs
Second Lindbergh Baby Born in Morrow Home
Five months and sixteen days after the kidnapping, Charles August Lindbergh Jr. was taken from his crib. The second son was born at 6 30 am in the Dwight W. Morrow home where the first baby was born. Mrs Lindbergh is about 26, Col Lindbergh 30. Residents report the couple seek privacy and publicity has quieted.
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Charles August Lindbergh, Jr
Dwight W. Morrow
Mrs. Morrow
Miss Gow
Lindbergh
Henry Johnson
Lindberghs
Scotland
Mrs. Lindbergh
Englewood
Oklahoma Quakes as Convicts Roam Granite
A state reformatory escape in Granite Oklahoma releases 23 convicts after overpowering guards. The break sparks armed searches, car thefts, and highway holdups as authorities pursue the fugitives led by Joe Pound through the Wichita mountains.
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Granite
Okla
Oklahoma
Reforma
Wichita Mountains
Joe Pound
Tom Owens
Industry Upswing in Carolinas Boosts Jobs and Wages
Across North and South Carolina mills have raised wages and expanded output. Durham Hosiery and Greensboro Kernersville silk mills boosted pay 10 to 12 percent. Rock Hill and Statesville plants report full schedules and new hires as orders rise, with 100 percent operation in Greenville mill area.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Durham
Greensboro
Kernersville
Rock Hill
8. C
Statesville
Paolo
Zelwood
England
Sentenced To 15 To 20 Years In Prison For Killing Employer
In Robeson County, Houston Williams, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for beating to death his employer Frank Pridgen, 70, after a religious dispute. Judge Walter Small sentenced Williams to 18 to 20 years in state prison.
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Lumberton
Houston Williams
Frank Pridgen
Williams
Pridgen
Robeson Superior Court
Walter Small
Women Flyers Push Endurance Record In Air Flight
Mrs Frances Marsalis and Mrs Louise Thaden continued their 44th hour aloft with the Flying Boudoir anchored at 9 a m EST. They are attempting a new endurance mark for women in aviation.
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New York
Frances Marsalis
Louise Thaden P
Hazelwood plant expansion adds 40 jobs
Construction of an addition to the Hazelwood plant of Eng land Walton and Company leather manufacturers has begun. New machinery has been ordered and the plant will employ an additional 40 men when operations begin.
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Rocky Mount
Greenville
S. C
Judson Mill
Greenville Mill
Waynesville
England, Walton and Company Leather Manufacturers
State Defense Battle As Flier's Trial Ends
In Miami crowds fill the Dade County courthouse as final arguments close in the murder trial of Capt. William N. Lancaster the World War II flier accused of killing Haden Clarke a young Miami journalist. The state seeks the death penalty arguing motive arose from a love triangle with Mrs. Jessie M. Keith Miller Australian aviatrix and Lancaster's lover for five years.
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Haden Clarke
Miami, Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Arthur H. Hamilton
Auburn
N. Y
Clarke
Lancaster
Keith Miller
Miami
Fla
Dade County Court Room
William N. Lancaster
James M. Carson
Carson
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Keith-Miller
Ida Claude Clarke
Beverly Clarke
Tobacco Markets Open Across Border Belt Auctions
Opening sales on the border belt tobacco markets brought mixed results as unofficial early averages edged up two or three cents per pound, but officials doubt the 12 cent target will be reached. Eight South Carolina and six North Carolina markets opened with buyers for cigarettes, smoking and chewing tobacco. Georgia was late, making border belt the first to report. Prices and bids dominated activity as farmers staged their piles by grade and weighed offers from tobacco companies. Markets listed include Mullins, Kingstree, Lake City, Pamlico, Timmonsville, Darlington, Loris, Conway in South Carolina and Chadbourne, Fairmont, Lumberton, Whiteville, Tabor, Fair Bluff in North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Border Belt
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Tobacco Company
Mullins
Kingstree
Lake City
Pamlico
Timmonsville
Darlington
Loris
Conway
Chadbourne
Fairmont
Lamberton
Whiteville
Tabor
Fair Bluff
Garner Springs 70 Al's Defense Scores Bigotry
Speaker John N Garner campaigns on economic recovery stressing issues over prohibition. He denies whispering that he split Smith in 1928 and defends Roosevelt as his boss while condemning religious bigotry and Hoover mismanagement. He recalls early voting and defends his past support for Smith.
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New York
John N. Garner
Alfred E. Smith
Texas
Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Uvalde
Hoover
James A. Farley
Smith
Joseph A. Maynard
Massachusetts
America
South
New England
Three Indicted for B E F Riot in Washington
A grand jury indicted three men for felonious assault and related charges connected to the Battle of the Bonus Army in Washington. Broadus Faulkner 32 Bernard McCoy 36 and John O Olson 44 were named. Olson allegedly used a table leg while Faulkner and McCoy hurled bricks injuring Patrolman James Scott and Patrolman John Winters.
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Washington
Broadus Faulkner
Michigan
Philadelphia
Faulkner
John E. Winters
Bernard McCoy
Chicago
James &. Scott
Scott
Hoover
John O Olson
Valparaiso
Nebraska
Richard O. Bankert
Olson
McCoy
Never mind old boy you didn’t win nothing
A Beverly Hills observer recalls a Tenth cavalry private comforting a tired horse with a simple, affectionate remark. The anecdote contrasts plainspoken sentiment with diplomatically phrased statements for foreign and native rivals.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Tenth Cavalry
Famous aviator injured in crash near Springfield
Springfield Mass. August 16 Russell N Boardman famed transatlantic flyer was seriously injured when the Gee Bee Sportster he piloted crashed into woods from 2000 feet He was pulled semi conscious from the wreck and rushed to a hospital The plane was demolished Boardman had come to test the Gee Bee Bumblebee for Cleveland National Air Races plans include earlier flights with Lowell Bayles who finished fourth in 1931 Ford air tour and won a special prize He and John Polando previously set a world distance record.
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Springfield
Mass
Russell N. Boardman
Here
Boardman
Lowell H. Bayles
Cleveland
John Polando
New York
Istanbul
Turkey
Reynolds Invited to Welcome Red Men Convention
Robert R. Reynolds the Democratic senatorial nominee will be invited to welcome the national convention of the Red Men of the United States in Asheville on September. The great council has not met in the south for many years. Rev. R A Whitten of Henderson is NC committee chair.
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Asheville
N. C
Robert R. Reynolds
National Convention of
Red Men of the
United States
Great Council of the Red Men of the
South
R. A. Whitten
First Christian Church of
Henderson
North Carolina
Iowa Farm Strike Spreads as Armed Guards Guard Order
Sioux City reports armed law forces organized to maintain order in Iowa farm strike as leaders seek spread to four states. Deputies to guard highways were proposed after rejection of martial law plan. Picketing and truck inspections halted traffic. some drivers injured. Similar actions stirring in South and North Dakota, Illinois, Nebraska.
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Cioux City
Iowa
Sioux City
Leeds
South Dakota
North Dakota
Illinois
Nebraska
Stevens
S. D
Dell Willis
Tolna
Kenney
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Gotham
Self
Seabury
Ead
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Garner Springs
Speaker
Reynolds
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