Mussolini Presses Ethiopian Occupation Demand in East Africa
Paris reports Premier Mussolini demands Italian occupation of Ethiopia as the minimum condition to any settlement. French Premier Laval, British Foreign Secretary Eden, and Italian Aloisi meet at Laval's office to bridge divergent positions amid fears of war. Ethiopia's Tecla Hawariat rejects any mandate and asserts full liberty.
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Italy
Tripartite Conference
East Africa
France
Great Britain
Pierre Laval
Haile Selassie
Parileys
Laval
Quay d'Orsay
Baron Pompeo
Eden
Aloisi
Tecla Hawariat
Postal worker seeks 100000 over use of name in telegram
Fred Turnipseed of Columbia post office sues Broad River Power Co for 100000 claiming unauthorized use of his signature on a telegram to Senator Byrnes opposing the Rayburn Wheeler utilities bill. He says the message endangered his job and caused mental anguish and sleeplessness.
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Broad River Power Company of Columbia
Rayburn-Wheeler Utilities
Power Company
Turnipseed
Richland County Court of Common Pleas
Senator Byrnes
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Signers procured by threats in Wheeler Rayburn lobbying case
Washington reports detail 88 telegrams sent to Senator Maloney from mac Conn area tied to the Wheeler Rayburn bill. Twenty two signers claimed threats by a utility meter reader and many could not be located or denied authorizing signatures. The House rules panel weighs subpoenas for power commission chief McNinch amid scrutiny of lobbying on utility holding regulation.
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Germany Intensifies Drive Against Jewish Race
Berlin reports a new phase of Nazi anti Semitism as Julius Streicher denounces Jews and foreign press. Thousands attend mass meetings despite warnings and patrols with Americans in the audience reacting to a reference to Martha Dodd, the ambassador’s daughter.
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der Stuermer
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William E. Dodd
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Martha Dodd
Deaths of Rogers and Post in Alaska Plane Crash
Nation grieves as Will Rogers and Wiley Post die in Alaska plane accident. Leaders from Vice President Gatewood to Speaker Byrnes express shock and sorrow. North Carolina officials and citizens react with condolences, recalling Rogers and Post’s visits and influence.
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Post
State Agriculture Chief Seeks 12 Cent Cotton Loan Approval
Raleigh August 16 AP says State Commissioner W A Graham urged President Roosevelt to approve the proposed 12 cent loan on the 1935 cotton crop. Asheville August 16 Gusta Ga and Lewis Johnson of Charleston S C won their semifinal golf matches at the Biltmore Forest tourney and set up a 36 hole final.
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State Commissioner of Agriculture
W. A. Graham
Roosevelt
Asheville
Gusta
Lewis Johnson
Charleston
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President Roosevelt nominates Bost as Hickory postmaster
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of George F. Bost to be postmaster at Hickory North Carolina or Hickory N. C. The move signals a routine administrative appointment in the federal postal service.
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Roosevelt
Senate
George F. Bost
Hickory
North Carolina Reports 40 Infantile Paralysis Deaths in Seven Months
Raleigh reports the state board of health indicates 40 infantile paralysis deaths in North Carolina from January through July. Sixteen fatalities occurred in July, signaling a rising trend and prompting health officials to urge vigilance.
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State Board of Health
North Carolina
Richmond Colt Outfielder Convicted for assault in Wilmington
George Ferrell, heavy hitting Richmond Colt outfielder, was convicted in recorder's court of assaulting Wilmington Piedmont league pitcher Phil Cozad. Judgment suspended on payment of costs, which were remitted.
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Wilmington
Eorge Ferrell
Richmond Colt
Recorder's Court
Phil Cozad
City civil service chief resigns amid assault allegations
A. P. White, chairman of the Charlotte city civil service commission, who faced accusations of being with a police squad that assaulted several Black residents on August 8, submitted his resignation to the city council.
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Elity Council
Lindbergh May Aid Mrs Rogers in Body Return
At the treasury department officials said Charles A. Lindbergh is arranging for Mrs. Will Rogers to obtain the body of her husband. She told officials she was contacted at Skowhegan Maine and Lindbergh, reported from North Haven Maine, offered planes to her and to Mrs. Wiley Post or others interested in helping.
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Alaska
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
North Carolina
Homsey
Capus M. Waynick
State Highway Commission
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Rogers
Post
Harold Gaddy
Charlotte
Wahington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Treasury Department
Skowhegan
Lindbergh
Northhaven
Smithfield Kidnapping Trial Extension Weighs Prosecution
In Smithfield on August 16, prosecutors spent nearly two hours conferring with witnesses as the defense case loomed. Defendants include Alex Beasley and family, Arthur Krane, and others charged in the kidnapping of Camelia Price and two other girls with conspiracy to kidnap Lucille Wallace.
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Reefton County
Edmund Stainkamp
New York
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Margaret Lee Keen
Nellie B. Beasley
Clinton Beasley
Pearl Beasley
Kia Mae Beasley
Sarah Krane
Arthur Krane
Price
Ogolia Barbour
Josephine Smith
Lucille Wallace
John Shaw
Johnston County
Camelia
W. F. Barber
Johnton County
Will Rogers and Wiley Post Die in Alaska Plane Crash
Will Rogers the cowboy philosopher, actor and air travel enthusiast, and Wiley Post who circled the earth alone in a plane, were killed when their plane crashed 15 miles south of Point Barrow in northern Alaska. The death news came to U S Army Signal Corps from the Point Barrow station.
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Geist
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Henry W. Greist
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Bekimos
Moscow
Wiley
Siberia
Mia Post
Filers
Flight crash reports and housing woes from Alaska frontier
In Fairbanks a communication discusses housing shortages for 700 to 800 people in an Alaska project, with 200 returning and 150 workers moved from camps to regular pay. A separate field report details a plane crash near Barrow, the recovery of bodies Post and Rogers, and medical handling by Dr. Greist, noting limited salvage and instructions to relatives.
Tobacco Prices Rise Across Border Belt Markets
Border belt markets finished the week with higher prices for all grades as heavy sales continued. Fairmont received over 750,000 pounds with bids from 4 to 70 cents per pound, while Lumberton sold more than 500,000 pounds with Thursday’s volume at 679,628 pounds and an average of 23.14 dollars per hundred.
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Fairmont
Lumberton
Negro murderer to be returned from prison camp
Ralseigh August 16 Philip Hawkins an escaped murderer was to be returned by John Ray district prison camp supervisor to complete a 30 year sentence in this state and depart for Poughkeepsie New York for transfer.
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Ralseigh
John Ray
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Philip Hawkins
Wallace Rules: AAA Program Remains Unchanged
Secretary Wallace asserted the AAA would keep its goals with no change in aim. He cited plan shifts in the 1936 wheat program including a five percent acreage reduction for next year and noted weather and rust losses affecting crop prospects. He defended price stability for hogs and warned against producing goods unsellable abroad.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
Weather drift across Carolinas and Southeast shows showers
Partly cloudy in North and South Carolina with local showers in the west and northwest tonight and Saturday. Winds shift from Sandy Hook to Haifa as easterly and southeast breezes, overcast with showers mainly in northern areas. Hatteras to Jacksonville expect variable to shifting winds with overcast skies and night showers. Official records list temperatures and rainfall across multiple stations including Charlotte Raleigh Greensboro Charleston and Wilmington.
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