Fate of English Flier Hinged by Jury in Murder Trial
In Miami and Albany dispatches, a jury convened as Captain William N. Lancaster faced murder charges for the death of Haden Clarke. The case centers on Lancaster’s alleged killing during a love triangle involving Mrs. Jesse M. Keith-Miller after Clarke learned of an impending marriage. Final arguments concluded as witnesses and procedural developments continued in New York mayoral ouster inquiries.
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Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Keith Miller
Miami, Fla
Dade County
William N. Lancaster
Miami
Jesse M. Keith-Miller
Clarke
Keith-Miller
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Mayor Walker Probe Concludes In Roosevelt Review
Executive Chamber reports Governor Roosevelt finished examining Mayor James J. Walker of New York City at 2 22 p m Eastern time amid calls for his removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Walker
James T. Fl
Brooklyn
Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
Russell T. Sherwood
John J. Curtin
Walker
Hofstadter Committee
Jacob Gould Schurman, Jr
Curtin
Sherwood
Atlantic City
Mexico City
Schurman
Samuel Seabury
Germany
Charles Kerrigan
Coneversation
Kerrigan
Europe
New York
John
Franklin DP
Roosevelt
Garner
Peekskill
New York City
Tobacco price disappointments on South Carolina auctions
Prices paid for low grade tobacco rose 20 to 80 percent year over year while medium and high grades fell short of expectations. South Carolina markets opened with heavy offerings and little change from yesterday as primings dominated sales, fetching 60 to 75 percent above 1931 levels.
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South Carolina
Siti States
Lumberton
N. C
Two
Carolinas
W. E. Lea
Mullins
Lea
Liquor On Wane Says Speaker At Head of Bureau
Mrs. James M. Doran, wife of the head of the federal bureau of industrial alcohol, told the Women's Christian Temperance Union that society is turning toward non alcoholic drinks. She urged grape growers to shift energy to non alcoholic fruit products and cited cabinet wives' at home functions where non intoxicating fruit drinks are now routine.
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Seattle
James M. Doran
Federal Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Washington, D. C
Ship of Death Hauled Back To Harbor With Its Cargo of Corpses
The Niobe hull was dragged into Kiel harbor with 69 cadet bodies recovered after the training ship founder off the coast 22 days earlier. Divers aimed to reach and bring remaining remains ashore later today.
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Kiel
Germany
Niobe
House Clerk to Overrule Hoover on Loan Publicity
The House clerk, South Trimble, plans to publish details of the $3.8 billion Reconstruction Finance loan program begun July 21. He argues publicity is mandatory, aligning with Speaker Garner and Rainey, despite Hoover's push to omit the clause.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Congress
South Trimble
Trimble
Garner
Representative Rainey
Rainey
Senate
White House
Executive Mansion
Relief Corporation
Trimbles
Empire Trade Parley Sees Snag Over Russia Dumping Issue
Ottawa reports that imperial trade conference plans were halted by a dispute on Britain's trade with Soviet Russia. Dominion products protection and possible British retaliation against dumping were discussed as leaders from Canada Australia and New Zealand pressed for quotas or other effective safeguards.
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Ottawa
Ont
Imperial Trade Conference
Britain
Russia
Stanley M. Bruce
J. G. Coates
New Zealand
Bennett
Canada
Dominion
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Australia
Bribe Case Details Emerge In Lea Bank Fraud Trial
West’s Wiley Noland testified that Col Luke Lea planned payments to sway a juror in the Lea bank fraud case. Noland cited a $2000 total offer split among Noland Justice and Hurst Justice, with Justice corroborating the claim. Trial proceedings moved toward jury deliberations as witnesses testified.
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Asheville
Wiley Noland
Haywood County
H. L. Justice
Col
Luke Lea
Lea
Justice
Noland
Tennessee
Hurst Justice
Hurst
Lyda Justice
Luke Lea, Jr
Wallace B. Davis
Highway Boom Creates 1500 Jobs In North Carolina
North Carolina highway work will start by September 1 with sixteen projects totaling 904184.54 dollars. The program uses 5.7 million dollars in federal funds and will employ about 1500 workers, plus raise total employment for the year. R. G. Lassiter Co. of Raleigh won the largest bid for a 13.35 mile sand asphalt road between Point Harbor and Grandy. The Yadkin River bridge on Route 62 drew a low bid of 116366. Other Dare County projects include a one mile sand asphalt segment from the paved road.
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N. OC
State Highway Commission
E. B Jeffress
Jeffress
R. G. Lassiter Company
Raleigh
Point Harbor
Grandy
Currituck County
Lassiter
Yadkin River
Vincennes Bridge Company
Ee Ind
Fish Bite Prompts Hoover To Extend Chesapeake Fishing Trip
President Hoover delays return to Washington as Chesapeake Bay fished well on the Sequoia. The voyage from Annapolis plans shifted with a strong bite and a best catch of the trip. He will likely remain at Rapidan Camp tonight or tomorrow, with a motor trip to the White House from Annapolis.
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Washington
Hoover
Chesapeake Bay
White House
Commerce Department
Annapolis
Chesapeake
Rapidan
VETS TAKE HAND IN INDICTMENTS
The B E F promised to issue a statement to clear up propaganda after three veterans were indicted for felonious assault on policemen during the July 28 riot. The trial is expected in October with charges tied to the bonus marchers and buried arms allegations. Bernard McCoy, 36, Chicago, faces an additional assault with intent to kill. John O Olson, 44, Valparaiso, Nebraska, a veteran, is listed as a Distinguished Service Medal recipient for heroism in France on May 11, 1918.
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Washington
Adies
Johnson
S. D
Bernard McCoy
Chicago
McCoy
Navy
John O. Olson
Valparaiso
Nebraska
Carpenter
Bois de Fontaine
France
A T T Declares Regular Dividend Of $2.25 A Share
American Telephone and Telegraph Company directors declare the regular quarterly dividend of 2.25 dollars per share payable October 15 to stockholders of record September 26. The move signals confidence in improving business in coming months.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
America
Standard 611
New Jersey
American Can
American Tobaccco
RK. J. Reynolds
National Biscuit
Electric
U. S. Steel
General Motors Corporation
Chesapeake & Ohio
Woman Killed in Rocky Mount Auto Crash
Bertha Hinson 25 of Roanoke Rapids was killed when an automobile driven by C. C. Barnes 45 of Warrenton crashed into a concrete bridge abutment north of Rocky Mount. Barnes suffered compound fractures and internal injuries and was described as critical. his wife was en route. Barnes is a district circulation representative of the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch and had been married a year.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Bertha Hinson
Roanoke Rapids
C. C. Barnes
Warrenton
Barnes
Here
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
Horseman Rides Into Church To Break Up Meeting
In Benton Kentucky Bobby Thompson aged 20 rode a horse into a church during a meeting, trotted the aisles and knocked over the pulpit and preacher before being jailed on a charge of drinking too freely. Witnesses said he rode through the door and out again as a posse caught him nearby.
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Benton, Ky
Bobby Thompson
Thompson
Farmers Eat Their Harvest To Cut Costs In Towns
A letter proposes a one day touring event branded as an Olympic with Mayor Didrickson. Farmers strike in Town preferring to eat their produce locally to avoid haulage costs. The writer jokes that if every farmer eats all he raises farm goods could rise, though admits it may not work as an economist would say.
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Beverly Hilia
Olympic
Didrickson
Riots Persist as Germany’s Swift Courts Provoke Clashes
Berlin reports indicate the new speed courts fail to halt violence. A Breslau trial sentenced a farm woman and two farmers to three years for heckling a Nazi meeting. At Brieg heat halted a street fight hearing. Rostock saw two Republicans jailed 19 months for beating a Nazi amid ongoing Communist demonstrations nationwide.
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Berlin
Germany
Breslau
Brieg
Rostock
American Sheet and Tin Plate expands Woods Mill staff
The American Sheet and Tin Plate company announces about 30 workers at its Woods Mill plant have been moved to full time status from part time.
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American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Woods Mill
Women Fliers Seek Endurance Record Flight
Mrs Louise Thaden and Frances Marsalis flew the Flying Bourdoir over Curtiss Field aiming for a new women endurance record. Refueling at 8 a m EST they entered their 68th airborne hour, passing the halfway mark at 2 10 a m EST with 61 hours 10 minutes aloft. To beat the record they must stay aloft 1323 hours 20 minutes more.
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New York
Louise Thaden
Frances Marsalis
Curtiss Field
Milk blockade crisis looms as authorities order break
Sioux City area picket line tensions rise as county sheriffs mobilize sixty deputies to enforce a new order to break the milk blockade. Distributors offer 1.70 per hundredweight while producers seek 2.17, amid a widening dispute over pricing and access.
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Sioux City
John A. Davenport
G. N. Slocum
Union County
Ralph E. Rippey
Plymouth County
Iowa
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Seabury
Russell Sherwood
Border Belt
North Carolina
Dare County
Horseman
Milk Producers Association
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