Piccard Forges New Heights In Stratosphere Voyage
Prof Auguste Piccard completes a near twelve hour balloon ascent from Edolo Italy with assistant Max Cosyn. The landing near Lake Garda draws thousands as Piccard notes the mission’s profit in learning about cosmic rays and their role in the universe. His wife urged no more flights after a prior journey.
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Edola
Italy
Auguste Piccard
Camonicat
Brescia
Milan
Veront
Max Cosyn
Sal Prof. Piccard
Adriatic Sea
Lake Garda
Alps
Bank of Gibsonville Cashier Robbed in Broad Daylight
A masked bandit robbed Bank of Gibsonville cashier Miss Bessie Wagoner, forcing her to hand over between 1100 and 1200 dollars. The thief fled in a car with two accomplices, leaving town as police traced movements of several strangers.
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Gibsonville, N
Bessie Wagoner
Bank of
Gibsonville
Gibsonvil
Burlington
Greens
Vice President Curtis Opposes Prohibition Repeal
Curtis, seeking renomination, rejects repealing the eighteenth amendment and backs administration relief from the depression. In accepting, he says the people should freely express their views on constitutional amendments but he personally opposes a return of the saloon and supports Hoover era change allowing states to handle prohibition with federal protection.
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Topeka
Curtis
Hoover
Grand Jury Indicts Senator Davis in Lottery Case
A federal grand jury indicted seven individuals including U S Senator James J Davis of Pennsylvania for involvement in an alleged lottery scam tied to fraternal groups Eagles Moose and Mystic Shriners. The four indictments allege sale of lottery tickets for prizes to aid dependents. about 60 million tickets were sold with roughly $500 000 in proceeds.
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Pennsylvania
Loyal Order of Moose
New York
United States
James J. Davis
eeTheonan
Ae Ieeonard C. McGuire
B. C. McGuire Merchandise Company
Theodore G. Miller
Mooseheart Navigation Department
Raymond Walsh
McGuire
Conrad H. Mann
Kansas City
Frank E. Herring
Eagle’s
M. J. Rivise
Western Union Telegraph Company
Conrad M. Mann
Federal Grand Jury
The
Eagles
Moose
Mystic Shriners
Indicted Under Federal Law Rumors Surface
Report notes rumors of individuals facing federal charges with United States Attorney George Z. Medalie not commenting in advance of trial. The article emphasizes legal proceedings and the involvement of high ranking officials while withholding names and specifics.
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United States
George Z. Medalie
Walker Wins Battle Over Governor in Restraining Orders
Albany report shows John J. Curtin arguing to dismiss ouster charges as Governor Roosevelt faces restraining orders. Kingston supreme court justice issues actions blocking Roosevelt from ruling on Walker's fitness until hearings on legality proceed. Donnelly’s Bronx Chamber of Commerce order also contested.
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Albany
N. Y
John J. Curtin
Walker
Roosevelt
Kingston Supreme Court
George Donnelly
Bronx Chamber of Commerce
Curtin
Hofstadter
Kingston
Harold Hinman
Appellate Division
Donnelly
Justice Staley
Business Boom Across Carolinas Spreads Through Factories
Reports from Charlotte and across North and South Carolina indicate rising industrial activity. Seaboard Air Line shops in Raleigh near completion after fire damage. Interstate Milling in Charlotte returns to longer hours. Sylva Paperboard reaches capacity with orders. Katterman and Mitchell Silk in Columbus resumes 24 hour operation using local workers. Belton Mills to run full days by September 1 after earlier curtailment. Blair Mills Belton returns to full production. Ware Shoals Manufacturing sees orders for Citadel Cadets boosting shirt production.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Seaboard Air Line
Raleigh
Interstate Milling Company
Sylva
N. C
Sylva Paperboard Company
Katterman and Mitchell
Columbus
Polk County
Belton
8. C
Blair Mills
Belton Mills
Ware Shoals
Citadel
Fire ruins fortune: granddaughter steals final funds
Salisbury Maryland August 18 news reports Americus Baker once saved forty thousand dollars over eight years. A fire destroyed his one room shack near Nelsonia Virginia and only five hundred dollars remained before being seized by his granddaughter. An overheated stove caused the blaze.
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Salisbury
Americus Baker
Nelsonia
Cannon Attacks Hoover Surrender Charge Over Prohibition Stand
Bishop James Cannon Jr asserts Hoover’s prohibition policy amounts to surrender to speakeasies bootleggers and constitutional nullifiers. He recalls Hoover’s March 1929 pledge to enforce the Volstead Act and aid via Congress to crush crime and open depots, urging that the president now admits helplessness to enforce the constitution.
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Switzerland
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bishop Cannon
United States
Congress
Prohibition Department
President Hoover Returns Refreshed After Fishing Trip
President Hoover goes back to work after a three day Chesapeake Bay fishing trip. He plans to visit Rapidan Virginia camp to finish his longest vacation since last year. Aides have prepared data for business leaders meeting August 26. Many of the 159 invited financial and industrial representatives have accepted.
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Washington
Hoover
Chesapeake Bay
Rapidan
Virginia
Market ends with modest gains on quiet trading day
New York stocks drifted through a calm session and finished higher on most leaders as wheat and cotton rose. Trading volume was about one and three quarters million shares with late losses erased in the final hour. Leaders including American Telephone and U S Steel closed up alongside J I Case and Union Pacific amid mixed regional moves. Wheat rose about 1/2 cent a bushel and cotton gained 50 to 65 cents a bale.
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New York
J. I. Case
American Telephone
Southern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Union Pacific
Ganta Fe
International Harvester
Acquitted Lancaster Begins Hunt for a Job in Miami
Captain W N Lancaster British aviator is acquitted of murder in the death of rival Haden Clarke. He rests at his attorney’s home before planning his next steps and refrains from discussing Mrs Jessie M Keith Miller. Jury delivered verdict after a two week trial.
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Florida
Haden
Clarice
Keith Miller
Miami
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Jessie M. Keith Miller
Clarke
Lancaster
Keith-Miller
Tobacco prices show rise as markets settle
Prices for South Carolina tobacco rose as markets normalised after early breaks. In Dillon 8 C offerings of the better grades increased with total sales of 30 000 pounds at 9.05 dollars per hundred. Kingstree saw higher better grades 30 to 40 cents per pound while Darlington farmers remained unhappy at around eight and a half cents. Lugs and primings edged up though total offerings reached 55 000 pounds with fewer leaves.
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Associated Geome
South Carolina
Dillon
8. C
Kingstree
Darlington
Farmers Clash With Officers In Near Serious Violence
Sioux City Iowa August 18 The Battle of the Highway flares across three states as farmers strike for higher prices block Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska highways. Sheriff Slocum appeals for help after 100 farmers overpower his deputies and seize a gun. Nebraska Iowa and South Dakota join the blockade with 30 day sales holiday declared by farm groups. Authorities in three states bolster forces to maintain order amid escalating clashes.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Dakota County
Hugh Slocum
Stevens
D. D
Slocum
South
Dakota
Deca Kriege
Dakota City
Ralph Rippey
Plymouth County
Mollison Flier Starts Transatlantic Run From Portmarnock
J A Mollison, famed British distance flier, launches a transatlantic solo flight from Portmarnock to Harbor Grace then Roosevelt Field and back to Croydon in a light plane. If successful, he makes the first east to west solo crossing from the east and the first north Atlantic crossing by a light airplane.
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Portmarnock
Irish Free State
J. A. Mollison
United States
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Croydon
England
Mollison
North Atlantic
Portmarnock Strand
Itae
Plone
Baldonnell Airdrome
Dublin
Amy Johnson
Prince of Wales
English Channel
le Touquet
Farmer sentenced for juror bribe in bank fraud case
Wiley Noland of Haywood county drew two to four years in state prison for offering to bribe a juror in the Lake Lea Wallace Davis bank fraud trial in Asheville North Carolina. Judge J H Clement rejected motions for arrest of judgment and a new trial. Noland’s bond set at $2000 and an appeal was noted.
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Asheville
N. C
Wiley Noland
Haywood County
Lake Lea - Wallace B. Davis
J. H. Clement
Noland
Z. V. Nettles
Brownlow Sayler
Lea
Tennessee Pu
United States
Luke Lea, Jr
Th Davis
Central Bank and
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Piccard
Paul Kipfer
Gibsonville Bank
Senator Davis
Atlantic
Ireland
Jimmie
Both
Cannon
Impo
Bishop
Davis- Lea
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