Court Proceedings In Walker Hearing To Come Up Monday
Governor Roosevelt continued formal hearings into ouster charges against Mayor James J. Walker of New York. Proceedings delayed. one action stayed until Monday and a second adjourned for briefs and rebuttal. Walker entered with publisher Paul Block as defense motions argued that the Sherman Sherwood financing had no link to Walker’s official duties.
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State Capitol
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James J. Walker
New York
Walker
Supreme Court
Ellis J. Staley
Jimmie
Block
Executive Chamber
Paul Block
John J. Curtin
Russell T. Sherwood
Curtin
Sherwood
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Daniels urges Legion to go into politics at Pennsylvania meeting
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh urged the American Legion to study government and engage in politics to promote better government. He warned 50 percent of voters may stay home and contrasted democracy with fascism and sovietism, calling Americanism the remedy and stressing duty to participate.
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Pittsburgh
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Navy
American Legion
North Carolina
Pennsylvania State Legion Convention
Daniels
Houch
Jefferson
Lincoln
Italy
Russia
Widespread Dixie Business Optimism Across Regions
Reports from Dixie industries show factory reopenings and rising payrolls as textile mills and construction accelerate. Virginia firms add workers. Riverside and Dan River boost hours. a $20 million Virginia road program advances. South Carolina plans a $2.5 million road project. Alabama and nearby states push road construction. Bemis mills win a large cloth order as sustaining postwar demand grows.
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Virginia
Lone Star Cement Company
Norfolk
Stehli Silk Mills
Waynesboro
Viscose Corporation of Virginia
Roanoke
Virginia Highway Department
Riverside
Dan River
Danville
Carolinas
South Carolina
Alabama
Bemis
Senator Davis Faces Indictments Linked to Lottery Plot
Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and six others are charged in indictments returned yesterday tied to alleged lotteries run in conjunction with benevolent activities of the Moose and other fraternal groups. Davis will plead August 30 after notifying the U S Attorney's office, and he plans to attend the Loyal Order of Moose national convention next week. Also named in the case are the Western Union Telegraph Company and several others not yet heard from.
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New York
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Unitedates Attorney's Office
Davis
of the Loyal Order of Moose
The
Moose
Western Union Telegraph Company
M. J. Rivise
OT Company
Bernt Peesen
Conrad Mann
Theodore Miller
Frank Herring
Federal Building
Captain Mollison Finishes Westward Flight To New York
James A. Mollison became the first aviator to complete a solo westward Atlantic crossing from Ireland to New York. He landed at Pennfield Ridge in New Brunswick at 12 50 p m eastern daylight time too exhausted to press on.
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Pennfield Ridge
New Brunswick
Atlantic
United States
N. B
James A. Mollison
Ireland
New York
Mollison
Amy Johnson
United Press
London
Portmarnock Strand
Harbor Grace
N. F
Nova Scotia
Halifax
St. John
N. 2
Pennfield
Three Die in Flaming Wagon Collision in Alabama
A truck carrying convicts and gasoline collided with a wagon on a bridge near Newton Alabama. Clarence Beckham and his eight year old son Preston died from burning gasoline. A third victim, a Black man, could not be identified immediately. Jeff Davis Ewell Fralish and Spencer Zigler were hospitalized in serious condition. Two convicts fled and were being sought. Firefighters subdued the blaze. the truck reportedly carried 40 to 60 gallons of gasoline.
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Dothan
Ala
Newton
Clarence Beckham
Dale County
Preston
Jeff Davis
Ozark
Ewell Fralish
Spencer Zigler
Davis
Fralish
Julius Kendrick
Eer
John Henry Jefferson
Ashford
J. H. Martin
Hartford
Farmers Continue Picketing As Rural Strike War Goes On
Striking farmers strengthen pickets around Sioux City as Dakota and Iowa counties support the effort for higher milk prices. Investigation into truck stoppages by Olaf Eidem, with possible interstate commerce violations, slows traffic as farmers reroute to rails and nearby cities. Milk price demands drive the conflict after a late-night conference failed to reach terms.
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Sioux City
Dakota County
Nebraska
Dakota City
Here
South Dakota
Olaf Eidem
United States
Sioux Falls
John Johnson
Minnehaha
Plymouth
Woodbury
Iowa
Des Moines
W. ©. Fraser
United States Department of Agriculture
Piccard plans third ascent from Hudson Bay northwest shore
Prof Auguste Piccard, recovering from yesterday's stratosphere flight, announced plans for a third ascent from the Hudson Bay coast aiming near the north pole to study cosmic rays. He expects to start mid next summer and then return to Zurich to verify results before further calculations.
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Desenzano
Italy
Auguste Piccard
Hudson Bay
Canada
North Pole
Zurich
Switzerland
Cavallaro di Monzanzano
Piccard
England Endures Steamy Heat Wave Across Nation
London reports a scorching heat wave with noon temperature at 93 degrees. Weather authorities note it as the hottest spell since 1910s, matching severe American heat standards.
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London
England
Fiesta parade marks Santa Barbara celebrations
Will Rogers notes fiesta days in Santa Barbara with hundreds of horses and locals in Spanish costumes. He compares regional celebrations to Rome and Cairo and urges towns to adopt parades as American identity, ending with a playful sign off.
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Calif
Santaarbara
Brisbane
Rome
Cairo
Albany
New York
Edith Rockefeller McCormick Dies Amid Family Reunion At Drake
Edith Rockefeller McCormick heiress to the Rockefeller fortune lies near death in a Drake hotel room as physicians say her end is near. Family members, recently reunited after years apart, gather while doctors note her strong will and studies under Freud and Jung influence her fight to live.
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Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
America
John DD. Rockefeller
Drake Hotel
Freud
Jung
Switzerland
Whole family burned in Michigan car crash fatalities
In Midland Michigan a father, mother and four children died when their car collided with another and ignited. Victims named George Messer, wife, and children Edward Forest Stella and Mary. Harry Crane injured. The crash occurred near the Dow Chemical plant at 2 30 am with three youngsters dying in the car and others later in hospital.
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Midland
Mich
George Messer
Thompsonville
Edward
Forest
Stella
Mary
Harry Crane
Birmingham
Dow Chemical Company
Rising Tobacco Prices Lift South Carolina North Carolina Growers
Tobacco prices rose in border markets, easing growers’ dissatisfaction. Darlington sold about 25,000 pounds at roughly 9 dollars per hundred, with rain delaying receipts. Fair Bluff posted about 24,340 pounds at 11 dollars, Lumberton saw gains, Dillon averaged 9.75, while Kingstree lagged with light sales mainly in lower grades.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
Darlington
D. C
Fair Bluff
N. C
Lumberton
Dillon
Kingstree
Giants To Continue Operating Twins For Remainder
Winston-Salem Aug 19 AP The New York Giants will back the Winston-Salem Piedmont League franchise for the rest of the season and may operate the club again next year if attendance improves. The Giants previously announced they would turn the club back to the league, a move that threatened the circuit’s life.
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Winston-Salem
New York Giants
New York
Twins
Giants
Mills Reports CIF public credit loans total over one billion
Providence Aug 19 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation loaned 1 219 000 000 to 4 947 institutions from February 2 to July 31 including 4 190 banks and trust companies Secretary Mills announced at Bryant Stratton College commencement He said 976 000 000 had been disbursed by July 30 with 110 000 000 repaid and stressed loans reached small town banks as well as large institutions.
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R. I
Reconstruction Corporation
Mills
Bryant-Stratton College of Business Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Great City Bank
Mille
Navy probes grounding of Saratoga aircraft carrier
Divers began hull inspections to determine damage on the battleship Saratoga after it ran aground on a sunken sand bar off Sunset Beach. A naval board of inquiry was set to determine responsibility as the carrier rested safely in Battleship Row after tugs refloated it at low tide.
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Cal
Saratoga
Sunset Beach
Naval Board of Inquiry
Battleship Row
United States Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Seal Beach
Huntington Beach
Navy
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