British Press Warns War Likely as Paris Talks Fail
London papers fear sanctions push toward war and warn Mussolini’s Italy will not back down. The Morning Post says Britain may be drawn into a war worse than before while The Times attacks Mussolini for brusqueness and notes Italy flouts league pledges amid stalled Paris negotiations.
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Paris
Willy Nilly
Morning Post
the Times
Mussolini
League of Nations
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Italy
League
Rome
Haile Gelasse
Ireland backs Ethiopia at League council session
Dublin reports President Ramon de Valera will champion Ethiopia in the League of Nations council on Sept. 9. He will attend the Geneva session to outline the Free State's view on the Italo Ethiopian dispute and cooperate fully to preserve Ethiopia's peace and independence.
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Dublin
Ramon de Valera
Irish Free State Today
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Free State
France Sees Crisis Echoing 1914 As Stresa Front Fails
A high French official warned Paris that Europe faces a crisis like 1914 as the three power Stresa front with Britain Italy and France collapses France will lose Italy s friendship and must stand with England in any new alignments Italy s move toward Ethiopia tests the League and risks chaos officials say the League did nothing to Japan and Germany and must now decide its fate France solidifies with England after the tri power effort collapses.
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France
Paris
Europe
Stresa Front
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
League
Austria
Serbia
Mussolini
Japan
Germany
England
Italy’s Effort to Avert War With Ethiopia Collapses
Paris reports end of a diplomatic bid as Mussolini’s stance at Geneva remains firm. Baron Aloisi and Anthony Eden announce failure, Laval says France backs England, and officials warn of a crisis akin to 1914 as war becomes likelier.
Southerners uphold constitutional rights and state sovereignty
The statement defends state sovereignty and private citizen rights while critiquing federal overreach. It says Congress must fulfill constitutional duties, opposes power usurpation by public officials, and favors government expenditure and competition with private industry. Kirby calls Washington’s Democratic administration a vital issue threatening constitutional government.
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Congress
Kirby
Washington
America
Fort Sumter
Fastest ever Alaska to San Francisco flight for Will Rogers crash photos
In 42 hours Associated Press pictures of the Will Rogers and Wiley Post crash arrived in San Francisco. Charles Brower and Dr Henry Greist staged the images at Point Barrow, then transferred via multiple planes and a seaplane chain to Seattle and finally San Francisco, where prints were produced within an hour of landing.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
North America
Associated Press
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Charles Brower
Arctic
Henry Greist
Presbyterian Hospital
Rogers
Post
Joe Crosson
Crosson
Fairbanks
Pacific Alaska Airways
Alex Holden
Jarman
Lake Kluane
V. T
Kluane
Juneau
Bob Ellis
Paul Brewer
Ellis
Brewer
Seattle
Edison E. Mouton
School openings may be delayed in North Carolina
Dr. J C Knox state epidemiologist urged delaying school openings until after September 16 in most areas and not before October 1 in counties with high infantile paralysis incidence. August cases show a sharp decline with 61 so far this month versus 229 in July, but officials warn against easing preventive measures amid risk of a flare up. Raleigh officials expect openings likely late September.
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J. C. Knox
North Carolina
Knox
Raleigh
Health Department
Delegates Vote In Favor of Strike in Lowell Mills
PyenTextile delegates in Lowell Mass vote to strike if the United Textile Workers demands on qualification are not met. Woolen and worsted department leaders threaten widespread lockouts to cripple both large corporations and smaller firms. Delegates reorganize as the Woolen and Worsted Federation of the United States.
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Lowell
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PyenTextile
United Textile Workers of America
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United States
Foreign buyers purchase 427 thousand American motor vehicles
Residents of other countries bought 427,274 American made motor vehicles last year. The figure reflects a broad export market and suggests strong foreign demand for U.S. automobiles.
Democratic Party Stance Cited by Southern Sponsors
The passage notes support from Governor Talmadge of Georgia, KR. B. Creager of Bowneville Texas, and H. D Pollard a Savannah Georgia railroad executive, aligning with a movement tied to the Democratic Party as of March 4 1933. Wood was unavailable for comment on his ties to the effort.
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Carolinas
Talmadge
Georgia
KR. B. Creager
Bowneville
Texas
H. D Pollard
Gavannah
Wood
Rev Stanley May of Yadkinville to celebrate 100th birthday
Rev Stanley May a longtime Baptist minister in Yadkin County will turn 100 next Friday August 23. A mammoth celebration is planned Sunday August 25 to honor his century and his sixty years in ministry. Born near Yadkinville in 1825 he witnessed the dawn of electricity and gasoline and recalls early free schools and his service as a Confederate soldier in Missouri during the Civil War.
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Stanley
May
The
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Mr. May
Neh
Chinquapin
Cross Roads Baptist Church
Courtper
Yadkin County
Christ
Boonville
James Noell
Davie County
Davie
Fred Long
Missouri
Oaceola
Osage River
Centenarian Battles Through War and Faithful Ministry
The article recounts a Civil War veteran, Mr. May, serving from 1861 to 1865 and returning to Yadkin to help his father make wagons and caskets. He kept a diary, remembered Lincoln’s 1860 election, and later served 60 years as a Baptist minister in the Yadkin Baptist Association. He married Nancy Gabard in 1867. they had seven children, 22 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren. He preached until about 1934, with his last sermon near Huntsville and involvement in local funerals.
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Mr. May
Yadkin
May
Abraham Lincoln
Missouri
Mey
Nancy Melinda Gabard
Jenie Whitaker
Center
Carrybrook
M. F. Reavis
Yedkinville
Yadkin Baptist Association
Green Brown
T. C. Myers
M. Baldwin
Hunteville
L. A. Allgood
Deep Creek Church
Long lived minister May remembered for faith and family
The centenarian minister Mr May recalls his first Bible bought by his father in Rockford during court days. He served Sandy Springs for decades and Deep Creek Baptist for 26 years before becoming pastor emeritus. He performed about 300 marriages and last united Howard Boone and Evelyn Renegar in 1984. He avoided alcohol, chewed tobacco, ate modestly, kept teeth until 90, and credits a second growth of hair. Now living with daughter Minnie Reavis in Winston-Salem, he reflects on early Yadkinville life and a stagecoach era home site awaiting a final call.
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Rockford
Surry County
Surry
Sandy Springs
Deep Creek
Howard Boone
Evelyn Renegar
Mr. May
Yadkinville
Phillips Plantation
Housers
Phillips
Sam Danner
Sam May
Bob Allgood
John Danner
William Rulldege
John Henry
Mey
Mere
Minnie Reavis
Ev. M. F. Reavis
Courtney Road
Reavis
Hanes Knitting Mill
Winston- Salem
Wilkes Road
Gelam
Wilkesboro
Jonesboro
Tenn
Parenaville
Statesville
Rockord
Brother May
Push for Transcontinental Superhighway Affects Congress
A proposal to build a superer press transcontinental highway with feeders reaching all parts of the United States is urged before Congress, aiming to connect major regions and boost national infrastructure.
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United States
Congress
Butter market updates from Chicago trays and grades
Chicago produce notes butter trade on August 19 with 10 727 pounds steady at creamery grades 93 score 25 25 percent ex 92 244 percent extra firsts 90 24 percent firsts 88 89 22 23 seconds 86 87 21 22 standards 90 centralized earlets 24 percent and other grade lines including luggage firsts 24 26 percent BB receipts 21 28 percent
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Chicago
Wheat and grain futures drift after uneven trading
Chicago grain prices closed with erratic moves as wheat dipped to 87 1/2 cents for December while corn eased to 55 1/2 cents. Oats rose modestly and barley held steady. Lard futures dropped about 45 to 50 cents.
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Chicago
Governor Herring Refuses Grand Jury Subpoena
In Sioux City on August 19 Clyde L. Herring declines a grand jury subpoena probing graft and public corruption calling it a whim of fanatical investigators. He argues immunity under the state constitution. Attorney General Edward L. OConnor plans to testify before the jury already indicting him and other officials as a four month old probe faces renewed scrutiny.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Edward L. O'Connor
Four Monts
Sal
State Executive Council
Additional WPA Officers Named
CHARLOTTE August 19 Appointment of several additional officials for the Charlotte district headquarters of the Works Progress administration has been made by John Grice district director Those appointed last night included Paul Howard of Charlotte assistant district director Douglas Robinson of Mare Hill Madison county district personnel director Edward G Sharpe of Spruce Pine and J Warren Helms of Monroe field engineer supervisors and Miss Chloris Kellam of Charlotte supervisor of certification
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Charlotte
Works Progress Administration
John Grice
Paul Howard
Douglas Robinson
Mare Hill
Madison County
Edward G. Sharpe
Spruce Pine
J. Warren Helms
Monroe
Feld
Mies Chloris Kellam
Army Officers Assigned as Instructors at Educational Institutions
War department lists officers assigned as military instructors at designated institutions. Captain John F. Hepner at Sewanee Military Academy in Tennessee. First Lieutenant Walter H. Delange at Tampa public high schools in Florida. First Lieutenant Louis C. Friedendorff at Florida Military Academy in St Petersburg. First Lieutenant Bjarne Furuholmen at Winder High School in Georgia. Fleet Lieutenant Stephen Kosyowski at Benedictine School in Savannah, Georgia.
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Washington
War Department
John F. Hepner
Fort Bragg
N. C
Sewanee Military Academy
Sewanee
Funeral held for James Query in Charlotte
James JL Query, 41, a Charlotte engineer, died after an overturned automobile crushed him near Lancaster. Companions Leater Rogers and Charlie Carpencer escaped injuries as the car ran off a curve. Query was buried locally today.
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Charlotte
James JL Query
Lancaster
Leater Rogers
Charlie Carpencer
Query
Japs Win Over American Team in World Meet
Tokyo reports the Japanese swim team defeated a United States all star squad over three days to win the world supremacy title. Japan led with three event wins and a final score of seven to one in the series. Relay members Masanori Yusa Ishida Makino and Hiroshi Nimi were part of the victorious Japan lineup.
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Witnhing
U States
Japan
United States
Masanori Yusa
Ishida
Makino
Hiroshi Nmi
Peter Fick
York Athletic Club
Johnnis
Philadelphia
Yaie Versity
Art Lindegren
Wood
Jack Medica
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