Defense rests in bank fraud trial in Asheville
Defense in the Luke Lea bank fraud trial announced it would offer no evidence and rest its case. Judge Barnhill set seven hours for defense arguments and five and a half hours for the state. Lea, his son Luke Lea Jr., E. P. Charlet, and Wallace B. Davis are charged with conspiring to defraud Central Bank and Trust Company of 1.3 million dollars. trial proceedings continued with plans to conclude arguments by Saturday and charge the jury Monday.
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Asheville
N. C
Luke Lea
Nashville
Barnhill
Lea
Luke Lea, Jr
E. P. Charlet
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
R. R. Williams
Danish steamer reports attack in Cuban waters
A Danish steamer Frederiksborg reported it was bombed and machine gunned by a plane in Cuban waters. In Evansville Indiana Captain Frank Hawks landed from New York to Fort Worth after a refueling stop, covering 780 miles at an average 180 mph, amid drizzle and possible bad west weather. Beaufort North Carolina Judge Clayton Moore denied a motion for non-suit in the Carteret county case against former tax collector Luther Hamilton for $13,000.
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Washington
Frederiksborg
Cuban
Navy Department
Evansville
Ind
Frank Hawks
New York
Fort Worth
Texas
Hawks
Beaufort
N. C
Clayton Moore
Carteret County
Luther Hamilton
Johnston County appeals to curb bigamy in court
Smithfield North Carolina officials appeal to the courts to curb bigamy. County welfare officer Mrs D J Thurston asks Judge E H Cramer for assistance as more bigamy cases are reported in Johnston County. Prosecutor Williams is ordered to investigate and draft indictments where warranted.
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Smithfield
N. C
Johnston County
D. J. Thurston
E. H. Cramer
Williams
Dortch weighs special session to aid NC cotton farmers
Goldsboro NC August 20 Senator Hugh Dortch said he would ask Governor Gardner to convene a special legislative session if farmer surveys show enough interest. The plan calls for prohibiting cotton planting for two years and seeking federal subsidies for planters during that period. Dortch plans to discuss with large planters and push for Southern states to consider the measure.
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Dortch
Georgian Cancels $30,000 Furniture Order In Reprisal
Mather's Stores head Cotton Mather, operating 17 outlets in Georgia and Florida, canceled over $30,000 in furniture orders from North Carolina manufacturers in a retaliatory move tied to a truck tag dispute. He warned no further orders until North Carolina honors Georgia and Florida licenses, amid a broader NC Georgia truck tag war sparked by arrests of drivers and license checks.
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Cotton Mather
Mather’s Stores, Inc
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Mather
Gastonia
Centiennial
Williams- Norris
Positon
Republic of North Carolina
Kentucky
Highway Patrol
North
Chicago Mayor warns city hall may close without aid
Mayor Anton J. Cermak said Chicago and Cook County could face a shutdown of city hall unless the legislature provides relief. He stressed funds must sustain police and fire departments and schools as he spoke to a delegation advocating for the unemployed and poor.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
Cook County
Another Night Afloat Looming For Lindberghs
Nemu ro Japan August 20 Foggy conditions halted Col and Mrs Charles A Lindberghs attempt to resume their flight to Nemuro. The Shimushiru Maru towed their monoplane to a sheltered cove near Ketoi island as they faced a second forced landing from Petropavlovsk Kamchatka. Motor trouble again surfaced, delaying progress and forcing another night afloat.
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Nemuro
Japan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ketoi Island
Black Hole
Kurile Archipelago
Oahushi
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka
Nemura
200 Missing After Korean Coast Storm
Shanghai dispatch reports more than 200 persons missing along the western Korean coast after a severe storm sank many fishing vessels last night raising fears for crews and coastal communities by the sea.
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Shanghai
China
Korea
Woman Drowns Self Near Home in New Bern
In New Bern North Carolina on August 20 Mrs Leonard Dunn 45 killed herself by drowning in the Neuse River near her Bridgeton side home after a morning walk Coroner J R Latham said an inquest was unnecessary She had been a pellagra victim for years and was found floating about half an hour after leaving home
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New Bern
N. C
Leonard Dunn
Neuse
J. R. Latham
Dry Agents Chase Deputy Mistaken For Rum Runner
In Richmond Missouri a deputy sheriff Arch Odell and three federal prohibition agents exchanged fire near a jail after mistaking each other for bootleggers. Odell fired on the trespassers believing them armed hold up men while returning from a fox hunt. One agent was grazed. all parties identified themselves and the incident ended with the agents allowed to return to Kansas City.
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Richmond
Arch Odell
Odell
George Ware
Reed
Wollard
Kansas City
Washington Quiet On Reparations Cut Proposal
The Wiggin committee of international bankers proposes scaling down Germany's public and private debts as a path to world recovery. Washington offers no formal reaction, while Basel discussions hint at broader implications beyond intergovernmental debts and reparation settlements. British sources say the United States must drive any revision of war debts and reparations.
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Washington
Germany
Wiggin Committee
Hoover
Wiggin
Wiggins
United States
Wirgin Committee
Basel
State Department
America
London
Coal Operators Say Rate Raise Would Be Aid To Substitutes
Coal producers told the Interstate Commerce Commission that a fifteen percent rail rate increase would push substitutes like oil electricity and gas, harming bituminous coal by diverting demand. Walter A. Jones of the Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association testified that higher rates favor cleaner fuels over coal.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walter A. Jones
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Suit Transferred To Superior Court In Hamlin Lands Case
Greensboro Aug 20 On petition of the defendants the suit brought by Ethel Lee against G F Morrison and wife W T Lockwell and others was transferred today from High Point municipal court to the Superior Court. The suit seeks two lots plaintiffs claim were part of a Hamlin lands block deeded to Morrison and later sold to Lockwell and others Morrison and his wife are said no longer to reside in this state.
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Greensboro
High Point
Ethel Lee
G. F. Morrison
W. T. Lockwell
Hamlin
Morrison
Lockwell
Bailey urges further stabilization of crop prices at Mountain Farm event
Senator J W Bailey told thousands at Mountain Experiment Station field day in Swananoa NC that farm price stabilization should be expanded. He proposed four steps including focusing on farmers welfare, building foreign trade through tariff use, cutting government costs, and planning for the future with optimism. He warned against panic over postwar price drops and urged prudent policy to bring a brighter day for tobacco and cotton farmers.
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Bailey
Hoover Explains Delay in Reply to Roosevelt Letter
Washington August 20 President Hoover did not personally reply to Governor Roosevelt of New York. Secretary Castle said the letter was based on a misapprehension and Hoover preferred an informal communication to clarify the matter. He explained there were no secret negotiations with Canada on the St Lawrence waterway.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
New York
Canada
St. Lawrence
Castle
State Department
Rebels bombed and defeated with heavy losses
CHICAGO Aug 20 AP The Rev Albert C Fox dean of John Carroll University says half of independent colleges may close due to competition with public universities and junior colleges. HAVANA Aug 20 Government forces win pivotal battle driving rebels from Oriente Province. Couriers report heavy casualties and capture of arms as planes and the gunboat Patria bombard Gibara. Rural guard forces from Hol-
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Chicago
Albert C. Fox
John Carroll University
Havana
Oriente
Gibara
Bibara
Patria
Hol
Berrier Murder Thought Solved
Lexington August 20 Sheriff James A Leonard prepared to swear out a warrant charging Dudley Moore 138 negro with the murder of Mrs Jacob G Berrier 59 who was attacked clubbed and shot to death last Saturday Blood stains on a shirt owned by Moore were pronounced by state chemists The gun believed used in the shooting was found but fingerprints could not be secured Moore who found the body is jailed and officers report serious discrepancies in his account
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Lexington
James A. Leonard
Dudley Moore
Jacob G. Berrier
Leonard
Moore
Bank Robber Found Guilty of Slaying of Deputy Sheriff
WATSEKA Ill Aug 20 Joseph Jazorak tied to the Buckley State Bank robbery on July 47 was convicted of murdering Deputy Sheriff Henry Ennen and sentenced to 32 years in Joliet State Penitentiary Edward Felder and Pierce J Lanigan pleaded guilty and are serving Joliet terms from one year to life.
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Watseka
Ill
Joseph Jazorak
Buckley State Bank
Henry Ennen
Joliet
Edward Felder
Pierce J. Lanigan
Stage Stars Question in Disappearance of Jap Importer
Federal grand jury opens probe into the mysterious disappearance of Hiasashi Fujimura from the Bergenland last week. Miss Mary Reissner known as Mary Dale, a showgirl, has been summoned to appear and was questioned for six hours. Reissner knew Fujimura and his seven year old daughter during the Halifax cruise. A $5,000 reward is offered for information by Fujimura's firm.
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New York
Hiasashi Fujimura
Norwalk
Conn
Bergenland
United States
Lumbard
Mary Reissner
Halifax
Reissner
Miss Reissner
Mary Dale
Mildred Harris
Charles Chaplin
Fujimura
Miss Harris
North Carolina Halts Retaliatory Arrests For Truck Tax Probe
Raleigh reports North Carolina will pause retaliatory arrests of out of state truck operators as the state seeks reciprocity with Georgia Kentucky and South Carolina over truck tag enforcement. Highway Commissioner chairman Jeffress ordered patrols to stop arrests for ten days while a mutual immunity policy is discussed.
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Raleigh
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
BE. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
Charles D. Farmer
Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Gastonia
Mather’s Stores, Inc
Florida
Police Chief Bethea Indicted for Murder in Lumberton
H C Bethea chief of police of St Pauls was indicted for murder for the April 11 shooting of E J Dean. A coroner’s jury ruled self defense. Bethea posted 2500 dollar bond. The solicitor said the case will not be tried this term.
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Lumberton
N. C
H. C. Bethea
St. Paul's
E. J. Dean
T. A. McNeill
Bethea
Dean
McNeill
Veteran Guilty of Slaying His Common Law Wife
Charles Noble Price a 43 year old Selma mechanic and World War II veteran pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Johnston county superior court and was sentenced to 25 to 30 years in prison. He killed his common law wife Victoria Eason after she visited a forbidden home and attempted suicide unsuccessfully.
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Smithfield
Charles Noble Price
Selma
Johnston County
E. H. Cranmer
Price
Victoria Eason
Miss Eason
Slemp Subpoenaed By Senate Campaign Funds Panel
Washington Aug 22 Bascom Slemp former secretary to Calvin Coolidge appeared in the Senate campaign funds inquiry. He was served with a subpoena to testify before the committee investigating financing of the 1928 campaign tied to Bishop James Cannon Jr. and the upsurge in church influence.
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Slemp
Washington
P)c
Bascom Slemp
Cool Idge
Senate
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Financia Trais
James Cannon Jr
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Mario GG. Menocal
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Cabanas Fortress
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Machado
N. Y
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Self
U. 8
Pan-American Commission
Geneva
International Bankers Body
Federal Farm Board
Gov
Victoria
Grand Jury
Jeffress
Highway Commission
St. Paul’s
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