Roosevelt in Columbus Opens Ohio Democratic Convention
Ohio Democrats endorse the party platform and adjourn to hear Governor Roosevelt begin his national campaign. A 60 000 crowd is expected at the Columbus stadium for his 4 p m address broadcast nationwide. Roosevelt and family arrive from Albany with leaders including James Farley and Joseph O Mahoney.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
Columbus Baseball Stadium
Albany
Hoover
Cox likens crisis of low mood to slavery
In St John New Brunswick August 20 Captain James A Mollison cancelled plans for a flight to Montreal and Ottawa and prepared to fly direct to New York Sunday.
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Cox Likens
ST. John, N. B
James A. Mollison
Montreal
Ottawa
New York
Trans-Atlantic Flier
Pennfield Ridge
St. John
United Press
Ireland
England
Amy Johnson
Col. W. A. Bishop
Mollison
S&s
Milk Strike Ends as Picketing Continues in Midwest
Peace declared in Sioux City milk war though tensions linger among farmers. Milk producers and distributors set an agreed price increase and truck movement restrictions, while grain and livestock pickets tighten lines on highways into Sioux City.
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Midwest
Sioux City
Treasury Receipts and Outlays for August Early Figures
Treasury reports for August 18 show receipts of 4.71 million dollars and expenditures of 11.05 million dollars, leaving a balance of 407.46 million. Customs duties for the first eighteen days of August totaled 14.47 million dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Textile head dies in Spray after heart attack
L. W. Clark sixty, longtime Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills official and 30 year Marshall Field associate, died at his Spray home last night from a heart attack. He is survived by his widow.
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Reidsville
N. C
L. W. Clark
Carolina Cotton and Woolen Millis
Marshall Field
Spray
North Carolina relief urged for looming winter strain
Dr Fred Morrison, state relief director, urged North Carolina municipal officers to mobilize relief efforts this fall and winter. He stressed that federal aid is supplemental and will be apportioned after local and state resources are exhausted. He warned of substantially greater relief needs, especially in eastern agricultural areas, after a punishing year.
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Hendersonville
WN. C
North Carolina
Fred Morrison
Raleigh
Morrison
Twin City Expecting Dick Reynolds Daily
Winston-Salem scene grows tense as R J Dick Reynolds, brother of the late Smith Reynolds, may be en route amid conflicting reports. Authorities connect the Reynolds murder case to Libby Holman Reynolds and Albert Walker, indicted for Smith Reynolds death.
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Twin City
Dick Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
R. J
Dick) Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Smith
Libby Holman Reynolds
Albert Walker
Central America
Miami
Fla
South America
New York
Empire Trade Confab Closes With Mixed Empire Gains
Ottawa reports the Empire aerial Trade Conference ended after a month of bickering. Britain will bar sale of Russian goods at below world prices. Trade preference pacts may cost the United States about 50 million dollars yearly in iron, steel, and textile sales to Empire nations, offset by new access to 450 million consumers. A five year plan governs the accords, with possible termination on five months notice.
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Ottawa
Ont
Britain
Russia
United States
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Canada
British Empire
Cox warns crisis rivals slavery era in 1932 Ohio nominating
Former Governor James M. Cox told the Ohio Democratic platform convention that the current governmental crisis is greater than the slavery era. He cited Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt as the 1932 Democratic nominee and urged a solemn judgment as Ohio becomes the national battle ground.
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Columbus
James M. Cox
Dayton
Ohio
Democratic Platform
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Democratic Party
Gov
Roosevelt
New Commodities Finance Corp Formed In New York
New York Aug 20 The Commodities Finance Corp with 50 million dollars in funds to speed the flow of raw materials into finished goods became official today. Articles filed in Dover Delaware set the plan. A tiny 1000 dollar capital stock exists while banks subscribe to bonds to fund the operation. Eugene Meyer and major New York bankers helped shape the plan with backing from 21 Clearing House banks.
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New York
Commodities Finance Corp
Dover
Del
Corporation Trust Co
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Bank
New Corporation
Clearing House Association
Two Brothers In Law Kill Each Other In Gun Duel
In Scott county at New River a pistol duel between brothers-in-law ended with both dead. Wayne Hensley died at a Knoxville hospital and Cordice Lowe died the day before. The fight, sparked by Hensley’s wife leaving him, followed a family quarrel Thursday night.
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Knoxville
Tenn
New River
Scott County
Wayne Hensley
Cordice Lowe
Hensley
Roads And Bridges To Be Built With Federal Aid
North Carolina plans to let bids totaling 790000 for highway work on August 31 funded in part by federal dollars. The projects add more than 104 miles of paving and several bridge constructions across Beaufort Northampton Robeson Craven Johnston Granville Wake Mecklenburg and Catawba counties as part of a 5700000 program.
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U. S
Raleigh
State Highway Department
Department
Alread
Beaufort County
Bath
Bayview
Northampton County
Conway
Virginia State Line
Robeson County
Red Springs
Craven County
Trent River
Johnston County
Granville
Granville County
Creedmore
Wake County
Goodwin's Store
Mecklenburg County
Sharon
Park Roads
Charlotte
Catawba County
Ten-Year Sentences For Extortion Plot In North Carolina
Joe Lucas and Howard Dean, who admitted seeking five thousand dollars from Verner Reed, were sentenced to ten years each in state prison. They confessed writing threatening letters to Reed and his family, to be delivered at a church, and warned of dynamite if the money was not paid. Judge John M. Oglesby stated that kidnapping would bring penitentiary punishment.
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Carthage
N. C
Joe Lucas
Howard Dean
Verner Z. Reed
Pinehart
John M. Oglesby
North Carolina
Lucas
Dean
Reed
Here
Mills Home Head Killed As Train Strikes Auto
Dr Martin Luther Kesler head of the Mills Home Baptist Orphanage dies when his car is struck by a Southern Railway train at the Boyles street crossing in Thomasville North Carolina. He was 74 and survived by a widow and three sons. Funeral set for Mills Home Baptist church with burial there. Surviving siblings include Dr John L Kesler and Miss Mary Kesler.
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Martin Luther Kesler
Baptist — Home
Thomasville
N. C
Mills Home
Southern Railway
H. Gardner
Green Funeral Home
Milla Home Baptist Church
Jack
Courtney Kesler
Winston- Salem
New Jersey
John L. Kesler
Vanderbilt University
Mary Thompson
Mary Kesler
Kesler
Wake
Federal sweep targets lotteries run by churches and groups
The United States launches a broad probe into religious and charitable lotteries as agents investigate church raffles and related games in Illinois and other states. The campaign targets fund raising schemes lasting years and involves grand jury indictments and cross state transport of tickets.
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Washington
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
New York
Ilinois
United Press
Chicago
Los Angeles
Tobacco Market Ends First Week In Carolinas
Huge warehouses in the Eastern South Carolina and border North Carolina tobacco belt were quiet as Week 1 closed. Farmers cheer a slight price rise after Tuesday opening, with optimism up after Thursday and Friday gains. Prices for better grades were still disappointing given sharp crop decline.
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Florence
8. C
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tobacco Belt
Carolinas
Women Aviators Extend Endurance Flight Record
VALLEY STREAM New York August 20 Two women Frances Marsalis and Louise Thaden extended their endurance flight to a full week aiming for new marks. They set a women's endurance record of 124 hours at 5 PM EST and planned to remain aloft until the week anniversary of their launch.
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Valley Stream
Frances Marsalis
Louise Thaden
Prohibition Candidate Curtis Warned by Dry Republicans
A Santa Barbara reader reports that Charley Curtis, a dry candidate, faced a warning from the notification committee after stalling a Ford on the road. The letter suggests the drys finally have a presidential or vice presidential candidate who supports a dry country with Curtis in vice president.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Charley Curtis
Curtis Kinder
Curtis
Will
Merrill Case Open After Naming Of Murderer
In Natchez Mississippi on August 20, Sheriff C P Roberts said the slaying of Jane Sarget Merrill was tied to a robbery attempt by a dead negro George Pearls also known as Lawrence Williams. Maurice O Neil of New Orleans lab confirmed bullets came from a pistol found with Pearls, and fingerprints from Pearls were compared with prints from Glenburnie mansion. Other persons fingered include Duncan Minor former sweetheart and heir, Richard C Dana and Octavia Dockrey. Authorities say Pearls was the killer but others are implicated.
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Natchez
Miss
Jane Sarget Merrill
Old South
C. P. Roberts
Maurice
O'Neil
Bertillon Department
New Orleans
Miss Merrill
George Pearls
Duncan G. Minor
Richard C. Dana
Octavia Dockrey
Roberts
Dana
Miss Dockrey
J. E. Chancellor
Jackson
Sone
Conte
Pearls
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