Ehringhaus Defends Highway Prison Reorganization
Raleigh August 19 Governor Ehringhaus rejected claims of political interference in the consolidated highway prison department noting changes were discussed with Chairman Jeffress and intended to improve efficiency. He said Jeffress heads operations and that Pou runs day to day with the governor’s full confidence. The shakeup followed Ames dismissal and a new personnel setup approved after a highway commission meeting.
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Raleigh
Consolidated Highway and Prison Department
Ehringhaus
Leslie R. Ames
Blowing Rock
E. B. Jeffress
Consolidated Highway-Prison Department
Jeffress
Highway and Public Works Commission
Ames
News and Observer
Raleigh Times
Pou
Highway-And - Prison Department
Commission
Ling
Missouri Nears 3 to 1 Repeal Margin in Vote
Unofficial returns from about half of Missouri precincts show a strong move to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment with more than 3 to 1 support. City returns favor repeal by large margins while St Louis and Kansas City show overwhelming wet sentiment.
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ST. Louis
City of
Jackson County
Kansas City
Missouri
Roosevelt heads to Hyde Park after week at White House
President Roosevelt signs fair practice charters for oil and steel and boosts labor hours and wages as he heads to Hyde Park for two more weeks. He and Hugh S. Johnson pushed through codes in a rapid White House week, adding lumber, oil, steel, and coal measures to the national recovery program. The special train to Highland, N Y, will then take him to his family residence.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Oil and Steel
Hugh S. Johnson
White House
Johnson
Washington
Hudson River
National Recovery Administration
NRA
Highland
Babies Sold For Adoption In Oklahoma Baby Market
Tulsa reports reveal that babies born out of wedlock have been sold for adoption. Mrs. Mabel Bassett says statements from three doctors confirm a "Baby Market" scandal uncovered by Miss Helen Schaeffer. Four babies sold for 70 to 100 dollars for hospitalization costs.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Mabel Bassett
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Bassett
Helen Schaeffer
Children’s Service Bureau
C. H. Haralson
Tulsa County Medical
Indiana wrecks take ten lives near South Bend and Fort Wayne
A bus returning from the Chicago fair and a heavy van collided six miles west of South Bend, killing six and injuring a dozen. A separate Wabash crossing crash in Fort Wayne killed four and left two hurt. Victims include residents of Wakarusa and Toledo with coroner attributing fault to the van driver. Authorities pursued the damaged van as news spread from South Bend to Chicago.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Ft. Wayne
Elkhart County
Here
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Kentucky
Water Berkey
Walter Berkey
Mary Huntsberger Wisler
Wayne Pippenger
Gerald Messmore
Kenneth Lechlitner
Wakarusa
James R. Gray
Grya
Nettle Blanche Gray
Ella Thomas Age
Princeton
B. J. Bolka
Chicago
Polo Star Faces Assault Charges in National Polo Final
Chicago report says Cecil Smith of Liano Texas, ranked No.2 polo player in the U.S., was arrested on a criminal attack charge filed by nurse Eugenia Rose, 23. Rose claims a nighttime assault on a country road. Smith calls it a frame-up as the western star faces Eastern rival in the national tournament final.
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Chicago
Cecil Smith
Liano
Tex
United States
Eugenia Rose
Rube” Williams
Smith
Lake Forest
Monkeys enlisted in war against sleeping sickness in St Louis
In St Louis a drive against encephalitis uses monkeys to develop an immunizing serum as doctors report rising cases. Dr J P Leake obtained authorization to purchase lab monkeys from Surgeon General Cum ming. The outbreak has killed at least three people and investigations focus on sewage and suburban conditions.
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Louis
St. Louis
Paul J. Zenta
Zenta
J. P. Leake
United States Public Health Service Today
Hugh S. Cumming
Washington
Leake
Clara Green
St. Louis County Hospital
St. Louis County
Health Department
City of
Machado’s Executioner Ends Life To Escape Police
Brigadier Ainciart, once Chief of Police under President Machado, killed himself to avoid capture after being cornered by police and soldiers in Havana. Tracked since Machado fled the country, he was found hiding in a two room Almendares home and shot himself when ordered to surrender. Soldiers and ABC agents surrounded the site as the search for Ainciart intensified.
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Machado
J. P. McKnight
Associated Press
A B. Ainciart
Gerardo Machado
Himsel
Ainciart
Almendares
Vavana
Aindart
Dancer
Lanuza
First Streets
Havana
ABC Secret Society
A BC
Torture Details Emerge At Machado Trial In Havana
In executive session at Azares fortress Havana witnesses describe torture by soldiers linked to Captain Crespo. Four bodies buried in a horse stable are believed to be Machado opponents. Humberto Osorio and Camilo Valdes testified Aguero tortured them at Atares.
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Havana
Azares
Gerardo Machado
Manuel Crespo
Cuba
Aguero
Agero
Jamed Barreto
Leyva
Crespo
Atares
Alabama Miners Consider Sympathy Strike Across Regions
United Mine Workers call in Alabama urged about 6000 coal diggers to vote on a sympathy strike while Alabama operators charged fired workers were discharged for cause. In Pennsylvania Laneford anthracite miners ended a truce amid no common ground for arbitration with operators. In New York City dressmakers’ strike neared settlement though CT and NJ talks continued. Whalen met drivers amid dispute. California officials urged 4000 Hollywood studio technicians to return to work.
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Alabama
Pennsylvania
NRA
Grover A. Whalen
New York City
United Mine Workers of America
Walker County
Laneford
Panther Creek Valley
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Connecticut
New Jersey
Whalen
Drivers Union
California
Timothy A. Reardon
William Green
A. F. of L
Hollywood
Edna Taylor Crowned Miss North Carolina at Wrightsville Beach
Miss Edna Taylor of Washington representing the second district won the state beauty title in the American Legion contest at Wrightsville Beach. Runner-up was Miss Edna Patton of Murphy from the 20th district. Taylor will represent North Carolina at the Legion national convention in Chicago with a free trip.
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Wrightsville Beach
N. C
Edna Taylor
Washington
North Carolina
American Legion
Edna Patton
Murphy
Taylor
T' Legion
Chicago
Gandhi Weakens as Fast Nears Fourth Day
In Poona India Aug 19 Gandhi shows greater weakness on the fourth day of his fast unto death as anxiety grows among his friends. The government offers restricted liberty while he remains imprisoned in Yerada jail but Gandhi may reject the terms. His secretary Mahadev Desai tends to him while outside help is refused.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Yerada
Gandi
Mahadev Desai
Unemployed Enrollments Rise in Lexington and Thomasville
More than 400 men and women enrolled at the county re employment service in Lexington and over 200 registered at the Thomasville office. Registration continued through the week with more expected to enroll as the period of registration proceeds.
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Lexington
Thomasville
Philadelphia socialite Anthony Drexel III weds Helen Avis Howard
Probate Judge W Frank Gillespie of Oconee county says he officiated a wedding in Walhalla at nine p m uniting Anthony Drexel III and Helen Avis Howard both described as Philadelphia socialite and Atlanta debutante.
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Walhalla
8. C
W. Frank Gillespie
Oconee County
Anthony Drexel
Philadelphia
Helen Avis Howard
Atlanta
Tobacco Sales figure from Whiteville Market
Whiteville reports total tobacco sales to date at 2,568,026 pounds with an average price of 12.99 dollars.
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Whiteville
Roosevelt Signs Codes for Oil Steel and Lumber Industries
President Roosevelt signed fair practice codes for oil steel and lumber, bringing three major industries under the blue eagle and expanding coverage of the NRA program. Industrial Administrator Hugh S. Johnson announced the moves after 48 hours of negotiations, with coal talks ongoing and a possible administration written code if operators fail to unite. Roosevelt then departed for Hyde Park as the codes went to effect.
Champion Oscalators To Be Crowned At Coney Island
Bizarre pageant at Luna Park features a kissing marathon with entries from Brooklyn and Long Island. Rules ban onions, require both eyes closed during kissing, prohibit biting, and disallow advances to judges. Contest aims to crown the longest kiss as world champion escalators of romance.
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Coney Island
Gardner Bridger
New York
Ladeez
Gen'sman
Coney
Island
Rex Billings
Luna Park
Brooklyn
Long Island
Bert Nevins
Mr. Nevins
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