Britain and Germany Warn Keep Spain War Within Bounds
Foreign powers flare tensions over Spain as Britain and Germany demand restraint. Britain signals warning shots against Spanish vessels if provoked while Germany vows force for force after alleged search of a German merchant ship. United States stays out of the dispute amid Portugal turmoil and Lisbon radio reports quiet with cut communications. Premier Mussolini mobilizes troops as regional instability grows.
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Spain
Great Britain
Germany
England
Reich
Madrid
Ips
Ism
Elass
Britain
Portugal
United States
Iberia
Red
Lisbon
Ris
Musolini
Federal Crop Insurance Advocated By Wallace
Secretary Wallace returns from Hyde Park where he urged federal crop insurance to shield farmers from drought. Discussion at the farm conference noted insurance as a way to reduce relief needs. A $10 million seed purchase program details were announced by the Agriculture Department. The Farmers National Grain Corporation will buy spring wheat, durum wheat, oats, barley and flaxseed for winter storage and spring use. Funding via Farm Credit Administration and the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Agriculture Department
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Funs
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Pair Executed in Gas Chamber at Central Prison
Raleigh August 21 Two men John Kinyon 73 Granville and Willie Gallman 21 Forsyth died in the lethal gas chamber at Central Prison. Kinyon condemned for murder of a Creedmoor girl after a gambling dispute Gallman for the murder of John Gaston a black man in Forsyth County both pronounced dead within minutes of gas administration
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Raleigh
John Kinyon
Granie
Willie Gallman
Forsyth
Central Prison
Gallman
Kinyon
Granville
Su Cport
Creedmoor
Winder Bryan
Iman
John Gaston
Annegra
Moses Newsome
First Baptist Church
You
Gil Resigns As Head of Party in Mexico City
Mexico City reports Emilio Portes Gil resigns as president of the national revolutionary party amid a brewing cabinet shakeup. Sources say two or more cabinet members may follow him, leaving Portes Gil with substantial power next to President Lazaro Cardenas.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Emilio Portes Gil
National Revolutionary
Trotsky Is Real Prisoner At Bar
The Aug 21 Moscow trial of 16 confessed plotters reveals a coded Arabian Nights scheme. E Holzmann testifies he served as liaison between T Smirnoff and Svedoff, allegedly Trotsky’s son, in a Moscow Berlin link to attack Stalin.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
E. Holzmann
T. Smirnoff
Moscow Trotskyites
Svedoff
Leon Trotzky
Berlin
Joseph Stalin
Holzmann
Trotaky
Lime Stone College Religion Head Resigns for Baylor Professorship
Dr. L. Carpenter head of the department of religion at Lime Stone College has resigned to become professor of Bible at Baylor University in Waco Texas, announced by college officials.
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Gaffney
D. C
L. Carpenter
Limestone College
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Navy Destroyers Hunt S S San Joaquin Sinking Near Guadalupe
Three destroyers led by the Aylwin combed 560 miles west of Guadalupe Island after the S S San Joaquin sent SOS calls claiming sinking. No trace found. mystery surrounds the ship’s identity with Tuna Clipper Sao Joao initially suspected. Coast guard cutter Tahoe joined the search from Santa Barbara.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific
S. S. San Joaquin
Guadalupe Island
San Joaquin
Naval Communications Office
Edward 8. Raguet
Aylwin
Monaghan
Worden
Arthur J. Hepburn
United States Fleet
Coast Guard
Tahoe
Santa Barbara
San Pedro
Sao Joao
Plans To Honor Williamson At Dinner
High Point and North Carolina Olympic athlete Harry Williamson will be honored at a public dinner planned for September. Civic club leaders met at the Sheraton hotel to organize the event though exact date remains undecided as Williamson may remain in New York after arriving from England. J. B. Moffitt was named general chairman and a fund drive will raise money for a gift honoring Williamson’s record and sportsmanship.
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Sheraton Hotel
High Point
North Carolina
Harry Williamson
Harry
England
Olympic Stars
New York
Olympic Committee
America
Moffitt
American Business Club
Civic Club
Williamson
Increase Of 6,000,000 For Public School Funds
Raleigh reports that educational forces will seek a 27 million dollar annual appropriation for public schools from the 1937 general assembly for two years. The request is a six million dollar yearly increase over the current 21 million and would bring the general fund to 38.5 million if no other appropriations are raised.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
J. C. Baskerville
Raleigh
General Assembly
General Fund
Com
Seattle Strike Still Unsettled
Governor Clarence D. Martin blamed city and county authorities for maintaining order amid Seattle Post-Intelligencer newsroom strike nine days old. He rejected state patrol or national guard use, urged arbitration, and offered his services to resolve the dispute between the Seattle Chapter of the American Newspaper Guild and Hearst newspaper executives over two discharged members.
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Seattle
Clarence D. Martin
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mueng
King County
Portland
Ore
State Patrol
National Guard
Martin
American Newspaper Guild
Hearst
Olson weaker as Mayo Clinic notes lingering health issues
Rochester Mayo Clinic says Governor Floyd B Olson remains weaker with recurring pain and feeding difficulties complicating factors.
Trust fund formed in memory of Zachary Smith Reynolds
Richard J. Reynolds Mary Reynolds Babcock and Nancy Reynolds Bagley filed a charter for Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc a charitable corporation to control distributions from a trust set to fund in North Carolina the heirs share from a court division of Smith Reynolds estate and trusts in Winston Salem.
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Winston-Salem
Richard J. Reynolds
Mary Reynolds Babcock
Nancy Reynolds Bagley
North Carolina
Zachary Smith Reynolds
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc
R. E. Lasater
Safe Deposit and Trust Co
Baltimore
Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Patrolman Hurt In Freak Wreck
In Thomasville a state patrolman on a motorcycle collided with a small unidentified boy who darted in front of a truck. Patrolman J Haskell, from High Point, swerved to avoid the truck, fell, and injured his hip. both were hospitalized, the boy released after examination.
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Thomasville
J. Haskell
High Point
Haskell
Twin City Textile Strike Continues At Hanes Mill
The strike at the Hanes hosiery mill dye house remained unchanged with no rise in strikers. A mill workers meeting was slated for tomorrow night to explain the strike cause following a similar meeting last night attended by about 60 employees.
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Winston-Salem
Hanes
Storm warnings issued for Atlantic coast from Florida to D.C.
The weather bureau ordered storm warnings along the Atlantic seaboard from Fort Pierce Florida to Charleston or Sharleton DC as a tropical disturbance of moderate but increasing intensity moved about 150 miles offshore and northwestward.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Fort Pierce
Sharleaton
D. C
Moore Confesses to Motel Slaying in Trial
Ashevi lle, Aug 21 The defense witness Moore admits he killed Helen Clevenger during a robbery gone wrong in a Battery Park hotel room. He says he was coerced by a fat New York man and later claims police forced him to confess for camera footage. The case centers on bloody lamp smudges and a death pistol later traced to Moore.
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Asheville
Helen Clevenger
Martin Moore
New York
T Gas Chamber
State’s
Ho’ Hall
L. D. Roddy
Zeb V. Nettles
Moore
Camerame Moore
Star Garrison
Helen
Joseph F. Clevenger
Great Falls
Staten Island
N. Y
Helen Wa
W. L. Clevenger
N. C. State College
Everhart Bound for Guilford on Attack Charge
Judge Teague found probable cause in the attack charge against C. T. Everhart automobile dealer of Thomasville and ordered him held for Guilford Superior Court under a $300 bond. Mrs. Owens testified Everhart tried to secure her criminally on July 1 during an automobile ride with two men and a woman companion as they pursued signatures for a transaction.
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Sam Blanton
Sam
St. Louis
Lewis E. Teague
Wilson Adams
G.u
J. Boyd Hin
C. T. Everhart
Thomasville
E. R. Point
Guilford Superior Court
Owens
Everhart
Carl Jackson
Thomasvile
Kreake
Franklin Street
Fairfield Road
Four Elon College students sentenced for stealing college property
Four Elon College students pled guilty to stealing over 2000 dollars of college equipment in June and July. Judge Clawson Williams sentenced them to 11 months to three years but suspended the terms on condition of full restitution and five years good behavior. Defendants were Myron Wright John Dion Stanley Burgess and Bruce Sedden with Elon President L F Smith seeking mercy.
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Burlington
Elon College
Clawson Williams
Alamance County Superior Court
Myron Wright
Washington, D. C
John Dion
Portsmouth
Stanley Burgess
Courtland
Bruce Sedden
Sanford
L. EF. Smith
Elon
Two Strikers Arrested At W. H. Snider Hosiery Plant
Police arrested two 21 year old strikers at the W. H. Snider Hosiery mill on West Grimes Street. William Nelson was charged with disorderly conduct and H. F. Newby with trespassing. Both released on $60 bonds after warrants signed by owner-manager Snider.
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W. H. Snider
West Grimes Street
William Newson
Richardson Street
H. F. Newby
Chestnut Street
Soviet Flag Raises Amid Boos At New York Stock Exchange
The Soviet flag was raised on the NYSE trading floor to honor Ambassador Alexander Troyanov and Commissar Anastas Mikoyan. Boos and catcalls greeted the display, which is usually flown for foreign officials, until the crowd subsided as the Russians entered the hall.
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New York
Russia
New York Stock Exchange
Alexander A. Troyanovesky
United States
Anasthasius J. Mikoyan
Food Industries
Charles R. Gay
Exchange
Weather Forecast for Carolinas Tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy tonight in North Carolina with possible showers in the east portion. South Carolina to have partly fair conditions tonight with possible showers near the coast. Saturday expected cloudy conditions with possible showers in the south and east portions.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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