Goldberg to Confer With Committee Of Strikers
A mass meeting of textile strikers in Bessemer City plans a arbitration with Frank Goldberg president of the mills to end the strike. A committee led by Earl Carroll and R C Gregory will press for settlement as Goldberg signals the mills may reopen Monday. A separate note from New York says the United Textile workers sent no representative to the dispute.
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Bessemer City
American Mills
Frank Goldberg
J. L. Hamme
Gastonia
Goldberg
Earl Carroll
R. C. Gregory
K. L. Gillespie
New York
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Frozen North mystery solved as Andree body found
A Norwegian scientific expedition on White Island in Spitzbergen found the frozen body of Swedish balloonist August Andree, missing since July 1897 after attempting a North Pole flight from Danes Island. Two companions likely perished. camp remains and Andree’s log book were recovered.
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August Andree
Companion
White Island
Oslo
Norway
Arctic
Fridtjof
Nansen Iand
Andree
Danes Island
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Explorer
Grenna
K. Frankel
N. Strindberg
Brattvaag
Siberia
Grim North
Andee
Senators Seek Return as Eight Incumbents Retire
Washington reports six senators seek reentry in November while eight incumbents retire or lose renomination. Retiring are Gillett, Simmons, Goff, Gould, Phipps, Sullivan, Brock, and Baird. Names and prior roles span Massachusetts to Tennessee, with party balance and long careers noted amid a broader shift in the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Frederick Huntington Gillett
Massachusetts
House
Pennsylvania
Carnegie Company
Colorado
Patrick Sullivan
Wyoming
State Senate
William FE. Brock
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tyson
Baird
Morrow David A. Baird
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Ambassador Morrow
Peter Goelet Gerry
Rhode Island
Thomsa Pryor Gore
Mississippi
Oklahoma
J. Hamilton Lewis
Tlinais
Virginia
Thomas Francis Bayard
Delaware
Chamber
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Omaha
Nebraska
Matthew Mansfield Neely
West Virginia
House of Representatives
Six Derbies Prepare For National Air Races
The national air races begin with six derbies across the country heads toward Chicago. Pilots contest for prize money while leaders include Mrs. Phoebe Omilie who led into Richmond from Washington, with several fliers following to Byrdfield and control points in Buffalo Augusta Enid Tulsa Spokane and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pees
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Phoebe Omlie
New York
Memphis
Richmond
Buffalo
N. Y
Hartford
Enid
Okla
Mia
Gladys O’donnell
Long Beach
Cal
Amarillo
Texas
Wichita
Kas
Tulsa
Jack Livingston
Aurora
Ill
W. G. Moore
Kansas City
Brownsville
Tex
St. Louis
Spokane
Wash
Bert Rouff
Seattle
Dixie Derby
Byrdfield
Omile
Washington
Vera Dawn Walker
Mercury Hits Low August Marks Across Carolinas
The Associated Press reports a deepening heat drop with 44 degrees as a record for August in Columbia South Carolina. Charlotte reached 59, Raleigh 60, Spartanburg 54, and Wilmington 64, all noting near or new August lows and comparisons to historic records.
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Columbia
S. C
Carolinas
Charlotte
Columbia Weather Bureau
Raleigh
Spartanburg
Hickory
N. C
Greenwood
Charleston
Wilmington
Navy chief urges closing two naval plants in Virginia and West Virginia
Acting Secretary Jahnecke announced a recommendation to shut the naval plants at Alexandria Virginia and South Charleston West Virginia and was considering closing the Charleston Navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jahnecke
The
Navy
Alexandria
Southern Pacific Declares Quarterly Dividend
Southern Pacific announced a regular quarterly dividend of 1.50 per share payable October 1 to stockholders of record August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Mule and Horse Found Famished After Theft
Thomasville farmer G E Crowell offers a 500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who stole his horse and mule and left them tied in the woods without food or water for nine days. The animals disappeared Aug 11 and were found near Highway 61 in Randolph County. Authorities hope they recover as the cruelty provoked local indignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
G. E. Crowell
Randolph County
Ten Killed in Prague Air Crash Near Iglau
An air disaster on the Prague Bratislava route during a storm killed ten people near Iglau on the Bohemia Moravia border. Nine were Czech and one German. four died at once and others en route to or at a hospital. Two passengers were seriously injured and one slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Iglau
Bohemia and
Moravia
Prague-Bratislava
McCormick Says She Will Obey Voters on Prohibition
Ruth Hanna McCormick addressing the Illinois Republican convention declares she will follow the voters if they approve repeal or amendment of the 18th Amendment. She reaffirms her dry stance and agrees with majority rule guiding any referendum mandate as senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Ruth Hanna McCormick
U. S
Illinois
Bishop Nauseated By Lambeth Conference Birth Control Talk
Bishop Thomas Gailor of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee called the Lambeth conference debate on birth control nauseating. He said birth control is a medical matter and a private conscience issue for men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Thomas Gailor
Episcopal Diocese of
Tennessee
Lambeth Conference
London
Railor
Storm Warnings On N. C. Coast Are Up
The Weather Bureau issued storm warnings covering the northeast United States coast from Morehead City North Carolina to Nantucket Massachusetts. A disturbance about 150 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras moves northward with increasing intensity and will bring northeast gales from Morehead City to Virginia Capes this afternoon. Warnings then extend from Virginia Capes to Sandy Hook tonight and from Sandy Hook to Nantucket by Saturday morning.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Morehead City
N. C
Nantucket
Mass
Cape Hatteras
Virginia Capes
Sandy Hook
Street Identifies Men in Death Car in Goldsboro
In Goldsboro on August 22 J M Langston and Jim Aldridge of LaGrange were named as occupants of a car linked to the June 17 killing of federal agent P L Flinchum. Prohibition agents testified they chased the liquor car and were fired upon. one officer identified Langston and Aldridge, while another witness could not confirm.
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Langston
Street
Aldridge
Flinchum
H. Z. Andrews
Wilson
Langston and
Carl Whitley
Adamsville
Dail
L. Corbitt
Monoplane On to Oregon Forced Down After Twenty Hour Flight
Portland witnesses report the monoplane On to Oregon piloted by Tex and Dick Rankin was forced to land after twenty hours aloft due to a broken stabilizer in the second attempt to beat the sustained flight record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Tex
Dick Rankin
Boston Man Seeks Receivership For Warner Brothers
Ira I. Nelson of Boston files petition in Delaware Court of Chancery seeking appointment of a receiver for Warner Brothers Pictures Inc and an accounting. The suit names Renwar Inc as holding company and alleges mismanagement and excessive prices for theaters and real estate. Warner Brothers denies the charges and says proper answer will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Court of Chancery
I. I. Nelson
Boston
Renwar, Inc
Warner Brothers Pictures
Warner Brothers
Wilmington del
Ira I. Nelson
Gerard adds five names to rulers of the United States list
James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, enlarges his list to fifty with five new names. The additions include Sidney Z. Mitchell of Electric Bond and Share Company, Walter Edwin Frew of Corn Exchange Bank Trust, Amadeo P. Giannini founder of Bank of Italy, and William Green with Matthew Woll of the American Federation of Labor. The list was telephoned from Newport Rhode Island where Gerard stays with General Cornelius Van derbilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
New York Times
Newport
R. I
Gerard
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sidney Z. Mitchell
Electric Bond and Share Company
Walter Edwin Frew
Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company
Brigands Rampage Harms Honan City China
Chinese dispatches report brigands overran Hanchengchen in western Honan province injuring about 500 people and looting 300 shops. More than 2000 attackers held 800 residents for ransom as the city lay ruined two weeks after the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Hanchengchen
Honan
German Aviator Headed For U S
Captain Gronau, the German aviator, took off from Reykjavik harbor heading west toward the United States. Earlier reports said he might fly to America, but the German government denied the plan and said he would proceed toward the Faroe Islands then Scotland or Norway. His radio fix placed him midway between Iceland and Greenland, 65.50 N 26.20 W.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Gronau
Reykjavik Harbor
United States
America
Faroe Islands
Scotland
Norway
Greenland
Princess Margaret Born at Glamis Castle in 1940s Scotland
A princess to be fourth in line to the throne was born at 2 22 pm in Glamis Castle. Duchess Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Duke of York are recovering well as royal physicians confirm the birth. News spread across Britain with bells, bonfires, and official congratulations from King George and Queen Mary.
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Duke
Duchess of York
Glamis Castle
Elizabeth
Duke of York
George
Davis Miles
Henry Simson
King George
Princess Elizabeth
Mary
Prince of Wales
Macbeth
Miles
Reevers
Beevers
John R. Clynes
Home Secretary
Clynes
Lord Mayor
London
Home Office
War Office
Queen Mary
Summer Palace
Sandringham
Glamis
Body Thought to Be Commodore King Washed Ashore
In Fowey England on August 22 a body washed ashore at Lansallos Bay believed to be Commodore Henry D. King a member of parliament and former aide de camp to King George. King and up to four other men were lost when the yacht Islander fell on rocks at Lantivet Bay the previous day with no other bodies recovered.
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Fowey
Eng
Henry D. King
King George
Lansallos Bay
King
Lantivet, Bay
Wilson explains handling of Reds in textile clash
Walter Wilson of Asheville, southern representative of the ACLU, recounted his visit to Bessemer City to observe the protest when two communists were beaten by strikers. He denied any links to the communists and said he arrived with friends Tuesday and left after the trouble began, noting the bound pair and warning an officer nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Walter Wilson
American Civil Liberties Union
Bessemer City
Wilson
E. L. Gillespie
Police Prepare to Block Sacco Vanzetti Memorial in Boston
In Boston on August 22 police plan to prevent a Sacco and Vanzetti memorial meeting on Boston Common if needed. The International Labor Defense seeks a permit while Harry J. Cantor is billed as the speaker. 100 officers are to stand by. The Gastonia Charlotte section also announces a memorial meeting at Loray Square.
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Boston
Sacco
Vanzetti
Boston Common
James M Curley
International Labor Defense
Harry J. Cantor
Thomas F. Goode
Gastonia
Charlotte
Loray Square
Frank Gough Former State Senator Dies in Lumberton
Frank Gough longtime Robeson county state senator died in Lumberton after a long illness. The former lawmaker served in the state senate and was a prominent local figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gough
Lumberton
Robeson County
One Cent Tax Cut May Hold for 1931
Ogden Mills said after a White House call there is a possibility and probability the emergency one percent tax cut on normal incomes this year might continue next year. He returned to the treasury to issue a statement, surprising officials who had hoped for ending the cut. If Congress does not act, the higher rate would apply to 1930 returns.
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Washington
Ogden Mills
The
Treasury
Hoover
Mills
White Houses
Congress
Wilson Coroner's Inquest Postponed
The coroner's inquest into the lynching of Oliver Moore was postponed from this afternoon to tomorrow morning in Wilson. Deputy Sheriff R. O. Watson of Edgecombe County has been summoned to testify about the removal of the negro from the Tarboro jail.
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Committee of
Bessemer City Mills
Spokesman
Solons
ZUTA
Zara
la Cava
Jack Zuta
Ben Laube
Gary
Ind
Frank Gross
Orlando
Fla
Ben
Wisconsin Lake
Laube
Gross
Florida
Laurie
Doyle Carlton
Fred H. Davis
John Watson
Army
Dixie
DERBY
Tadybirle
Atlanta
Los Oe
Y Associated Press
Enterprise
Mrs. McCormick
Margaret
Princess
Great Britain
Empire
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