Rainstorm floods Tucson in 40 minutes
Tucson received its heaviest rainfall in a decade with an inch and a half falling in 40 minutes. In Marion Floyd Gardner a longtime railway official and land agent died of a heart attack. In Pine Bluff the Dixie baseball league Pine Bluff club folded after players missed salary checks, citing financial troubles.
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Tucson
Ariz
Marion
Floyd Gardner
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Southern Public Utilities Company
Pine Bluff
Ark
Dixie Baseball League
Tyler
Tex
Grand Jury Probes Tammany Mob Ties In New York
A New York grand jury pursued charges that politicians collude with gangsters as Fiorello LaGuardia campaigns to oust Tammany Hall. It invited federal attorney George Medalie and Judge Kernochan to name officials linked to racketeers. Medalie claimed several top Manhattan politicians work with criminals. The panel also questioned a district attorney ally and faced procedural friction during the session.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Tammany
City Hall
George Z. Medalie
Frederic Kernochan
Thomas C. T. Crain
Medalie
Tobacco prices rise as sales continue amid threats of weather
In Timmonsville on August 22, tobacco continued to sell well with a new high of 17.01 per hundred and about 500000 pounds offered on the floors. Despite threatening weather, arrivals kept flowing with 367164 pounds reported the previous day.
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Timmonsville
Gibsonville Bank Reopens With Limited Deposits
Gibsonville bank resumed operations today with 25 percent of deposits available after closing March 3. Few withdrawals occurred as President A B Owens reported several new deposits. In Conshohocken, Mrs Bila C Labbe Ross died at 72. a Washington descendant nicknamed Postage Stamp Lady.
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Gibsonville
Bank of
A. B. Owens
Conshohocken, Pa
Bila C. Labbe Ross
George Washington
Washington
Bermuda Weather Forecast Reports Hurricane Dying Out Near Bermuda
The meteorological station in Hamilton Bermuda reports the tropical hurricane moving through the Caribbean is likely to dissipate southwest of Bermuda. The noon advisory notes diminishing strength as it nears the island region.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Caribbean
Fayetteville Infantry to Celebrate 140th Anniversary
Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry, one of the nation’s oldest military groups, marks its 140th anniversary with a dinner and officer elections tomorrow night.
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Fayetteville
County Commissioner Buy a Cow to Cut Milk Costs
Cumberland County officials faced a price dispute with the Cumberland Dairymen's Association over milk for the county home. After negotiation, they ordered the county purchasing agent to buy a cow to supply the facility at retail prices rather than wholesale.
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Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Cumberland Dairymen’s Association
Paroles Granted for Eight Prisoners in North Carolina
Parole of eight short term prisoners was announced by Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill in Raleigh. The paroles include Jesse King of Orange County for three months on prohibition charges and J E Baxter Jr of Vance County for six months for reckless driving. Other paroled inmates are Dick Pritchard of Cabarrus County for 18 months for carrying concealed weapons, Larry Childers of Iredell County for six years for prohibition, Wallace Andrews and Rey Nivens of Robeson County for months for robbery, and D Harnett County for 12 months for assault with a deadly weapon.
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Raleigh
Edwin Gill
Jesse King
Orange County
J. E. Baxter, Jr
Vance County
Dick Pritchard
Cabarrus County
Arry Childers
Iredell County
Wallace Andrews
Rey Nivens
Robeson County
Harnett County
Dickinson Says New Deal Would Face Backlash and Tax Rise
Chicago Aug 22 Senator L J Dickinson Iowa warned that government economic policy risks opposition or revolt as critics say centralized control harms business. He argued recovery would come from private channels and that rising taxes would burden the public to cover government aid. He also questioned the repayment record and noted planned expenditures to aid industry.
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Chicago
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Dickinson
Midlandeb
Washington
Thieves Loot J. M. Spoon Store In Charlotte
Thieves entered the J. M. Spoon shop in Charlotte and stole a small amount of jewelry and 5000 pennies, causing a local theft report.
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Charlotte
J. M. Spoon
Gainesville Businessman and Mother-In-Law Killed in Sleep
E. Palmour, 60, founder of W. J. and BBC Palmour Co., and his 80 year old mother in law Mrs. Fannie Wilson were shot in their sleep in Gainesville. Mrs. Palmour, 58, attempted suicide after murdering them, leaving notes and planning burial in Georgetown Kentucky. Palmour died at hospital. Wilson died shortly after. Police say the wife was deranged by ill health and had planned the killings in advance.
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Gainesville
E. ©. Palmour
Fannie Wilson
J. . Richardson
Palmour
Richardson
Léna Wilson
W. J. and
BBC
Palmour Company
Sleeping sickness outbreak rips through St. Louis area
Dr J P Leake of the U S Public Health Service described the encephalitis outbreak as the most serious in the nation. Two deaths in 24 hours push toll to 15 with 149 ill. Lab work and serum efforts expand as researchers from Washington University and others push to identify cause and prevention. Further deaths reported in Kansas City and Warrensburg with several victims in suburbs of St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
J. P. Leake
United States Public Health Service
Leake
Washington
Lake
Spokane
Wash
Charles Armstrong
Federal Health Service
Ralph Mackenfuss
Washington University
St. Louis District
Kansas City
Kas
Arrensburg
Effie Brooks
Ottawa
James E. Rutherford
Mars Hill
N. C
Warrenburg
Rutherford
Vivian Freeman
Carsonville
Robert Raust
Wellston
Frank Hackmann
Pine Lawn
Man Dies of Heart Trouble While Fishing
B. C. Walker, 49, of Statesville, died of heart trouble while fishing in a lake near Morganton.
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Morganton
B. C. Walker
Statesville
Here
Woman 70 Dies After Auto Sideswipe Collision
Mrs Albert Mitchell of Fayetteville dies from injuries suffered when her car was sideswiped by another vehicle on a Sunday. Police report the crash occurred near the city. The death adds to traffic accident toll as investigations continue.
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Fayetteville
Albert Mitchell
Johnson urges restraint as NRA chief warns on price hikes
Washington August 22 Hugh S Johnson told retail dealers at a code hearing that the NRA would not tolerate unreasonable price increases by jobbers. He urged stores to resist rising costs and warned against speculation driving prices, saying violators would face exposure and removal of the blue eagle. The hearing underscored the act’s aim to stabilize markets without violence or boycotts.
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Washington
Na al Recovery Administration
Hugh 8S
Johnson
Hoover asked to testify before Detroit bank jury
The Detroit bank jury sent a letter to former President Herbert Hoover asking him to appear as a witness in the probe of the closures of the First National Bank Detroit and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. Sen. James Couzens urged Hoover’s testimony and attacked alleged inside schemes and mismanagement tied to collapsed banks amid a nationwide banking downturn.
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Detroit
Herbert Hoover
Harryb. Keidan
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Harry 8
Toy
Palo Alto
Cal
James Couzens
D-Mich
Hoover
Powers That Be
Couzens
Exiled Cuban Officials Return to Havana Amid Welcome
Forty thousand Cubans greeted Colonel Carolso Mendieta and Colonel Roberto Mendez Penate as they returned from exile to lead Cuba’s post Machado era. The duo arrived on the Morro Castle, appeared with provisional President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes on a palace balcony, and sparked wide celebrations while harbor workers resumed normal duties after a strike.
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Havana
Carolso Mendieta
Roberto Mendez Penate
Cuba
Machado
Ward
United Fruit
Mendieta
Penate
New York
Morro Castle
Presidential Palace
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Raul de Cardenas
Cotton Spindles Twice as Active In July as Last Year
Census Bureau reports July cotton spinning operated at 117.5 percent capacity on a single shift. July in-state spindles in place totaled 30.9 million with 26.1 million active. average spindle hours were 263. State totals show Alabama through Virginia with varying active hours per spindle and dollar and tonnage figures across states.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Cotton Advice Probed Over Telegrams to Brokers
Senator Thomas asks Attorney General Cummings to investigate a New York concern that sent unsolicited telegrams to Southern cotton brokers urging short selling. He attached copies and noted lack of organization details while claiming the group aims to drive cotton prices down against administration goals.
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Washington
Thomas
D.-Okla
Cummings
New York
Red Faber Shines as He Returns to Sox Pitching
Chicago Aug 22 Four era doubt fades as Red Faber shows top form in two recent outings versus the Yankees. In 11 innings he allows 8 hits and no runs, then goes seven more innings against the world champions with only two singles allowed.
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Chicago
Red Faber
Chicago White Sox
Faber
Yankees
Sox
Polo Shifts West as Hillbillies Top Dudes in Chicago
In Chicago on Sunday a social polo upset drew twenty thousand spectators. The Hillbillies defeated the Dudes to claim the polo championship moving the sport from elite drawing rooms to rural credence. Eastward play fades as cowpunchers join in, signifying polo’s spread beyond traditional society.
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Chicago
Tobacco Truck Collision Kills Seven Near Three
A tobacco truck carrying twelve men from Deep Run collided with Seaboard Airline Train 14 near Three, killing seven instantly or en route to hospitals. Six others injured, including four seriously, as onlookers watched ambulances take victims to Lumberton. Driver Haywood Smith said a house blocked his view of the tracks.
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Lumberton
Deep Run
Lenoir County
Seaboard
Here
Jesse Davenport
Louis Davenport
Clyde Taylor
Walter Smith
Burchard Smith
Dick Harper
Fairmont
Smith
Wree
Hamlet
Wilmington
Buck Williams
Durham declines proposal for municipal electric plant
Durham city council votes to decline entertaining a plan by Councilman George Watts Hill to obtain a Reconstruction Finance loan and establish a municipal electric power plant in the city.
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Durham
George Watts Hill
Runaway Lad Jailed in New Bern After Multiple Escapes
Randolph Wells was jailed in New Bern after seven escape attempts from the state training school at Rocky Mount.
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New Bern
Randolph Wells
Rocky Mount
Whiplash gale plagues eastern seaboard world wide
A whiplash gale swept the eastern seaboard killing at least nine and leaving boats missing along New Jersey shores. Atlantic City rainfall neared monthly records as coast guards hunted capsized craft and survivors, while planes were grounded from New York to Albany amid rising flood dangers.
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New York
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Albany
Harold Lichten
Germantown
Longport Inlet
N. J
Charles McArthur
South Orange
Beacon Haven Inlet
Coast
Cape May
Ocean City
Coast Guard
Mojave
Hunt and
Travis
Christopher Bentham
Ocean City Coast Guard
Goldier
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N. Y
United States Senate
Manhattan
Kernochan
Court of Special Sessions
Robert Dary
Federal Bar Association
NRA
Viola Henry
Norwich
Cornell University
Century of Progress
Yours
Eastern
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