Tydings Faces Senate Probe Over Alleged Lobbyist Hospitality
Senator Tydings angrily denied to Senate investigators that he ever accepted hospitality from Bernard B. Robinson. He insisted any party he attended was by invitation of Evelyn Walker, with Robinson and Hopson also testifying on related lobbying and stock dealings.
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Senator Tydings
Maryland
Senate
D. B. Robinson
Washington
Tydings
Bernard B. Robinson
Associated Gas and Electric
Evelyn Walker
Robinson
Howard C. Hopson
Black
Hopson
F Street Club
Winant Named to Head Social Security Board
President Roosevelt named John Winant of New Hampshire as chair of the new Social Security Board. Arthur J. Altmeyer of Wisconsin and Vincent Morgan Miles of Arkansas were nominated as other members. Winant, a Republican, previously led a textile strike investigation committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John Jd
New Hampshire
Winant
Man
New Social Security Board
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Wisconsin
Vincent Morgan Miles
Arkansas
State General Fund Over Two Millions Ahead of Last Year
Raleigh report shows current fiscal year collections through August 21 totaling 6,004,906.66 compared with 3,887,274.41 on the same date in 1934. Filing of the chain filling station tax and the exemption sales tax is expected to push totals higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Department of Revenue
Curtains Drawn For Will Rogers
Los Angeles mourns as Will Rogers is laid to rest at Forest Lawn after a brief service at Wee Kirk of the Heather. About 60,000 file past the body during a quiet, nation spanning tribute with Hollywood studios and public offices darkened. The remainder attend private services and gatherings across Beverly Hills and the Hollywood Bowl.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Hollywood
Forest Lawn
Wee Kirk O' the Heather
Hollywood Bowl
Movie
Community Presbyterian Church
Beverly Hills
Late selling aids market in New York cotton trade
Cotton futures recovered after a sharp early drop in response to the 9 cent loan plan for the 1935 crop. Early losses reached 2.50 to 4.35 a bale, later narrowing to about 1.60 to 2.70 as traders dumped holdings. Wall Street circles welcomed the plan offering growers a percent loan with a 12 cent guarantee to cover any shortfall.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Wall Street
Byrnes Leads Fight for 12 Cent Cotton Crop Loan
Washington August 23 Byrnes and allies push to raise 1935 cotton loan to 12 cents a pound challenging AAA plan offering 9 cents with a 12 cent guaranteed return through grants. The loan option allows growers to repay with interest and charges or forfeit if prices fall below loan figures.
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Washington
King Cotton
Byrnes
AAA
Youthful Negro Sentenced to 15 Years in Mt Olive Attack
Don Shine, a youthful Negro, received a 15 year prison term in Greensboro Superior Court after pleading guilty to attacking Mrs. Charley Herring near Mt. Olive on June 13. Four state witnesses linked him to the crime.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Don Shine
Charley Herring
Mt. Olive
Shine
Farm Mortgage Moratorium Bill Passes House
The Senate Frazier Lemke three year farm mortgage moratorium bill was amended and passed today by the House. It would allow bankrupt farmers to enter federal court and obtain deferments on mortgage payments for up to three years. Representative Lemke called it a breathing spell for farmers post bankruptcy. One minor amendment was adopted.
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Frazier -Lemke
Washington
Senate
House
Ethiopia May Sell Land to Prevent War
The Associated Press reports Ethiopia considers selling land in a border province to Italy as a peace move. Britain may sanction Italy, prompting fears of renewed conflict, while Mussolini’s stance and international reactions grow tense across London Geneva Oslo Dublin Poona Hamburg.
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Italy
Britain
Pro
France
Tr Duce
London
George Lansbury
United States
Geneva
League
Mussolini
Oslo
Norway
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Dublin
Ramon de Valera
Irish Free State
Poona
India
Addis Ababa
Hamburg
Germany
Lnner
Truck Driver Robbed of Cigarettes near Blacksburg
W. Freel, a Charlotte truck driver for National Convoy Trucking, claimed four men robbed him of a $3,000 load of cigarettes near Blacksburg on the night shift. He said he was handcuffed to the wheel and taken across the state line, with tobacco discarded along the road later found by Spartanburg officers.
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Trygn
Aus
W. Freel
Charlotte
National Convoy Trucking Company
Amos Foster
Blacksburg
8. C
Landrum
Foster
Spantanburg
State Employment Figures Show 4.2 Percent Unemployed
Raleigh report notes 132,856 North Carolina residents on state employment service rolls at end of July. Unemployment most acute in extreme west at 10.2 percent and in extreme east at 7.6 percent, with totals reflecting statewide jobless levels.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Department of Labor
North Carolina
State Employment Service
Itinerant Prospector Admits Slaying Twenty Five Persons
Auburn California August 23 skeptical officers checked a startling confession by Baril Bud Kimball alias Cramer claiming he killed 25 people. He named two found victims James G Kennett Sr and a six year old youth T Mangan Colfax CCC worker with bodies reportedly buried in hills near town.
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Auburn
Calif
Elmer H. Gunn
Baril
Bud) Kimball
Cramer
James G., Kennett, Sr
Chicago
T. Mangan
Colfax
CCC
Kimball
Fred Realing
Girling
Ieee
Johnson
Realing
Giiling
Kennett
Labor party aims at boosting UK defense redeployments
In London on August 23 informed quarters reported the Laberatasta committee for defense approved plans to speed up the redistribution and reinforcement of military forces along critical points on Britain's lines of communications. George Lanabury, leader of the labor opposition in parliament, commented on U.S. involvement.
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London
Laberatasta Committee
I!1 Defense
George Lanabury
United States
American Freighter Detained by Japanese Gendarmes
An intensified search with naval planes led to the detention tonight of a mysterious American freighter at Portuggee in Yamaguchi Prefecture by Japanese gendarmes. The vessel, believed to be the Golden Mountain, was seized on suspicions of photographing the Inland Sea fortifications. Officers and crew undergo rigorous examination by military authorities in Tokuyama.
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Portuggee
Yamaguchi
Rengo
Sone
Golden Mountain
Tokuyama
Coma Follows Acute Malaria Near Lake Craig
Asheville August 23. John Clark 83 and his sister Emmy Clark 80 were found in a coma at their home near Lake Craig. Physicians attributed the condition to acute malaria, dispelling suspicions of poisoning or robbery. $450 was found secure in a strong box. Miss Clark remained near death while her father improved.
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Asheville
John Clark
Emmy Clark
Lake Craig
Clark
Ginnings Running Lower This Year
Census bureau reports this year’s cotton ginned running bales total 316,930 plus 893 round bales excluding linters. Last year 354,724 running bales with 4,424 round bales. two years ago 459,528. The 1910 crop total is 11,798,000 bales of 500 pounds, up from 9,636,000 a year earlier.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Juniors Honor North Carolina Leaders At Banquet
In Tarboro last night new officers of the Junior Order in North Carolina were guests of honor at a banquet. Past State Councilor Edgar Harris served as toastmaster. Speeches were given by State Councilor Monroe Adams of Statesville, past state Councilor Charles Tankersley of Henderson, and State Bank Commissioner Gurney P. Hood of Raleigh.
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Tarboro
North Carolina
Edgar Harris
Monroe Adams
Statesville
Charles Tankersley
Henderson
Gurney P. Hood
Raleigh
Guilford County Might Gain 186 Miles of Rural Power Lines
A Guilford county delegation led by Commissioner R F Shaw met with Dudley Bagley of the state rural electrification authority in Raleigh to discuss building at least 186 miles of rural power lines. Shaw cited a feasible plan to cover costs within five to seven years, with labor and rights of way reducing expenses. He noted improved farm land values by 25 percent and higher living efficiency, referencing earlier success from Summerfield to Hinsdale.
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Raleigh
Guilford County
R. F. Shaw
Greensboro
Dudley Bagley
George Lockwell
Eton College
J. J. Wagoner
Shaw
Bagley
Summerfield
Hinsdale
Bermuda Towns Brace For Tropical Storm
A tropical disturbance nears Bermuda with winds up to 70 mph gusts and 45 mph sustained. By nine thirty a.m. the wind eased to 40 mph as the Queen of Bermuda with 600 passengers shifts six miles offshore awaiting safer passage to Hamilton.
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Here
Bermuda
Hamilton
Injuries Fatal to S. C. Youth
Blesse Jate, 18, son of Ber Jate of Lancaster South Carolina, died in Knoxville Tennessee after injuries from being struck by an automobile on a highway near the city. His companion William Broome, 18, also injured but improving.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Blesse Jate
Ber- Jate
RFD
Lancaster
William Broome
Jate
Floods Leave Over Ten Thousand Homeless in Bengal
Calcutta reports that more than 10,000 people were made homeless by floods sweeping about 200 square miles in Burdwan district, Bengal. There was little loss of life, and authorities took precautions to prevent epidemics.
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Calcutta
India
Burdwan
Bengal
Sleeping sickness toll climbs in central provinces
The epidemic's death toll reached 257 with 642 cases reported, concentrated in Osaka Kobe and Okayama districts.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Kobe
Okayama
Concord patient Eugene Cannon improves in hospital
AP reports Eugene Thomas Cannon of Concord, ill in a local hospital, is much improved and likely to be discharged within a few days per his physician.
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Eugene Thomas Cannon
Concord
President Roosevelt nominates Fay etteville postmaster
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of William M. Shaw to be postmaster at Fayetteville North Carolina.
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Roosevelt
Senate
William M. Shaw
Fayetteville
N. C
Denver churches guarded after arson fires
Catholic churches in Denver were under guard as police searched for incendiary suspects who set fires in three confessionals yesterday. Guards remained on duty overnight after the churches were locked by order of City Manager William E. Gunther.
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Denver
Colo
William E. Gunther
Cotton Mills Plan Shift From Cotton To Rayon
Abbeville Cotton Mills announced a gradual 90 day transition from cotton to rayon. The mill will buy yarn on the open market and produce plain rayon.
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Abbeville, &. C
Abbeville
Frohman 84 Quietly Celebrates With Golf Alone
Daniel Frohman, president of the Actors' Fund of America, turned 84 in Point Pleasant New Jersey and celebrated with a solo round of golf. He joked that he plays alone because others do not understand his game.
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Point Pleasant
WN. J
Daniel Frohman
Actors’ Fund of America
Mississippi Shrimp Packers Clash Over 4 Pound Measure
Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana shrimp packers dispute the quantity defining four pounds. Alabama and Louisiana gauges set 35 shrimp per four pounds while Mississippi insists on 40 per four pounds.
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Bhuroxi
Miss
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Widow of Senator Pritchard Dies in Washington
Mrs. Jeter C. Pritchard, widow of North Carolina Senator, dies at 1237 M Street in Washington after a long decline in poverty. Neighbors recall a famed hostress from the early 1900s as rooms and possessions are sold. Police found her dead of heart failure two days after a complaint.
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Washington
M Street
Jeter C. Pritchard
North Carolina
Jerry
John E. Fowler
B. Jamison
Clipper Reaches Honolulu On Trip
The Pan American Airways clipper arrived in Honolulu on its third flight to Alameda California after a stop at Midway Island. The aircraft landed at 5 02 p m local time 10 p m eastern standard time with arrival noted from its Midway Island leg.
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Clipper
Honolulu
Pan American Airway
Alameda
Cal
Midway Island
Wiley Post laid in Fairlawn mausoleum in Oklahoma City
The body of Wiley Post rests in a Fairlawn mausoleum. President Oklahoma honors included a funeral at First Baptist Church with Rev. W R White leading. Gov Marland and state officials attended as a wreath was released from an overhead aircraft.
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Oklahoma City
Wiley Post
Fairlawn
Post
Will Rogers
Seften
W. R. White
First Baptist Church
Oklahoma Capitol
Gov. Marland
Capitol
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William B. S. Winans
Cities Service
Senate Lobby Committee
Ray Atherton
America
Chas Politic
Greece
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Enn J. Feveier
Mortaz
Moratesiusa
Social Security Board
Lemke R-Ind
England
THE
Associated Press
J. d
Radium) Johnson
S. C
Powler
Washington Mirror
Pritchard
WILEY
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