Smart Slayer of Forest City Chief Pleads Not Guilty
Fred Smart, 43, charged with murder in the June 6 slaying of Forest City police chief Austin Price, pleads not guilty in Rutherfordton superior court. The state seeks the death penalty as a 100-man Rutherford county jury pool is seated for jury selection. Smart was arrested after stabbing and shooting Price during a drunkenness arrest. He appeared calm, flanked by two brothers and three children.
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Fred Smart
Austin Price
Forest City
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Price
Cameron McRae
Rutherford County
Air transport mileage climbs in first half of year
The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce reports American air lines logged 18,242,475 miles in the first half, up from 12,224,321 in the year-ago period. About 19,821,857 miles were scheduled for the first half this year with only 2.7 percent cancelled or unfinished.
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New York
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Such Cruelty in Cincinnati Divorce Case
Ross W. Davis petitions for divorce in domestic court alleging extreme cruelty by his wife. He claims she broke down a door he locked for protection, beat him, and on four occasions cut him and broke his eyeglasses.
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Cincinnati
Ross W. Davis
Davis
Fresh Outbreaks in Cuban Revolt
In Havana the government rushes extra troops to Oriente as fresh outbreaks erupt in the eastern province. Three insurgents are killed, others wounded or captured in a Canasi ranch clash. Armories seized include 123 hand grenades and rifles. President Machado plans a personal Havana tour amid ongoing unrest.
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Britain forms emergency cabinet amid MacDonald fall
Britain launches a wartime style coalition as MacDonald resigns and Baldwin prepares to serve under him. A small national cabinet of 12 to 14 ministers is planned to balance the budget amid a $600 million deficit. Lloyd George could wield influence if the emergency government proves brief.
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Great Britain
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Lloyd George
Labor
Liberal MPs Likely to Represent Him in Cabinet Fight
With illness delaying recovery, he may not join the upcoming parliamentary clash. If needed, prominent Liberals Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir Donald MacLean are expected to stand in for him in the cabinet.
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Herbert Samuel
Donald MacLean
New York Rallies in Anti crime Push and Widened Raid
Federal agents dispatched to New York to curb gang activity as a mass meeting in Central Park highlights city crime issues. Police record show four bystanders killed and 39 wounded by stray gunfire in 19 months ending July 31, with deaths of two policemen and four others in a payroll raid chase.
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Gloria Lopez
New York
Marines
John J. Bennett
American Legion
Board of Aldermen
Merchants’ Association
Fleeing floods of Yangtse leave city refugees clinging to trees
Reports from Hankow describe 30,000 jinrikisha men displaced by floods along the Yangtse. Refugees crowd waterlogged streets, ferries are insufficient, with many clinging to trees or tubs as death tolls rise. Mosquitoes and disease worsen conditions amid submerged farms and decaying corpses.
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Lea and associates face retrial in Buncombe court
Barnhill case continues as Col Lea and three others including Luke Lea Jr E P Charlet and Wallace B Davis former bank president face conspiracy to defraud charges. Defense claims actions were legitimate business deals amid a bad economy while noting claims against Lea total 825000. Trial began June 27 with motions and jury selection in Haywood venue.
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Luke Lea, Jr
E. P. Charlet
Nashville
Wallace B. Davis
Buncombe Superior Court
Haywood County
Poker Night Goes Awry In Indianapolis
Indianapolis patrolman Elza Carter visited a friend for poker. After drinks were served he grew boisterous. While discarding his hand he revealed two eights of diamonds triggering a near riot. Police intervened and Carter was suspended in court.
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Indianapolis
Elza Carter
Carter
High Point Community Fair Schedules Expanded Exhibits
The High Point Community Fair will be held September 17 and 18 in the Pickett warehouse on Wrenn Street if available. Entries open September 16 at 1 PM and close September 17 at 9 AM for trades districts around High Point. Livestock may be moved after 6 PM September 18. Departments cover crops, horticulture, dairy animals, poultry, swine, eggs, bacon, canning, sewing, and art with prizes under the American Standard of Perfection as judge guide. Directors include R. Reed Mendenhall as president and J. W. Clinard as vice president.
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J. W. Clinardse
P. M. Davin
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R. R. Blackburn
B. T. Thompson
A. J. Koonce
D. T. Yow
A. &. Tate
J. B. Blair
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Roosevelt Studies In New York State Unemployment Plans
Governor Roosevelt prepares an unemployment message for the upcoming legislature session in New York. A Michigan senator offers to donate 1,000,000 to Detroit relief, with 9,600,000 to be raised elsewhere. Separate efforts include a Memphis conference on relief, a national chamber study for the president, utility worker employment plans, schooling ideas to return unemployed youths to class, Rockefeller funded local work in Tarrytown, and Red Cross seed shipments to rural families to avert winter shortages.
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Murray
Oklahoma
United States Chamber of Commerce
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No Prospect for Special Session of Legislature
Enterprise Bureau discusses the NC legislature unlikely to meet to curb cotton production next season. Governor Gardner busy on vacation. he opposed a special session and rejected Farm Board plans to cut a third of 1931 cotton crop. Tyre C. Taylor blasts Huey Long’s price-boosting idea as unconstitutional or impractical and argues supply and demand cannot be defeated.
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Louisiana
Max Gardner
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stone
Federal Farm Board
Tyre C. Taylor
Farm Board
Taylor
Peterson's Ointment Advertises Piles Relief
A 35 cent box promises immediate relief from itching and soreness of piles. The ad claims the medication heals affected parts and makes piles vanish, urging readers to buy at any drug store.
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