Giant Navy plane crashes in San Diego bay killing six
Disastrous night crash aboard a new PBY-1 flying boat during a routine night flight in San Diego bay leaves six of eight crew dead. Two survivors suffer injuries. The hull submerged wreck involved Navy and private ships with searchlights on the scene.
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San Diego
Calif
Disater
Navy
San Diego Bay
W. C. Dey, Jr
F. L. Wallace
W. M. Freshour
R. F. Fall
R. M. Purdy
H. K. Bryan
Naval Hospital
J. W. Blackman
Aviation
T. P. Dougherty
Honolulu
Canal Zone
Panama
Moby Dick
Dey
Oregon
Annapolis Naval Academy
Wallace
Freshour
Ohio
Annapolis
Four Die in Electric Spark at North Carolina Plant
Four workers killed and seven injured when an electric spark bridged two high tension lines at the Carolina Aluminum Company plant in Radin North Carolina. Victims include H. B. Rhea and R. A. Crawford who died soon after admission. Grover West died in Albemarle hospital. Several injured burned beyond recognition. tragedy occurred in the rotary station during transformer repairs. Ambulances rushed from Albemarle to scene.
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Albemarle
Rhea
Crawford
G. N. Trexler
C. C. Becker
L. R. Rutledge
Harley Everhart
Beirnest Noose
Hull Moves to Seek Peace in Far East Crisis
Secretary Hull issued a public appeal to Japan and China urging a peaceful settlement of their dispute. He said world opinion supports restraint and warned both sides to refrain from war. Admiral Yarnell urged careful fire as the Augusta's casualties were reviewed by a special board.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
China
United States
Roosevelt
B. Yarnell
Navy Department
Yarnell
Augusta
Hunt For Negro Assaulter Futile
Charlotte police and county authorities with armed citizens conducted a wide search of the western city area for a reported black man who attempted an assault on Mrs. Jerry ll, occupant of an automobile trailer. The search covered woods after the suspect allegedly fired on her mid afternoon, following her screams.
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Charlotte
N. C
Jerryll
Maner to Speak at North Carolina Democrats Meet
Pitt Tyson Maner national president will speak at the annual convention of the North Carolina Democrats in Winston Salem on September.
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Winston-Salem
Pitt Tyson Maner
North Carolina
Criminal Madman Endangers Lives in Virginia
MARION Virginia August 24 Police warned residents of southwest Virginia that a convicted murderer Ernest Dove escaped from the state hospital criminal ward. The powerfully built convict who killed a man with a fist blow was sent for psychiatric treatment in 1935 after state penitentiary officials at Richmond reported insane outbursts. A third offender was under a 35 year sentence.
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Marion
Southwest
Virginia
Ernest Dove
State Hospital
State Penitentiary
Richmond
Georgia Tobacco Sells High in Early Market Weeks
Georgia state bureau reports 1937 tobacco sales in four weeks totaled 2,312,677 pounds with an average price of 19.76 cents, yielding 16,236,964.29 dollars. Fourth week sales reached 12,298,727 pounds for 1,338,580.39 dollars at 10.88 cents.
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Atlanta
State Bureau of Markets
Georgia
Whitley Named New Principal of High Point High School
Dan P. Whitley, longtime Cloverdale principal, is appointed to lead High Point High School succeeding Henry Grady Owens. A Albemarle native, Whitley holds A B from Lenoir Rhyne and M A from UNC with a thesis on pupil achievement linked to parental status.
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Cloverdale School
Henry Grady Owens
Dan P. Whitley
High Point High School
Charles F. Carroll
High Point
Whitley
Albemarne
Richmond
Mecklenburg
Stanly
Murphy
Lenoir-Rhyne College
University of North Carolina
Lutheran Church
North Carolina Education Association
Northwestern District
High Point Elementary Principals Association
Mias Ruth Snotherly
Albemarle
Dan P., Jr
Joe
High Point College
Cloverdale
Carroll
Storm Warning Advisory for East of Leeward Islands
Weather bureau issues advisory at 8 30 A M from San Juan noting no eastern reports but island observations indicate disturbance east of the Leeward Islands. Caution vessels in the area for the next 24 hours.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
San Juan
Lesser Antilles
Leeward Islands
Roosevelt Faces Midnight Deadline To Sign Court Bill
President Roosevelt must sign the lower federal courts bill by midnight to avoid a pocket veto. The measure known as the minor four fifths reform has a ten day window and a full 16 day period after passage to act, prompting speculation of a public statement with the signing.
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Mit
Washington
Roosevelt
Moonlight slaying victim hid identity and marriage status
Chicago Aug 24 A revelation in the Grant park murder case shows the victim Herbert F Lee used the alias Robert F Burns and had abandoned a wife and son in Dell He also learned the woman companion used the name Theresa Weichbrodt not Mrs Robert Burns The alleged accomplice Grace Snyder faces a lie detector test as police seek the truth about the 2 am shooting during a park tryst.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Thomas F. Kelly
Herbert F. Lee
Robert F. Burns
Dell
Theresa Weichbrodt
Robert Burns
Evanston
Lee
Burns
Lucille Buehler
Grace Snyder
Kelly
Justice Devanter Still Wants Work
Marion Indiana August 24 Willis Van Devanter retired associate justice of the United States Supreme Court paused in his native city to say he would be glad to continue serving the public by accepting an assignment in some federal circuit He noted the act of retirement allows the chief justice to assign a retired justice to service in any federal circuit
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Marion
Ind
Willis van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
National Debt May Be Cut Through Income Tax
Officials said the treasury's third quarter financing arrangements provide for a 3.59 billion dollar cut in the public debt. The total debt stands at an all time high of over 37 billion dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Governor Invites Roosevelt To Regatta Guest Day
Hartford reports Governor Wilbur L. Cross invites President Roosevelt to attend the final day of the Governor's Regatta. He plans the 12 day event beginning Saturday at New Locedos with the governor hosting the national figure in his state event.
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Hartford
Conn
Wilbur L. Cross
Roosevelt
Mew
Locedos
High Point Duke Power Revenue Bond Hearing Rescheduled
The High Point and Duke Power revenue bond case on financing an hydro electric plant was continued to Thursday September 2 after completion of documentary evidence. Duke Power asked for more time to prepare additional evidence.
City fights to limit case to revenue bond issue
Greensboro August 24 in Guilford Superior court a special hearing opened to introduce documentary evidence on the High Point power generating system litigation. Judge R L Deal read a written statement of the city's contentions and the aim to object to exhibits beyond the bond issuing aspects. Duke Power counsel W B Robinson argued in reply.
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Greensboro
High Point Power Generating System
Guilford Superior Court
Teaay
R. L. Deal
Winston-Salem
O'B. Robinson
Duke Power
North Carolina to force foreign corporations into domestication
Secretary of State Thad Euro plans an immediate crackdown on foreign corporations not yet domesticated. The drive will review all firms doing business in North Carolina to collect lawful taxes and protect local businesses and citizens.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
North Carolina
Thad Euro
Are
Youth Selected As Cleveland Auditor
Ray Brown 19387 honor graduate of the University of North Carolina was named Cleveland county auditor. Elected by county commissioners to succeed T V McKinney he will serve as fiscal supervisor in the state employment service and receive 2000 dollars yearly.
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Shelby
N. C
Ray Brown
University of North Carolina
Cleveland County
T. V. McKinney
State Employment Service
Brown
Fingerprint link ties Payne to gunfire in Asheville sedan
Late bulletin reports identify fingerprints matching Payne on a bullet-riddled sedan behind a fashionable Asheville hotel. Brown notes a clear scar on Payne's finger, linking him to the car once used by the killer of Penn after a failed stop at a weighing station. Payne and Borden escaped Caledonia prison last February, both serving 20 to 25 year terms for bank robbery.
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Way
Brown
Payne
Asheville
Penn
High Point
Borden
Caledonia
Sheriff Hunts Escaped Convicts in Slaying of Patrolman
Buncombe County Sheriff Laurence E. Brown said deputies will pursue two escaped convicts believed to have shot and Run over patrolman George C. Penn 25 in Asheville Sunday night Brown, a former college football player, previously solved the 1930 Helen Clevenger case and secured a capital conviction in a New York hotel murder.
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Asheville
Laurence E. Brown
Buncombe County
George C. Penn
Brown
Presbyterian
Penn
University of North Carolina
Helen Clevenger
New York
Fireworks Baseball Interlude for Span ish War Veterans Meet
In Columbus Ohio delegates at the 29th annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans enjoyed fireworks and a baseball game before resuming business sessions. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia addressed the eleventh U S Infantry association, linked to his father. Alfred J Kennedy of New York is mentioned as a likely candidate for U S W V command next year.
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Columbus
United Spanish War Veterans
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
U. S. Infantry Association
Alfred J. Kennedy
German Flying Boat Begins Long Flight To United States
Nordwind departed from Travemunde on the first leg to New York via Lisbon and the Azores. Pilots Hans Vonengel and Walter Diele piloted the craft, Vonengel with 22 prior Atlantic crossings and Diele with 19.
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United States
Travemuende
Germany
Nordwind
New York
Lisbon
Hans Vonengel
Walter Diele
Vonengel
Atlantic
Diele
Inquest Set Into Death Of 12 Year Old Gloria Hauser
Hendersonville Aug 24 Preparations began for an inquest Saturday into the death of 12 year old Gloria Hauser. Her stepfather T D Hazelwood is charged with ravishing and killing. Hazelwood moved from a hospital to the jail after shock treatment. His attorney said M M Redden has joined the case. Mrs Hazelwood reportedly planned to return from Indianapolis while Gloria s body lay buried there beneath a 120 foot concrete highway span near High Bridge.
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Hendersonville
Gloria Hauser
T. D. Hazelwood
R.L. Whitmire
Butler University
M. M. Redden
Hazelwood
Gloria
Indianapolis
Ind
High Bridge
G Men Hold Bank Cashier Of State For Embezzlement
Federal agents in Charlotte say Floyd C Patterson former Enfield North Carolina bank cashier is held in Charleston under 2590 bail on embezzling 2000 from the estate of a Negro girl for whom he acted as guardian. Scheidt said Patterson was indicted by a federal grand jury in December.
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Charlotte
WN. C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Floyd C. Patterson
Enfield
N. C
Charleston
D. C
Edward Scheidt
Scheidt
Patterson
Ae City
Chicago Produce Prices Hold Steady Fresh Eggs and Butter
Chicago August 24 butter at 10 6723 firm prices unchanged eggs at 6 66 1 2 firm extra firsts local 21 ears 22 current receipts 19 percent. extra local firsts 21 percent.
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Chicago
Government Reorganization Plan Faces Strong Opposition
Senate opponents led by Byrd of Virginia begin a recess study to challenge President Roosevelt's reorganization plan. Clark of Missouri joins the fight saying the plan concentrates power in the White House and offers no real economies. Byrd's committee has $16,000 left of a $36,000 appropriation to fund the studies as administration forces defend expected efficiency gains.
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Roosevelt
Byrd
Virginia
Senate Committee of Reorganization
White House
Clark
Senate
Chinese Air Strength and Japanese Bombard Woosung Front
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese air force reconnoitering the city after midnight while Japanese batteries and naval bombardment pound Woosung and the Yangtze approaches. Japanese troops reportedly landed reinforcements as fighting rages along the Whangpoo river and harbor approaches.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Japan
Woosung
Saddle Lands
Yan
Pierce
Manila
Whangpoo
W Sung
Pickets Guard Steel Company
Workers at the Steel Company picketed the facility in a labor action. Organizers framed demands for better pay and安全 working conditions as talks with management were set to continue.
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Pickets Guard Steel Company
Strife at He Stall Steel Plant Leaves Several Injured
During a strike bound day at the He Stall Steel plant, rioting injured 13 people including two Heppenstall family members and other plant workers. Police and hospital crews treated strikers and non-strikers after clashes with bricks bottles and clubs as 60 pickets faced non-strikers attempting entry for an inspection and possible machinery removal. Further tense incidents were reported at a Lawrenceville location tied to the plant as officials awaited calmer conditions.
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Pic
Hestall Steel Company
William Hart
Steel Works
Mittee
Stri
W. Heppenstall
Seriou
Akron workers vote in historic CIO election test
Akron Aug 24 Rubber workers at Goodyear and B F Goodrich votes shape future of sole bargaining rights for United Rubber Workers of America CIO. Over 13,000 Goodyear employees eligible. Goodrich ballot set for Thursday. National Labor Relations Board supervised.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Aul Co
B. F. Good Co
United Ryber Workers of America
C. I
No Labor Relations Board
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Carolina Aluminum Plant
Maner
Georgia Tobacco
China War Zone
Tientsin
D. P. Whitley
Justice Devanter
Duke Power Company
W. E. Price
Cleveland
Penn Mystery
Raleigh
N. Y
Europede
James A. Milles
Women and Children
Pitts
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