Blair Urges School Site For Postoffice
Large crowds gathered for the National air races as two transcontinental derbies finished and Col. Lindbergh’s attendance was hinted at. Mrs Gladys O Donnell won the women’s Pacific derby from Long Beach with 15 13 16 elapsed time, while John Blum of Seattle captured the men’s Pacific derby in 18 24 31. Nick Mamer of Spokane placed second and Floyd Keadle of Portland third.
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Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
Dorn
Lindbergh
B. O. Howard
St. Louis
Gladys O’donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Mildred Morgan
Beverly Hills
Cal
John Blum
Seattle
Nick Mamer
Spokane
Floyd Keadle
Portland
Bankers Confer With Hoover On Drought Relief Plans
Bankers from about four dozen states meet at the White House to discuss drought relief funding and credit for farmers. A national plan calls for state or local credit corporations to loan farmers through intermediate credit banks at higher rates, with Secretary Hyde cautious about total funds.
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National Drought Relief Committee
Washington
Hoover
Finance
White House
Fioover
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Hyde
Ten year old girl found safe after captivity
Ten year old Betty Jane Foster was returned unharmed to her farm home in Valparaiso Indiana. Claude Dillner 27 was captured after an automobile chase ending a man hunt that stretched into Wisconsin with hundreds involved. Dillner confessed to the kidnapping saying he fell in love with the girl and kept her in his car at times. The girl slept in the car nightly and was not molested. Police warned of danger but the child showed no lasting harm and the community expressed relief.
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Valpraiso
Ind
Betty Jane Foster
Fikhorn
Wis
Claude Dillner
Betty Jane
Dillner
Elkhorn
Ernest Foster
Dilmer
Gardner Urges Legion Leaders to Lead North Carolina
Governor O Max Gardner challenged North Carolina American Legion members to lead with courage and honesty for the public good. He urged leaders to understand agriculture and interrelations with business and trade, and to pursue prosperity through a cooperative, forward looking vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Legionaires
O. Max Gardner
Gardner
American Legion
North Carolina
Legionaries
Eight Bids Opened for New High Point Post Office Site
Eight bids were opened by the government committee on public buildings in Washington for sites in High Point. A Treasury site inspector will visit within weeks to evaluate proposals including the Main and East Green Street school location offered by former IRS commissioner David H Blair. Owners Bones and Jones presented their 301 North Main street property without naming a price, leaving figures for later negotiations.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
David H. Blair
High Point School Board
Main
East Green Streets
Max Ronegs
Jones
Washington
301 North Main Street
Committee On Public Buildings
Lee €. Martin
Treasury Department
High Point
Blair
Bones
Mae Brown Sullivan
Lindsay Street
Lindberghs plan brief Chicago visit for National Air Races
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh intend to attend the National Air Races in Chicago before they end. Press of business in New York prevents their flying today and they say their stay will be short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chicago
Associated Press
Three Strikers Denied Their Jobs In Bessemer City
A week's lay off ended as workers at American Mills plants in Bessemer City returned except for Marvin Hood, his wife, and M L Gillespie who were rejected for their roles in a wage dispute strike. The Victory club formed to aid the three until they regain work or secure other jobs, plans 25 cent weekly dues.
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Bessemer City
American Mills
Incc
Marvin Hood
M. L. Gillespie
Victory Club
Payne
Hoods
Gillespie
Bank Closed in Hammond During Audit of Secretary Treasurer
Northern Trust and Savings Bank in Hammond Indiana was closed today as auditors review the recount of Boleshaw Salik secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Northern Trust and Savags Bank
Boleshaw Salik
Lon Chaney Dies in Los Angeles
Lon Chaney renowned as the man of a thousand faces died in Los Angeles early today at age 47 after a battle with anemia and bronchial congestion. He had been hospitalized since August 15 following pneumonia in New York and underwent three blood transfusions last week before a final lung hemorrhage ended his life.
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Los Angeles
Lon Chaney
Chaney
New York
Supreme Court Opens Full Term in Raleigh
The North Carolina Supreme Court began its fall term by hearing 15 appeals from the first district and one special case. Among them were Elizabeth City cases against A L Aydlett challenging a town ordinance banning certain gasoline filling stations, with temporary restraining orders issued and dissolved in part against Aydlett.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Elizabeth City
A. L. Aydlett
Aydlett
Sir Cecil Hurst Elected to Court
Sir Cecil Hurst was appointed a member of the court of summary jurisdiction by the permanent court for international justice, taking the place of Charles Evans Hughes who recently resigned.
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the Hague
Netherlands
Sir Cecil Hurst
Court of Summary Jurisdiction
Permanent Court For International Justice
Charles Evans Hughes
Leguia Denied Obscurity As Peru Turmoil Deepens
Aug 26 report from Lima says ex-president Augusto Leguia is denied obscurity as General Ponce leads a military junta in martial law. A mob and student protest demand Leguia face punishment for past misdeeds while Arequipa factions challenge Lima's authority. Leguia ill aboard the cruiser Almirante Grau awaiting orders. Theater and street names renamed to reflect Arequipa influence.
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Lima
Peru
Psi
Augusto B. Leguia
Manuel Maria Ponca
Leguia
Almirante Grau
Callao
Panama
San Lorenzo Isle
Callao Harbor
Arequipa
Col. Sanchez Cerro
Col
Sanchez Cerro
Ponce
Daniel Carneiio
Sr. Leguia
la Fevrenida Leguia
Lime
Miraforres
la Evenida
Mistreatment at Bessemer City Is Charged
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a protest with Governor Gardner over rough handling of two organizers and Walter Wilson by a mob during a textile strike in Bessemer City. The union urged protection of civil rights. the governor’s secretary said no cognizance could be taken at the time.
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Raleigh
American Civil Liberties Union
Max Gardner
Bessemer City
Forrest Bailey
Walter Wilson
Tyre C. Taylor
Gardner
Airmen search north for Franklin expedition fate
Ottawa reports Major L. T. Burwash and pilot W. E. Gilbert flew from Fort Hearne toward King William land to uncover what happened to Sir John Franklin and 129 expedition members missing since 1845. Officials say the mission seeks truth beyond Eskimo stories and scattered artifacts.
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Ottawa
Northland
Sir John Franklin
L. T. Burwash
W. E. Gilbert
Fort Hearne
King Williams Land
South Carolina voters weigh Blease and eight rivals
In Columbia on August 26, South Carolina Democrats vote for state and national offices including a tight Senate contest featuring Cole L. Blease against Leon W. Harris and James F. Byrnes. The governorship draws eight contenders like Ashton H. Williams on a wet platform and others opposing or supporting key bond and highway issues.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
United States
Cole L. Blease
Senator Blease
Leon W. Harris
Anderson
James F. Byrnes
Spartanburg
Congress
Blease
Harris
Byrnes
Ashton H. Williams
Florence
W. W. Smoak
Colleton
Williams
Olin D. Johnston
W. H. Keith
Greenville
John J. McMahan
Richards
A. Frank Lever
R. Beverley Herbert
Ibra C. Blackwood
Campaign made by woman in California governor race
A quiet campaign centered on a three cornered fight for the Republican nomination featuring C Young Democrat James Rolph Jr mayor Baron Fitts district attorney Los Angeles. Mrs Clara Shortridge Foltz of Los Angeles sister of Senator Samuel Shortridge ran a quiet bid. Milton Young was the sole Democratic candidate with Socialists and Prohibitionists also in the field. Upton Sinclair of Pasadena ran on the Socialist ticket.
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San Francisco
Clara Shortridge Foltz
Los Angeles
United States
Samuel Shortridge
C. ©. Young
James Rolph, Jr
Baron Fitts
Milton Young
California
Upton Sinclair
Pasadena
Deprived of Treatment For Man With Better Chance
In San Francisco a woman Miss May Jean Mc Culloch died after Irving S. Johnston a 25 year old infant with polio was moved from a respirator to free a unit for him. Doctors then chose to treat him and he began to recover while she died. The city reportedly had only one respirator of this type.
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San Francisco
Irving 3S. Johnston
May Jean McCulloch
Miss McCulloch
Democrat Named To Tariff Commission
Thomas Walker Page of Virginia was named a member of the tariff commission by President Hoover. Page, a Democrat and former member, is the second appointee after Hawley Smoot reform. Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania was announced as chairman last week.
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Washington
Thomas Walker Page
Virginia
Tariff Commission
Hoover
Page
Tariff Commision
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Fletcher
Death Penalty Sought For Youths Slayer
In Cleveland Ohio three youths were bound over to the grand jury for the slaying of Princeton senior R Miller Wilkinson during an attempted holdup at a fashionable engagement party. The suspects are Mike Bell 16 Angelo Bell 20 and Ross Valere 19. Angelo Bell confessed to the killing.
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Cleveland, O
R. Miller Wilkinson
Princeton
Mike Bell
Angelo
Ross Valere
Angelo Bell
Wilkinson
Opera Diva Fined for Flower Pot Protest at Radio
Mme Ada Paggi, noted soprano with Ravinia and Civic Opera, was fined 15 dollars after she hurled a flower pot at a neighbor in protest of 6 AM band music. The pot struck Walter Schultz on the head as he and Otto Schultz kept a morning calisthenics routine. The magistrate ruled on unlawful throwing of objects through windows and at people.
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Chicago
Mme
Ada Paggi
Ravinia
Civic Opera
Mme. Paggi
Benjamin Meyer
Glencoe
Black Crows Star In Anybody's War At Broadhurst
Moran and Mack stars of stage and radio present their comedy Anybody's War at the Broadhurst today and tomorrow with a new third member Deep Stuff the pup. The act brings a bombshell of mirth and invites readers to claim complimentary tickets at The Enterprise office if named in the classifieds.
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Moran and
Mack
Broadhurst
Enterprise Office
Delay Sought in Aderholt Case in Charlotte
Judge Walter Moore considered a capias for F Yed Beal and six associates convicted of second degree murder in the O F Aderholt case. Beal and the group remain free on bond during appeals to the state supreme court, which denied a new trial. Their counsel argued the denial lacked certification to the lower court. The defendants, including Beal, Miller, McGinnis, McLaughlin, Hendricks, Carter, and Harrison, were convicted last October and are reported missing, with some said to be overseas.
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Charlotte
Walter Moore
Capias
Erwin
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Beal
Liberty
State Supreme Court
J. Frank Flowers
Erwin Beal
Clarence Miller
W. M. McGinnis
Louis McLaughlin
K. Y Hendricks
George Carter
Joseph Harrison
Germany
Russia
Moody urges buy a bale movement in cotton crisis
Texas Governor Moody calls on southern governors to launch a nationwide buy a bale of cotton drive to curb drought impacts and raise prices. He proposes purchasing 1930 crop at fifty cents a pound, costing about seventy six dollars per bale, with eventual full recovery as prices rise.
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Austin
Texas
Dag Moody
Moody
Liquor Seizure at Topsail Inlet Shocks Wilmington
Federal agents destroyed 1,017 cases of liquors seized at Topsail Inlet on July 27. Bottles were smashed and whiskey valued at 65000 dollars poured into the Cape Fear river before the customs house. No arrests were reported. labels showed Canadian manufacture.
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Wilmington
Topsail Inlet
Cape Fear River
Customs House
Canada
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Gladys O'Donnell
Pacific
Legion Meet
Legionnaires
Max Bones
W. ©. Jones
Thirity
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Supreme Court
Department of Interior
Erebus
Sir John
Sen
Coleman Blease
Shortridge
Tariff
Black Crows
Aderholt
Cotton
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