Security National Bank to Open in Greensboro and Plan Branches
N S Calhoun president announced the Security National Bank will open Monday in Greensboro after receiving national character. Directors approved plans for branches at Raleigh Tarboro and Wilmington and sought comptroller approval for a High Point branch. The bank, formed from the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company and originally named Guaranty, set Calhoun’s salary at 500 dollars a month with Dr John Berry elected vice president without compensation.
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Calhoun
Security National Bank
Greensboro
N. C
N. S. Calhoun
High Point
Raleigh
Tarboro
Wilmington
Comptroller of the Currency
Security National
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Guaranty Bank
Guaranty
Comptroller of Currency
Washington
Horn
Independence Trust Company
Charlotte
Page Trust Company of
Aberdeen
John Berry
Mississippi man dies in fall at Wardman Park Hotel
Washington August 26. See P. Gober 34 of Mississippi was killed when he apparently fell from a sixth floor balcony outside his room at the Wardman Park hotel. Authorities preliminarily deem the death accidental and plan a further inquiry.
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Washington
P. Gober
Wardman Park
Gober
Children perished in Hudson restaurant fire
A fire at Cruice in Hudson New York killed two children and destroyed the restaurant. Cruice and four other children escaped unharmed.
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Hudson, N. Y
Cruice
Menocal to Run in Havana Election Bid
General Mario G. Menocal twice Cuban president announced he would carry the conservative party banner in the forthcoming election signaling a possible presidential candidacy.
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Menocal
Havana
Mario G. Menocal
Cuba
Weavers Strike Charleston Factory, Close Plant Indefinitely
Weavers in a manufacturing plant in Charleston, West Virginia struck today causing the entire plant to shut down for an indefinite period. The walkout affects the main production line and factory operations, with workers seeking better conditions and pay. Local officials reported no violence and a prolonged shutdown is expected while negotiations continue.
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Weavers
Charleston
8. C
Jacobs Wins Third Set To Take National Tennis Title
Helen Jacobs of Berkeley California won the Women's National Tennis final in three sets with scores 8-6 3-6 3-0 in Forest Hills.
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Helen Jacobs
Forest Hilia
Berkeley
Calif
Hawks Down Montreal in Nonstop Vancouver to Quebec Run
Frank Hawks, famed American speed firer, halted his planned nonstop Vancouver to Quebec flight in Montreal after landing from Kinston at 11 50 A M E T. The mission, aborted for a second time, continues to face weather and range challenges as authorities monitor the route.
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HAWKS
Montreal
Frank Hawks
Vancouver
Quebec
Kinston
Texas repeals drive narrows 3.2 beer vote margins
Unofficial returns from scattered Dallas precincts in today's state wide election show margins ranging from 2 to 1 up to 20 to 1 in favor of repealing the eighteenth amendment and legalizing 3.2 beer in Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Reconstruction directors authorize purchase of bank stock
The Reconstruction corporation directors today authorized buying 100000 dollars of preferred stock in Citizens National Bank in Gastonia North Carolina.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Citizens National Bank
Gastonia
North Carolina
Murder Trial Overshadows National Affairs in Beverly Hills
California homefront news highlights a murder trial over a professor accused of killing his wife. The column mocks national politics in Washington while noting other leaders like Hugh Johnson, Secretary Wallace, Cordell Hull, and Secretary Perkins. readers are reminded to focus on the case rather than federal debates.
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Beverly Hilias
Calif
California
Hugh Johnson
Miss Perkins
N. ER. A
Sun Returns as Atlantic Shaken by Tempest Debris Littered Coast
A week of death and destruction from a wandering hurricane and northeaster ends as sun returns to the Atlantic seaboard. Death toll reaches 50 with property losses around 15 million dollars. One missing 23 foot sloop from Manasquan to Nantucket with three aboard. Rescue and recovery efforts intensify along Virginia Tidewater as crews recount sea rescues aboard the City of Norfolk.
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SY Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Manasquan
N. J
Nantucket
Mass
New York
North Carolina
St. Lawrence Valley
Virginia
Norfolk
Newport News
Chesapeake Steamship Company
City of Norfolk
Baptists Decry Roosevelt Repeal Push At Ridgecrest
At Ridgecrest on August 26 the Southern Baptist Education association adopted a resolution disfavoring and alarmed by President Roosevelt’s push for repeal of the 18th amendment. It condemns cabinet-backed electoral influence and patronage. E Schaible of Coker College was elected president with W Allen of Baylor as vice president and J W Cammack of Averett College as secretary treasurer.
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Ridgecrest
Roosevelt
Southern Baptist Education Association
Washington
The
United
E. Schaible
Coker College
Hartaville
D. C
W. Allen
Baylor University
Waco
Tex
J. W. Cammack
Averett College
Danville
Differences of Opinion Within Administration on Oil Price Fixing
A confidential letter from NRA advisers, signed by Alexander Sachs and Joseph E. Pogue, criticizes oil price fixing as a serious blunder. It argues small refiners and distributors could be squeezed out. Johnson and Sachs oppose Roosevelt’s price fixing unity. Johnson seeks final labor provisions accord. The auto code talks proceed with a joint advisory board meeting amid labor board doubts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Ickes
Alexander Sachs
Joseph E. Pogue
Sachs
Labor, Industrial and
Consumers’ Advisory Boards
Labor Board
William Green
Insull Detained in Athens on Extradition Bid
Samuel Insull, the former Chicago utilities magnate, was detained by Athens authorities amid an extradition push related to his U S indictments over the collapse of his utility holdings. Greece awaits documentary proof as the case moves through legal channels.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
United States
Chicago
Taladouros
Insull
The
Court of Appeal
Sneall
Legation
Greece
Martin
J R Bell Likely Not To Accept Pardon On Burglary
J R Bell 28 of Coweta pled guilty to first degree burglary in Macon county and received a life sentence. If released he will face murder charges for George Dryman’s January killing at his Middle Creek home. Bell resisted arrest and fled before being captured three weeks ago.
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Asheville
J. R. Bell
Coweta
Bell
Macon County Superior Court
Felix FE. Alley
George Dryman
Middle Creek
Wallace Urges Farmers to Unite for Common Crop Goals
Florence August 26 Secretary Wallace addressed 5000 farmers at an open air mass meeting urging selfless work toward shared ends for crop reduction success. He praised the plan as a first steady effort, stressing social justice and understanding of production controls across cotton and wheat.
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Florence
Wallace
Kidnapping Ring Targets Prominent Victims Across States
A sprawling kidnaping plot spans Hartford and Oklahoma City with suspects jailed in Connecticut and Texas. In San Francisco a kidnapper was killed by police after a failed attempt that left a officer dead and a bystander wounded. Governor Lehman signed a death penalty bill for kidnaping. Federal agents search for Bernard Bitterman, a Denver department store executive missing since Thursday amid a possible link to the May family.
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San Francisco
William F. Wood
Taft
Paserby
Hartford
Conn
Springfield
Mass
Oklahoma
Charles F. Arachel
Texas
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Bernard Bitterman
Denver
David May
May Company
Many Failures In Bar Examination
RALEIGH August 26 The last bar examination by the state supreme court produced 121 successful of 200 takers the largest group of failures on record though not by percentage Future exams will be run by the state bar association under the recent legislature act.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Lumbermen Study Code Details For Southern Pine Division
Southern lumbermen studied a code set by the lumber code authority with plans to apply it to the southern pine division on August 29. The code requires a 40 hour work week and a minimum wage of 24 cents per hour.
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Lumbermen
New Orleans
Southern Lumbermen
Lumber Code Authority
Southern Pine Division
Hurricanes and world shifts mark a turbulent week
A hurricane swept the eastern seaboard causing at least 50 deaths from floods and wreckage. The Madison liner lost deckhouse but remained afloat, two crewmen perished. the Crescent Limited train derailment near Washington killed two. The London wheat conference reached a final price accord around 87 cents a bushel for four months. Government hog purchases aimed to curb prices in the U S. Hoover declined a bank inquiry invitation while Coughlin and Vandenberg faced grand jury questions. Cuba's De Cespedes moved to dissolve congress and call elections, Gandhi was released, and a Chicago indictment targeted bankruptcy law violations in a broad crackdown.
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New York
Madison
London
Cuba
de Cespedes
Congress
Machado
In &T
Careless Smokers Blamed For July Forest Fires
North Carolina officials report 56 fires in July with 21 blamed on careless smokers. With favorable weather, estimated damage stayed around seven thousand two hundred thirty three dollars.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Department of Conservation and Development
Dr Crowell to Preach at Gray's Tabernacle Sunday
Dr George H Crowell will preach on Evangelism at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at Gray's Tabernacle Randolph county in the pastor's absence. Rev Edward Suite is at another church conducting a revival.
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Crowell
George H. Crowell
Gray's Tabernacle
Randolph County
Edward Suite
Suite
Retail Drug Code Aims for A National Master Compact
The article discusses a proposed national master code for retailers including drugstores under the NRA. It notes wages of 10 to 15 dollars weekly for 66 hours, a 21 percent markup over base price, and potential alignment with the general retail code to boost employment and curb unfair practices.
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Washington
NRA
No Decrease Expected in Banks Open Market Purchases
The Federal Reserve Board signaled that credit expansion or contraction via government securities purchases should aid commerce and reflect the country’s credit conditions. Officials unofficially predict no soon large drop in the twelve central banks open market buys, which rose to 35 million last week from 11 million the prior week. The May to June bulletin notes rising business activity and higher prices while unemployment remains high.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Central Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
NRA
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David R. Coker
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