Soviet Silence on U S Protest Over Congress Remarks
The note to Vice-Commissar Krestinsky labeled the congress remarks a migr detraction from Soviet pledges, but US Ambassador Bullitt’s protest drew no public Soviet response. Official quarters offered no comment as Litvinov’s absence from the pledge scene was noted.
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United States
Russia
William C. Bullitt
Soviet Union
Communist Internationale
Krestinsky
Soviet Russia
Maxim Litv Fof
Local Golfers Set For Myers Park Invitation Pro Am
Several local golfers from Emerywood Country Club and area join the Myers Park Invitation pro am 54 hole tournament in Charlotte. Andy Merrilees partners with Bobby Dunkelberger in the pro am while Bill Snow teams with C C McCuiston. Other locals Fd Woollen A A Oliver and Jack Garrett also compete.
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Myers Park
Andy Merrilees
Emerywood Country Club
Bobby Dunkelberger
Bill Snow
Emerywood Club
C. C. McCuiston
Thomasville Country Club
Fd Woollen
A. A. Oliver
Jack Garrett
Pledge to Bar Subversive Activities Raised at Convention
In Geneva Litvinoff pledged his government to prevent efforts to alter the U S political or social order. Officials reached him by telephone for a potential statement. Speakers at the convention outlined Communist aims in the United States, but no specific references were made.
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Litvinoff
Geneva
United States
Colonial Possessions May Flare Up in Great Powers
The London Post attacks U S neutrality policy under America Passes By alleging a shift from freedom of the seas to isolationism. It questions responsibility for treaty outcomes and warns of potential policy reversals amid looming global tensions with Italy and sanctions.
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Morocco
London Post
America
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
Mussolini
Daily Mail
Italy
League Council
IL Duce
Settlement on loan in sight during tense US debate
The session heated as Vinson tried to table the resolution but failed 178 to 47 amid disputes over foreign policy. Lawmakers argued over Soviet violations and possible severing of recognition if promises were broken, while the utility holding company bill faced enacting at 3 p.m. Eastern. The president’s aides gathered for the signing ceremony.
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Vinson
Dga
Cotton States
United States
McReynolds
Hence Foreign Affairs Committee
Johnson
Moscow
Ethiopians Flee Capital as War With Italy Nears
Nationals prepare inventories as war looms while the government cautions against such moves. Ethiopian thaler exchange rate drops, and Sir Norman Angell proposes a British Monroe Doctrine to avert a new world war. The conciliation and arbitration commission for Waly and Ethiopia returns to Paris.
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Italy
Waly
Ethiopia
Parise
Crisis tensions rise over colonial disputes and sanctions
A December crisis report notes hopes for a commission solution. Mussolini hints at military reprisals if Britain enforces sanctions after a breach of peace. Meanwhile Britain strengthens naval defenses in the Mediterranean.
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Uratt
Mussolini
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Evacuation Ordered as War Fears Grow in Addis Ababa
In Addis Ababa thousands flee the capital amid Haile Selassie orders as war looms. A foreign currency squeeze collapses the Ethiopian thaler from 2.60 to 3.20 per dollar, with the national bank halting dollar sales and pledging not to accept thalers for debt payments.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
United States
Italy
Ethiopia
Everett W. Colben
National Bank
Foreign Office
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Deadlock over cotton and grain loan terms in Congress
The Senate cotton bloc resisted amending the deficiency bill to provide 12 cent cotton loans and about 90 cents a bushel for wheat. After talks with Senator Robinson and White House discussions, a recess was called as leaders weighed a final adjournment. Representative Coffee condemned the loan plan as an unsound Farm Board revival.
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House
Senate
Robinson
Burns
Congress
Garner
White House
Byrnes
South Carolina
Harrison
Mississippi
Smith
Black
Alabama
Conally
Texas
Washington
Farm Board
Harry B. Coffee
D-Neb
Coffee
Agriculture Committee
Wilson Market Opens With Large Opening Sales
Wilson market began sales today with about 1 750 000 pounds in warehouses. Early prices ranged from five to 60 cents a pound and the first 40 piles averaged 21 90 per hundred. Far mers noted prices below last year as good grades held value and farmers voiced mixed reactions.
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Wilson
Tobacco receipts high as market opens in Farmville
Farmville tobacco market receipts reached about 600000 pounds with mostly poor quality and early sales ranging from two to forty cents, averaging around 18 cents.
Greenville tobacco market opens with weak quality and low prices
Greenville on August 26 reported offerings around 2,000,000 pounds with the poorest opening break in years. Early sales averaged 16 to 18 cents, ranging from 2 to 40 cents, well below last year’s opening average of 27.16 dollars per hundred.
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Greenville
Washington Tobacco Market Opens With Mixed Prices
Early sales on the Washington tobacco market reached about 18 dollars per hundred pounds, with cheaper grades dominating the 250000 pounds received. Prices ranged from four to 36 cents per pound, and warehousemen anticipated selling about two thirds of the day's receipts.
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Washington, N. C
Washington
Tobacco opens Goldsboro market with strong early sales
The first row of tobacco on the Goldsboro market opened at 21.60 per hundred for 3,370 pounds with prices from six to 36 conts. About 225000 pounds were in warehouses and quality was fair with no price complaints. Last season's opening day sold 190,948 pounds at 26.14 per hundred.
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Goldsboro
Auction tobacco opens in Tarboro as prices dip
Farmers report better grades down three to six cents from last year as sales begin on the auction floor. The first three rows averaged about $20 per hundred, with about 200000 pounds on the floors.
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Tarboro
Lumberton tobacco market shows stronger prices today
Receipts on the Lumberton to bacco market were about 200000 pounds today and prices for all grades were stronger. Housemen expected the day’s average to be around 26 dollars a hundred.
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Lumberton
Arehousemen
Fair Bluff Tobaccos Market Sets Heavy Opening Day
Fair Bluff opened sales with 200000 pounds on the floors making this season’s heaviest receipts. Trading started an hour earlier to prevent congestion and prices were stronger throughout the day.
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Fair Bluff
Tobacco Receipts Hit Heaviest Season Volume in Chadbourn
On August 26 Chadbourn saw tobacco receipts reach 350000 pounds shaping the heaviest shipment of the season while prices remained firm.
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Chadbourn
Tobacco on floors in Kinston tops one million pounds
Kinston reports over 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco on the floors with early prices around 20 dollars per hundredweight. The market shows steady demand as auctions begin, and traders monitor quality grades and regional buyer activity.
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Kinston
First tobacco sale opens with high average price
In Rocky Mount four sale warehouses report the first row of tobacco averaging about 19 dollars per hundred. About 1,000,000 pounds were in the ten warehouses with cheaper grades dominating the market.
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Rocky Mount
U S Russian relations tense over Soviet communist activity
The United States warns of serious consequences if the Soviet Union fails to curb communist acts on U S soil. Ambassador Bullitt’s note in Moscow avoids a break in relations, awaiting Moscow’s reply and Litvinov’s return from Geneva amid the Italo Ethiopian crisis.
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United States
William
Kremlin
Maxim Litvinoff
Geneva
Litvinoff
Roosevelt
Russia
Moscow
Communist International
World Organication of
Guilford Farmers Receive $148 655 Benefit Payments
Complete fiscal year figures from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration show Guilford county farmers received 148 655 26 of North Carolina's 814 782 147 51 in rental and benefit payments. Taxed by crop lines, tobacco leads at 140 175 05 while cotton, wheat, and corn hogs totals add smaller amounts. Administrative expenses in North Carolina total 1 147 200 71.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Guilford County
North Carolina
AAA
Communist Congress Pushes Red Activity in America
Dispatches describe speakers at the Communist congress urging intensified Communist activity in the United States. Attendees included Earl Browder and William Z. Foster, with U S officials debating Russia recognition and alleged Soviet control in the International. Senators and representatives criticized the move and cited broken pledges by the Soviet government.
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Communist Congress
Red
America
Earl Browder
William Z. Foster
United States
Russia
Rep
Tinkham
Rmass
Union of Soviets
Litvinoff
Dickinson
R-la
McReynolds
D-Tenn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Communist International
International
Advance Renewed In Stock Market
New York Aug 26 Advancing shares across copper and steel lifted the market after an earlier hesitancy. Industrials and metals posted small gains while utilities and rails lagged. Cotton rose to around 75 cents a bale before fading, wheat gained over a cent a bushel then eased, other grains rose modestly, bar silver fell 0.14, foreign currencies held steady, and corporate bonds moved irregularly.
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New York
London
Army Man Urges Philippine Sovereignty to Strengthen Defense
A speaker argues for returning sovereignty to the Philippines as a defense measure, contending subjugation under Spain fed militarists and shipbuilders and that holding the islands would burden U.S. naval power in war. He claims Filipinos oppose carpet baggers and alien rulers and asserts sovereignty would fortify national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Japan
War College
Market Trends Chicago Produce August Update
Chicago August market trends show butter at 9 581 firm with creamery speciale 93 score 25 percent. Eggs 8 940 firm with extra firs 25 26 percent and fresh graded firs 25 percent. Local receipts 21 24 percent.
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Chicago
Cotton futures rise on government loan news and Liverpool firming
New York cotton futures opened steady to higher on senate action on the 12 cent government loan and firmer Liverpool cables. October to July futures climbed about 16 to 20 points in the first half hour as trade buying, southern selling, and liquidations mixed with cautious optimism on crop loan policy.
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New York
Senate
Liverpool
Wall Street
AAA Administrator Brands Reports He Will Resign
Washington August 26 AAA administrator described as bank reports that he and Secretary Wallace threatened to resign if Congress forced amendments to the third deficiency appropriation bill for 12 cent cotton and 90 cent wheat loans. He said he has had no communication with the Secretary since Byrnes amendment was introduced and never thought of permanent assignment or withdrawal during the current crisis.
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Washington
P .Chester ¢. Davis
AAA
Associated Preas
Wallace
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Byrnes
Senate
Three Injured in Mildred Auto Collision Near Tarboro
TARBORO August 26. T G Worthington a Ayden merchant his wife and ten year old daughter Martha were hospitalized after an auto accident last night near Mildred. Worthington suffered severe facial lacerations the wife a probable broken ankle and Martha a cut chin. Worthingtons car collided with a second car driven by W M Ward Williamston.
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Tarboro
T. G. Worthington
Ayden
Martha
Mildred
Worthington
W. M. Ward
Williamston
Amicable transfer of emergency relief funds finalized
An agreement reached for a smooth transfer of special state emergency relief funds to the new rural rehabilitation administration after weeks of adjustment. Details of the pact were not released by Mrs. Thomas O'Berry's office.
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Raleigh
New Rural Rehabilitation Administration
Thomas O'Berry
Dollar diplomacy critique shifts focus to pacific strategy
A speaker denounces Dollar Diplomacy arguing armed intervention harms U S leadership and strains goodwill in Latin America. He warns of war with nations capable in the Orient and advocates using forces where most effective while preserving Monroe Doctrine integrity.
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Orient
United States
Latin America
New York Stocks Mixed With Large Gains and Losses
Am Rad amd St . and Atlas Pow show notable gains while Coca Cola and General Electric attract attention. Total sales reach 1,455,610 with mixed results across utilities, autos, and oil shares amid a broad market shuffle.
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Sivereevse
Atch
Borden
Isle
Esas
SEY Cola
Sind
Curtiss-Wright
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Graham Paige
S. I
Frearn
Mroger Groc
United Gas
S&s
Weolworth
Johnston in N C attends USC alumni reunion in Blue Ridge area
Pi Gen Olin D Johnston appeared at his office today saying he was at Blue Midge North Carolina for a reunion of University of South Carolina alumni who attended M C A conferences as undergraduates. He was expected back at his office tomorrow.
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Columbia
Olin DD. Johnston
Blue Midge
N. C
University of South Carolina
Louisville youth wins national junior skeet title in Cleveland
Maxie Marcum, a 16 year old from Louisville Kentucky, won the national junior skeet championship in Cleveland. He broke 08 of 100 targets to lead a field of 19 shooters from ten states in the first national title awarded in the sport.
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Cleveland
Maxie Marcum
Louisville, Ky
Brake linings may grab and how to eliminate it
New brake linings sometimes grab. This condition can be eliminated by driving the car for a block or two with the brakes applied.
John N Willys Claimed by Death
John N Willys built a bicycle firm in Elmira New York to annual sales of 500000 dollars a year in seven years He took over Overland Automobile in 1908 and formed Willys Overland in Indianapolis He later bought Pope Toledo and moved Willys Overland to Toledo He advised the automobile chamber of commerce and chaired the foreign trade committee He sold holdings to a syndicate in 1929 for several million Hoover named him ambassador to Poland in 1930 serving until 1932.
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Elmira
N. Y
Overland Automobile Company
Willys-Overland Company
Indianapolis
Pope-Toledo Company
Toledo
Willys Overland
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Foreign Trade Committee
Fraternity House Summer School Theft Report
Chicago police examined a list of items stored from the Zeta Beta Tau house near the University of Chicago. The stolen goods included two chemises, three dresses, two perfume bottles, and two pairs of dainty gloves. Cronin revealed the losses were suffered by out of town women students who rented the house for the university's summer session.
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Chicago
Patrick Crottery
Zeta Beta Tau
University of Chicago
Temperature Range of Gulf Stream in Winter and Summer
The Gulf Stream shows a winter temperature around 62 degrees Fahrenheit and a summer high near 88 degrees. This indicates a broad seasonal warming of the current and its coastal influence.
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Gulf Stream
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