Harrelson to End State Conservation Role on Sep 1
Raleigh reports Colonel J. W. Harrelson will relinquish his four year post as director of the state department of conservation and development on September 1. He will be succeeded by R. Bruce Etheridge, a Manteo banker, who takes over that date and Harrelson will resume heading the NC State College mathematics department. Harrelson praised Etheridge’s qualifications while noting his own reserve status with the 316th Field Artillery Officers Reserve Corps.
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Raleigh
J. W. Harrelson
State Department of Conservation and Development
R. Bruce Etheridge
Manteo Banker
Harrelson
North Carolina State College
C. Max Gardner
H. A. Fisher
Etheridge
House of Representatives
Board of Conservation and Development
316Th Field Artillery Officers Reserve Corps
Fort Brage
Security National Bank To Open For Business Monday
Greensboro opens its new Security National Bank Monday at 9 am restoring normal banking after a five month lapse. Branches will also open in Raleigh Tarboro and Wilmington following a national charter issued by the Comptroller of the Currency. President N C Calhoun outlined a policy of frankness with depositors and the public as the bank begins without debt and with real estate and equipment assets. The liquidation of the old North Carolina bank continues with funds transferred after a 15 day notice.
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Greensboro
Raleigh
Tarboro
Wilmington
High Point
Security National Bank
Washington
Calhoun
Kenneth C. Royall
Department of the
N. C. Bank
Smith Medlin
Mr. Medlin
Security National
North Carolina Bank
Norman to Visit Hyde Park as Bank Heads Arrive
Hyde Park N Y August 26 President Roosevelt arranged a next week tea at his Hyde Park home for Sir Montague Norman governor of the Bank of England and George Harrison of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York The visit follows Norman’s two week mystery trip and supports Roosevelt’s stance against immediate currency stabilization until the dollar finds its level Officials said the date is not fixed and Norman will sail soon for England
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Montague Norman
Bank of England
George Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Montagu
Stephen T. Barry
Norman
Harrison
Mr. Early
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
U. S
England
Young Charlottean Takes His Own Life
Charlotte Aug 26 25 year old C Scruggs employed at a sandwich company shot himself in the head. He had been a semi invalid since an automobile accident a year earlier and in notes to relatives blamed the accident for his action. He was a son of Mr and Mrs Conn Scruggs of Hickory.
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Charlotte
Hk. C. Scruggs
Scruggs
Oonn C. Seruges
Menocal to lead Cuban conservatives in upcoming elections
In Havana General Mario G. Menocal, Cuba's president from 1912 to 1920 and opponent of Machado, announces his return to politics as leader of the conservative party. He aims to unite factions to defend democratic principles after meeting Provisional President De Cespedes. Also notes De Cespedes’ focus on labor unrest and lawlessness, and the arrest of three Machado-era figures aboard the Erfurt in Cabana Fortress.
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Havana
Mario G. Menocal
Cuba
Machado
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Menocal
de Cespedes
Erfurt
Navy
ABC
Wifredo Fernandez
Fidel Camas
Benigno Gonzalez
Matanzas
Cabana Fortress
Texas Returns Show Vote Two To One In Favor Repeal
Early returns from Texas referendums favored repeal with margins up to 3 to 1 as urban counties reported strong support. Final tabulations later showed 176,697 for repeal and 102,772 against, while 176,565 supported legalizing 32 percent beer and 95,585 opposed. Governor Ferguson hailed the result as sanity restoring political honesty.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Lone Star State
Texas Election Bureau
Miriam A. Ferguson
Machado Seeks New Refuge After Cuba Escape
Exiled former Cuban president Gérardo Machado fled by airplane after his overthrow and boarded the Lady Rodney in Nassau to seek asylum in Canada. Police guards accompanied his party as they slipped to a waiting tug and sailed to the steamer, with dock workers the only witnesses.
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Nassau
N. P
Cuba
Gérardo Machado
Island Republic
Rodney
Canada
Machado
Hog Island
Pemberton
Police Guard Surround Plant After Worker Outbreak
In Charleston, about 800 women demonstrated at a factory reopening at 7 am. Police seized improvised weapons, dispersed the crowd with 40 officers, and curtailed violence while avoiding gun or club use. Acting Chief Joseph W. Wise called the scene dangerous.
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Charleston
Joseph W. Wise
Treasury to send representative to Cuba on relief study
The United States will send a treasury representative to Cuba to assist Ambassador Jefferson Caffery in studying a relief program for Cuba’s distressed economy. Officials denied any intent of economic intervention and said no advisers would be dispatched.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Cuba
Jefferson Caffery
Republic
State Department
Roosevelt
de Cespedes
Caffery
Sumner Welles
Dean Acheson
Puerto Rico Seeks Separate NRA Code amid relief concerns
Governor Robert H. Gore arrived in Miami en route to Washington to press for a distinct NRA code for Puerto Rico. He told reporters that applying the U S code would ruin the island where wages are much lower and relief funds are insufficient for urgent needs.
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Miami
Fla
Puerto Rico
Robert H. Gore
Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
United States
Severe earthquake shocks felt in Santiago
A strong earthquake was felt in Santiago at 1:50 p m with three tremors, two slight. No immediate damage reported. Thunder accompanied the shocks and many residents fled their homes in fear.
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Havana
Santiago
Automobile Code Provision Faces Roosevelt Decision
The NRA code for the automobile industry hinges on Section 7, which would mandate merit-based hiring without regard to union status. President Roosevelt must decide after Hugh Johnson and NRA counsel approved the tentative wording. Labor leaders, led by William Green, oppose the provision but indicate compliance if the board rejects the recommendation. Also under fire is the oil industry's price fixing issue tied to the recovery act and chief economist criticisms.
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Ae Ae Signee
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Donald R. Richberg
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Recovery Administration
Publcity
Cloudburst Delays Virginia Beach Rehabilitation Efforts
A sudden cloudburst in Virginia Beach delayed hurricane recovery in the business district. Rail tracks of the Norfolk and Southern were undermined for a quarter mile, with workmen repairing damage as two trains waited. An hour‑long electrical storm drove visitors from the beach as crews continued repairs.
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Virginia Beach
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Wallace Urges End to Sectional Selfishness at Florence Luncheon
Secretary Henry A. Wallace told about 250 Florence service clubs that solving agricultural problems requires all of America not just Washington. He cited the London wheat conference as a model and urged unity as the United States shifts from debtor to creditor while adjusting social policy amid regional tensions. He stayed with Senator EB Smith and David R. Coker in Hartsville and Lynchburg before the Florence visit.
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Florence
D. C
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Service Clubs
Wallace
EB. D. Smith
Lynchburg
David R. Coker
Hartsville
Coker
Hull
United States
Rockefeller Jr. backs nationwide NRA aid and collective bargaining
John D. Rockefeller Jr. urged wide cooperation to ensure the national recovery act succeeds. He called NRA a great reconstruction venture and said its goals include restoring work for millions and raising wages to restore buying power, stressing collective bargaining to settle labor issues. He praised President Roosevelt's recovery measures as essential.
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Sear Harbor
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
NRA
Roosevelt
Lindberghs Finish Aerial Survey Trip Over North Atlantic
Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh completed their nonstop flight from the Shetland Islands to Copenhagen Denmark ending a North Atlantic aerial survey. They were greeted with enthusiastic crowds as air ministry and American delegation officials joined in the welcome ride through Copenhagen. The couple were to visit the king and queen at a royal residence and had earlier met the crown prince in Iceland.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Charles A. Lindbergh
At- Posey Ocean
Shetland Islands
Air Ministry
American Legation
Lindbergs
Iceland
Insull Detained in Greek Nursing Home as Extradition Fight Opens
Samuel Insull former head of the vast utilities empire is detained in a Athens nursing home amid the start of a second extradition bid by the United States. Greek justice says detention is preventive pending documents from the American legation while authorities clash over substantive charges of mail fraud tied to stock deals.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Insull Utilities
United States
Insull
Logothetopoulos
Insuli
Taladouros
Legation
Forest Harness
Roosevelt claims nationwide recovery drive gains public support
President Roosevelt, visiting Poughkeepsie at Vassar College, hailed the national recovery drive as succeeding with unprecedented public unanimity. He urged local government reorganization, warned against monopoly and unfair wealth distribution, and pressed for higher wages and broader employment.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Roosevelt
Vassar College
White House
America
Republican
New York
Vassar
Duchess County
United States
Bey
Stogie Sets Fire to Old Fort Holmes on Mackinac Island
The Old Fort Holmes on Mackinac Island, built by the British in 1812 and never previously taken, burned after a cigarette was tossed on the wooden floors. The blaze began at night and reduced the fort to a pile of burning logs within about 30 minutes.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Elliott Roosevelt Becomes Aviation Editor at Examiner
Elliott Roosevelt son of President Roosevelt joins the Los Angeles Examiner as aviation editor. He had been general manager of Gilpin Air Line, resigned to move to Nevada for a divorce, and has extensive flight experience as passenger observer and pilot.
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Los Angeles
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Los Anegy Examiner
Gilpin Air Line
Nevada
Group Thrown Into Water As Pier Section Collapses
At New Haven in August a section of a pier collapsed as crowds gathered for a cross harbor swimming finish. More than 75 people were tossed into the water, with many helped ashore. Police reported all accounted for and three taken to hospitals with injuries not believed life threatening.
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New Haven
Conn
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North Atlantic
Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
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