Smith Reynolds to fly across Europe and Asia to Bombay
Smith Reynolds, heir to the R. J. Reynolds tobacco fortune, boards the Berengaria to begin a long distance flight from Northampton. He plans routes across France and Spain to North Africa, then around Africa, into Arabia and India to Bombay, with his brother already laying gasoline stocks along Africa. Reynolds, 26, has a transport pilot license and Winston-Salem, North Carolina roots.
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Aeronautical “Corporation Today
Smi Reynolds
North Carolina
Sportsman
Berengaria
Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Cunard Steamship Company
North River
Northampton
England
France
Spain
Africa
Arabia
Persia
India
Bombay
Java
Sumatra
Borneo
China
Japan
Department of Commerce
Winston-Salem
N. C
Missing Illinois widow and children vanish in garage find
Bloodstained clothing of Mrs. Asta Buick Eicher and her children was found in Cornelius O. Pierson s garage in Clarksburg West Virginia Police said the items belonged to the missing Illinois widow and her three children Pierson held on charges of murder and kidnapping and denied guilt Officers planned further digging around the garage while unsure of the evidence behind the charges
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Cornelius O. Pierson
Asta Buick Eicher
Park Ridge
Ill
Pierson
Eicher
Henri Bicher
Four Lose Lives In Forest Fires
Boise Idaho August 28 four fire fighters died in the Lewis and Clark national forest as volunteers and national guardsmen redouble efforts to control fires burning thousands of acres across the northwest. The season tally rose to twelve with four men trapped by a circle of fire in Montana’s preserve. One man’s fate remained undetermined as Lost Creek’s fire hall burned within six miles of Whitefish.
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Boise
Idaho
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Northwest
Montana
Lost Creek
Whitefish
State Supreme Court To Hear Lea Bank Case In December
Raleigh August 28 The North Carolina supreme court will not receive the transcript of the Asheville bank fraud trial of Luke Lea Luke Lea Jr and Wallace B Davis soon The long trial and voluminous records will cause delay The December 8 week was set to hear appeals from the states 19th judicial district The case is a criminal matter and may not be moved up on the docket Judge M V Barnhill was in Raleigh today.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
Luke Lea
Luke Lea, Jr
Wallace B. Davis
Asheville
Supreme Court
Frank Nash
Dennis G. Brummitt
M. V. Barnhill
Mass Meetings Rally South To Rescue Cotton Market
The south mobilizes to aid cotton through legislative action mass meetings and appeals to federal agencies. Governors and senators push plans to curb growth and set price relief with aims to pay twelve cents a pound, half now and half in October 1932 if no next year crop. Georgia South Carolina Texas and Mississippi actions cited with global stabilization notes.
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Louisiana
Finstaas
Huey P. Long
Agricultural Committee
Washington
Walter F. George
Georgia
Farm Board
State Department
Russell
Ibra Blackwood
South Carolina
E. D. Smith
George
Texas
Mississippi
Bilbo
President Green Sees Federal Aid Need This Winter
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, predicted federal appropriations will be needed to supplement local relief for unemployment this winter. He joined Hoover’s advisory committee aiding Walter Gif ford in relief efforts and doubted local funds would suffice as unemployment is seen rising to 7,000,000.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Hoover
Walter §. Gifford
Green
Business women protest ban on feminine decoys
Baltimore August 28. Prohibitions director Woodcock’s defense of banning women as formers drew a response from the Business and Professional Women's Council of Maryland. In a public letter they call the enforcement unfair and discriminatory, arguing that if prohibition costs are borne, women should share them and that the rule singles out women while not exempting minors. The council says the protest was drafted at an executive meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Prohibition
Woodcock
Business and Professional Women's Council of Maryland
Executive Council
Women's Council
Stimson Returning Home From Europe Voyage
London Aug 28 Col Henry L Stimson secretary of state and Mrs Stimson entrained for Southampton to sail home aboard the Leviathan after two momentous months in Europe.
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Stimson
London
Henry L. Stimson
France Extends 400 Million Credit to Britain
Paris reports an agreement among British and French treasuries the Bank of England and the Bank of France to extend new credit facilities to Great Britain. Details to follow with Havas noting an approximately 400 million dollar Franco American credit. negotiations continue among New York London and Paris.
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France
Britain
Paris
Treasuries
Bank of England
Bank of France
Great Britain
Havas
New York
Wall Street
London
trans-Atlantic Telephone
Alfalfa Bill Murray Advocates Work Privilege
Governor William Murray of Oklahoma speaks at the Mississippi Valley Unemployment Conference in Memphis Tennessee. He argues the 4 dole system is unwise and that charity should go to those who are honorable and able to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Murray
Oklahoma
Memphis
Tenn
Convict Flogging Parley Slated In Raleigh
E B Jeffress chairman of the state highway commission and Mrs W T Best state commissioner of public welfare plan a Tuesday 10 am conference in Raleigh to resolve disputes over flogging of prisoners in road camps. Governor Gardner may return to Raleigh for the meeting as the welfare and highway departments must approve discipline rules under the new road law. Jeffress will also meet Mecklenburg officials in Charlotte regarding highway equipment.
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Raleigh
E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
W. T. Best
Public Welfare
C. Max Gardner
Jeffress
Welfare Department
Highway Department
Boone
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Giants and Yankees Offer Benefit Games for Unemployed
New York Giants and New York Yankees owners informed Welfare Commissioner Taylor they are willing to stage one or more games to aid unemployment relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Giants
New York Yankees
Taylor
Arthur Henderson Named New Chief for Labor Party
London Aug 28 Ramsay MacDonald was ousted as Labor leader and Arthur Henderson elected his successor. Known as Uncle Arthur he will lead opposition to non partisan national government’s dole cuts. Six of 280 Labour MPs backed MacDonald, others supported the proposed substitutes.
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Arthur
Dole
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Labor Party
Arthur Derson
Labor
MacDonald
Cuban Junta in U S Sent Arms for Revolution
Barbados seaman John Topping testified that the Cuban junta in the United States sent guns and men to aid the Cuban revolt. He said the German vessel Isle Vormayer carried operatives to Atlantic City areas, boarded attempts were blocked by coast guard and police, and the ship then sailed to Bigara and Nassau before being driven off by a Cuban gun boat.
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New York
Barbados
United States
John Topping
British West Indies
Isle Vormayer
Topping
Atlantic City
Coast Guard
New Jersey
Jersey
Bigara
Nassau
Cuban
Jury Commends Chicago Police for Honesty and Efficiency
The special grand jury in Chicago praised the police department as second to none in America for honesty integrity and efficiency in an August 28 report.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Police
Chicago Police
America
Hoover's Triumph Over Wet Democrat Seen By Cannon
Paris dispatch notes Bishop James Cannon Jr. predicts a wet plank at the Democratic convention and a bolt by Southern Democrats in 1932. He foresees Al Smith dominating the next convention or naming the nominee, with Hoover’s re election outlook tied to party splits.
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Hoover
Paris
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Herbert Hoover
Cannon
Geneva
Belgian Congo
al Smith
Smith
State rests in Berrier murder trial in Lexington
In Lexington on August 28 the state rested its case in the murder trial of Dudley Moore, an 18 year old negro, for the killing of Mrs. Jacob G. Berrier, 59, at her Davidson county home on August 15. Moore confessed he killed her during a robbery and threat to kill him. The defense announced it would present no evidence. J F Spruill opened for the state.
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Lexington
Dudley Core
Jacob G. Berrier
Davidson County
12Th District
Republicans Welcome Tariff and Depression as Campaign Issues
SEDALIA Mo Aug 28 James L West publicity director for the Republican National committee said to the Missouri Republican editorial association that the party would welcome as 1932 campaign issues the tariff and depression, areas the Democratic high command has targeted.
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Sedalia
James L. West
Republican National Committee
Missouri Republican Editorial Association
Republican Party
Democratic High Command
Brunswick Officers Embezzlement Trial Set For September 2
Preliminary hearings for two former Brunswick county officials charged with embezzlement of county funds during their terms have been set for September 2 by county recorder Peter Rouark at Southport. John Jenrette and A Tilden McKeithnan face bonds of 2000 and 1500 dollars respectively. Jenrette is charged with about 5600 dollars embezzled and McKeithnan with trust funds totaling 2178.83 and 1090.41 in fines and forfeitures.
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Wilmington
N. C
Brunswick County
Peter Rouark
Southport
A. Tilden McKeithnan
Superior Court
John Jenrette
Brunswick County Board of Commissioners
Jenrette
Liberty
McKeithnan
Kidnappers Foiled In Ransom Plot Released After 2 Weeks
New York August 28 unkempt Charles Rosenthal a broker to a large estate appeared at a Bronx police station saying he was kidnapped and held for more than two weeks. His captors released him tossing him from a car in the Bronx after demanding 100000 ransom notes were received by his friend and attorney Edward Nathan. Rosenthal said he wore smoked glasses with paper on the lenses during captivity and was bound securely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Rosenthal
Chei
Bronx
Rosenthal
Edward Nathan
Woman Refuses Testimony On Gannon Funds Use
Ada L. Burroughs of Richmond, treasurer of Bishop Cannon’s anti Smith group, declines to answer further questions before the Senate campaign funds committee. She reads a prepared statement saying books and documents are not in her possession, and cites a DC court order denying a writ. The exchange follows Cannon’s London statement about funds withdrawn in 1928.
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Washington
Ada L. Burroughs
Richmond
anti-Smith Democratic Organization
James Cannon, Jr
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Miss Burroughs
Nye
Bishop Cannon
London
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wagner
New York
Jury pleas heard in Smart trial for murder charge
Rutherfordton August 238 The defense rested and the state began rebuttal in the murder case of Fred Smart who is accused of killing Chief Austin Price last June 6 at Forest City Prosecutors offered witnesses to counter defense claims Smart was drunk and unaware of his actions The defense called five witnesses including Morrow who said Smart was unconscious from drinking Dr W C Bostic Jr treated Price wounds after the shooting and testified for the state
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Rutherfordton
Fred Smart
Austin Price
Forest City
Cameron McRae
Asheville
Julius Hardin
J. Downey
W. B. Marks
J. H. Mayse
Mike Morrow
Smart
Price
Morrow
W. C. Bostic, Jr
Gardner To Speak At Banquet For Smoky Mountain Park
Gov O Max Gardner will headline a banquet for 500 Western North Carolina citizens focused on developing the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. D Hiden Ramsey of the Citizen Times also will speak as delegates seek unity across communities near the park to boost Asheville side tourist access when the park opens.
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Asheville
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Gardner
D. Hiden Ramsey
Citizen-Times
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Artur Henderson
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