Conspiracy Case Ties Governor Plot to Gambling Control
Jacksonv ille Florida August 29 an alleged plan by Tallahassee publisher Fred O Eberhardt to seize Miami gambling control was aired during a hearing in a governor assassination plot case. William Shands testified of Eberhardt demand to remove Sheriff Lehman and a 508900 fee, with other road department members named. Separately Washington investigated the government rent bill for post office stations with two bidders holding leases near 1 million dollars and a push toward government ownership of large rented properties.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fred O. Eberhardt
Tallahassee
Miami
William Shands
State Road Department
Doyle K. Carlton
Edsar W. Waybright
Shands
Eberhardt
Lehman
Dade County
Graham
Ernest Graham
Road Department
Henry Halsema
Frank Ralls
Vincent G. Giblin
al Capone
John Torreo
Ralls
Capone
Fred Pine
Giblin
Mallie
Doyle
Washington
Senate Committee
Blaine
Wisconsin
Post Office Department
Brown
Jacob Kulp
Postoffice, Incorporated
Chicago
Raymond Brown
Peru Reform Seeks Stability After Junta Change
Lima reports Miguel Sanchez Cerro's government replacing Leguia era leaders. Major Eduardo Castro Rojas becomes chief of presidential military household. Erasmo Roca named under secretary of public works. Court president Anselmo Barreto met Sanchez Cerro as Barros sought refuge. Foreign legation notes the previous junta not recognized.
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Lima
Peru
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Leguia
Eduardo Castro Rojas
Salgado
Erasmo Roca
Enrique Zegarra
Italian Electric Light and Power Company
Alejandro Barcos
Barcos
Foreign Office
Honorable
Diplomatic Corps
Ponce
Alleged moonshiner shoots officers in Oregon woods
An armed posse hunted Ray Sutherland in dense Marcola woods after he fatally shot Eugene officer Oscar Daley and Deputy Joe Saunders during an ambush. Deputy Lee Bown and Rodney Roach were wounded as the pursuit continued. Baude Sutherland was arrested at the elder Sutherland’s home.
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Eugene
Ore
Marcola
Ray Sutherland
Oscar Daley
Joe Saunders
Sutherland
Daley
Baude Sutherland
Duley
John Carlyle
Lee Bown
Rodney Roach
Bown
Roach
Oscar Duley
John Carmile
Anther
Sutherlands
North Carolina names acting state health officer
Raleigh August 29 North Carolina has a new acting state health officer after Dr H A Taylor of Raleigh was elected to succeed Dr Charles Laughinghouse who died Tuesday The election prompted a clash as Dr John B Wright accused Dr A J Crowell of pushing the vote and Taylor was chosen four to three The board said it will not elect a state health officer without proper consideration and adjourned after the incident The acting secretary will also serve as acting state health officer
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
H. A. Taylor
Charles O’h. Laughinghouse
John B. Wright
A. J. Crowell
Charlotte
Taylor
Wright
Crowell
Dr. Crowell
Laughinghouse
Board of Health
Roper
Committee Plans State Industrial Safety Meet in High Point
Raleigh Aug 29 AP The arrangements committee for a state wide safety conference to be held in High Point November 13 and 14 met with T A Wilson of the state industrial commission to draft plans. The conference will bring together employers employees and insurance men to reduce industrial accidents in North Carolina. In the first year 1929-30 the commission recorded 38 000 accidents and officials expect reductions.
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Raleigh
High Point
T. A. Wilson
State Industrial Commission
Industrial Commission
Borglum To Visit Atlanta To Discuss Stone Mountain
Daughters of the Confederacy offer bond to prevent Borglum’s arrest on arrival in Atlanta as guest of mayor-nominee James L. Key. Borglum aims to meet Stone Mountain owners and city officials to finalize plans to resume carving the Confederate memorial and Key expects a definite completion program.
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Atlanta
Daughters of the Confederacy
Gutzon Borglum
Borglum
Mourtain
James L. Key
de Kalb Superior Court
Memorial Association
Key
Stone Mountain
Aviators Prepare for Pacific Hop From Japan
In Kasumigaura Japan on August 29 the City of Tacoma received fuel and was prepped for the non stop trans Pacific flight by Harold Bromley and Harold Gatty. The shifting air currents offered a favorable tail wind for the first leg of the ambitious crossing.
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Kasumigaura
Japan
Harold Bromley
Harold Gatty
Cottonseed Mills in Augusta Run Night and Day
Augusta five cottonseed oil mills employ about 500 men operating around the clock this week. They crush 45 to 50 carloads of seed daily and pay farmers roughly 27 dollars per ton for seed, with weekly payrolls near six thousand dollars. Officials urge farmers to pick cotton early to prevent losses from late September storms.
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Augusta
Boy Scout Receives Flowers After Illness at White House
Charles Johnson an 18 year old from Anderson South Carolina fell ill yesterday while waiting with 12 companions to see President Hoover. He was taken to Emergency hospital where he received flowers from the president today. Johnson is said to be suffering from bronchial pneumonia.
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Washington
Charles Johnson
Anderson
S. C
White House
Hoover
Aviator Chas Kingsford-Smith Undergoes Tonsil Operation
Wing Commander Chas Kingsford-Smith, famed Australian aviator, had his tonsils removed in the same hospital where he recently underwent appendicitis surgery.
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Middleburg
Holland
Chas Kingsford-Smith
Savant challenges Tintagel ruins as King Arthur castle
New York dispatch quotes Henry Jenner, president of the International Arthurian congress, saying Tintagel remains were built in the thirteenth century and bear no link to King Arthur. He notes no early references to Tintagel in Arthurian stories and suggests Geoffrey of Monmouth fictionalized nearby fortresses to enhance the tale.
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New York
Tintagel
Cornwall
London
New York Times
Arthur
the Times
Henry Jenner
International
Arthurian Congress
Jenner
Geoffrey of Monmount
Geofrey
Buenos Aires braces for possible revolt amid security buildup
Aug 29 Buenos Aires reports heavy guards around the presidential residence of Hippilito Yrigoyen. Three destroyers reach La Plata to boost security as rumors swirl and officials seek secrecy. Soldiers patrol government buildings and police chiefs remain posted. Authorities cite threats, while warning of unrest abroad and in the interior.
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Buenos Aires
la Plata
Hippilito Yrigoyen
Juan de la Campa
Desolate St Kilda evacuated as government resettles isle
Glasgow August 29. St Kilda villagers, now few wild livestock remain, depart on Hairbell and Dunara Castle to mainland homes. Some 500 plus cattle sheep and goats move, left behind only animals too wild to catch. Earl of Cassilis owns the island and bans future settlement.
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Glasgow
Scotland
St. Kilda
Hairbell
Dunara Castle
Earl of Cassalis
Man Identified Who Lured Girl Away
Claude Palgren, 25, an employee of a country club, is under arrest in Mount Kisco after Miss Ailen G. Bert, 17, identified him as the man who lured her to Katonah under work pretense, attacked with a hammer, and left for dead. She is hospitalized in Westchester with a fractured skull and injuries. Palgren was captured at Bedford following the attack and arrest.
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MT. Kisco
N. Y
Claude Palgren
Whipperwill Country Club
Ailen G. Bert
Katonah
Northern Westchester Hospital
Palgren
Bedford
Businessman Shoots Rival Serenader in Mexico
In Guadalajara on August 29 Enrique Martinapiolo Campo, a prominent businessman, shot Florentino Huerta and wounded him after believing the brothers Florentino and Luis Huerta were serenading his sweetheart at about eight this morning.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Florentino
Luis Huerta
Enrique Martnapiolo Campo
Await Royal Infant at Stuyvenberg Castle
Brussels awaits word of Princess Astrid's child at Stuyvenberg Castle. Officials plan to fire 51 guns if a girl is born and 10 if a boy, signaling the arrival to the city.
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Brussels
Stuyvenberg Castel
Astrid
Five NC districts share in eight month school fund
One hundred five North Carolina districts that voted to extend terms from six to eight months received 42 064 09 dollars from the state board of equalization. The additions bring the total eight month schools aided to 957 across 30 counties in the board s tax reduction program.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Equalization
Equalizing Board
Revolution Feared In State of Brazil
Reports from Rivera Uruguay indicate a feared uprising in Rio Grande do Sul Brazil where federal troops are confined to barracks. The revolt is said to be led by Juan Francisco De Souza amid frontier communiques.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Uruguyan
Rivera
Rio Grande Po Sul
Brazil
Juan Francisco de Souza
Sailor Galloway Resumes Havana to New York Voyage
Coast guard reports Clifford Galloway of Barnesville Ohio was found safe about 30 miles off the Carolina coast while sailing a 34 foot yawl from Havana on August 14 toward New York. His mother alerted authorities, search crews tracked him, and he was sighted between Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Clifford Galloway
Havana
Cuba
New York
Carolina
Galloway
Barnesville
Ohio
Point Breeze
Cape Lookout
Cape Hatteras
Broken Down Express Towed To Port After Turbine Trouble
The American Export Line steamer Express, with 16 passengers and 38 crew, broke down 400 miles off Newfoundland on August 21 and was towed to her pier here today. The vessel, which sailed from this port on August 20 bound for Piraeus, Greece, developed turbine trouble on the second day out.
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New York
Express
New Foundland
Piraeus
Greece
Quillen Pays 25 Cents For Dead Starlings In Fountain Inn
Fountain Inn editor Robert Quillen offers 25 cents for every dead starling brought to his newspaper office. He insists the birds must be killed in Fountain Inn and says the starlings threaten song birds and make nights noisy with chatter.
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Robert Quillen
Fountain Inn
S. C
Quillen
Airplane Crash Kills Pilot and Two Buffalo Passengers
In Cheektowaga near Buffalo a pilot Arthur J. Devlin 33 and two Buffalo girls Rose Zajac 20 and Pearl Jabczynska 18 died from injuries after a private plane crashed following a spin from about 1,000 feet. The victims had been excited about their first flight together. A medical examiner noted the travelers had shared several beers en route to the field.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Cheektowaga
Rose Zajac
Pearl Jabczynska
Arthur J. Devlin
Kenmore
Devlin
106Th Infantry Flying Club
Nash County Farmer Shoots Brother to Save Wife
Rocky Mount Aug 29. Will Long 28 Nash County farmer shot his brother John Long 31 to death to protect his wife from the man's drunken fury. Sheriff J H Griffin says 25 eye witnesses report Will Long acted in defense. no inquest. John Long, an escaped convict from Granville County, drew a gun on his brother’s wife.
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Rocky Mount
Will Long
Nash County
John Long
J. H. Griffin
Granville County
Russians in Paris Build Make Believe State Away From Home
About 200 Russian exiles near Paris have created a self contained community to preserve czarist culture. They run schools churches military and social groups to educate children and maintain traditions. Basil Makalakoff acts as legal advisor while General Kontiepoff leads the Gallipoli union and the veteran faction.
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Paris
Russia
Basil Makalakoff
Gallipoli Union
Wrangel Army
Kontiepoff
National Committee Praises Hoover
The Republican National Committee praised President Hoover as a keeper of party promises with a record matched by few administrations. They listed tax cuts, tariff revisions aiding agriculture, farm board creation, inland waterways and highways funding, transfer of the prohibition bureau, district attorney reforms, and stricter Canadian liquor rules.
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Washington
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Farm Board
Prohibition Bureau
Justice Department
Robbery at Clarksdale Pavilion Ends With 200 Victims
Two armed young men robbed about 200 guests at a dancing pavilion near Clarksdale Mississippi early today. The operators reported the pair emptied pockets and purses of those lined against the walls, but did not take jewelry.
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Clarksdale
Miss
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