Long Awakened To Sign Bill Prohibiting Cotton Planting
Governor Huey P. Long signed a bill making cotton production bans effective if three fourths of the crop states adopt similar laws. The measure, approved in the Louisiana Senate and delivered to Texas Governor Sterling, seeks immediate loans and a debt moratorium for farmers, with Long pledging support for twenty cent cotton.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Hoover
Farm Board
Federal Farm Loan Bank
Forester Grandchildren to Change Names for Inheritance
Grandchildren of Asa H. Forester must adopt their grandfather's surname upon turning 21 to receive about 200000 in estate, with 2000 annual income and $200 monthly trust fund, as outlined in his will filed after his May 12 death in Miami. Miss Monte Macklyn Wood and Robert Forester Wood are named heirs, with the estate detailing residences in Miami Lansing and Oden Michigan and the adopted man’s name change to Monte Macklyn Forester and Robert Asa Forester.
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Miami
Fla
Asa H. Forester
China
Langing
Mich
Forester
Monte Macklyn Wood
Robert Forester Wood
William E. Wood
Lansing
Monte Macklyn Forester
Robert Asa Forester
Oden
United States
Non-Suit Ends Carteret Trial Against Former Officials
In Beaufort North Carolina on August 29 Judge Clayton Moore signed a non-suit order ending Carteret County's civil case seeking about 800000 from G. W. Huntley W L Stancel F M Simmons and Simmons Construction and contractors George J Brooks and C K Howe for conspiracy to defraud the county. Some county evidence was excluded as hearsay and the county plans an appeal to the state supreme court. The trials to date have cost the county about 40000.
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Beaufort
N. C
Carteret
Clayton Moore
G. W. Huntley
Board of County Commissioners
W. L. Stancil
F. M. Simmons
Simmons Construction Company
George J. Brooks
C. K. Howe
Moore
Supreme Court
Greensboro Bottling Plant Planned for Coca Cola
Greensboro announces a $100,000 Coca Cola bottling plant to be built on newly purchased outskirts property. A. M. Draper, manager, says building costs will be $75,000 with the rest for equipment, pending city rezoning to permit the business at the site.
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Greensboro
A. M. Draper
Draper
France to compete in Schneider Cup races in England
Paris Aug 29 France will participate in the Schneider cup races in Calshot England on September 12 and is expected to enter three hydroplanes Minister of air Dumesnil plans to attend.
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Paris
France
Calshot
England
Air Dumesnil
Emergency Committee for Employment Help Line Mentioned
A city employment relief effort urges residents to call 20380 at City Hall to offer work or request domestic or repair help. Mrs. W. E. Price, secretary, and assistants staff the basement office to coordinate placements and relieve unemployment.
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Emergency Committee
City Hall
W. E. Price
Callaway urges road plan to spare cotton farmers
Cason J. Callaway of La Grange, president of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Assn, said farmers cannot abandon cotton next year without alternative cash income. He proposed $300 million from the federal government to build secondary roads in the cotton belt, allowing 1,000,000 men to work April through October, using their labor and equipment. The plan would yield road improvements and higher future earnings for the agricultural South.
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Atlanta
Cason J. Callaway
la Grange
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
South
Washington DC Emerges as Nation's Science Capital
Over 5000 scientists and numerous research institutes in Washington D C position the city as a leading science hub nationwide and potentially worldwide.
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Washington, D. C
Gardner Returns Ten Work Tuesday
Raleigh August 29 Max Gardner is expected back in Raleigh late Monday night or early Tuesday after a month away. He will face a serious study of ways and means to solve the cotton situation while the governor redoubles his efforts for cotton growers. He also confronts the Herman Casey case. Casey seeks a new trial after being convicted of murder and arson in Virginia. Casey is scheduled for electroexecution September 11. The governor also will discuss highway commission rules allowing flogging of prisoners with E B Jeffress and Mrs W T Best as part of routine business.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
Hoover
Congress
Herman Casey
Gardner
Casey
Lenoir County
J. C. Causey
Suffolk
Lenoir
Old Ironsides Draws Few In Gotham Harbor Visit
The frigate Constitution sailed up the Hudson today with only scattered spectators. Seventy five patrolmen guarding the battery reported the area largely deserted as the historic ship made its visit to New York.
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New York
Constitution
Hudson River
Jane Green Veteran Comedienne Dies at 30
San Francisco report states Jane Green, veteran comedienne with a twenty year stage career, died yesterday at the Christian Science Home after a paralytic stroke last month. She began on stage at age ten in a Los Angeles show. her home had been Louisville, Kentucky.
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San Francisco
Jane Green
Vancey
the Christian Science
Los Angeles
Louisville
Supreme Court Appeal Gives Slayer of Mrs. Berrier New Lease On Life
Dudley Moore, a young Negro, was granted a 60 day appeal to the state supreme court after being convicted of first degree murder in the August 15 slaying of Mrs. Jacob G. Berrier at her farm home near Lexington. The Davidson County jury deliberated 20 minutes, Moore offered no testimony, and his confession was admitted. his electrocution sentence was set for October 23 pending appeal.
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Supreme Court Appeal
Mrs. Berrier
Lexington
State Supreme Court
Dudley Moore
Moore
Jacob G. Berrier
Wilson Warlick
Warlick
Davidson County
Berrier
Here
Flashes of Life in Today's News
Two filers claiming a new altitude record are guests of the Latvian consulate. They were found perched on a balcony outside the 43rd story window of the consulate, fed breadcrumbs. Previous grasshopper altitude record in the city was the Empire State Building eighteenth floor.
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New York
Empire State Building
Poetic Justice Reported in Westinghouse Lab Incident
Pittsburgh, Pa. An incident at a Westinghouse laboratory ends with 18 noisemakers dead after an explosion of screwheads during crushing tests. Scientists say sound waves from the blast killed frogs kept for experiments.
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Poetic Justice
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Company
Critics criticize critics as Woollcott signs with Francine Larrimore
New York critic Alexander Woollcott will join Francine Larrimore in the supporting cast. He previously panned players, and now will learn how he appears to critics at the foot lights in this stage engagement.
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New York
Alexander Woollcott
Francine Larrimore
Variegated toe nails amuse Monte Carlo mayor
A vivid scene from the Mira Mar bar in Monte Carlo shows France feminine toes peeking from sandals, each toenail tinted a different color. Mayor Walker observes the display with amused interest.
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France
Mayor Walker
Miramar
Monte Carlo
Even That Young New York Girls Brightest Among Three Year Olds
Among three year olds, girls show the brightest performance in early cognitive tasks while boys lag by a measurable margin. Researchers note the finding reflects averages across a diverse group and warrants further study for implications.
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New York
Personnel Changes of Salvation Army In State Announced
Eight changes will occur in the Carolinas division of the Salvation Army within days. Captains R Hoekstra and Mrs from Raleigh move to Salisbury, replaced by Capt A Shackleford and Mrs from Spartanburg. Ensign J Patterson shifts Greensboro to Greenville, commandant J Brazelle moves Greenville to Greensboro. Capt Vernon Carter moves Statesville to Spartanburg, Capt Carl Noblitt shifts Greensboro to Reidsville. Cecil Brown added to Statesville post. Forty posts in district.
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Salvation Army
Charlotte
Carolinas
W. G. Gilks
R. Hoekstra
Raleigh
Salisbury
A. Shackleford
Spartanburg
Patterson
Greensoro
N. C
Greenville
Vernon Carter
Statesville
Carl Noblitt
Greensboro
Reidsville
Cecil Brown
South Carolina Leaders Split on Cotton Plans
In Columbia two SC political figures pushed different remedies for the cotton price crisis. Gov. Blackwood urged farmers at 46 counties to back a plan for a special legislature to act on Huey Long's recommendation to bar 1932 cotton planting by law, while Sen. E D Smith traveled to Washington to press a farm relief scheme. He proposed the Farm Board buy 1,000,000 bales from farmers who would sign a contract not to plant cotton next year.
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Columbia
S&l. C
South Carolina
Ibra C. Blackwood
General Assembly
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
E. D. Smith
Senate Agricultural Committee
Washington
Farm Board
Smith
Six Pears In Cluster Is Tree's Only Fruit
A two and a half year old pear tree found growing wild by J. S. Beaver of Fisher street yielded six pears this year. All pears grew in one cluster at the top of the tree and the cluster was placed on display in the Enterprise office front window.
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J. 8S
Beaver
Fisher Street
Enterprise
Insurance Manager Sues Over Golf Ball Injury
M A Sandifer, department manager for an Atlanta insurance company, sues Milton W Bell, cashier of the Atlanta federal reserve bank, in Dekalb county superior court for 10000 damages claiming a golf ball driven by Bell struck his knee without warning, causing permanent injuries.
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Decatur
A. Sandifer
Atlanta
Dekalb County
Milton W. Bell
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Bell
Lazy Me Ranch Keeps Reno Visitors Lodging Offer
A New York mailing circular promotes the Lazy Me guest ranch near Reno offering accommodations for travelers. It promises 1,800 acres, two private lakes, cattle, horses and cowboys, with all rooms having private baths and tent cottages, steam heat. Signed by Neil Vanderbilt, likely Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.
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O's Dude Rancher
New York
Reno
Neil Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Brooklyn man finds car key after lake mishap on ferry
John F. Brooks of Brooklyn waited in line at the Lake Champlain ferry in Burlington Virginia but could not locate his car key. When a driver behind him attempted to move the car onto the boat, the man fell into the lake and was hauled out by deckhands. Brooks then retrieved the key from his pocket.
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Burlington
John F. Brooks
Brooklyn
Lake Champlain
Pardoned man to testify in Rector bank robbery trial
Douglas Williams, jailed in Greenville, is pardoned by Tennessee Governor Horton at Greenville Governor Blackwood's request to testify in the Carlos Rector bank robbery case. Williams, convicted of highway robbery, aided the $9000 Farmers Bank heist in Travelers Rest, S C, in which Rector is implicated. Williams aided the state's case and may be called as a witness if Rector's trial proceeds first.
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Greenville
8. C
Charles G. Gerald
I. C. Blackwood
Douglas Williams
Carlos A. Rector
Williams
Farmers Bank of Travelers Rest
S. C
Rector
Tennessee
Henry Horton
Blackwood
J. G. Leatherwood
Gerald
New York Police Face New Gangster Killing Case
In New York on August 29 a policeman found Leonardo de Mico, 39, of Brooklyn, dead from a single gunshot in Skillman Street near a club room where three men died last week. Detectives and squads with armed officers surrounded a Bushwick Avenue apartment, seizing seven men, five pistols, and ammunition.
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New York
Leonardo de Mico
Brooklyn
Skillman _stret
Bushwick Avenue
Arkansas Officials Cut To $100 a Month
Wives of all city officials and employes in Eldorado face living on their husbands salaries of 100 dollars a month after the city council cut wages to that level. The reduction, urged by Mayor W L Goodwin, lasts five months until 1932 revenues become available.
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Eldorado
Ark
W. L. Goodwin
Farmers debate special session votes favor cotton ban 1932
In Columbia South Carolina Aug 29 reports show overwhelming support for Governor Blackwoods plan to call a special session to outlaw cotton planting in 1932. Of the first 19 counties heard from 16 favored the session with mass meetings in Newberry Aiken Kershaw Edgefield Darlington Dorchester Lancaster Anderson Marlboro Georgetown Greenwood York Sumter Spartanburg backing the measure.
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Columbia
8. C
Blackwood
McCormick
Union
Richland
Newberry
Aiken
Kershaw
Edgefield
Darlington
Dorchester
Lancaster
Anderson
Marlboro
Georgetown
Greenwood
York
Sumter
Spartanburg
Cotton Planting Ban Backed by South Carolina Farmers
Gaffney Cherokee county farmers meeting votes 292 to 20 for a special session to pass a 1932 cotton planting prohibition. Greenville mass gathering of about 1000 endorses Governor Blackwood’s proposal to convene legislature to ban cotton planting in 1932.
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Gaffney
8. C
Cherokee County
South Carolina
Greenville
S. C
Ibra C. Blackwood
Mass meeting votes against special session to remedy cotton situti on
Union County mass meeting attended by about 200 farmers rejected a proposal to convene a special legislative session to enact cotton relief. The gathering endorsed urging that if called, the legislature address unemployment among textile workers and other labor.
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8. C
Blackwood
Farmers in Bennettsville call for 1932 cotton ban law
Ninety three farmers at a Bennettsville mass meeting urged enacting a 1932 cotton prohibition and asked for a special legislative session to draft it. The overall vote was 62 to 59 against the proposal, while farmers supported 56 to 37. A separate Bennettsville tally favored a special session 32 to 27. In Anderson, D C a mass meeting backed Governor Blackwood's plan to convene a special session to tackle the cotton issue with broad praise and only two opponents. several delegates offered to serve without pay.
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Bennettsville
8. C
Anderson
D. C
Blackwood
Germans to Geneva for League meetings
Germany's delegation to the League of Nations council and the European Commission meetings departed for Geneva tonight led by Foreign Minister Julius Curtius and included former U.S. ambassador Count Von Bernstorff.
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Geneva
Berlin
Germany
League of Nations Council
European Commission
Julius Curtius
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Jury Deliberates Fred Smart Murder Case in Forest City
Rutherfordton Aug 29 The Rutherford County jury weighing the murder charge against Fred Smart in the death of Police Chief Austin Price at Forest City on June 6 went to the jury at 2 pm. Judge MacRae delivered the charge after an hour and a half of final arguments by both sides.
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Rutherfordton
Fred Smart
Austin Price
Forest City
N. C
Gameron F. MacRae
Asheville
Wax
Sammart
Price
Smart
Sunflowers on Display at The Enterprise Window
A stalk with four sunflowers and another with a twin sunflower was placed in The Enterprise window by Mrs. Louise Hall of 608 Kearns Street, creating a bright seasonal display today.
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Enterprise
Louise Hall
Kearns Street
Geneva to host talks on European economic crisis
Geneva gears up for a week of league of nations meetings as European coordinat ing committee and council members from many nations plan economic repairs, discuss Austro German union and Polish minority issues, with Litvinoff and British figures in attendance and the United States not participating.
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Geneva
Europe
League of Nations
European Union Commission
League of Na Tions Council
Ths Union
Poland
League
Great Britain
Arthur Henderson
Viscount Cecil
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
European Coordinating Committee
Commission
Moscow
Paris
Julius Cutting
Germany
Dino Grandi
Italy
U Ted
Customs Union
Council
the Hague
Austria
European Commission
United States
Assembly
Ministers To Meet Again September 7
An unidentified man found wandering New Orleans with 54 hundred dollar bills and $74 in smaller notes could not recall any past or name. Immigration officers questioned him as he waited for a password to reveal his identity amid his wealth. A Washington New York railroad test runs an rss car with cooling coils lowering air by ten to fifteen degrees.
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New Orleans
Washington, D. C
New York
Rss
Hay crop burning risk raises alarm industry wide
Dr. C. A. Browne of the VA and Department of Agriculture warns that fully one-tenth of the harvested hay crop in the United States is prone to spontaneous combustion, posing a national concern for farmers and storage facilities.
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C. A. Browne
VA. 5
Department of Agriculture
United States
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