Airplane crashes claim eight lives near Randolph Field
Seven people die in two southwest crashes. At Randolph Field San Antonio Texas two pursuit training planes collided in mid air killing instructor Lieut Grater and cadets Pasche and Sandberg. A fourth man parachuted to safety. A separate crash west of Clovis New Mexico involves a tri motor Western Airline plane with three passengers and two pilots. wreckage found by rancher.
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San Antonio
Clovis
N. M
Associated Press
Randolph Field
Texas
Tex
West Point
Harley R. Grater
Lebanon
Ind
William Pasche
Effort to contest salary discrimination in segregated schools
A late flash from Ralbiga reports the Times citing a reputable source that friends of Black teachers plan to challenge what is called unfair discrimination in salary schedules separating white and Negro educators.
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Ralbiga
the Times
Senator Huey Long disrupts VFW convention in Milwaukee
United States Senator Huey Long stirred a crowd at the Milwaukee Veterans of Foreign Wars convention by railing at local newspaper publishers and ordering photographers expelled. For ten minutes the tumult grew as Long waved his arms and shouted.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
Youths feared dead after sailboat capsizes on Lake Michigan
Michigan coast guard crews comb the Lake Michigan shoreline between Muskegon and Gary for Lawrence Carlson 20 a Muskegon college student and boat owner missing after an 18 foot sailboat capsized during four heavy seas two others survived.
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Michigan
Ind
Lake Catee
Here
Gary
Lawrence Carlson
Muskegon
Miss Virginia Van Wie Leads Women’s Open First Round
Highland Park Illinois August 29 AP Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago defending champion and Miss Said Wilson English titleholder won their first round matches in the women’s national golf championship. Van Wie defeated Elizabeth Dunn Indianapolis 7 and 6 while Wilson beat Marion Turpie Lake New York 3 and 2.
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Highland Park, T
Virginia van Wie
Chicago
Said Wilson
Miss van Wie
Elizabeth Dunn
Indianapolis
Miss Wi
Marion Turpie Lake
New York
Physician charged in apartment fire attack and flight
Chicago report says a physician and bacteriologist Dr Swier allegedly attacked his wife, set their home ablaze, and fled in his pajamas after she escaped by crawling from the burning house. Her 17 year old son corroborated the claim amid suspicions of sudden madness.
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Chicago
Peter Scher
Bank considering High Point branch setup
Charlies L. Amos reported by phone that Kenneth C. Royal discussed with E. A. Gough the plan to establish a Security National Bank branch in High Point. Proposal requires bank director consent and may move to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for action.
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Charlies L. Amos
N.S. Calhoun
Security National Bank
Kenneth C. Royal
E. A. Gough
High Point
Gough
Amos
Royal
Calhoun
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Comptroller of the Currency
Guilford Receives Authority to Issue Revenue Notes
The North Carolina Local Government Commission authorizes Guilford County to issue 100000 in small denomination revenue anticipation notes. About 50000 of the notes will be issued as scrip bearing four percent interest, due in January. Previous issues were largely absorbed, with about seven thousand remaining. W E Booth presented the proposal, aided by assistant director W E Easterling.
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Raleigh
Local Government Commission
Guilford County
W. E. Easterling
Easterling
Guilford
W. E. Booth
Board To Review Veterans Claims In North Carolina Appointed
President approved special board to review veterans claims in North Carolina announced by Veterans Administrator Frank T. Hines. Members are Frank Smethurst Raleigh managing editor News and Observer Paul Dana Pinehurst public accountant and Paul R. Younts Charlotte insurance and real estate man.
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Washington
North Carolina
Frank T. Hines
Frank Smethurst
Raleigh
The
News and Observer
Paul Dana
Pinehurst
Paul R. Younts
Charlotte
Business and Professional Men Club Forming Here
Downtown civic leaders foster a new club for local business and professional men. A nucleus has met and a tentative organizing committee named to develop a selective, limited membership club to fill a social gap since the old Commercial Club closed.
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Commercial Club
High Point
Mystery of Missionaries' Fate Deepens in Hankow
Eight American missionaries trapped two months in Yuanchow siege. U S consulate says government troops recaptured the town from rebels, raising new questions about their fate.
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Hankow
China
Yuanchow
United States
Sanction For Detention Of Insull Approved By Court
ATHENS August 29 court approval for formal sanction of the detention of Samuel Insull former Chicago utilities operator in American extradition proceedings. Insull declined to fully reveal status saying the American government cancelled his citizenship while lawyers argued for bail and his wish to become a Greek citizen.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Insull
London
Insuli
Greece
Pericles Rhalli
Johnson outlines aim of movement to expand cooperation
General Johnson pledges to speed a nationwide drive for consumer and employer cooperation under the recovery program. He chairs NRA committee leaders in 14 cities to urge buying where the eagle is displayed and to finalize the coal code with Appalachian operators and miners. The economy mood is calm as terms are translated into final form for Roosevelt.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Recovery Administration
NRA
Johnson
Roosevelt
Tobacco prices disappoint in opening North Carolina auctions
Opening day across the bright leaf belt shows farmers silent at most warehouses as average prices hover around $9 to $14 per hundred. Rocky Mount lists about one million pounds on the floors with an unofficial Rocky Mountain average near $9.81. Green ville, Goldsboro, and Kinston report mixed early averages, while some bids rise from smaller markets.
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Raleigh
O. L. Boyette
Smithfield
Rocky Mount
Rocky Mountain
Greenville
Goldsboro
Kinston
billions in recovery funds shift to fuel trade and agriculture
Treasury reports reveal a $1.12 billion ready balance to fund Roosevelt recovery programs as public works allocates $1.212 billion and battle ship spending tops $238 million. NRA disbursements total $225 thousand with broader programs targeting cotton and wheat farmers, hog raisers, and relief costs reaching over $141 million.
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Don Kirkley
Ashington
NRA
Treasury
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Agricultural Adjustment
Emery Relief Administration
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Calls for Blue Eagle Enlistment
Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the wartime president appeals to Americans to enlist under the blue eagle banner in the same spirit as 1917 to 1915, urging unity and national effort.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt issues order on sale of gold from natural deposits
Hyde Park New York August 29 President Roosevelt authorizes the secretary of the treasury to receive on consignment for sale gold recovered from natural deposits in the United States. He tightens hoarding rules to safeguard the new gold order and requires within fifteen days all holders of gold coins bullion or certificates to file a statement on their holdings and why currency cannot substitute.
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Secretary of Treasury
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt Jony
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Roosevelt
Professors and politicians clash in a Santa Monica letter
In a Santa Monica note dated Aug 28, WILL argues Mr Moley signals the decline of college professors in government. He says professors rely on books while politicians grasp human nature. He insists old Congressmen and Senators remain powerful Mussolinis of the nation.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Moley
Long senator Huey Long scarred after Long Island washroom assault
Senator Huey Long of Louisiana says a charity benefit on Long Island was interrupted when he was attacked in a wash room by three or four men. He sustained a facial wound from a knife or sharp object but escaped with minor injury after bleeding. He reports threats prior to the incident and says he is trying to identify the assailants.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Huey Long
Louisiana
Great Neck
L. 1
New York
Long Island
At Least Six Die In Wreck Of Golden State Limited
The Golden State Limited passenger train from Los Angeles to Chicago plunged through a washed out bridge five miles west of Tucumcari New Mexico at dawn. At least six people died and about forty were injured as engines and cars tumbled into an arroyo.
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Tucumcari
Golden State Limited
Los Angeles
Chicago
Here
C. J. Crost
Focumcari
el Paso
Amarillo
Southern Pacific Lines
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Ingen
North Carolina highway bids total 781 thousand dollars
Low bids totaling 781263.69 were opened for 20 road projects under an 11 million dollar federal program. Chairman E B Jeffress called the results pleasing as John D Waldrop led the bid opening in Raleigh with over 100 contractors present.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
North Carolina
E. B. Jeffress
John D. Waldrop
House of Representatives
Highway and Public Works Commission
Federal Bureau of Roads
Washington
Capus M. Waynick
Airplanes Use In Search For Murder Suspect
Airplanes were pressed into service instead of dogs in a hunt for Charlie Harkness, alleged killer of Berbert, in Jonesboro Georgia. Five pilots from military authorities at Candler Field circled a swampy jungle for about an hour seeking the fugitive.
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Jonesboro
Chariie Harkness
Bere
Bert
Candler Field
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