San Juan Sinks After Fog Collision Off California
Coastwise steamer San Juan sank after a collision with the S C T Dodd in dense fog near Pigeon Point. Officers report 65 aboard, 54 crew and passengers, 74 missing or unaccounted for, with 10 survivors transferred to the Shawnee. Rescue efforts continue as Munami and Minami search the wreckage. Captain Adolph Asplund went down with his ship.
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San Francisco
McCormick Steamship Lines
San Juan
Coast Guard
Francisco Bay
Pigeon Point
Here
Los Angeles and
San Francisco Navigation Company
S. C. T. Dodd
Frank Lynch
A. m
Manami
Los Angeles
California
Dodd
Adolph F. Asplund
Dynamiters Strike Hits Clinchfield Cotton Mill
Deputies guarding the Clinchfield Cotton mill at Marton North Carolina fail to catch dynamiters after an opening room explosion. Three strikers Bruce Stacy Robert Perkins and George Styles are jailed for attempting to dynamite the minister J N Wise home. Arbitration efforts continue as mill officials oppose talks with non union workers and cite a dominating national union official. Troops were withdrawn and guards remain on duty as the strike drags on.
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J. N. Wise
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Bruce Stacy
Robert Perkins
George Styles
United Extile Workers Union
N. A. Townsend
O. Max Gardner
Rural policeman and mill worker killed in Paw Creek gun battle
Meck lenburg county rural officer S S Rogers aged 38 and H L Luquire a cotton mill worker were killed in a gun battle at Paw Creek near Charlotte. Rogers and partner Jenks Biggers had been watching for burglars after recent robberies including a Paw Creek post office and Hoskins filling station.
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Mecklenburg
H. L. Luquire
S. S. Rogers
Paw Creek
Rogers
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Here
Luquire
Jenks Biggers
Biggers
Rogers and Biggers
Hoskins
Jury selection continues with 300 more venire called
In Charlotte the special venire of 300 men was ordered after the initial panel of 200 was exhausted. Court recessed to 2:30 p.m. as 300 new jurors began to enter. several salesmen were disqualified for bias or opposition to capital punishment amid a murder trial of sixteen National Textile Workers Union members and allied officials.
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Charlotte
National Textile Workers Union
Unti
Barnhill
Lindy Poses for Photo with Cameramen at Air Races
Lindbergh surprised photographers at the Cleveland air races by walking onto the dusty field and inviting a picture. He apologized for not posing earlier and allowed the crew to film him before he flew off in a navy fighting plane as leader of the High Hats.
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Cleveland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Lindbergh Family Safe After Narrow Plane Collision
In Cleveland on August 30 a head on crash was avoided when one pilot steered to ground to avert impact. Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh rode in the escaping aircraft en route to meet her son Colonel Charles A Lindbergh at the national air races.
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Cleveland
Evangeline Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Plane sighting 400 miles east of Cape Hatteras
A report from New York dated August 30 cites an intercepted message of a plane overhead at 4:15 GMT heading east. The position 34 01 N 68 08 W places it about 400 miles east of Cape Hatteras, with sky overcast and wind from the south. No known flight matches the coordinates. The steamer Coldwater sailed from Hamburg on August 14 bound for Savannah.
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New York
The
Radio Marine Corporation
S. S. Coldwater
KE. S. T
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Coldwater
Hamburg
Savannah
Highway Patrol Tightens Rules On Lights In Ninethe District
Lieu tenants met with Captain Charles D. Farmer in Raleigh to enforce strict light regulations and curb reckless driving while treating motorists with courtesy. Warrants for light violations will be issued immediately for cars with dual bright and dim lights or missing bulbs or reflectors, with no grace period for repairs. Transfers of patrolmen announced effective September 1 among districts.
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Raleigh
Charles D. Farmer
Farmer
G. K. Fontaine
H. M. Stone
D. T. Lambert
H. A. Greenway
Max Franks
G. C. Bissett
R. S. Harris
K. B. Mann
Man’s Fall From Launch Investigated in New Orleans
Authorities investigated the mysterious drowning of Henry J. Lutz 45 president of Lutz Brothers importers and exporters of New Orleans, in Lake Pontchartrain last night.
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New Orleans
Lake Pochartrain
Henry J. Lutz
Lutz Brothers
Lady Heath Battles For Life After Cranial Operation
Lady Mary Heath, Irish aviatrix, regained consciousness after an operation for a fractured skull and other injuries from a crash at a Cleveland factory roof. Doctors warned infection risk remains, but initial recovery looks hopeful. She flew in national races Tuesday with mechanic Erwin Kirk, who was injured. the dead stick contest was canceled.
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Lady Mary Heath
Cleveland
Lady Heath
South Africa
London
E. Cc. Cutler
Western Reserve University
N. B. Wright
Lady Mary
Erwin Kirk
Mills Company
Kirk
Croydon Field
England
Capetown
Africa
Bagdad
Next Nurses Meet Chosen for Greensboro Convention
Greensboro was named the 1930 convention site for the North Carolina Association of Nurses. Officers were elected earlier, and the adjournment followed. Miss Mattie Moore of Charlotte presided over a closing day program organized by the association's private duty section.
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Wilmington
Greensboro
North Carolina Association of Nurses
Mattie Moore
Charlotte
Canadian liquor exports decline near Detroit
Treasury figures released today show a sharp drop in Canadian liquor exports to the Detroit area. June and July imports from Canadian towns opposite Detroit totaled 171,719 cases, down from 489,101 last year, a fall from 1,096,752 to 429,236 gallons.
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Washington
Treasury
Canada
Detroit
Customs Bureau
Evacuation, Reparations Pact Signed by Five Nations
At The Hague early today representatives of France Great Britain Italy Belgium and Germany signed letters and documents recording the agreement on Rhineland evacuation and financial questions related to the Young plan.
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the Hague
France
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Rhineland
Hall Motives Questioned In LaVarre Newspaper Suit
In Macon Georgia August 30 sparring between attorneys over Hall LaVarre case focused on whether Harold Hall sought to aid the International Paper Co Judge Bascom Deaver allowed cross examination on the matter but urged direct questioning Lovett argued he was not trying to entrap Hall Hall acknowledged accepting in principle a working agreement that includes a $15000 annual payment to each Hall and LaVarre and a ten year option to buy out the company
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Macon
Hall-LaVarre
William LaVarre
Harold Hall
International Paper Co
Hall
A. B. Lovett
Bascom
Deaver
Lovett
George S. Jones
The
International
Chicago Journal
Graustein
LaVarre
Al St. Johns Sentenced Over Back Alimony Payments
Los Angeles reports that actor Al St. Johns, a motion picture comedian, was sentenced by Superior Judge Burnell to the county rock pile for failure to pay alimony. He must pay $1,600 back alimony to his first wife Mrs. Lillian St. Johns. St. Johns argued he supported his parents his present wife and child and was out of work during the recent equity strike in films. The judge ordered he remain on the rock pile until payment is made. He replied he would stay as long as needed.
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Los Angeles
al St. Johns
Burnell
St. Johns
Lillian St. Johns
June St. Johns
Equity
Wrigley 15 Mile Swim Begins With 209 Competitors
In Toronto on August 30 the Wrigley Canadian national exhibition 15 mile swim started for a $35 000 prize. More than 209 entrants plunged at 11 08 a m in Lake Ontario as 25 000 spectators watched. Ruth C Tower of Toronto and Mrs Evelyn Armstrong of Detroit were the only women in the field.
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Toronto
Ont
Lake Ontario
Ruth C. Tower
Evelyn Armstrong
Detroit
Veterans of Foreign Wars backs national referendum on eighteenth amendment
In St Paul Minnesota the VFW in its 30th annual encampment after tabling a repeal resolution approved a national referendum on the eighteenth amendment.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
British Planes Circle Over Moslem Worshippers
In Jerusalem British planes circled over the Omar mosque area to guard against further disorders as a huge Moslem crowd gathered for Friday prayers. Reports from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency noted nine Jews killed in Safed and additional attacks on Jewish colonies. British troops repelled several new attacks and drove off Arabs at Telpioth between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
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Jerusalem
Mosque of
Omar
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Safed
Telpioth
Bethlehem
Wailing Wall
Empire State Building Project Announced in New York
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith will head a company to construct the Empire State Building on the Waldorf site at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. The 80 story tower will rise about 1,000 feet, cost an estimated 60 million dollars, and be finished in 18 months. It will house up to sixty thousand people at once.
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New York
Alfred FE. Smith
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
Manhattan
Obstacles in Way of Anglo American Naval Accord
Washington officials report that obstacles to a naval equality accord with Britain have narrowed to cruiser issues from the failed 1927 conference. Each side has set out its positions, and further talks are needed. Officials say remaining differences are few and a likely announcement may come in days. The process has involved Hoover, Stimson, Adams, and Cotton drafting cables to Ambassador Dawes.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
MacDonald
Hoover
Stimson
Adams
Cotton
Dawes
Graf Zeppelin Commander Welcomed in New York
Dr. Hugo Eckener arrived in New York amid a festive reception after his Atlantic journey aboard the Graf Zeppelin. The Los Angeles drone circled overhead as he greeted officials at city hall and spoke to reporters with Lady Grace Drummond-Hay aboard.
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New York
Hugo Eckener
Jersey Shore
Los Angeles
Eckener
Washington
Lakehurst
Broadway
City Hall
Dr. Eckener
Grace Drummond-Hay
National Broadcasting Company
Financial District
Graf
America
Cleveland
Two Are Held For Robbery of Summer Home In This State
COBALT Conn August 30 two Hartford men Pi J Carroll furniture dealer and George Tunis warehouseman were held for superior court in a case involving 10000 dollars of furniture rare books stolen from the summer home of Mrs Edith Brown of Northboro NC a niece of former Senator George P McLean of Connecticut The furniture was found at Carrolls store and Tunis warehouse and the books at the Hartford state library sold by a Middleton Conn man Carroll said he bought the contents for 25 and paid Tunis 10 for moving the articles including door knobs but excluding a piano Mrs Brown learned of the robbery on arriving August 15 and then returned to North Carolina
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Cobalt
Conn
Pi J. P. Carroll
George Tunis
Hartford
Superior Court
Edith Brown
Northboro
N. C
George P. McLean
Connecticut
Carroll
Od Tunis
State Library
Middleton
Man Captured In Palace Grounds
Special police from Scotland Yard investigated a dawn intrusion into Buckingham Palace grounds. A trapped intruder refused to identify himself and was captured after a pursuing officer scaled the wall, injuring hands on the picket fence. He appeared unemployed and unarmed. no royals were present.
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London
Aus
Scotland Yard
Buckingham Palace
Royal
Palace
England
George
Queen Mary
Sandringham
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Tom P. Jimison
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J. A. Parham
Clyde R. Hoey
Lindy
Hatteras
Highway Patrol
Halls
Paper Company
Rock Pile
Wrigley
Tiberias
Gotham
Smith Heads Company
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