Matrimonial Agent Trapped Woman Posed As Engineer
The fifth body was found near the Powers burial site at Quiet Dell in Clarksburg West Virginia as investigators continued to link a matrimonial agent to a string of killings. The unidentified young woman was strangled and bound with webbing and sash cord, weighed about 150 pounds, and was found buried without a coffin. Police suspect she may be Dorothy Tressler of Worcester Massachusetts among the possible victims in the case connected to Harry F Powers.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Asta Eicher
Chicago
Powers
Quiet Dell
Dorothy Tressler
Worcester
Mass
Authorities On Notice In Fund Probe Evidence
Washington August 29 Senate funds committee Chairman Nye said authorities are on notice of alleged violations of the corrupt practices act and contempt of the senate uncovered during hearings into Bishop Cannon's 1928 campaign funds. The district attorney's office will discuss the case with the county DA next week. Nye wants inquiry into the Huston bank account opened during the 1928 campaign at International Germanica Trust Co New York showing deposits of 183336 and withdrawals near 150000 in late Oct to Nov 1928.
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Washington
Nye
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Senate
Bishop Cannon
William H. Collins
Rover
Claudius H. Huston
International Germanica Trust Company
New York
North Olina
Huston
Clyde Hoey Not To Make Senate Race
Clyde R. Hoey former congressman announced in Shelby that he will not seek the senate race next year. The field already includes R. R. Reynolds of Asheville T. C. Bowie of West Jefferson and Frank D. Grist of Raleigh with Senator Cameron Morrison atop the prospective matchups.
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Shelby
Clyde R. Hoey
Senate
Cameron Morrison
R. R. Reynolds
Asheville
T. C. Bowie
West Jefferson
Frank D. Grist
Raleigh
Highway opening honors Boone trail across three states
A ceremony in Boone marked the completion of a hard surfaced road along the Daniel Boone trail linking Kentucky Tennessee and North Carolina. About 2000 attendees heard remarks from Governor O Max Gardner of North Carolina and other officials, with a Hoover letter read by Santford Martin. The event celebrated Boons Trail National Highway No 421 and the new concrete ribbon connecting eastern Tennessee and the Valley of Virginia with North Carolina.
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Boone
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Sampson
J. G. Wilson
O. W. Lovett
Horton
O. Max Gardner
Virginia
Hoover
Santford Martin
Timber Valuation Fixed On Park Lands Near Asheville
Suncrest Lumber company places a valuation of 3.4 million dollars on timber products and lands spanning about 33000 acres for condemnation to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The North Carolina park commission values the tract around 400000 dollars.
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Asheville
Suncrest Lumber Company
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
North Carolina Park Commission
Unemployment Relief Efforts Grow As Jobless Totals Rise
The Labor Department reports July employment fell 2 percent from June with payrolls down 4.3 percent, and wage cuts averaging 6.9 percent affecting 2,022 workers across 54 industries. President Green estimates 5.1 million unemployed as relief groups review plans. Walter Gifford returns to New York to oversee relief work while Fred Croxton surveys distress among West Virginia coal miners.
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Washington
Labor Department
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Hoover
Relief Organization
United States Chamber of Commerce
Walter S. Gifford
National Relief
New York
Fred C. Croxton
West Virginia
Gifford
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Census Bureau
Federal Employment Service
Proposal To Sell China Wheat Again Made By Farm Board
The Farm Board moved forward a counter proposal to sell 15,000,000 bushels of wheat to China. Details were not disclosed by Farm Board member Carl Williams, as China had complained about provisions in the initial offer.
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Farm Board
Washington
China
Carl Williams
Magistrate Wounded as Gun Battle Ends Lynching Attempt
In upper Greenville county a pistol battle left Magistrate C. O. Baker wounded and Julius Finlay killed. Furman Moore was badly beaten as a mob tried to lynch him while blocking the body’s return to his home. State trooper aid and deputies halted the crowd and Moore was jailed.
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Greenville
S. C
C. O. Baker
Julius Finlay
Furman Moore
Finlay
Waddell Talley
Baker
Marietta
Talley
Moore Negro
A. C. Etheridge
George King
H. L. Dill
E. L. Craige
Moore
Landlady Denied Bond In Murder Case In Detroit
Rose Veras a 49 year old Hungarian rooming house proprietor faces murder charges as police seek evidence in the deaths of 12 men since 1923. A West Virginia suspect Denyem is en route with authorities to testify about life insurance payouts tied to the victims.
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Detroit
Rose Veras
An. W. Va
Graf Zeppelin Near Marseilles On Trip To Brazilian City
Graf Zeppelin passes Grandcamp at 2 10 a m heading for Marseilles flying about 500 feet. From Friedrichshafen Germany the dirigible departs for a nonstop 73 hour flight to Pernambuco Brazil itinerary to run across southern France and Spain contingent on weather conditions.
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Graf Zeppelin
Marseilles
Lyons
France
Grandcamp
Friedrichshaefen
Germany
Pernambuco
Brazil
South America
Spain
Egypt's Proposal for World Cotton Parley Discussed
Farm board member Carl Williams and Egyptian minister debated an international cotton forum. Williams declined to reveal progress and said a state department attitude would follow. Southern Democratic senators including Smith, George, Bankhead, and Byrnes joined the talks, with no time set for further discussion.
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Washington
Carl Williams
Farm Board
Williams
State Department
Egypt
Charles S. Wilson
Sam H. Thompson
Smith
South Carolina
George
Georgel
Bankhead
Alabama
Byrnes
Senator Smith
Ellis
Robinson and
Caraway
Arkansas
SC cotton ban plan backed by farmers across state
South Carolina farmers on August 29 expressed strong support for Governor Blackwood's call for a special session to prohibit cotton production in 1932. At 45 of 46 counties meetings, 37 favored the plan inspired by Governor Long of Louisiana, with one county not voting.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Blackwoods
Long
Louisiana
Tariff Board officer Alfred Dennis dies by suicide
Alfred Peace Dennis 62 a democratic member of the United States tariff commission drowned himself in Casco Bay at Bailey Island Maine after a period of ill health. His family found his pajama clad body on the wet sand following a morning search. Dennis was appointed to the tariff commission in 1925 and named vice chairman two months later. The death was ruled self inflicted by drowning. He had been with his wife and son at a summer cottage on the island since early summer.
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Bailey Island
Alfred Peace Dennis
United States Tariff Commission
Casco Bay
Gilbert M. Elliott
Cumberland County
Dennis
Washington, D. C
Tariff Commission
Coolidge
Commission
Gunman Kills Philly Kingpin Mickey Duffy in Atlantic City
Five gunmen shot Mickey Duffy known as Philadelphia underworld kingpin as he slept in his Ambassador hotel room in Atlantic City. He was struck by five bullets in the brain in a late night attack. Local authorities investigate the ambush and identify suspects.
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Atlantic City
Mickey Duffy
Underworld
Philadelphia
Ambassador Hotel
Martial Law Declared in Three Idaho Counties
Governor C Ben Ross proclaimed martial law in three southern Idaho counties ravaged by forest fires and ordered state troops to curb incendiaries. A cleanup was launched along the Boise Basin Payette river front as 45 forest service personnel were discharged and escorted from the restricted area.
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Boise
Idaho
C. Ben Ross
Boise Basin-Payette River
Forest Service
Motor Club Seeks To Halt Tag War
The Carolina Motor Club called a conciliatory conference to end the license tag war between North and South Carolina. Officials expect highway authorities from both states and motor club leaders to attend in Sedgefield near Greensboro on September 7 to halt retaliatory campaigns against out of state trucks untagged by local licenses.
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Charlotte
Carolina Motor Club
North Carolina
South Carolina
Sedgefield
Greensboro
Smart Sentenced 30 Years for Killing Forest City Chief
Fred Smart, a Forest City painter, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the June shooting of Forest City Chief of Police Austin Price. The verdict came at 6:30 PM following four hours of deliberation, despite defense requests for a 20 to 30 year term.
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Rutherfordton
Fred Smart
Forest City
Austin Price
Smart
Cameron MacRae
Hearing On Protests Against Two Attorneys Licensing
Raleigh news reports a September 10 Supreme Court hearing on protests to two bar applicants. Jack Yarmory, recent Raleigh resident from Atlantic City, and J Melville Field of Liberty face objections over residence rules and past federal charges.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Jack Yarmory
Atlantic City
Fayetteville Street
J. Melville Field
Liberty
Wake County Bar Association
Yarmoy
Guilford Bar Association
Field
Repudiated Labour Leader Faces House Seat Loss
Ramsay MacDonald was repudiated by the Seaham Labour executive in Durham for the future of the national government. A meeting at Wheatley Hall on September 12 will likely affirm the action. MacDonald learned of the move from Lossiemouth, Scotland, and offered no comment. The Prime Minister defended his policy in a letter, hinting at possible resignation from the Commons and potential peerage to remain PM.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor
Seaham Sion
Durham
Tescae
Wheatley Hall
Seaham
MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Weill
House of Commons
House of Lords
New York Police Take 101 as New Murder Reported
New York convulses under a surge in crime as 101 arrests are made in a day amid another murder. Leonardo De Mico a 30 year old Brooklyn beer runner was killed by a single bullet and his body found dumped from a car on Skillman Street at dawn. Police stormed a Bushwick Avenue apartment, wounded an occupant, and captured seven men on charges as they push a relentless war against crime.
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New York
Leonardo de Mico
Brooklyn
Skillman
Bushwick Avenue
Kahn Warns Against Wasting Public Funds
Chicago August 29 Otto H. Kahn New York financier urged vigorous government action to create jobs and warned against wasteful public spending and taxation that could curb incentives and enterprise He compared England's problems to a capital destroying policy driven by the dole system.
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Chicago
Otto H. Kahn
New York
England
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Federal Farm Board
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Tariff Board
Motor Club
Roger W. Harrison
Atlanta
Edward Seawell
Dickinson University
New Jersey Supreme Court
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