Storm shifts from Florida to Mexican Gulf sweep
A tropical storm moving from the Atlantic toward the Gulf of Mexico weakened as it crossed the Everglades. Center 40 miles south of Fort Myers noted reduced force with winds 24 to 32 mph in Fort Myers and Key West. Minor damage reported along the eastern peninsula while Everglades and Palm Beach areas saw heavy rain and winds.
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Miami
Fla
South Florida
Everglades
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Richard W. Gray
Miami Weather Bureau
Fort Myers
Naples
Gulf
Key West
Land Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
K. C. Alston
Belle Glade
Okeechobee City
Pahokee
F. R. Harrison
Palm Beach
Gray
Homestead
A. L. Chandler
American Fruit Growers’ Association
Redland
Edmund 8. Friedman
Miami Beach
79Th Street
Goering Elected President of Nazi Reichstag in Nazi Victory
Berlin August 30 AP Adolf Hitler's Nazis won their first key office in the national government with Hermann Goering elected president of the new Reichstag by 367 to 216. Goering pledged impartial action but against deroga tory acts while Clara Zetkin led protests demanding impeachment of Von Hindenburg and the Von Papen cabinet. Esser of the Nazis won first vice president 364 to 138 over Paul Loebe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reichstag
Goering
Hitler
von Richtofen
Clara Zetkin
von Hindenburg
von Papen
Frau Zetkin
Herr Esser
Paul Loebe
Chaotic Conditions Reported in Ecuador Revolution
In Guayaquil on August 30 a telegram from Alberto Martinez president of the Ecuadorian senate said Quito was chaotic with conservative forces aiding by friars guiding attacks from church towers. The mutinous army garrison signaled a real conservative revolution and there is still no legal government.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Alberto Martinez
Senate
Quito
Neptail Bonifaz
Jewelry Loot Strikes Widow’s Nashville Home
About $25,000 in jewelry was stolen from Mrs. E. B. Stahlman widow of a former Nashville Banner publisher. A burglar, described as a negro, invaded her bedroom last night and forced her to stand in a corner while he opened a dressing table drawer.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. B. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
High Point Firms Offer Special Bargains Friday
Local High Point stores including Hendrix Furniture, High Point Hardware, Gate City Motor, Efird's Department Store, Moffitt Furnishing, Merit Shoe, Beavans Ladies Store and others plan Friday bargains with more firms expected to join in the next day or two.
Cotton Loan Quietly Stirs Policy Debates Across Agencies
Washington reports a $50 million loan aid plan announced by Jesse H. Jones as a move to keep government controlled cotton off the market until 1933. Farm board officials caution public discussion while signaling disagreement with the Reconstruction Corporation over loan terms. The stake centers on 650,000 bales of cotton and price stabilization strategies amid competing proposals from the American Cotton Cooperative Association and the Cotton Stabilization Corporation. Jones disclosed the loan during a radio address on the National Broadcasting System.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Farm Board
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Murray
Oklahoma
Jones
National Broadcasting System
Music teacher buys boy's toy violin cart in Desio
In Desio Italy Pie tro Sala a music teacher bought a toy cart carved from a violin for 25 cents. Hidden inside the instrument a tag reads Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1717 raising hopes the instrument is a genuine Stradivarius valued at about 850000.
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Desio
Italy
Pietro Sala
Sala
US Awaits Solar Eclipse Across New England Path
The Associated Press reports scientists and observers prepare for a 90 second total solar eclipse at 3 30 p m E S T across New England. Thirty four expeditions with instruments are set up while weather officials predict possible partly cloudy conditions in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont.
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New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Earth
Slander charges against U S owned firm in cotton coop case
A New Orleans hearing before the Shannon committee heard claims that a federally financed cotton cooperative and the American Cotton Cooperative Association slandered a private firm to win business. Oscar P. Green testified about a letter accusing the Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association of vilifying Putnam and Nodman Inc. Farm board officials defended the cooperatives saying no government money was lost and loans were repaid.
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New Orleans
Federal Farm Board
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Shannon
Oscar P. Green
Putnam and Nodman, Inc
J. H. Lynch
Farmers’ Feed Loan Office
Sam Bass
Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association
W. T. Bell
Baskin
Cc. O. Moser
Farm Board
Nouapepemeee
Lancashire Textile Strike Expands Amid Heavy Picketing
Estimates place strike participation around 90 percent as 200000 Lancashire weavers press walkout. Union leaders expect a united front in northeast Lancaster by tomorrow amid ongoing meetings and no peace moves. Police faced clashes at Barnoldswick as 200 workers left mills and 2,000 strikers booed them. 60 officers charged the crowd.
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Manchester
Eng
Lancashire
Lancaster
Stength
Barnoldwick
Neighbor Trespass Arrest For Lettuce Patch Incident
John Pastuch, father of eight, was jailed for 12 days after a chick entering a neighbor's lettuce patch led to trespass charges. He could not pay costs.
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for August
Treasury receipts for August 27 totaled 2 647 869 64 dollars with expenditures at 5 880 299 28 dollars and a balance of 352 965 97 dollars. Customs duties for 27 days of August aggregated 21 714 423 66 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Thomasville Strikers Renew Demands at Meeting
Thomasville furniture workers reaffirmed strike demands in a meeting of the Associated Brotherhood of Co-Operative Wood Workers. A committee led by John Yow delivered a resolution to Thomasville Chair Company officials, seeking reinstatement, back wages, original wage scales, and union membership for all workers.
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Thomasville
Associated Brotherhood of Co-Operative Wood Workers
John Yow
Thomasville Chair Company
Mr. Yow
M. G. Maner
E. B. Jeffreys
State Highway Commission
Charles Farmer
Farmer
Masville Chair Company
Amazon Cotton Mill
Bank Robbery at Pine Level Nets $1000 in Goldsboro
An unmasked man entered the Pine Level Bank near Goldsboro this afternoon, asked for water, flashed a pistol at assistant cashier Waverly V. Jones, and snagged about $1000 before fleeing in a sedan left at the bank. Jones described the bandit as middle aged and fleshy. License details for the vehicle were not clear.
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Goldsboro
Pine Level
Here
Waverly V. Jones
Jones
N. C
Court Rules Roosevelt May Oust Mayor Walker
A New York court upholds Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt authority to remove Mayor James J. Walker. Justice Ellia J. Staley says the governor can act without full judicial procedure and may be in error on some points, but courts cannot interfere. The mayor can be ousted only for official misconduct or public trust violations.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Supreme Court
Ellia J
Staley
Walker
Hofstadter Committee
Roosevelt
Justice Staley
Haizlip Plans Return Flight After Record Los Angeles to New York
Captain James G. Haizlip shaved 56 minutes from the cross country record flying from Los Angeles to New York in 10 hours 19 minutes. He averaged about 250 mph in a tiny monoplane, reached 14,000 feet over the Rockies, and ended at Floyd Bennett Field with Col. Roscoe Turner soon after. Haizlip earned a trophy and 9 250 in prize money.
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New York
James G. Haizlip
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Haizlip
James Doolittle
Rockies
Floyd Bennett Field
Col
Roscoe Turner
Suspected Durham Bank Robber Freed by Burlington Cops
Durham police released T. A. Lamm Jr of Burlington after holding him as a suspect in the Fidelity bank robbery at the West Durham branch where $13 000 was taken. Bryant Shaw and Hally Kelley of Burlington remain jailed. no evidence connected Lamm to the crime and bank workers did not identify him.
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Durham
T. A. Lamm, Jr
Burington
Lamm
West Durham
Fidelity Bank
Bryant Shaw
Hally Kelley
Burlington
Mollison Flight Delayed by Sea Fog Out From Sydney
Fog across the Nova Scotia coast halted Capt. James A. Mollison from resuming his flight toward Harbor Grace. He hopes to depart later for Newfoundland and begin his return Atlantic crossing from there.
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Mollison
Sydney
Nova Scotia
James A. Mollison
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Peal of Thunder Fatal to Sick Man in Carbondale
Carbondale Illinois August 30 Up A peal of thunder killed M F Going 78 a traveling salesman who had suffered pneumonia for weeks doctors said the shock from the thunder caused his weakened heart to stop instantly as he died.
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Carbondale
Going
Senator Davis pleads not guilty in lottery indictments
U S Senator James J Davis and Theodore G Miller head of Moose propagation face two indictments charging conspiracy to operate a lottery and operation of a lottery. They plead not guilty before Federal Judge Robert P Patterson as trial set for Sept 19. Bail maintained at 2500 for McGuire and 1000 for Walsh.
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New York
U. S
James J. Davis
Moose Order
Theodore G. Miller
Robert P. Patterson
Bernard G. McGuire
Aurora
Philadelphia
Eagles
Moose, K
Shriners
Raymond Walsh
McGuire
Walsh
George Z. Medallie
Davis
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
Man Receives Five Cent Check From Uncle Sam
Washington August 30 Alonzo L Keefer a retired watchman planned to settle rent with his federal retirement funds but found a five cent check in the envelope. After four years of waiting he says the small payment leaves him in the hole when accounting for travel stamps and other costs.
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Washington
Alonzo L. Keefer
Federal
Keefer
Uncle Sam
Texas Still Doesn’t Know Its Governor
Texas Democratic runoff leaves Miriam A. Ferguson ahead by 404 votes over Ross S. Sterling with hundreds of ballots uncounted. Final results hinge on the September 12 canvass and possible post election challenges by either side including former Governor James A. Ferguson.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Mra
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ross S. Sterling
James A. Ferguson
Sterling
Heat wave grinds Carolinas as records fall in August
A scorching summer heat wave hits the Carolinas with Raleigh and Durham posting all time August highs. Temperatures reach 103 in Durham and 101.1 in Raleigh while Charlotte and Wilmington show rising values and Asheville reports noon 89. In Salt Lake City a party of youths is reported stranded near Mirror Lake as early snow falls come unusually early in the Wasatch.
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Durham
Raleigh
Elizabeth City
Charlotte
Wilmington
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Mirrow Lake
Wasatch Mountains
Gus P. Bachman
Merce
Roy
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Mexican Gulf
Hindenburg
High Point
Associated Press
Lancashire Textile Mills
M Pal
Roy Hunt
N Okia
Stanley ©. Huffman
Cincinnati
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Cal
Helen McCloskey
Pittsburgh
Gotham
Durham Bank
Pennsylvania
Ma Ferguson
Carolinas
Asheville
Columbia
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