Policeman slain as hold up gang robs two bank messengers
In St. Paul a five man gang using a smoke screen robs two bank messengers of a 30000 payroll. Policeman Leo Pavlek is killed and officer John Yeaman is seriously wounded as bandits flee in a car. The raid occurs before the post office near the livestock market center.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Leo Pavlek
John Yeaman
Joseph Hamilton
Herbert Cheyne
Stockyards National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis
Swift and Company
Pavlék
Hamilton
Cheyene
Yeaman
Pavlek
Paviek
Parker Urges Individual Rights in Expanded Government
Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte told the American Bar Association in Grand Rapids that preserving individual rights while allowing federal power to aid general welfare is the top statesmanship issue. He defended increased federal activity under commerce and general welfare clauses as consistent with constitutional theory, urging measures to sustain agriculture, industry, education, roads and relief during national distress.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
John J. Parker
Charlotte
N. C
American Bar Association
Parker
Fourth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
United States
Ford Won't Sign a PRESIDENT IS NOT MAKING: ANY THREATS
President Roosevelt asks General Johnson for a report on Henry Ford not enrolling under the NRA working code for the auto industry. Roosevelt prefers voluntary compliance and signals no threats. No word from Ford or detailed consideration of applying licensing power yet.
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Ford
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hugh
Johnson
Henry Ford
Washington
Michigan
NRA
NRA Drive Expands Job Revival Efforts and Plans
Boston address by Hugh Johnson outlines a mass hiring push under the NRA blue eagle. He cites up to two million workers moved from unemployment to self-sufficiency, forecasting $30 million more in weekly pay. A midweek master code delay and cautious inflation notes accompany broader credit expansion.
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Washington
NRA
Blue Eagle
Hugh
Johnson
Boston
Core
Arthur D. Whiteside
Reconstruction Corporation
Roosevelt
Ford declines to answer NRA blue eagle questions at vacation site
Henry Ford, vacationing at the Huron Mountain club near Big Bay Michigan, refused to discuss Gen Hugh Johnsons Washington statements about potential public backlash if Ford fails to obtain the blue eagle. He would not comment on the NRA or his future plans.
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Big Bay
Mich
Henry Ford
Huron Mountain Club
Here
Washington
Hugh &. Johnson
Ford
NRA
Mrs Moody Returns After Forest Hills Default
Mrs Helen Wills Moody, who said I dont regret my action and hinted at meeting Helen Jacobs again under different conditions, arrived home in San Francisco from the Forest Hills match where she defaulted last Saturday reflecting on the high profile tennis event.
Trial reaches jury in McAbee double murder case
In Greenville Ohio the case of 23 year old Mrs Bessie McAbee accused of killing two men went to the jury at 12 38 pm today following testimony and defense arguments.
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Greenville
8. C
Bessie McAbee
Warships Steam Toward Foochow Amid Red Menace
American and Japanese warships moved toward Foochow to protect nationals as communists advanced in North Fukien and Yeonping was seized. US consular authorities asked the Asiatic fleet to safeguard the American colony while Passionist missionaries reported safe after warfare near Yuanchow and Hungkiang.
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Foochow
China
North Fukien
Yeonping
Kiening
United States
State Department
Hankow
Yuanchow
Hungkiang
Kweichow
WILL Says Meet Your Own Senator Week
In Beverly Hills California August 20, a reader using the name WILL criticizes Germany banning Schuman-Heink and mocks U S senators for staying away from home. He urges a movement to create Meet Your Own Senator Week to force senators to return home.
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Beverly Hilas
Cal
Germany
Schuman-Heink
Schuman
Long Island
New York
Huey Long
Huey
Louisiana
U. S
Congress
Will
Air Mail Route From Charlotte Being Suspended
Washington official says the Charlotte North Carolina to Augusta Georgia air mail line will be suspended next month due to reduced air mail funds. The move may pause the line rather than end it and other route reductions are considered to cut costs from 21 million to 14 million dollars.
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Charlotte
Washington
Post Office Department
N. C
Augusta
Newark
Atlantic City
Albuquerque
N. M
el Paso
Tex
Pueblo
Colorado
Amarillo
Texas
Dallas
Pioneer Citizen of Cherryville Passes
L. H. J. Houser 77 a pioneer citizen of Cherryville and former educator postmaster and justice of the peace was found dead in bed at his home. He represented Gaston county in the legislature in 1895 and for 25 years edited the Eagle, the local newspaper, plus 20 years as a public school teacher and 4 years as postmaster.
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Cherryville
N. C
L. H. J. Houser
Gaston County
Eagle
Tobacco Prices Rise as Growers Plan Protest Meeting
Prices across the bright leaf belt rose today amid a planned mass meeting in Raleigh to challenge auction bids. Wilson opened at 10.93 for 1 264 448 pounds, while Fairmont led at 13.96 with 819 776 pounds sold. Officials expect prices to climb further with continued sales across Greenville Rocky Mount Tarboro Goldsboro New Bern and other markets. R Hunter Pope of Enfield was named to chair the protest gathering of growers from 42 counties.
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Raleigh
Greenville
Fairmont
Wilson
Rocky Mount
R. Hunter Pope
Enfield
Washington
Tarboro
Goldsboro
New Bern
Street Car Confusion Leads to Drunken Arrest
In Charlotte on August 30 AP reports George Anderson of Georgia claims street cars should be built so travelers know direction. He admitted crashing into a street car while drunk, saying both ends look alike and he could not tell if it was moving toward or away.
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Charlotte
George Anderson
Georgia
Anderson
Actress Will Try Round World Flight
NASHVILLE Tenn Aug 39 Blanche Wilcox Noyes actress and aviatrix announced plans for a round the world flight next year to prove a woman can do it. She will start from Harbor Grace Newfoundland in late May or June and travel in stages following a route similar to Wiley Post.
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Nashville
Tenn
Blanche Wilcox Noyes
Noyes
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Wiley Post
Priest Sentenced in Germany for Pulpit Critique
The Rev August Stoeck er, a Catholic priest in Dorthmund Germany, was sentenced to sixteen months in jail for disparaging the Nazi regime from his pulpit.
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Dorthmund
Germany
August Stoecker
Inquiry Board to Probe Tragic Train Wreck
A board of inquiry will investigate the August wreck near Tucumcari New Mexico that killed eight and injured over twenty. Railroad officials and New Mexico corporate commission members will study causes as repair crews salvage cars and a damaged bridge after the flood. About 35 injured receive care in local hospitals or hotels while some travelers depart eastward on a special train via Dalhart Texas. Death toll includes Co. J Croft fireman Tucumcari James Randall fireman Tucumcari W H Varley Quincy Ill Mrs Varley F D Cook El Paso Sister Mary Cecilia Tucson and two unidentified women. Sister Mary Rosa of Tucson listed as critically injured.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Golden State Limited
New Mexico State Corporation Commission
Dalthart
Tex
Co. J. Croft
James Randall
W. H. Varley
Quincy
Varley
F. D. Cook
Southern Pacific Employe
el Paso
Mary Cecilia
Tucson
Mary Rosa
Ariz
VFW Sorry About Huey Long Outburst at Milwaukee Encampment
Delegates at the national VFW encampment in Milwaukee expressed regret that Huey Long's attack on the Milwaukee press interrupted a fine reunion. Long branded local papers as polecats and accused them of biased coverage after an earlier incident at a New York charity function.
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Milwacker
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Huey Long
Milwaukee
Robert FE. Coontz
Barney Yanofaky
Foreign Service
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
BE. H. Schill
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Senator Long
New York Society
Wall Street
NRA Endorsers Seek Temporary Release in Louisiana
Blue eagle endorsers in Ponchatoula Louisiana petition for temporary relief from their code obligations due to two recent strawberry crop failures and a bank deposit freeze at Tangipahoa Bank and Trust Co. They state they are penniless and unable to meet code requirements while a national bank plan proceeds.
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Ponchatoula
Blue Eagle
Tangipahoa Bank and Trust Co
Code Federal
Hollywood adds guards as gang war erupts after double slaying
Los Angeles police name four men as suspects in the Mackley Keller killings and launch a gangster squad to track them. Hollywood notables beef up home security after the slayings, with Lupe Velez reporting a kidnapping threat and sending her adopted daughter to a southern school.
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Harry Mackley
Frank Keller
New York and
St. Louis
Lupe Velez
Republic
James K. Davis
Joseph Taylor
Charles Sherman
Morris Solivinsky
Henry Sherman
Jack Weinstein
Morris Moll
Morris Marks
New York
Taylor
Po Gang
Mackley
Moll
David Antink
Antink
Police Chief Webber Named as Huey Long Attacker Denied
The Brooklyn Eagle reports Chief Steve Webber of Port Washington, a former boxer, allegedly hit Senator Huey Long at a Sands Point party. Webber denies the accusation. Investigators say Long may remain name less as to who struck him. The Sands Point Bath Club board confirms an in house dispute involving a non member, and dismisses Long’s gagging claim.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Huey Long
Long Island
Steve Webber
Port Washington
Webber
Long
New York
Huey P. Long
Sands Point Bath Club
Senator Long
Washington votes to repeal 13th amendment and embrace repeal
Washington joined 23 states in voting to repeal the 13th amendment as two thirds of states are needed. Only the ninth district in rural eastern Washington rejected prohibition, with two of 99 delegates expected to meet October 3 in Olympia to ratify the voter decision. The statewide tally from 1,924 of 2,682 precincts showed 316,064 for repeal to 132,869 for retention, though this did not affect the repeal outcome.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Wington
Oympia
Ca “St
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