Britain Awaits Roosevelt Sign on Neutrality Act Policy
Sir Samuel Hoare awaits President Roosevelt's final decision on the congressional neutrality act and an official copy to define U S actions in the event of an Italo Ethiopian war. London officials stress Geneva policy and potential sanctions under the covenant if war breaks out. In Bolzano Mussolini and generals observe maneuvers as Italian artillery substitutes shells for explosives.
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Samuel Hoare
Roosevelt
United States
Geneva
League Council
League
Bolzano
Italy
Mussolini
Italo Balbo
Balbo
Libya
Final Homage Paid To Beloved Queen Astrid Of Belgium
Belgians gather at the royal palace for the last homage to Queen Astrid killed in a Swiss car crash. Eighteen months after King Albert’s death, funeral plans set for next Tuesday at 11 a.m. as processions, bugles, and muffled drums mark the royal sorrow.
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Belgium
Brussels
Royal
Switzerland
Albert
Aux Champs
Chappelle Ardente
Gaste Due Nord
Lucerne
Leopold
Gare du Luxembourg
Boulevarde
Social Security Act Draws Hoey Praise in North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, a gubernatorial candidate, praised the Social Security Act at the Borders reunion in Grover North Carolina saying it represents the outstanding accomplishment of Congress and that North Carolina should quickly qualify for full benefits. He credited Representative Douhten of North Carolina for guiding the act through the House.
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Clyde Hoey
Shelby
Grover
N. C
Clyde R. Hoey
Borders
North Carolina
Hoey
Rep. Doughten
Pension Plan Snarl Delays Aid Across States
An Associated Press survey shows 31 states and the District of Columbia unable to start or expand old age pension programs without federal funding. Many legislatures enacted or revised laws to align with federal measures, while others paused awaiting Congress. California and Texas moved ahead with plans. Maryland already pays up to 60 dollars monthly.
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Associated Press
District of Columbia
Seal
Kansas
Illinois
Utah
Vermont
Massachusetts
Missouri
California
Connecticu
Texas
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Oregon
Montana
Washington
Lone Star
Maryland
Hopkins Speeds Up New Work Relief Drive Aim to Put 3.6 Million At Work
Washington reports that the new works relief program is accelerating under Harry L. Hopkins. Officials say 2.6 million are at work today, with 400 000 CCC members counted, as transition from old FERA dole aid to job programs continues and aims to reach 3.6 million by November.
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FERA
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Doles
Civil Works Administration
Alabama
Wyoming
Dole
Cal. Frank Knox
Chicago
Borah
Idaho
Vandenberg
Michigan
Landon
Kansas
Rail unions call off Wabash and Ann Arbor strike
In St. Louis on August 80, unions postponed a dawn strike by 4,500 workers on the Wabash and Ann Arbor railroads, ending the expected action for now.
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ST. Louis
Wabash
Ann Arbor
Moonshine Death Claims 3-Year-Old in Kentucky
In Greenup County Kentucky a three year old boy Floyd Horsley died of pneumonia linked to drinking moonshine whisky. He had been unconscious since Sunday after being found beside an empty pint bottle in his parents home. four doctors tried to revive him.
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Greenup
Floyd Horsley
Roosevelt Crippled by Supreme Court NRA Decision
Washington dispatch notes the impact of the Supreme Court ruling against the National Industrial Recovery Act on President Franklin D. Roosevelt and New Deal programs, signaling a major constitutional crisis and policy setback.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
NRA
Ethiopia halts merchant rail traffic for military use
Addis Ababa Aug 20 AP Ethiopia government blocks all railroad transportation of merchants goods to free railroad facilities for army movement of soldiers munitions and food supplies, prioritizing military needs over commerce.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
French pacifist writer Henri Barbusse dies in Moscow
Henri Barbusse, 61, the French pacifist author of Le Feu, died at 0 A M in Kremlin hospital in Moscow. He succumbed to pneumonia.
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Moscow
Henri Barbusse
Kremlin
le Feu
Ruling Sought In Bond Issue Dispute
Raleigh August 30 Dudley Bagley chairman of the State Rural Electrification authority planned to have the attorney general’s office rule whether municipalities distributing power can issue bonds for constructing lines outside their limits into rural areas. The ERA conferred with representatives of utilities companies in the state last week regarding the extension of lines into rural areas.
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Raleigh
Dudley Bagley
State Rural Electrification Authority
Attorney General's Office
Dozen Children Bitten by Rabid Cat in Asheville
Dozen or more people, mostly children, required Pasteur treatment after a half grown rabid cat ran amuck in Grove Park, Asheville. The cat was captured and found to be rabid after examination.
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Asheville
Pasteur
Grove Park
Slayers Die in Double Hanging in New Madrid
Eddie Gayman and Roy Hamilton were executed at dawn in New Madrid Missouri for the Christmas Eve killing of Arthur Cashion. Hamilton, 26, was hanged first at 5:35 am and died at 6:52. Gayman, 40, followed at 6:05 am and died at 6:17. Sheriff Sam Harris oversaw the procedures.
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New Madrid
Eddie Gayman
Roy Hamilton
Missouri
Arthur Cashion
Hamilton
Gayman
Sam Harris
Hanings
Freedom Given Man Who Submits To 35-Year-Old Murder Charge
In Madison county North Carolina thirty five years after a cousin’s death James Lansford later known as George W Franklin faced trial but the Solicitor dismissed the case. Witnesses were unavailable and memories faded as the defendant planned to move away after the failed attempt to seek justice.
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Marshall
N. C
James Lansford
Madison County
Hud Lansford
Louisiana
George W. Franklin
Zeb B. Nettles
Lunsford
Tunsford
Dequincey
Schools Seek $300000 for Work Here
Superintendent T. Wingate Andrews returned from Greensboro with an application for 300000 to 315000 dollars of PWA funds for a new elementary school building and additions to the Senior High, Junior High, and Fairview Street schools.
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T. Wingate Andrews
Greensboro
PWA
Andrews
Fairview Street
Suspect Held in Burke County Murder Mystery
John Richardson was held in Morganton after the body of I M McKinney a 50 year old farmer was found in a shallow grave near his home in Jones Ridge Burke county McKinney had been missing for 18 days Richardson lived with McKinney on the farm he came to Morganton on August 3 reporting the disappearance and on the same day McKinney was jailed on a forgery charge for two checks totaling 75 dollars McKinney later signed the checks over to Richardson before his disappearance
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Morganton
John Richardson
I. M. McKinney
Jones Ridge
Burke County
McKinney
Richardson
Liquor Store Opens In Southern Pines
The Wilson county alcohol beverages control board opened a store in Southern Pines and announced a Pinehurst opening within two to three weeks.
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Southern Pines
Wilson
Wilson County Alcoholic Beverages Control Board
Pinehurst
Perhaps He Wasn't So Dumb After All
In Durham on August 30 an embezzlement charge against Henry Beatty, a Black man, in a case involving Mose Levy sending him to Columbia to fetch potatoes, was questioned by Judge Walter Bass who found no evidence of embezzlement. Beatty admitted the trip yielded watermelons instead of potatoes.
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Durham
Mose Levy
Henry Beatty
Columbia
D. C
Beatty
Leavy
Walter Bass
AAA Amended Farm Act Upheld In Federal Ruling
In Yazoo City Mississippi Judge Edwin Holmes upheld the amended Roosevelt AAA saying its processing tax provisions are constitutional and can be collected. Stonewall Cotton Mills sought a temporary injunction, but the request was denied as the act’s rights pathways remain available. Government lawyers hailed the ruling as a potential precedent amid widespread AAA challenges.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Edwin R.R. Holmes
Holmes
Stonewall Cotton Mills
Stonewall
AAA
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Nathan P. Bryan
Congress
Bravery Leads to Parole for NC Prisoner
Raleigh August 30 A prisoner named J H Cooper paroled after he nursed a fellow inmate with spinal meningitis at the prison hospital. Cooper, jailed for storebreaking and larceny in Mecklenburg County, had served about a year of a one to two year sentence.
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Raleigh
J. H. Cooper
Mecklenburg County
Cooper
Edwin M. Gill
Revenue to mail drivers license forms to 500000 owners
The department of revenue plans to begin addressing and mailing application blanks for drivers licenses to nearly 500000 automobile owners in the state Monday morning.
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Raleigh
Department of Revenue
Roosevelt pushes bills as vacation nears
President Roosevelt signs the Guffey bituminous coal stabilization bill and weighs other measures after Congress adjourned. He plans last minute briefings, hopes to depart for Hyde Park Saturday, and faces potential changes in liquor regulation with FACA replaced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Joseph H. Choate
Liquor Control Agency
FACA
Supreme Court
NRA
Choate
New York
Bendix Trophy Race Tragedy Shocks Cleveland Crowd
Bendix Trophy entrants sped from Burbank toward Cleveland as seven planes took to the air. One craft crashed near North Hollywood killing pilot Cecil Allen, another aircraft forced down. Benny Howard was first to reach Cleveland. Amelia Earhart and Col Roscoe Turner among noted fliers reported en route.
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Cleveland
Benny Howard
Burbank
Cecil Allen
Jacqueline Cochrane
Kingman
Ariz
Burank
Benjamin O. Howard
Kansas City
Amelia Earhart
Earl Ortman
Albuquerque
Royal Leonard
Col
Roscoe Turner
Wichita
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Roy O. Hunt
Allen
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Nee Terminal
Ile
Fiiers
Lakensheim Boulevard
North
Hollywood
Don Moyle
Pacific
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
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Siberian
Spirit of Right
Weather Forecast North and South Carolina Coastal Regions
North Carolina partly cloudy with possible rain on the coast and cooler tonight. Saturday fair. winds fresh to northwest, coast overcast at times. South Carolina partly cloudy with cooler coast tonight. Saturday fair. Winds Gandy Hook to Hatteras shift north to northwest, over north coast fresh southwest to northwest over south coast. Hatteras to Jacksonville winds shift to west, with moderate southwest to northwest and chances of showers tonight.
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South Carolina
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Hatteras
North
Jacksonville
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