Federal Budget Clash Looms As Tax Debate Opens
Washington Aug 31 AP Secretary Mellon announced a billion dollar financing for the September quarter prompting Hoover to weigh next year’s budget with Mellon and Republican leaders. A looming deficit of about $903 million for the year and lower tax receipts raise calls for tax revisions, but party leaders fear dampening votes in an election year.
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Washington
Mellon
Hoover
House
Senate
Congress
Treasury
Capitol
Watson
Indiana
Rend
Nye presses Cannon oath request on 1928 funds use
Senator Nye renews demand that Bishop Cannon testify under oath about his 1928 campaign funds. Nye ignores Cannon's London cable and notes Cannon was warned earlier that the inquiry would proceed when it did.
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Nye
Cannon
Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Bishop Cannon
London
Bish
Willis Smith Improves After Raleigh Auto Crash
CHARLOTTE Aug 31 Willis Smith of Raleigh speaker the state house of representatives was reported much improved today though still suffering from injuries received in an automobile accident near here Saturday.
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Charlotte
Willis Smith
Raleigh
State House of Representates
Here Saturay
Denning Meets Roberts in Durham Boxing Card
Durham and McAdenville boxers Jake Enning and Irry Roberts set for a three round light heavyweight bout as the main attraction of Durham's first boxing program in more than a year with action tonight at the local arena.
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Denning
Roberts
Durham
N. C
Jake Enning
Irry Roberts
McAdenville
Wallace Davis To Be Tried For Using Mails To Defraud
In Asheville on August 31 the US court deferred the trial of Wallace B. Davis, a former banker and two time state convict, on charges of using the mails to defraud. Co defendant is W. D. Harris, former vice president of Central Securities Corporation, subsidiary of Central Bank and Trust Company. The bank and securities firm failed last fall. Trial reset for next Wednesday due to defense preparation.
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Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
United States
Davis
E. Yates Webb
Central Securities Corporation
Central Bank and Trust Company
Bank
the Securities Corporation
W. D. Harris
Webb
Veterans urged to study cost before more relief
General Hines told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City that veterans groups should seek no new relief legislation until they study and determine the ultimate cost. He noted annual benefits exceed 800 million dollars and urged focus on jobs with labor department support. Paul Wolman urged lawmakers to back aid for ex-service men and families.
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Kansas City
Ay Pao
Administrator Hines
Veterans Affairs
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hines
Bureau
Labor Department
Paul Wolman
Georgia Tobacco Average Last Week 4.40 Cents a Pound
Georgia growers sold 8,298,975 pounds of tobacco last week for 365,013.60 dollars at an average 4.40 cents per pound. Marcus McWhorter of the state department of agriculture notes week five figures compare to last year’s 3,022,818 pounds at 5.68 cents and to date 57,895,929 pounds sold for 3,793,819.25 dollars at 6.58 cents average.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Marcus McWhorter
State Department of Agriculture
McWhorter
Postal Receipts Signal Improving Business Conditions
San Francisco reports to readers that increased postal receipts, cited by Postmaster General Walter P. Brown, indicate improving business conditions as of August 31. The note frames higher mailing activity as a positive economic indicator for the era.
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San Francisco
Walter P. Brown
New Hormone Cortin Revives Man After Apparent Death
Buffalo August 31 The American Chemical Society opened with news of cortin a new adrenal gland hormone extract revived a man who had stopped breathing from Addison's disease. Dr F A Hartman of the University of Buffalo isolated cortin and described its heat producing muscle action. In one case cortin arrived 40 minutes after adrenalin and salts restored life though another Addison's patient died. Appeals for cortin grow as deathly cases rise.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Chemical Society
University of Buffalo
F. A. Hartman
Hartman
The
Chemical Society
Addison
Cortin
National air races crown pilots and women earn top honors
In Cleveland on August 31, John Livingston of Aurora Illinois won the first closed course race at the national air races with an average speed of 148 mph on a 30 mile course. The event carried 800 dollars in awards for engines of 5610 cubic inch piston displacement. Mrs Phoebe Omlie of Memphis Tenn led the women’s division with 10913 percent, beating Mrs Martie Bowman and others as rankings continued through the field.
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Cleveland
John Livingston
Aurora
Ill
Phoebe Omlie
Santa Monica
Cali
Memphis
Tenn
Aviatrix
Martie Bowman
Glendale
Reg Burrows
Los Angeles
Myron Griffin
Omlie
Bowman
Mae Haizlip
St. Louis
Edith Foltz
Portland
Six Gunmen Guard Gangster's Widow in Philadelphia
Mickey Duffy, South Jersey racketeer, was slain in Atlantic City. His wife, shielded by six gunmen in her Philadelphia mansion, had $400,000 in trust funds. Police seized leads as two men were arrested in Berlin, New Jersey, amid a hunt for Duffy's killers.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Mickey Duffy
South Jersey
Atlantic City
Duffy
Underwood
Harry J. Green
James Richardson
Berlin
N. J
Ritz- Carlton
Southern Railway switches clerical staff to five day week
About 250 office workers in Charlotte will be affected when the Southern Railway enacts its five day week for clerical staff starting tomorrow. The plan, announced earlier from Washington, marks a new schedule change for the force.
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Southern Railway
Charlotte
Washington
France to Lead 1932 Disarmament Drive Says Boncour
Paris August 31 AP Joseph Paul-Boncour chairman of the foreign affairs committee predicted that France would lead the 1932 disarmament conference in Geneva next February. He urged placing national armed forces under an international mortgage and League of Nations control to prevent future wars, deeming the conference a pivotal test for world peace.
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France
Paris
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Bet of Deputies
Associated Press
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
French deputy proposes league control of armed forces
Washington reports that authorities withheld comment on Joseph Paul Boncour's proposal to place national armed forces under League of Nations control. The French foreign affairs committee chairman suggested this international framework during discussions.
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Washington
Joseph Paul Boncour
French Chamber of Deputies
Nations
League of Nations
Aged Woman Found Hanging By Hair at Squaw Rock
Miss Miriam Coe, 50, reported missing Saturday night, was found suspended by her hair from bushes beside Squaw Rock on Annisquam hill in Annisquam Mass. Police believe she may have fallen asleep and tumbled down the cliff. She was taken to a hospital for exposure treatment.
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Annisquam
Mass
Miriam Coe
Squaw Rock
Annisquam Hill
Louis E Norryce Dies Veteran Newspaperman at 74
Louis E. Norryce, 74, veteran newspaperman, died in Columbia after several months ill ness. His early work was with the Anderson Intelligencer and he later served the Winston Salem Journal and was a correspondent for the Cincinnati Post.
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Columbia
S. C
Louis E. Norryce
Anderson Intelligencer
Winston- Salem
N. C
Cincinnati Post
Child Drowns While Swimming in South Forks River
Gastonia reports 12 year old Hunter Gray Levan son of J N Levan of Cramerton drowned yesterday after cramps while swimming in the South Forks river. The body was recovered.
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Gastonia
South Forks
Hunter Gray Levan
J. N. Levan
Cramerton
Von Gronau Starts From Hudson Bay For Long Lake
Ottawa reports Wolfgang Von Gronau lifted off from Port Harrison at 9 35 E T for Long Lake. The explorer previously crossed the northern route from Europe last week. St Vincent notes a non stop Zepp sighting en route from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco Brazil. In Greenville South Carolina the Rector trial on Farmers Bank of Travelers Rest robbery is delayed to October term. Elon Banking and Trust of Elon College did not open today, per banking commissioner Hood.
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Ottawa
Wolfgang von Gronau
Port Harrison
Hudson Bay
Long Lake
von Gronau
Europe
Greenville
8. C
Carlos A. Rector
Farmers Bank
Travelers Rest
General Sessions Court
Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
Elon Banking and Trust Company
Elon College
Ten Inch Ledged Steeplejack Clings On After Plunge Death
Rochester New York reports James Kemp 63 year old steeplejack clung to a ten inch ledge atop a 150 foot chimney for two hours after fellow worker Gondolfo di Primo 40 fell to his death when a scaffold broke. Firemen with life nets waited as rescue crews worked to save him.
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Rochester
N. Y
James Kemp
Gondolfo di Primo
di Primo
Gangsters Burn Into City Wounding Innocent Girl Bystander
An 18 year old girl was wounded in the wrist by bullets fired at a boss longshoreman from an automobile in New York. Investigators say Joseph Stantom had been under extortion threats. Miss Jennie Ballantiane was en route to a movie when the shooting erupted as children fled for shelter.
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New York
Joseph Stantom
Jennie Ballantiane
Protest Over Steamer Trunk Searches by Savannah Inspectors
Passengers aboard the Grace liner Santa Inez protest customs searches conducted in Savannah before sailing north. Six inspectors rifled cabins and baggage while crew watch rested ashore, scattering items. Protest notes the raid occurred before customs declarations and involved liquor and medicine found in the cabin of Bolivian official envoy Senor Ezequiel Romerin Calderon. Winthrop Sargent of the New York Philharmonic music school chaired the indignation meeting.
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New York
Savannah
Grace
Treasury Department
Senor Ezequiel Romecin Calderon
France
Winthrop Sargent
New York Philharmonic Society
Graceling
New
Blackwood Eyes Texas Plea on Cotton Ban Call for 1932 Session
Governor Blackwood, gratified by Saturday mass meetings, weighs a special North Carolina session to outlaw cotton planting in 1932. Results show 37 of 46 counties favor the session, seven oppose, one undecided. Charleston County absent. He awaits full reports before deciding, noting Texas as a key influence and urging Governor Sterling to call an extra term.
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Columbia
8. C
Carolina
Blackwood
Charleston
Texas
Ross Sterling
Appeal Sought in Gant Bankruptcy Ruling by Hayes
Special to the Enterprise Greensboro Aug 31 The civil term opened with Judge Wilson Warlick to decide whether receivers in the Gant estate must turn all assets over to federal bankruptcy trustees The receivers claim assets were held for the court clerk and seek to appeal Judge Hayes ruling in federal court The day largely saw divorces granted none contested The trustees want the Greensboro Bank and Trust Company receivers to hand over real and other property to the bankruptcy trustees.
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Enterprise Greensboro
Superior Court
Wilson Warlick
Gant
Johnson J. Hayes
Greensboro Bank and Trust Company
Warlick
Japan considers permit for Pangborn Herndon flight
Tokyo officials reviewed the application of Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr for a permit to attempt a nonstop flight from Japan to the United States. Decisions on timing were deferred after more talks with army and navy authorities. Officials denied censorship of Pangborn and Herndon messages.
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Tokyo
Ministry of Communications
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Japan
United States
Pangborn
Herndbop
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