Charleston Shaken by Big Earthquake Fifty Years Ago
Aug 31 Charleston S.C. recalls the 1893 quake known as the great earthquake of the “big one.” Tremors began 10 p.m. tearing bricks from buildings, producing ground holes and sand mounds. Casualties totaled hundreds with 80 deaths from exposure and property losses exceed $5 million. Day after day shocks, eerie haze, and stories of geysers and odd weather filled local records.
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Aleston
Toway
Anniaf
Charleston
Williamson Retires From Running After Olympic Career
Returning athlete Harry Williamson plans Williamson Day in the city with a banquet and tributes. Committees meet at the Elwood hotel to finalize plans as Williamson considers future in business or sport after discussing a slow final race with Phil Edwards of Canada.
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Harry
Phil Edwards
Canada
Williamson
Elwood
H. R. Williamson
Johnson Street
Protest Over Attack on American Ship Sparks Diplomatic Move
The Kane came under six bombing attempts and fired nine anti air rounds after mistaking a Spanish aircraft for an enemy craft. Secretary Hull asked Spain and General Franco to order airmen to avoid a repeat as President Roosevelt ordered swift action to protect Americans.
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Spain
Kane
Roosevelt
Mid-West
Hull
Francisco Franco
State Department
Ask Seawell To Word Amendments
The State Board of Elections asked Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell to craft ballot wording for five constitutional amendments to appear on the November 3 ballot. The amendments cover adding a new associate justice to the Supreme Court, homestead tax exemptions up to $1,000, property tax classification, raising income tax to 10 percent, and a new debt limitation method for governmental units.
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Raleigh
State Board of Elections
A. A. F. Seawell
Raymond Maxwell
Supreme Court
Unis
Hull Warns Spaniards Over Attacks On U.S. Warships
Secretary of State Cordell Hull sent a stern protest to both the Loyalist Spanish government and insurgent leader Gen. Francisco Franco warning that there must be no more attacks on American warships.
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Cordell Hull
Francisco Franco
Davidson Star Tenders Blood
Crawford, a former Davidson College and major league baseball star, spoke at a baseball training camp here while recovering from a deadly infection. In Chicago, Morris and Mrs Levitt faced their son Philip, seven, needing a transfusion from a recovered donor to provide serum for viridans streptococci infection, with many offers but no donor found.
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Crawford
Davidson College
Chicago
Morris Levitt
Philip
Small Farmer Fears Cotton Picker Impact on Labor
A farmer expresses concern that mechanical cotton picking could doom small farmers and disrupt southern agriculture. Toler hopes the machine fails to preserve current labor and spring chopping remains essential, while Georgia specialist E C Westbrook downplays immediate displacement, suggesting coordination may prevent large shifts.
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Toler
E.C. Westbrook
Georgia
Probe into Truck Ride Involving Mrs Reynolds
A chauffeur returning the vehicle was arraigned as the case was dropped after Assistant District Attorney Richard H. Brown announced a $20 legal compromise paid by R. E. Reynolds to Muller, father in law and tobacco executive. Investigators questioned 16 people, mostly police, as Mrs Reynolds urged relatives to gather.
Former Secretary of Commerce William Whiting Dies
William Fairfield Whiting, 72, former secretary of commerce, died in Holyoke Massachusetts after a long illness. A leading paper manufacturer, he was appointed to succeed Herbert Hoover and served in President Calvin Coolidge's cabinet from August 21 1928 to March 4 1929.
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Holyoke
Mass
William Fairfield Whiting
Whiting
Herbert Cover
Commerce Department
Calvin Coolidge
Fatal blast in Tijuana hospital blast claims girl
A dynamite explosion in Lower California destroyed a hotel killing Marie Madrigal five and her parents yesterday. The girl died today from injuries suffered in the blast.
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Tijuana
Lower
Calif
Marie Madrigal
Snow Palis In Pa. PBensburg Weather Report
Snow fell Sunday in Pennsylvanian city area as rain swept across western Pennsylvania delaying activities and prompting weather alerts.
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Pbensburg
Enow
Pennsylvania
Two Missionaries Killed In Sudan
For Reuters from Addis Ababa, two missionaries of the Sudan Interior Mission were slain by bandits at Yerga Alem in southern Ethiopia last May. Tom L. Devers of Canada and Clifford Mitchell of New Zealand died while attempting to reach the capital. Belgian servant Planier Blaize reported finding their mutilated bodies near Kashisi damo, and a fellow missionary named Smith escaped into Kenya.
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London
Reuters
Addis Ababa
Sudan
Tom L. Devers
Clifford Mitchell
New Zealand
Planier Blaize
Yerga Alem
Ethiopia
Blaize
Kashisidamo
Smith
Kenya
Highway Deaths Drop Predicted in North Carolina
Raleigh August 31 Captain Charlies D Farmer of the state highway patrol predicted automobile fatalities in North Carolina this year would run about 15 percent lower than last year despite more car registrations. He cited efforts to promote safe driving and expected the three month span to lower the annual toll from 1,095 deaths in 1936 by about a tenth to reach the target.
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Raleigh
Charlies D. Farmer
State Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Farmer
Norway to Keep Trotzky and Wife in Norway
Norwegian officials said they intend to keep Leon Trotzky and his wife in the country permanently. After a cabinet meeting, authorities planned suitable quarters for the exiles, now under guard at Hoenefoss, with suggestions the government may buy an isolated, inexpensive house for supervision.
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Oslo
Norway
Leon Trotzky
Trotzkys
Hoenefoss
Market Cautious But Tone Is Firm
The stock market moved cautiously yet firmly with favorable earnings and dividends driving participation. Profit taking appeared at times but largely absorbed. gains remained modest with steels and specialties leading, motors improving, utilities and rails steady, bonds up, grains higher, and currencies quiet.
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New York
Wages Raised By Two Corporations
Wages increase announced by Gulf States Paper Corporation and Central Foundry Company in Tuscaloosa effective Sept 1. Gulf States raises hourly rates by 5 percent for all hourly workers and offers a 5 percent bonus by Sept 15 for regular employees who worked June 1 to Aug 31. Central Foundry posts a 5 cent hourly rise in one department and a 19 percent rise for workers in two pipe departments with other scale adjustments.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Gulf States Paper Corporation
Central Foundry Company
Paper Corporation
Chicago Produce Prices and Classifications Notice
Butter quotations and assorted grade ranges listed for Chicago market with figures for ex tras firsts and standards. Local receipts and car grades noted with percentage ranges and classification terms for creamery specials and fresh graded items.
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Chicago
Prisoner Escapes Drop Noted In North Carolina
Acting penal director Oscar Pitts reports 34 inmates escaped in August in North Carolina, a drop of over 60 percent from 86 in August 1935. Recaptures totaled 23 versus 71 a year ago.
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Raleigh
Oscar Pitts
North Carolina
Steel operations decline in current week capacity usage
Steel industry activity in New York shows a drop of 1 point to 71.5 percent capacity this week from 72.5 percent last week. A month ago usage averaged 71.4 percent and a year ago it stood at 45.8 percent, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.
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New Orleans
Cotcon
Peeee
New York
Bee Naesey
STEEL
American Iron & Steel Institute
Record shows cars operating outside United States
Records indicate more than 11,100,000 automobiles operate outside the United States, highlighting extensive cross border vehicle activity and global distribution.
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United States
Weak brakes on lubricated car roll easy on level ground
A well lubricated car with brakes not holding should roll freely by hand on level ground, making it easy to move.
Narcotics Drive Starts Tomorrow
Washington plans a fresh four front narcotics offensive with a reorganized border patrol. At midnight the patrol becomes part of the Customs Agency Service under four former agents in new districts reporting directly to Thomas J. Gorman deputy commissioner in charge.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Border Patrol
Customs Agency Service
Customs Bureau
Thomas J. Gorman
Wilmington Man Killed In Crash
Wrightsville Beach, Aug. 81. An amateur pilot died and another was injured when their low-flying plane nose-dived into the sea 400 yards off the beach. Rescuers found Carl Dunn Jr., 23, clinging to a wing. Gene Pickard, 26, was trapped in the submerged cockpit and died.
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Wrightsville Beach
Carl Dunn, Jr
Wilmington
Gene Pickard
Dunn
Turner Out of Air Races After Crash in New Mexico
Col. Roscoe Turner totaled his speed plane near Gallup New Mexico when a broken throttle caused yesterday's crash. He escaped with minor injuries and left for Los Angeles by train, ending his bid for the Bendix trophy for the second year in a row.
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Gallup
N. M
Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
New Mexico
New York
Turner
Cherry Is Named To Welfare Board In N C
State Representative R Gregg Cherry of Gaston was named to the state board of charities and public welfare by Governor Ehringhaus. He fills the unexpired term of Judge L R Varser of Lumberton who resigned. Governor Ehringhaus also reappointed Col W A Blair of Winston Salem as chairman and A W McAllister of Greensboro as a member.
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Raleigh
R. Gregg Cherry
Gaston
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Ehringhaus
L. R. Varser
Lumberton
Ebringhaus
Col
W. A. Blair
Winston-Salem
A. W. McAllister
Greensboro
Kernersville Woodmen of World Camp to Hold Open Meeting
Kernersville camp No. 950 Woodmen of the World will hold an open meeting Wednesday night at 7 80 o'clock in the Junior Order hall. The newly organized group invites interested persons to attend as out of town speakers discuss activities and charter membership efforts toward 100 members.
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Kernersville
Kernersville Camp No
Woodmen of the World
Junior Order
Browder Blames Hearst for Creation of Union Party
Earl Browder Communist party candidate for president charged in Chicago that the Union party was created by William Randolph Hearst. Browder said the party's purpose is to back Gov. Alf M. Landon and that the platform was written by Hearst.
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Chicago
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Union Party
William Randolph Hearst
Browder
Alf M. Landon
Hearst
Roosevelt Speeds Tovern Funeral On Train Enroute
President Roosevelt, en route to Salt Lake City aboard the Roosevelt train, accelerates toward the funeral of Secretary of War George H. Dern while maintaining constant contact with Washington over the Kane bombing incident. He plans drought talks paused until Thursday when he meets Gov. Alf M. Landon and state officials in Des Moines.
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Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kane
Washington
George H. Dern
Alf M. Landon
Des Moines
Woman jailed in Salinas after fatal shooting
Frances Sot, 28, was jailed in Salinas after allegedly fatally shooting her father following injuries to her husband. The incident occurred in Salinas California and was reported today.
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Salinas
Calif
Frances Sot
Bert Hall Seeks New War After Hollywood Year
Bert Hall once known as General Chin in China's last revolution plans to head to Southern Europe, saying his two months as a Hollywood writer marked time. He mocks former schoolmates settled in business and declares the pursuit of a fast American life doomed.
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Los Angeles
Bert Hall
China
Chin
Soldier of Fortune
Europe
Alaskan Wolves Targeted by Trapper Amid Rising Threats
A trapper circulates through Alaska to hunt two dangerous wolves named Rumerocus and Destructive, creating tension as authorities and locals watch for further encounters and safety concerns.
Compromised Recovery in High Point Bank Suit
The High Point Morris Plan Bank settles with Dr. J. T. Burrus executors for 2325 of 3100 after a 75 cent on the dollar compromise. Braxton Craven Page of High Point receives bankruptcy discharge in federal court. First Presbyterian church sale to John D. Biggs for 4500 is approved with 4277 to plaintiff and 200 to expenses to special master Silas B. Casey.
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Greensboro
High Point Morris Plan Bank
J. T. Burrus
Dr. Burrus
Federal District Court
Silas B. Casey
Iran Defenders Prepare for Rebel Attack Amid Spanish War News
Reports from Madrid and London describe continued fighting in Spain with rebels pressing on Madrid and Toledo while government forces claim victories. Germany moves its embassy to Alicante in protest of Madrid protection, and an international arms embargo committee forms amid mounting casualties. A French priest is reported killed by a Leftist firing squad in Andorra and a Paris journalist dies in Mallorca fighting.
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Spain
Madrid
Germany
Alicante
Warre
Reich
London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Guadarrama
Toledo
Badajoz
Foreign Legion
Morocco
Burgos
Alcazar
Principality of
Andorra
Mallorca
Paris
Oklahoma Sails Homeward From Spanish Waters
The Navy Department announced that the battleship Oklahoma sailed today from Spanish waters on its return cruise to the United States.
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Washington
Navy Department
Oklahoma
Spanish Waters
United States
Auxilaries Day Observed at First Sunday Baptist Church
Auxilaries Day at the First Baptist Church featured morning talks on why boys and girls should remain in school by John T Collins and Dr Orishatukeh Fadum. Miss Gladys Robinson sang, with a lecture accompanying the program dedicated to the church and school.
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Ilaries
John T. Collins
Gladys Robinson
Orishatukeh Fadum
W. L Mason
Mt. Vert Non Baptist Church
Zior Baptist Church
Reidsville
Zion Choir
Clark Humphry
America
Thomas B. Smith
Sauber
First Baptist Church
State Rally Ends At Women Memorial
The Women’s Memorial rally concluded Sunday with a meal program. Participants included the Women’s Memorial choir Thelma Drake Mrs Bass daughter Mrs B M Thomas B. Smith and Rev J Richardson. Mrs Margaret directed the program.
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Thelma Drake
Bass
B. M
Thomas B. Smith
J. Richardson
Margaret
Shower honors Miss Carrie B Toomer and Miss Eula Mae Dunlap
Miss Carrie B Toomer and Miss Eula Mae Dunlap were entertained by Mrs Belle Toomer at a home on 1306 East Como Street Friday evening. About five guests attended the event. Miss Toomer departed Sunday for Philadelphia to return home.
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Eula Mae Dunlap
Re Belle Toomer
Ph Phia
East Com Street
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Phi Phia
Quartet Program At St Mathew Church Draws In Attendess
Local social notes list visits by Mr and Mrs F G M and daughter Frankie from gee Ala and Miss Olive son from Texas plus Mrs Hattie Parnell visiting Winnsboro and Columbia. Percy Revellis returns home Colerain as Mrs Mar Smith hosts at 1223 Downing. A quartet singing program is set at St Mathew C M E church Tuesday evening at 7 o clock led by Leonard and Hayst.
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Gee
Ala
Olive Son
Texas
M. M. Gerran
Ard Avenue
Manley
Kerrman
Hattie Parnell
Arch Street
Winnsboro
Columbia
Percy Revellis
Mar Smith
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Fea
St. Mathew C. M. E. Church
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Youth Confesses Hammer Slaying Faces Death Penalty
The youth, held in a criminal court, could face the death penalty. Parents Mr and Mrs land Munroe Sr disclosed the prisoner had recent psychiatric evaluation and was described by teachers as quiet and studious. Investigators note minor criminal associates and involvement with a band involved in petty crime.
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Land Munroe, Sr
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