Magician John Gifford Freed From High Point Jail
John Bernard Gifford known as Frank Travers, a 22 year old New York magician, was released from High Point jail after McCook county said it would not pursue him for four alleged murders. Authorities say Gifford claimed he killed his father with a shotgun but denied other killings, insisting they were drunken imaginings. He immediately left for New York after gaining freedom.
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McCook County
Friddle
John Bernard Gifford
Frank Travers
New York
Magical Apparatus Concern Employe
High Point City
Gifford
High Point
W. G. Friddle
Lowell Schmidt
South Dakota
John Gifford
Hoey to Deliver Radio Address Friday on NC Campaign
Governor Clyde R. Hoey will speak extemporaneously Friday at 9 30 pm over seven North Carolina stations as the state inaugurates a 250 000 advertising campaign. The address will be broadcast from WSOC Charlotte with WPTF Raleigh absorbing line tolls, stations contributing free time, and no prepared text. The speech aims to boost North Carolina as a vacation and residence destination.
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Raleigh
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Hoey
Enterprise
WSOC
Charlotte
WODNC
Durham
WPTF
Raaleigh
WWNC
Asheville
Alleged Writer Of Threat Notes To FDR Arrested
Boston July 1 Feder officers arrested Morton Wainwright 72 of Winthrop charged with writing threatening letters to President Roosevelt over a 16 month period. He formerly served as a deputy U S marshal in Seattle Washington. Arraignment set for later today.
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Boston
Federafficers
Morton Wainwright
Winthrop
Roosevelt
Alonzo H. Rice
Secret Service
Wainwright
U.S. Marshall
Seattle
Wash
Hall Surrenders to Ohio Police in Steel Strike Case
Gus Hall a Warren district CIO organizer surrendered to Warren police on unlawful possession of explosive devices tied to the steel strike. He waived preliminary examination before Judge Ralph Speak and was bound over to the grand jury under 50000 dollars bond. Lee Pressman CIO counsel did not commit on bond.
Inland Steel Reopens Under Truce in Indiana
Inland Steel in East Chicago resumes operations today after a two part truce with SWOC and the company. Gov. M Clifford Townsend hailed the reopening and workers returned peacefully in a scene noted as the first trouble free restart since the May 26 Great Lakes strike.
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Chicago
Ind
Inland Steel
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Great Lakes
Mahoning Valley
Ohio
Ohio National
Clarence B. Randall
Nicholas Fontecchio
SWOQ
Calumet
Indiana-Tibnets
Randall
Advances Made On Stock Mart
New York July 1 steel shares lifted the stock market sustaining a mid year rally after Fourth of July curtailment. United States Steel rose nearly 2 points at one time driving gains as steel led a broader advance with renewed vigor after early trading weakness.
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New York
United States Steel
Bids Open on First Phase of Cabarrus County School Project
Concord officials schedule opening of bids Tuesday for the initial portion of a 300000 dollar Cabarrus County school building program.
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Concord
Cabarrus County
Two Men Held in Slaying of Three Girls in Inglewood
In Inglewood California on July 1 two men, one linked to a prominent Los Angeles family and a transient ex convict Luther Dow aged 33, were held in connection with the kidnapping and murder of three young girls. Police said two strong leads to a solution had collapsed as all suspects in custody were cleared.
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Inglewood
Calif
Hkugene Biecalluz
Los Angeles
Luther Dow
Englewood
Madeline Everett
Melba Marie Everett
Jeanette Stephens
Irish Election Orderly As Voters Cast For New Constitution
Ireland held a peaceful ballot on a proposed constitution and divorce from Great Britain under proportional representation. President Eamon de Valera faced uncertain prospects against former President William T. Cosgrave. First results were not expected until late Friday with final outcome likely early next week.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Free State
Great Britain
Marty
Uge Sailies
Valera
William T. Co
John Wuest Hunt Convicted in Immorality Transport Case
John Wuest Hunt, follower of Father Divine, found guilty of transporting 17 year old Delight Jewett from Denver to Beverly Hills for immoral purposes. Jurors acquitted co defendants Mrs. Angel Gardner Elizabeth Peters and H B Smith. Judge Yankwich set Friday for sentencing and pleas for a new trial.
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Los Angeles
John Wuest Hunt
Father Divine
Delight Jewett
Denver
Colo
Beverly Hills
Calif
Hunt
Angel Gardner
Mra
Elizabeth Peters
H. B. Smith
Leon Yankwich
Five Condemned To Perpetual Chains
In Havana on July 1 five people were sentenced for the 300000 dollar kidnaping of young Eutimio Palla Bonet two years ago. One woman and four men received perpetual chains while four other men were given four year prison terms.
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Havana
Eutimio Palla Bonet
County allocates bond funds for county road improvements
Durham reports county commissioners allocate 17 500 dollars from a 72 500 bond issue to fund improvement of county roads today.
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Durham
Our County Commissioners
Interior Supply Bill Set for Compromise Release
The Senate backed a $135 million interior department appropriation bill and sent a compromise to the House for approval before President Roosevelt can sign it. Quick action aimed to release funds, with the Army measure remaining as a major bill to pass. The Senate also approved and sent a continuing appropriation bill for interior and war departments through July 15.
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Washington
Senate
Interior Department
House
Roosevelt
White House
Interior and War Departments
French Franc Drops On Market Drift
Paris July 1 The floating franc weakened as trading closed at 26.06 francs per dollar and 128.83 francs per pound after freer rates.
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Paris
France
Budget in Effect Rolls Out Major North Carolina Plan
Raleigh July 1 the largest budget in state history took effect alongside a broad social security program. The biennial budget of about 78 500 000 a year includes federal aid road funds and county funds with first year expenditures around 72 000 000 and a surplus of 4 000 000 to 6 000 000. The program funds aid to Unfortunates free school books state child labor law and a maximum hour law while the 3 percent state sales tax is removed from ten basic food items. Salaries rise 23 000 state employees and 22 750 teachers began under the new budget.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Will Open Office Shelby
The ninth division of the state highway and public works commission will open an office in Shelby tomorrow.
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Shelby
Ninth Division
State Highway and Public Works
Accidents Claim Heavy Toll Across United States
The national safety council estimated 1986 accidents killed 111000 people and cost 8.7 billion dollars. The report notes an injury every three seconds, 10.72 million total cases, 400000 permanently disabled, and a death every five minutes. Home remains the most dangerous place with 87,000 traffic deaths and 48,500 blamed on home carelessness.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Safety Council
North Carolina Fiscal Year Sees Revenue Rise
North Carolina’s fiscal year ending June 30 shows stronger business conditions with tax collections climbing. Income tax totaled 11,013,081 and general fund receipts reached 37,089,925, rising 28.98 percent from last year, while highway fund receipts grew 14.34 percent to 31,094,400, producing a total 68,184,327 from general and highway funds.
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Sir Walter Hotel
J. ©. Baskervill Raleigh
North Carolina
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Department of Revenue
Kidnap Note Investigated in Parsons Missing Case
Sheriff W E Salmon announced an investigation into a hastily scrawled note dropped from a speeding car. The note claimed to be from Mrs Alice McDowell Parsons of Long Island who vanished May 9 and said she is being held near Raleigh. A ransom demand of 25000 dollars prompted the kidnapping theory and the state department of justice joined the probe.
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Salmon
Department of Justice
Parsons
Diplomats Seek Peaceful Solution To Island Dispute
Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff cancels appointments to meet Japan's ambassador over the Amur Islands border clash. Tokyo demands evacuation of armed forces from Amur and accuses the Soviets of provoking the June clash while Moscow counters with its own timeline. A defense loan of four Oil rubles is reportedly set to be oversubscribed.
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Litvinoff
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Japan
Nam Shigemitsu
Amur Islands
Manchoukuo
Japa
Ene
Senate Nominates Diplomats for Cuba Brazil Belgium
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate nominations involving Cuba Brazil Slovakia and Belgium. J Butler Wright named ambassador to Cuba. Jefferson Caffery named ambassador to Brazil. Caffery to replace Hugh Wilson who was named ambassador to Belgium. Leland Harrison nominated for Switzerland. William H Hornibrook to Costa Rica. Ferdinand Mayer to Haiti. No change for Dave H Morris as ambassador to Belgium.
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Washington
Roosevelt
J Senate
Cuba
Brazil
Slovakia
Belgium
J. Butler Wright
Czecho
Jefferson Caffery
Caffery
Hughson
Leland Harrison
Rumania
Ister
Switzerland
Hugh Wilson
Appo
William H. Hornibrook
Lake City
Costa Rica
Ferdinand L. Mayer
Sin
Haiti
Dave H. Morris
Kinsmen Held Without Bond in Krochmalny Murder Case
Three kinsmen Pete Krochmalny his son Paul Krochmalny and Kevin Williams were held without bond on a murder charge in the cremation of Paul Krochmalny a Toledo machinist. Solicitor John J. Burney said they would be tried here July 19 at the hearing Nick Zwiavic was present.
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Burgaw
Paul Krochmalny
Toledo
John J. Burney
Pete Krochmalny
Paul
Kvyin Williams
Pete
Nick Zwiavic
Italy Charges Britain And France Have Violated Pact
A Norfolk and Western locomotive jumped tracks near Bluefield West Virginia killing engineer W. W. Snead and fireman Israel Mahaffey. The blast wrecked Lyle Radcliffe’s home and derailed eighteen freight cars while the train plunged off a trestle injuring brake man James Wall.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
Lyle Radcliffe
Maybuery
Radecliffe
W. W. Snead
Israel Mahaffey
James Wall
Wood Alcohol Fatal to Two Men in Morehead
Two men died and two others remained in critical condition after drinking wood alcohol taken from Morehead college. Police Chief J. H. Adams said the men admitted consuming the alcohol, believing it to be grain alcohol. The deceased are Robert Hogge, 29, and Edgar Holbrook, 27, both of Morehead.
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Morehead
J. H. Adams
Morehead College
Robert Hogge
Edgar Holbrook
Movehead
Il Popolo D'Italia editorial accuses Britain of aiding Spain
An editorial in Mussolini’s Il Popolo D Italia accuses Britain and France of violating the Spanish non intervention agreement. It claims Britain supplied arms and men to the Valencia government and cites alleged recruiting stations in France as part of Italian commentary on British policy.
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Associated Press
Ttala
Benito Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Milan
Great Britain
France
Il Duce
Britain
Valencia
New Justices Sworn In At North Carolina Supreme Court
In Raleigh on July 1 Rice V Barnhill and J Wallace Winborne were sworn as associate justices, expanding the court from five to seven members. Barnhill, a long-time veteran, takes seniority ahead of Winborne, with both joining the bench in a historic expansion. The ceremony elevated the court's leadership and reshaped its seniority lines.
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Raleigh
Rice
Buie Widow Named Administratrix of Estate
Greensboro July 1 Mrs Bertha H Buie was filed today in the office of a clerk of superior court as administratrix of the estate of her husband S. T Buie who died May 12. Heirs besides the widow are two minors William T and James R Buie.
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Greensboro
Bertha H. Bule
Superior Court
T. Buie
Addit
William T
James R
Scouts Hear From President at National Joree
A mass camp fire for 26,817 Boy Scouts ended with a greeting from President Roosevelt read by Attorney General Cummings. Despite drizzle, about 12,000 sat in wooden bleachers as the crowd gathered at dusk near Washington meat for the National Joree with Uncle Dan Beard leading scouts.
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Roosevelt
Cummings
Dan” Beard Pione
Indiana
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