First Legal Liquor Store Opens In N C In 27 Years
North Carolina allows liquor sales after a 27 year absence. Wilson opened a store with a long line as the attorney general issued a non binding opinion that transporting liquor from wet to dry counties would violate the Turlington act. Rocky Mount and Edgecombe await their own stores amid countyline tension. Nash remains dry after a referendum.
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North Carolina
Wilson
Seawell
Rocky Mount
Edgecombe
Nash
Lying Keys Set Endurance Mark Over 27 Days Flight
Fred and Al Key returned to Meridian Mississippi after a 27 day 34 hour endurance flight in the Ole Miss plane breaking the 1930 Chicago record of 662 hours 41 minutes. They landed at 6 06 PM Central Standard Time amid cheering crowds and a minor tire mishap. The Keys exceeded the unofficial St Louis mark of 647 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds established in 1930 amid storms and mechanical trouble.
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Meridian
Miss
Earth
Fred
al Key
Ole Miss
National
Chicago
John
Kenneth Hunter
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
St. Louis
Soviet Protest Over Border Incidents Demands Tokyo Response
Moscow reports a strong protest note delivered to Tokyo denouncing a two month series of alleged Japanese and Manchurian border violations. Pravda accuses Japanese militarists of plotting to provoke a clash with the USSR and warns of serious consequences if attacks continue. Soviet forces are held in reserve while signaling capability to crush provocateur bands along the Amur and frontier waters.
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Far East
Penn
Tokyo
Communist Party
Pravda
Japan
Amur
National Guardsman Killed In Wreck Near Columbia
Joe McQuarters 38-year-old national guardsman from Columbia died of injuries from a motor vehicle crash that also left five fellow guardsmen injured. The six men were returning from drill when their car plunged from the road near the municipal stadium. Alex McLain suffered severe facial cuts and a nearly severed left wrist. Tony Byars sustained a fractured collar bone and broken rib, while George Keefe was cut and battered.
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Columbia
8. C
Joe McQuarters
National Guardsman
McQuarters
Municipal Stadium
Alex McLain
Tony Byars
George Keefe
Principals Give True Facts In Slaying Of N.Y. Lawyer
Detroit reports confessions by William Ferris and three companions reveal a plan to kill New York attorney Howard Carter Dickinson after dining together. The four, including burlesque dancers Loretta Jackson and Florence Jackson and Jean Miller, described motive, the theft, and execution details as prosecutors piece together the crime.
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Howard Dickinson
Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
William Ferris
Dantethiess Mumiasee
Petty
Iver
Duncan C. McCrea
Dickinson
Ferris
Loretta
Florence Jackson
Jean Miller
Miller
McCrea
Tim
Bill
Robbie
Rioting relief workers kill a Regina police officer
Regina July 2 three thousand relief camp strikers clashed with Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a riot that left Constable Charles Miller dead and Constable Francis seriously injured. Police dispersed the crowd after two hours of fighting, 27 arrests, and many wounded including a striker dying and others hospitalized. Arthur Evans leader of the trek was arrested as more than two dozen others were held.
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Sask
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mounted
Ottawa
Dominion
R. J. Westgate
Charles Miller
Regina Police
Francis
Mounted Police
Dan McGree
Accidentally Slain Foster Frandon in Bethel Farm Incident
Foster Frandon, 43, a leading Bethel area farmer from York County South Carolina, accidentally shot himself while trying to shoot crows. He was going through a barbed wire fence when the shotgun discharged striking the back of his head and killing him instantly.
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Gastonia
Foster Frandon
Bethel
York County
South Carolina
U S Deficit in Year Tops Three Billion Dollars
Washington July 2 treasury figures show the deficit for the fiscal year ending last June 3.575 billion dollars. Receipts reached 3.800 billion, while expenditures totalled 8.581 billion. The gross public debt rose from 27.059 to 28.701 billion by June 29.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
New York Broker Seeks 165-Cent Cotton Price Plan
J Joseph O'Donnell urges secretary Wallace to end government cotton intervention after next season. He proposes a 165 cent price peg, abolition of processing taxes, a 15 percent loan on the 1935-36 crop, and creation of an American cotton council. He cites tax harms to mills and job losses from the 4.2 cent processing tax.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
J. Joseph O'Donnell
New York
O'Donnell
Wallace
American Cotton Council
Cabinet Textile
Half price automobile license plates boost Raleigh sale
On July 2 and yesterday, half-price car license plates drew large crowds across the state. L. S. Harris, director of the motor vehicle division, reported six months sales at 433,534 pairs, up from 93,116 for the same period in 1934.
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Raleigh
L. S. Harris
Harris
Goesson Trial for Slaying Prison Farm Steward
Raleigh July 2 Al Cook 22 faces trial in Wake superior court for the slaying of B H Brantley steward at Camp Polk prison farm near here. Cook and two companions escaped June 7 1932. Charlotte July 2 Senators Bailey Reynolds arrive with post office officials for the joint postal convention in Charlotte tomorrow and Thursday.
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al) Cook
B. H. Brantley
Camp Polk
Here
Wake Superior Court
Charlotte
United States
Josiah W. Bailey
Robert Reynolds
North Carolina
Washington
High Post Office
Prayers Answered Bring Rain to Kingstree
After 32 hours of rain prayers, clouds gathered over Kingstree South Carolina and rain fell through the night, offering relief from dry conditions. The weather shift followed a communal plea and marked a notable change in the area’s drought fears.
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Kingstrer
8. C
Roosevelt appoints teams to study code machinery
Washington July 2 President Roosevelt met with the delegation NR and the federal trade commission to plan work on code machinery. The discussion focused on regulatory oversight and the implementation of new guidelines to ensure fair competition.
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Washington
House passes utility bill after coercion charge
Washington July 2 The House acted swiftly after debate on the utility holding company bill removing the death sentence clause. A coercion charge surfaced as a central push and lobbyists pressed for changes before final passage.
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Washington
House
Utility Holding Company
Representa
Potatoes on Eastern Shore To Set Base Price
PAINTER Va July 2 Farmers ease movement restrictions but keep market controls. A six man committee meets to set the base price for next 24 hours. War council powers reviewed after mass meeting. Expect price not above $2 per barrel today, with possible later rise if demand holds.
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War Council
Senate Banking Committee Approves Revisions to Federal Reserve Bill
The Senate banking committee approved a revised measure placing control of credit in a seven member reserve board and five regional reserve bank representatives. The bill allows regional selection from four bank regions Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago St Louis Richmond Atlanta Dallas Minneapolis Kansas City San Francisco. Governor Eccles and Secretary Morgenthau signaled possible input at the White House if invited. The panel moved the bill to the Senate floor with expectations of a swift debate.
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Glass
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D-Fla
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Richmond
Atlanta
Dal
Recovery of Amount Paid In Processing Taxes Being Sought
Greensboro July 2 A suit seeks 154 754 80 from Charles H Robertson state collector of internal revenue by Cross Cotton Mills Co of Marion The complaint says the tax was paid to the federal government and rests on an unconstitutional levy It also asks for a restraining order to stop further collections.
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Greensboro
N. C
Charles H Robertson
Internal Revenue
Cross Cotton Milla Company of
Marion
Federal District Court
British Press Attacks Eden Over Ethiopia Offer
London July 2 British newspapers volleyed criticism at Capt Anthony Eden over a plan to grant Ethiopian territory to ease East Africa tensions. The Daily Express called it a betrayal and warned of alien rule while the Daily Mail blasted Eden’s move as pointless quixotism and a surrender in league peace efforts.
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Italy
London
Great Britain
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Daily
Express
Captain Eden
League of Nations
the Express
Geneva
Eden
House of Commons
Benito Mussolini
Britain
British Somaliland
Il Duce
Mussolini
Helen
British Empire
Daily Mail
Death Act for Holding Firms Loses in Congress
The House passed a utility regulation bill after twice rejecting President Roosevelts request to outlaw unnecessary holding companies. The House approved a discretionary securities commission bill 257 to 147, while 216 to 146 voted against the Senate plan for mandatory elimination by 1942. The measure heads to a Senate conference as Wheeler and Ryburn seek a compromise.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Securities Commission
Senate
Wheeler
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Ryburn
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Quarter of Billion Dollars In Building In First Six Months
Baltimore July 2 Approximately 235,563,000 worth of construction work was contracted for in the south during the first six months of 1935. The Manufacturers' Record notes a rise in industrial construction and private building in June with privately financed general building up 7,950,000 in June and 7,140,000 in May. Industrial contracts rose from 7,005,000 in May to 10,964,000 in June, including a 4,000,000 pulp paper and bag plant contract at Savannah. Public building and road and bridge work declined. For four weeks in June south total building contracts reached 45,503,000 versus 46,473,000 for five weeks.
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South
Manufacturers’ Record
Penn
Savannah
Weather Outlook For North Here And There
North was fair to night and Wednesday with possible local thundershowers in extreme west portion. Moderate easterly winds and mostly overcast conditions from Sandy Hook to Hatteras, with similar wind and cloud cover into Wednesday.
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Hatteras
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