General Strike Threatens Pacific Coast Amid Nazi Turmoil
Berlin reports say storm troopers in civilian clothes gathered in the wedding district shouting revenge as vigilance rises. Government powers shift toward conservatism with Kurt Schmidt given economic control while plans to disband most storm troops loom. Authorities withhold names of the dead from recent purges to avoid inflaming sympathizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Boehm
Berlin
Germany
Kurt Schmidt
S. A
Nazi
Hilton Siamese twin seeks marriage license fight
Violet Hilton and Maurice Lambert were denied a New York marriage license on moral grounds, with officials citing the Siamese twin status. Hilton plans mandamus action in supreme court to compel the city clerk to issue the license. Daisy Hilton would join the case if pursued.
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New York
Violet Hilton
Hilton
Maurice Lambert
Newark
Miss Hilton
Maryland
Irving Levy
Supreme Court
New York City
Violet
Daisy
Levy
Lambert
Russell Tarbox
Bride
William C. Chanler
Chandler
Harry 8. Reichenstein
Guilford Leads State in CWA and Relief Expenditures
North Carolina spent 19,098,908.15 dollars in 1933 34 on relief and civil works with each county sharing funds Guilford county toping the list at 1 350 736 dollars followed by Mecklenburg Wake Buncombe and Forsyth Camden lowest at 37 273 dollars American firms in France fear forced departure over unresolved double taxation treaty and potential 100 000 000 in excess taxes. Doumergue faces delays in ratification by French Parliament raising concerns of retaliatory taxes and trade disruption.
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Raleigh
North
Caroline
Thomas O’berry
Guilford County
Mecklenburg
Wake
Buncombe
Forsyth
Associated Press
Paris
France
Doumergue
United States
Chamber of Deputies
America
C.W.A. C.W.A
FERA
LA Lamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Burke
Cabarrus
Camden
Caldwell
Carteret
Chatham
Ea Tabay
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Dave
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Jones
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherfordton
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Guards Patrol San Francisco Waterfront Amid Fatal Clash
National guardsmen patrolled the blood stained waterfront after police fired on striking sailors, killing two and wounding 34. Police and pickets clashed atop the hill as troops moved in to restore order and search for snipers.
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San Francisco
National
Col
R. F. Mittlestaedt
Portland
Merriam
Sacramento
Hitler narrowly escapes assassination in Germany
July 4 reports reveal Chancellor Hitler barely escaped an assassination attempt carried out by Edmund Heines. Heines was among those Hitler sought to arrest at Ernst Boehm's residence near Munich, Germany.
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Hitler
Breslau
Germany
Edmund Heines
Ernst Boehm
Munich
Preacher Fined in Raleigh Church Dispute Over Property
In Raleigh on July 6 AP reports Rev Bekle H. Gattis Baptist preacher faced a city court fine of 10 dollars and costs for allegedly assaulting church dean and custodian RE Green during a dispute over keys to the John T. Pullen Baptist church property. He appealed to Superior Court and posted an 825 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bekle H. Gattis
John T. Pullen Baptist Church
RE. D. Green
Jewelry Store Heist Hits Gloucester on July Sixth
Five robbers dressed in summer sports costumes and armed with a machine gun held up Hodgcom Kennard and Company jewelry shop in Gloucester. They stole jewelry valued at an estimated amount before fleeing.
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ROR
Gloucester
Mass
Hodgcom Kennard and Company
Aydlett Elected Court Clerks Chief in Elizabeth City
North Carolina clerks of superior court at the Seventeenth Annual convention near Elizabeth City elected N. Elton Aydlett as president and chose Raleigh as the 1935 convention city. R. E. Little of Wadesboro was named first vice president EF. Lloyd Tilley of Raleigh second vice president and W. E B. Church of Winston-Salem secretary treasurer.
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Elizabeth City
N. Elton Aydlett
Raleigh
North Carolina
Weather outlook by states shows showers and cooler spell
North Carolina mostly cloudy with possible showers and thunderstorms in the west tonight and Saturday and cooler Saturday night. east portion may be drier. South Carolina fair in places with local thunderstorms in extreme northwest tonight and Saturday. cooler Saturday night. Winds vary from moderate south and southwest to shifting northwest. Kentucky expects showers and thunderstorms then cooler Saturday. Charlotte notes official temperature and rainfall records for 24 hours ending 8 AM in cotton regions.
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North Carolina
West
East
Satur- South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Kentucky
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
No Quarter Ordered as Riots Rock Amsterdam District
Amsterdam authorities vow severe action after two days of clashes with unemployed and communists. Police used force to clear barricades in the Hordaan district where homes and shops were looted and a pawnshop was hit.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Hordaan
Chargng
Two men are electrocuted in North Carolina pen
In Raleigh two murderers, Clyde Ferrell a white man and John Lewis Edwards a Negro, were executed in the state prison today. Ferrell received three shocks for the murder of Thaddeus Tilley of Durham, while Edwards got two shocks for the murder of J. W. Brown of Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State's Prison
Clyde Ferrell
Thaddeus Tilley
Durham County
Senator Borah Leaves Democrats for Possible Return
Beverly Hills reports Senator Borah, praised as a statesman, has departed the Democratic camp and declined responsibility for their bills. He hints at returning to the Republican side or camping on a hill to roll rocks at both parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Senator Borah
Borah
Democrats
Britain declines alliance with France over Belgium issue
London reports Britain will not sign a political or defensive alliance with France. France seeks only technical military collaboration to support Belgium in case of invasion, with France keeping its own defense policy and Belgium placed at neutral status. Prime Minister Baldwin stated there is no intention of a defensive alliance with France during question session in the House of Commons.
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London
Great Britain
Belgium
France
England
Associated Press
Britain
Paris
Maxime Weygand
Lon
Great Br
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Baldwin
Raamsay MacDonald
Not Guilty of Crime Edwards Says God Will Reveal Truth
Edwards proclaimed innocence and asked God’s blessing for Governor Ehringhaus Parole Commissioner Gill and his lawyers while he awaited execution in Durham. He said he would reveal the guilty man in time and begged for messages to be delivered to supporters in Charlotte. He died at about 10 57. Ferrell had been convicted of killing Tilley during a Durham County station hold up on March 2 1933 and lost two appeals.
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John Lewis Edwards
Mecklenburg County
J. W. Brown
Charlotte
Ferrell
C. H. Norris
Wake Forest
Edwards
H. H. Honeycutt
Ehringhaus
Edwin M. Gill
C. A. McCoy
C. O. Person
Tilley
Durham County
Supreme Court
Hollis McGuire Kills Family Then Ends Own Life
In Vera community a 32 year old Hollis McGuire shot and killed his wife Odessa McGuire and two children, aged 10 and 2, at their home. He then died by a self inflicted wound in Seymour after driving there and committing suicide in front of his brother Roy McGuire's residence.
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Benjamin, Tex
Hollis McGuire
Odessa McGuire
Vera Community
Seymour
McGuire
Roy McGuire
Havana Bombings Spark Teen Radicals Amid Citywide Warning
In Havana on July 6 police heightened vigilance after teen radicals allegedly planned 60 bombs, with fourteen distributed and six exploding causing property damage. Flaming bottles touched off small fires in stores, six students and communist leaders including four women were arrested, and two hunger striking prisoners were hospitalized in critical condition. Other targets included Exide Battery and Independent Electric Company.
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Havana
Alejandro Vergara
Central Park
Exide Battery Company
Independent Electric Company
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Roehm
Stefferud Berlin
TWINS
Mrs. Insull
Husband
W. Joynes Macfarlan
Evil Works Administration
Camden County
CWA
By John Evans
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Europe
Samuel, Jr
Snaull
Saar
Meing
Aydlett
Asheville
Atlanta
Eerie
Birmingham
Columbia
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Key West
Little Rock
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