Last Minute Held Without Bond In Sister-In-Law Slaying
A coroner's jury at Concord ordered William Baxter Parnell held without bond after witnesses testified he stabbed Martha Jane Fink, his sister in law, to death while under the influence of a root from a Negro fortune teller. Thad Eure issued a charter to Liberty Hosiery Mills Inc of Tib Liberty to make and sell textiles with 2,500 authorized shares. Cameron, Jordan and Hudgins of Greensboro subscribed for three shares.
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Concord
William Baxter Parnell
Cabarrus County
Martha Jane Fink
Mila
Liberty Raleigh
Thad Eure
Liberty Hosiery Mills, Inc
Tiberty
KB. P. Cameron
Welch Jordan
D. FE. Hudgins
Greensboro
France Sells Iron Ore to Germany Amid War Fears
France agrees to supply Germany 7.2 million tons of Lorraine iron ore annually amid rising war tensions with Nazi Germany. Iron ore may be used for war materials.
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France
Germany
Paris
Lorraine
Witnesses Testify in Slaying of Fort Bragg Sergeant
Fayetteville July 7 D H Hodgin of Hoke county testified in Asheboro defendants trial for the slaying of Sergeant J F Mott of Fort Bragg that three men Rush Croots Ruth said they saw Bill Cross pick up a gun and hear a shot before the soldier fell mortally wounded but all three denied witnessing the actual shooting.
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Fayetteville
D. H. Hodgin
Hoke County
Asheboro
J. F. Mott
Fort Bragg
Bill Cross
Hodgin
Rush
Jesse Croots
Walt Ruth
Textile Mills In N C Add Jobs May Reach Capacity
Labor Commissioner A L Fletcher reported June gains in employment at more than 140 North Carolina textile mills with a 3.59 percent rise. Furniture jobs fell 6.43 percent. Lexington mills Erlanger and No komis were moving toward full capacity after closures, with about 700 workers affected.
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Raleigh
A. L. Fletcher
North Carolina
Fletcher
Lexington
Erlanger
Nokomis
Taylor Heads Refugee Group As Global Aid Urged
Myron C. Taylor was elected president of the inter governmental committee on refugees in Evian France. Named by Senator Henry Berenger and Dr Thomas Lebreton he was hailed as the personal representative of Franklin D Roosevelt. Taylor initially declined the post.
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Evian-Les-Bains
France
Myron C. Taylor
United States
Inter-Governmental Committee On
Roosevelt
Henry Berenger
Thomas A. Lebreton
Argentina
Berenger
Taylor
Franklin Roosevelt
London society rumors swirl around Barbara Hutton rift
London reports name a string of possible causes for the split between Barbara Hutton heiress to Woolworth millions and Count Court Hane witz-Reventlow. Gossip points to a mysterious man, with speculation naming a prince as a potential new interest, though a close source denies any romance beyond friendship.
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Babs
Count
London
Mayfair
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Count Court Hanewitz-Reventlow
Barbara
Troops Ordered to Palestine as clashes rise
London reports Britain rushed two battalions from Egypt to Palestine to quell deadly Jewish Arab fighting, with 28 killed in two days. Three hastily dispatched warships have reached or head for the Holy Land.
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Palestine
London
Britain
Egypt
Holy Land
British Cruiser Rushed To Haifa Amid Riots Killing Thirteen
Jerusalem July 7 A 7650 ton British cruiser Emerald was ordered to Haifa as two days of rioting claim thirteen lives and injure 31. Arabs and Jews suffer heavy losses while Britain weighs partition plans and renewed mandate tensions.
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Haifa
Jerusalem
Emerald
Holy Land
East Indies
Malta
Palestine
Tivia Dounie
Chaim Weizmann
British Zionist Federation
Defendants in Harlan conspiracy case face violent week
In London Kentucky on July 7 two people were killed and another wounded in violence linked to the eighth week of the Harlan labor conspiracy trial. Frank White a 36 year old defendant was shot on a Corbin porch. Chris Patterson is in custody after dynamiting ties to an organizer. Deputy Lee Fleenor was arrested on a shooting charge as the trial continues.
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London
Harlan
Frank White
Corbin
Fred Lucas
Chris Patterson
United Mine Workers of American
Pineville
Bell County
Harlan County
Herbert Cawood
Lee Fleenor
Fleenor
U.M.W.A
Planned Fire Drill Tragedy Ends Ten Young Lives
In Coimbra near Lisbon Portugal, a staged fire drill turned fatal as a four story wooden building soaked in gasoline trapped ten boys aged 12 to 20. Firemen failed to rescue all, with two dying in the flames and eight fatally injured. Spectators watched as rescue efforts met chaos and the government ordered an inquiry.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Ten Boye
Coimbra
AFHW Proposes Individual Plant Contracts
The American Federation of Hosiery Workers urged a hosiery manufacturers group to negotiate separate contracts for each plant rather than a single union agreement. Union officers said individual contracts would help plants meet low wage competition from southern facilities.
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Philadelphia
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Terrorist Attacks Hit Japs In Shanghai First Anniversary
Editors note introduces a feature on page 16 detailing the Japanese Chinese War after its first year. The piece outlines the war's definite results and the impact on Shanghai communities.
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Shanghai
Attacks Resume in Shanghai on War Anniversary
On the first anniversary of the China war, four killed and five wounded in Shanghai as bombs grenades and bullets target the international settlement and the French concession. Japanese Chinese and a British soldier among the injured amid sporadic gunfire in Pootung and surrounding districts.
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Shanghai
United States
International Settlement
Whangpoo River
Nanking
Yangtze River
Hankow
China
Yangtze
Blackie the mongrel dies of a broken heart
In Cleveland on July 7 a mongrel dog named Blackie, longtime friend of Postman Frank Wheha, died after his owner, Alex Neidel, left for a ten day vacation. Neidel explains the dog starved after nine days apart, and locals speculate sleep and weather played parts, but friends say Blackie died of a broken heart.
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Cleveland
Blackie
Frank Wheha
Vacha
Alex Neidel
Neidel
Kenel
Southerners To Plea Again For Lower Freight
A delegation of Southern public service commissioners and rate experts led by Governor Bibb Graves of Albany sails toward Buffalo to press the Souths case for lower freight rates at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing set for Monday.
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Atlanta
Public Service
Bibb Graves
Albania
Buffalo
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mother Of James Cash Slayer Loses Plea For Mercy
Florida pardon board rejected a bid to commute the death sentence of Franklin Pierce McCall for the May 29 ransom kidnapping of James Bailey Cash Jr. in Princeton. The request came after pleas by McCall’s attorney and the prosecutor. Cash’s mother declined to join.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Pardon Board
Franklin Pierce McCa
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
McCall
Cash
Lily McCall
Jasper
Raiford
Mrs. McCall
Roosevelt to Visit Barnesville August 11 in Liberal Tour
President Roosevelt added another speaking engagement to his cross country tour announcing a visit to Barnesville, Georgia, on August 11. The trip comes amid reports of strong housing activity and rising business indicators including FHA mortgage guarantees, higher postal earnings, and the first rural electrification pump priming allocations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Barnesville
Lawrence Camp
Atlanta
U. S. Senate
George George
Federal Housing Administration
Stewart McDonald
FHA
Pariev
REA
Rural Electrification Administration
Puerto Rico
Day by Day Plan Of Trip Outlined
Washington July 7 President Roosevelt outlines a day by day cross country trip itinerary. Highlights include July 8 addresses in Marietta Ohio and Covington Kentucky with rear platform talks in Louisville and Bowling Green. The schedule covers July 9 through July 16 with city tours, naval yard visits, national park stops, and a cruise from Houston to Pensacola Florida.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marietta
Ohio
Covington
Louisville
Bowling Green
Oklahoma City Fairgrounds
Ft. Worth
Tex
Elliott Roosevelt
Amarillo
Pueblo
Roosevelt to Launch 10 City Liberal Campaign Tour
President Roosevelt heads a 10 car special train for a nationwide tour promoting liberal New Deal candidates in Kentucky Oklahoma and California. Farley accompanies from California to Alaska while weighing targets against anti New Deal senators and weighing whether to publicly challenge Roosevelt allies. The trip includes Fort Worth San Francisco Yosemite Panama and Pensacola with a 124000 mile White House total since 1922 and a large press contingent.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Oklahoma
California
Senate
Farley
Northwest
Ana California
James A. Farley
Alaska
Democratic Party
Mr. Roosevelt
Tydings
Maryland
George
Georgia
Smith
South Carolina
Fort Worth
Tex
Elliott
San Francisco
Exposition Grounds
Yosemite National Park
U.S.S. Houston
Panama
Marietta
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Senator Barkley
Examiner urges Ford to bargain with UAW at St Louis plant
Labor Relations board examiner T E Dudley told the board Ford Motor Co must bargain collectively with the United Auto Workers at its St Louis assembly plant. He proposed reemployment with back pay for 192 workers and reinstatement with compensation for 96 others. He also urged abolition of the Liberty Legion of America as a company representative.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
United Auto Workers Union
St. Louis
T. E. Dudley
Dudley
Ford Company
Liberty Legion of America, Inc
FDR Faces Opposition to South Aid Plan
Washington signs from the East and Midwest signal trouble for President Roosevelt as he pushes a plan to lift the South. The debate centers on freight rates and wage differentials, with Southern leaders seeking fair treatment and Northern resistance citing sectional interests.
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Washington
East
Middle West
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
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James Cash
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McDonald
Senett King
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UAW
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W. B. Ragsdale
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