Two Americans Die In Air Disaster
Berlin reports two Americans Miss Ruth Patricia Northrop 25 of Philadelphia and John L. Burkholder Mount Pleasant Pa among five missing after the German flying boat D 864 capsized off Bornholm Denmark during a forced sea landing. Rescue efforts were ongoing with Danish and German ships and aircraft searching the area.
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Baltic Sea
Berlin
Ruth Patricia Northrop
Philadelphia
John L. Burkholder
Mount Pleasant
Denmark
Rouku
Stettin
Germany
Bornholm
Maja
Northrop
Spaes
Baltic
McKellar Resolution Dominates Senate Naval Treaty Debate
Senate opens with a 49 member quorum as Senator Black urges adoption of the McKellar resolution demanding Senate rights in the London naval treaty negotiations. Senator Hale delays a verdict while McKellar cites the president as not custodian of State Department files and a Tennessean letter-writer praises opposition to ratification.
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Senator Black
State Department
Washington
McKellar Resoluion
Hoover
Senate
Sensator Black
Alabama
Hale
McKellar
Black
Secretary of State
Congress
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
William Cumming Storey
Daughters of the American Revolution
Republican Chieftains Press Huston Over Chairmanship
Washington dispatch reports internal GOP strife as Claudius Huston faces renewed calls to resign while allies and foes maneuver through Senate protests led by Senator Watson. Rumors swirl of Vermont official Farle S. Kinsley being tapped temporarily, though White House denies any offer or contact with Kinsley. The President remains undecided amid the power struggle shaping the party’s leadership.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Republican National Organization
Claudius Huston
Young Guard
Huston
Watson
Indiana
National Committee
Kinsley
Vermont
Farle S. Kinsley
White House
Hoover
Spiritualists Claim Conan Doyle Spirit Message Foretold
London reports that some spiritualist circles forecast a message from the spirit of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as his body is laid to rest. Adrian Doyle says his mother remains confident of contact soon, while the family treats any communication as private unless released to the world. He dismisses rumors of a secret code or impersonation by spirits.
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London
Arthur Conan Doyle
Adrian
The
Daily Sketch
Sir Arthur
Cardinal Vannutelli Dies at 93 in Vatican City
Cardinal Vannutelli, 93, dean of the sacred college, died after several days of illness in Vatican City. His passing marks the loss of a longtime church elder and leader within the Holy See.
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Vatican City
Cardinel Vannutelli
The
Sacred College
Lindbergh Names Son Charles Augustus Lindbergh III
In Englewood New Jersey on July 9 a statement from Ambassador Dwight W Morrows home confirms Lindberghs have named their infant Charles Augustus Lindbergh III born June 22. The baby now bears the full lineage name as son and is entitled to be Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr’s heir.
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Englewood, N. J
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, III
Dwight W. Morrow
Lindbergh
Charles Augustus
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Minnesota
Lindbegh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr
Evangeline Lindbergh
Davidson County Tax Rate Likely To Rise Next Year
Lexington July 9 Davidson county faces a higher tax rate next year as proposed budget details emerge. If accepted the rate would be 1.38 from 1.10, though officials aim to cut it. school debt service adds 0.10. Budget items include general fund 89 923, road 139 300.50, service 67 680, school current expense 351 842.72, school capital 54 292.28, school debt 60 220.06, with final adoption postponed 20 days.
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Enterprise
Davidson Bureau
Lambeth Bldg
Thomasville
Lexington
Davidson County
County Board of Commissioners
Schoo Board
British Admiralty Seeks 1 Million For Naval Construction
The Admiralty published supplementary estimates for the current fiscal year totaling £208,200 about $1,000,000 under the London treaty. Of this, £183,600 covers costs for three submarines from the 1929 program deferred until the treaty. The remaining £24,600 funds new construction for 1930.
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London
Admiralty Today
Great Britain
Churches Warned Of Rackets In City Faithful
Chicago crime investigation hears Alderman Arthur F Albert warn church leaders rackets reach into religious and reform groups. Acting Police Commissioner Alcock asks precinct captains to report by July 20 any links between police and grafters. Albert says city hall pressured by Samuel Ettelson while urging Swanson to act.
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Chicago
Arthur F. Albert
Chicago Church Federation
Albert
Alcock
Samuel Ettelson
Thompson
Church Committee
John A. Swanson
Missing Tar Heel Girl Found Alive in Detroit
A 19 year old girl Bessie Kent who vanished last March near Mars Hill is located alive in Detroit. Detroit police found her while detaining a youth charged with kidnapping who had claimed he took her to Hot Springs. The father, hopeful after a long suspense, learns her fate with relief.
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Mars Hill
Detroit
Bessie Kent
Here
Charlie Metcalf
Madison County
Hot Springs
Metcalf
Seven bitten by dog in Henderson seek Pasteur treatment
Seven persons bitten by a dog later found to have rabies are receiving Pasteur treatment in Henderson.
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Henderson
Pasteur
Modern Portia Sees Women Pushed From Home to Business
Chicago July 9 Modern Portia Martha L Conde attends a National Federation meeting and argues women enter business not by choice but are pushed out of the home She says chivalry has fallen and many men fail to provide leaving women to seek work while some advise homemaking over careers She condemns the idea of returning home as impractical and notes male relatives often fail to support working women.
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Portia
Chicago
iMss
Martha L. Conde
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Miss Conde
Thomas A. Edison
Associated Press
Jmss Conde
French flyer Mermoz forced down at sea on Atlantic hop
Jean Mermoz and two companions on the first west to east transatlantic air mail flight from South America to Africa were rescued after the aircraft developed an oil leak and the plane ditched about 650 miles southwest of Dakar. The 600 pounds of mail were saved and later forwarded by dispatch boats to Africa for relay to Paris.
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Jean Mermoz
Mid- Atlantic
South America
Africa
Dakar
Senegal
Leopold Gimme
Jean D’akypy
Natal
Brazil
Mermoz
Phocce
Phocee
Paris
Eight Cent Gasoline War Hits West Coast Prices
Gasoline on the Pacific coast ranged from eight to fourteen cents a gallon as rumors said the price cut battle could wipe out weaker retailers. Tacoma buyers paid eight cents while Los Angeles sold at ten, Seattle at eleven to thirteen, with higher rates elsewhere. Oil company officials called the dispute the most serious ever faced by distributors on the coast.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Tacoma
Los Angeles
Seattle
Oil Company
Morgan Funeral Director in High Point Business Visit
Lexington July 9 L V Morgan of Kirkman Morgan Funeral Directors is in High Point on business visiting for the day.
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City Enterprise
Davidson Bureau
Lambeth
Thomasville
Lexington
L. V. Morgan
The
Kirkman Morgan Funeral Directors
High Point
Eaton Offers 10 Buy Huge Block In mill merger dispute
Cyrus Eaton offered to buy 100000 Youngstown Sheet and Tube common at 120 a share to counter a merger hold up in the cross examination of James A. Campbell. Campbell valued stock at 133, saying Eaton would be cheated at 120 though the offer stood temporarily in the record despite objections.
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Youngstown, CO
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Youngstown Company
James A. Campbell
Eaton Group
Harry J. Crawford
Eaton
Campbell
Crawford
David G. Jenkins
Newton D. Baker
MacDonald Government Survives Key Finance Bill Vote
In London on July 9 the MacDonald government won a tight division on the finance bill by three votes. A liberal amendment viewed as a potential trigger for the government’s downfall was rejected by 278 to 0.
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London
MacDonald
Scorching heat shatters records across Midwest and West
Extreme heat across the region sets multiple new temperature highs. Miles City Montana reaches 106 degrees, Emporia Kansas 105, Sioux City Iowa 104, Omaha Nebraska 102. Fatalities include Ole Nelson in Minnesota and Edward Higgins in Missouri. North Dakota reports near 1090 degree readings, Sanish 102, Fargo 96, Jamestown 98.
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Chicago
Miles City
Mont
Deay
Emporia
Kans
Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Ole C. Nelson
Virginia
Minn
Minneapolis
C. V. Kerkove
Hatfield
Edward W. Higgins
Springfield
North Dakota
Sanish
Fargo
Jamestown
Unidentified man crushed to death near Lexington
The body of a pedestrian crushed by a car on highway 10 north of Lexington remains unidentified. Authorities pursue clues in South Carolina and Virginia while noting a letter from Charleston and bakery receipts in the victim's pockets. A man named Fred Hendricks is suspected but later thought unlikely.
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Lexington
Fred B. Hendricks
Charlotte
Here
Hendricks
Enterprise Davidson Bureau
Lambeth
Thomasville
South Carolina
Virginia
L. French
Greensboro
Mr. French
Richmond
Charleston
S. C
Saunders
Camden
S.C
California
Florida
Fred Hendricks
King and
Lane Streets
Road Engineer Shot by County Supervisor in Greenville
Nick Sanders, road engineer for Dalton and Neves, was shot and killed about ten miles from Greenville, South Carolina, by A. L. Bridmore, a county supervisor. Details of the shooting were not immediately available.
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Greenville
8. C
Nick Sanders
Dalton and Neves
A. L. Bridmore
Kirkpatrick Heads Good Roads Body
T. L. Kirkpatrick of Charlotte North Carolina was elected president of the United States Good Roads association. Charlotte was chosen as the 1931 meeting site for the organization.
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Kirkpatrick
Good Roads
Oklahoma City
T. L. Kirkpatrick
Charlotte
N. C
United States Good Roads Association
Peacemaker Killed in Church Revival Family Quarrel
In Dickson Tennessee a church revival halted when guns fired during a family quarrel. Jesse Clifton aged 51 sought peace and was fatally shot three times. Grandon Lankford 25 was seriously wounded while Ed Lankford a nephew had a minor wound. Ed and Odell Lankford were arrested for investigation.
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Dickson
Tenn
Jesse Clifton
Grandon Lankford
Ed Lankford
Grandon
Odell Lankford
Libel Threat Triggers Wister Book Passage Deletion
New York reports Owen Wister’s Theodore Roosevelt biography was temporarily recalled by McMillan and Company after fear of a libel suit over a southern hostess ruse. Early copies were pulled. offending passages were removed once Wister could be reached.
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Wister
Roosevelt
New York
New York Times
Owen Wister
Theodore Roosevelt
McMillan and Company
MacMillan
the Times
Capone Perjury Trial Continued in Miami Court
In Miami on July 9 Capone refused to plead to perjury charges and was re-arrested on two new counts. Judge Collins kept the $14,000 bond, and the court entered a not guilty plea for Capone after he declined to plead. Campione lawyers said they would be ready for trial tomorrow as prosecutors seek to drop some charges.
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Miami
Fla
Scarface
al Capone
Capone
D. McCreary
Public Safety
George McCaskill
E. (. Collins
Senators Fess Overman and Blease Named To Represent Senate
Vice President Curtis appointed Senators Fess of Ohio Overman of North Carolina and Blease of South Carolina to represent the Senate in the Battle of Kings Mountain celebration on October 7.
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Fess
Overman
Blease
Senate
Washington
Curtis
Ohio
North Carolina
South Carolina
Battle of
Kings Mountain
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