Kidnap Victim to Be Placed Upon Stand
In Tacoma and in the Lindbergh law trial of Margaret Thulin Waley, prosecutors plan to call Little George Weyerhaeuser to testify about his eight days in kidnapper hands. The defense argues he should forget his experience, as it adds little. Seventeen witnesses were heard on opening day, including J. P. Weyerhaeuser Jr., with a Spokane messenger among the next witnesses. The trial continues as authorities aim to conclude quickly.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Margaret Thulin Waley
U. S
J. Charles Dennis
Dennis
George
J. P. Weyerhauser, Jr
Spokane
William Dainard
Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Identification of Man Killed By Officer Being Sought Today
In McColl North Carolina officers search for the identity of a white man shot by Policeman Norman Bullock after he says the man drew a gun during an arrest attempt. A coroner's jury ruled Bullock acted in the line of duty as authorities pursue three escaped convicts from a prison camp near Sanatorium. Eugene Ross Luther Norris and Gorman Williams are named as the escapees.
Krakatoa eruptions spark global atmospheric waves
BATAVIA Java July 10 The Krakatoa volcano began a new series of eruptions with two minute intervals lava spurted to 2500 feet The coast watch doubled safety precautions and warned by tom toms Anak Krakatau has disappeared Krakatoa once a great volcano in the Sunda Strait is now a small island The 1883 explosion killed 36000 and sent dust around the world heard 3000 miles away waves reached Cape Horn 7818 miles distant and even the English Channel 11040 miles away
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Batavia
Java
Krakatoa
Netherlands
Anakrakatau
Sunda Strait
United States
Asia
Europe
Cape Horn
English Channel
Disease feared in flood areas across multiple states
Flooding in the east triggered warnings to boil drinking water to curb typhoid risk. Governor Lehman directed relief in New York as 40 deaths occurred, 4 missing, and $25 million in damage while about 3 000 were left homeless. Maryland floodwaters receded with crop and road damage noted. Pennsylvania saw six dead, two missing. Montana tornadoes killed two and wounded many as 2 000 became homeless.
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Lehman
New York State
Upstate
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Representative Rich
Roosevelt
Fort Peck Dam
Montana
Canada
Italy to Send 120000 Troops to Africa
Rome reports Italy will mobilize 120000 soldiers for East Africa as Musolini expands the Italo Ethiopian campaign. New divisions and Blackshirts prepare for action while officers and classes race to colors. DAnnunzio pledges victory and Roman triumph over barbarism.
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Italy
Africa
Aulbotiauvsesources Sala
Benito Musolini
East Africa
Gabrielle D'Annunzio
Agostino Lazzarotto
Mus
Budget Budget Reanimated Sparks Laughs in Santa Monica
Will Rogers riffs from the past as budget chatter surfaces in Santa Monica on July 6. The column recalls the once famous humorist Budget, noting the revival of his name and the joke about balancing the budget, with Rogers quipping that the old tale is revived like a buried article.
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Santa Monica
Calif
King Tut
Budget
Senate tackles debate on AAA measure in conferees
Senate moved the utility holding company bill to a joint house senate conference to resolve differences over outlawing certain holding companies by 1942. Dietrich withdrew a instruction motion as Brewster faces testimony over abortion features. Roosevelt signaled possible talks on a Pacific trip while treasury denies London gold sales reports. Affidavit names Virgin Islands governor Pearson among other developments.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Dietrich
House Utilities Lobby
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Brewster
R-Me
Bit
Corcoran
Passamaquody
Maine
Pacific Coast
Treasury
London
Paul M. Pearson
The
Virgin Islands
Rockingham County Votes Against Liquor Stores in 1935 Referendum
North Carolina counties vote on liquor control with Greene and Rockingham County results highlighted. Rockingham rejects liquor stores by a 250 vote margin while Greene leans wet by 141 votes. Other eastern counties approve county liquor stores as legislators note statewide impulses and legal delays.
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Raleigh
Greene County
Rockingham County
Rockingham
Piedmont
Virginia
North Carolina
Greene
Wilson
Edgecombe
Beaufort
Vance
New Hanover
Craven
Pasquotank
Martin
Halifax
Onslow
Pitt
Lenoir
Nash
Warren and
Carteret
Greene Counties
J. Paul Frizzelle
State Supreme Court
New Hanover County
Wilmington
Frizzelle
Drys
Franklin County
Superior Court
Clawson L. Williams
Georgia Governor and official faulted over cotton misidentification
Washington report recounts Cully A. Cobb saying Georgia Governor Talmadge and Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder could not distinguish cotton from jute after a chemist found Linder’s sample labeled jute to be cotton. Cobb noted Linder’s India jute claim tied to Roosevelt program attacks. officials urged not to deter others from testing materials that might compete with cotton.
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Washington
Cully A. Cobb
Farm Administration
Georgia
Cobb
Tom Linder
Linder
Talmadge
Roosevelt
India
Department of Agricul
Witness Attacks Roosevelts Morality Before Tax Bill Hearing
A Washington witness described President Roosevelt as morally deficient and was barred from continuing testimony at the House Ways and Means Committee. H. E. Miles of the Fair Tariff League faced a motion to strike his remarks, then retired to the rear as proceedings moved on. In Vienna, the Diet passed a bill restoring confiscated Hapsburg property and reviving Archduke Otto with plans for a broader monarchist revival in Europe.
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Washington
Roosevel
House
Ways and Means
H. E. Miles
Washington, D. C
Fair Tariff League
Representative Treadway
R-Mass
Roosevelt
Miles
Franklin Roosevelt
McCormak
Dmass
Vienna
Federal Diet
Hapsburgs
Miklas
Archduke Otto
Europe
Steeneckerzell Castle
Belgium
Otto
Austria
Danubian
Hapsburg
Steeneckerzell
12 Destroyers And Six Submarines To Be Built In 1936
Washington July 10 The navy plans for the 1936 fiscal year beginning July 1 include 12 destroyers and six submarines and possibly a battleship Secretary Swanson stated at a press conference under the Vinson act 64 warships would be needed to reach treaty strength by 1942 He noted no decision yet on replacing one of seven battleships when the treaty expires and construction could begin January 1 1937 but no competition was being started
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Washington
Swanson
Navy
Injuries Prove Fatal in Fall at Raleigh Bakery
Fred T. Hawthorne, 47, of New Haven Conn., sustained injuries while installing equipment at a Raleigh bakery. He fell and broke two ribs, with death resulting three days later from complications.
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Raleigh
Fred T. Hawthorne
New Haven
Conn
Stock Market Quietly Advances To Higher Levels
The stock market made a quiet but orderly rise to new 1935 peaks for several favorites though not all kept the gain. Commodities moved modestly with silver and gold up in London while wheat and grains pointed higher in Chicago but eased later. Cotton held near Tuesday's NY and New Orleans finals. rubber sugar and hides stayed steady. Corporate bonds showed modest gains, junior rails improving while U S government issues remained irregular. foreign exchanges edged down against strong dollar rates.
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New York
London
Chicago
New Orleans
U. S
Declaration Of Economic Freedom At Virginia Forum
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers urged a new declaration of economic freedom as essential for labor. He spoke at the University of Virginia, warning against financial autocracy and urging subordination of the economy to public interest to prevent fascism or dictatorship. The session also covered the Constitution and the New Deal with other speakers, and discussed Japan’s role in the Pacific.
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Walter EB. Spahr
New York University
American Liberty League
Japan
Pacific
Charles K. Moser
Federal Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Harold Scott Quigley
University of Minnesota
Cliffers Chesley Hubbard
Weaton College
Mr. Lewis
United States
America
Mr. Green
Ethiopia Ups Urges Convocation Over Italian Invasion
July 1 report from Addis Ababa states Ethiopia insists on a peaceful solution and seeks an emergency convening of the League of Nations Council. Ethiopian foreign minister says Italy refuses to discuss the boundary clash blame claim and vows to defend territorial integrity with European allies pressed to more arms shipments.
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Ethiopia
Imm
Council League of Nations
Addis Ababa
Foreign Ministry
Ethio
Italy
Council
League of Nations
Scheveninger
Netherlands
Et Pia
Pia
Ister
Choslovakia
Bri
Sweden
Denmark
Woman in coma wakes at bier asking for cantaloupe
In Lexington on July 10 near Southmont a Negro farmer's wife, reported dead after a malignant illness, suddenly sat up at her bier amid mourners. An undertaker arrived as she spoke of wanting cantaloupe, causing the group to flee in alarm.
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Lexington
Southmont
Gets 60 Days For Stealing Butter
BEAUFORT July 10. A pound of butter is worth 60 days in jail says the court. Mrs. Clara Ortlieb of Morehead City was convicted of stealing butter from the Service Market in Morehead and sentenced to 60 days. She appealed to superior court and bond was set at 26 dollars.
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Beaufort
Clara Ortlieb
Morehead City
Morehead
Weather forecast by states and regions
North Carolina generally fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. South Carolina generally fair tonight and Thursday with local thundershowers Thursday afternoon. Jacksonville areas see southwest winds and occasional showers tonight and Thursday. Charlotte reports temperatures and rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. in major cotton regions.
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Bureau
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Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Meridian
Mobile
New York
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Spartanburg
Tampa
Seeree
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