Roosevelt Garners Cheers At Oklahoma City Rally
President Roosevelt lauded cooperation among lawmakers at a July 9 Oklahoma City rally at the state fairgrounds. He called Governor Marland “your governor” and praised Senator Thomas for aiding national liberal policies while criticizing reformers with grand pledges.
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Marland
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Peace Pact Nears Ratification in Bolvia Paraguay Dispute
Neutral mediators push quick ratification of a preliminary arbitration accord signed in Buenos Aires to end the Chaco dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay. Governments must ratify before a final treaty is signed in Buenos Aires and approved by Bolivian and Paraguayan assemblies.
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Buenos Aires
Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
Constituent Assembly
Paragavay
Absentee ballots swing Burgin margin in Davidson county
Davidson county election officials discard fifteen Burgin absentee ballots and one for Deane after checking votes in the Democratic primary. Burgin's counsel filed affidavits from CCC camp youths asserting voluntary residence and eligibility to vote. Deane's camp alleges charges were reckless and desperate remarks by his side.
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Davidson County
CCC
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Deane
Jap Air Forces Push Drive On Yangtze River
Japanese naval officers said their heavily operating air forces were attempting to blast out Chinese defenders 30 miles above Kiukiang on the Yangtze. The U S S Monocacy and British Cockchafer remained to protect nationals despite warnings of dangerous, thickly mined waters.
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National Guard Private Drowns at Fort Moultrie
Private Leroy L. Ross of Greensboro North Carolina drowned while swimming in Sullivan's Island surf with the 252nd Coast Artillery. His body washed ashore near the disappearance site after companions Howard Vernon and Harvey Gurley survived. Escort will accompany the body to Greensboro.
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Howard Vernon
Harvey Gurley
252Nd Coast Artillery Regiment
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Gurley
Vernon
Scholar Street
Greensboro Bunday
Asheboro Men Go On Trial For Slaying Ranger at Fort Bragg
In Fayetteville on July 9 arguments opened in the case against four Asheboro men over the October killing of Fort Bragg ranger Sergeant J F Mott. Bill Cross faces second degree murder charges while Walter C Routh Hal Rush and Jesse Crofts are charged as accessories after the fact. Cross claims he wrestled with Mott as a shotgun fired. Rush implicates Cross. the others dispute who fired. A seven hour session followed with Judge Luther Hamilton noting another session tomorrow.
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Asheboro
J. F. Mott
Fort Bragg
Bill Cross
Walter C. Routh
Hal Rush
Jesse Crofts
Cross
Mott
Rush
Routh and Crofts
Luther Hamilton
Burgin Gains 75 Votes After Ballot Void in Primary
The county board voided 97 absentee ballots from last Saturday's Democratic primary run-off. This shift raised W. O. Burgin of Lexington ahead of C. B. Deane of Rockingham by 75 votes for the 8th district TU 8 House seat. Of illegal ballots, 86 favored Deane and 11 Burgin, widening Burgin’s district lead to about 160 votes as the board continued.
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Lexington
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
House of Representatives
Eighth
Deane
Johnson spared from execution by governor in Raleigh
Governor Hoey commuted the death sentence of Ralph Johnson 38 from Iredell county to life imprisonment for raping his daughter. The change followed recommendations from Sheriff J W Moore the trial judge and the solicitor. The governor cited a related case involving Johnsons brother Fred who received a lengthy sentence.
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Iredell County
Ralph Johnson
Hoey
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J. W. Moore
Fred Johnson
Britons Strive To Halt Death In Holy Land
In Jerusalem and across Palestine fighting escalates as Arabs and Jews clash amid bombings, sniping, and riots. British forces deploy armored cars, marines, police and air units to calm areas around Haifa and Jerusalem while civilian shops close for the Sabbath. Police detain several Jews amid city tensions.
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Youth Gets 20 Months For Improper Actions
Greensboro court records show 18 year old Robert Johnson receiving a 20 month county jail sentence after pleading guilty to improper relations with 14 year old Elsie Harden. Judge Sink labeled him a child with big ideas and ordered work assignment at a county facility.
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Robert Johnson
Elsie Hardin
Guilford Superior Court
Sink
Johnson
Governor won't tap AG to probe High Point election
Governor Hoey announced he would not assign Attorney General Harry McMullan to investigate charges of election fraud in High Point and Johnston county from the June 4 Democratic primary. He said Guilford and Johnston counties are handling probes ably and that the attorney general could add nothing.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Harry McMullan
High Point
Johnston County
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Johnston Counties
McMullan
H. L. Koontz
Greens
Solid South Leaders Split Over Roosevelt Economic Plan
A survey of 23 southern U S Senators and governors shows the politically solid South divided over President Roosevelt's economic rehabilitation proposals. Eleven endorsed, four were too busy to read, six declined comment, and one could not be reached. Governors Bailey of Arkansas and Graves of Alabama voiced strong support, while Senators Bailey and Miller offered critical views.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Bibb Graves
Lister Hill
Hatcher Chosen for State Senate by Burke County Democrats
In Morganton on July 9 the Burke County Democratic Party voted to drop the county convention system and nominate Morganton lawyer H. J. Hatcher for the state senate. Hatcher defeated Beatrice Cobb, a local newspaper woman, by 160 to 4.
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Burke County
H. J. Hatcher
State Senate
Hatcher
Beatrice Cobb
Peas
Wreck Claims Randleman Man Jim Lamb
Asheboro July 9 Special Jim Lamb twenty seven of Randleman was killed when the car he rode in rolled on Central Falls road between 2 and 2 30 pm Lamb was thrown free then crushed by the car J T Hancock also of Randleman escaped injury Garfield Wagner alleged driver received facial and head cuts No charges yet Lamb survived by parents four sisters and four brothers Funeral at Saint Pauls M E church in Randleman Monday at 4 pm conducted by Dr J L Btekes.
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Asheboro
Jim Lamb
Randleman
Central Falls
Lamb
J. T. Hancock
Garfield Wagner
R. D. Lamb
Mary Hilliard
Lester Laughlin
T. N. Maulisbay
High Point
Dixie Lamb
B. G. Lamb
Greensboro
Clarence
R. D
Corbett Lamb
Hasty's Cafe
Saint Paul's M. EB. Church
J. L. Btekes
Cardozo, Liberal Supreme Court Justice, Dies at 68
Associate Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo dies at 6 40 p m at the home of Justice Irving Levan in Port Chester N Y He had suffered heart trouble since winter and spent days in an oxygen tent Cardozo 68 last May 24 was a friend of President Roosevelt and supported New Deal laws He served on the Supreme Court since 1932 after a long New York appellate career born in New York and a Columbia graduate He passed the bar without formal legal education and was famed as a liberal dissenter during the 1934 37 era.
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Paris
Wiley Post
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Stinson Aircraft Corp
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Lodwick
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United States Supreme Court
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New York Court of Appeals
Joseph Raugh
Cardozo
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Justice Lehman
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Hoover
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Columbia University
Negro lynched after killing marshal in Cordele Georgia
In Cordele Georgian July 9 a Negro named John Dukes 60 shot and killed Marshal F O Epps 60 of Arabs. An enraged mob seized the wounded man and burned him to death after the coroner’s inquest returned that death was by unknown parties. Sheriff Bullington and Deputy Pitts described the exchange of gunfire preceding the killings.
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J. G. Bul.ington
John Dukes
F. O. Epps
Bullington
Epps
J. H. Pitts
Cordelo
F. D. Patterson
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Tuskegee
Bureau and Research and Records
Pitts
W. EF. Mixon
Cordelle
Dukes
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