Former M P Sir Thomas Worsfold Dies in London
London reports Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold, former member of parliament, died today. In Arkansas, a cafe fire at the Merchants hotel complex destroyed the building and 12 nearby businesses, with losses around 875000. Baron Rolin-Jacquemyns, 73, a judge at The Hague World Court, also died today.
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London
Thomas Cato Worsfold
Little Rock
Ark
Merchants Hotel
Brussels
Belgium
Baron Rolin-Jacquemyns
World Court
the Hague
New Union party taps Chicago banker as national treasurer
Richard W. Wolfe of Chicago was named national treasurer of the new Union party. Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota will lead the party in the fall presidential race. In St Louis, Harvey A. Parks and Charles L. Parsons died in an airplane crash.
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NEW Party
Chicago
Richard W. Wolfe
New Union Party
William Lemke
R-Nd
ST. Louis, II
Harvey A. Parks
Oliver Parks
Parks Air College
Charles L. Parsons
Harrison, Neb
Clash Between Japanese and Chinese Detachments Ends Quietly
Tiantsin July 11 Japanese and Chinese detachments clashed over public use in a sharp encounter. No casualties reported and an early settlement was expected. In New York Roosevelt met at his East 65th Street house with relief chief Hopkins and Assistant Aubrey Williams on drought relief efforts.
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Tiantsin
New York
Roosevelt
East 65Th Street House
Harry L. Hopkins
Aubrey Om
Goodyear Charged in National Bar Board Complaint
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was charged today in a national bar board complaint with complicity in three assaults at Gadsden Alabama on members and organizers of the United Rubber Workers of America.
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Washington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
National Bar Board
Gadsden
Ala
United Rubber Forkers of America
Crowd Turns Out For Meighan Funeral At St Patrick's Cathedral
More than 2,000 mourners filled St Patrick's Cathedral to honor Thomas Meighan the silent film star who died on Wednesday. Notables from radio and screen attended the service in New York.
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New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Thomas Meighan
Girl 16 Die By Own Action In Eureka Over Graduation Ban
Coroner W. L. Wallace reports a 16 year old Eureka high school girl died by her own action. He says sorrow over being barred from speaking at graduation exercises, a punishment for skipping class to swim, contributed to the tragedy.
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Eureka
Calif
W. L. Wallace
Japan Privy Council Opens Secret Session on Peace Decree
Tokyo AP report says the Japanese privy council began secret consideration of an important imperial decree aimed at maintaining peace and order in Tokyo amid confidential discussions.
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Tokyo
Privy Council
Oil Workers Strike In Puerto Mexico Demands
Twelve thousand oil workers walked out in Puerto Mexico to press employers to accept 108 separate demands. The stoppage interrupts production and signals escalating labor dispute in the national oil sector.
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Puerto
Mexico
Severe drought and cold grip South Africa as unrest hits Toronto
Drought and winter shivered South Africa with cattle dying in the northwest cape while other areas froze. Eleven men were arrested today for forcibly seizing and confining people in connection with Toronto relief disturbances.
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Punny Werather
Capetown
Union of South America
South Africa
Northwest
Cape
Toronto
Curb Nazis Bucharest Cabinet Crisis In Romania
A cabinet crisis in Romania prompts calls for measures to curb Nazi agitation. In Paris three decrees lift French sanctions against Italy. The reports come from AP.
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Bucharest
Romania
Paris
Italy
Weather Threatens Championship Fight in Seattle Bout
Uncertain weather again threatens the outdoor middleweight title fight between Kadie Risko and Freddie Steele in Seattle after a 24 hour postponement.
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Whather
Seattle
Kadie
Rabe) Risko
Freddie Steele
Labor Dispute Darkens Washington Rift in AFL
In Washington on July 11 a high level labor crisis deepened as President Roosevelt met with Edward F. McGrady to hear an emergency report on the feud splitting the American Federation of Labor. McGrady said prospects for reconciling John L. Lewis industrialists and craft unions are dim with hostility high between camps. The executive council faces a vote Tuesday on suspending insurgent unions claiming 1,250,000 members.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
New York
Edward F. McGrady
John L. Lewis
John P. Frey
Lewis
Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
Heat Wave In Two Carolinas Claims 7
Heat across the Carolinas pushes temperatures near 100 with multiple days above 95. Seven deaths are linked to the outbreak in South Carolina while North Carolina reports one drowning fatality. Cities including Winston-Salem Charlotte Henderson Columbia Raleigh and Durham reach near or above 100.
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Carolinas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Henderson
Asheville
Columbia
Raleigh
Durham
Warren says he is not a candidate for comptroller general
Washington North Carolina July 11 Representative Lindsay C Warren pauses before a coast vacation and dismisses reports he will be the next comptroller general declaring he is not a candidate for any office except his congressional seat from the first district.
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Washinton
N. C
Lindsay C. Warren
North Carolina
United States
Congress
Severe storm leaves city in wreck with fires and floods
A fierce electrical storm swept High Point and surrounding areas last night damaging power and telephone lines. A barn on the Winston-Salem road was destroyed by lightning, with $3,000 in damage. Heavy rain, 1.44 inches, washed mud into the city pool closing it until Sunday. People fled theaters mistaking thunder for an earthquake.
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Winston-Salem Road
San Francisco
Paramount Theater
A. B. Horney
City Lake
City Pool
W. F. Tice
Winston-Salem Highway
Pickett Strikers Face Ultimatum at Cotton Mill
Management at Pickett Cotton Mill issued a Monday return ultimatum to strikers. D G Cartereli read the mill offer renewing demands of 11 hour days for 60 to 90 days with a 52 000 pound weekly output target and a 10 percent bonus. The mill plans to install used cards and move toward two eight hour shifts.
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Pickett Cotton Mill
D. G. Cartereli
Mr. Carter
R. H. Walker
Wall Lumber Plant Destroyed by Lightning Fire at Wallburg
Fire last night destroyed the Wall Lumber company plant at Wallburg with losses estimated between 8000 and 10000 dollars. A severe electrical storm preceded the blaze as night rain fell and wind shifted, aiding in protecting nearby homes. Fire crews from Winston-Salem helped contain the flames before they could spread, and no insurance was carried. The owners faced uncertainty about rebuilding.
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Wallburg
Wall Lumber Company
G. W. Wall
B. W. Bagnal
Winston-Salem Fire Department
Two Young Boys Begin Dentistry Run Ends Quickly
In Vancouver on July 11 a 13 year old and an 8 year old started a makeshift dentistry stunt. A five year old girl as patient had two teeth removed and fled home. The mother called the police.
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Vancouver
B. C
Soviet American trade accord extended for further year
Moscow reports the Soviet Union will buy at least 30 million dollars in American goods in the year after July 13 1936 under the extended Soviet American trade agreement. The pact, signed by William Bullitt and Maxim Litvinoff, extends MFN treatment and continues the framework of the 1934 tariff act provisions.
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Soviet Union
America
William Bullitt
Maxim Litvinoff
Renee
Charge d'Affairs
Loy Henderson
United States
Cuba
Bridge Cited As Symbol of Change Of Human Needs
President Roosevelt dedicates the $64,000,000 East River bridge with PWA funds, calling it a symbol of evolving human needs and government complexity. He pauses during a trip to vacation areas, joined by Secretary Ickes, Public Works administrator.
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New York
Inborough
Roosevelt
East River
PWA
Scretary Ickes
Charleston Gymnastic Team Member Dies Falling From Parapet
Joseph R. Laffan 26 of Charleston Y M C A gym team slipped while walking on his hands along a parapet and fell 75 feet five stories to the ground during a photo session. Bystanders found him dead with a mangled body.
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Charleston
8. C
Joseph R. Laffan
Charleston Y. Co. A
Association
Laffan
Womble Elected NC Bar Association President
B. H. Womble of Winston-Salem was elected president of the North Carolina Bar Association as the 38th annual convention concluded in Asheville.
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Asheville
Womble
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Bar Association
Pact Between Germany and Austria Expected Tonight
Berlin July 11 AP report says a far-reaching agreement between Germany and Austria will be proclaimed tonight by propagandist Paul Joseph Goebbels. Text is guarded but indications show the two nations have buried the hatchet.
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Berlin
Germany
Austria
Paul Josef Goebbels
Primary vote tallied in North Carolina election results tabulated
Raleigh July 11 state board of elections finished tabulating last Saturdays primary results will be canvassed. Clyde R. Hoey Shelby led for governor with 266 354 votes to 214 414 for Ralph W. McDonald Winston-Salem Horton Pittsboro led for lieutenant governor 217 230 to 209 248 for Grady Kenly. Thad A. Bure Winton led secretary of state race 234 956 to 194 015 for Stacey Wade. Maxwell secretary reported no formal challenges or appeals aside from an absentee vote protest in Cleveland county and Forsyth board minutes disallowing a McDonald protest.
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Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Ralph W. McDonald
Winston-Salem
Wilkins P. Horton
Pittsboro
Paul D. Grady
Kenly
Horton
Grady
Thad A. Bure
Winton
Stacey W. Wade
Raymond C. Maxwell
Cleveland County
Maxwell
Forsyth Board
McDonald
North Carolina Press Association elects officers at annual convention
The North Carolina Press Association elected C C Council of the Durham erald and Sun as president and W C Russ of the Waynesville Mountaineer as vice president. Beatrice Cobb of Morganton News-Herald was reelected secretary. New historian B A Lawrance of The Mecklenburg Times and an executive committee were named.
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Cc. C. Council
Durhamerald and
Sun
North Carolina Press Association
W. C. Russ
Waynesville Mountaineer
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton News-Herald
B. A. Lawrance
The
Mecklenburg Times
T. J. Lassiter
Smithfield Herald
Holt McPherson
High Point Enterprise
L. C. Gifford
Ample Food Supplies Forecast Despite Drought Hopes
Washington officials forecast adequate food supplies for people and livestock if drought damage stays limited. July 1 crop prospects show wheat at 638 million bushels, up from 1935, and corn at 2.245 billion bushels, down slightly from last year, with 1928-32 averages cited.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Drought Conditions in North Carolina Declared Serious
Raleigh July 11 federal state agricultural statistician Frank Parker says drought in North Carolina counties west of Iredell is serious with little rain in recent weeks. Central and eastern areas show improvement though May and early June drought persisted. State crop report due Monday.
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Raleigh
Frank Parker
North Carolina
Iredell
Parker
Agreement in steel strike announced in Portsmouth
Richard Evans, head of a Portsmouth Amalgamated union committee, said striking Wheeling Steel workers accepted a company settlement. The vote by secret ballot followed violence since May 22 and one guard death. About 5500 workers are expected to return soon, with picketing continuing until reopening. Caudill could not say when the plant would reopen without further talks with Parker Wilson.
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Portsmouth U
Richard Evans
Portsmouth
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Evans
Parker F. Wilson
Amalgamated
C. C. Caudill
Wilson
Woman Held on Kidnap Charge
Mrs. Belle Bennett also known as Mrs. Clyde B. Sutton and Mrs. Belle Bennett Andrews was released on $2,000 bond to face U.S. district court July 17 for kidnapping. Arrested in New Bern, N.C., she allegedly induced Miss Mabel Hutchins to ride in her car to North Carolina where Hutchins was tied to a tree and left. Bennett had been fined $2,000 on a state assault charge in New Bern last month.
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Norfolk
Belle Bennett
Clyde B. Sutton
Belle Bennett Andrews
Norfolk County
Luther B. Way
U.S. District Court
New Bern
N. C
U. S
W. A. Buckard
Norfolk Police Force
Explosion Wrecks Baltimore Paint Plant
Fire swept a downtown Baltimore paint and oil plant after an afternoon explosion. Brick flew for a block as six fire alarms sounded and flames filled the air. Police reported unconfirmed word that several workers were inside at the time.
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Baltimore
Cooler Weather Arrives Across the Midwest
The Associated Press reports cooler air moving from the northwest toward the east starting tonight after a period of heat. Chicago and surrounding regions are expected to feel the drop as the front advances, bringing relief to residents after a heat wave.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Over Half Hundred English Sparrows Electrocuted
A severe lightning storm killed between 50 and 60 English sparrows roosting in an East Washington street tree not struck by lightning. The birds were found under the tree this morning. currents from nearby wires are blamed. Forecaster Lloyd reports heat and drought easing with showers likely across the Midwest and a gradual cool-down forthcoming.
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East Washington Street
Fresh Air Taxi Office
Guilford General Hospital
Union Service Sunday At First Methodist Protestant
Second in a summer series of cooperative evening services across city churches. Tomorrow at 8 o clock the First Methodist Protestant church hosts with Rev. F L Conrad of Emmanuel Lutheran delivering the sermon titled The Key To The Lords Prayer. A rotating visiting pastor leads the weekly union gatherings through July and August.
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First Methodist Protestant Church
F.L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Paroles Granted State Prisoners Paroles Granted State Prisoners
Governor Ehringhaus granted paroles to seven state prisoners in Raleigh on July 11 and denied clemency for 18 others. The paroles include Leslie Williams from Lenoir County serving three to five years for accessory after the fact and Marvin Rogers from Iredell County for manslaughter. Other released inmates include Jimmie Jordan from Wayne for 21 to 22 years for robbery and assault, Lou Hunt from Cabarrus for breaking and entering and larceny, Stephen Satterfield from Person for grand larceny, B F Chesnutt from Cleveland for 12 months on larceny receiving and disposing of stolen property, and Cody Dyer from Mecklenburg for six months for assault on his wife.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Leslie Tom William
Lenoir County
Marvin Rogers
Iredell
Jimmie Jordan
Wayne
Lou Hunt
Catawba
Stephen Satterfield
B. F. Chesnutt
Cleveland
Cody Dyer
Mecklenburg
Guards With Machine Guns Watch 12 000 Shanghai Boxes
Guards with machine guns and rifles stood watch in San Francisco today over 12 000 boxes of Shanghai dollars valued at 24 million dollars. Many crates weigh 328 pounds and are piled in an alley behind the San Francisco mint after arriving from China ten days ago, overtaxing storage space.
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San Fracisco
U. S
San Francisco
China
Five Thousand Dollar Gift Helps Junaluska Drive
Dr W A Lambeth pastor of Wesley Memorial church and drive director announces a new 5000 donation to the Save Junaluska campaign to reach 105000 by August 15 Lake Junaluska faces foreclosure but leaders expect the target to be met with many small gifts. A second 5000 gift is confirmed from a distinguished North Carolina family.
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Save
Lambeth
North Carolina
Hosiery Makers Elect Officed in Southern Group
Chattanooga Tenn Henry Bryan elected president of the Southern Heavy Hosiery association yesterday T W Eshelman of Wilkesboro NC named vice president of the division and A Straus JP Columbia vice president of full fashioned division Seifart of Charlotte NC chosen treasurer Seifart is president of Hudson Silk Hosiery company Charlotte and heads the Hudson Silk Knitting company which has completed a new plant at Oakhurst
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Tenn
Henry Bryan
Tanocoga
Southern Heavy Turors Association
Yester T. W. Eshelman
Wilkesboro
N. C
A. Straus
Columbia
Seifart
Charlotte
Ation
Hudson Silk Hosiery
Hudson Silk Knitting Pany
Oakhurst
High Point Weather Brief Report
A brief weather note for High Point records a high temperature in the afternoon period. Forecast indicates a hot day with limited cloud cover and rising heat levels impacting outdoor activities. Readers are advised to stay hydrated and avoid prolonged sun exposure during peak hours.
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