Balloon Disaster Delays National Geographic Flight
Rapid City July 12 AP Disaster struck the U S Army air corps stratosphere balloon as the giant bag collapsed during final prep for a 4 AM takeoff. Five workers jumped to safety and guards scattered to avoid injury as 375000 cubic feet of helium escaped.
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U. S. Army Balloon Corps
National Geographic Society
Rapid City
U. S. Army Air Corps
Albert W. Stevens
Washington
Opposition to Roosevelt tax plan draws broad business ire
Washington July 12. Organized business and industry unite against President Roosevelt tax proposals as the White House defends the plan and hopes for enactment before adjournment. Chambers of commerce and manufacturers denounce taxes as confiscatory while lawmakers face lobbying probes and debates on AAA amendments and public utilities bills.
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Washington
Presiden
Roosevelt
Ite House
Congress
House
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
AAA
Senate
Public Utilities Holding Company
H. Gadsden
Philaelphia
House Rules Committee
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Representative Brewster
Rmaine
White House
Ferdinand Pecora
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Purvis G-Men Leader In Mid West Resigns Position
A Charlotte report notes Purvis resigns as leader of the Mid West G-Men amid a trial in which ex-convict John Reed testifies as a State witness. Reed corroborates parts of Woodrow Shropshire's account of mistreatment of two short term convicts, while disputing fires in the cells during solitary confinement.
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Purvis
G-Men
Mid-West
Charlotte
John Reed
Trusty
Woodrow Wilson Shropshire
Shropshire
Robert Barnes
Henry C. Little
McLaughlin
Rye
Purvis, Dillinger hunter, resigns as Chicago head
Melvin Purvis, famed for directing the capture of John Dillinger Pretty Boy Floyd and other desperadoes, resigns his Chicago office post after confirming acceptance by J Edgar Hoover. He calls the move purely personal and plans to stay in Chicago with undetermined work. Daniel M. Ladd takes temporary charge.
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Chicago
Melvin Purvis
John Dillinger
Department of Justice
Purvis
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Daniel M. Ladd
Chi
Pretty Boy Floyd
Ohio
Floyd
Dillinger
North Side
Bureau
Department of Investigation
East Side
Executions of Louis Sentell and George Whitfield at state prison
In Raleigh on July 12 Louis Sentell white man, 39, convicted for a Shelby murder, and George Whitfield, 22, a Guilford County criminal assault defendant, were electrocuted. Sentell entered the death chamber nervously after bidding farewell, Whitfield received last rites from Rev. George A. Fisher before the mask. Both had exhausted appeals in state and federal courts.
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Raleigh
Louis Sentell
Cleveland County
George Whitfield
Guilford
State's
Sentell
Whitfield
George A. Fisher
William Drake
Shelby
Supreme Court
Guilford County
Cleveland
Forrest C. Feeser
public utilities executives spent over 300000 to defeat holding company abolition
Senate lobby committee heard that more than 300000 was spent by public utility executives to defeat the abolition of unnecessary holding companies within seven years. Philip H. Gadsden of Philadelphia said a half cent per meter assessment funded the campaign, with Edison Electric Institute contributing 150000 and two New York law firms each receiving 75000.
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Washington
Senate
Philip H. Gadsden
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
House
Senate Committee
Gadsden
Edison Electric Institute of New York
Sullivan and Cromwell
Son
Thacher and Bartlett
New York
T. Justin Moore
Richmond
Washington inquiry hears harsh exchanges among witnesses
In Beverly Hills on July 11 a Washington investigation session features witnesses trading insults. The chairman and witnesses clash with accusations that the President is cheated and liars dominate the proceedings.
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Beverly Hills
Callf
Washington
U. S
Mr. Jones
United States
Mr. Smith
Ell Lars
Stalin
Mussolini
Hitler
U S Being Sued For Acute Nostalgia
A civilian conservation officer from North Carolina sues the corps for damages claiming his son suffered acute nostalgia after leaving home. The mother asserts the illness began only after departure and seeks compensation.
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U.S
Mrs Waley Defense Witness in Wa reyhauser Kidnapping Trial
In Tacoma on July 12 the defense rested with Mrs. Margaret Thulin Waley as the sole witness. Prosecutors pressed to refute her denial of involvement in the 200000 kidnaping of nine year old George Weyerhaeuser. Waley testified she feared Dainard and followed orders, saying she knew nothing of the abduction until after it occurred and never met the boy.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Thulin Waley
Margaret Thurlin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
J. Charles Dennis
William Dainard
Mahan
Dainard
John F. Dore
Ex Convict Held for Seven Extortion Attempts
Federal officers hold Al fred Wagner of Brooklyn on extortion charges seeking 465 000 in ransom from families of seven missing persons. Hoover calls him a misery chiseler who hindered kidnappers case. Wagner nabbed in Atlantic City after demanding sums tied to Towt Weyerhaeuser Distelhurst Wells Gordon cases.
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Alfred Wa
New York
Alfred Wagner
Brooklyn
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Atlantic City
N. J
Department of Justice
Wagner
Rose
Charles D. Towt
Nyack
Towt
Ising
TVA Chief Dodges Answer On Roosevelts TVA Work Link
Norris Tennessee July 12 Arthur E Morgan chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority would neither deny nor confirm a report that John Roosevelt 18 year old son of the President has gone to work for the TVA at Norris.
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Norris, Tenn
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
John Roosevelt
TVA
Norris
Salisbury Merchant Dies In Virginia Truck Crash
In Occoquan Virginia near the DC workhouse two merchants W T Fraley 48 of Salisbury NC and Park Connor 24 of Orangeburg NC were killed in a head on triple truck collision. Injured were Hugh Bailey and Cecil Bennett. A coroner's inquest was set for noon and bodies to be sent home with minor injuries Bailey and Bennett.
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Occaquan
District of Columbia
W. T. Fraley
Salisbury
N. C
Merchant
Park Connor
Orangeburg
Hugh Bailey
Fraley
Cecil Bennett
Connor
Young Connor
A. W. Connor
South Carolina
Bennett and
Bailey
Lexington Furniture back to forty hour week in Plattsmouth plants
Lexington, July 12 reports Elk furniture plant resumes eight hour day Monday after workers protested a 50 hour week. Company official says hours shifted to offset recent losses. no price cuts planned. In Sumter, Williams and Williams Veneer plants reject eight striker demands. plants stay closed with picket lines as talks continue.
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Lexington
Elk Furniture Company
J. T. Hedrick
Elk Concern
Sumter
8. C
Williams Furniture Company
Williams Veneer Company
J. C. Johnston
Johnston
12 American Fliers To Fight In Behalf Ethiopia In War
Grasse France July 12 AP Halda Berrier former American commercial air pilot announced he recruited 12 American fliers to form an nucleus for an Ethiopian air force. He refused to name other pilots and said Emperor Haile Selassie would provide planes. The group hoped to strengthen in Egypt and go to Addis Ababa later.
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Grasse
France
Halda Berrier
Ville Pollock
LaFayette
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Egypt
Davidson Accused Of Undue Influence On Wife
Objectors to the will of Mrs. Elva Statler Davidson filed a bill in Moore County Superior Court alleging undue influence by her husband H Bradley Davidson Jr and W Barton Leach. Davidson allegedly was ill and in a depressed mood when she signed the will that left most of her $500000 estate to him. The case follows her death in February at Pinehurst less than two months after marriage.
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Carthage
Elva Statler Davidson
H. Bradley Davidson, Jr
Moore County
Minneapolis
Minn
Davidson
W. Barton Leach
Weston
Massachusetts
Store Operator Is Held Up For $60
Greensboro July 12 M A Bowman country store operator was held up this morning by two masked men and robbed of 60 dollars at his business north of the city. The pair bound Bowman to a tree with automobile tape and disappeared. It was hours before he freed himself and notified authorities. Sheriffs officers search for the holdup pair.
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Greensboro
M. A. Bowman
Bowman
Weather Outlook for Carolina Tonight and Saturday
North Carolina sees generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with local thundershowers possible Saturday afternoon. South Carolina follows a similar pattern with fair weather tonight and Saturday, warmer in the northwest portion, and isolated afternoon storms.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Northwest
Weather report for Sandy Hook to Hatteras and Hatteras to Jacksonville
Winds shift from moderate southwest to northwest or north with partly overcast skies. Local showers expected tonight and Saturday, with scattered showers across the Hatteras to Jacksonville area.
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Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Rainfall Report From Cotton Belt Areas
Rainfall data for the 24 hours ending at dawn is summarized for the principal cotton growing regions and other areas. Weather observations indicate varying totals across districts, affecting irrigation and crop conditions.
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Matt
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Jim Variey
Fawall
Yellowstone National Park
RSE
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Sum
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Civilian Conservation Officers
COC
Corps
Mrs. Waley
Weyerhaueser
Sing Sing
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst
Nashville
William Wells
Philadelere
Ann Booth Gordon
Farmington, Conn
Connecticut River
Nlisbury
S. C
Lexington Furniture Company
Ethiopia
Statler
Temperatur
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