Emergency Decree Issued As Government Takes All Guarantees Of Bank Over
North Carolina reports a weekend toll of five dead and 20 injured in accidents on highways rails and at resorts. A fatal railway crossing crash near New London claimed Mrs. John Hatley and left two brothers-in-law dead and others injured. A separate Charlotte area crash injured Oren W McCall and two companions. A Myrtle Sound drowning claimed Arthur Sprinkle, while Howard Weant survived a stunt plane crash with injuries. Several others sustained injuries across counties Randolph and Stanly.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
New London
Albemarle
John Hatley
M. Lather
Avis Hatley
Davis Hatley
E. Matterson
Spencer
T. F. Criscoe
Stanlyunty
Tomorow
Oren W. McCall
Charotte
Jel Rainwater
Preston Griffith
Iimington
Arthur Sprinkle
Marion
Myrtle Sound
Howard Weant
Charlotte Avinor
Eath
Cherville
Theeek-End
Randolph County
David Hinshaw
Winford
President Hoover tackles German financial crisis at once
President Hoover, returning from Rapidan, gave undivided attention to Germanys financial trouble. He began studying important communications on his desk and used all White House sources to monitor the sit uation, though he had not spoken directly with Germanys Ambassador Sackett or other officials.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapidan
Germany
White House
Ambassador Sackett
Dirigible Mayflower Destroyed In Kansas City Storm
A July night storm toppled the Akron built Goodyear dirigible Mayflower near the municipal airport. Pilot Capt. Charles E. Brannigan was badly burned attempting to weather the wind as gasoline from ruptured tanks ignited on a hangar roof. Co-pilot R. H. Hobensack and crew member Claude Hendershot escaped with burns as the craft crashed into a transformer and ground crews scattered.
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Kansas City
Charles E. Brannigan
Siieaaenis
Brannigan
R. H. Hobensack
Claude Hendershot
Hobensack
Akron
Ray Horton
Hendershot
Two Americans Hurt As Filipinos Stone Officers At Club
Manila July 13 An outdoor pool melee at the Army and Navy Club left Captain Fred Adams and Robert Davis injured as about 200 to 300 Filipinos overran the grounds while club staff tried to expel the crowd. Police cleared the invaders during a large protest urging U S Senators Pitman and Hawes to back independence for the islands.
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Manila
Army and Navy Club
Army
Fred Adams
31st_ infantry
Robert Davis
United States
Pitman
Nevada
Hawes
Missouri
Islands
Australian Flier Heads From Sydney to Ormoc
Manila reports C. C. Chichester, en route from Sydney to Tokyo, landed at Mati on Zamboanga Island yesterday and departed for Ormoc in Leyte Island at 11 a.m. today, according to directorate posts.
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Manila
Bureau of Posts
C. C. Chichester
Sydney
Australia
Tokyo
Japan
Mati
Zamboanga Island
Ormoc
Leyte Island
American pilot to start home from London for Cleveland air race
Lieut. Al Williams of the United States will sail back to the U S tomorrow aboard the Leviathan after recruiting several of Europe s top pilots for the national air race at Cleveland.
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London
al Williams
Mellon Plans Quick London Trip From Paris
Andrew W. Mellon, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, reportedly altered holiday plans and will travel to London via Paris on Washington instructions. The report comes amid urgent requests for rapid financial assistance to Germany as the situation develops.
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Mellon
Jean Cap Ferrat
France
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
London
Paris
Washington
Luther Arrives Basel Bearing Berlin’s Financial Crisis Word
Dr. Hans Luther president of the Reichsbank arrives in Basel to inform the Bank for International Settlements of Berlin’s financial crisis and the latest government measures.
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Luther
Basel
Germany
Hans Luther
Reichsbank
Bank For International Settlements
Berlin
Woman killed in Greensboro area car crash near Julian
Mrs. R. F. Paschal wife of a Siler City attorney was instantly killed when her car collided at a road intersection near Julian twelve miles southeast of Greensboro. Two men riding in the other vehicle were involved in the crash. the accident occurred this afternoon and AP reported the incident from Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Greensboro
N. C
R. F. Paschal
Siler City
Julian
Here
Foulois Promoted to Chief of Army Air Corps
Brigadier General Benjamin D Foulois is promoted to Major General and named Chief of the Army Air Corps effective December 20, War Department announces.
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Foulois
Washington
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
War Department
Demand Convocation of Reichstag Sought by Parties
The Communist and National Socialist parties delivered a joint demand to the government for an early Reichstag convocation. They cited the political foreign situation and the domestic economic conditions as justification.
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Berlin
National Socialist
Reichstag
DeMolay Delegates Arrive For North Carolina Conclave
DeMolay delegates arrive in Gastonia for the annual North Carolina order conclave with an executive meeting for chapter officers this afternoon and a banquet and dance planned for tonight.
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Gastonia
North Carolina Order of DeMolay
Justice to Hungary Flight Heads Toward Budapest from New York
Alexander Magyar and George Endres began their long delayed transatlantic flight from New York to Budapest in a Lockheed with radio. They plan to fuel at Harbor Grace Newfoundland and follow a northern great circle route, aiming to spotlight alleged postwar wrongs under the Trianon treaty.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Alexander Magyar
George Endres
Atlantic
Budapest
Harbor Grace
N. F
Magyar
Endres
Newfoundland
Hungary
New York
The
Radio Corporation of America
Eastport
Maine
Grace Moore Wedding Planned in Cannes
American opera star Grace Moore to wed Valentine Pareja in Cannes at 4 30 Wednesday in the mayor's office. The ceremony marks a high profile union between a film celebrity and a wealthy Spaniard, with local officials confirming arrangements.
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Cannes
France
Grace Moore
Valentine Pareja
Two American airmen report crash near Mexican coast
The pilot of a Mexican airline sighted the Captain Emilio Carranza plane wreck on a beach about 60 miles north of Soto La Marina Tamaulipas. Edward Maloney and Seth Yerrington were suspected aboard with two fliers seen near the wreck. a light rescue plane was ordered from Brownsville.
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Mexico City
Mexican Aviation Company
Brownsville
Emilio Carranza
Aes
Brownaville
Henry Dorrel
Carranza
Edward Maloney
Seth Yerrington
Roosevelt Field
Darrell
Soto la Marina
Tamaulipas
Tampico
Dorrell
Fiest
Lonely Am
Alphabetic Naming for Large Families in Georgia
In Bowmen Georgia Mr and Mrs John R Ginn advocate an alphabetic naming system for their 16 children The list includes Brodie Corbin Dorcas El mira Fezzan Gregor Hassie Ith mar Jessie Kester Lisbon Manson Nelson Ornice Pascal and Quaver Their approach aims to minimize errors and simplify full enumeration noting ten children already have families.
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Bowman, Ga
John R. Ginn
Brodie
Corbin
Dorcas
Elmira
Fezzan
Gregor
Hassie
Ithmar
Jessie
Kester
Lisbon
Manson
Nelson
Ornice
Pascal
Quaver
Nine Die In Weekend Air Crashes Across U S and Canada
Over the weekend nine people were killed in U S and Canadian plane crashes. Victims included Chester Bailes and William Warren in Chicago, Elizabeth Osborn and Ruby Hinson near Jonesboro Arkansas, Irwin Vrooman Kansas City, George Colburn Manhattan and Ershul Thomas Harrisonville, Art Piesby and William Bramphall Lloydminster, and Charley Sugg St Clair Ohio with Sugg dying from a crash injury.
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United States
Canada
Chester Bailes
Kansas City
William Warren
Antonio
Tex
Chicago
Bailes
Braniff Airlines, Inc
Warren
Century Airlines, Inc
Elizabeth Osborn
Ruby Hinson
Jonesboro
Ark
H. E. Lawhead
Law
Harrisonville
Irwin Vrooman
George Colburn
Manhattan
Kas
Ershul Thomas
Vrooman
Art Piesby
William Bramphall
Lloydminster
Sask
W. Lang
Kitscoty
Alta
Charley Sugg
St. Clair
Mich
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Yorkville
Salary Cut Of Custodial State Employes Rescinded
RALEIGH July 13 Gov O Max Gardner announced that a 20 percent salary cut for custodial state workers was rescinded. All other state employees not fixed by law will face a 10 percent cut. The governor said the custodial reduction occurred without his knowledge. An order to standardize pay across departments will be issued pending surveys and adjustments.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Budget Bureau
European central banks to lead German relief plan
Acting Secretary Castle says American bankers are ready to assist but any rescue of Germany must originate with European banks. He notes Basel talks between the Bank of England Bank of France and BIS as they consider the German crisis and adds U.S. bankers are prepared to help any viable relief plan.
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Washington
Hoover
Germany
Castle
State Department
Virginia
Claudel
France
Bank of England
Bank of France
Basel
Switzerland
Bank of International Settlements
Endeavorers Seek Halt On Liability Insurance Law For Taxi Cars
In Raleigh Judge W C Harris issued a temporary restraining order blocking A J Maxwell from enforcing the new state liability insurance law on taxi and for hire vehicles. A hearing Tuesday will decide if the order becomes permanent. The suit, brought by J E Kirk and others, challenges the clause requiring public cars to carry insurance before licenses are issued, arguing annual costs could reach 400 000 to 560 000 dollars. Formal complaints will be filed soon.
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Raleigh
W. C. Harris
A. J. Maxwell
Commissioner of Revenue
Asheville Lawyer Is Critically Ill
Judge J. D. Murphy a 73 year old veteran of the Asheville bar is reported in critical condition at his home after suffering two strokes of paralysis yesterday.
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Asheville
J. D. Murphy
Man-Eating Shark Caught Off Coast
Captain H. A. Frey, master of the Silver Spray, claims the season's first man eating shark catch off the lower North Carolina coast. An 11 foot, 600 pound tiger shark was taken five miles off Wrightsville Beach after a fierce battle, unusual for its near land location.
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Wilmington
H. A. Frey
Wrightsville
North Carolina
Wrightsville Beach
Frey
Gulf Stream
Validity of New State Fruit Tax Questioned
A South Carolina delegation pressed to test North Carolina’s new fruit and vegetable sales tax on out of state sellers. They met with NC Revenue Commissioner Maxwell who said the license law runs for the next biennium. A Buncombe County suit already challenges the tax, and SC officials plan to study it as a potential test case.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Greenville
Spartanburg
Florence
A. J. Maxwell
W. G. Query
South Carolina Tax Commission
Ira B. Blackwood
Maxwell
Buncombe County
Two Duke Trusts Exempt From Federal Estate Tax
The board of tax appeals ruled two trusts created by James B. Duke for his daughter Doris Duke are exempt from federal estate taxes. It overruled the commissioner who counted the trusts in Duke's estate, seeking $9.04 million in tax. Executors admitted a $500,000 deficiency. Duke died in 1925 with an estate valued at $101.606 million excluding the trusts. The executors are Mrs. Nanaline H. Duke, George Allen, and William R. Perkingz.
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Washington
James B. Duke
Doris Duke
Board of Tax Appeals
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Duke
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of
New York City
Nanaline H. Duke
George ©. Allen
William R. Perkingz
Big Institution Halts Payments Amid German Banking Crisis
The Darmstaedter and National Bank suspends payments after a collapse linked to a drain of funds. Government steps in to guarantee deposits as Hans Luther travels to Basel for talks with World Bank directors. Berlin, Paris, London weigh Germany’s outlook with officials cornered by the instability.
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Hans Luther
Reichebank
Basel
World Bank
Germany
Paris
Bruening
London
Henderson
Berlin
MacDonald
Stimson
Rome
Mellon
Cap Ferat
German government seizes Darmstaedter and National Bank
Berlin acts to save the nation from financial ruin as it takes over guarantees of the 30 million Darmstaedter and National Bank which suspended payments due to currency drain. The government closes the stock exchange for today and tomorrow to halt spreading panic.
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Berlin
Darmstaedter and National Bank
Darmstaedter
Stock Exchange
Action in Full Case Postponed in Fall Bribe Sentence
Justice Bailey in the District of Columbia supreme court postponed action in the Albert B. Fall bribery case with no explanation. Fall, once secretary of the interior, had a one year jail term for taking a $100000 bribe. A consultation was sought to possibly add a day to the sentence and allow the attorney general to assign him to a western prison. Fall, believed ill with inactive tuberculosis, was in El Paso Texas awaiting next steps.
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Washington
Justice Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Texas
New Mexico
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Rover
Justice
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