British driver tops 24 hour land speed record at Bonneville
Captain George Eyston of England shattered the 24 hour world land speed mark at Bonneville Salt Flats with an unofficial average of 149.16 mph. Separately, a strong earthquake was detected in Argentina near La Plata with epicenter estimated west of Santiago, Chile. The Hindenburg completed its fifth east west Atlantic crossing and moored at Lakehurst naval station with fifty aboard.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George Eyston
Buenos Aire
la Plata University
Chile
Santiago
Lakehurst
N. J
North Atlantic
Naval Air Station
Labor clash as Green accuses Lewis of ignoring summons
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor accuses John L. Lewis and seven other union leaders of failing to attend a federation executive council meeting. Green warns of possible suspension for dual unionism while seeking a settlement to avert action. The dispute centers on Lewis planned industrial unionization and would impact 1,250,000 CIO affiliated members.
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Washington
Wiliam Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Todi
A. F. of L
United Mine Workers
Commitee For Industrial Organization
Organized Labor
Co. IL. O
Lewis
Veterans Have Cashed In 326000 In Bonus Money
Residents of High Point saw $326000 in veteran bonus money cashed at the post office as the city learned its beneficiaries. Many funds funded homes repairs furniture and purchases while some bonds were sent to Asheville for cashing and others saved. The total may reach about a million as unanswered questions linger about who profited from the payments.
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U.S
High Point
Sherlock Holmes
Asheville
U. S. Treasury
Washington
Locarno breakdown hinted as three-power alliances form
Paris reports hint of a likely breakdown of Locarno security efforts and possible three-power Western alignments. France outlines three conditions for talks in Brussels, including German denunciation of the Mutual Security pact and Germany’s repudiation of Reich delegates.
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Paris
Austria
Brussels
Germany
Italy
Rhineland
Hitler
France
Great Britain
Belgium
League of Nations
Fuehrer
Schuschnigg
Free City of
Danzig
Czechoslovakia
Heat Rains Fizzle Out As Midwest Endures Drought
Chicago reports continued heat and drought across the middle west and east with only sporadic rains in the northwest and south failing to alleviate conditions. Government meteorologist J R Lloyd warned no new rain is in sight for heat baked areas, predicting generally fair skies and torrid temperatures to persist.
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Chicago
Middle West
J. R. Lloyd
America
Lloyd
Illinois
1936 New England apple crop forecast cut by 2.5 million bushels
United States Department of Agriculture officials in Boston predict the 1936 New England apple harvest will fall about two and a half million bushels short of 1935. In Virginia Endless Caverns, Louise Thaden of Hagerstown Md. claims a light plane speed record of 109.58 mph on a 100 kilometer course. In San Francisco dentists predict overtime work as the 78th annual American Dental Association convention opens.
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Boston
United States Department of Agriculture
New England
Endless Caverns
National Aeronautic Association
Louise Thaden
Hagerstown
U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce Aviatrix
San Francisco
Dentists of America
Roosevelt Establishes Civil Service Fitness Tests
President Roosevelt issued an order creating a new procedure in which all future civil service entrants must first pass fitness tests. The measure broadens the eligibility criteria for government jobs and sets a standardized health and capability standard for applicants.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kingston Guard John McCormick Dies From Stab Wounds
Kingston Ontario AP reports guard John McCormick died after stabbing injuries from Saturday. Suspect Chester Grassley, a Black inmate serving a life term, was involved in the Kingston penitentiary incident.
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Kingston
John McCormick
Chester Grassley
Kingston Penitentiary
Rev. Thomas Pardue dies at 78 in Roaring River home
The Rev. Thomas Pardue, 78, a retired Baptist minister, died from a heart ailment at his Roaring River residence near Elkin last night. He is survived by three sons.
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Elkin
Thomas Pardue
Roaring River
Here
German fortification of Heligoland cited in Commons
Lord Cranborne told the House of Commons that he understood Heligoland was being fortified by Germany. The disclosure highlights growing concerns over German military preparations and potential European tensions.
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London
Lord Cranborne
Foreign Affairs
House of Commons
Heligoland
Germany
Southern China Officials Demand War Rejected by KMT
In Nanking the central executive committee of the Kuomintang rejected repeated southern Chinese officials calls for war against Japan.
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Nanking
Japan
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Convicted trio linked to trap gun murder in Kingston
In Kingston Tennessee a Rockwood nurse Edith ance and taxi operator Floyd Doughtry are convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of 16 year old Charlies Clark tied to a trap gun set a year ago.
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Kingston, Tenn
Edithance
Rockwood
Floyd Doughtry
Charlies Clark
Nine nationalist demonstrators wounded in Raida gun battle
In Raida Syria nine nationalist demonstrators were seriously wounded today during a gun battle with police. The clash at the village follows rising tensions and marks a violent showdown between protesters and security forces.
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Beirut
Syria
Raida
Emerson Man. sets 112 degree heat record in prairie heat wave
A new high of 112 degrees was recorded at Emerson Manitoba as the western prairie endures extreme heat. Deaths from the heat wave and drowning total 26 across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as authorities investigate both conditions.
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Torvatu
Emerson
Man
Manitoba
Sacketchewan
Alberta
Family 4 Shot Dead in Virginia Mountain Home
Four members of the Smallwood family were found shot to death at their Blue Ridge Mountain home near Providence Chapel Clarke county Virginia. Victims include Mrs May Smallwood 60 and her sons Elbert 21 Alfred 19 and Mrs Smallwood mother Virginia Elsen 90. The husband and father is said to be alive in Pennsylvania. Discovery made by Gilbert Fowler and a companion en route to work after sighting smoke from the home.
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Winchester
Blue Ridge Mountain
Providence Chapel
Clarke County
May Smallwood
Nathaniel Smallwood
Elbert
Alfred
Pennsylvania
Gilbert Fowler
Smallwood
Arms Are Carried In Citrus Strike
In Southern California a citrus strike district near the Los Angeles Orange County line became an armed camp. The sheriff's office says non striking fruit pickers may arm with clubs to prevent attacks, while truck drivers may carry pistols. Foremen guiding crews will serve as special deputies with shotguns and sidearms.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
Orange Counties
Sheriff's Office
Three Injured as Car Crashes Into Bank Here
Clyde Earnhart of Springfield road and two companions Lonnie Jarrett and Lonnie Ballard from Fairfield road were injured when a car went over a fill and into an embankment at 1035 Leonard street. Earnhart sustained throat punctures and facial injuries. Ballard and Jarrett had minor injuries. They were treated at Guilford General Hospital.
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Clyde Earnhart
Springfield Road
Leonard Street
Lonnie Jarrett
Lonnie Ballard
Fairfield Road
Guilford General Hospital
Sechrest's
Ballard
Jarrett
Earnhart
Shrine phil anthropic aid to crippled children
Trustees heard that fifty thousand crippled children in the United States and Canada have received aid from the shrine philanthropic corporation during the past fourteen years.
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Seattle
United States
Canada
Shrine Philanthropic Corporation
Pension Checks To Be Sent Despite Court Ruling
Washington reports that rail road retirement board will issue pensions from a 846,685,000 appropriation despite a District of Columbia court ruling invalidating a tax section. About 4,000 workers are eligible and 20,000 more have filed. 18 annuities have been certified ranging from 13.55 to 91.04 monthly.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Humidity Drives Discomfort In High Point Weather
Citizens in High Point complain of hot humid days as temperatures rise. The article explains humidity definitions and notes the unusually dry air makes people seek cooling measures while laundries, swimming pools, and ice cream parlors see business pick up.
Violinist Fritz Kreisler appeals tax deficiency
July 13 Fritz Kreisler, renowned violinist, appealed a $52 654 income tax deficiency to the Board of Tax Appeals claiming the Treasury erred in computing his net taxable income.
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Washington
Fritz Kreisler
Board of Tax Appeals
Treasury
Roosevelt to meet flood control group at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt agreed to receive a delegation of East State representatives at Hyde Park to discuss flood control measures. The president planned a two week vacation sailing cruise in North Atlantic waters following the talks.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Lood Centre
North Atlantic
Seven Return Ten Work At Pickett Mills After Ultimatum
Only seven of about 250 Pickett Cotton mills workers returned this morning after management’s ultimatum to resume or vacate mill houses. Picket lines formed at each gate and most workers refused to return for what they described as 65 hour weeks. they want 40 hours at same pay. Among those entering were assistant superintendent Dell Carter watchman and three overseers. Yesterday mass meeting urged staying out until demands met with labor leaders from Winston-Salem and across the state speaking. Picket lines were discontinued the second day of the strike.
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Pickett Cotton Mills
Dell Carter
R. R. Lawrence
Winston-Salem
State Federation of Labor
Henry [. Adama
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Everett Morris
High Point Central Labor Union
Paul B. Christopher
Shelby
George J. Kendall
J. H. Fullerton
Charlotte
Spanish Leader Is Found Slain
The body of mon archist Jose Calvo Cotelo was found in the Madrid municipal cemetery after being seized from his home by men in assault guard uniforms. He was killed by clubs knives and sap shots, a case top of the national cabinet agenda amid fears of political repercussions. The slain leader’s family suspects vengeance for the previous night’s assault guard captain murder by alleged Fascists.
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Madrid
Jose Calvo Cotelo
Ssault
Spain
Police Officers to Attend North Carolina Meeting
Chief W. G. Friddle Sergeant J. W. McMahon and other Raleigh police department members will travel to Chapel Hill tomorrow for the two day annual meeting of the North Carolina Law Enforcement Officers association. Friddle will preside over most sessions and the election of officers is planned at the closing session.
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W. G. Friddle
J. W. McMahon
Bureau of Fingerprinting
W. E B. Kiger
Ray Nance
L. E. Bergman
J. R. Teague
J. S. Moran
Police Department
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Law Enforcement Officers’ Association
Friddle
Five-Hour Sitdown Protest At Akron Tire Plant No. 2
Workmen in the tread and compounding divisions of Goodyear Tire plant No. 2 in Akron staged a five hour sitdown protest as operations resumed after a holiday. A company spokesman said workers objected to working with four non union employees.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Irregularities Are Pointed Out in Governor Runoff
Dr Ralph Wecon claims large irregularities in the July 4 Democratic gubernatorial runoff in North Carolina and asks the state board of elections to direct a full investigation so that the party nominees are chosen by the majority of legal valid votes cast.
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Raleigh
Ralph Wecon
Clyde R. Hoey Shelby
State Board of Elections Today
Democratic Party
Death of Dr Cadman, radio preacher, funeral set
The body of Dr. 8 Parkes Cadman, once a coal miner from Shropshire, arrived in Brooklyn. The 71-year-old clergyman and world peace advocate died of peritonitis after a ruptured appendix at Champlain Valley hospital in Plattsburg, N Y. Bishop Francis J McConnell will conduct the funeral Wednesday at the Brooklyn Central Congregational church, with burial in Kensico cemetery in Westchester County.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Parkes Cadman
Shropshire
Champlain Valley Hospital
Plattsburg
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Church
Brooklyn Central Congregational Church
Cadman
Kensico Cemetery
Westchester County
Death of Dr Cadman Revered Chautauqua Lecturer
News of the death of Dr Cadman, a noted divine, drew sincere regret from High Pointers who recalled his 21 year old chautauqua appearance. Dr F R Taylor, present at the lecture, says the talk held the audience spellbound for over two hours. Taylor’s notes appeared in The Enterprise on April 5.
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Cadman
Non-Union Miner Killed In Strike Turmoil
In Birmingham Alabama a non union miner Paul Hines was shot dead by snipers near Ishkooda at dawn as union strikes ongoing in the iron ore hills enter a new violent phase. Sheriff Fred H McDuff reported the death as the first fatality since workers began walking out over six weeks ago.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Paul Hines
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Fred H. McDuff
Hines
Ishkooda
Virginia Tobacco Acreage Up Yet Production Down Says Statistician
Richmond July 13 Henry M Taylor federal state agricultural statistician estimated today that Virginia tobacco acreage rose 8 percent this year compared with 1935 but production will drop about 14 402 000 pounds from last year.
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Richmond
Henry M. Taylor
Federal
Killer Hangs 33 Minutes Before Pronounced Dead
In San Carlos Arizona Earl Gardner an Apache Indian age 31 executed by government gallows for three killings including his wife and infant son. Guards stood as a warning to tribesmen. The drop failed to end him quickly and he died after about 33 minutes. The incident followed earlier jail time and another homicide of an Apache.
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San Carlos
Ariz
Earl Gardner
Gardner
Contested North Carolina Primary Sparks Board Challenge
The state board certified Thad A. Bure Winton as the secretary of state nominee over Stacey Wade and urged immediate certification in the lieutenant governor race as Paul Grady trailed W Horton by about 8000 votes. McDonald filed a 14 point petition alleging irregularities and illegalities in the primary, citing ballot stuffing and illegal polling places to claim threats to party integrity and state welfare.
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Thad A. Bure Winton
Stacey W. Wade
Paul D. Grady
Kenly
W. P. Horton
Pitts
McDonald
Dem
J. C. B. Bhringhe
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
Horton
Madison County
Cleveland County
Clay
Yancey
Ilegal
Cleveland
Missing textile salesman James Leitch sought by police
Police were asked to look for James Leitch a widely known textile salesman from Charlotte and Greensboro after his wife reported her suspicion over his absence and warned firm officials. The couple’s Greensboro residence was cited as the wife’s location.
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Charlotte
James Leitch
Greensboro
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