Heat Wave Is Broken Relief For Carolinas
Heat across the south eased as cooler weather and rain moved into the Carolinas and Georgia. Thirteen deaths were linked to heat in the region, with drownings and lightning incidents noted, while Kentucky faced persistent drought harming crops and prompting water shortages.
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Lexington
N. C
James Lanning
Yadkin River
Windsor
South
Atlanta
Columbus
Miss
Memphis, Tenn
Arkansas
Montgomery
Ala
Riplevy
Residences
Louisville
Kentucky
Western Kentucky
Central Kentucky
Burley Belt
Bluegrass
Western
Eastern Kentucky
Senate Debate Shows 52 Senators Present For Vote
Senator Robinson urged ratification of the London naval treaty while urging camaraderie in the chamber. President Hoover discussed absentee senators with Watson and Borah as Kean and Gould returned. The roll call opened with 52 present, signaling momentum toward consent but warning of possible political antagonism.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Hoover
Watson
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Kean
New Jersey
Gould
Maine
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Methodist Clipsheet Predicts Morrow Defeat for President
The Methodist Clipsheet edited by Deets Pickett predicts Dwight W. Morrow would lose if he ran for president. It cites resentment at his stance during constitutional crisis and notes divides within his base between Lindbergh and Anne.
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Methodist
Morrow
Washington
Methodist Clipsheet
Deets Pickett
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dwight W. Morrow
Waring
Lindy
Anne
Rube Shoots Up Tough Chicago
Chicago police arrest Dave Hunter after he fired bullets through a window at a home on North Dearborn Street, prompting A L Watts to file a complaint. Hunter dismisses Chicago as a dead town and claims the shooting was for amusement.
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Chicago
Dave Hunter
A. L. Watts
North Dearborn Street
Weekend NC wrecks claim three lives
Three people died in North Carolina automobile wrecks over the weekend. Miss Mattie Stanfield of Franklin and Carey Tuck, 24, of Muleville Virginia, were killed eight miles from Franklin when their car failed to negotiate a curve and hit a concrete bridge. Elder Hunt, 19, of Orford, died later in a Raleigh hospital after injuries from a collision near Clayton early Sunday.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Mattie Stanfield
Franklin
Carey Tuck
Muleville
Elder Hunt
Orford
Raleigh
Clayton
Norway Builds Banana Ripening Plant In Arctic Circle
Gudrun Carlson, American trade commissioner, notes a heated facility in Norway that ripens green bananas in regulated stages to meet retail demand. Norwegians now consume about 7,600 tons annually, mainly from Central America and the West Indies.
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Washington
Norway
Arctic Circle
Gudrun Carlson
Central America
West Indies
Bobby Jones Returns to Atlanta in Homecoming Parade
Atlanta welcomed Bobby Jones with a noon parade through Baker and Peachtree streets. Crowds lined Peachtree and Whitehall as police guards led the procession, presenting the golfing hero with a city key and honors across the diverse crowd.
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Atlanta
Bobby Jones
Bobby
O. B. Keeler
Baker and
Peachtree Streets
National Guards
Peachtree Street
Whitehall Street
Mexican Bigamist Extraordinary Has Total of 16 Wives
Basilio Palencia a man with sixteen wives is held in Mexico City police say He allegedly claimed to be a brother of Jose Mijares Palancia chief of police The bigamist is said to have married women in Tapachula Chilpancingo Salina Cruz and other places.
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Mexico City
Basilio Palencia
Jose Mijares Palancia
Tapachula
Chilpancingo
Salina Cruz
Doyle Widow Hails Spirit Message From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The widow of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said a spirit message received by medium Estelle Roberts after a memorial at Albert Hall cheered her. The message spoke of a presence near the hut on the Doyle estate in Windlesham, Sussex, and named Mary as Doyle’s daughter.
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London
Arthur Conan Doyle
Estelle Roberts
Albert Hall
Lady Doyle
Sir Arthur
Doyle
Windlesham
Susex
Missing Girl McClenny Returned Home After Abduction Case
Richmond society girl Mary Frances McClenny, 20, returned to her Hampton Gardens home two weeks after disappearing with Harry Dickinson. Dickinson faced abduction charges while accomplices also await court, as McClenny testified she left with full knowledge of his marriage. In Boston, six of seven yachting party members were feared lost after a squall overturned their craft near Minot's Ledge. Betty Munsell of Watertown was found among wreckage.
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Richmond
Mary Frances McClenny
Hampton Gardens
Harry Dickinson
D. C. McClenny
A. Russell Bowles
Waynesboro
Dickinsom
H. L. Jones
Lynchburg
Joseph C. Nunnally
Dickinson
Henrico Court
Miss McClenny
N. H. Dickinson
Johnnie Leadbetter
Russellville
Tenn
Boston
Scituate
St. Rita
Barden Carceau
E. A. Hall
Charles
East Boston
Coast Guard
Charles Hall
Walter Geaber
Youngstown
Ohio
John Brewer
Furniture Show At Chicago Opens Its Second Week
The semi annual furniture market and style show at the American Furniture Mart begins its second week with two states unrepresented. The first week saw 3 767 registrations from retailers manufacturers and buyers. W L Alward presiding over 700 participating manufacturers notes higher than expected bookings. Delegates come from three Canadian cities and retailers from Hawaii and Monterey Mexico.
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Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Mart
W. L. Alward
Canada
Hawaii
Monterey
Mexico
Woman Runs Into Hoover Party Car In Blue Ridge Collision
Washington reports five Hoover party members escaped injury when a woman in a car veered past the presidential motorcade and struck the third vehicle carrying Hoover aide Lawrence Richey and Captain Joel Boone. President Hoover and Senators checked for injuries. no charges filed.
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Washington
Hoover
Blue Ridge Mountains
Secret Service
Lawrence Richey
Joel T. Boone
Carolyn Lane Beach
New York
Prominent Newton Contractor Ends Life At His Home
Newton state news reports H Mack Travis aged 67 a well known contractor planter and churchman died by self inflicted shotgun blast at his residence near Newton early today The coroner ruled the death a self inflicted act with financial difficulties given as the cause Investigators found Travis seated on his porch chair when he fired the 16 gauge shotgun to his forehead
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Newton
H. Mack Travis
Here
Travis
Hijackers Turn From Bootleg To Cigarette Raids
Robert Boyce, reputed gangster, was arrested yesterday charged with hijacking a truck load of cigarettes valued at $8,000. As he was taken to headquarters, accomplices forced his release. The theft was the sixth cigarette hijacking in recent weeks, police said.
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Chicago
Robert Boyce
Russell Dworak
Boyce
Burmese Jungle Search For Dying Airman Hook
Er rick Hook, British airman left dying after a crash in southern Burma July 3, is the subject of ongoing search parties. Jimmie Matthews, injured survivor, reached Prome 169 miles north of Rangoon with the claim that Hook was abandoned to die as they struggled toward civilization. Matthews, exhausted and weakened after carrying Hook, later found by village hunters and treated in Prome.
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Rangoon
Burma
Erick Hook
Jimmie Matthews
Matthews
England
Australia
Hook
Prome
Irawadi
E Mountain
Akyab
Kernersville Man Dies of Injuries After Crash
S. S. Secrest, 33, of Kernersville died from injuries from a Sunday night automobile crash two miles from his home on Bunker Hill road. Fred Elliott, 18, of near Guthrie, the driver involved, is jailed awaiting Tuesday hearing on manslaughter charges.
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Winston-Salem
S. S. Secrest
Kernersvill
Bunker Hill Road
Fred Elliott
Guthrie
Secrest
Mysterious illness follows Sikkim earthquake
In Gangtok Sikkim India after a recent earthquake 45 people have died and many more are ill. Physicians suspect dormant germs released by the quakes and locals compare the outbreak to cholera as tremors damaged buildings and walls across the district.
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Gangtok
Sikkim
India
Himalaya
Camp honors awarded at Eastern North Carolina Camp
James Beckwith of Lumberton and Miss Maggie Cantwell of Wilmington won prizes as the best all around campers at the Episcopalian camp in Washington North Carolina on July 14.
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Washington, N. C
James Beckwith
Lumberton
Maggie Cantwell
Wilmington
North Carolina
Robinson Doubts Tariff and Farm Acts Aid Farmers
Senator Robinson, Arkansas Democrat, warned on NBC that the Smoot Hawley tariff would fail to restore agriculture. He said changes claimed to aid farmers may cause more harm, and that the farm marketing act remains experimental with little reason for optimism. He cited opposition from private agencies to cooperatives and stabilization firms as a major obstruction to the board.
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Washington
United States
Robinson
Arkansas
National Broadcasting System
McCormick Defends Illinois Senate Campaign Expenses
Ruth Hanna McCormick testified before a senate inquiry on July 14 defending personal campaign spending of 252,500 with an additional 67,214 raised by volunteers. She criticized Senator Nye for stating a 325,000 figure and noted the 67,214 came from Friends and relatives via three groups: Voters Progress League 44,000 Illinois Young People Republican Clubs 15,000 and Ruth Hanna McCormick Volunteers 8,214. She asserted independence from any faction and cited campaign cost per 1,000 votes as 42.63 versus Hoover's 105 in Illinois.
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Chicago
Senate
Ruth Hanna Mee-Cormick
McCormick
Gerald P. Nye
Special Campaign Funds Committee
Nye
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Hoover
Ilinois
Ministers Protest Sunday Use of Municipal Course
The Charlotte ministerial association adopts a resolution opposing Sunday use of the municipal golf course and tennis courts. It argues that golf or tennis on Sunday violates the commandments and harms citizens’ spiritual welfare, challenging North Carolina law.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Ministerial Association
North Carolina
Try This on Your Police Sergeant If You Are Easily Irked
Evanston Illinois July 14 Togents jailed for reckless driving use a jailhouse complaint to win release. William E Young berates Sergeant Weideling about dullness dampness and darkness of the cell. The sergeant responds with mock sympathy and sends him home. He warns Young to return Saturday or risk catching a cold.
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Evanston, Lr
William E. Young
Young
Weideling
Mr. Young
English Defense To Rest Shortly In Murder Trial
The July 14 report from Kenansville notes the defense nearing its end in Stephen English’s murder trial over his wife’s death. Character witnesses praised his devotion, while others testified to a motive to kill shortly before the wife was found beaten to death in their farmhouse. The defense planned to rest and jurors were seen as ready for closing arguments next day.
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Kenansville
Stephen English
English
Local Woman Sought In Otto's Escape
Raleigh officials hunt for a High Point woman believed linked to Otto Wood who is on his fourth day of self taken liberty from North State Prison. Authorities withhold her name as she vanished from her home last week and may have aided the inmate.
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Raleigh
N. S. State Prison
Otto Wood
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Mrs, McOrmick
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