Senators Call Congress To End Summer Session
Bi partisan voices urge adjournment amid heat as Roosevelt and Garner retreat to a Chesapeake Bay club. Senators Aghurst and Vandenberg demand Congress go home, hoping to resume in October or December to heed constituents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Garner
Chesapeake Bay
Aghurst
Arizona Democrat
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan Republican
Peace bid grows as Hull backs united front against Ethiopia
Secretary Hull issued a statement supporting peace efforts in Ethiopia fueling London talk of a united front with Britain against war. Rome insisted Kellogg Briand pact remains intact while Italy speeds military buildup. Massawa, Eritrea seaport, churns with troops and supplies as Sep tember hostilities loom. Haile Selassie shifts crown jewels and relics from Axum to interior Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
United States
Kel- Lees Dale Ee
London
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Rome
Italy
Massana
Eritrea
Haile Selassie
Axum
Businessmen oppose parts of tax plan at hearing
A heated House Ways and Means session heard Chamber of Commerce support for spending cuts while merchants demand deferral of new levies. Fred H. Clausen denounced the plan as harmful and likely to centralize revenues, with B C Alvord opposing higher personal tax rates and warning of added rate-structure complexity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Deat
House
Ways and Means Committee
Chamber of Commerce of United States
Merchants Association of New York
General Conference of American Rabbis
Chamber of Commerce
Fred H. Clausen
Horicon
Wis
BE. C. Alvord
Clausen
Soviets Sign Trade Treaty With America
In Tacoma Washington on July 13 the United States and Soviet Union announced a trade pact approving a 150 percent rise in U S imports from the Soviet over the next year. The accord offers tariff concessions, leveraging existing agreements with Belgium Haiti and Sweden while Moscow seeks broader future gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
U. S
Moscow
Belgium
Haiti
Soviet Union
Senate inquiry probes power firms over lobbying funds
Washington July. Senate lobby committee expands probes into utility firms fighting abolition of holding companies. Elaborate questionnaires seek sources of funds and spending details. Chairman Black disputes earlier raid claims as committee reviews returns and seized records. Continued on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Senate
Lobb Committee
Philip H. Gadsden
Hi Utility
Ords
Black
D-Ala
Gadsden
Power Company
Mayflower
Senate House
Relief worker Robert Wall badly wounded in midnight shooting
Robert Wall a 43 year old Blair Park project relief worker was shot in the right hip at the home of Arthur Gregory on Tipton street. Wall said Gregory fired after an earlier argument. Wall with a wooden leg was taken to Guil ford General hospital in serious but not critical condition. Gregory fled and police sought him for assault with a deadly weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wall
Blair Park
Arthur Gregory
Tipton Street
Gregory
Wall
Guilford General Hospital
British Watch Mussolini Troop Buildup In East Africa
From Aden the Allies observe Mussolini massing troops in Somaliland and Eritrea. Massawa, Eritrea, sees steady unloading of war material as Italian ships arrive and gear is moved toward Africa amid extreme heat and high tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden
Arabia
Persian Gulf
India
Great Britain
Mussolini
Italy
Somaliland
Eritrea
Sfave
Africa
Massawa
Gulf
Arbitration plan in harbor strike refused by group
Governor Sennett Conner proposed arbitration of the Gulfport Longshore dispute but was turned down by Gulfport Benevolent Association officials who cited a two year contract for loading and unloading. The International Longshoremen's Association accepted the plan while the Benevolent Association continued picketing, causing four ships to be diverted and a loss of $6,000 per ship in port costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sennett Conner
Gulfport
Gulfport Benevolent Associat
International Longshoremen's Association
Benevolent Association
Regions Get $91 Million For Rural Resettlement Work
Washington announces creation of 11 regions for rural rehabilitation and a $91 million allocation from theWorks Progress Administration funds for July through December 1936. Funds may finance loans grants goods and relocation land purchases within regions to aid self sustaining farming communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Severe Local Downpour Reported in Salisbury
Salisbury officials describe a rare late day rainstorm that drenched the area between 6 and 8 o clock. The weather service notes 8.18 inches of rainfall in about an hour and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Crowe 81 Dies at Rex Hospital. Coroner Calls Natural Causes
Raleigh July 18 Frederick A Crowe 81 died at Rex hospital. Coroner L M Waring ruled death from natural causes and a scheduled inquiry was cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Frederick A. Crowe
Rex Hospital
L. M. Waring
Can
Walmsley Refuses to Quit Amid Long Power Struggle
New Orleans reports Mayor T Bemmel Walmsley rejects resignation as rift with Huey Long deepens. Desertions from his coalition push for Long’s side, while Socialist Norman Thomas threatens a Louisiana visit to stump against the share the wealth program. Old Regulars plan mass meetings to push for his ouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
T. Bemmel Walmsley
Huey PF. Long
Senator Long
Walmeley
Norman Thomas
Louisiana
Walmsley
Long
Thomas
Laos
Huey Long
Roosevelt
Tien
Relief rolls in June show drop in Washington and Georgia
The May to June release shows 2,003,073 people on federal relief, down from 2,070,640, a 3.3 percent decrease. Hopkins cites private employment gains in Flint and Winston-Salem as factors, with declines in Atlanta Augusta and Savannah tied to a clash with Governor Talmadge over removing unemployables from relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Flint
Mich
Winston- Salem
N. Y
Georgia
Atlanta
Augusta
Savannah
Hopkins
Talmadge
Bank of Rowland to Open St Paulie Branch
The Bank of Rowland received authorization to open a new branch in St. Paulie. State banking commissioner Gurney P. Hood announced the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bank of Rowland
Rowland
St. Paulie
Gurney P. Hood
Beal hunted in Greensboro no trace found
Fred Beal once jailed for 17 to 20 years over the Gastonia chief of police killing in 1928 was reportedly seen in a Greensboro hotel dining with Paul Crouch and others. Sheriff Clyde Robinson and deputies searched a rooming house but found no trace of Beal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Fred Beal
C. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Beal
Paul Crouch
North Carolina
Clyde Robinson
Gaston County
Greene County Enables Liquor Sales After Ruling
In Snow Hill on July 18 Judge J Paul Frizzelle modified a restraining order to allow Greene County liquor stores. The county voted 141 in favor. The new order requires a $5 000 bond to indemnify the county against losses. Whiskey may be bought on consignment and sellers must sign waivers. Salaries and expenses to come from profits. Walter G Sheppard presented the petition for modification. Bond likely to be executed Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Hill
J. Paul Frizzelle
Greene County
Walter G. Sheppard
Luke Lea Denied Pardon by North Carolina Governor
Luke Lea the former Tennessee senator and World War hero had his pardon petition denied by Governor Ehringhaus at the North Carolina prison. Lea, imprisoned since May 1934 for conspiracy to defraud the Central Bank and Trust Company, received the news with a quiet thank you and no further comment. The governor released a lengthy statement noting no new evidence substantially different from prior filings and calling the commutation request premature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Luke Lea
United States
Tennessee
North Carolina
Ehringhaus
Lea
Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company
Pris
Oner
J. M. Broughton
Broughton
Luke Lea, Jr
Wallace B. Davis
Weather outlook by states and cotton region note
North Carolina shows generally fair conditions with isolated coastal thundershowers Sunday afternoon and Monday. South Carolina similarly fair with coastal thunder showers possible. Washington reports official weather bureau records for 24 hours ending 8 PM and highlights principal cotton growing areas and rainfall patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
South Carolina
Washington
Officeial Weather Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Achufst
Arizona
Fanile
Irs
Margaret Waley
Merton Ward Goodrich
Eempany Sbs
Ernest H. Gruening
Brewster
Senate Com
Appis
United Front
Capital 100
England
America
Associated Press
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
N. Y. Merchants Association
Mrs. Waley
George Woeverhaeuser
Soviets
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerheuser
Washington-Idaho
State Line
Harmon W. Waley
William Dainard
Mahan
A. J. Chitty
Chitty
Salvation Army
Albert Richman
Pardon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!