Reynolds heir may fund new death probe in Holman case
R J Reynolds Jr arrives from Africa to decide on reopening the Smith Reynolds shooting death investigation. Sheriff Transon Scott had urged the earlier inquiry which concluded Libby Holman's husband was killed by unknown parties.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Smith Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds, Jr
Africa
Smith
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Transon Scott
Libby Holman
Libby Holman Reynolds
Norfolk & Western Depot
Clare
Cincinnati
Libby
Arrow
Alfred Holman, Jr
Relief Loans Publicized as Credit Threat Basis
Washington July 15 Senate conferees accepted house provisions to publicize reconstruction corporation loans ensuring immediate passage of the relief bill. The move aims to publicize loan details and reassure credit markets amid postwar reconstruction.
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Washington
Senate
House
Reconstruction Corporation
Hoover Cuts Pay For Himself And Cabinet In 15 Percent Reduction
President Hoover announced a 15 percent salary cut for himself and cabinet officers, reducing his own pay by 20 percent under the economy bill while secretaries face a 1 to 9 percent cut and lawmakers blame Congress for the relief bill stalemate. Officials said the publicity clause for Reconstruction Finance Corp loans risks harming the nation’s credit structure, and the White House clarified the reductions and policy.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
House
Treasury
R. F
Wagner
Dem
N. Y
Glass
Garner
Rainey
Congress
Hunted tot found dead in cess pool near home
Twenty month old Leslie Delano was found dead in a cess pool after a six day hunt for a possible kidnaping victim. Police could not determine if death was accidental or homicide as investigators plan further inquiry. The body may have been moved by sewage flow from recent rains.
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Minneapolis
Leslie Delano
Columbia Heights
National Guardsmen
Ray Delano
C. B. Thurston
Thurston
Garland Smith Freed In Third Murder Trial
Garland Smith was acquitted today by a Danville jury after a long legal battle stemming from the 1929 ambush killings of Mecklenburg deputy sheriffs. The court delayed to sentence him on a 20 year term for the slaying of Mack Tuck, Clarksville chief of police, in the same incident.
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Danville
Garland Smith
Mecklenburg
Wotgonr Amdicit
John Garland Pollard
Mack Tuck
Clarksville
Puryear
Henry C. Leigh
Smith
Ambler
Richmond
Emma Smith
Frank C. Beddinger
Commonwealth
Leigh
Tuck
Veterans Hold Fast At Washington After Three Day March
The article describes 40 marchers still moving across the Capitol area with thin shoes after three days on the campaign. About 350 California troops sit on curbstones, celebrating a victory over police that previously forced them to remain in motion. Roy Robinson, crippled leader of the battalion of death, leads once more, directing squads to rest those who have had no sleep.
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Washington
Capitol
Bonus
California
Roy Robertson
Film salary slash reduces pay at major studios
New York July 15. Artists, directors and other employees of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Loew motion picture interests earning 1500 dollars or more weekly will see pay checks cut by 35 percent under a general salary reduction order effective Monday.
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New York
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer and
Loew Motion Picture
Severe Southern Heat Wave Grips Carolinas and Georgia
The first major heat wave of the season pushes temperatures into the upper nineties and around 100 across the South. In North Carolina incidents include pavement buckling near 125 degrees and a deadly storm near High Point. Atlanta and Augusta report highs near 94 to 102 with a death and several prostrations reported.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Marion
N. C
High Point
Goldsboro
Atlanta
South
Dixie
Augusta
New Orleans
Robinson Slams Mills Hyde Hurley as Musketeers of Hoover
In Washington on July 15 Senator Robinson labeled Mills Hurley and Hyde the Musketeers of the Hoover administration for neglecting official duties to make partisan speeches. He criticized their attendance at state Republican events and warned of the impact on Democratic efforts and federal policy amid debates over printing speeches in the Congressional Record.
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Washington
Mills
Hurley
Hyde
Senate
Robinson
Hoover
Department of Agriculture
Hastings
Del
Columbus
Borah R
Idaho
Reed
Bingham
Conn
Couzens
Mich
Recluse Fires On Children Killing Man In Los Angeles
James W. Brown a 60 year old recluse who lived in a two room shack opened fire on a baseball game in a Los Angeles street killing C A Butler a Black man and wounding Mamie Dobrinsky a White woman. Police entered after a gun battle and found Brown dead from self inflicted wounds.
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Los Angeles
James W. Brown
Brown
C. A. Butler
Mamie Dobrinsky
Hoover Rejects European Pressure on U S Debt Revision
President Hoover states the United States will not be forced into war debt revision by any European coalition or implied agreement. He notes consent on European reparations does not bind U S policy and clarifies America remains uncommitted to such compacts. The State Department seeks to counter misreadings from British statements.
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Allays
Washington
United States
Hoover
State Department
Edney Confesses Murder Before Execution in Chair
Plato Edney, 34, Henderson County wife killer, was executed in the North Carolina state prison chair after confessing to the crime. Authorities rejected last minute appeals by his brothers, and Edney died after two shocks totaling 2 minutes 39 seconds.
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Raleigh
Plato Edney
Henderson County
State
Edney
Tyre C. Taylor
Hobart
John
Clarence
Hoover’s Salary Cut Marks First in White House History
Washington July 15 The pay cut President Hoover imposed on himself is the first such action in White House history. The constitution forbids reducing a sitting president’s salary, though Congress could lower the next incumbent’s wage in a future term.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Congress
Young Negro Executed for Laurinburg Contractor Murder
Hilton Williams, a young black man, was executed at the state penitentiary in Columbia for killing John L. Jeames, a white contractor from Laurinburg. Two electric charges were used, a rare method after years of practice.
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Columbia
N. C
Hilton Williams
State Penitentiary
John L. Jeames
Laurinburg
Evidence In Scales Trial Brought To Close Today
In Winston-Salem Wallace Scales of Greensboro faces first degree burglary charges for the A H Galloway home robbery in March last year. Judge Barnhill said no limits on closing arguments, with jury deliberation possible tonight or tomorrow. Scales denied entering the home in women’s clothes and claimed he received jewels from William Pryor of Illinois for a poker debt. Pawn tickets were found on Scales, defense witnesses linked Pryor to the tickets, and Seawell testified Pryor rented a Greensboro apartment where he was said to have collected the tickets.
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Winston-Salem
Wallace Scales
Greensboro
A. H. Galloway
Superior Court
M. W. Barnhill
Galloway
William Pryor
Illinois
Scales
Pryor
C. C. Seawell
State Can Have Over Five Million For Roads Under New Gov Plan
North Carolina can secure 5.6 million for highway construction by matching 2.8 million of regular federal aid with 2.8 million from a proposed federal relief measure. E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the state highway commission, says passage and signing of the relief bill would provide the funds and help unemployment, with broader economic circulation effects.
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Gov
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
North Carolina Press Association closes meeting with McRae address
Linville North Carolina July 16 election of officers and an address by Hugh McRae of Wilmington president of the southeastern association highlighted the closing program of the annual summer meeting of the North Carolina Press Association. The group met yesterday for conferences and heard reports from President J L Horne and Banking Commissioner Gurney P Hood.
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Linville
N. C
Hugh McRae
Wilmington
Southeastern Association
North Carolina Press Association
J. L. Horne
Gurney P. Hood
Finnish runners reach city amid Olympic buzz
The piece notes Nurmi arriving from New York ahead of the Olympics and reports other Finnish runners arriving by plane. It jokes about Roosevelt's campaign focusing on fishing and mocks the campaign style while asking about candidates.
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Nurmi
New York
Roosevelt
Thal
G O P Plans To Run On Bone Dry Prohibition Issue
North Carolina Republicans meet to map a militant campaign centered on wet and dry questions. Clifford Frazier, GOP gubernatorial nominee, backs a bone dry plank and warns state liquor laws depend on voter choice between Roosevelt Reynolds and repeal.
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Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Reynolds
James 8. Duncan
Clifford Frazier
Roosevelt
R v Reynolds
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