Freight Rate Clash Spurs Southern North Rivalry
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings probe rail freight parity as Southern manufacturers claim higher rates, with executives from Pairpoint Corporation and Indiana Limestone citing 80 percent market shares in the South. Governors Lehman and Townsend testify on northern slowdown and southern production gains.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
North
New England
P. I. Fletcher
New Bedford, Mass
Pairpoint Corporation
Sonoco Products Corp
Hartsville
8. C
Harry C. Ames
Fletcher
Jesse G. Ray
Indiana Limestone Corporation of
Bloomington
Ind
New York
Montreal
W. T. Tannehill
Chicago
Central Freight Association
Lehman
Hughes Honored With Army Navy Aviation Medal
The Army and Navy awarded Howard Hughes the annual aviation medal for outstanding achievement in flight. Dick Merrill won the medal last year for a round trip to England.
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Hughes
Washington
Army and Navy Trion
Howard Hughes
Dick Merrill
England
Inquest Opens Over Death of William Gantt in Maryland
An inquest at Prince Frederick, Maryland, into the death of 55 year old William Warren Gantt, described as a wealthy eccentric bachelor, proceeds with two young matrons and their companions accused of murder.
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Prince Frederick, Md
William Warren Gantt
Tennessee inquiry probes political abuse charges
Washington report says the special senate campaign expenditures committee is investigating charges of political abuse in Tennessee. The undisclosed state was not named by the D Tex chairman who declined to detail the causes of the Tennessee inquiry or the funds involved.
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Washington
Upy
Dtex
Special
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Tennessee
McMullan Says Judge Rules Tax Law Valid Against Tobacco Firm
Attorney General Harry McMullan announced that Judge Frizzelle signed a judgment upholding the tax law in the case of E B Ficklen Tobacco Co of Greenville against Revenue Commissioner A J Maxwell. An appeal to the supreme court was indicated regardless of the superior court decision.
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TAX Constitutional Raleigh
Harry McMullan
Frizzelle
McMullan
E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company
Greenville
A. J. Maxwell
Frizeelie
Small Gains Seen In Early Trading On Wall Street
Renewed buying in steels and motors pushed the market higher with gains up to two points, but profit taking trimmed many top marks as the session wore on. Low volume kept sentiment cautious while some Washington forecasts and pump priming signs offered encouragement. Second quarter earnings reports largely disappointing.
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New York
Washington
Enterprise Carrier Notice Requesting Prepaid 15c
Help your Enterprise Carrier by having his 15c ready when he calls to collect on Saturday. This will enable better service to subscribers during the balance of the week, as he will not have to stop and collect from those who do not pay on Saturday. Than THE ENTERPRISE.
Chevigny Honored Fairfield Oil Well Name
A 2400 barrel oil well near Fairfield is named Chevigny after Jack Chevigny former Notre Dame football star and coach who arranged the purchase for his company.
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Fairfield
Jack Chevigny
Notre Dame
Identity Of Attackers In Deane Workers Case Named
Police say they know the identities of the attackers who assaulted two Deane campaign workers in Lexington during inquiries into the July 2 Democratic primary. Caudle and Davidson, associates of Wadesboro, said affidavits and a list of alleged irregular absentee ballots were taken.
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Deane
Lexington
W. G. Price
Lexington Police Department
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Thomasville
Charlie B. Caudle
Wadesboro
Caudle
G Dpd
Davidson
Governor Hoey Assures Protection for Greensboro Textile Workers
Governor Hoey told 18 Greensboro Cone Mills workers they will be protected if they choose to return to work as mills reopen after protests over wage cuts. He said majority employee action has rights to strike or work and North Carolina will protect those who want to work if local authorities cannot. Major Falk attended. no plan to deploy patrols or National Guard was announced. Ben Cone visited but Hoey had no scheduled meeting with him.
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Raleigh
Cone Textile
Greensboro
Hoey
North Carolina
Arthur Falk
Highway Patrol
Ben Cone
Cone
U. S. Situation Not Comparable To 1931
London July 15 Sir John Simon the chancellor of the exchequer told the house of commons the present U S economic situation bears no resemblance to 1931 none at all He spoke during debate on the finance bill carrying a record budget nearly one billion pounds five billion dollars and including a large arms allocation He added that in the United States there was a setback but conditions are better now.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
United States
Sir John
Public Works allotments total 758 million dollars
Washington reports the Public Works Administration has allocated 758 million dollars in projects during the three weeks since the program received presidential approval.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Fascist Spokesman Invites Roosevelt To Begin Arms
The Giornale D'Italia notes Roosevelt’s “good intentions” but says the President’s remarks leave a world citizen somewhat perplexed as authorities urge arming for defense.
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Roosevelt
Giornale D'Italia
Italian airliner wreck toll rises to 20 deaths
Wreckage from the I Volo airliner of Ala Littoria found 70 miles off Sardinia confirms 20 fatalities among 16 passengers and four crew. The crash occurred in dense fog during a forced landing. among victims were Laura Ferri, 14, and relatives of aviation undersecretary Valle. Captain Giovanni Braccini credited for the flight. Six bodies recovered by torpedo boats.
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Sardinia
I-Volo
Ala Littoria
Cagliara
EB. S&s. T
Laura Ferri
Giuseppe Valle
Giovanni Braccini
Sarnia
Refugee relief plea on property belongings urged by Taylor
Myron C. Taylor head of the American delegation urged Germany to allow refugees to take personal belongings as part of an international plan. The 10 day intergovernmental conference, led by President Roosevelt, will form a permanent committee to coordinate emigration and settlement with a meeting in London on August 3.
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Ie Ah Ong Toe U
Myron C.or
Germany
Taylor
Roosevelt
London
Earl Winterton
Britain
Palestine
Kenya
East Africa
Maxwell Confesses Fire at $50,000 Schoolhouse
Deputy Freeman said James Maxwell confessed to setting the fire at the Nine Mile Post high school on January 30, naming Hector Lee as an accessory. Maxwell, arrested in Philadelphia, was brought back. Hector Lee, Jesse Lee, and Carl Strickland were also arrested in connection with the alleged arson. The blaze ended a feud between rival factions among school patrons.
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Fayetteville
John W. Freeman
James Maxwell
Nine Mile Post
Dunn Road
Hector Lee
Maxwell
Philadelphia
Jesse Lee
Carl Strickland
Hosiery Makers Split Over Individual Union Contracts
Philadelphia July 15 AP A proposal by the American Federation of Hosiery Workers for separate contracts with individual manufacturers drew opposition from the Full-Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers Association. The union argues the plan would conceal costs and empower retailers to set prices, while the manufacturers caution most members oppose it. International president Emil Rieve said a plan for rehabilitation would be on an individual basis.
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Philadelphia
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Tion
Emil Rieve
Chinese Planes Turn Battle Tide From Jap Drive
Chinese airmen raid Japanese forces below Kiukiang as fighting along the upper Yangtze suggests a Chinese reversal in two weeks of combat. Hankow reports 45 enemy ships sunk or damaged in two weeks and 19 towed to Shanghai for repairs. Japanese claims of Chinese losses are also noted.
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Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Loyalists Resist Franco Drive Toward Valencia
In Hendaye France on July 15 Generalissimo Franco faces stiff government resistance that slows the push along the Teruel Sagunto highway toward Valencia. Government reinforcements under General Jose Miaja halt insurgent frontal attacks while insurgents gain ground on vulnerable flanks. In the Espadan mountains Miaja counterattacks to reclaim key posts before insurgents consolidate. Barcelona reports indicate prisoners taken as insurgents sever a retreat highway used by Barcelona militiamen. Zaragoza dispatches note insurgents seize a highway aiding a large force in the Mora Rubielos area north of Sarrion.
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France
Neralissimo Franco
Teruel
Sagunto
Valencia
Jose Miaja
Espadan
Mediterranean
Miaja
Barcelona
Zaragoza
Mora Rubielos
Sarrion
Pick A Back Plane Will Make Flight Across Atlantic
Imperial Airways announces the Mercury upper component of the Mayo pick a back airplane will depart from Foynes Ireland next Wednesday for Botwood Newfoundland on its first transatlantic attempt. The Mercury will be launched from the Maia about 1 p m hoping to reach Botwood in daylight or Montreal if fuel allows. The Maia will take off from the River Shannon with the Mercury attached and the two are expected to separate around 5 000 feet with Mercury heading east.
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Southampton
Eng
Imperial Airways
Mayo
Foynes
Ireland
Botwood
Newfoundland
Montreal
Shannon
Atlantic
Plane Crashes Into Hospital in Buenos Aires Suburb
A Pan American Airways flight from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro crashed into the top of a hospital building in a Buenos Aires suburb. One person inside the building was killed and 15 injured, three seriously. Eight passengers and five crew members survived with no serious injuries. The craft’s engine may have failed after takeoff.
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Buneos Aires
Pan American Airways
Miami
Buenos Aires
Pan-American Airways
United States
James H. Ervin
J. G. Gibson
Ituzaingo
Rio de Janeiro
Asuncion
Paraguay
C. H. Goodwin
R. Kester
J. L. Blalock
T. Szabo
M. Borges
French Flying Boat Trials North Atlantic Route
The large French flying boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris departed from Berre L Etang near Marseille for Foynes Ireland to base a trial flight across the North Atlantic. It carries six crew members and two representatives of the French air ministry.
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North Atlantic
Marseille
France
Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris
Berre L'Etang
Foynes
Ireland
Air Minstry
Roosevelt Defends Navy as Powerful Front in Armament Debate
On a Yosemite bound trip, President Roosevelt aboard the Houston reviewed a naval fleet in San Francisco Bay and urged world leaders toward arms reduction while stressing the Navy as a potent defense asset and a force for peace. He toured the fleet and spoke at a crescent San Francisco exposition hall with dignitaries present.
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Prest
Roosevelt
Yosemite
San Francisco
Ornoon
Houston
Yosemite National
el Gateway
Semite
Ln Angeles
Crockett
Barkley Seeks Federal Probe of Old Age Pension Checks
Newport Ky July 1 Senator Alben Barkley announced plans for a federal investigation into the distribution of old age pension checks in Kentucky. He tied the probe to his campaign for the Senate seat and charged state social security agents with pressuring pensioners about pay during Gov. A B Chandler's gubernatorial bid.
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Newport
Alben Wiley
Kentucky
Barkley
Sta
State Social County Department
A. B. Chandler
North Carolina Press Association Opens 60th Convention
North Carolina Press Association members met at Blowing Rock for the 60th annual convention. Delegates split into daily papers and weeklies groups as David Ovens urged reporters to present news clearly and factually to meet radio competition.
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North Carolina Press Association
Blowing Rock
Daily Papers
David Ovens
Charlotte Mercantile Exeecutive
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Chinese Communist Party
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Shensi
Chiang
Japan
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