Guns blaze as posse fires on mass meeting crowd
At Camp Hill Alabama a violent gun battle erupts when posses confront leaders of a masse meeting to demand release of eight death sentenced Negroes. One Black man dies and five are wounded. Sheriff and deputy hurt. about thirty to five hundred posse members mobilized.
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Camp Hill
Ala
B. M. Miller
Scottsboro
J. Kyle Young
Jack Thompson
Ralph Gray
J. M. Wilson
Wilson
Chattanoga
Sec
Prominent Tarboro Manufacturer Found Dead in Hotel Tub
Tarboro cotton magnate B. Mabry Hart was found dead in a Carolina hotel bathtub after a small room fire. Coroner L. M. Waring ordered autopsies by Tarboro and Wake Forest physicians. no foul play suspected. Two women staying in the next room were held for the inquest as investigators probe smoke, fire, or possible heart failure as the cause.
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Tarboro
Carolina
B. Mabry Hart
Carolina Hotel
Hall
Oannabene
L. M. Waring
B. Saney Hart
Raleigh
Hart
Julia Clark
Kinston
Norma Brewster
Waring
George M. Fountain
H. B. Keehin
FE. P. Meredith
Washington, N. C
Conference of 7 world powers may be postponed
Paris reports a Monday London conference may be postponed due to Franco German talks. American British and French envoys refine the plan to aid Germany with a 500 million credit while awaiting Chancellor Bruening and Foreign Minister Curtius. Berlin notes pistol fire at communist barricades underscores tense financial climate.
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Paris
London
Premier Evil
Geremany
Bruening
Curtius
Germany
Henry L. Stimson
Edge
Berlin
Ruhr
Mellon And Stimson To Attend London Conference
President Hoover will send Secretary Mellon and Secretary Stimson to a Monday London conference on the central European emergency. Mellon and Stimson will participate as full representatives but not commit the U S to actions. Mellon is in Southern France and Stimson in Paris awaiting final plans.
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Washington
Lowon
Mellon
Treasty
Stimson
Department
Hoover
Yesteray
France
Paris
England
Germany
Italy
Pan
Belgium
Europe
White House
Yellon
Stimgon
Castle
State Department
London
Central
Hurley Lands at Fort McClellan for Inspection
Secretary of War Hurley arrived at Fort McClellan in Alabama at 4:20 p m after a one hour flight from Five. The visit aims to inspect the fort and review facilities.
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Hurley
Fort M’clellan
Ala
Fort McClellan
Carolina Retail Lumber Association Concludes Convention
The Carolina Retail Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association closed its two day meeting in Asheville after a session on industry issues. J C Cauthen of Rock Hill S C discussed a central mortgage bank plan to discount home mortgages federally to aid low interest financing. The plan aims for presentation to government officials and a possible congress action. Directors considered High Point inviting the January meeting.
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Asheville
Carolina Retail Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
J. C. Cauthen
Rock Hill
S. C
Central Mortgage Bank
Congress
High Point
Yadkin Man Turned Over To Sheriff
Clyde Shore of Yadkin county was turned over to Sheriff R. M. Bowman of Hertford county Maryland after a habeas corpus hearing in Winston Salem. Shore is charged with shooting and permanently injuring M. Jones at Whiteford Maryland last February following a quarrel over a woman.
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Winston-Salem
Clyde Shore
Yadkin County
M. Jones
Whiteford
R. M. Bowman
Hertford County
Fire Demolishes Business District in Hardeeville
HARDEEVILLE S C July 17 This town of 500 was left with a decimated business district after a blaze last night wiped out a furniture store filling station grocery drug general merchandise store a garage and a contractor's office The fire started in the furniture store and its cause was not determined Savannah twenty miles away aided by Chief Monroe and two companies arrived soon after and helped bring the fire under control
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Hardeeville
S. C
Savannah
Monroe
Ma Kennedy Seeks Annulment Of Marriage To Reverend
Los Angeles dated July 17 Minnie Ma Kennedy mother of Aimee Semple McPherson filed for annulment against Rev G Edward Hudson alleging he was still legally married to L Margaret Newton Hudson at their June 28 Longview Washington wedding. Hudson plans to move to Nevada to pursue divorce from Mrs Otwen Hudson.
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Los Angeles
Minnie (Ma) Kennedy
Aimee Semple McPherson
G. Edward Hudson
Hudson
Kennedy-Hudson
Longview
Wash
L. Margaret Newton Hudson
Nevada
OtwNen-Hudson
Guy Edward Hudson
Denver
Ethel Lee Harbert
Harbert
Hazardous device removed from church explodes in Vatican garden
At St. Peter's Cathedral a hazardous device found near a portable pulpit exploded in the garden six hours after discovery. It damaged trees and could have harmed the cathedral. authorities suspect anti fascist action amid ongoing church state tensions. Mussolini and the pope were informed.
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St. Peter’s Cathedral
Vatican City
St. Peter's
Cathedral
Mussolini
Vatican
Grist Threatens Suit Over Greensboro News Editorial
Frank D. Grist, North Carolina labor commissioner and U S Senate candidate, telegraphed Greensboro Daily News threatening damages actions if the paper does not modify an editorial titled Cam's Nemesis. He urged fairness and objected to terms likening him to an elegant dog catcher. He cited his war service in France in defense of the country.
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Raleigh
Frank D. Grist
United States Senate
Cameron Morrison
Today
Greensboro
N. C
Daily News
Cam
Frank
McHargue manslaughter sentence cut to 40 years
Judge Walter E. Moore in Newton reduced Lee McHargue’s manslaughter term from 30 to 40 years for the death of Rona Gray a boarding house employee. The reduction follows doubt about a prior Cabarrus county conviction not listed in the indictment as required. McHargue, a mill worker whose wife lives in Kannapolis, was convicted after witnesses testified he slashed Miss Gray’s throat and threatened another lover.
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Newton
Walter E. Moore
Lee McHargue
Rona Gray
Moore
McHargue
Cabarrus County
Supreme Court
Kannapolis
Miss Gray
Earthquake Claims One Life in Latacunga
Dispatches from Latacunga report one dead and several injured after a powerful quake last night. City hall and two churches are among many buildings destroyed, prompting authorities to send troops for shelter. President Ayora and officials head to the quake zone as relief efforts begin.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Latacunga
Quito
Ayora
Ltaacunga
Hoyle Named Assistant U S Attorney in North Carolina
The justice department announced the appointment of J. Monroe Hoyle as assistant United States attorney for the western district of North Carolina based in Charlotte.
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Washington
The
Justice Department
J. Monroe Hoyle
United States
North Carolina
Charlotte
Hungarians Land Feat Of Magyar And Endres
Captains Alexander Magyar and George Endres completed the first trans Atlantic flight to Hungary in the monoplane Justice for Hungary. They landed near Bicske, 14 miles from Budapest, after 26 hours 22 minutes and 3239 miles from Harbor Grace N F. A forced landing damaged the plane but injured none of the pilots. They were greeted by Premier Bethlen and cabinet members and recounted fuel shortages and foggy seas that nearly doomed the voyage.
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Budapest
Hungary
America
Alexander Magyar
George Endres
SM Lhsk
Justice For Hungary
Bicske
Harbor Grace
N. F
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Vienna
Magyar
Justice
Atlantic
Lord Rothermere
Today
Baden-Baden
Count Bethlen
United States
Fliers Fail at Roosevelt Field in Deadly Takeoff
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon narrowly escaped a crash at Roosevelt Field New York after a heavy takeoff attempt. They plan another flight to Harbor Grace Newfoundland and then Moscow, aiming to beat the world record set by Post and Gatty. They dumped fuel to lighten the plane and barely cleared a hangar and power lines before returning to the runway. Mrs Dixon Boardman watched from the escort plane as the pilots debated their next move.
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Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Harbor Grace
N. F
Moscow
Post and Gatty
Roosevelt Field No. 2
Dixon Boardman
Her
Winders in Jail Murmurs Over Sheriff Slaying
In Charlotte Winders, jailed for the killing of Sheriff Locke McKenzie of Rowan county, says nothing matters now as he paces behind bars. He recalls his boy and his past hospital confinement while awaiting possible execution. He refuses to pose for photos and worries about his son’s future.
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Winders
Locke M’kenzie
Charlotte
Scott Winders
Mecklenburg County
Locke McKenzie
Rowan County
Salisbury
State Hospital
Morganton
Robbers Sought After Buckley Bank Holdup
Buckley Illinois July 17. One robber captured after a long chase while three companions escaped north toward Chicago in a $5,000 bank holdup at Buckley state bank. Deputy Henry Ennen slain in a gun battle. robbers ditched car two miles north and fled after wrecking their auto. State police, sheriff offices statewide on the lookout.
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Buckley, Ill
Buckley State Bank
Buckley
Illinois
Chicago
Henry Ennen
Sheldon
Ill
Ceater
Thawville
Here
Mob of Communists Dispersed by Cops at Dawn
In Gelsenkirchen Germany police dispersed a street mob of communists at dawn after a nightlong siege. Twenty two rioters were arrested as authorities regained control of barricaded routes and deployed patrols to prevent renewed violence. No officers were injured and rioters’ condition was not known.
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Gelsenkirchen
Germany
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