Man Faces Bow Street Arraignment After Abortive Attack
George Andrew McMahon, 34, claimed he aimed only to protest Home Office letters to King Edward when he attempted to shoot the monarch on Constitution Hill. He told his wife in Brixton jail he was not treasonous, while detectives hunted a reported woman in gray linked to the incident.
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London
George Andrew McMahon
Edward
Brixton
Home Office
McMahon
Alfred Kerstein
Bow Street Court
Constitution Hill
Scotland Yard
Kerstein
First US aircraft carrier was a 60 foot speedboat carrier
The first carrier constructed by the United States was a 60 foot sea sled speedboat equipped to carry a loaded bombing plane. It relied on full speed into the wind to launch the aircraft.
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United States
Central City Opera House Reopens With Gondoliers
Central City Colorado enjoys a revival as the 58 year old Eureka Street opera house reopens for Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers. The town welcomes visitors for three weeks of performances with a cast including Lee Whitney Louise Bernhardt Mark Daniels Barre Hill Grace Panvini Paul Porter and Raymond Middleton.
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Central City
Colo
John Gregory
Eureka Street
Dour
Redeye
Frontier Times
Opera and Dramatic Companies
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Lee Whitney
Louise Bernhardt
Mark Daniels
Barre Hill
Grace Panvini
Paul Porter
Raymond Middleton
Edward Butler Named Head of Democrats
Edward Butler is named head of the Democrats as the party progresses through the convention. The second day featured remarks by Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister and Governor-nominee Clyde R. Hoey. Doughton and Ehringhaus also spoke at luncheon and banquet events in Raleigh.
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Edward Butler
Democrats
LeRoy Martin
Raleigh
Thomas F. McAllister
Grand Rapids
Michigan Club of
Young Democrats
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
America
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Robert L. Doughton
Laurel Springs
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Clifton A. Woodrum
Roanoke
Reserve Officers Appointments Made in North Carolina
Major W L Tatum announced appointments to night for the state reserve officers association. Appointments include vice presidents I E Shafer Salisbury Lovick B Pearce Charlotte A W Snow Rocky Mount John Bright Hills Wilmington Wythe M Pey ton Jr Asheboro O J Royster Fort Bragg Z E Whitley Greensboro and national defense committee chair James B Harper Winston Salem with Rodolfo O Rivera Durham on the magazine committee.
Asheboro Juniors Win Opener In Central Division Series
The Asheboro American Lion juniors beat the Durham Legion 7 to 4 in Durham. Durham meets Asheboro in Asheboro on Monday for game two of the five game series.
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Durham
Asheboro
Mystery man sought in Coroner's inquest into New York student murder
A coroner's jury ruled the death of Helen Clevenger, a New York university honor student, the result of unknown parties. Witnesses from a Battery Park hotel described a 1 a m scream and a hatless man seen fleeing as investigators hunt a "mystery man" amid reports of a partial alibi and two hotel workers detained.
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Battery Park
Daniel H. Gaddy
Joe Urey
Urey
William J. Everett
Brown
Gaddy
Durham Jones
Everett
New York University
Lawrence E. Brown
E. B. Pittman
State Banking Department
Casey Jones
Sheriff Brown
Pittman
Piqua
J. F. Clevenger
Great Kills
Staten Island
N. Y
Ohio
Shelby
Helen
Washington, d. C
W. JL. Clevenger
N. C. State College
Raleigh
C. B. Clevenger
Cool Showers Bring Relief to Sufferers in Northwest
Rain eased hardships in the northwest as Rexford Guy Tusell, New Deal resettlement chief, continued an inspection tour. He revised plans and projected a full resettlement program to be in place by Monday amid cloudy Montana and Wyoming weather.
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Oklahoma
Montana
Wyoming
Rexford Guy Tuswell
New Deal
Northwest
Danzig Nazi Decrees Move to Crush Opposition
Nazi authorities in the Free City of Danzig issued decrees under Dr. Arthur Greiser to dissolve groups opposing Nazi influence, bar court review of political police actions, ban Jewish ritual slaughter for food, and impose three month custody on alleged public peace threats. Observers see these orders as a de facto nullification of the 16 year old constitution amid tensions with League of Nations commissioners and Poland.
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Danzig
Arthur Karl Greiser
Senate
Free City
League of Nations
Greiser
League Assembly
Geneva
Sean Lester
League
Governor Ehringhaus Names Three Commissions in North Carolina
Raleigh July 18 AP seven more commissions named by Governor Ehringhaus to study alcoholic beverage control and highway refunds in NC may shape future liquor policy. Clyde R Hoey Democratic nominee to rely on commission recommendations, Victor Bryant chairing the liquor panel with six members. A separate panel to review highway refunds will lack a designated chair but includes Carl Bailey Jule Warren William Campbell A A Hicks Ben Cone C A Cannon Gordon Hackett R E Price and Reuben Robertson. Barker named to lead gasoline terminal study with Oscar Barker as chair and others joining.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
Victor Bryant
Durham
Oscar Barker
Bryant
Liquor Commission
L. R. Varser
Lumberton
John Robinson
Charlotte
Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
Thomas W. Raoul
Asheville
R. F. Beas
New Bern
Thomas Royster
Oxford
E. V. Webb
Kinston
Harriss Newman
Wilmington
Roosevelt Travels With Sewanna Off Shelburne Harbor
Franklin D Roosevelt and his three sons sailed their schooner Sewanna into sheltered harbor waters near Shelburne after a mile run. Fog limited visibility as escort destroyers and the Potomac kept pace while roving reporters lost sight twice. The bearded president appeared tired but aboard the vessel to join the frontier centennial celebration in Fort Worth.
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Shelburne
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mile Run
Scotia
Cape Sable
Sable Light
Beatty
le Sewanna
Frontier Centennial Celebrat
Fort Worth
Texas
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