Texas and Oklahoma bridge blockades spark two state clash
In Denison Texas Governor Sterling denounces Oklahoma Governor Murray for blocking the Red River bridge toll span as Texas Rangers guard the free bridge. Murray vows to maintain the blockade as motorists face a 16 mile detour and legal actions unfold over jurisdiction.
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Denibon
Texas
Ross S. Sterling
Durant
Okla
W. H. “Alfaira Bill” Murray
Oklahoma
Free Bridge
National Guard
Murray
Texas Ranger
Sterling
Red River Bridge Company
Texas Rangers
South
Red River
Denison
B. L. Lindsey
Strike agitators rounded up in western coal fields
A roundup of 76 men arrested in Wellsburg West Virginia and other western Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio areas followed a clash at the McKinleyville mine of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Coal Company. Authorities linked some arrests to violations of the Redman act with a snipers nest found and one miner wounded.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Stern Ohio
Wellsburg
W. Va
McKinleyville
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Coal Company
Brooke County
Michael Maur
No. 1 National Miners’ Union
Irvin Charnock
Maur
Alex Dorsey
National Miners’ Union
Collier
Ohio
Martins Ferry
Allegheny
Washington County
Canonburg
National Miners Union
United Mine Workers of America
Sharkey Walker Fight Forecast For Brooklyn Bout
The Weather Bureau predicts fair and warm conditions for the heavyweight bout at Ebbets Field Brooklyn tonight between Jack Sharkey and Mickey Walker.
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New York
the Weather Bureau Today
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Jack Sharkey
Mickey Walker
Bus Driver Denounced For Speed In Fatal Crash
Mrs. L. B. Hartley of Washington D C testified to a Marion North Carolina coroner s jury that the bus was driven entirely too fast before it skidded on a wet curve and struck a wagon killing Jim Watson 45 and injuring his brother Mike 43. The crash occurred near Marion with no speedometer on the bus and a passenger c accessing the driver to slow down as the wagon became visible well before the curve.
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Jim Watson
McDowell County
Mike Watson
Hartley
Fred Lowder
Charlotte
Bus Collision Causes Passenger Testimony and Wreck Scene
Witnesses Mrs Hartley and Mrs Bent corroborate a near collision remark by the bus driver as the bus struck. Fourteen people were aboard. Lowell is free on 500 bond awaiting coroner's jury findings. The jury visited the crash site six miles away after testimony. Mike Watson's condition showed modest improvement with expectation of recovery.
Tennessee mob foiled in lynching attempt
Everett Holloway, jailed in Nashville on murder charges, was rescued from Robertson county Sheriff J. Mart Murphy by 53 National Guardsmen under Major C. C. Robinson after a 6,000 strong mob gathered at Springfield jail. Murphy was wounded and hospitalized. Holloway was brought to Nashville amid tense aftermath.
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Nashville
Tennn
Springfield
Tenn
National
Everett Holloway
J. Mart Murphy
Robertson County
C. C. Robinson
James Murphy
Lloway
Holloway
Murphy
Gardner frees five prisoners in Raleigh parole ruling
Gov Gardner paroled five inmates and denied clemency to six others. Paroled were Zade Sprinkle Buncombe county May 1930 manslaughter four to six years. Ransom Florence Alamance county April assault with deadly weapon eight months. Whit Williams Vance county June 1931 failure to pay fine sixty days. Ellsworth Allen and J. D. Brown Buncombe county May 1931 chicken thefts with short terms. Petitions denied for Jasper Whitley Stanly Will Graham Rowan Colon McDaniel Cumberland Tom Hayes Greene Jim Carter Robeson Vance Hicks Warren.
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Raleigh
Gardner
Tyre C. Taylor
Zade Sprinkle
Buncombe County
Ransom Florence
Alamance County
Whit Williams
Vante County
Ellsworth Allen
J. D. Brown
Jasper Whitley
Stanly County
Will Graham
Rowan
Colon McDaniel
Cumberland
Tom Hayes
Greene
Jim Carter
Robeson
Vance Hicks
Warren
Basemen t door weather stripping reduces dust and odors
Weather stripping applied to the door from the living area to the basement helps keep out dust gases and laundry odors.
Monument Bids Sought for Cowpens Battlefield Project
Fayetteville reports bids for constructing a monument at Cowpens Battlefield Ezell South Carolina will be received by the constructing quartermaster at Fort Bragg through August 17. Nearby items include a Lincolnton coat mystery a Salisbury injury a Elkin burn a Kinston radiator chicken snake incident and a Rockingham mule auction averaging 48.48.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Cowpens Battlefield
Ezell
S. C
Fort Bragg
Service Held For Mrs W C Kirkman
Funeral services for Mrs W C Kirkman who died of a sudden heart attack at her Greensboro road home were held at River Friends church yesterday at 3 PM conducted by A B Conrad of First Baptist and Rev A L Aycock of Main Street M E church. Interment was in the church cemetery. Flower bearers included Mrs John Brown Miss Edith Burchfield Miss Esther Murphy Mrs A R Kimrey Mrs John Ward Mrs Paul Spencer Miss Julia Willard Mrs A J Boling Miss Mae Cable Mrs H C Gordon and Miss Eva Hassell.
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W. Cc. Kirkman
Greensboro Road
River Priends
A. B. Conrad
First Baptist Church
A. L. Ay
State highway commission awards 10 lowest bids
Raleigh July 22 The State highway commission awarded most bids to low bidders on several projects including a 9 7330 structure and a roadway between Mocksville and the Yadkin river. One hydraulic fill bid between Beaufort and Atlantic on Route 10 was rejected for licensing issues and will be re advertised. The patrol was to be reorganized with 30 new members and a restructuring that could affect several senior officers.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
State Highway Patrol
Mocksville
Yadkin River
Paul Gilmore
Spartanburg
S. C
Beaufort
Atlantic
W. E. Vernon
Charlotte
Large Snake Found In Sandusky Bay
A pair of Cincinnati cement salesmen capture an 18 foot snake in Sandusky Bay near Sandusky Ohio after spotting it surface near their rowboat. They haul it ashore and box it for transport to Cincinnati while Harold L Madison of the Cleveland museum of natural history identifies it as a python.
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Sandusky, O
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