Borah Urges World Conference on War Debts Cancellation
Senator Borah calls for an immediate world conference to address war debts and other postwar issues. He praises the Lausanne reparations agreement and argues debt cancellation should serve US interests within a broader settlement of postwar problems.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Horan
Cnaitmmaan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lausanne
United States
Turbulent Mass Meeting Reverses Committee And Keeps Bradley At Helm
Delegates in a city courthouse meeting set wage scales for multiple mills including Harris-Covington Guilford Piedmont and Melrose units. Chairman D W Bradley led proposals with April 1 price changes and prior-July 11 adjustments amid a deadlocked strike. The group vowed no compromises and adjourned at 4 am with pledge of warning before future wage cuts.
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City Court Room
D. W. Bradley
Harris-Covington
Guilford Mill
Commonwealth
Piedmont
Thomas Mills
Melrose
Adams-Millis
O. E. Kearns and Son
Triangle
Byrum
Robbins
Pointer
Crown
Amos Mills
Trade Board Suspension Hits Chicago Board of Trade
Washington reports the cabinet committee suspends the Chicago Board of Trade for sixty days over violation of the grain futures act. The action follows the board’s refusal to grant clearing house privileges to the Farmers National Grain Corporation.
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Trade Board
Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
Grain Futures Act
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Cabinet
Prohibition and Finance Issues Shape 1932 Campaign
Washington reports study of prohibition by Herbert Hoover and economic advice gathering by Franklin D Roosevelt. Analysts expect unclear positions until the campaign accelerates next month with key speeches and party debates influencing the approach to prohibition and repeal questions ahead of the November election.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Hoover
Three Weeks Hunt Ends With Wild Boar Death
In Charlotte on July 23 Speight Whitley, 24, of Long Creek township Mecklenburg County, killed a nearly 200 pound wild boar that had plagued truck crops and gardens after a three week organized hunt by squads of men and boys.
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Charlotte
Long Creek
Mecklenburg County
Speight Whitley
Passing Of Ziegfeld Shakes Hollywood Stage World
Hollywood mourns Florenz Ziegfeld a famed Broadway producer who died at Cedars of Lebanon hospital in Hollywood at 10 33 pm his death follows his 1907 triumph of founding the Follies his widow Billie Burke and daughter Patricia 15 endure private rites Will Rogers and many prote ges mourn with the Hollywood film community plans for burial in the east are announced with Catholic rites likely and secrecy requested for the private funeral service
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Hollywood
Cal
Broadway
California
Florenz Zeigfeld
New York
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Will Rogers
Eddie Cantor
Marilyn Miller
Marie Dressler
Marion Davies
Lilyan Tashman
Ina Claire
Mae Murray
Marcus Rabwin
Ziegfeld
Billie Burke
Miss Burke
Patricia
Rogers
Santa Monica
R-K-O Studios
State attorney general rules local tax schools must be abolished by assembly or people
Raleigh July 23 Attorney General Dennis G Brummitt ruled that local tax school districts may be abolished and special school taxes revoked only by act of the general assembly or by a vote of the people. Dr A T Allen said several eastern districts were considering abolishing taxes without an election.
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Raleigh
A. T. Allen
Dennis G. Brummitt
General Assembly
Brummitt
Columbus
Bladen
Alamance County
State agency seeks charges in Florida camp torture case
The Florida board of state institutions urged vigorous prosecution of two camp officials for the torture death of 19 year old Arthur Maillefort at Sunbeam road camp near Jacksonville. Capt George Courson and guard Solomon Higginbotham were indicted for first degree murder. A key witness, Bob Blake, said he feared testifying would convict Courson.
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Raiford
Fila
Florida
Arthur Maillefort
New Jersey
Board of State Institutions
Sunbeam Road
Jacksonville
Maillefert
George Courson
Solomon Higginbotham
Duval County
Grand Jury
Courson
Higginbotham
Bob Blake
Blake
Libby Holman Missing From Cincinnati Home
Libby Holman Reynolds widow of Smith Reynolds, shot dead in Winston-Salem, has reportedly been absent from her Cincinnati area home since Tuesday. Family denies departure. she previously left Winston-Salem July 12 for her sister’s home in Wyoming. An official manhunt for answers in the Reynolds killing continues as investigators press a personal probe.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Cincinnati
Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds
Myron Kahn
Wyoming
Transon Scott
Forsyth County
Scott
Trial of Police For Third Degree Death Set For August 15
New York July 23. Trial date set for August 15 for 13 Nassau county policemen indicted over the third degree torture death of Hyman Stark. Five defendants face first degree manslaughter charges. four had second degree murder charges dropped. Stark died after a beating during questioning about an assault on Mrs Valerie Hizenski, mother of Nassau County detective Joseph Hizenski, who was among the officers.
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New York
Nassau County
Hyman Stark
Stark
Valerie Hizenski
Joseph Hizenski
Girl 17 Vanishes From Home In Waynesville
Jessie McCracken, 17, disappeared from her Waynesville home on Friday July 15 after being seen packing a suitcase. Her father T B McCracken, living near Lake Junaluska, reports no sign of money or motives and asks for information from the public as the family seeks help via radio.
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Waynesville
T. B. McCracken
Lake Junaluska
Haywood County
Jessie
McCracken
E. E. Clark
Norfolk Man Charged With Manslaughter In Vehicle Crash
A Norfolk man, A T Taylor, was arrested on a manslaughter charge in North Carolina for a collision last Sunday five miles south of Kitty Hawk that killed J C Gilden aged 25 from Currituck County. Gilden rode a motorcycle with Charles Forbes 23 of Berkley. Forbes survived.
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Norfolk
A. T. Taylor
Manteo
N. C
J. C. Gilden
Currituck County
Kitty Hawk
Taylor
Gilden
Charles Forbes
Berkley
Mount Airy Furniture Strikers Stand Firm in Demands
Mount Airy Mantel and Table Company workers about 300 voted unanimously to resist two recent pay reductions. Johnson said management refused to restore the wage scale. Williamson warned the firm might close if the last pay cut stood. Strikers plan to reconvene Monday to keep unity.
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Mount Airy
MT. Airy
Mt. Airy Mantel and Table Company
John L. Johnson
B. H. Williamson
Johnson
Los Angeles Debates Weather For Olympic Athletes
Los Angeles residents praise the local climate while visiting athletes from Japan find it too cold for ideal training. Swedish competitors also remark on chilly conditions affecting preparation during the Olympic arrival period.
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Los Angeles
Sailplane Champion Groenhoff Killed in Germany Crash
Guenther Groenhoff world sail plane record holder dies at 24 in Wasserkuppe Germany after his sailplane Fafnir dove during a thunderstorm. The craft struck the earth after takeoff, damaging steering gear.
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Guenther Groenhoff
Wasserkuppe
Germany
Groenhoff
Fafnir
Federal aid highway funds apportioned to Carolinas
Secretary Hyde announced a relief bill allocation totaling 120 million dollars for federal highway work. North Carolina receives 2,888,251 dollars and South Carolina 1,666,755 dollars.
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Carolinas
Washington
Hyde
North Carolina
South Carolina
Striking hosiery workers clash after campus meeting
About 3000 strikers and sympathizers confront Diamond Full-Fashioned Hosiery mill representatives on campus. A mill spokesman says the firm will resume the 20 percent wage reduction from April 1 after approval by a plant majority, while protesters demand full strike settlement and warn against returning to work.
Captain Gronau Ends Another Lap In His Transatlantic Flight
Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau, flying a German seaplane with two companions, reached Reykjavik Iceland after 1900 miles of a 5100 mile flight from Germany to Canada. He departed from List Island, Germany, Friday and landed at Seydistjoerdur Iceland, planning a next leg to Ivigtut Labrador likely next Tuesday.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Intercontinental Flier
Wolfgang von Gronau
Seydistjoerdur
Germany
Canada
von Gronau
List
Washington Vets Bonus Army Thin Ranks in Capital
In Washington on July 23 the bonus army dwindled with about 3,500 members still in the capital. Officials noted peak presence of roughly 11,700 on parade days and 22,000 claimed by leaders. many left by rail, car, or on foot as government transportation loans deadline neared and orders commanded removal from government property by midnight Sunday.
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Washington
Bonus Army
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Hines
Army
Veterans Administration
Treasury Department
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Libby Holman
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