Wealthy oil man Urschel abducted by kidnapers in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City July 24. Charles F Urschel a wealthy oil man has been kidnapped. his wife and W R Jarrett, also an oil man, were taken from a bridge game at the Urschel home. Jarrett identified a man from a rogues gallery as one of the abductors. Investigators ride to cull details while the family awaits ransom news.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
W. R. Jarrett
Urschel
Jarrett
Floyd
Arechel
Ursachel
Ursche
Tom, Jr
Betty
Earl Slick
Betty Slick
Texas
Arsachel
Thick
Ursechel
J. A. Frates
Tulsa
Land area of North Carolina reported at 1 194 000 acres
North Carolina’s land area is listed as 1 194 000 acres in the report. The figure provides a basic sense of state size and land coverage.
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North Carolina
Mollisons Abort Transatlantic Flight Return to England Delayed
Jim and Amy Mollison, injured but rested after a night in Bridgeport hospital, plan to leave for New York in a borrowed plane. They survived a crash 60 miles from Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett field while aiming for Baghdad, with Wiley Post offering Winnie Mae but the trip now halted.
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Francis A. Jamieson
Bridgeport
Conn
England
Jim
Amy Mollison
New York
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Wiley Post
Winnie Mae
World Economic Conference to Stay in Permanent Session
London reports the World Economic conference plans to remain in permanent session with a recess on Thursday. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Secretary of State Cordell Hull back the move. James M. Cox will extend his stay to represent the United States. Also Sen. Key Pittman predicts five silver producing nations will finalize quotas to stabilize silver against gold, with the US Mexico Canada Peru and Australia withdrawing 140 million ounces in four days and others restricting sales.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Cordell Hull
Hull
James M. Cox
United States
Key Pittman
Mexico
Canada
Peru
Australia
India
China
Spain
Wiley Post Predicts His Record Won't Stand Long
New York July 24 Wiley Post says his record of 7 days 18 hours 49 minutes around the world will be broken soon. He credits the robot co pilot from Edmonton to Germany noting it performed well aside from an oil feed issue. Post flew 10 59 p.m. EST Saturday ending a grueling voyage with plans for rest and reflection.
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New York
Wiley Post
Post
Globe
Edmonton
Newark
Germany
Fiat
Alaska
Nome
South Ready to Destroy Cotton in Georgia
Atlanta July 24. Dixie cotton farmers plan to plow up 10 million acres of the 1933 crop as agreed with the federal government. County agents must approve destruction before farmers plant legumes and foodstuffs. Georgia may lead, with emergency permits issued statewide and 15,000 acceptances already sent from Washington as 40,000 more are mailed daily.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Georgia
Cotton Belt
Washington
National Capitol
State Firemen In Annual Convention
Salisbury hosts the North Carolina Firemen's association annual convention with more than state firemen registered for opening ceremonies tomorrow. A band concert tonight kicks off the program followed by business sessions starting tomorrow.
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Salisbury
North Carolina Firemen’s Association
Governors plant trees at Lake Tahoe in first reforestation camp
Trucker Calif reports a midnight visit where all governors were awakened with a 19 gun salute and planted a tree at Lake Tahoe. Roosevelt, also a governor, had two extra shots. The piece notes the event as the first governors reforestation camp and jokes about political fortunes, ending with a quip about Democrats and Republicans.
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Trucker
Calif
Roosevelt
Governor Parks
Missouri
Lake Tahoe
President Roosevelt set to address recovery program tonight
Roosevelt prepared for a major radio address on the recovery program. Officials stress the speech’s importance for national policy and the push to boost buying power and employment through wage and hour measures. Johnson opened hearings on oil, lumber, and wool code proposals, with labor and industry at odds over minimum wages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Pollard Seeks Virginia Vote On Prohibition Repeal Date
Governor John G. Pollard of Virginia said he would urge the state legislature to set November 7 or earlier for ratification voting on the twenty first amendment. Speaking as chairman of the governors conference, he predicted repeal by about a two to one ballot, though his personal views on prohibition remain unchanged.
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Sacramento
Calif
John G. Pollard
Virginia
Pollard
Drys
Organized cooperation urged as salvation for farmers in Raleigh
J. W. Johansen of North Carolina State College told a Raleigh gathering that rugged individualism must yield to organized effort in marketing and purchasing farm supplies. The conference marks the start of a weeklong meeting by the American Institute of Cooperation with discussions on cotton marketing and cooperative buying as Secretary Henry A. Wallace prepares to speak on farm price supports.
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Raleigh
J. W. Johansen
N. C. State College
American Institute of Cooperation
Johansen
Institute On Cooperation
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Washington
State Farmers
Farm Women’s Conventions
Institute
Trio to stand trial for murder in Gastonia case
Three defendants Whitworth P C Falls and Fort Falls face murder charges in Gaston County in the death of Mrs. Whitworth. They pleaded not guilty as a 9:30 a m trial date was set with special venue ordered.
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Gastonia
A. Whitworth
P. C. Falls
Gaston County
Fort Falls
Grand Jury
John G. Carpenter
Harding
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Ernest R. Warren
C. B. Falls
Falls
Whitworth
Elder Falls
Liberty
Stephen Stone
Stone
Mra. Whitworth
Bessemer City
Falla
Bank Bandit Kills Officer In Chicago Prison Break
Bank robber John Scheck fired on officers in a Chicago courtroom killing Policeman John Levick and wounding another officer fatally wounded. Scheck and accomplices had been held for a Nile Center bank robbery. Scheck previously escaped from the detective bureau after the April 7 heist.
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Chicago
Pistola
John Levick
Detective Bureau
John Scheck
Nilea Center
Scheck
Criminal Court
Charles Molthrop
Sévick
Anton Pixa
Carl Grundhofer
Grundhofer
Frank Keglewitz
Harry Mueller
Niles Bank
George Tucker
Frisch Named Cardinals Manager Through 1984
St Louis Cardinals president Sam Breadon announced Frankie Frisch will manage the team for the rest of the current season and for 1984, replacing Gabby Street as the club aims to win the pennant. Two fishermen from City Point recounted harpooning a 3500 pound devil fish off Cape Canaveral two miles out, measuring 16 feet 4 inches across.
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ST. Toul
Sam Breadon
St. Louis Cardinals Today
Frankie Frisch
Gabby Street
Breadon
Cocoa
Fla
City Point
Canaveral
Charles
Cooper Williams
Marriage of Mesia Y Lesseps and Jose of Bourbon Declared Civil
In Urugne on July 24 the civil ceremony united Mesia Y Lesseps heiress of a count and countess de Mora and infante Don Jose of Bavarian Bourbon nephew of the former King of Spain at the city hall.
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Urrugne
Mlile
Mesia Y Lesseps
de Mora
Don Jose of Bavarian Bourbon
Spain
Tornado Hits Prescott Business District Actually Damages Buildings
A tornado swept Prescott Arkansas after a rainstorm damaging a hotel several business buildings and homes unroofing structures and uprooting trees without any injuries reported.
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Prescott
Ark
Actress Dorothy Devore Sues For Divorce In Los Angeles
Dorothy Devore files for divorce from A Wylie Mather a wealthy Honolulu businessman alleging he would romance her no longer and kept an apartment to entertain other women.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Devore
A. Wylie Mather
Honolulu
Stocks and Grains Set Mart Pace in Rally
New York trading extended gains as stocks led the market rally amid a shortened session. Grains in Chicago advanced narrowly while the Winnipeg wheat market rose 2 to 3 cents a bushel. Major issues including U S Steel General Motors American Telephone rose as bond prices also rallied, with cotton and low-price loans strengthening market tone.
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New York
Chicago
Winnipeg
U. & Steel
American Telephone
General Motors
American Can
New York Central
Union Paci Santa Fe
General el
Gastonia Silk Mill Grants 50 Percent Worker Pay Boost
Gastonia July 24. The Gastonia weaving company announces a immediate 50 percent wage increase for all workers, with clerical staff also rising though not by the same amount. Prior worker wages were 14.50 daily. Manager Harry Musard says the mill operates under the silk code and has run on a capacity schedule with little production curtailment.
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Gastonia
Gastonia Weaving Company
Harry Musard
Train Kills Negro Bottles Unbroken
A Seaboard Air Line train in Van Wyck Lancaster County struck and killed Augustus Anderson. Authorities said he was drunk on the track. A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental.
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Lancaster
8. C
Augustus Anderson
Seaboard Air Line
van Wyck
Anderson
Bandit Suspect And Wife Captured After Gun Fight
Bandit suspect Marvin Barrow and his wife were captured after a gun battle with state and county officers near Dexter Iowa. Barrow was critically wounded and not expected to live. Two men and a woman linked to the Barrow group fled in a stolen car, with one captured later near Polk City.
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Dexter
Iowa
Marvin Barrow
Barrow
Clyde Barrow
Ava Jack Lerman
Rags Riley
Polk County
Polk City
Des Moines
State Bureau of Investigation
George Allbright
Igo Fation
Desee
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U. S
Pittman
Train
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