Former Lexington Grid Star Held For Embezzlement
Robert F Chetty former Lexington high school football star is jailed in Burlington on embezzlement charges totaling more than 5000 dollars from the North Carolina Bank and Trust. He is 21 and previously played for Lexington 1928. local friends helped him secure a Burlington teller job and paid for worthless checks.
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Enterprise Davidson Bureau
Lambeth
Thomasville
Lexington
Robert F. “Hetty
Lexington High School
Burlington
North C Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Enterprise
Young Chetty
University of North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Bank of Lexington
Burlington Bank
Chetty
Robert F. Chetty
Salisbury Street
Planes Aboard Submarines Studied For Future Navies
Washington July 25. Naval testing considers equipping submarines and destroyers with airplanes. A foldable submarine plane is under construction for surface launch after submerging. Earlier tests failed. current plan aims for near fleet scouting at night with submarines then returning to pick up the aircraft. Assistant Secretary Ingalls supports experiments on destroyers despite size and sea-state limits.
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Navy
Ingalls
Naval Aeronautics
Huston to resign as RNC chair August 7
Claudius Huston told President Hoover he would resign and convene the Republican National Committee on August 7 to formalize his departure. Senator Fess of Ohio is named to succeed him, with Robert Lucas slated to lead campaign work for Congress as executive assistant to Fess.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Houston
Hoover
National Committee
Apwena
Prouven
Fess
Ohio
Republican High Command
Huston
Robert Lucas
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
James Francis Burke
White House
Burke
Senate
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Association
Claudius H. Huston
Relief Work Hampered By Panic Afterward
Panic from a hurricane and a quake hampered relief efforts in Ariana as death toll rose. Official counts listed 2930 dead with estimates up to 3500. widespread fear sparked spontaneous donations despite Mussolini’s appeal. By noon Italy had raised about 1 million lire for quake victims and orphans.
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Mussolini
Italy
Heat Wave Advances Across the Middle West
Chicago reports a new heat wave spreading over the middle west with readings above normal and temperatures in the hundreds. The Weather Bureau notes no immediate relief and possible scattered thundershowers, with Phoenix 112 and Shreveport 100 marking the high readings.
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Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Ae Bureau
Rocky Mountains
America
Phoenix
Ariz
Fort Smith
Ark
Shreveport
Medicine Hat
Endurancers Start Fifth Day in Air Over Lambert St Louis Field
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine begin their fifth day aloft in the Greater Is monoplane seeking to regain the endurance championship. They had completed four days and 96 hours aloft with the craft cruising above Lambert St Louis field as tests continue.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Prison electrocutes inmate for murder in Little Rock
Bud Nolan, a Little River County Negro, was executed at the state penitentiary in Little Rock for participation in the murder of four white men. The sentence was carried out today under the state's electric chair.
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NHGRO
Little Rock
Ark
Bud Nolan
Little River Quaty
Berkeley County Senator Dennis Shot Dead in Swamp
In Moncks Corner South Carolina State Senator E J Dennis was shot and killed as he stood outside a meat market buying a watermelon. W L Thornley accused but denying guilt is jailed in Columbia as witnesses allege he fired the shotgun. Police say the case may be politically motivated and a special term may be called.
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Moncks Corner
D. C
Berkeley County
Hell Hole Swamp
E. J. Dennis
W. L. Thornley
Columbia
Dennis
Thornley
Thorney
State Penitentiary
J. D. Myers
Orangeburg
8. C
A. J. Hydrick
Berkley County
Hydrick
Sign in window misleads as police uncover liquor load
In Kenosha Wisconsin July 25 officers stop Frank Buttera for speeding. A sign reading Dont shoot there is no liquor in this car turns out false as police discover 238 gallons of alcohol in the automobile.
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Kenosha, Wis
Lpi
Frank Buttera
Buttera
Baby mixup ends as families keep infants
Chicago July 25 The Bamberger and Watkins babies were declared not mired after an early morning conference. Parents agreed the twins were never swapped. tapes labeling infants washed off during bath time at Englewood hospital. A nurse error was ruled possible. Doctors cited naturally oval heads for a first-born and round heads for the other. The families took their babies home.
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Chicago
Bamberger
Bamberger-Watkins
Charles Bamberger
Watkins
Luis Usulisiun
Englewood Hospital
Arnold Kegel
Bambergers
Keystone Hospital Partici
France Defeats United States in Davis Cup Opener
At Roland Garros Auteuil France player Henri Cochet beat George Lott in straight sets 6-4 6-2 6-2 securing an even split for France in the opening day. Earlier Bill Tilden toppled Jean Borotra 2-6 7-5 6-4 7-5 for the Americans.
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Roland Garros
Auteuil
France
Henri Coditt
George Lott
Chicago
Cochet
Bill Tilden
Jean Borotra
Exiled Lithuanian Strong Man Sent to Kovno District
By order of the Kovno district commandant former premier Woldermaras, known as the Strong Man of Lithuania, has been exiled. The action highlights political repression in the region during July.
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Kovna
Lithuania
Kavno
Woldermaras
Trio of Bandits Die for Murder in Kansas City
In Kansas City three bank robbers convicted for the 1928 Home Trust Co robbery and the murder of James H. Happy Smith were hanged together at the city jail. Tony Mangiaracina, Carl Nasello, and John Messino died within minutes of each other after the trap was sprung at 6:04 am. Witnesses included Smiths’s policeman father. Maurice Nagle and Tony Bonello remain serving life terms.
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Kansas City
James H
Happy’ Smith
Tony
Mangiaracina
Carl Nasello
John Messino
Home Trust Company
Nasello
Nessino
Smith
Trust Company
Maurice Nagle
Tony Bonello
Missouri
Storm Interrupts Prince's Flight
The Prince of Wales traveling with a pilot from London to Cranborne was forced to land at Birmingham airdrome by a sudden storm. The landing was safe and he prepared to return to London.
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Birmingham
Eng
Prince of Wales
London
Cranarvon
Gehlbach Wins All-American Derby Run at San Angelo
Lee Gehlbach of Little Rock Arkansas lands at San Angelo Texas airport at 11:16:35 a m completing the 400 mile all American Derby from Houston in 2 15 35.
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Gehlbach
San Angelo
Texas
Lee Gehlbach
Little Rock
Ark
Houston
Education State's Future Hope Bailey Tells Publishers
Bailey told North Carolina editors in Blowing Rock that state wealth lags despite 12th place population. He argued education and roads will raise wealth and urged consolidation of progress over 30 years to spur agriculture and industry. He spoke as the Democratic senatorial nominee.
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Blowing Rock
North Carolina
J. W. Bailey
Bailey
Whalen Documents Branded Forgeries in Hearings
New York July 25 The congressional committee probing communist activities heads toward Detroit to continue hearings. Printer Max Wagner testified he arranged the Whalen letterheads used to publish letters linking Amtorg Trading Corp with communist propaganda in the United States.
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New York
Baby blimp to attempt Atlantic westbound flight
In Augsburg Germany on July 25 Otto Brinkmann of New York plans a westbound Atlantic flight with a baby blimp currently under construction.
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Augsburg
Germany
Otto Brinkmann
New York
Atlantic
Girls Tree Sitting Leaders Spark Local Stunt
Three young girls Sallie V Privett 12 Sarah Wooten Spruill 12 and Louise Spruill 11 occupy a tree in Goldsboro amid a local protest or stunt. The scene unfolds with neighbors observing as authorities monitor the sit-in.
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Goldsboro
Sallie V. Privett
Sarah Wooten Spruill
Louise Spruill
W Noel heads state publishers association in NC
John W. Noel, editor of the Roxboro Courier, was elected president of the North Carolina Press Association at the closing session of its annual convention. John A. Park of the Raleigh Times became vice president, with Beatrice Cobb and Bill Arp Lawrance re-elected secretary treasurer and historian respectively. The Savory cup went to Lee A. Weathers of the Cleveland Star. New directors named include W C Dowd Jr, J L Horne Jr, Henry A Dennis, R E Price, and W C Manning. The group backed creating a state audit bureau of circulation for small papers, starting with 26 charter members.
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Blowing Rock
John W. Noel
Roxboro Courier
North Carolina Press Association
John A. Park
Raleigh Times
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton News-Herald
Bill Arp Lawrance
Mecklenburg Times
Lee A. Weathers
Cleveland Star
W C. Dowd, Jr
Charlotte News
J. L. Horne, Jr
Rocky Mount Telegram
Henry A. Dennis
Henderson Dispatch
R. E. Price
Rutherford County News
W. C. Manning
Williamston
L. A. Weathers
Shelby
State Audit Bureau of Circulation
Divine Blames Ford For Communist Spread
The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin testifies before a congressional committee that Henry Ford unintentionally aided communism by attracting 30,000 workers to Detroit after a 30,000 additional workers statement. Coughlin says many migrants came to Detroit seeking jobs but found none.
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Divine
Ford
Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Congressional
United States
Henry Ford
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
Coughlin
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennesee
Texas
Democrats Plan Aug Funding Drive to Regain House
Democratic leaders map a late August campaign to win 53 seats and regain a bare House majority. Funds raised in 72 border and northern districts will fund congressional campaigns only, not the party deficit. Representative Burns will lead efforts from Washington with J ouett Shouse pledging cooperation.
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Washington
New York
Democratic National Committee
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Jouett Shouse
Seven Lives Taken In Three Days By Carolinas Weather
Unusual Carolinas weather has caused seven deaths in three days. Forsyth County convicts Brooks and Leroy Smith died from heat prostration in Winston Salem hospitals. Two lightning deaths occurred near Roxboro and in Lincoln County, with a South Carolina girl and her brother drowning near Newberry on Wednesday.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Forsyth County
North Carolina
South Carolina
Co. F. Brooks
Leroy Smith
Winston- Salem
Roxboro
N. C
Lincoln County
Newberry
S. C
Roller Coaster Crash Claims Two in Omaha Park
Two dead two near death and fifteen injured in a Krug amusement park roller coaster crash in Omaha Nebraska authorities say obstruction on track likely struck the lead car causing a 35 foot drop as the train ascended the first incline. Police battled crowds to reach the injured and transport them to ambulances.
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Omaha
Neb
Krug Amusement Park
Catawba Bootleg King Returns To Give Wife Freedom
Newton North Carolina July 25 John Brown a 45 year old bootlegger known as the rum king of Catawba county escaped from the county jail to visit his wife who was jailed for conspiring to aid the escape Officers recaptured him and he plans to arrange a bond for his wife He also faces four federal warrants as his term for bootlegging ends.
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Newton
N. C
John Brown
Catawba County
Brown
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