Wiley Post hailed in Gotham after world flight
President Roosevelt to receive Wiley Post at the White House today at 5 PM. In New York crowds estimated at 20 000 line Broadway to City Hall as Post is feted with ticker tape parades and a gold medal from Mayor John P. O'Brien for his round the world flight.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wiley Post
White House
New York
the Battery
City Hall
Lower Broadway
Harold Gatty
City Hall Park
Broadway
Post
John P. O’brien
Pledges Fuel Roosevelt NRA Support Amid Divorce Drama
In Baltimore and Washington, 12 000 replies bolster President Roosevelt’s claim the Industrial Recovery Act will take effect soon. Aimee Semple McPherson faces divorce amid talks of reconciliation while NRA insignia enforcement plans unfold and wage codes advance for oil lumber and textiles.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Industrial Recovery Administration
Hugh 8
Johnson
NRA
Philadelphia
Thomas HH. Hammond
Adistration
Department of Commerce
Hammond
Arthur D. Whiteside
Regulation of farming urged at cooperative institute
In Raleigh on July 26 government assistance for farmer proration plans was urged to curb surplus production. C C Teague of Santa Paula urged proration as a cure, arguing compulsion prevents minority blocks. Others discussed territory wide pooling and public regulation of milk and cooperative marketing in Carolina fruits and vegetables.
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Raleigh
C. C. Teague
Santa Paula
Cal
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Federal Farm Board
American Institute of Cooperation
Teague
Fruits and Vegetables
Institute
L. A. Chaplin
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, Inc
New York City
New York
Reuben Hall
Boston
Mass
New England Milk Producers Association
Conference On
Wells A. Sherman
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Thomas D. Young
Florence
8. C
Carolinas Cooperatives Consolidated
North
South Carolina
Cannery Aims to Can 40000 Cans for Needy
Greenville reports the Pitt county community cannery plans to can about 40000 cans of food for the needy next winter. Workers process about 490 cans daily as activity continues.
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Greenville
Pitt County
North Carolina Imports Reach $10 Million Plus
The record shows North Carolina's imports last year totaling $10,178,000. The figure highlights trade activity across the state, with goods entering from multiple regions and contributing to overall economic movement.
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North Carolina
Reemployment drive planned across North Carolina
Capus Waynick state director of re employment from High Point met with Major A L Fletcher state labor commissioner and Ronald Wilson acting director of relief to outline an active re employment campaign. They aimed to establish an organization and open headquarters within the next day or two.
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Raleigh
N. C
Capus Waynick
High Point
A. L. Fletcher
Ronald Wilson
Waynick
Hollywood film extra sues husband for divorce
Beverly Hills July 25. The writer describes traveling from Frisco to Los Angeles and reports a Hollywood film extra suing her husband for divorce claiming he accused her of causing all the low mood. The note references settling a movie strike and a remark about Mr. Hoover.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Frisco
Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
Hoover
Pickett Mill Closed Indefinitely After Strike Today
Pickett Cotton Mill with more than 300 workers shut indefinitely this afternoon after a walkout by workers without notice to management. President Robert H Walker said adjustments under the Cotton Textile code are being undertaken and both sides will bear with each other during the transition while production is realigned.
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Robert H. Walker
Walker
Seven Men Die as Giant Bomber Crashes Near Oceanside
A twin motor Army bomber wrecked after losing a wing, crashing into a hollow near Oceanside at noon. Seven men died, including Pilot Second Lieutenant Carl A. Murray of Idaho, plus Sergeants Snodgrass and Herrick and Privates T. Taylor, Stanley Book, Albert Overend, and Vincent Galdin. The amphibian plane was en route from March Field to Rockwell Field, San Diego on a service mission.
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Oceanside
Calif
Carl A. Murray
Flier
Idaho
17Th Group
March Field
Riverside
Snodgrass
64Th
Herrick
Die of Poison Claims Miss Sue Dobbins in Hospital
Miss Sue Dobbins died in a local hospital from poison tablets taken Monday after a period of ill health. Authorities reported the death as due to poisoning with no further details provided.
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Marion
Sue Dobbins
Andreev Sentenced to Death for Overcrowded Vessel Sinking
Nicolai Andreev, captain of a Volga excursion boat sinking on July 9 with 80 lives lost, was sentenced to be shot for allowing overcrowding. The report also notes Germany’s sterilization law to start January 1 and a $713,008 federal relief loan to North Carolina based on second quarter expenditures.
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Yaroslavl
Nicolai Andreev
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Emergen Relief
North Carolina
Mrs. P. M. Derrick Laid To Final Rest
Funeral services for Mrs. P. M. Derrick of Bradenton Florida were held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 4 PM with Dr Norwood Bowne officiating. Active pallbearers were George Edwards Holt McPherson Lester Teague W L Smith Jr Raymond Rike H I Coffield C A Ring Sr and C L Amos. Honorary pallbearers included Dr W J McAnally J P Rawhey W L Tabb C J Cummins H L Race Mr A Millie and R Berry. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
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P. M. Derrick
Bradenton
Fla
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Norwood Bowne
George Edwards
Holt McPherson
Lester Teague
W. L. Smith, Jr
Raymond Rike
H. I. Coffield
C. A. Ring, Sr
C. L. Amos
W. J. McAnally
J. P. Rawhey
W. L. Tabb
C. J. Cummins
H. L. Race
Mr. A. Millie
R. Berry
Oakwood Cemetery
Jacobs Denies Mill Workers Fired For Giving Testimony
W P Jacobs secretary of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers association says he investigated every mill employee who testified at stretchout hearings and found none were discharged. He notes six witnesses no longer worked for mills at the time of hearings and cites code adjustments as cause for recent layoffs.
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Jacobs
Bennettsville
D. C
W. P. Jacobs
Clinton
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Jacobs Sald
Federal forces clash with kidnaping crime wave fronts
Agencies across the nation press to crush organized kidnaping with a proposed super-relief federal force. Governors meet in San Francisco to demand action as suspects in Hamm and McElroy cases face trial. Public anger rises with local victories by citizen posses and ongoing abductions including Lt. John J. OConnell Jr and Charles F. Dreedel.
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Washington
Albany
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Balzar
Nevada
Roger Touhy
Chicago
Milwaukee
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
Minn
Kansas City
Mary McElroy
St. Louis
August Lauer
Alton
Mil
Department of Public Safety of
Indiana
Morrison
Tenn
John J. O'Connell, Jr
Albany, N
Charles F. Ureedel
Oklahoma City
Merchants to convene tomorrow at High Point meeting
Allen J. Maxwell Henry McMullan and Willard Dowell will address the annual High Point Merchants Association meeting set for Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Sheraton hotel. D. A. Dowdy will preside with a program including invocation music reports and addresses.
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Maxwell, McMullan and
Dowell
Allen J. Maxwell
North Carolina
Henry McMullan
Department of Revenue
Willard Dowell
North Carolina Merchants Association
High Point Merchants Association
Sheraton Hotel
D. A. Dowdy
T. A. Bykes
Grace Baker
A. Coke Cecil
Willard L. Dowell
Officers Music Efressments
Italian air armada completes third leg homeward flight
Shoal Harbor N P July 26 AP The Italian air armada completed the third leg of its homeward flight today by 11 48 A M nearly all of General Balbo s seaplanes had landed at Shoal Harbor with others circling overhead in this final phase of the voyage.
Smithfield tobacconist dies from auto collision injuries
L. H. Parrish a Smithfield tobacconist died from injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by Aaron Lassiter, a Black man charged with manslaughter.
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Smithfield
L. H. Parrish
Smithfield Tobacconist
Aaron Lassiter
Boston Extortion Plot Ends In Guarded Brewery Head
Abductors have not stated demands. In Boston Theodore C. C. Hatf fenreffer head of a major New England brewery was closely guarded amid extortion threats demanding 15000 dollars under the threat of death.
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Boston
Theodore CC. Hatffenreffer
New England
Whitworth and two others face jury over wife’s death in Gastonia
A. F. Whitworth testified he did not murder his wife, denying deadly blows or threats. Phillip C. Falls and his son Fort Falls also denied charges as the jury case moved toward deliberations. Prosecutors allege a conspiracy to coerce a divorce by staging a compromising scene and killing Mrs. Whitworth after she died from a skull fracture.
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Gastonia
A. F. Whitworth
Whitworth
Phillip C. Falls
Gaston County
Fort Falls
Falls
Steve Stone
Waco
Stone
Falla
Wilson and Keziah Win Contract To Remodel Main Street Building
Wilson and Keziah are remodeling the old Kester Furniture Company quarters at 134 South Main Street. Work begins today and will include a new front floors metal ceiling plumbing heating and a passenger elevator. The completed building aims to be one of the citys most modern retail structures.
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Kester Furniture Company
South Main Street
Wilson and
Keziah
Man Chokes Stranger After Suspected Poison Tablets
Albemarle police report details W. T. Everton a beer garden employee choking a man who attempted to swallow what appeared to be poison tablets. The man stated he was from Salisbury and offered no name before coughing up the tablets and apologizing.
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Albemarle
W. T. Everton
Beer Garden
Everington
Salisbury
Carolinas Rally Under Sign of Eagle and Legend We Do Our Part
Carolinians from streets to major industries rallied under the eagle emblem and the We Do Our Part legend. Following President Roosevelt’s plea, employers in North and South Carolina moved to adopt wage and hour codes, with Raleigh retailers and Asheville metal workers announcing 40 hour weeks and pay increases as plans for recovery expand.
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Charlotte
Cross Roads
N. BR. A
Roosevelt
North
South Carolina
Washington
Carolinas
Asheville
C. G. Tennent
Waa
Raleigh
Boyland and
Pearce
Retail Merchants Bureau
Greenville
D. C
Winston-Salem
Charleston County
Chamber of Commerce
Florence
D. O
Charlotte Woman Killed in Crash Near Camden
Mrs. Nannie Helms of Charlotte died instantly when the vehicle she rode in struck a parked Bowman transportation truck four miles from Camden, while en route to Charleston to visit relatives. Driver R O Ferguson, a produce dealer from Charlotte, escaped injury as the collision occurred after a gasoline shortage incident. The body was returned to Charlotte for burial.
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Camden
D. C
Nannie Helms
Charlotte
Ferguson
Calles Ioe
Prohibition officers seize two brandy stills in Hamlet
Prohibition officers near here seized two brandy stills and arrested Bowyer as operator of one of them.
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Skire
Bowyer
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Roberta Smyth
Lottorney
Norfolk
Angelus Temple
Temple
Andrews
Will Rogers
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Charles F. Urschel
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