Rail unions vow to resist wage cuts amid low spirits
Washington July 29 The railway labor executives warned they would resist any effort to lower wages and urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to evaluate a proposed fifteen percent freight-rate increase. They said agreements exist among employers employees and government not to let business mood pressure break living standards. They argue railroad revenues could justify rate hikes to meet revenue shortfalls during the current downturn.
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Washington
Railway Labor Executives Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lindberghs Expected In Tokyo For Riverside Flight Stop
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh arrive at North Beach Airport to complete a radio test flight with a Pan American engineer before continuing to North Haven Maine and then Tokyo Japan Emperor Hirohito expected to greet them upon arrival authorities report strong interest in the planned aerial vacation.
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Col. Lindbergh
Pan-American Airways
San Juan
Porto Rico
Miami
North Beach
North Haven
East River
Tokio
N. Y
Lindbergh
Tokyo
Charles A. Lindberch
Empress Hirohito
Japan
Emperor Hirohito
Lindberghs
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hoover summons Red Cross head for unemployment relief
President Hoover meets with Red Cross Chairman Payne to discuss relief for the unemployed. Payne calls it the start of a cooperative effort among agencies, noting unemployment reports are not alarming but not bright, and urging local communities and governments to bear the burden with federal support as needed.
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Washington
Hoover
Payne
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Auxiliary Head Observes Triple Anniversary in Louisburg
Mrs. Hugh W. Perry of Louisburg was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary at Morehead City and received the highest state honor on her wedding day and birthday, all noted in Louisburg on July 29.
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Louisburg, N. C
Hugh W. Perry
Louisburg
American Legion Auxiliary
Morehead City
Aged Physician Dr J A Pinnix Dies in Reidsville
Dr J A Pinnix longtime physician dies at his home in Caswell county after a lingering illness in Reidsville North Carolina. He practiced medicine for many years serving the local community and area residents. His death was reported on July 29.
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Reidsville
N. C
J. A. Pinnix
Caswell County
Health Commissioner appeals blood donations for polio outbreak
New York July 29 Health Commissioner Wynne urged infantile paralysis survivors to donate blood to help curb the current outbreak in the city. Over 800 cases were reported in the last seven weeks. Raleigh July 29 Governor Gardner will not attend a cotton states conference in Austin next Tuesday. He referred the matter to Agriculture Commissioner Graham.
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New York
Wynne
Raleigh
C. Max Gardner
Ross
Sterling
Texas
Austin
W. A. Graham
Minersville Miner Trapped After Lytle Colliery Fall
Rescue workers worked through the night in three shifts to reach Stanley Kirinski a 45 year old miner entombed by a Monday night collapse at the Lytle colliery. Authorities estimate about 200 tons of rock and coal lie above the trapped man as crews press on.
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Minersville
Stanley Kirinski
Lytle
Widow Yvonne Sinnott Dies in Florida Home Shooting Death
Fort Lauderdale dispatch says Mrs. Yvonne Sinnott 31 widow of J Fred Sinnott reported dead at her residence from a bullet wound to the head. Police described the death as personal safety related. Sinnott was grandson of Joseph F Sinnott a Philadelphia millionaire distiller. no motive found.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Yvonne Sinnott
J. Fred Sinnott
Sinnott
Joseph F. Sinnott
Philadelphia
Abnormal Heat Rages Across U S With Deaths Reported
The nation endures a heat wave as storms and cooler winds are forecast. Washington faces forest fires and grasshoppers devastate Manitoba crops while Aberdeen South Dakota reports near total corn loss. Over 75 people die from extreme heat, especially in the Imperial Valley.
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Associated Press
North American
Washington
Middle Northwest
Manitoba
Alberta
Aberdeen
S. D
St. Paul-Minneapolis
New York City
Imperial Valley
Hanover Officers Put on Trial in Manslaughter Case
Four New Hanover County officers go on trial for manslaughter in the deaths of Lupe Roberts and Deputy W. Paul Starling after a gun battle that followed stopping a government mail truck during a liquor run. Deputy E. J. Hale L. M. Massey A. B. Crews and Porter Davis face indictment by a new grand jury.
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Wilmington
N. C
New Hanover County
E. J. Hale
L. M. Massey
A. B. Crews
Porter Davis
Lupe Roberts
Dudley
W. Paul Starling
Garland Midgette
Mak
Roberts
Starling
Here
Dorothy Pittman
Mary Moore
Swansboro
Grand S Hn
Indietmen
Central China Submerged as Flood Devastates Province
Central China faces one of its worst floods in sixty years with widespread inundation in Hankow Hanyang and Wuchang. Death tolls run into hundreds and possibly thousands while food prices rise sharply and famine looms. Nanking and other cities report extensive damage and displacement.
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Shanghai
China
Wuhan
Hankow
Hanyang
Wuchang
Changsha
Henan
Sampans
Associated Press
Yangtse
Nanking
Central China
Wuhu
Anhwei
Beaufort County official charged with drunk driving
J. E. Porter of Aurora, Beaufort County Commissioner, to face a Tuesday hearing on a charge of driving a truck while intoxicated. He posted 200 bond after his vehicle collided with Max Abernethy deputy secretary of state on the draw bridge between Morehead City and Atlantic Beach, the truck crashing through the railing as witnesses noted speed. Porter was arrested by order of Patrol Captain Charles Farmer and the case was continued due to his claim of urgent county budget work.
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Morehead City
J. E. Porter
Aurora
Beaufort County
Liberty
Porter
Max Abernethy
Atlantic Beach
Abernethy
Charles Farmer
Dawes' Daughter Appears in Local Court
Miss Virginia Dawes 17 daughter of Ambassador Charles G. Dawes faced Magistrate Harry H. Porter on a speeding charge near Northwestern University. Sponsored by Policemen Hubert Kelsh and Fred Wynn, she entered a not guilty plea and was told to return to court today. No bond was set.
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Evanston
Ill
Virginia Dawes
Court of St. James
Charles G. Dawes
Fralice Court
Harry H. Porter
Hubert Kelsh
Fred Wynn
Northwestern University
Mussolini Turns Forty-Eight as Birthday Noted in Rome
In Rome on July 29 Benito Mussolini marked his forty-eighth birthday with family at Villa Torlonia. Anna Maria and Romano Mussolini teased the premier’s ears as is traditional, while Edda Mussolini remains in Shanghai with husband Count Galleazzo Ciano. The Italian leader, healthy and abstemious, follows a strict routine from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and life at the birthplace shrine in Dovia di Predappio recalls his humble origins.
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Rome
Anna Maria Mussolini
Romano
Italy
Mussolini
Signora Mussolini
Villa Torlonia
Edda Mussolini
Count Galleazzo Ciano
Shanghai
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Villa Torlonia Gardens
Dovia di Predappio
Confusion Reigns In Charlotte Home
Confusion followed E. O. Ogburn’s return to Grayson Park when he beat his family and threatened shooting. His step-daughter Mary Shoe seized his gun and fired. The mother believed her child had been killed, while the bullet merely struck Ogburn’s rib as intended.
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Charlotte
N. C
E. O. Ogburn
Grayson Park
Mary Shoe
Ogburn
Yuong’un
Miss Shoe
Poison Fumes Cause Broker's Death In Florida
Coroner's jury finds poisonous fumes from household insecticide as the cause of death for Walter Leroy Smith a broker aged about 45 who once served as secretary to the late Uncle Joe Cannon. The powder was placed in the home while the family was in Washington and Smith had just returned from a business trip.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Walter Leroy Smith
Smith
Joe’ Cannon
Washington, D. C
Morrison Holds Lead in Senate Race, Legion Support Noted
At the Morehead City American Legion convention, Cameron Morrison appears ahead in the Senate race despite Frank D. Grist’s Legion backing. Governors’ race sentiment remains unsettled with Ehringhaus, Brummitt, and Fountain cited. Legion hints at nonpartisan stance.
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Sir Walter Hotel
4. C. Baskerwill
Raleigh
American Legion
Morehead City
U. S. Senate
Cameron Morrison
Frank D. Grist
Legion
Ehringhaus
Brummitt
Fountain
Harrison Quizzed Over Tariff Changes in Open Letter
In a letter via the Republican National Committee Senator Dickinson of Iowa pressed Senator Harrison of Mississippi to specify changes he would make to the Smoot-Hawley tariff act if revised. He questioned support for industrial rates and whether he endorsed existing duties including six cents per pound on long staple cotton.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Dickinson
Iowa
Harrison
Mississippi
Banker Embezzler Sentenced Eight to Ten Years
W J Justus former cashier of Farmers Bank of Belhaven was sentenced to eight to ten years in state prison for misappropriation of about $83 000 the bank closed may 3 by state examiners after a 16 year pattern Justus admitted wrongdoing and denied taking more than 14 000. Judge Paul Frizzelle called it the most difficult case he faced. Millard C Haynes Justus brother in law and assistant cashier vanished.
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Washington, N. C
W. J. Justus
Defune Farmers’ Bank of
Harlem Gun Attack Kills Children and Triggers War Time Rift
Police hunted bookmaker "Big" Teed after an Harlem shooting killed a child and wounded four others as gunmen opened fire in a street scene of fear and chaos. Victims included Michael Vengali, Salvatore Vengali, Michael Bevilacqui, Florence D'Amellio and Samuel Defino. Authorities linked gang violence to the beer trade while crime costs soar across America.
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New York
Big” Teed
Teed
Harlem
Michael Vengali
Little Italy
Joe Rao
Vincent Rao
Salvatore Vengali
Michael Bevilacqui
Florence D’amellio
Samuel Defino
Vincent Coll
Bronx
Helmar
America
Zero Hour Nears In Oklahoma Oil War
Oklahoma City July 29. Governor Murray threatened a complete shutdown of most wells unless oil producers join a proposed field-wide shut down. He warned martial law could be declared if producers fail to act, as the mid-continent oil conflict intensified and prices hovered at 40 to 50 cents.
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Olkahoma City
Oklahoma
Mid-Continent
W. H. Murray
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Dawes
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American Legion Convention
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Grist
Tom C. Bowie
West Jefferson
Bowie
Soldier Boys
Morehead
Morrizon
Senate
North Carolina
Bob Reynolds
Asheville
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