Nazis Ease Repression as Non Aryans May Serve in Army
Berlin reports a meeting between Hitler and War Minister Von Blomberg at the Bavarian retreat. A new decree signed by Von Blomberg and Wilhelm Frick opens active military service to non Aryans, signaling moderation amid tensions with Jews and Catholic groups and veterans groups like the Steel Helmet.
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Berlin
Werner von Blomberg
von Blomberg
Dr. H. Jalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Foreign Office
Wilhelm Frick
Britain plans vast rebuild of fleet by 1942
The Daily Herald cites a seven year plan to construct 12 capital ships, 33 cruisers, 63 flotilla leader destroyers, 21 submarines and 3 aircraft carriers, totaling about 750 million dollars, with 1936 and 1938 build targets and opposition from naval disarmament efforts.
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London Daily Herald
London
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Admiralty
Great Britain
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Admiraltty
Laborite
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House of Commons
the Herald
United States
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Washington
Army air bases approved in Wilcox bill
The Senate today sent to the White House the Wilcox bill authorizing the establishment of six army air defense bases in the United States and Alaska.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Wilcox
United States
Alaska
Congress Is Resigned Over New Tax Bill Debates
Washington July 29 Congress faced turmoil as profits in the depression drew scrutiny. H. C. Hopson of Associated Gas and Electric reportedly earned 2 805 000 during the period while holding company abolition provisions stirred House Senate talks. Conferees remained deadlocked over attendance by an administration official as lawmakers stayed in session.
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Washington
H. C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Senate
Hopson
House
S. C. Ross
New York State
Capitol
Congress
Presi
Mussolini Sets Italian Stand Before League Council
Premier Benito Mussolini drafted Italy’s line for the League of Nations session on Ethiopian affairs at Rocca Delle Carminate. Italian delegates expected to attend Wednesday as Ethiopia rejected restricting discussions to frontier incidents. Popolo D’Italia voiced Italy’s duty to act, warning of life or death for the nation.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
League of Nar
Il Duce
Rocca Delle Carminate
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Popolo D'Italia
Milan
League of Nations
Wiley’s Flight Over American Wonders
A traveler letter from Durango Colorado describes towns thriving on coal and resources, then recounts a journey by air over Brice Canyon Zion Canyon Grand Canyon Hoover Dam and a new lake. The writer, WILL, celebrates American scenery and the habit of preferring sight to reading.
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Durango
Orhe
Liksiehic Ganaes
Trinidad
Colo
North Pole
Wiley
Brice Canyon
Zion Canyon
Grand Canyon
Hoover Dams
New Lake
Will
Judge rules AAA tax act constitutional in Tennessee suit
Federal Judge John D. Martin in the Western District of Tennessee holds the Agriculture Adjustment Act constitutional as to its processing levies. He dismissed a Memphis packer’s suit seeking $6,863 in processing taxes and denied an injunction over a $1,267 penalty for late tax filing. The ruling notes conflicting appellate decisions but asserts independent view despite lack of binding authority.
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Memphis
Tenn
Agriculture Adjustment Act
Secretary of Agriculture
John D. Martin
Western District of
Tennessee
Jacob B. Lacroix
Martin
United States Court of Appeals
First Circuit
Court of Appeals
New Tax Rates for High Incomes Publicized in House Hearing
Proposed tax schedule targets incomes from $50,000 upward with steep rates. Committee members including Democrats approved the plan, outlining a framework where higher earners face substantial increases. Details remain subject to further legislative action.
Ethiopian Troops Mobilize Amid Somali Rebel Rumors
Reports from Addis Ababa claim native Somalis began a revolt in Italian Somaliland and headed toward Ethiopia near Walayal. Ethiopian troops, including 10 000 men under Dedjacmatch Haptemikael, arrived at Gama province with new rifles and artillery, stoking martial preparations.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Walayal
Uslual
Eritrea
War Office
Dedjacmatch Haptemikael
Lake Rudolph
Gama
Warren seeks special rule for probe of packing firms profits
Representative Lindsay Warren of North Carolina asks the House Rules Committee to approve a special procedure for his bill authorizing a $150,000 expenditure to investigate profits earned by packing companies and other middlemen handling agricultural products.
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ASKA
Washington
Lindsay Warren
Washington, N.C
House Rules Committee
Independent candidate Ziba Squier seeks State Assembly seat
Jamestown New York July 20 Ziba Squier age year will run as an independent candidate in the first district of Chautauqua county on the Townsend recovery party ticket for the fall election.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Ziba Squier
Chautauqua County
Townsend Recovery Party
First 1985 Terrell County Cotton Bale Sold in Atlanta
The first bale of 1985 cotton from Terrell county Georgia sold for 127.50 in Atlanta. Proceeds benefit the Warm Springs Foundation as a tribute to President Roosevelt.
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Atlanta
Terrell County
Warm Springs Foundation
Roosevelt
Typhoon Shelter Sought By 100 Ships Near Keelung
More than 100 ships with passengers sought shelter in Keelung, Formosa, as a typhoon neared the port. The principal Romoca port faced the threat with vessels and crews scrambling to safety amid worsening weather conditions.
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Pormosa Taiko
Formosa
Keelung
Romoca
PWA Projects Under Construction Create Jobs in Interim
Ickes announced that nearly 1.8 billion dollars of PWA projects are under construction and will provide employment before the four billion dollar work relief program peaks.
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Prp. W. A
Washington
UP Ickes
PWA
Low Bid for Staunton Post Office Won by N Carolinian Firm
A. Farrell Blair of Ingham North Carolina submitted the lowest bid of 869 430 for constructing a new Staunton Virginia post office to the treasury department. The bid was made public in Washington on July 20.
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Washington
Staunton
Treasury Department
A. Farrell Blair
Ingham, N. C
Local Judge Price Williams Found Dead Near Car
AP reports Judge Price Williams 55 Mobile county judge of probate for over 20 years was found dead near his automobile on a road here. Coroner H. B. Walker said Williams killed himself with a pistol.
Will of L. L. Simmons Admitted To Probate
The will of Lee Lawson Simmons of High Point who died July 22 was admitted to probate in Greensboro today. Executor W. P. Powell of High Point qualified. The estate valued at 700 in personal property leaves Mary Lovell Simmons as beneficiary.
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Greensboro
Lee Lawson Simmons
High Point
W. P. Powell
Parkway
Mary Lovell Simmons
England Wins Davis Cup Doubles To Retain Title
England defeats United States in the challenge round doubles as George Hughes and C R D Tuckey beat Wilmer Allison and John ny Van Ryn 6 2 1 6 6 8 6 3 6 3 to earn the third win in the five match series. The victory follows earlier wins by H W Austin and Fred Perry, sealing England’s Davis Cup triumph.
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Eng
George Patrick Hughes
C. R. D. Tuckey
Wilmer Allison
Johnny van Ryn
England
America
France
H. W
Bunny) Austin
Allison
Fred J. Perry
Don Budge
Oakland
Calif
Pacific Coast
van Ryn
Hughes
Tuckey
Two Congressmen Hurt In Airplane Tours
The July 29 report says House military affairs committee members on tours to Louisville and Belleville suffered injuries after storms near Columbus. Chairman John J. McSwain of Greenville DC sustained arm lacerations and a neck sprain, Rep Ed Schaefer of Belleville TI had body bruises and a cut nose. Both planes encountered severe turbulence, Schaefer’s craft fell 2000 feet before control was regained and all travelers returned to Dayton and then Washington.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Louisville
Belleville
John J. McSwain
Greenville
D. C
Walter Reed Hospital
Ed Schaefer
Dayton, CO
Columbus
Schaefer
W. J. Ritchie
Dayton
Harry Woodring
McSwain
George E. McGregor
Official Hopson profits amid unpaid dividends probe
Washington July 29. Senate lobby committee received evidence that H C Hopson, a leading figure in the Associated Gas and Electric system, profited about 2 805 000 during a period of low mood while many dividends remained unpaid. Witnesses said Hopson had vanished for ten days to two weeks, fueling questions about his whereabouts and habits.
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Washington
H. C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
Senate Lobby Committee
H. ©. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric Systems
Associated System
Hopson
Senator Schwellenbach
Democrat-Wash
H. A. Stix
Hopton Companies
Department of Justice Aid
Carl Estes
Texas
Wheeler-Rayburn
Texas Power and Light Company
East Texas of
Ethiopia Inquiry Move Refocuses League Arbitration Powers
In a Geneva dispatch, Emperor Haile Selassie urged the League of Nations to define the conciliation commission powers, rejecting frontier-limitation talks and signaling a possible indirect challenge to Mussolini. The move aims to press for an East African crisis settlement under Article 15 and to keep arbitration open.
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Geneva
Portn of Nations
Eague
Ethiopia
Italy
Haile Selassie
League
League Council
Comm
Benito Mussolini
Police Begin Federal Training Alongside U S Agents
J Edgar Hoover opened the Bureau of Investigation anti crime college to 21 policemen from state constabularies metropolitan departments and city posts. The three month program mirrors G Men training and aims to coordinate city county state and federal law enforcement. Hoover called it the first large scale effort to unite agencies in the crime fight.
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Washington
J. Edwgar Hoover
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Anticrime
Pnrts
Hoover
Four More Years Of Tobacco Crop Control To Be Offered
Washington July 29 Four more years of production control will be offered to flue cured tobacco growers contracts extending the program through 1939 will be available at county offices in each flue cured belt. The plan aims to equalize leases among all types of growers especially small producers and includes an adjustment payment at the end of each contract year to reflect farm parity price differences. The program imposes a 35 percent cap on acreage and production reductions per year and serves about 137 500 cooperating growers in the five states Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida.
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Washington
J. B. Hutson
AAA Tobacco
Hutson
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Flor
Britain seeks last minute peace plan between Italy and Ethiopia
London reports Britain studies an eleventh hour peace formula as Mussolini opposes a showdown at Geneva. Officials expect Britain to push for a full discussion at a private League of Nations council session with procedure to be decided, while Italian delegate may skip the public afternoon session.
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London
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Geneva
Weather Outlook for Carolina Coasts and Sunshine States
Weather forecast indicates generally fair conditions across North Carolina tonight and Tuesday. South Carolina and Georgia expect local thundershowers this afternoon or night, with generally fair conditions to follow. Coastal areas from Sandy Hook to Hatteras show moderate to variable winds and partly cloudy skies, with scattered showers in the southern portion tonight and on Tuesday.
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Georgia
Sandy
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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