AFFIDAVIT BATTLE OPENS AT GASTONIA
The Monoplane St Louis Robin piloted by Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine had flown 413 hours by 12 17 p m local time when they did not reply to Major Robertson s order to land The pilots sent one note saying motor running well and they planned to reach 500 hours A refueling plane pilot reported Robertson would issue another statement later
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ST. Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest O'Brine
William B. Robertson
Robertson
Jackson
Phil Silverson
C. Ray Wassall
Endurance flight pilots receive landing order mid voyage
Major William B. Robertson of Curtiss-Robertson urged Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine in the Monoplane St Louis Robin to land today as they marked their eighteenth day aloft. The 409th hour was logged about an hour after dawn amid 5,000 onlookers after a mock landing tease.
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St. Louis
Dale
Red” Jackson
Jeff
Forest O'Brine
William B. Robertson
Curtiss-Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Company
Red) Jackson
Forest O’brine
Jackson
Asit
C. Ray Wassall
Golden Rule Emphasized At Missionary Conference
Dr. O. E. Godard of Nashville told the Woman's Regional Missionary Conference in Lake Jualuska that the golden rule binds Christians as firmly as core Christian tenets. The event opened with reps from 59 home mission centers in the south.
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Lake Jualuska
WN. C
O. E. Godard
Nashville
Woman's
Goddard
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Wallace Rogers
Atlanta
Minnie L. Edison
Danville
H. A. Durham
Asheville
W. A. Newell
Henry Ford Counts 66th Birthday Quietly
Detroit July 30 Henry Ford was 66 today but kept the day low key. He planned an inspection of Dearborn property with visits to Ford farms experimental laboratories and the Fordson plant as his schedule for the day.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford Farms and Experimental Laboratories
Fordson Automobile Plant
North Carolina Seen As Well-Behaved On Prohibition
Washington July 30 North Carolina is among the best behaved states in prohibition enforcement, says Seymour Lowman assistant secretary of the treasury and dry czar. He notes less trouble than most states though moonshine in eastern swamp sections remains a problem. He cites Raleigh Greensbor o Asheville High Point Salisbury and Wilmington regions as comparatively quiet.
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Washington
North Carolina
Union
Seymour Lowman
the Treasury
Lowman
Treasury
United States
Wilmington
Raleigh
Greensboro
Asheville
High Point
Salisbury
Tar Heel
Large Portraits of Lee and Beauregard Hanged at West Point
Washington July 30 Secretary Good approved Major General William Smith's plan to display large portraits of Generals Robert E. Lee and P. G. T. Beauregard in the cadet mess hall at the United States Military Academy. Both were former superintendents and funds for the portraits will come from the Academy.
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Lee
Beauregard
West Point Mess Hall
Washington
Good
William Smith
United States Military Academy
Robert E. Lee
P. G. T.beauregard
Academy
Smith
Naval Cut Is More Likely Toward Naval Accord
London reports progress toward a naval reduction accord as Downing Street describes a conference among Prime Minister MacDonald General Dawes Ambassador Gibson and A V Alexander First Lord of the Admiralty. Officials suggest talks narrow to Hoover’s naval yardstick for parity and may involve further talks with the Americans before Thursday.
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London
Downing Street
MacDonald
Admiralty
Dawes
Gibson
A. V. Alexander
Lossiemouth
Legation
Hoover
Polo Player Barclay McFadden Dies in Polo Accident
Chester coroner returns verdict of accidental death in inquest into the death of Barclay McFadden a Philadelphia polo player fatally injured Saturday when his pony slipped during a polo match.
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Chester
Eng
Barclay McFadden
Philadelphia
Threats On Life Of Coroner Linked To Poison Probe
London police guard the Croydon home of Coroner Doctor Jackson after he and his wife received threatening letters tied to the Vera Sidney poisoning case. The Sidney family deaths, including Mrs Violet Sidney and son-in-law Edmund Duff, are credited to deliberate poisoning, prompting inquests and a nationwide mystery.
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London
Doctor Jackson
Croydon
Vera Sidney
England
Violet Amelia Sidney
Edmond Creighton Duff
Reynolds Takes Stand in Retrial
Richard Joshua Reynolds, 23, wealthy American, testifies in his manslaughter retrial over a May collision with a motorcyclist Arthur Graham. He denies drunkenness, describes golf trip, drinks of Pimm's No.1 cup, and says he would have helped if aware of a collision. Hotel witnesses say he appeared normal and pathologist offers alternate explanation for injuries.
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London
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Arthur Graham
Norman Birkett
Reynolds
Hurley
Bernard Spilsbury
Graham
Henry Maddocks
Ronald Bargate
Bargate
George Middleton
Old Bell
Volcanic Eruption Destroys Village in Tonga Island Area
British consul reports on Nieuafu Island eruption east of Fiji that wiped out Futu village. No fatalities, but all residents left destitute and homeless.
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Suva
Fiji Island
Gonga
Nieuafu
Fiji Islands
Futu
Senate May Not Meet In Mid August
Washington July 30 AP prospects of a senate quorum to resume the extra session in mid August look unlikely. If the finance committee rewrites the house tariff measure by then the gang will be ready. otherwise not. Revisions and hearings continue under heat as Smoot reopens August 7 for a day on a sliding scale sugar duty proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Smoot
House
Watson
Indiana
Committee
Haughland Dies In Endurance Refueling Flight Crash
In Minneapolis two pilots died after the monoplane Minnesota crashed at Wold-Chamberlain airport during a sixth attempt to set a refueling endurance record. Co pilot Owen Haughland of Buffalo Minnesota died after hours in hospital, pilot Captain P L Crichton of Minneapolis died instantly.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Owen Haughland
Buffalo
Minnesota
P. L. Crichton
Wold-Chamberlain
Haughland
Monkey Bite Fatal in Greensboro Man Dies from Monkey Wound
John Wesley McPherson, 66, died in a Greensboro hospital ten days after a pet monkey bite. The infection from the wound caused his death. He leaves a son and five daughters.
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Greensboro
N. C
John Wesley McPherson
Nanking Reports Kellogg Briand Pact Now Effective
The foreign ministry in Nanking announced receipt of American notification that the Kellogg Briand treaty banning war has become effective. The record marks a step in curbing interstate conflict as nations move to renounce war as an instrument of policy.
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Nanking
China
Foreign Ministry Today
British Strikers Still Protesting Wage Cut
Manchester July 30 A half million Lancashire textile workers enter the second day of idleness resisting a 12 percent wage cut imposed by cotton mill owners. Mills stay open for return, few affected shops continue routine work. many expect an amicable settlement before deeper hardship.
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Manchester
Eng
Lancashire
Pitcairn Pilot Killed in Tampa Plane Crash
Jacksonville, Fla July 30 W M Jones pilot for Pitcairn Aviation was killed in an airplane accident at Tampa today He flew the Tampa Jacksonville air mail route headquarters for the aviation company was advised
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. M. Jones
Pitcairn Aviation Company
Tampa
Jones
Denial of Russo Chinese Talks Report From Washington
Berlin July 30. The Soviet Russian embassy here issues an emphatic denial of a Washington report claiming direct negotiations between the Soviet ambassador and the chief minister have not yet started but will soon begin.
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Berlin
Washington
Unemployment Wage Scales for Unionists and Non-Unionists
The text outlines proposed wage scales for spinning operatives and weavers based on union status and work grades. It notes 150,000 non union members who may seek public relief, and compares current average earnings with proposed reductions, indicating men earning about 11.80 dollars weekly and women about 6.48 dollars after the cut.
85 Prisoners Added to Road Building Forces in North Carolina
Raleigh July 3 85 additional state prisoners have been placed on highway construction work this week. Forty five went to Blowing Rock and forty to Roaring Gap for highway work while others from the former mine group were moved to Central Prison as mine operations ended.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Cal
Sanford
Blowing Rock
Roaring Gap
Highway Commission
Board of Prison Directors
Lindbergh aids Maya ruins study from the air
Col Charles A. Lindbergh and his bride support archaeology by piloting aerial surveys of Maya sites and Pueblo ruins. They assisted Carnegie Institution researchers with air photographs of Chaco Canyon Pecos Chama and Rio Grande areas, confirming discoveries and revealing new artifacts from the sky.
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Santa FE
N. M
Central
North America
Charlemagne
Europe
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Yucatan
J. C. Merriam
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Tropics
Arizona
New Mexico
Pecos
Lindbergh
Chaco Canyon
Pojarito Plateau
Rio Grande
Chama
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh
Phillips Academy
Laboratory of Anthropology
State seeks to prevent removal of the hearing
In Gastonia North Carolina the Loray mill shooting case defense and prosecution clash over venue as 16 defendants face first degree murder and conspiracy charges. affidavits from both sides argue whether a fair trial can be held in Gaston County or if a panel from another county is needed. Local defense urged adjournment to another venue while the prosecution pushed for continuation with additional affidavits gathered overnight.
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Gastonia
Loray _ tent
Colons
Gaston
Vera Burch
Amy Schechter
Workers International Relief Worker
Sophie Melvin
The
Young Pioneers of America
Joseph Harrison
Clarence Miller
Louis McLaughlin
K. O. Byers
W. M. McGinnis
George Carter
J. ¢. Heffner
Robert Allen
Russell Knight
N. F. Gibson
K. Y. Hendricks
Delmar Hampton
Ten Colony
National Textile Workers Union
Workers International Relief For Loray Cotton Mills
McCall
I Johnson D. McCall
Charlotte
Big Jim Watson Opposed to Exercise After Sedentary Life
Washington July 30. Senator from Indiana known for 1880s DePauw athletics, ages toward 65, says men over fifty who have led sedentary lives should not seek youth vigor via physical exercise. He notes golf invites are refused, joking he already gets exercise pall bearing for friends who die of heart disease and overexertion.
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Washington
Big Jim’ Watson
Indiana
Depauw University
American couples race to Friedrichshafen for Graf Zeppelin flight
Two American couples race to Friedrichshafen to join the Graf Zeppelin’s next trans Atlantic flight. Mr and Mrs Henry J Pierce of New York and Mr and Mrs George N Crouse of Syracuse pursue departure notices from Samara and Cherbourg aboard the Mauretania. A third woman, Madame Gourevitch, joins as a passenger.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
United States
Henry J. Pierce
New York
George N. Crouse
Syracuse
N. Y
Pierces
Soviet Russia
Samara
Russia
Crouses
Mauretania
Cherbourg
Madame Gourevitch
Gregoir Gourevitch
Paris
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Aderholt
Vera Buch
Sophia Melvin
J. C. Hefner
Harrison
O. E. Goddard
Lake Junaluska
Pitcairn
Maya
Lindy
Big Jim” Watson
Zeppelin
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