Governor Richards Seeks Confession in Dennis Slaying
Governor Richard announces confession by W. L. Thornley that he shot State Senator E. J. Dennis. Four new arrests follow as police net Berkeley county targets widen. Glenn D. McKnight, former prohibition officer, is named in the case and later held at Baker sanatorium.
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Columbia
S. C
Glenn D. McKnight
W. L. Thornley
Thornley
EK. J. Dennis
Richards
McKnight
Charleston
Moncks Corner
E. J. Dennis
Berkeley County
Dennis
State Penitentiary
A. J. Heydrick
Orangeburg
W. C. Wolfe
Glen D. McKnight
Prohibition
Fred Artis
Clarence Woodward
Berkeley
Curtis Thornley
Wolfe
Baker Sanatorium
Henry Deas
MceKnight
MedKnight
Hell Hole
Sheriff's Office
R-100 Half Way Across Atlantic On Long Voyage
The British airship R-100 nears landfall after two thirds of its transatlantic voyage from Cardington to Montreal. The crew of 44 includes Sir C Denistoun Burney and Major E H Scott as notable passengers. Squadron Leader R S Booth commands.
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Cardington
England
Montreal
Canada
Ocean
British Empire
Atlantic
London
Great Britain
North Atlantic
British Air Ministry
C. Denistoun Burney
E. H. Scott
R. S. Booth
Washington
United States
Showers Relieve Carolinas Heat Across Regions
Scattered thundershowers cooled the Carolinas with upper eighties to low nineties in most areas. Asheville noon reached 95, Wilmington eyed a record later, Rocky Mount storm damaged buildings and halted police court, lights cut, wires damaged. Edenton and Elizabeth City leased wire service delayed two hours.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Asheville
Wilmington
Merry
Carolina
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Edenton
Hulizabeth City
English aviator Eric Hook reported found in Burma
Advices from Rangoon said the body of Eric Hook an English aviator has been found in the Burmese wilds by an expedition organized by the London Daily Mail. His young wife refuses to believe he is dead.
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London
Rangoon
Eric Hook
London Daily Mail
Paradox Halts Opening of Parliament in Thorshaven
In Thorshaven on the Fardee Islands a lone policeman failed to stop a flag demonstration, prompting the postponement of the Lagting opening. The incident occurred in Copenhagen and involved local authorities delaying the parliamentary session.
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Copenhagen
Thorshaven
Fardee — Islands
Lagting
German aviators delayed by bad weather on Iceland flight
Kirkwall July 30 German aviators Wolfram Hirth and Oscar Weller again faced bad weather delaying their air voyage from Germany to the United States with Iceland as the next planned stop.
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Kirkwall
Corney Islands
Wolfram Hirth
Oscar Weller
Iceland
Germany
United States
All-India Congress Begins Three-Day Session in Bombay
The working committee of the All-India National Congress opened in Bombay on July 30 for a planned three-day session. Although agenda remains unannounced, reports say the group aims to tighten the civil resistance movement.
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Bombay
all-India National Congress
Paris braces for 16th anniversary mobilization unrest
In Paris and other centers, troops and republican guards were deployed today to prevent disorders on the 16th anniversary of the general mobilization for the world war.
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Paris
Sind flood submerges 100 villages leaves thousands homeless
Thousands of residents in the Sind region face displacement after floodwaters submerged over 100 villages in Karachi India. Authorities report widespread damage as relief efforts begin and residents seek shelter.
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Karachi
India
Sind
Destruction of Sandino Camp Cited in Nicaragua Report
Destruction of an insurgent camp by the Nicaraguan national guard is presented as evidence that General Augusto Sandino is again active in the country, according to multiple sources cited in the report.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Augustio Sandino
Amudara River Flood Destroys Villages in Asiatic Russia
A disastrous flood in the Amudara river at Khiva Uzbekistan within the U S S R drowns many people and submerges numerous villages. About 300 houses are carried away by the flood, the largest stream in Asiatic Russia.
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Khiva
Uzbekistan
Amudara
Russia
Farm loan groups discuss loans with federal bank
About 40 local and national farm loan associations met with federal land bank officials in Columbia to discuss making cooperative first mortgage farm loans in the Fayetteville territory.
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Fayetteville
Federal Land Bank, of
Columbia
Idaho Population Rises to 437 440 in 1930 Census
Census figures released by the Associated Press show Idaho's total population at 437 440, up 5 574 from 1920, an increase of 1.29 percent.
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Boise
Idaho
Associated Press Today
Foster Identified As Lingle's Slayer
Chicago police identified Frank Foster as the man who killed Alfred Jake Lingle a Chicago Tribune reporter on June 9. Policeman Anthony Huthy chased the shooter from the pedestrian tunnel along Michigan Boulevard to the murder site.
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Chicago
Frank Foster
Alfred
Jake’ Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Anthony Huthy
Lingle
Michigan Boulevard
Old Timers in Back in Oklahoma Politics
Oklahoma City July 504 Two veteran state figures show strong returns in the Democratic primary. Alfalfa Bill Murray leads the gubernatorial race with 64 603 votes and T P Gore tops the Senate field with 30 372 as 1461 precincts report. Republican W B Pine likely reelected. Eight Democratic incumbents seem renominated.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
W. H
Bill) Murray
T. P. Gore
Senate
Murray
Frank Buttram
Gore
Charles J. Wrightsman
Tulsa
Wrightsman
W. B. Pine
Ira A. Hill
Cherookee
Big Jim’ Harris
Rexford B. Cragg
Chandler
Hoover Emphasizes Need For Economy
President Hoover urged quick action to cut government expenditures for the current fiscal year amid potential revenue declines from adverse business conditions. He noted budget estimates rose by 209 million dollars and pressed cabinet members to accelerate planned economies.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Lamont, Davis
Brown
Iowa Population Rises to 2,467,909 in Census
The census bureau announces Iowa's population at 2,467,909 as of today, up 63,875 from the previous count or 2.7 percent.
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Washington
Lingle Slain As He Aims To Board Train
Foster identified by Patrolman Rubhy as the killer who shot reporter Lingle in a fatal attack near a Chicago street, then fled toward Michigan Boulevard. Foster, linked to the Moran gang, was indicted for murder after an arrest in Los Angeles.
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Lingle
Michigan Boulevard
Rubhy
Randolph Street
Foster
Moran
Northside
Los Angeles
Foreign Mission
Yale College
China
Tax Reduction Funds Cut School Taxes in 539 Districts
The North Carolina state board of equalization said the $1,250,000 tax reduction fund for eight month schools reduced school taxes in 539 districts. A total of $1,160,430.11 was distributed to 93 counties for 1930 31 and the remainder will be used in future allocations.
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Equalization Board
Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
Leroy Martin
State Education Commission Meets To Draft Measure
The North Carolina state education commission met in Raleigh to draft a bill for the next general assembly. Chairman A T Allen presides with two senators, two house members, and education officials including county boards of education and the state board of equalizing boards.
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State Education Commission
Raleigh
Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. T Allen
General Assembly
Department of Public Instruction
Dr. Allen
House
County Boards of Education
State Board of Equalizing Boards
Akron to surpass R 100 in size and firepower
The Akron airship is under construction off the Atlantic route and will be 785 feet long with a 10 580 mile range. It features an internal airplane hangar six thousand gas capacity and will carry sixteen .50 caliber machine guns. Completion is slated for next June at 5 375 000 dollars.
Gas Blast Kills Three in Fairport Home
A gas explosion and ensuing fire in a four family house in Fairport New York early today killed three people and injured ten others. Police said escaping gas from pipes disturbed by construction workers caused the blast while they were digging to avoid a water main break. An investigation was started immediately.
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Fairport
N. Y
Ethel Cramer
Betty Lou Hess
Edna Hess
Sheriff's Deputies
Endurance Flight Reaches Tenth Day Over Lambert Field
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brien continued the endurance flight in the Greater St. Louis plane at Lambert Field. They were at 216 hours aloft at 7 11 a.m. and faced stiff breezes that kept them at about 5 000 feet for most of yesterday and overnight.
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ST. Louis
Greater St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Southern Crops Hit By Drought
Drought strikes southern crops with severely reduced harvests across Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas reports show 50 percent cotton loss in the Mississippi delta while corn hay and tobacco also suffer. Light showers offer little relief for fields vital to the region’s sustenance and wealth.
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South
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Department If Agriculture
Unemployment Declared Nation’s Biggest Problem at Farm Workers Meet
Raleigh July 30 Unemployment and the dependency it causes were labeled the nation’s big problem by Mrs W T Bost state commissioner of public welfare at the 28th annual session of the farmers and farm women convention at N C State College She warned the program must be continuous to counter recurring lows and said six million or more men out of work makes unemployment a disaster she urged a work for all slogan The convention drew near 2000 registrants with tonight’s program including a band concert and additional speakers among them Sherwood Brockwell state fire engineer and Charles H England state game warden The event honored five master home makers Mrs B N Sykes Mrs David B Castor Mrs Richard J Ledbetter Mrs James F Homewood and Mrs William E Moore The session opened yesterday with remarks by Dean I O Schaub Commissioner of Revenue Allen J Maxwell and others
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Raleigh
W. T. Bost
Public Welfare
Farmer’s and Farm Women’s
N. C. State College
Best
B. N. Sykes
Harrelsville
David B. Castor
Concord
Richard J. Ledbetter
Arden
James F. Homewood
Burlington
William E. Moore
New Bern
Dean I. O. Schaub
The
College
Revenue
Allen J. Maxwell
William A. Graham
B. B. Everett
Convention
State Federation
Home Demonstration Theta
Simmons Set to Return Home This Week
Senator Furnifold M. Simmons of North Carolina says he will leave the sanitarium for home at week’s end after a six week stay. He notes Mrs. Simmons’s illness influenced his hospital visit and adds he feels better now than during tariff work while resting briefly in his office each day.
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Washington
Furnifold M. Simmons
North Carolina
Wage Cut in Clinchfield Mills Amid Full-Time Return
Clinchfield Manufacturing announces return to full-time day and night operation starting Monday. Wages will be cut by 10 percent, with workers receiving about ten percent less pay than before the strikes last summer. The mills have operated only part time this year, tied to ongoing labor disputes in the Clinchfield and Marion plants.
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Marion
Clinchfield Manufacturing Company
Clinchfield
Marion Manufacturing Company
Furnace Purloined From Vacant House
A burglar drilled a hole in the side of a vacant house in SIULOX CITY and stole the furnace. Caretaker John Carpenter discovered the entry yesterday and reported the theft.
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Siulox City
John Carpenter
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