Brutal attack on Dr. J. M. Godwin shocks Davidson county
Dr. J M Godwin 77 year old retired physician living near Silver Hill Davidson county was beaten and robbed by two unknown assailants in his farmhouse last night He woke at midnight to a blow and choking grip and was dragged through the house before being left in his bedroom The caretaker Paul Vinson found him about 5 39 this morning Authorities from High Point police and Davidson county sheriff are investigating with Lexington police aiding to identify the attackers and determine motive
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Silver Hill
Davidson County
J. M. Godwin
High Point
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Bureau of Investigation
Sheriff's Department
Dr. Godwin
Fincy
Paul Vinson
Lexington Police Department
Davidson County Sheriff's Department
God
Harlan anti labor conspiracy trial jury hears perjury claim
Assistant Attorney General Brien McMahon presented the government's case in the Harlan conspiracy trial. He said the defense centered on lie swearing and perjury. Two women testified they were offered money to tell false stories and another defense witness said he was paid for false testimony.
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Harlan
London
Daly
Brien McMahon
Harlan Anti-Labor
Hemphill Wins Biltmore Forest Title Over Guth
Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia D C defeated Sally Guth of St Louis 4 and 2 in the 18 hole final to capture the Biltmore Forest invitation golf championship held in Asheville on July 20.
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Hemphill
Asheville
Kathryn Hemphill
Columbia
D. C
Sally Guth
St. Louis
Jake Powell Suspended For Radio Remarks At White Sox Park
Jake Powell, Yankees outfielder, was suspended ten days by Commissioner Landis for remarks made in a dugout radio interview at the White Sox park before the New York Chicago game. Landis charged the statements showed a slighting reference to Negroes.
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Jake Powell
Chicago
New York Yankees
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
White Sox
Powell
Landis
Paroled Lawyer Dixie Davis Promises Testimony
Richard Dixie Davis, once a powerful Tammany district figure and co defendant with James J. Hines in an ice racket tied to Dutch Schultz, was paroled today. He pledged to turn over evidence to authorities while awaiting further legal steps.
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Dixie Davis
New York
Richard
Dixie) Davis
James J. Hines
Tammany
Dutch Schultz
Cang
Juror Verdict Delivered In Three Hours
Johnston county jury returned a verdict at 1 54 pm finding Tharrington guilty after about three hours of deliberation. Judge Hubert E Olive sentenced Tharrington to 25 to years for the first degree murder charge arising from the shooting of McMillan amid jealousy over Mrs Rosalie Hales King. Tharrington claimed self defense as the motive.
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Hubert E. Olive
Tharrington
Johnston County
McMillan
Rosalie Hales King
Swamps Scoured for Missing Boy in Newark Meadows
Police intensified a search for 11 year old William Hughes in rain drenched swamps around Newark meadows. Chief Philip Sebold said the thorough search suggests the boy was slain and buried possibly by a sex maniac as dogs an airplane and multiple squads canvassed the desolate area.
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Newark
WN. J
Newark Meadows
William Hughes
Philip Sebold
Alee
Pan Yan Free Electricity Dividend Highlights Local Plant
Pan Yan residents received a July bill marked paid in full as a dividend of free current from the municipal electric plant. President H. Allen Wagener of the municipal board announced about 2,242 consumers would share roughly $5,500. This gift raises the eight year total of free current dividends to $52,000.
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Pen Yan
N. A
F Pen Yan
H. Allen Wagener
Borah Improves After Illness in Washington
Senator Borah shows significant improvement says nurse and is expected to be released in a few days for first time since illness began weeks ago. Idaho Republican had been ill with exhaustion.
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Borah
Washington
Idaho Republican
Mussolini Denies Fascist Race Policy Imitation
In Forli Italy Mussolini told Fascist officials at Forti that Italy would not imitate any other nation on race matters and urged a straight course. The Vatican quoted the Pope questioning why Italy would feel the need to imitate Germany as he spoke to missionary students from 37 nationalities at Castel Gandolfo.
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Forli
Italy
Gose
Pope Pie
Nazi Germany
Forti
Mussolini
L'Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Germany
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Better Days Seen for Farmers as Prices Rally
Washington reports that a rise in agricultural prices ends a four year decline with a 3 percent upturn by July 15. Cotton prices rise due to textile demand and smaller expected crops, while wheat prices slide on prospects of a large world crop. Government loans may cushion further declines.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Department
AAA
Four High Point youths injured in midnight crash
Four High Point residents were in serious condition after a Chevrolet left Highway 10 near Thomasville and tumbled 20 feet into a embankment. Allen Helton suffered broken arms, Dorothy Long faced a possible leg amputation, Carrier Lee Beane injured, and Mason Pegram unconscious. Police await victim conditions before taking action.
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Bureas
Thomasville
High Point
City Memorial Hospital
Highway 10
Trinity Road
Chevrolet
Allen Helton
Pope Stree
Helton
Soviet Protest Demands Punishment Over Siberian Clash
Moscow cabled a firm protest to Tokyo over a fourth border clash with Japanese forces in Siberia near Posseiet Bay. The Soviet note warned that Japanese authorities in Manchuria would bear responsibility for consequences and demanded punishment of the guilty.
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Tokyo
Japan
Manchukuo
Russian Siberia
Russia
Kensuke Morinouchi
Manchoukuo
Siberian
Possiet Bay
Siberia
Japanese Korea
Man
Moscow
Henry Ford Day marks 75th birthday across Michigan
Detroit and about 500 Michigan cities join Henry Ford Day as Henry Ford turns 75. Ford greets locals at his Detroit home and camp on Lake Superior as he notes the automobile industry will grow, predicts stronger business in September.
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Henry Ford
Magnate
Detroit
Huron Mountains
Lake Superior
Michigan
Ford
AFL organizers threaten return after West Virginia incident
Six AFL union organizers escorted by state police after a melee involving about 75 men at a county line in Logan West Virginia promised they would return. Barney Flaherty said the drive aims to organize miners despite CIO affiliated rivals United Mine Workers. No injuries or arrests were reported.
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Logan
W. Va
Progressive Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Barney Flaherty
AFL
Charleston
Flahery
Robert Black
Flaherty
Rebels Weaken Valencia Drive For Catalonia
At Hendaye on the Franco-Spanish frontier July 30 AP reports Insurgent reinforcements withdrawn from the Valencia push, leaving the Ebre front largely unchanged. Gandesa remained a no man’s land as government gains were limited to isolated hill tops. Government dispatches hailed Franco’s need to pull troops as proof the Catalonian offensive succeeded.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Ebre
Gandesa
Geeralissimo
Francisco Franco
Viver
Elections Board Delays Decision On Irregularities Probe
Wilson, July 30. W A Lucas says the state elections board will reveal findings in mid next week after a week-long hearing into alleged primary irregularities. The board adjourned without certifying any contested nomination. Lucas compiles affidavits and counter material. decisions may affect candidate outcomes in several districts.
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Lucas
Slick Sighted On Course To Manila But No Wreckage
Aboard the lost Hawaii clipper two Pan American staffers, K A Kennedy and E B Wyman, were identified as the search continued for the missing Manila flight. The transport Meigs found an oil slick 1,590 feet from the search area and prepared dawn salvage with two lifeboats deployed and searchlights active.
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Manila
Hawaii Clipper
Pan American Airways
K. A. Kennedy
Piedmont
Cal
E. B. Wyman
Juan Trippe
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
New York
Meigs
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Guam
Pacific
United States
Hale to resign from Senate in 1940
Portland Maine July 30 Senator Frederick Hale Republican of Maine announced at a Maine Young Republican gathering he will not seek reelection in 1940 after 24 years in the Senate. The 64 year old bachelor and staunch foe of the New Deal chaired naval affairs for nine years and was ranking Republican on the appropriations committee.
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Portland
A. S
Frederick Hale
Maine
Naval Affairs Committee
Appropriations Committee
Radical modernization of Army tactics and weapons urged
Army chief of infantry Major General George A. Lynch calls for a radical revision of tactics and equipment to match foreign advances. He notes obsolete training and materiel, warns of delayed industry mobilization, and outlines new infantry unit structures and a push for lighter yet heavily armored tanks.
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Washington
Army
George A. Lynch
Lynch
Pan American Officials Call Guam Manila Route Patch Not Conclusive
San Francisco July 30 Pan American officials say the finding of an off patch on the Guam to Manila course of the Missing Hawaii Clipper is significant but not conclusive. The search will continue, the company said.
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San Francisco
Pan American Neat
Guam
Manila
Hawaii
Clipper Search Sees Large Slick Off Course Path
Experts note a notably large circumference for a six plane area matching the Clipper’s size. Marine officers could not identify another source for the slick, which resembles coating from a sinking plane. The slick lay on the Clipper’s route about 50 miles west by southwest of its last position at 8 09 p m Pacific Standard Time Thursday.
Fierce Clash On Yangtze War Dispatches Report Slaughter
Shanghai dispatches say a fierce battle rages in the Yangtze valley below Hankow with Chinese counterattacks near Hukow and near Pukow opposing Japanese advances from Kiukiang. Reports note Japanese naval activity waning as infantry push west toward the Chinese capital.
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China
Yangtze Valley
Hankow
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hukow
Shantunge
Anhwei
Pukow
Nanking
Yangtze
Susung
Kuling
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Elections Board
C. B. Deane
W. O. Burgin
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Flying Ship
Sen. Hale
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