Reynolds Convicted of Manslaughter in St Louis
Saeed ee Reynolds is named in the report alongside Dale Jackson and Forest Brine who survived a 17 and a half day air voyage in their St Louis Robin monoplane. The trio paused to honor their airman friend George Lea Lambert killed in a St Louis county plane crash, with Lambert funeral planned for this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest Brine
George Lea Lambert
St Louis County
Change of Venue Ordered for Mecklenburg Strikers Trial
A special term of court will convene in Mecklenburg county August 26 for the trial of 16 strikers and sympathizers charged with murder and seven charged with assault. Judge M. W. Barnhill granted the venue change from Gaston county after hearings on fair-trial concerns. Governor O. Max Gardner, via Judge Townsend, arranged the date, after earlier indicating August 19 as a possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
M. W. Barnhill
Mecklenburg County
Gaston County
N. T. Townsend
O. Max Gardner
Barnhill
Gardner
No Not a Doll Greeted By Crowd
The epic flight ended at 7 38 30 last night at Lambert St Louis field after a downpour left the ground muddy. A crowd of 25000 cheered as Jackson landed the orange mono plane and injuries occurred but none were serious. The fliers then received another ovation at a downtown hotel escorted by motorcycle police. The flight began at 7 17 a m July 13 and lasted 42 hours 21 minutes 39 seconds, beating the prior endurance record by over a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Jackson
Wealthy American given five months for manslaughter
Richard Joshua Reynolds of Winston-Salem North Carolina rich young American was found guilty of manslaughter in connection with an auto crash that killed a motorcycle rider last May. He received a five month prison sentence.
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London
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
Old Bailey
Arthur Graham
Bath Road
Reynolds
Hurley
Norman Birkett
Graham
Birkett
Young Reynolds
Anti-War Movements Across Europe Face Tight Controls
European capitals prepared for communist anti-war demonstrations linked to the Moscow International. Paris planned heavy force to suppress rallies, while Berlin Hamburg Munich and Ruhr authorities barred street protests and detained hundreds of communists. Police guarded embassies as towns mobilized to prevent disorder.
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London
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
Ruhr
Athens
Loss of Vestris linked to overload and delayed SOS
London July 31 The Lamport and Holt liner Vestris was overloaded on departure from Hoboken last November and unfit for winter seas. An inquiry found main causes include loading beyond load line, poor hull condition, limited stability, heavy weather, and water in lower bunkers saturating coal. SOS was sent six hours late.112 lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lamport
Holtliner Vestris
Hoboken
Board of Trade
Discrepancy of 75000 in Holcombe's Accounts
In Winston-Salem on July 31 Mayor George W. Coan stated the auditor's report shows a discrepancy of about 75000 in the books of the late W H Holcomb, commissioner of public accounts and finance. He cautioned a thorough study is pending and noted other discrepancies. Items totaling about 40000 are under discussion and may be part of the shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston
Lindberghs Narrow Air Mishaps End Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh completed a transcontinental flight landing at Newark after a ground loop in Columbus Ohio when a tire blew. They spent the night in Newark and offered no comment on the mishaps while officials announced his Maya city discovery.
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Newark
N. J
Newark Airport
Charles A. Lindbergh
Columbus
Ohio
Lindberghs
Transcontinental ‘Air
Transport
Pan-American Airways
Lindabergh
Havana
Pan-American
Miami
Panama
Garrett to Rome as Ambassador to Italy
Washington dispatch says John W. Garrett a Baltimore banker is chosen by President Hoover to replace Henry P. Fletcher as ambassador to Italy. Fletcher plans retirement and departure next month and Garrett is reported acceptable by the Italian government ready to assume duties in Rome shortly after Fletcher leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Italy
Washington
John W. Garrett
Hoover
Henry P. Fletcher
Garrett
Fletcher
United States
Jumps into Niagara River While Intoxicated
Melvin Rowe aged 23 from Clyde Ohio leaped from a moving car near the Niagara river and disappeared in a swift current. The coroner ruled death by own action while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Buffalo
N. Y
Melvin Rowe
Clyde
Ohio
Niagara River
Jacksonville Assured of Sunday Baseball
Jacksonville Fla July 31 Jacksonville today was assured Sunday baseball games on the face of complete returns cast at a special election yesterday With only scattered votes reported the count stood 5747 for Sunday games and 1519 against
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Jacksonville
Fla
Tobacco market openings show higher prices in South Carolina belt
Unofficial reports indicate opening day prices two to four cents above 1928 levels across South Carolina tobacco markets. Average prices run between 15 and 16 cents a pound with North Carolina border markets contributing to higher sales. Warehouses expect a larger volume as the season progresses, leaf quality described as average for opening day, mostly primings, with notable yields at Lamberton Whiteville Fairmont Mullins Clarkton Fairbluff Chadbourn and Tabor.
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South Carolina Tobacco Belt
North Carolina
South Carolina Belt
Lamberton
Whiteville
Fairmont
Mullins
Clarkton
Fairbluff
Chadbourn
Tabor
Graf Zeppelin set for transatlantic departure to U S
Graf Zeppelin bars entry into a run to Lakehurst New Jersey with 3 a m departure planned. The voyage will start a world cruise including calls at Friedrichshafen Tokyo and Los Angeles. Strong weather outlook supports dawn takeoff and early August arrival in New York.
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Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Europe
Knut Eckener
Fairchild
Hugo Eckener
New York City
Friedrichshafen
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Caudle records delayed. grand jury investigation postponed
Officials announced no grand jury investigation of R. M. Caudle will occur until the September term of criminal court. The earlier schedule was postponed due to the absence of Solicitor Spruill, who was away for a family death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Caudle
High Point
Spruill
Local Magistrate Indicted by Jury in Embezzlement Case
Judge W G Brown a local magistrate and judge pro tem of High Point municipal court was indicted by the Guilford county grand jury on an embezzlement charge involving seven dollars and fifty cents. W H McKenney, plaintiff in a civil case two years earlier, accuses Brown of misappropriating the appeal fee. Brown denies the charge and says he completed the appeal. An investigation of lower courts in the county was ordered and Greensboro Bar Association members join the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Brown
High Point
Guilford County
W. H. McKenney
Brown
Mr. McKenney
McKenney
Greensboro
Sink
Greensboro Bar Association
Judge Sink
Two North Carolinians Drown at Florida Beach
Clarence D. Pate of Spencer and Charles Wagner of Salisbury died after being caught in a strong undertow while swimming at a Jacksonville beach. They were on vacation with their wives who were overcome by the news of the drownings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Clarence D. Pate
Spencer
Charles Wagner
Salisbury
Temperature Drop Breaks Heat Wave Across Nation
Temperatures fell sharply overnight ending a five day heat wave from coast to coast. Bismarck fell 48 degrees to 54 while Boise reached 88 as the break proved temporary. Drought persists across U S and Canada with rains light and crops wilting. Suffolk County farmers fear a 3 million dollar loss to potatoes and corn.
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Canadian
Gulf
Bismarck
N. D
Boise
Idaho
United States
Canada
Suffolk County
Long Island
Dr J S Webb Dies At Home In Wadesboro
Dr J S Webb a 59 year old Wadesboro druggist for 25 years died at 6 30 this morning at his home shortly after a heart attack He had been in failing health and no funeral arrangements were set pending the arrival of a daughter He is survived by his widow Minnie Fetter daughter Elizabeth Mae and Mrs Robert Schulken Funeral details were not announced and the body remained at the home in Wadesboro North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadesboro
J. S. Webb
Minnie Fetter
A.S. Fetter
Episcopal
Elizabeth
New York
Mae
Robert Schulken
Charlotte
Boy Killed In Freight Train Accident Near Balsam
One year old Lloyd Bryson of Balsam died after a freight train wheel crushed his leg near his mountain home. He asked not to tell his mother about the injury and died at Haywood County hospital after the accident. Parents are Mr and Mrs Carter Bryson. Funeral plans not set.
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Waynesville
N. C
Lloyd Bryson
Balsam
Haywood County
Carter Bryson
Bremen Ships Toward East Atlantic Records on Fast Crossing
The Bremen nears two Atlantic speed records on a eastward run to Plymouth and Cherbourg. Captain Leopold Jiegenben reports arrival in Plymouth around 9 p m and Cherbourg by 3 a m Thursday, aiming to beat Mauretania times for New York Plymouth and New York Cherbourg passages.
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New York
Bremen
Atlantic
North German
Lloyd Line
Leopold Jiegenben
Plymouth
England
Cherbourg
Bishop Cannon Says Loans Were Personal
Washington July 31 Bishop James Cannon Jr chairman of the Methodist board testified that all loans to the anti Smith Democrats of Virginia for the 1928 campaign were personally made by him He responded to Rep Tinkham who cited records listing loans to the Virginia group by Bishop Cannon or James Cannon Jr
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Board of Temperance and Social Service
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Anti- Smith Democrats
Virginia
Tinkham
Massachusetts
anti-Smith Democrats
Wirginia
Cannon
Bishop Cannon
House
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Air Buddie
Mecklenburg
West Palm Beach
Bla
Mary Ruth Patton
Lake Worth
Vistris
Board of Inquiry
Holcombe
Lindy
Lone Eagle
America
Quintana Roo
Lindbergh
Arizona
New Mexico
Rome
S. C
Graf
U.S
Ture
Friedrichafen
Speck
Associated Press
Nordeich Station
Chatham
Deane
Caudle
Florida Beach
Associates Press
Lad
York
Ambose
Mauretania
Southampton
Bremerhaven
Bishop
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