Americans Escape In Ravishing Of Changsha
Foreigners flee amid red activity in middle China as Chinese communists attack the American gunboat Palos near Changsha killing about fifty Chinese and wounding five bluejackets. Evacuations spread toward Hankow Wuchang and other Yangtze cities while Hankow installs barbed wire defenses and telegraph lines are reported interrupted.
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Shanghai
Middle China
Palos
Changsha
Hankow
Wuchang
Han- Yang
Yangtse
Kiukiang
Kuling
Yangtse Valley
Moon Blamed For Hot Dry Summer Every 56 Years
Washington reports Henry Janvrin Browne, a longtime forecasts critic of the weather bureau, claims this summer’s heat will persist past Labor Day. He ties the hot dry trend to sun spot and lunar cycles, noting past similar summers in 1874 and 1818 with Gulf Stream driven heat across the Mississippi valley.
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Moon
Washington
Henry Janvrin Browne
Weather Bureau
Browne
Atlantic
Gulf Stream
Mississippi Valley
Middle West
Great Lakes
Lawsuit Looms Over State Health Board Cuts
Raleigh July 84 AP A threat of a lawsuit against the state board of health for breach of promise arose as Dr A B McCreary epidemiologist dropped from the staff amid drastic expenditure curtailment. He contends a one year appointment from May 1 ends August 1 after news of his removal. He has taken a Tennessee health post and retained Raleigh attorney Charles A Harris to explore legal options. A full board meeting was set to discuss the cuts, which officials say were made without full board knowledge.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
A. B. McCreary
McCreary
Tennessee Health Department
Charles A. Harris
Harris
Full Board of Health
John B. Wright
I. E. McDaniel
Jackson
Dr. Wright
Refugee reports on Changsha in Chinese crisis
Reports from Shanghai indicate refugees believe foreigners were murdered as communists attacked Changsha Hunan Province. The State Department lists all Americans evacuated except Allen Cameron. gunboat Palos and USS Panay move to protect foreigners and lines.
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Shanghai
Hlankow
Changsha
Hunan
Washington
China
Allen Cameron
Lawrence
Kansas
State Department
Richard P. Butrick
Hankow
Cameron
U. S
Palos
William Lingle
Salisbury
N. C
Navy Department
United States
Panay
Ichang
Chingleinfow
Rum Hall Made in Gotham Record
Federal agents seized the North American brewery and Palm Garden cafe at Wilson and Greene Aves in a raid described as the biggest in prohibition history. The $1.5 million haul included thousands of beer kegs, beer on tap at 4.96 percent alcohol, hundreds of bottles of whiskey and wine, and a dozen motor trucks, in Brooklyn.
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New York
Wilson and
Greene Avenues
Brooklyn
Illiam C. Nolan
Hines and Dermott Reach NC Tennis Finals
Asheville July 31 Hines of Columbia S C the 1829 champion and Ralph Dermott of Atlanta reached the finals of the North Carolina tennis tournament. Hines defeated Jimmie Halverstadt 6 1 6 4 6 2 while Dermott beat Halverstadt 6 2 6 9 4 6 7 5 in the semifinals.
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Asheville
Wilmy Hines
Columbia
U S. C
Ralph Demott
Atlanta
North Carolina
Hines
Jimmie Halverstadt
Demott
Halverstadt
A. A. Kirkman Dies In Wilson Hospital
Arthur Kirkman longtime leader of the High Point Thom asville and Denton railroad died at 5 15 this morning in a Wilson hospital from injuries from an automobile accident Sunday. His wife and son O A Kirkman Jr were in the crash but not seriously harmed. Funeral plans undecided. services likely at High Point residence Saturday morning.
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Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Wilson
O. A. Kirkman, Jr
High Rock
Kirkman
Edison Scholarship For Smartest Girl Meets With Favor
West Orange New Jersey July 31 There may be a Mrs Thomas A Edison scholarship contest next year to pick Americas brightest girl Suggestion was made by some of the high school girls who helped entertain the 49 contestants for the Thomas A Edison scholarship Charles Edison was enthusiastic I think its splendid he said Ill put it up to Mrs Edison immediately
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
America
Charles Edison
King Affirms London Pact Ratification in Commons
King George signed the London naval treaty instrument of ratification. Philip Snowden announced the act as cheers erupted in the House of Commons. Snowden said British ratification would be deposited with Dominions and India and the US and Japan when all three parties can bring the treaty into force per article 24. Baldwin queried the treaty status as MacDonald left for Oberammergau.
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London
George
Great Britain
United States
Philip Snowden
House of Commons
Snowden
Dominions
India
Japan
Stanley Baldwin
MacDonald
Oberammergau
Lindbergh Flies to New York with Guggenheim
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh departed Bolling Field at 8 15 a m E S T for New York accompanied by Ambassador Harry F Guggenheim. Guggenheim, here on a two day visit, conferred with President Hoover on Cuban matters and plans to return to his post soon.
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Cuba
Harry F. Guggenheim
Charles A. Lindbergh
Industrial Alcohol Permit Supervisors Discuss Enforcement
Washington officials held talks on cooperation with the prohibition department and better permit administration led by chief James M. Doran. Assistant Attorney General Youngquist and former prohibition commissioner Wood Eck were part of the discussion as the 12 administrators met and planned further sessions. The meetings continued with planned remarks by Eck and Doran.
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Washington
Prohibition Department
James M. Doran
Youngquist
Wood Eck
Doran
Prohibition
Justice Department
New Outbreak Of Tong War Claims Two In Chinatown
Police patrol Chinatown after the killings in New York signal a new Tong war. Nap Ling was killed at a Mott Street laundry and Soo Bock Ling was shot at a bazaar. Authorities trace the violence to a rumored indictment of On Leong member Sam Wong for Hung Wah Hong’s murder at a Chinese theater.
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Chinatown
Boston
On Leong
Nap Ling
Mott Street
Soo Bock Ling
Sam Wong
An On Leong
Hung Wah Hong
Tong Theater
Brooklyn
On Leong Tong
Leong Toon
Toon
Flying Squadron
Haymarket Relief Hospital
Soo Hoo Set
Duplin Hit by Tornado Brief Path of Destruction
Winds of cyclonic intensity swept a five mile path through Duplin county early today uprooting trees blowing down farm buildings and killing livestock. Two small towns Tin City and Charity Crossroads suffered the heaviest property damage while no serious injuries were reported. Lieut Hankinson of the state highway patrol observed trees across highway 40 and debris along the route. The highway was opened at noon after workmen cleared the area.
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Duplin County
Tin City
Charity Crossroads
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State Highway Patrol
Minor Wreck Injures Three On Lexington Streets
Three men sustained minor injuries when a Ford roadster collided with a slow moving light truck at Main street and Fourth avenue in Lexington about 11 this morning. The occupants Basil Huff Jas C Powell and William Whissinger were enroute from Philadelphia to Lancaster South Carolina.
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Thomasville
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Jas € C. Powell
William Whissinger
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Philadelphia
Lancaster
S. C
Four Die in Head-On Crash Near Weaversville
Four people were killed and five injured in a head-on collision two miles north of Weaversville between a truck and an automobile. The victims were all residents of Bernsville, N C, and Asheville area. Passengers in the sightseeing car from Cincinnati suffered minor injuries not needing hospital care.
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Weaversville
Bernsville
N. C
Tarse Tessner
Cindy White
John White
Cecil Anderson
Dave Brown
A. A. Ballard
Barnardsville
Arse Tessner
Alice Good
Josephine Wolfe
Cincinnati
Cone Mills Victor In Ejection Suit
Cone mills won judgments in ejectment suits against former employees G R Prevette Roy Leonard and R C Riddle in Greensboro. Appeals to superior court were noted with $288 bonds. United Textile Workers representatives led by Francis T Gorman attended. defense had argued possession followed dismissals for union activity.
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Cone Mills
G. R. Prevette
Roy Leonard
R. C. Riddle
H. S. Patterson
T. C. Bray Bray
United Textile Workers of America
Revolution
Francis T. Gorman
Chapel Hill Boy Kidnapped by Father
Mrs. Mary Graves Rees reports that her estranged husband Arthur D. Rees abducted their ten year old son Pem from his home. The act defies a court order by Judge W A Devin that allows visits but bans removal.
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Chapel Hill
Mary Graves Rees
Arthur D. Rees
Pembroke
Negro Sought For Death After Church Altercation
Officers hunt Erastus Wilesly after he dragged Clifton Baldwin 14 from a church service near North Wilkesboro and stabbed him to death in a dog dispute questing a killer in a rural church fight.
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North Wilkesboro
Erastus Wilesly
Clifton Baldwin
Here
Mexico Secretary backs joining US in war with tariff retaliation
General Juan Andrew Almanzan, Mexico's secretary of communications, urges alliance with the United States if war comes but also counsels retaliation against American tariffs. He stresses a cooperative wartime stance while signaling economic pushback against US duties.
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Mexico
Saint Ignatius commemoration at Gesu Jesuit church
St Ignatius of Loyola founder of the Society of Jesus was solemnly commemorated today at Gesu the mother church of Jesuits in Rom July 31.
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
Society of Jesus
Gesu
Jesuits
Body Believed To Be Missing Aviator Erie Hook Recovered
A body believed to be Erie Hook, the famed missing British aviator, was taken to Prome by a rescue party. It was found on the Buyo river bank near Rangoon Burma July 31.
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Rangoon
Burma
Erie Hook
Prome
Buyo River
Gandhi Meets Jayakar in Yerdora Prison Talks
Poona India July 31 M Jayakar emissary of peace held a two hour interview with Mahatma Gandhi in Yerdora prison.
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Poona
India
M. Jayakar
Mahatma Gandhi
Yerdora
Governor taps 100000 peso fund for 800 workers
Mexicali Mexico July 31 44P Gov Jose Maria Tapia announced an unemployment fund of 100000 pesos to aid 800 Mexican laborers.
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Mexicali
Mexico
Jose Maria Tapia
Belgian National Bank Cuts Discount Rate
The Belgian National Bank lowered its discount rate from 3 percent to 2.5 percent today in Brussels.
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Brussels
Belgium
Quezon Osmena and De la Salas to discuss Roosevelt vice governor role
Manila July 31 Manuel Quezon senate president Acting Senate President Sergio Osmena and Acting Speaker De La Salas accepted President Hoover's offer to discuss the appointment of Nicholas Roosevelt as vice governor of the Philippines.
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Manila
Manuel Quezon
Senate
Sergio Osmena
House de la Salas
Hoover
Nicholas Roosevelt
Philippines
Blind Oklahoman Tops Democratic Senate Primary
Thomas P. Gore the blind former senator and Charles J. Wrightsman lead a field of nine in the Oklahoma Democratic Senate primary as statewide tabulation nears completion. Gore holds 56 665 votes to Wrightsman 54 645 with 2 537 precincts reported.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas P. Gore
Charles J. Wrightsman
Tulsa
Wrightsman
Gore
Hoover Plans Four Day Retreat at Camp in Blue Ridge
President Hoover to leave the White House after lunch tomorrow for a four day excursion to his lodge in the Blue Ridge mountains. He travels with a party of guests and returns early Monday. guest list not yet completed.
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Washington
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hoover
White House
Second Report Is Due In Full This Fall
Washington July 31 President Hoover’s law enforcement commission will issue a second formal report this fall. Chairman Wickersham prepares a Chicago speech August 20 outlining accomplishments and aims and will publish a tentative budget for next year from a $250000 appropriation plus a remaining $80000 balance. He plans Europe vacation after Chicago and return for October meeting. He may speak frankly and openly in Chicago if he is as blunt as before the house appropriations committee.
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Washington
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Commission
American Bar Association
Chicago
Senate
Charmain Wickersham
Connecticut
Europe
House
Pass 250th Hour Over Roosevelt Field Flight Record
Bob Black and Lou Reichers reached their 250th hour in the air at 5 36 a m today at Roosevelt Field NN. They are expected to pass the halfway mark in their 264 hour record attempt later tonight as they continue the endurance flight.
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Roosevelt Field
Bob Black
Lou Reichers
Economy program given approval
Raleigh July 31 Governor O Max Gardner's economy plan received full approval from the advisory budget commission. The panel endorsed the plan to balance the 1929 31 biennium and also considered a survey on administrative reform in the state and counties now in progress for Gardner. The commission includes the senate and house finance chairs and two appointees.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Advisory Budget Commission
Gardner
Senate
House Finance and Appropriations Committee
The Border Legion on Talking Screen at Broadhurst
Legions of readers learn Zane Grey romance The Border Legion comes to life on film with Jack Holt Fay Wray and Richard Arlen at the Broadhurst theatre Friday and Saturday. Enterprise readers can win tickets by finding their names in the paper want ads and calling for a ticket.
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Zane Grey
Border Legion
Talking Screen
Jack Holt
Fay Wray
Richard Arlen
Broadhurst Theatre
Enterprise
Broadhurst
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