Berlin sees plan to ease Germany's financial crisis
Berlin officials say a comprehensive program to cope with Germany’s financial troubles will be public soon. The freezing commission completed its work with reports of broad agreement on essentials as separate negotiations with nations are readied. London notes Prime Minister MacDonald sees steps by the seven power conference easing Germany’s immediate financial distress.
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Berlin
Germany
Berliner Tage
Freezing Commission
London
MacDonald
House of Commons Today
Henderson
Identified suspect in Hackett murder linked to Perry
Milwaukee brakeman George Jiggs Perry was identified by Mrs. Michael Dever of Chicago as the man she saw near the scene of Ora Belle Hackett’s death on July 6 1930. The witness testified Perry fled toward a parked car as she passed. Earlier, resort owner W H Parker testified he loaned Perry a rifle used in the shooting.
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Eagle Rivers
Wis
George
Jiggs) Perry
Milwaukee
Brakeman
Aly
Ora Belle Hackett
Michael Dever
Chicago
Perry
Lac ‘du Flambeau Indian Reservation
Runaway Youths From Lakeland Threaten Ten-Cent Car Tour
Six Lakeland children aged 8 to 13 were found in Brunswick after an impromptu trip. Officers learned they planned to visit a relative in Pritchardville, South Carolina. The youths had nine cents. firearms including pistols and rifles were inside the car.
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Brunswick
Lakeland
Fla
Iere
Pritchardville
Judge SUSTAINS Bishop Mouzon Demurrer Plea
Federal Judge E Yates Webb sustains Bishop Edwin Mouzon demurrer to a 50000 libel suit by Rev Rembert G Smith of Sparta Georgia and dismisses the case. Smith could appeal to the US Circuit Court of Appeals but no notice was served. Bishop Mouzon of the Southern Methodist Church with Charlotte headquarters made the remarks.
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Asheville
E. Yates Webb
Edwin D. Mouzon
Rembert G. Smith
Sparta
Mr. Smith
W. H. Bobbitt
Plummer Stewart
Charlotte
Bishop Mouton
Webb
Smith
Bobbitt
Georgia
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Southern Methodist Church
Florida Gas Tax Is Raised To 7 Cents
Tallahassee Florida announces a gasoline tax increase to seven cents per gallon starting tomorrow and continuing until July 1 1933.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Moscow Welcomes American Airmen
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. stopped in Moscow en route around the world aiming to beat the Gatty Post record. They flew Berlin to Moscow in about ten hours, planned Siberia stops, refueled, and hoped to reduce stops to beat the distance record with better weather and fewer delays.
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Moscow
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon Jr
Siberia
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Berlin
Irkutek
Kharbarovsk
Nowe
Hugh Herndon
S Jr
Pangborn
Pacific Coast
Tokyo
Seattle
Berring Sea
Nome
Brummitt Heads to Tax Case Hearing in Asheville
Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt will fly to Asheville to represent North Carolina in a three judge federal court hearing on a $50 tax on produce grown outside the state by non residents. The challenge is led by South Carolinians. Judges Webb Parker and Watkins will hear the case.
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Raleigh
Dennis G. Brummitt
Asheville
North Carolina
E. Yates Webb
Shelby
John J. Parker
Charlotte
H. H. Watkins
Anderson
S. C
Industrial Leader Dies At Gastonia
Frost Torrence a Gaston county textile manufacturer and former early Gastonia pharmacist died after a lingering illness He was president and treasurer of the Ozark mills and held interests in an ice and coal concern
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Gastonia
Frost Torrence
Gaston County
Torrence
Ozark Mills
Widow Seeks Exhumation for Autopsy on Murder Question
In Charlotte on July 31 a widow requests exhumation and autopsy of A. V. Fannin, a Union county farmer once rich from Oklahoma oil land, whose body was found in the Catawba river on July 22. She questions foul play after learning of a cashier’s check and alleged $35,000 in a Charlotte bank. Coroner Hovis reviews the request.
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Charlotte
A. V. Fannin
Union County
Fannin
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Catawba River
Here
Hovis
Arlington Park to host two rich stakes races tomorrow
Arlington Park faces heavy post race traffic as the meeting ends with the 50 000 added post and paddock stakes and the 40 000 added Arlington handicap. Joe Mc Lennan predicted 20 or more entrants for the former and 15 to 17 for the handicap with Sun Beau favored in the latter. In London, David Lloyd George recovers after kidney surgery with a fair night and ongoing progress per today’s bulletin.
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Chicago
Arlington Park
Joe McLennan
Sun Beau
London
David Lloyd George
Johnson Flier Misses Target on Eurasian Route
British aviator Amy Johnson, flying from England toward Tokyo, took off from Omsk and reported she expected to reach Krasnoyarsk tonight. The AP dispatch notes the planned leg of her ambitious flight across Asia.
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Shanghai
Amy Johnson
England
Tokyo
Omsk
Krasnoyarsk
Washington men held after whiskey seizure in Winston-Salem
Arthur Fox and John Davis of Washington DC were arrested in Winston-Salem after police seized 126 quarts of whiskey. They had claimed to have lived in Charlotte for the past month.
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Winston-Salem
Arthur Fox
John Davis
Washington, D. C
Charlotte
Cyclone and hail devastate Granado district near Fort Defiance
Three Navajo Indians drowned as a cyclonic storm followed by hail ripped through the Granado irrigation district near Fort Defiance. Damage to crops stock and buildings estimated at 200000. hail damaged an eighty square mile area overnight.
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Gallup
Granado Irrigation District
Fort Defiance
Wilmington Bank Cashier Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Funds
W Hull Moore former cashier of the Wilmington Savings and Trust Company pleaded guilty to embezzling 26734 dollars. He was sentenced by Judge E Garland Midgette to not less than one nor more than two years in state prison. Moore cooperated with auditors after the discrepancy was found.
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Wilmington
W. Hull Moore
Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
E. Garland Midgette
Moore
Perry's Victory Commemorated at Put-In-Bay Memorial
The Perry victory memorial dedication at Put-In-Bay Ohio honors Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and the 1812 Lake Erie battle. Canadian and American officials and citizens attended the granite monument ceremony emphasizing peace between the nations.
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Put-In-Bay
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Canada
United States
Lea Trial Opens with 125 Venire From Haywood County
Asheville July 31 125 mountain men from Haywood county reported to Judge M W Barnhill for jury selection in the conspiracy case against Col Luke Lea Tennessee publisher and three co defendants. The panel aims to try Lea Lea Jr E P Charlet and Wallace B Davis over alleged bank fraud of 1300000.
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Asheville
Haywood County
M. W. Barnhill
Col
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Buncombe County
Luke Lea, Jr
E. P. Charlet
Wallace B. Davis
North Carolina
Haywood
Lea
American Air Aces Welcomed In Turkey
Istanbul greets American airmen Russell Boardman and John Polando after their 49 hour 20 minute non stop flight from New York establishing a long distance record. Crowds fill streets and hotel, with a banner reception echoing Lindbergh precedent and the Paris to Manchuria distance noted.
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Istanbul
Russell Boardman
John Polando
New York
Europe
Boardman
Polando
Lindbergh
Paris
Ambassador Herrick
Dieudonne Coste
Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Manchuria
Lindberghs Greeted In Ottawa During Canadian Tour
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at Rockcliffe airport Ottawa after a 380 mile three and a half hour flight from North Haven Maine. A crowd of 1500 welcomed them including U.S. minister to Canada Hanford McNider. Mrs Lindbergh acted as radio operator sending progress bulletins.
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Ottawa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Canadian Wilds
Orient
Lindbergh
Moose Factory
James Bay
Hudson Bay
Ottawa River
Rockcliffe
North Haven
Hanford McNider
United States
Canada
Ptomaine Poisoning Strikes Picnic Crowd in Reading
At Carsonia Park a picnic crowd of several hundred fell ill with ptomaine poisoning. Eleven hospitalized, two in critical condition, as ambulances and first aid stations aided victims who collapsed near the midway and restaurant areas.
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Reading
Carsonia Park
Macaroni Makers Report Foods Could Circumvent Globe
A National Association of Macaroni Manufacturers report says U S macaroni and spaghetti production last year would encircle the globe one thousand times at the equator. The Chicago executive committee summary notes strong sales and expanding output.
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Chicago
National Association of Macaroni Manufacturers Today
United States
Auto Crash Proves Fatal in Goldsboro Collision
In Goldsboro last night a local dealer named John was killed when his automobile collided with a produce truck owned by L. E. Taylor of Faison. Osa Rose, the driver, was fatally injured. Two truck passengers, Herman Leach and Noah George, escaped with serious injuries.
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Goldsboro
John
Osa Rose
L. E. Taylor
Faison
Here
Herman Leach
Noah George
Taylor
Fruit Dealer Killed In Crash Near Goldsboro
St John a Goldsboro fruit dealer was killed when his car collided with a produce truck owned by L E Taylor of Faison eight miles north of Goldsboro last night Osa Rose his Negro driver was seriously injured two occupants of the Taylor truck were slightly injured
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Goldsboro
St. John
Osa Rose
John
L. E. Taylor
Faison
Here
Fight At Church Costs Man's Life
Willie Oliver aged 20 was fatally stabbed during a fight at Glade church near Murphy North Carolina. Alvin Phillips was held without bond in Cherokee county jail after the incident outside revival services. Oliver was stabbed six times and died within minutes.
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Murphy
N. C
Willie Oliver
Alvin Phillips
Cherokee County
Glade Church
Oliver
Capone Granted Leave to Withdraw Guilty Plea
Chicago reports that Al Capone was allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with Income Tax indictments. Judge James Wilkerson set trial for September 8 and reserved ruling on the plea withdrawal related to the prohibition conspiracy charge. Capone was not present. U S Attorney George E Q Johnson expects trial late September. A looming congressional inquiry into DOJ leniency for Capone is raised by Senator Schall.
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Chicago
Scarface
al” Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Michael Ahern
Wilkerson
Capone
U. S
George E. Q. Johnson
Alphonse Capone
United States
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Department of Justice
North Carolina Traffic League to Meet on Rail Rate Petition
The North Carolina Traffic League will meet in Raleigh on Tuesday to discuss railroads seeking a 15 percent freight rate increase. The petition is before the Interstate Commerce Commission. the League, led by Julius Cone of Greensboro and secretary W S Creighton of Charlotte, opposes the hike.
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State Corporation Commission
Raleigh
North Carolina Traffic League
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Traffic League
North Carolina
Julius Cone
Greensboro
W. 8. Creighton
Charlotte
Rains Damage Colorado Homes
Rains after heat and drought caused property damage across farms near Colfax Washington. A cloud burst swept eight to twelve foot walls of water through gulches washing away buildings and livestock loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Families escaped on horses as farms suffered extensive damage to garages machinery and fences downstream.
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Denver
Colo
Colfax
Wash
Clash at Cheswick mine injures several striking workers
Pittsburgh July 31 report says striking miners marching to picket a Harmarville mine were dispersed by deputy sheriffs at Cheswick using tear gas bombs revolvers and clubs. Several people sustained injuries in the confrontation.
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Pittsburgh
Harmarville
Cheswick
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Kansas
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Harrisonville
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Post
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Brummitt
Wilmington Bank
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