League of Nations to Hear Italo Ethiopian War Crisis
Geneva July 31 The League of Nations Council met privately to avert the Italo Ethiopian clash amid Britain and France pressing for fuller investigation and possible appointment of a fifth neutral member to the conciliation commission as talks follow the 1906 Anglo French Italian accord.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations Council
League
Italy
Great Britain
Stresa
Britain
Council
Ethiopia
Subsidiaries Paid 300 Percent Over Cost For Engineering Services
The Senate lobby committee heard New York investigator evidence that the Associated Gas and Electric system overcharged for engineering services. W.S. Barstow and Co charged operating companies 1933 to 1929 5.33 million to cover costs of 1.234 million, a 300 percent profit. Subpoenas were issued for H. C. Hopson and E. Sellers amid lobbying probes.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
New York State
Associated Gas and Electric System
Aries
H. C. Hopson
U. S
New York
House Rules Committee
E. Sellers
NRA
Patton
D-Tex
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Company
Stewart C. Ross
New York Utilities Committee
W.S. Barstow and Company
Black
Ross
Chandler
Dtenn
House Committee
Memphis
Memphis Power
Governor Sets Judge Harris to Probe Franklin County Lynching
Governor Ehringhaus announced that Judge W C Harris of Raleigh will sit as committing judge in Louisburg at 10 AM to investigate the lynching of Govan Sweat a 25 year old Negro. Solicitor William Y Bickett said 50 or more witnesses would be summoned.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
W. C. Harris
Seventh Judicial District
Louisburg
Govan (Sweat
Harris
Franklin
William Y. Bickett
Franklin County
A. Marvin Mitchell
State
Oper
Wake County
Closing Arguments in Peoria Sex Murder Trial
Closing arguments were heard today in Peoria in the case of Gerald Thompson 25 charged with ravishing and murdering Mildred Hallmark 19. Prosecutors and defense contended over the defendant's role as a sex maniac as the jury prepared to retire for deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Gerald Thompson
Pretty Mildred Hallmark
Congress May Close Session by August 20
Senate and House debate on the tax bill continues as Congress considers adjournment by August 20. The Ways and Means majority forecast $270 million in new revenue, while opposition labeled the plan a political move. AAA mandates a 15 percent wheat acreage cut for 1936 contracts. Secretary Ickes launches a nation wide tour to boost more PWA projects.
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Congress
Senator Kinson
Arkansas
White House
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Minority Committee
Senate Finance Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
House
Associated Gas and Electric Company
H. C. Hopson
Associated System
New
Protective Tariff Faces Attack If AAA is Invalidated
Washington July 31 The protective tariff is set for a fight in Congress and courts if the AAA processing tax is struck down. Representative Biermann and Senator Murphy move to authorize the president to cut duties on manufactured goods if the processing tax and farmer payments are invalidated, signaling cross branch action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Rep. Biermann
D-la
Murphy
D-Ia
Senate
Committee Probe Awaited By Strikers In Camden
In Camden New Jersey July 31 union leaders and more than 3000 pickets kept vigil at the New York Ship Building plant as the House labor sub committee investigated the dispute in Washington. Neither side moved to resume operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Washington
House
Parole Board Is Sworn In Today
Raleigh July 31 The new advisory state board of paroles was sworn in by Associate Justice Michael Schenck. Governor Ehringhaus said the board will advise on policies but not act as administrators of pardons or paroles. Members include J F Spruill T D Bryson R B Sentelle and ex officio officials.
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Raleigh
State Board of Paroles
Michael Schenck
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Goons Board
Lile
J. F. Spruill
Lexington
T. D. Bryson
Duke University
R. B. Sentelle
Southport
Advisory Parole Board
Capus M. Wick
A. A. F. Seawell
National Steel reports profits in latest quarter
National Steel Corp and subsidiaries announce a net profit of 3,191,169 for the quarter ended June. Earnings are 1.48 a share on 2,155,7712 shares, down from 3,367,632 in the prior quarter and 2,593,369 in the June 1934 quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steril
New York
National Steel Corp
Bridegroom Die After Abduction Murder Plot Unfolds
Dr. Walter J. Bauer a 38 year old bridegroom of three weeks was abducted at Ann Arbor Michigan by a jealous suitor and brought to a wooded spot in Chicago where he was subjected to a mutilating operation and died five hours later at Jackson Park hospital. He had recently married and his bride Marie Bauer a nurse in Kirksville Missouri was notified and rushed toward Chicago. Police interviewed Detective Howard Doyle who named a man Mrs. Bauer had described as intensely jealous as the main suspect. The victim had just returned to Chicago after post graduate work at the University of Michigan and Laughlin School of Osteopathy at Kirksville. An automobile with two attendants fled the scene after the assault.
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Chicago
South Side
Walter J. Bauer
Jackson Park Hospital
Ann Arbor
Mich
Kirksville
University of Michigan
Lee
Harry
Handerson
Dr. Bauer
Bauer
Doyle
Jennings House
Veteran G O P Congressman Gillett Dies in Hospital
Frederick H. Gillett former Massachusetts senator and six term House speaker died at Springfield hospital at age 83. He served 38 years in Congress, entered care July 10 and death followed leukemia diagnosis. Funeral plans not completed. He spent retirement writing memoirs and winters in Santa Barbara Balit since leaving the Senate in 1991.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
National House
Springfield Hospital
Old Guard
Massachusetta
Congress
James A. Seaman
Mra. Gillett
Dr. Seam
Santa Barbara
Balit
Senate
Mill Owners Given No Warning of Strike
Spartanburg July 31 John A Law president of Saxon mill said union members had not asked for a conference with management to discuss the strike that led to the Tuesday afternoon plant closure. Union workers remained in a meeting started about 10 am. The strike affects around 350 persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
John A. Law
Saxon Mille
Law
Will Rogers Voices Arkansas Hillbillies and Redemption
In a Santa Monica dispatch Will Rogers mocks Arkansawyers affectations and their refusal to be redeemed. He recalls joining them years ago and warns that Arkansaw hillbillies outwit outsiders, noting Joe Robinson as a Senate leader among 96 picked men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Cal
Aimee Semple Meherson
Ozarks
Arkansawyers
Joe Robinson
U. S
Senate
Arkansaw
Hillhilves
Flood Death Toll Passes Thousand in Antung Area
Unofficial estimates by Rengo News Agency place more than 1,000 deaths in floods sweeping the Antung region of Manchoukuo. The disaster underscores widespread devastation across the provincial area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchoukuo
Rengo
Antung
Health funds allotted for survey of chronic diseases
President Roosevelt announced a $3,450,000 work relief allocation to the public health service for a survey of chronic diseases in the nation. The move aims to assess health needs and guide relief work during ongoing programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Fund
Washington
Roosevelt
The
Public Health Service
Typhoon Strikes Foochow Injuring Many
The severest typhoon in years hits Foochow causing many injuries as reports come in tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foochow
La Guardia Under Fire of Germans in New York
Protests and counter demonstrations erupt over Mayor La Guardia and alleged German persecution in Germany. German Americans denounce him as a race hater while Jewish and German groups praise him. Kress fights denial of a masseur license tied to discrimination claims, and arrests linked to a flag incident are arraigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
la Guardia
Germany
Emanuel Celler
the Commonwealth
Berlin
Paul Kress
Kress
Bremer
Edward Drolette
Bellevue Hospital
Lloyd Line
Bremen
Government to spend 19 million on sport fields
The Works Progress Administration reports President Roosevelt has approved outlays totaling 19,007,976 for athletic fields stadiums swimming pools golf courses armories and tennis courts across 10 states this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Rebel Leader Given 10 Years In Prison
Salud Algabre Generalla, a Sakdalis uprising leader in Cabuyao where 52 people were killed May 2, received a four to 10 year prison term and a $2500 fine. The sentence matches that given last week to Representatives Mariano Antivero and Aurelio Almadan for ordering the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
P. II
Salud Algabre Generalla
Cabuyao
Insular
Mariano Antivero
Aurelio Almaran
Greenland Reached By American Fliers
Copenhagen July 31 Thor Solberg a Danish American and Paul Oscanyan an Armenian American arrived in their plane Liev Erison at Angmagssalik East Greenland at 10 p m G M T last night after a flight from Julian Bhiand in just under 11 hours They are seeking to retrace the Norse explorers route across the ocean by air in easy stages They left New York last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Thor Solberg
Paul Oscanyan
Liev Erison
Angmagessalik
Three Die In Seaplane Crash Near Alta Lake
A seaplane crash near Alta Lake fifty miles north of Vancouver killed Dean R. Brock of the University of British Columbia and an unnamed pilot. Mrs K, a fourth occupant, died of fatal injuries while two others were injured.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dea
Alta Lake
Here
Dean R. W. Brock
University of British Columbia
William McCluskey
British 10 Give India New Deal
London July 31. The British government moved to form a new all India federation as part of the New Deal for India. Parliament approved the India bill after Lords amendments, prep for elections and state legislatures in 1936, and the federation will include eleven provinces with a federal legislature. Britain retains defense and foreign affairs for the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
House of
Britain
State Income Tax Law Will Be Used Against Racketeers
New York's income tax law will be used against vice overlords in a crime and racketeering crackdown led by Thomas E. Dewey. The law, similar to federal provisions, has imprisoned figures like Al Capone and Waxey Gordon, marking a new approach in Goatham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Gotham
al Capone
Waxey Gordon
Standard Oil Earnings Report For Quarter Ends
Core earnings show Standard Oil Co of California posting net income of 5,692,120 or 43 cents a share for the June quarter. This compares with 4,891,022 or 37 cents in the March quarter and 4,017,243 or 31 cents in the June quarter of 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Co
California
Better Times In Prospect For Southern Weed Growers
Prospects for Southern tobacco producers brighten on the eve of Georgia opening auctions in 15 cities. Georgia foresees a larger crop than 1934 with better leaf quality, while South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia report variable conditions and growing yields. Kentucky officials note the crop may compare favorably with last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
South Georgia
Caroline
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Eugene Flowers
Kentucky
Building Permits Surge in Southeast Atlanta June
Building permits in 20 reporting cities of the sixth district rose in June to 4.4 million dollars, the highest June total since 1931, with coal mining also up. Retail and wholesale trade, textile mills, and pig iron saw seasonal declines, while June’s year over year permits grew 1.9 percent.
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Atlanta
Sixth District Federal Reserve Bank
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Met One
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Will Rogers
Greenland
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Weather Bureau
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L. Rta
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