Northern Senate Boss Simmons Loses renomination
Washington reports a dramatic NC primary defeat for Senator Furnifold Simmons after 30 years leading the party. Josiah Bailey campaigns to punish desertion and Bailey tops Simmons. meanwhile McNary and Pritchard lead in their races as runoffs loom in NC.
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Furnifold M. Simmons
North Carolina
Alfred E. Smith
Simmons
Josiahv. Bailey
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Republican Coalition
Smith
Heflin
Alabama
Charlotte Officer Fatally Wounded in Basemen Theft
City patrolman B. H. Fry was shot six times by a burglar in the basement of a wholesale grocer. The thief fled after Fry, who staggered outside where night watchman B. B. Presson found him. Fry's death was reported and the assailant remained at large.
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Charlotte
B. H. Fry
Fry
B. B Presson
Ten Nights In a Barroom Fails To Attract Audiences
CATSKILL N Y June 9 P High and dry in the Catskills troopers of C R Reno s Ten Nights in a Barroom company stranded after playing to empty seats in the Y M C A auditorium Few residents of Catskill and environs thought it worth 59 cents to see Jim Morgan put on his 10 nightly sprees in Slade s saloon or dear Flossie Tucker in the role of Morgan s little girl in Father dear father come home with me now The clock in the steeple strikes one.
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Catskill
N. Y
Catskills
C. R. Reno
Jim Morgan
Slade
Flossie Tucker
Morgan
UNC Trustees Meet In Executive Session For President Pick
Chapel Hill June 9 Trustees convened in an executive session to discuss a successor to Dr. Harry W. Chase as UNC president overshadowing commencement day events. Alumni attended meetings while a committee headed by A H Graham weighs nominees and a report is pending. Dr John H Finley of the New York Times will give the commencement address.
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Chapel Hill
Board of Trustees
Harry W. Chase
University of North Carolina
Alma Mater
Danville Man Ends 26Day Hunger Strike
Frank W. Davis, 60, of Danville who starved himself for 26 days under threat of transfer to Staunton State Hospital is gaining strength. He broke the fast Saturday and now eats regularly under medical care, though will stay under supervision for several days.
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Danville
Frank W. Davis
Davis
Friends
Western State Hospital For Insane
Staunton
S. E. Hughes
Six Killed and Six Hurt In Detroit Water Tunnel Blast
DETROIT June 9 All workers in a water works tunnel project at the foot of Marquette drive were accounted for this afternoon. First feared trapped none was. Six were killed and six injured in the morning explosion at the tunnel site.
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Detroit
Marquette Drive
Captain Yancey Missing After Lima Hop From Talara
Pan-American Grace Airways said Captain Lewis Yancey an American goodwill flier reported missing overnight after taking off from Talara toward Lima at o clock this morning.
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Lima
Peru
Pan-American Grace Airways Today
Lewis Yancey
Talara
Caraway to Decide on Cannon's Defiance Action
Senator Caraway announced plans to convene a committee meeting to determine future action regarding Bishop Cannon’s refusal to answer questions about his 1928 anti Smith activities and his walkout during hearings. The dispute splits committee members with Walsh and Blaine opposing Caraway while Robinson supports him.
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Arkansas
Acton
Cannon
Caraway
Walsh
Montana
Blaine
Wisconsin
Robinson
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
Savant Claims Soviet Regime Heads World Revolutionary Movement
Rev. Edmund Walsh of Georgetown university told a House committee hearing that officials of the Soviet government had in documents declared war on humanity and led a worldwide revolutionary movement. He questioned the source of the regime’s funds and said communists had confiscated the people’s wealth.
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Washington
Edmund Walsh
Georgetown University
House
Walsh
Hoover
Russia
Father Walsh
Soucek Holds Land and Sea Altitude Records
Lieutenant Apollo Soucek again holds both land and seaplane world altitude records for the Navy after a calibration confirmed flight last Wednesday that reached 43 1466 feet, surpassing the previous 42 122 feet record set by Willi Neuvenhofen.
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Washington
Apollo Soucek
Navy
National Aeronautics Association
Bureau of Standards
Willi Neuvenhofen
Soucek
Doctor Pfeiffer says he found cold cause and a vaccine
Baltimore June 9 AP Dr J A Pfeiffer of the University of Maryland Medical School announced discovery of the cause of the common cold identified as micrococcus coryza and a vaccine he says cures colds and confers immunity for one to three years. He reported extensive animal and human testing and described inoculation results and prior service in U S health roles.
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J. A. Pfeiffer
University of Maryland Medical School
Maryland Biological Society
Pfeiffer
Maryland
Paris
Munish and
Frankfort
Johns Hopkins University
United States
St Petersburg Banks Fail to Open in City Shutdown
St Petersburg on June 9 reported both the First National Bank and the First Security Bank failed to open. The National Bank suffered withdrawals exceeding two and a half million dollars in recent weeks. Central National Bank remained the sole bank open in the city. The First Security Bank was a small state bank affiliated with the First National.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
First National Bank
First Security Bank
First National
Central National Bank
Parachute Jumper Crasto Die in 2000-Foot Fall
Franklin F. Crasto, 27, a Fast Orange salesman and professional parachutist, died after becoming entangled in his parachute cords during a June 9 jump in Westfield New Jersey. He fell about 2000 feet.
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Westfield
N. J
Franklin F. Crasto
Tragedy as 100 Drown in Yangtse Steamer Sinking
The Chinese steamer Litung with 100 passengers and crew on board sank after striking a rock near Tungchow in the Yangtse river. The vessel went down in the North channel, a route generally avoided by ocean going ships, while the safer South channel remained.
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Shanghai
Tungchow
Injunction Hearing Starts Over Piedmont and Northern Line
Interstate Commerce Commission injunction action against Piedmont and Northern to halt line extensions moves to a federal court hearing before Judge J. Lyles Glenn in Greenville. The case seeks permanent relief after a temporary injunction issued when construction began on the Gastonia to Spartanburg line, with extensions to Winston-Salem also in dispute. Seven railways join as plaintiffs with the ICC. Piedmont and Northern argues lack of jurisdiction.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Greenville
S. C
Piedmont and Northern Railway
IL. Co. C
Gastonia
N. C
Spartanburg
Piedmont and Northern
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Commission
Building Activity Is Business Boon
Paul M. Robertson of Indianapolis, president of the national association of building owners and managers, told members at the 23rd annual convention in Biloxi that Hoover's business service conference released millions of dollars for building trades through rehabilitating old buildings. He said the conference provided facts enabling action and relief to unemployment, while offering the association as an advisory group for construction programs and guiding expansion based on reported building needs and overbuilding in cities.
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Miss
Paul M. Robertson
Indianapolis
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Hoover
The
Building Association
Chicago Board of Trade Moves Into Statelier Mansion
The Chicago Board of Trade moved today into a new statelier mansion after 18 months in a temporary home. The world's largest commodity exchange entered its $29,000,000 skyscraper as ticker tape showers signaled the ceremony.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Commodity Exchange
la Salle Street
Bailey Says Party Will Guide Him to Break Silence
Raleigh June 9 Josiah William Bailey winner of the Democratic senatorial nomination in Saturday's primary said he would speak in every North Carolina county before the November 4 general election if party leaders deem it best. He plans to confer with Gov. Gardner and other leaders before issuing a formal statement. Bailey thanked supporters and said he will follow party guidance.
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Raleigh
Josiah William Bailey
F. M. Simmons
North Carolina
Batley
O. Max Gardner
Bailey
Democratic Party
Johnson Protests Hoover Ruling On Withholding Pact Data
Senator Johnson of California protested before the foreign relations committee against President Hoover's decision to withhold confidential notes exchanged among powers prior to the London naval treaty. The protest sparked debate that blocked treaty consideration, with Chairman Rorah scheduling daily sessions and aiming to report the pact to the Senate this week.
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Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
California
Hoover
Seven Die in Hetch Hetchy Tunnel Explosion Near Calaveras Dam
Seven men were killed and one injured in a dynamite triggered explosion in the Hetch Hetchy tunnel near Calaveras dam in Alameda county hills. A gas pocket formed when water shifted, igniting from a spark from a tram or a pick, with the blast occurring last night.
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Oakland
Calif
Livermore
Hetch- Hetchy
Calaveras Dam
Alameda County
Four Feared Drowned After Car Plunges Into Quarry
Four persons are believed drowned after a car plunged into a deserted quarry one mile south of OuderTOOP. Today two women were recovered. straw hats floated on the water suggesting two men also were lost. In Detroit, four laborers died and at least a dozen were injured when dynamite exploded during construction of a waterworks intake at Marquette Drive.
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Here
Etroit
Marquette Drive
North Carolina college holds 38th commencement
Greensboro, June 9. Two hundred ninety two seniors prepared to receive diplomas at North Carolina College as President J J Foust presided over final exercises. Dr TY V Smith of the University of Chicago was to deliver the commencement address.
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Reensboro
N. C
J. J. Foust
North Care College
TY. V. Smith
University of Chicago
Fitzsimmons Says Gallant Fox Won’t Enter American Derby
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, trainer of Gallant Fox, said today the three year old champion will not enter the American Derby at Washington Park. He added no decision yet on the Latonia Derby in Kentucky set for June 28.
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KW York
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Gallant Fox
Washington Park
Latonia
Death sentence appeals rejected in Tongking uprising
The protectorate council in FANCIL Tongking French Indo China rejected ten death sentence appeals connected to the recent uprising.
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Fancil
Tongking
French Indo China
Protectorate Council
wreath laid for war dead at Toronto cenotaph
Leo V. Youngworth of Los Angeles Imperial Potentate of the mystic shrine laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in City Hall Plaza Toronto to honor Canada's war dead. The fifth contingent of American Gold Star Mothers began a visit to battlefield cemeteries in France while earlier arrivals toured Paris before heading to Cherbourg to board the President Roosevelt homeward.
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Ont
Leo V. Youngworth
Los Angeles
Imperial
Mystic Shrine
City Hall Plaza
Canada
ARIS
France
Paris
Cherbourg
Roosevelt
Merrimac River Savings Bank Fails to Open Doors
The Merrimac River Savings Bank did not operate today after an order from the State Banking Commission. Commissioner Arthur E. Dole inspected the bank with assistants and officials to review its accounts.
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Anchester
SN. H
Merrimac River Saving Bank
State Banking Commission
Arthur E. Dole
Byrd to rest at New Hampshire farm this summer
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will spend the summer at a fine old New Hampshire farm on a country road near Dublin. The property, covering about 300 acres, is owned by Mrs. Charles B. Aldrich of Boston. Byrd and his family will occupy the house for the season after two years of Antarctic exploration.
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Ublin
N. H
Richard K. Byrd
Charles B. Aldrich
Boston
Tariff Measure Ready To Be Sent Back To Senate
The tariff bill conferees completed their corrections and Senator Smoot plans to report the measure to the Senate within hours. Two conference reports will be submitted and disposed of by a single vote, with debate not expected to start until tomorrow.
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Senate
Washington
Smoot
Youths Try Hold Up Greenwich Village Bar. One Dead
In New York at Mingo's restaurant on East 10th Street detectives foiled a dawn hold up by nine youths. Joseph Casey Jr was killed when he allegedly reached for a gun as Detective William Murphy fired. Fellow suspect Martin McKnight returned fire wounding bartender Louis Bertoniciana.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Joseph Casey, Jr
William Murphy
Murphy
Mingo
East 10Th Street
Casey
Martin McKnight
Louis Bertoniciana
Textile magnate Arthur Cumnock dies at 62 in New York
Arthur J. Cumnock, textile magnate with mills in the Carolinas, died of heart disease at his Park Avenue home. He was born February 12 1868 in Danielsonville Conn and entered Harvard in 1887 where he starred in football. He led Catlin Farsh and headed American Spinning Greenville Catlin Yarn Florence Anderson Hill Manufacturing.
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Arthur J. Cumnock
Carolinas
Park Avenue
Danielsonville
Conn
Harvard
Catlin Farsh Company
American Spinning Company
Greenville
S. C
Catlin Yarn Company
Florence Manufacturing Company
Anderson, S. C
Hill Manufacturing Company
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