Seventeen Ptomaine Poisoning Cases Spark State Probe
State and municipal health officials launched a wide inquiry after 17 residents were stricken by ptomaine poisoning from sandwiches manufactured near the South Carolina line and sold in the city. Dr. Knox and Dr. Hudson led surveys in Raleigh Greensboro High Point and Lexington with plans for further action against the sandwich company.
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J. C. Knox
State Board of Health
Raleigh
A. C. Hudson
Greensboro
A. B. Huff
High Point
South Carolina
Hudson
Knox
Lexington
Huff
Louis Schmeling bout postponed by rain at Yankee Stadium
Heavyweight match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling delayed till tomorrow after steady rain and forecasted showers. Louis weighed 198 pounds, promoter Mike Jacobs said a Saturday afternoon fight could follow if weather clears. Enterprise party postponed to Friday night with fight details announced on English Street speakers. Separately, senate House conferees failed to finalize tax bill awaiting treasury revenue estimates and new plan for corporate earnings taxation. Doughton expressed confidence by tonight for drafting and ratification by both chambers.
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New York
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
Mike Jacobs
Schmeling
Louis
Jacobs
Washington
Treasury
Senate-House
Roosevelt
Doughton
D.-N. Co
House
Strikers Force Hospital Yield in Paris Demand Settlement
Officials of the American hospital yielded today to strikers demands ending a walkout by workers after the French government refused Ambassador Jesse I Straus request to eject the strikers The settlement was arranged between General Federation of Labor delegates and hospital authorities The folded arms strike began after calls for shorter hours and the hospital sought police protection as staff quit work
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Paris
Jesse Isador Straus
General Federation of Labor
Strauss
Foreign Office
Neuilly-Sur- Sein
Worker Is Killed In Demonstration In Kaunas
In Kaunas police fired on a large crowd of demonstrating workers on June 18 after a worker was killed yesterday during a funeral procession. Strikers gathered at the killing site, police dispersed them and arrested several.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Kaunasay
Weather Brief North and South Carolina Forecast
North Carolina shows partly cloudy skies with local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight and possible coastal activity Friday, with slightly cooler air in the far north. South Carolina expects partly cloudy conditions with inland thundershowers this afternoon or tonight and potential activity in the north and south portions tonight and Friday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
North
South
Mob Fails to Lynch Nine Negroes In Texas
A mob of about 400 at EL Campo and nearby towns attempted to lynch nine Black detainees but found them moved between jails. The crowd burned a cafe after a white officer was killed during a peacekeeping attempt at a bonus celebration. Deputy Tip Simmons was wounded in a disturbance linked to the incident.
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EL Campo
Texas
Wharton
Bay City
Flamea
Tip Simmons
New Bids Called For Steel Piling For Imperial Dam
Secretary Ickes announced new bids for sheet steel piling to replace material for Imperial Dam on the all American canal. Inland Steel and Carnegie-Illinois Steel refused to lower bids to aid freight costs, prompting the action. The $40,086 Jones and Laughlin contract was canceled at labor relations board request after charges of firing employees for union activity.
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Washington
Ickes
Imperial Dam
all-American Canal
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Pittsburgh
PWA
Inland Steel Company of
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation of
Denver
Jones and Laughlin
Labor Relations Board
Silence broken by Gen. Johnson challenges third party claim
New York June 18 Hugh Samuel Johnson, once NRA administrator, labeled the “lunatic fringe” behind a 1935 charge and tied it to a Chicago alliance of Rev. Gerald Smith and Rep. William Lemke. He said the third party effort cannot win and is too late. Johnson critiqued the Republican adoption of a counterfeit New Deal platform in Cleveland as indicating a sanely liberal electorate.
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New York
Hugh Samuel Johnson
NRA
Charles E. Coughhlin
Father Coughlin
Huey P. Long
Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith
Detroit
National Union For Social Justice
Long-Smith
William Lemke
R-Nd
Francia BE. Townsend
Smith
Senator Long
United States
Johnson
Cleveland
Seven Reported Killed In Riots In China Draft Resistance
Delayed cables from Wu chow in Kwangsi Province report seven people killed on June 13 during riots sparked by civilian resistance to military conscription. Militia fought after a recruiting officer and assistants were slain. regular troops arrived the next day and drafting for South China's salvation army was suspended.
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Canton
China
Wuchow
Kwangsi Province
South China
Salvation” Army
McDonald Backs Platform Fight For Tax Repeal
Raleigh June 18 Dr Ralph McDonald a militant sales tax repealist who will oppose Clyde Hoey for governor in a second primary July 4 said the state Democratic platform called for removal of the sales tax from all necessities of life He said he would abolish the tax entirely and urged Hoey to repudiate the Gedner-Ahringhaus machine backing both sides in support of the platform.
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Raleigh
Ralph McDonald
Clyde Hoey
McDoneld
McDonald
Joe Dunn Sentenced for Murder in Guilford County
In Greensboro on June 18 Judge Julius A. Rousseau sentenced Joe Dunn a High Point Negro to 18 to 25 years for the murder of his wife Mary Dunn after a guilty plea. Theodore Buchanan found guilty of larceny and receiving. Francis Bruton also found guilty and sentenced to two years. Robert Myers granted delay on speeding case with costs due. William B. Alford white man pleaded guilty to robbery near High Point May 8 and got 10 to 15 years.
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Speral PO
Greensboro
Joe Dunn
High Point
Julius A. Rousseau
Guilford Superior Court
Mary Dunn
Dunn
Theodore Buchanan
Willard and
Roper
Francis Bruton
Robert Myers
William B. Alford
Claude Holmes
Otis Frick
Spain's Troubles Spread Across Prisons and Shops
In Madrid riots erupted as 100000 Barcelona workers walked out over pay demands. Civil guards restored order at Alcalá de Henares prison where looting and fires broke out. one prisoner and four guards were hurt. Workers nationwide joined protests for higher wages.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Spain
Alacala de Hanares
Walla
Heart Balm Case Reaches Jury in North Carolina
Hoke Paige sues Rev. Eckie H. Gattis for 40000 alleging the Baptist minister alienated his wife. Paige testified he observed them together and even caught them kissing. Gattis denied any romantic involvement, stating only family-friend relations.
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Raleigh
Hoke Paige
Eckie H. Gattis
Paige
Congress Sends Relief Measure to White House
Congress completed action on a 2.375 billion relief deficieny appropriation bill and sent it to the White House. Senate approval eliminated an amendment reviving the Florida ship canal, with final passage leaving only the tax bill as a barrier to adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
House
Lawyers win five percent of Reynolds estate award
In Winston-Salem Judge Clayton Moore awarded Brooks McLendon and Holderness five percent of the net 11 million dollars earned for Anne Cannon Reynolds 2nd from her father Z Smith Reynolds estate. Safe Deposit and Trust of Baltimore filed exceptions and will appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Winston-Salem
Superior Court
Clayton Moore
Little Anne Cannon Reynolds
Safe Deposit and Trust Company of
Baltimore
R. J. Reynolds
Moore
North Carolina Supreme Court
Brooks, McLendon and Holderness of
Greensboro
Annie L. Cannon
Coguardian
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Z. Smith Reynolds
Wilson Warlick
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Anne
Christopher
Smith Reynolds
Youth Admits Killing Girl in Silk Stocking Slaying
Albert Walter Jr., 28, a New Yorker, admitted to strangling 24-year-old Blanche Cousins in a Nob Hill apartment after meeting on a bus between Salt Lake City and San Francisco. He led officers to the body and said the woman resisted before he strangled her, then wandered the city intoxicated.
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San Francisco
Albert Walter, Jr
Blanche Cousins
Walter
Nob Hill
Idaho Falls
Idaho
George Engler
Frank Lucey
Frank McMahon
Miss Cousing
Salt Lake City
Merchant Held In Theft Case
Greensboro dispatch reports J. W. Hobbs a small retail merchant held on a charge of receiving large quantities of cigarettes and headache powders stolen by three Negro porters of an express company over the past two years.
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Greensboro
J. W. Hobbs
Express
Knights of Pythias officers named at North Carolina convention
The North Carolina lodge of the Knights of Pythias met in Hickory on June 18 naming officers. They established an endowment fund for the Pythian home at Clayton but postponed a decision on a home for aged Pythians and rejected moving the keeper of seals and records from Clayton. Wilmington won the 1987 convention.
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Hickory
North Carolina Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Clayton
Keeper of Seals and Records
Wilmington
W. C. Beat of
Chapel Hill
J. A. Wagle
Charlotte
I. W. Houghs
Henderson
W. Farmer
J. F. Bower
Jdr
Winston-Salem
John L. Kirkland
Durham
Harold Hansen
H. Ll. Hyder
Forest City
Farmer Will McLean Killed by Lightning near Lummberton
June 18 report from Lummberton says 42 year old Will McLean was struck by lightning while plowing his farm and died. His mule was killed in the same strike, leaving a widow and several dependents.
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Lummberton
Will McLean
Here
Britain Calls for Peace Alliance Over Ethiopian War
London reports Prime Minister Baldwin says collective security has failed and urges a Britain Germany France peace alliance. Eden defends allowing sanctions on Italy while arguing the League's authority is eroding and that only military action could reverse the Ethiopian conflict.
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Lloyd George
Great Britain
France
Germany
London
Baldwin Lared
House of Commons
Britain
Eden
Ethiopia
Italy
League
Labor Party
Dino Grandi
Famed Russian Writer Maxim Gorky Dies in Moscow
Moscow June 18 Maxim Gorky aged 68 died today after a period of illness due to influenza and lung complications. He was Russia s leading writer, served on the General Executive Committee of Soviet Russia, and though not a Communist Party member, shifted to become its propagandist. Born March 28, 1868, Gorky rose to fame for revolutionary writings and early opposition to communism.
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Moscow
Maxim Gorky
Gorky
Soviet Russia
Communist Party
Russia
Glass May Head Senate Committee
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia moved toward a new leadership role over monetary and banking policy after the death of Senator Duncan A. Fletcher of Florida. Glass's acceptance was uncertain, but observers expect him to seek the chairmanship of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Glass
Capeitel Hill
Evans withdraws bid for state Senate race
June 18 report states Mer rill Evans, candidate for the state Senate from the first district, will not pursue a second primary against Jerry Hughes of Elizabeth City after the initial June 6 primary.
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Aholeide
Merrill Evans
Senate
Jerry Hughes
Elizabeth City
Arkansas Sheriff Accused of Overlooking Flogging
The Southern tenant farmers union accuses Sheriff Carlin of Crittenden county of overlooking flogging of Rev Claude Williams and Miss Willie Blagden amid a strike. The union cites reports of beatings near Earle and Harle as Gov Futrell and the sheriff deny fatality, calling the death claim a propaganda hoax.
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Little Rock
Ark
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union Today
Arkansas
Cummings
Washington
H. L. Mitchell
Carlin
Crittenden County
Claude Williams
Willie Sne Blagden
Weems
Scientists Await Solar Eclipse Record Seeks New Secrets
Scientists from a dozen nations prepare to observe a solar eclipse spanning from the Mediterranean northeast to Russia and Japan. They plan to cover the 60 mile shadow with instruments as clouds threaten, hoping a minute of darkness yields data on unsolved problems.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
Russia
Japan
Key
Reversals Seen on Stock Market Report
New York financial bulletin notes brightening business news lifting stock activity with profit taking restrained. After an initial surge the pace slowed and many advances were muted. By mid session buying support continued but activity remained restricted with mixed commodities and steady corporate bonds.
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New York
Morris
Cigarette Consu
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