Germany Laval Mellon meeting on war debt talks in Paris
In Paris on June 27, Mellon and Laval conferred about Hoover's war debt moratorium. They invited Chancellor Bruening and Curtius to Paris, with Berlin expected Monday for talks aimed at a candid assessment of Germany’s finances and possible agreement before Tuesday.
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Paris
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Laval
Hoover
Bruening
Curtius
Germany
Mr. Mellon
Herr Bruening
Hoover Delays Fishing Trip as Reparations Talks Move
President Hoover postpones departure to Rapidan fishing camp while Franco American reparations moratorium talks continue. Officials in Washington report cautious optimism, with Stimson confident and assets at stake as Paris revisions spark debate over guarantees and payments in kind.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapidan
Mellon
Ambassador Edge
Paris
Stimson
New York
State Department
Castle
Chamber of Deputies
Ronald Lindsay
White House
Bruening
Curtius
Germany
Laval
Briand
United States
France
Record Flight Sparks Hazard on Nome Leg for Post and Gatty
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty after a 14 and a half hour delay depart Blagoveshchensk for Khabarovsk then Nome Alaska. The leg to Nome is cited as the most hazardous of their around the world trip due to high mountains seas storms and fog. The Winnie Mae rested in Siberian mud overnight and the pair press on after inspecting the aircraft.
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Blagoveshchensk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Khabarovsk
Nome
Alaska
U. A
Irkutsk
Umstead Expected to Seek Sixth District Congress Seat
Durham June 27 William B Umstead solicitor of the tenth judicial district since 1927 and a long time Democratic supporter in Durham and across the state said he expected to run for Congress from the sixth district and would announce officially later. Norman Boren of Greensboro and Clyde Ray of Hillsboro have already announced their candidacies.
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Durham
William B. Umstead
Democratic Party
Durham County
Congress
Umstead
County Recorder's Court
Norman Boren
Greensboro
Clyde Ray
Hillsboro
Treatment Began For Notre Dame's Football Mentor
Rochester Minn June 27 Treatment of Heartly Hunk Anderson senior football coach at Notre Dame for meningitis began tonight with doctors saying he would be in good condition to direct opening of the Ramblers schedule in September Completion of tests showed Anderson suffering from inflammation of membranes enveloping the brain and not from a more serious head ailment as feared yesterday
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Rochester
Minn
Anderson
Notre Dame
Ramblers
Ex-Deputy Sheriff Acquitted In Rubio Slaying
Oklahoma ex-deputy William E. Guess was acquitted of slaying Emilio Cortes Rubio a Mexican president’s relative after a 12 to 1 vote. He faced additional murder charges in the slaying of Manuel Garcia Gomez and remained free on a $25,000 bond.
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Emilio Rubio
Ardmore
Okla
William E. Guess
Oklahoma
Emile Cortes Rubio
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Carter County
Emile
Chum
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Guess
Gomez
Cecil Crosby
Stills
John B. Ogden
Marvin Shilling
Heat Prostration Toll Rises Across Central Valleys
The heat wave pushed temperatures near or above 100 across the central valleys with dozens dead from heat and drownings as Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Missouri and South Dakota reported elevated fatalities. A tropical storm threatened Port Arkansas as Duluth saw a 70 degree break and forecasts warned of continued heat through the weekend.
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Associated Press
Ine Missouti
Mississippi
Arkansas
Ohio
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Port Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Duluth
Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Huron
Pierre
Mitchell
Southwest
Supreme Court Fails to Rule in Two Finance Act Cases
North Carolina Supreme Court issues 12 opinions but provides no decision on two test cases from Durham and Duplin counties involving the 1931 local government finance act. One case finds the tax section unconstitutional, the other valid, while a $16,184.92 judgment against Aetna Casualty and Surety Company is upheld on bond claims.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
Durham
Duplin
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Mason W. Gant
Guilford Superior Court
Parole Initiatives for County Convicts Set for July 1
Raleigh authorities announce that county inmates with short original sentences will be paroled when the state highway commission takes over county prison camps on July 1. About 300 convicts serving under 30 days are expected to be released. Lyman Mumford, 25, dies in a truck crash near the Jones Lenoir line, survived by wife and child. Elizabeth Loftis, 18, drowns in Buck's creek while learning to swim as four friends fail to rescue her.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Gardner
Kinston
Lyman Mumford
Jones-Lenoir County
Marion
Elizabeth Loftis
Buck's Creek
Spain Begins Election Amid Tense Pre Campaign
Madrid reports Spain moves toward a national assembly after a tense pre election campaign. Voters will elect lawmakers who must draft a constitution and establish a permanent government to replace the provisional president and his cabinet.
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Madrid
Spain
Secretary Stimson Sails For Europe
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson sailed from New York on a vacation trip to press European nations on the value of honoring Hoover's one year moratorium proposal on war debts and reparations. He expressed optimism about results but avoided firm predictions.
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New York
Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Hoover
Horner Likely 10 Run for Congress
Burlington leader B. Horner six times mayor and Democratic figure says he will run for Congress from the new sixth district if the people want him. He notes a short campaign would suit his finances and outlines key issues including ensuring farmers receive a living price for their products.
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Enterprise
Burlington
Sixth
North Carolina
Rl B. Horner
City Finance Commission
Horner
Tropical Storm Near Corpus Christi Sparks Coast Guard Warnings
A tropical storm drifts through the Gulf of Mexico off Port Aransas with uncertain inland path toward Corpus Christi or Matagorda bay. High tides, squally weather, and heavy swells lash the coast as small craft seek safety and rain drenches the area. Temperature sinks to 71.
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Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Matagorda Bay
Gulf
Houston
Port Aransas
Wadesboro Names New Pastor from Lexington
Rev. Ronald E. Wall has accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Wadesboro after earning a doctor of theology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and graduating with honors from Wake Forest College. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Wall Sr. and has assisted the local church pastor and spoken at county churches.
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Lexington
Ronald E. Wall
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisvile
First Baptist Church
Wadesboro
Wall
T. S. Wall
Wake Forest College
Heat Wave Pranks Spark Fire and Loot Mayhem
A sweltering day triggers a fire at Wilson Packing plant from sun heated junk in a rubble pile fried steaks and destroyed bootlegging evidence. Two sunlit chicks hatch in a Davenport crate, while chickens die after heat from a barrel boils into a coop. An armored truck bursts on a northeast Indianapolis street as pavement explodes and $10,000 scatters across the curb.
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Chicago
Wilson Packing
Indianapolis
Heat Triggers Bottle Explosion in Valparaiso
In Valparaiso Indiana a bottle exploded after being exposed to heat injuring at least one person and triggering a small fire at a residence. Firefighters arrived quickly and contained the blaze. No further details on injuries or the bottle type were provided.
Educators Seek Literacy and Stable Economy at Convention
In Los Angeles twenty thousand educators discussed plans to eradicate illiteracy in the United States. In Washington the United States Chamber of Commerce outlined a program prioritizing employment stabilization and opposition to federal tax increases, claiming possible public savings. Henry Lester Smith urged a shift to creative individualism and religious fostering in education, stressing national cultural development.
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Board of Directors
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Education Association
Los Angeles
United States
Washington
Silas H. Strawn
Chamber
Strawn
Cooperative Trade
Henry Lester Smith
School of Education
Indiana University
National Council of Education
America
Congressional and Christian church merger approved
Seattle June 27 delegates reported the Congressional commission on interstate relations approved naming the two denominations Congressional and Christian church for their union. Christian Campbellite delegates were seen as assured and a joint constitution was near final. By laws remained under discussion with a simultaneous adoption planned midweek.
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Seattle
Wash
Congressional
Christian Church
Congressional Commission On
E Making Plants Taken In Raleigh
The raid uncovered a complete outfit for producing various brands of high priced imported liquor. Officers seized a rum car with 19 quarts of faked booze and arrested two suspects. Raleigh motor officer Paul Cooper forced an escapee to flee, aided by deputies, before capturing Tommy Hanna. The plant was found in a distant negro home and contained labels bottles straw designs and caps used to imitate genuine liquor.
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Raleigh
Paul Cooper
Tommy Hanna
Hanna
Johnston County Democrat Leader Dies in Self Inflicted Wound
Clayton June 27 Jeffery J. Williams longtime Johnston county democratic executive committee chairman died in his son's arms from a bullet wound to the breast. The 17 year old son said his father tried to speak before dying. A coroner's jury adjourned without a decision. Mrs Williams offered little light on the tragedy as Dr B A Hocutt reported no powder burns on either.
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Clayton
Jeffrey J. Williams
Johnston County
Democratic Executive Committee
Williams
B. A. Hocutt
Engineers Hold Closing Session Emphasizes Sanitation Leadership
Greensboro June 27. At the North Carolina Society of Engineers summer convention closing session a resolution urged continuing a competent head of the state board of health division of sanitation. Speakers praised H. E. Miller for years as director of the bureau and for his temporary headship of the sanitation division.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Society of Engineers
Sedgefield
State Board of Health
H. E. Miller
Bureau of Sanitation
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