Heated Second Primary Is Entering Final Week
North Carolina Democrats sharpen attacks as the gubernatorial contest heads into its last week with Hoey and McDonald touring eastern counties and Piedmont towns. Each candidate frames policy on liquor, farm aid, and a sales tax while linking the other to machine politics.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Sandy Graham
Hoey
Wadesboro
Roxboro
Charlotte
Greensboro
McDonald
Dunn
Durham
Salisbury
Morganton
Shelby
Government Honors Kilmer with North Carolina Timber Tract
The United States government will dedicate a 4,000 acre virgin timber tract in Western North Carolina to Joyce Kilmer author of Trees in memory of the poet soldier killed in World War I. The ceremony will honor Kilmer and his service.
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Atlanta
United States
North Carolina
Joyce Kilmer
North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Brief
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Interior North Carolina slightly cooler on Monday. South Carolina shows similar Sunday into Monday with late thundershowers.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Rumors Of Impending Putsch Reach France
Paris reports from June 27 note officials hearing rumors of an Austrian putsch. Officials call the claims premature yet anxious about possible monarchist or Nazi action. Vienna denies the rumors while recalling June 28 and the Versailles anniversary.
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France
Paris
Austria
Yugoslavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Otto
Vienna
Merciless Sun Continues To Bring Destruction To Crops
Heat wave grips the drought belt with temperatures hitting 108 in Concordia Kansas and 107 in Logan Iowa. Two Wisconsin deaths attributed to heat as showers offer brief relief. forecasters expect 100 plus readings in several states. Washington acts on relief, with Roosevelt, Wallace and rural rehabilitation officials coordinating aid.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Concordia
Kas
Logan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Pierre
North Dakota
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Ae Valley
Ohio Valley
Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Joseph L. Bailey
Ostrick
Dakota Territory
Three Planes Crash Killing Four in New York to Vermont Flight
Four people were killed and six injured when a sudden storm and fog wrecked three planes during a goodwill flight from Roosevelt Field to Montreal. One plane dived into Lake Champlain near Essex, likely drowning all aboard. Occupants included pilot Frank Borgises and crew Steve Kaye and Eric Ericson. two other ships made forced landings with minor injuries.
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Steve Kaye
Woodside
L. J
Garling
Eric Ericson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Good Will
Westport
Pittsfield
Mass
Burlington
Lake Champlain
Essex
Everett Monet
Richmond Hill
L. 1
Sanglivani
Injured Driver Strikes Fatal Blow in Asheville
Frank Jackson age 30 of the Leicester section died in an Asheville hospital after injuries from a hit and run Saturday night. The accident occurred as he was struck by a motor vehicle and the driver fled the scene.
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Asheville
Frank Jackson
Leicester
North Carolina Symphony to Expand to 70 Players
The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra based in Asheville will grow from 37 to 70 musicians within two to three weeks. Joseph Denardo will remain as director guiding summer and fall concerts, announced by WPA official William E. Breese eighth district administrator.
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Asheville
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Denardo
William E. Breese
WPA
Aid
Hoey Sees Victory in North Carolina Primary
Clyde R. Hoey campaigns in the Piedmont urging state government support for farming and industry. He predicts McDonald defeat by 75 000 to 100 000 votes, notes he carried 44 western counties while McDonald carried two, and attacks McDonald over bonds and promises.
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Hoey
McDonald
North Carolina
Herbert Hoover
Ralph
Herbert
Donald Vaby
Dreams of Wealth Fade for Farmer in Laurel
In Laurel Mississippi on June 27 wealth changed hands when $142,625 in British army and navy bonds delivered by mistake to Druggist Roy Ford in Mize Mississippi were turned over to Farmer Roy Ford, the rightful owner. The misdelivery, tied to two men with identical names just eight miles apart, marks a dramatic fortune reversal.
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Laurel
Miss
Roy Ford
Farmer Ford
Army
Farley To Again Head Democrats
The Democratic National Committee named its campaign directors and planned a New York City headquarters for a mid July presidential drive. Postmaster General James A. Farley was re elected national chair man and would announce any departure from the post office department after a talk with President Roosevelt next week. The committee also elected officers including L W Chip Robert Jr as secretary and W Forbes Morgan as treasurer with a broad slate of vice chairmen and women’s division head Mary W Dewson.
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Philadelphia
Democratic National Committee
New York City
James A. Farley
Bill Hotel
Farley
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
National Committee
L. W
Chip) Robert, Jr
Atlanta
the Treasury
W. Forbes Morgan
Garner
David E. Fitzgerald, Sr
Connecticut
Lynn Broderick
Kansas
Third Marriage Venture At 101 in Old Forge
Charles Jeanette plans a third marriage tomorrow in Old Forge New York at about age 99 or 101. His son Ezra disputes the age with a baptismal certificate and birth claims, while Charles insists he was born near Montreal in 1842 and will marry before turning 100.
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Old Forge
N. Y
Charles Jeanette
Charles
Ezra
Montreal
Pike's Peak
Daughter Charged With Setting Fire To Bed Of Mother
A 15 year old girl is charged with assault with intent to kill after allegedly setting fire to the bed of her invalid mother. Mrs Lizzie Lawson 63 was seriously burned and listed in critical condition. Radie Lawson admitted starting the blaze after a quarrel with her mother. Police reported the incident occurred in Winston Salem on June 27.
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Winston-Salem
Roosevelt’s busy day at the White House
President Roosevelt held multiple conferences on drought relief with Secretary Wallace and others then opened the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. He discussed pension reforms with General Hines and rankin bill provisions aiding widows and dependents of veterans and hurricane loss victims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Wallace
Middle West
Department of Agriculture
Rural Resettlement Administration
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress
Cleveland
John Cudahy
Poland
Frank T. Hines
Florida Keys
Border Patrols Reinforced Amid Palestine Tensions
In Beirut on June 27 border patrols were reinforced after reports that Trans-Jordan Arab tribes issued a nationalist ultimatum to Palestine high commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauhope. British and French forces heightened precautions as Syrians aiding the Arab cause blocked Palestine bound shipments and disrupted land transport.
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Beirut
Syria
Arthur Grenfell Waughope
Palestine
Holy Land
trans-Jordan
Palestine Brothers
Two Are Injured In Triple Wreck In Asheboro
Two men were injured when three cars collided in Asheboro this morning. Hamilton Carter fled the scene driving a borrowed car between H. L. Miller and Marvin Lambert. Lester Carlyle and Miller suffered neck and facial cuts and bruises. Carter’s whereabouts were unknown at day’s end.
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Asheboro
Hamilton Carter
Carter
H. L. Miller
Marvin Lambert
Lester Carlyle
Miller
Royal Hospital
Musical cultivator puzzles neighbors in Paragould
In Paragould Arkansas Herschel Batey attached a radio to the first music yielding cultivator in the area. Neighbors gathered as he explained the device plays baseball scores especially St. Louis Cardinals while he cultivates cotton. The setup included a receiver batteries and an aerial wired along the tongue.
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Paragould
Ark
Herschel Batey
Batey
St. Louis Cardinals
Folger Named North Carolina Democratic Committeeman
Philadelphia June 27 The Democratic national committeeman for North Carolina was named today with A. D. Folger of Airy officially taking the post. Folger replaces C. L. Shuping who did not seek renomination. Shuping did not attend the convention. J. W. Winborne acted for Folger at the first meeting. Beatrice Cobb of Morganton was re elected as NC national committeewoman. Only a few Tar Heel delegates attended the renomination of Vice President Garner.
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North Carolina
A. D. Folger
Airy
Folger
C. L. Shuping
Greensboro
Shuping
J. W. Winborne
Marion
A. H. Graham
Hillsboro
Graham
Winborne
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton
Tar Heel
Garner
Communists Appeal to Farmers for United Farmer Labor Front
The Communist party issued a broad appeal to American farmers for unity in a mass front with workers toward a Soviet United States. Daily Worker editor Clarence Hathaway stated at the ninth national convention that farmer mass organizations must cooperate with the workers as candidates for president and vice president were to be nominated at Madison Square Garden.
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New York
Communist Party
Farmers of America Today
People's Front
Farmer-Labor Party
United States
Clarence Hathway
Daily Worker
Hathaway
Madison Square Garden
Roosevelt Accepts renomination amid war on economic tyranny
Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted renomination at a mass meeting in Franklin Field as John Nance Garner also accepted his own renomination. Roosevelt framed the platform as a defense of democracy and economic freedom against monopoly and dictatorship, pledging to fight the new economic rulers. He spoke to thousands and to about 5,000 rallies coast to coast, stressing unity and the constitution.
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Franklin Field
Delphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
John Nance Garner
Garner
Accla
Roosevelt
Eco Freedom
Dar
Econ
Acce
Nazi Problems Stir Anxiety At League Meet
Geneva June 27. Nazi Germany and anti League actions in Danzig raise alarms as Foreign Ministers from France and Poland discuss the crisis. Eden and Litvinov report talks on Germany’s rearmament, while Forster’s clash with Lester shocks some and others see it as a Berlin provocation. Nicaragua and several Latin states withdraw from the League amid talk of a Pan American alliance. Honduras may quit as well.
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Geneva
Germany
Danzig
League of Nations
Tony
Italy
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
von Deldos
Joseph Beck
Free City
Albert Forster
League
Sean Lester
Forster
Lester
Poland
Nicaragua
Manuel Quezon Stricken by Sudden Illness in Manila
Manila reports President Manuel Quezon, 58, fell ill with angina pectoris. Physicians fear possible complications due to a prior lung infection that once required long US treatment. Quezon has served as chief executive since November 15.
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Manila
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
United States
Slight Hurricane Spends Itself In South Texas
A baby hurricane formed in the Gulf off Corpus Christi and moved ashore across South Texas. It lasted a single day with no deaths but caused scattered damage to frame houses, small boats, and crops amid torrential rains.
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Houston
Tex
South Texas
Gulf
Corpus Christi
McDonald Attacks Hoey Over Alleged Fear Driven Win
Wilmington report shows Dr. Ralph McDonald claiming Clyde Hoey's June 6 primary victory was built on fear and intimidation. He cites the state liquor and tax machinery as part of a political machine, advocating county option and county control with profits to counties.
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Wilmington
Ralph McDonald
Clyde R. Hoey
State Highway Department
Wee
Max Gardner
McDonald
Highway Department
Hoey
Revenue Department
Investigation Ordered Into Alleged Flogging by Jo
The Wilmington Star-News reports Judge Hunt Parker has ordered a grand jury to investigate masked terrorist flogging of Columbus county residents. Attacks date from December 1935 through the current month, with all victims living in Clarendon area in Columbus County.
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Wilmington
Wilmington Star-News
Morrow
Hunt Parker
Roanoke Ra
Columbus County
Clarendon
Columbus Co
Evidence Sought In James Rattlesnake Murder Case
Detectives returned to the home of Robert James amid the California rattlesnake murder trial of Mary Busch James. A witness described tying his wife to a table and placing a venomous rattlesnake in a box before drowning her in a bathtub.
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Los Angeles
Robert
James
Mary Busch James
Charles Hope
Ruth Huntington Moore Dies at Peace Junior College
Mrs Ruth Huntington Moore longtime head of the art department at Peace Junior College in Raleigh died after a brief illness. She was a respected faculty member and one of the state’s outstanding artists. Funeral arrangements were announced.
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Raleigh
Ruth Huntington Moore
Peace Junior College
Peace
Moore
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