Thieves Increase Activities Three Stores Robbed
Burglars struck Beeson Hardware North Main and English streets taking pocket knives after entering a second story window. Perpetual Buildings & Loan office on South Main saw a dash broken and about $40 in stamps stolen. Weber Motor Co and N H Silver Co on adjacent streets faced forced entries with minor loot and a rear door attempt. Police plainclothes traced fingerprints at Beeson Hardware.
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Beeson Hardware Company
North Main
English Streets
Perpetual Buildings & Loan Assocation Office
Weber Motor Company
N. H. Silver Company
South Main Street
Plaincolthes
Police Department
Beeson+ Hardware company
Strikes Persist In French Provinces
Paris on June 29 reports a gain of 225000 members for the General Confederation of Labor as strikes continue in the provinces. Interior Minister Roger Salengro announced increased support to the labor movement amid a socialist government rise to power. Hotels on the French Riviera faced a 450 hotelier lockout with closures deemed indefinite as employers resisted higher wages and shorter hours.
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Paris
General Confederation of Labor
Roger Salengro
Interior
Confederation
French Riviera
Prisoner Hangs Self in Durham Jail
Durham June 29. Geo Taylor 22 held on concealed weapon charge hanged himself in the city jail Sunday morning in full view of prisoners in an adjoining block. Officers summoned by shouts arrived too late.
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Durham
Geo. Taylor
Weather forecast for North and South Carolina
North Carolina fair tonight and Tuesday with possible mountain showers later. cooler in the north central area. South Carolina generally fair to partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with not as warm temperatures in the southeast portion tonight.
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North Carolina
Aftrnoon
South Carolina
Democrats start fight for reelection in 1940 campaign
Philadelphia June 30 Democratic leaders across the country launch campaign to reelect President Roosevelt on a platform of economic freedom to fight economic tyranny. Roosevelt ends convention at Franklin Field amid a massive crowd while declaring democracy stands with freedom against mob rule and plutocratic control.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Franklin Field
Mr. Roosevelt
Republican Party
Alf M. Landon
Marion Fore
Texas
Firemen battle rattlesnake at Queen Street station
Kinston firemen attempted to remove 16 rattles from a rattlesnake at the Queen Street station. They applied acid to the snake’s fangs hoping to counteract the poison, but the acid killed the snake.
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Kinston
Queen Street
Strike at Mayodan Wheat Mills Over Starvation Claim
Mayodan June 26. Strikers accuse Washington Mills of starving workers and demand a reply from management after months of silence. Walter Poole, union spokesman, says 978 of about 1100 workers hold union cards and that siege preparations are under way. Poole slams the Norma-Elliott system as a pay cutting “lousiest thing I ever saw,” noting cuts from 22 to over 50 percent through task consolidation.
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Washington Mills
Walter Poole
Poole
Carolina tobacco belt elects officers at Myrtle Beach
Offiers elected by the Carolina tobacco belt warehouse association are W Wesley Singletary of Lake City president KE J Chambers of Fairmont vice president and Lawson Jordan of Mullins secretary.
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Myrtle Beach
8. C
Carolina Tobacco Belt Warehouse Association
W. Wesley Singletary
Lake City
KE. J. Chambers
Fairmont
Lawson Jordan
Mullins
Justice Ed Sterling Ponders Pay Then Plans Exit
Kas Kansas June 29. Ed Sterling, a justice of the peace here for 20 years, says his fees for that period totaled under four cents per year. He notes the pay is not enough and says he will quit unless compensation improves.
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Kas
Ed Sterling
Baldwin Accused of Lying As He Leaves On Vacation
London scene reports Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin seeking rest at his country home amid opposition claims of deception. Cabinet tensions surface over Duff Cooper Paris comments and alleged gaps between Baldwin and Lord Londonderry on German rearmament.
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Baldwin
London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Omnons
John Simon
Orces
Paris
Alfred Duff Cooper
Duff Cooper
France
Fontier
Our Frontier
Clement R. Attlee
Labo
Oader
Mark of Londonderry
Lord Longnderry
Sinius
Annual Leadership School Opens at High Point College
The fifteenth annual Summer School of Leadership Education opens at High Point college and runs through July 4 with statewide participation. Rev J Elwood Carroll notes the aim to build a Christian world through developing youth leadership, with discussion groups, morning addresses, and daily evening programs led by educators and pastors. Registration is open to anyone over 12, and staff include Rev J Clyde Allman and Rev W A Lambeth among others.
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High Point College
J. Elwood Carroll
Greensboro
Luther R. Medlin
J. W. Braxton
Robert Smith
J. Clay Madison
P. E. Lindley
Milo
Hinckle
Donald S. Klaiss
Olin T. Binkley
W. A. Lambeth
Jesus
College
Mr. Carroll
J. Clyde Allman
BE. Lester Ballard
Mary BE. Young
E. O. Peeler
T. M. Johnson
D. D
EB. Lester Ballard
T. J. Whitehead
R. M. Andrews
Bessie Holmes
Bettsie Brittingham
J. T. Bowman
N. G. Bethea
North Carolina Sets Record for State Receipts
North Carolina posted a record high in revenue receipts for the current fiscal year ending tomorrow. AP figures show June 1 tax revenues at 51,960,969.87, above 1934-35’s record $50,976,741. May and June receipts exceed earlier totals, with highway and general funds combined expected to end with a substantial balance. officials project a midnigh midnight credit in the general fund and several million in the highway fund.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Associated Press Today
Highway and General Fund
Frank Dunlap
Midnight storm claims infant in Belhaven ruin
In Washington on June 29 a violent midnight storm ripped through Belhaven 30 miles away killing Mable Lee Burrus six in the western Belhaven neighborhood. The wind felled houses wrecked the Negro quarter damaged telephone posts uprooted trees and ruined crops with estimated speeds near 70 miles per hour and damage in the thousands of dollars.
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Washington
N. C
Belhaven
Mable Lee Burrus
Beard Denied New Trial By Jurist
Dwight Beard twenty six was denied a new trial today by Judge Grover Adams. Beard was sentenced to death for the slaying of ex detective John Roberts during a holdup last December. Frank Ivey, counsel for Beard, gave formal notice of appeal to the criminal appeals court after five jurors testified.
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Dallas
Tex
Uguatus
Dwight Beard
John Roberts
Grover Adams
Frank Ivey
North Carolina
Courts Criminal Appeals
Ivey
Adams
Hurt in wreck tro June vv Hiram Julin in Montgomery county
Hiram Julin of Montgomery county sustained a hip injury in a road accident that occurred here yesterday when his automobile collided with another vehicle. The report notes the incident happened in June, with details limited in available text.
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Hiram Julin
Montgomery County
Loesen
Night riders in state sought by district attorney
Wilmington reports district attorney John J. Burney declares war on a Columbus county night riding group described as a secret band active for seven months. Grand jury probes expand in Whiteville with six named victims and further names expected. victims include four women and two men, with brutal shavings and beatings cited.
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Wilmington
John J. Burney
Columbus County
Whiteville
R. Hunt Parker
Burney
Hackett Applewhite
Police Seek Slayer of Youth in Au Gres River Death
Police and county authorities pursued the sadistic slayer of 11 year old Robert Kenyon as they reported no worthwhile clues 48 hours after his mutilated body was found in the Au Gres river near East Tawas Michigan. University of Michigan physicians said the boy died from a severed jugular vein.
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East Tawas
Mich
Robert Kenyon
Au Gres
Here
University of Michigan
Haynes To Head Officers Again In Carolinas Group
KINSTON June 29 Police Chief B M Haynes of Crumerton N C will continue to head the Carolinas association of law enforcement officers for another year He was reelected at the association's annual convention here yesterday D E B West Spartanburg S C police chief was elected vice president M A Schmidt Kinston detective captain was elected secretary treasurer The next quarterly meeting will be in Florence S C
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Kinston
B. M. Haynes
Cramerton
N. C
Carolinas Association of Law Enforcement Officers
D. EB. West
Spartanburg
8. C
M. A. Schmidt
Florence
Fatal Brawl Incident Report From Durham
A violent incident in Durham leaves a Black man fatally hurt after a brawl near his home on the Sunda raw. The case involves Clarence and other Black residents as parties to the confrontation and investigation proceeds.
Warrant Issued for Representative Zioncheck in Maryland Case
Washington June 29 A warrant for the arrest of Representative Marion A Zioncheck of Washington state who escaped from a Townsend Maryland institution was released for service. The charge involves Mrs Benjamin Scott Young who sublet her Harvard Hall apartment to Zioncheck and parallels a warrant for his bride Mrs Rubye Nix Zioncheck. Police may arrest the representative now that the warrant is released.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Townsend
Maryland Institution
Glider duo set world two place height record in Elmira
Albert Slatter of Los Angeles and John D Batterson of Pasadena soar to 5 760 feet at Elmira s seventh annual soaring meet, claiming a new two place glider world record.
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Elmira
N. Y
Albert Slatter
Los Angeles
John D. Batterson
Pasadena
Calif
Mother slain in Chicago hotel by masked assailant
Florence Castle a 25 year old divorcee was beaten to death in a near north side hotel room. A brick used as a weapon lay nearby and her six year old son James reported seeing a masked man before fleeing to alert staff. Police found lipstick writing reading Black Legion on the mirror. Her son was with relatives in Wilkes Barre.
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Chicago
Florence Castle
Near North Side
James
Mra.tle
Castle
Wilkes-Barre
Lillian Guild
Campaign drive for NC governor reaches peak before July 4 runoff
North Carolina Democratic gubernatorial race intensifies with Hoey and McDonald touring. Hoey shifts to seacoast and western counties as McDonald sweeps eastern cities. Both aim to convert Sandy Graham votes on July 4 runoff, predicting wide margins.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Sandy Graham
Clyde R. Hoey
Charlotte
Seacoast
Wilmington
Hoey
Ralph W. McDonald
Piedmont
McDonald
Dunn
Durham
Salisbury
Thomasville
Greensboro
Morganton
Wadesboro
Roxboro
Forsyth
Graham
Coxey Withdraws As Party Leader
General Jacob A. Coxey 82, longtime farmer labor advocate, withdrew today as the Farmer Labor party presidential candidate. He said he would back Representative William Lemke of North Dakota, the Union party nominee, and sent a letter to Roy Harrop in Council Bluffs Iowa.
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Massillon, CO
Jacob
Coxey
Farmer-Labor Party
Roy M. Harrop
Council Bluffs
William Lemke
North Dakota
New Union Party
Speedy Funeral Service For League Sanctions Planned
Geneva reports that diplomats planned rapid funeral style proceedings for Italy in the League of Nations as British and French leaders push the death to sanctions campaign. They shelved Locarno questions for now and agreed talks on the mutual security pact wait Germany’s response to a British peace framework proposal. Cancellation of economic penalties against Italy was seen as likely while non recognition of Italian annexation in Ethiopia was supported. The slogan save the league framed the assembly discussions.
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Geneva
League of Nationa
Rhineland
Hitler
Germany
League Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Save
Budge Survives To Reach Wimbledon Final
Donald Budge of Oakland, the lone American survivor, advanced to the Wimbledon final by defeating Quist of Austria 6-4 6-4 after Wilmer Allison and Bryan M. Allison were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Fred Perry and Bunny Austin. Perry to meet Austin in the final.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Donald Budge
Oakland
Calif
Bryan M
Bitsy
Wilmer Allison
Allison
Grant
Fred Perry
Bunny
Bs Austin
Budge
Quist
Austria
Philadelphia
Communists Start Election Campaign in New York
The Communist party under Earl Browder begins its campaign aiming to mobilize 10,000,000 voters and flood the nation with red banners. James Ford of Harlem is named as Browder’s running mate at the convention’s final session.
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New York
Communist Party
Earl W. Bite
Browder
James Ford
Harlem
Two Alleged Bom Suspects Are Freed
Two men arrested on a ship in connection with bombings at a strike torn manufacturing plant were released today for lack of evidence. Officers kept investigating as bombs were said to have been thrown into yards near Moore and Sugar Penns non strike homes. Three of the four men were hired in nearby communities since a strike closed the mill last April 13. The mill normally employs about 650 workers.
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Gaffney, &. C
New Manufacturing Company Lage
Bomba
Moore and
Sugar Penns
Webb Lewis
Walter Godfrew
Mally
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Beard
Aubert McCloud
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