M Donald Campaign Manager files charges in Greensboro
J Keith Harrison high point campaign manager filed formal charges and affidavits with Mayor L P McLendon and Edwin Pearce accusing High Point township registrars and assistants of irregularities in the June 6 primary. He sought a hearing by Major McLendon and demanded McDonald representation at July 4 polls.
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Greensboro
J. Keith Harrison
High Point
Ralph W. McDonald
L. P. McLendon
State Board of Elections
Louis J. Fisher
High Point Township
Edwin Pearce
County Board of Elections
Fisher
Harrison
Guilford County
McDonald
Beaten Unionists Plan Return to Gadsden Strike Zone
Unionists beaten during a daylight raid in Gadsden Alabama last week announce plans to return with the same crew. A United Rubber Workers spokesman says organizers will resume activity after governor’s assurance and police escorted seven workers and three others from the city.
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Gadsden
Ala
Alabama
United Rubber Workers Union
Union
Germany May Seize Control of Danzig
Paris reports German authorities in East Prussia prepare lists of troops for occupying the free city of Danzig. Le Temps says Germany contemplates seizing Danzig from League of Nations control in a move similar to the Rhineland reoccupation.
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Paris
East Prussia
Free City
Danzig
le Temps
Germany
League of Nations
Rhineland
Danaig
Temps
Weather Forecast for North and South Carolina
North Carolina parts show partly cloudy with possible showers in the northeast tonight or Wednesday and cooler is noted in the extreme north. South Carolina expects generally fair conditions tonight with partly cloudy and warm spells continuing into Wednesday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Lehman Yields to Party Pressure for Third Term
Governor Herbert H. Lehman announced he would run for a third term in New York. He told reporters he could no longer resist pleas from his party in state and nation. The decision followed pressure after the Democratic national convention and an invitation to Hyde Park for the weekend.
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N. Y
Albany
Herbert H. Lehman
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Lehman
Walmsley Resigns New Orleans Mayor Post
New Orleans mayor T. Semmes Walmsley resigns citing fulfillment of a pledge to step aside if home rule is restored by the legislature. A. Miles Pratt, commissioner of finance, will serve as acting mayor after Walmsley’s departure.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Huey P. Long
Walmsley
Long
A. Miles Pratt
Five Men Beat 15 Year Old Negro in Raleigh
Leon Perry Frazier Jr., a 15-year-old Black youth, told police he was picked up by five men in a sedan, beaten, and thrown from the car a mile away in Raleigh on June 30. Notation reflects the incident details and police contact.
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Raleigh
Leon Perry Frazier, Jr
Farley Denies Resignation From Post Office Job
Washington reports swirl around James A. Farley as postmaster general and Democratic National Committee chair. Farley says he has not resigned and no comment beyond that, while sources tout a possible cabinet resignation or leave of absence to focus on campaign politics.
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James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Farley
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Atlantic City
New York Times
William W. Howes
Howes
Bond Refunding Plan Saves Elizabeth City Utilities Debts
The Local Government Commission says it forwarded Elizabeth City utility bondholders a refinancing plan. It would refund 1,252,000 dollars of bonds with new issues dated May 1 1936 and due May 1 1970. Interest starts at four percent then 4.5 percent for ten years? and five percent thereafter. Debt service would drop from 33,000 principal and 64,700 interest in 1935 36 to a total of 75,408 under the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Local Government Commission
Elizabeth City
Alleged Assailant Police Chief Held
Hickory June 30 4 Arraigned in Recorder s court on a charge of stabbing Police Chief EB W Lentz Roscoe McCall of Merion bound over for trial in Catawba superior court He was later under a 1500 bond Chief Lentz received flesh wounds in his abdomen chest and shoulders when he questioned McCall and the latter s son Clayton McCall The officer said the two men were loitering near the post office The younger McCall charged with obstructing an officer in connection with the stabbing was sentenced to serve 12 months but served notice of appeal He was released under 500 bond.
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Hickory
Recorder's Court
EB. .W. Lentz
Roscoe McCall
Merion
Catawba
Lents
McCall
Clayton McCall
Furrier Sought By Police For Questioning In Murder
Chicago police seek James D. Britt of Stevens Point Wisconsin for questioning in the murder of Florence Castle a 24 year old tavern entertainer found beaten to death in a hotel room. A lipstick message reading Black Legion game is believed to mean Black Legion came.
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Chicago
James D. Britt
Stevens Point
Wis
Florence Thompson Castle
Herbert J. Walter
Black Legion
Labor Moves Forward In Organizing Effort
Pittsburgh reports bold push by organized labor to enroll 450000 steel workers into one union amid first exchange of blows with industry leaders. SWOC director Murray predicts possible strike. CIO leaders defend workforce unity and a large donation fund is disclosed. Clarence Irwin and hundreds of organizers enter the field as Wheeling Steel struggles spark concern.
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Pittsburgh
Organized Labor
Steel
Marty F. Reed
Grand’s
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Committee
SWOC
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Murray
Homestead
Sanguisery
American
Irom and Steel Institute
Charles P.howard
Clarence Irwon
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Reed
Wheeling Steel Company
New Boston
Ohio
Portsmouth
Minor Complaints Bring Defense For Registrars
Greensboro reports rumbles of complaints about registrars and elections officials. Hampton defended registrars as honest and honorable while Pearce praised their conduct in the June 6 primary. A meeting aired concerns over partisan influence at polling places and requested equal treatment for McDonald supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elections Board
Greensboro
Connec
Kimati
Board of Elections
George Co. Hampton
Hampton
Pearce
J. Ket’ Harrison
Ald
High Point
John R. Hughes
McDonald
County Elections Board
Hughes
Hoey
Harrison
Twelve Held Without Bail In Poole Slaying Case
Detroit AP report states twelve men linked to the Black Legion murder of Charles A. Poole were ordered held without bail after standing mute on arrangement. Pleas of innocent entered. trial date not set. They are among sixteen charged with kidnapping and murder. two others not arraigned.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Poole
Two generations die in dynamite farm blast near Lebanon
Lebanon Tennessee June 32 Young Howell Lehew died within hours of his father Marcus Lehew aged 46 in a premature dynamite blast on a local farm. The incident occurred near Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Tenn
Howell Lehew
Marcus Lehew
City Sees Record Heat With 99 Degree Noon Reading
At noon today High Point records a 99 degree reading, two degrees above any other day this summer. Officials expect the thermometer to surpass last year’s 102 record as heat peaks usually in the afternoon. Yesterday brought the city’s hottest day and night in 14 years, with 102 by day and 76 at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Weather Bureau
A. B. Horney
Horney
Primary Voting Rules Define Eligible Registrants
The article explains that only Republicans and Independents may vote in the primary while new registrants must meet age and residency requirements. It notes that voters may seek ballot guidance from election officials or a designated person after registrar permission, and that persuading a voter to support a candidate warrants removal. Absentee ballots are to be issued, and registrars received 26 ballots. The elections board will convene at the courthouse on Tuesday after the primary to canvass results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearce
Elections Board
Move Under Way To Employ McCarl For Agency Overhaul
Washington date line reports a move to employ J. K. R. McCarl in planning the government agencies reorganization as the comptroller general ends a 16 year term. De Byrd of Virginia chairs the committee and will seek McCarl’s services to the greatest extent. McCarl called emergency agencies loosely set up and extravagantly tax consuming.
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Washington
J. KR. McCarl
de Byrd
D-Va
McCarl
Two Teens Die In Wreck Near Goldsboro
In Goldsboro a car returning from a swim at Aycock Mill overturned several times killing Herman Shelby Jr., 16, and Dick Phillips, 15. Don Phillips, 10, was critically injured.
Congressman Jacoben Dies in Rochester Hospital
Rep. B. M. Jacoben of Iowa state died in a Rochester hospital on June 24 after a brief illness. The Da party lawmaker, who had served in Congress since 1940, passed away amid outpouring messages from colleagues and constituents.
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Dike Rochester
Minn
Rep
B. M. Jacoben
D- A
National Park Service Establishes High Point Office
C G Mackintosh administrative inspector for the National Park Service arrived in High Point and began setting up offices in the post office building to make the city the headquarters for that park service section. F Williard arrived to plan further arrangements while R D Tillson questioned whether the technical inspector’s office would also move here and possibly a branch of the engineering division for joint operation in the post office basement.
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C. G. Mackintosh
National Park Service
High Point
Postoffice
Park Service
Mr. Mackintosh
F. Williard
R. D. Tillson
Atlanta, Ga
G men may enter flogging probe in Wilmington area
Federal and state officials consider federal help after a rural band of women flogging night riders terrorized Clarendon and a nearby Columbus County community. Solicitor Burney probes the case as feared retaliation hinders progress. Bertha Fowler testified with shaved head in a Whiteville court trial.
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Wilmington
Columbus County
J. J. Burney
J. O. Carr
Clarendon
South Carolina
Carr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Burney
Whiteville
Bertha Fowler
Missing Wyatt Earp Sends Position From Ocean
OBLO Norway reports the Wyatt Earp exploration vessel of Sir Hubert Wilkins has been missing for 12 days. The Wyatt Earp last transmitted a position at 46 40 N 40 00 W, as relayed to Oslo by the Norwegian liner B Stravangerfjord.
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Oblo
Norway
Stravangerfjord
Oslo
Wyatt Earp
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Northwest drought relief plan discussed by governors and WPA
In St Paul on June 30 government leaders and five northwest state officials met with WPA head Harry Hopkins to draft relief. Proposals include farm to market roads and water conservation works to aid an estimated 83,000 families with costs ranging 50 to 100 million dollars. Governors Holt and Welford represented Montana and North Dakota, with Minnesota’s Victor Christgau speaking.
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ST. Paul
Northwest
National Work Progress
Harry Hopkins
Washington
Elmer Holt
Walter Welford
Montana
North Dakota
WPA
Victor Christgau
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Midwest
South
Secretary of Agriculture
Prairie
National Capital
Roosevelt
Physician Drops Dead While Patients Wait
Fayetteville report says Dr. H. Q. Averitt a young Cumberland County physician collapsed at home while patients waited in his front office. He excused himself to the rear due to illness and was found dead in a back room. Authorities attribute death to heart failure.
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Fayetteville
H. QO. Averitt
Amberland County
Averitt
Estranged husband and accomplices kill couple in beds
Ogden Utah June 346.i Adam Snyder 62 and his wife Mrs Mabel Scott Snyder are beaten to death in their beds while their eight year old deaf mute granddaughter watches. Mrs Emma Scott Rose mother of Mrs Snyder is badly beaten and not expected to live. Grace Mortenson visitor from Salt Lake City is badly cut and bruised. Police struggle to obtain reliable testimony from the child witness as suspects are questioned. The victims were bludgeoned with a pick handle.
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Ogden
Utah
Adam Snyder
Mabel Scott Snyder
Emma Scott Rose
Snyder
Grace Mortenson
Galt Lake City
Betty Hecker
George Mortensen
Grace Mortensen
L. M. Hilton
Mortensen
Salt Lake City
Hilton
U S Circuit Court Rules NLRA Lacks Authority
The U S Circuit Court held the National Labor Relations Act lacked authority to issue a enforcement order against Fraehauf Co of Detroit. The board was deemed without duty to order cease and desist as the case concerns matters not directly affecting interstate commerce or trailer production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court 6Peals
Tional Labor Relations
Fraehauf ‘Er Co
Detroit
Pany
National Labortions Act
National Bar Relations Act
Engine x
Congress
National Laborations Board
Fruehauf Company
United Automobile War
Federal
Caviness Sentenced Five to Ten Years for Receiving Stolen Cigarettes
In Greensboro on June 30 Earl H. Caviness of High Point received a five to ten year sentence after attempting to defend himself in superior court for receiving eight stolen cigarettes from Norfolk and Southern's High Point receiver. Judge Hoyle Sink presided. Solicitor Haden Agner saw Caviness stand but did not press a defense for the co defendant, who faced the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Earl H. Caviness
Hoyle Sink
H. L
Haden Agner
Point
Nolk & Southern
High Point
Unidentified Girl Injured in Collisix Collision
An unidentified white girl was badly shaken after a small coupe collided with an off from Winston Salem on the boro Highway about four from High Point around 2 30. Sechrest's ambulance went to the scene but the girl had been taken to Point in a private car. She was not reported at hospital and it was presumed treated by a physician.
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Winston-Salem
Boro Aighway
High Point
Sechrest
Sec
Cirt
Pital
WPA grants allocate relief funds across states
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration parcels out a fourth of the $1.436 billion relief appropriation to start a new program tomorrow. Pennsylvania leads with $36,825,700, followed by New York City $26,697,500 and other allocations spread across Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia for projects to be implemented with repayment terms.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York City
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
North
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Ginia
WPA
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Keith Harrison
L. J. Fisher, Jr
Charlotte
Official
L. A
Asheville
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Anwne
Jacksonville
Key West
Little Rock
Mobile
Britt
Labor Relations Board
Circuit Court of Appeals
Board
Hopkins
Northwest States
Collisix
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