Florida to Georgia floods threaten Carolina rivers
Heavy rains flood warnings issued for Saluda Broad Congaree Wateree and Catawba rivers as forecaster predicts rises varying by dam releases. Neuse and Cape Fear near flood stages with bridges washed out while a tropical storm moves from Bahamas toward Georgia and Atlantic coast. Premier Ramsay MacDonald visit noted with Rose Rosenberg serving as secretary.
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S. C
Cheppels
Rimini
North Carolina
Raleigh Weather Bureau
Neuse
Bureau
Cape Fear
Nortfolk
Barnes Crossing
Bahama Islands
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Apalachicola
Georgia
Atlantic Seaboard
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Rose Rosenberg
Death of Rayon Mills Chief Shocks Elizabethton
Konsul W. C. Kummer acting president of American Bemberg and Glanzstoff rayon mills was found dead at his home in Elizabethton Tennessee with wrists slashed. A razor blade lay by the bed and a window was open. Investigators from Washington and Atlanta arrived as the house was guarded and questions about murder or suicide remained unresolved.
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Konsul
W. C. Kummer
Bemberg and Glanzstoff
Rayon Mills
Elizabethton
Tenn
Bemberg
Glanzstoff
Dr. Kummer
Ben Allen
Washington
Atlanta
J. M. Moreland
John Nade
A. B. Williams
Moreland
J. B. Shoun
Kummer
Arthur Mothwurf
Germany
United Textile Workers of America
Tobacco Relief Proposal Stirs Farm Board Debate
Senator Simmons of North Carolina urged a tobacco relief plan after talks with growers and the farm board. James C. Stone argued for cooperative associations, saying action requires member support, while prices for tobacco have fallen from 27 cents to about 13 to 14 cents a pound.
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Shington
North Carolina
Senator Simmons
Rat
Mons
James C. Stone
Walker Office Fire Probe Focuses on City Hall Wires
York dispatch reports experts led by Charles F. Kerrigan examined City Hall wiring and equipment to identify noise and operation troubles blamed on a two week period. The investigation centers on James J. Walker's office as the suspected source of the issues.
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York
James J. Walker
Charles F. Kerrigan
Shearer Concludes Senate Testimony on Geneva Conference
William B. Shearer finished nearly two days of testimony before a Senate committee. The inquiry covered his actions at the 1927 Geneva naval limitations conference and his role in the heated presidential campaign of the prior year.
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Washington
William B. Shearer
Senate
Geneva
Senate shipbuilding inquiry widens to 1927 Geneva talks
Witness William B. Shearer testified for a second day that, at the suggestion of Senator Moses and Representative Bacon, he went to Massachusetts to find Louis K. Liggett and spoke publicly on sea power. Archer and Allen aided publicity, tying GOP campaign activity to the inquiry. Senator Robinson spoke on the Democrat side.
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Washington
Senate
Geneva
William B. Shearer
Shearer
Moses
New Hampshire
Bacon
New York
Archer
Massachusetts
Louis K. Liggett
Allen
Kansas
Republican National Committee
Senator Robinson
Hoover taps McNab to study federal judicial procedure
Washington Oct 1 President Hoover announced John McNab of San Francisco had consented to study federal judicial procedure and formulate changes to be recommended to Congress.
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Washington
Hoover
John McNab
San Francisco
Congress
Gaston County Fair Opens After Rain Delay
Gastonia North Carolina October 1 AP reports heavy rain but Gaston County proceeds with preparations for the annual fair opening at 6 o clock this afternoon.
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Gaston County
Gastonia
N. C
Engagement announced for Rebecca Stevens and Mau rice Burrus
Elizabeth City October 1 announcement of the engagement between Miss Rebecca Stevens of Elizabeth City and Mau rice Burrus of Hatteras Burrus a member of the Atlanta team in the Southern Association and former Boston Braves Philadelphia Athletics and Houston Texas League player Burrus studied at North Carolina State College
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Elizabeth City
Rebecca Stevens
Maurice
Dick) Burrus
Hatteras
Burrus
Atlanta
Southern Association
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Athletics
Houston
North Carolina State College
Colorful Legion Parade At Louisville Convention
More than 30 000 men from the American Legion 1928 veterans marched in a six hour parade at the eleventh national convention in Louisville Kentucky. The procession stretched three miles from Memorial Auditorium to the University of Louisville with 190 drum corps and about 90 bands, all in distinctive uniforms despite harsh conditions. National Commander Paul V McNutt watched the display as veterans recalled wartime service with pride.
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Associated Press
Louisville
France
National American Legion
Memorial Auditorium
Third Street
University of Louisville
American Legion
Paul V. McNutt
Floods Hit Monroe Area After Ten Days of Rain
Ten days of rain culminated in a torrential downpour that began yesterday afternoon and continued today. One to two feet of water covers sections of Monroe as streams rise and bridges are submerged. Near Wingate residents report one of the region’s largest rains with several streams four to five feet over bridges. The Union County fair, set to open today, is postponed due to weather.
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Monroe
N. C
Wingate
Thomasville Girl Begins 94th Day of Sleep
Miss Juanita Everhart, 19, of Thomasville began her 94th day in a Morganton hospital where doctors say she is fed by artificial means and is in weakened condition.
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Morganton
Juanita Everhart
Charles Everhart
Thomasville
Fatal shooting tied to one tenth of a cent bridge bid
Kansas City reports a fatal shooting following a bridge game where a one tenth of a cent per point stake and a hand won with a bid sequence led to an argument. John G. Bennett, a New York perfume company salesman, was shot by his wife after being called “a bum bridge player.”
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Kansas City
John G. Bennett
Bennett
New York
Charlies M. Hofman
Bennetts
Minister Robs bank and shoots self in Iowa
The Rev Rex Frolkey, 38, an Evan gelical minister and local landowner, robbed the Sioux Center bank wearing a black mask and carrying a pistol. After giving $360 to farmhand P Dickman, he fled, confessed, then killed himself on his wife’s farm as officers closed in. He had once starred in football at Western Union College.
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Frolkey
Sioux Center
Dickman
Western Union College
Gardner Sets Labor Plan For Legislators In North Carolina
Governor O Max Gardner announces a labor program to be presented to the legislature including a 55 hour work week, strict enforcement, and ending night work for women under 18. He also pressed for higher wages shorter hours abolition of mill village housing and closer cooperation among capital labor and state.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
New York Times
O Max Gardner
Gardner
General Assembly
North Carolina
North
Shakeup Of Police Is Case Result
The capital police department faced major changes after the McPherson murder indictment. The grand jury recommended removing Inspector William S. Shelby and Lt. Edward Kelly from duty while investigations proceed. Robert J. Allen sought to return as a detective sergeant, with tensions and accusations of whitewashing surrounding the McPherson inquiry. Governor Gardner defended his published interview and outlined views on hours, wages, and textile industry expansion in North Carolina.
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Washington
Capital Police Department
Robert A. McPherson, Jr
Grand Jury
Shelby
Allen
McPherson
Agreement Reached on Merchant Marine Committee
Washington October 14 Naming of a committee to reorganize the National Merchant Marine association was agreed upon at a conference of Atlantic Coast and Gulf shipping men in the capital to discuss the situation.
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Washington
National Merchant Marine Association
Jury selection under way in Gastonia union case
Defense has started its quizzing of jurors in the second degree murder trial of seven Gastonia labor organizers and union members. John L. Todd of Paw Creek became the second juror accepted after previously being passed by the state. The defendants include Fred Erwin Beal George Carter Clarence Miller Joseph Harris On William McGinnis Louis McLaughlin and K Y Hendricks, all noted union figures.
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Charlotte
John L. Todd
Paw Creek
Iectter
Gastonia
Fred Erwin Beal
Lawrence
Mass
National Textile Workers Union
George Carter
Mizpah
N. J
Clarence Miller
New York
Joseph Harrison
Passaic
William McGinnis
Louis McLaughlin
K. Y. Hendricks
Gastonia murder trial uses mass jury selection
In Gastonia a mass venire system is used as the state accepts twelve jurors for the second degree murder case tied to police chief O F Aderholt and the Loray mill strike violence. The trial opens two hours after court convened with defense questioning jurors.
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Charlotte
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Loray
Trial builds as jury panel grows in labor leaders case
Charlotte report notes that ahead of the murder trial of seven labor leaders and strikers, one hundred additional veniremen beyond the regular twelve are to be present to hear the case. The charges involve alleged killings connected to labor actions.
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Charlotte
Oet
Fall Returns to Face Elk Hills Bribery Trial
Albert B. Fall, age six in the article’s framing, returns to Washington to stand trial on a bribery charge tied to the Elk Hills naval oil reserve lease. The former Interior Secretary previously faced a mistrial in the Teapot Dome case and had contemplated a possible death in the capital during illness before proceeding to the Elk Hills bribery case.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Elk Hills
California
Naval Oil Reserve
Secretary of the Interior
Harry FF. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills Bease
United States Supreme Court
Edward L. Doheny
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MacDonald
Pool of Blood House
Carolina
Kill Devil Hill
Carl Gerhard
Paraguay
Leer Office
Senate Committee
Defense
Fall
Interior
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