Athletics Dominate Cardinals In World Series Showdown
In Shibe Park Philadelphia on October 2, the Athletics defeated the Cardinals 4 to 1 to take a second straight World Series win. George Earnshaw limited St Louis to six hits with eight strikeouts as the crowd of 32,295 set a gate of 152,735. Cochran, Simmons, Foxx, Dykes and Miller led a heavy hitting assault that felled Burleigh Grimes early, as the Mackmen prepared for a third game in St. Louis.
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Washington
Hoover Gets Big Ovation On His Cleveland Visit
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover received a warm welcome in Cleveland with 6000 bankers and citizens on hand. A parade to the hotel escorted the party, guarded by 500 police and firefighters, as a 21 gun salute roared from Battery B. The visit includes an address to the American Bankers Association at Cleveland Public Hall this evening.
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Equalization Board Studies Requests in Raleigh
The state board of equalization met in Raleigh on October 2 to hear requests for additional school aid from Montgomery Hyde Davidson and Brunswick counties and to discuss Johnston county’s budget slash after Judge Devin’s ruling. The dispute centers on reducing teachers from 433 to 349 as the Johnston board trims the budget.
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State Board of Equalization
Johnston County
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Brunswick
W. A. Devin
Smithfield
Devin
Board of Equalization
Democratic Board of Education
Johnston
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Hancock
Devi
Death by own action Attempted By Dennis Witness
Columbia S C Oct 2 The latest development in the slaying of State Senator FE J Dennis in Bloody Berkeley county is the attempted death by own action of a material witness who feared returning to testify. The negro Joseph Singleton of Moncks Corner slashed his throat with a razor at the state penitentiary weeks ago. He did so before the Berkeley court where W L Thorney and Glenn D Melknight were indicted for Dennis murder.
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S. C
FE. J. Dennis
Berkeley
Joseph Singleton
Moncks Corner
Special Court of General Sessions
W. L. Thorney
Glenn D. Melknight
Dennis
Drink Bill Under Prohibition Reaches Billions Says Association
The Association estimates American drinkers spend about 2.848 billion dollars yearly on intoxicants under prohibition. Using 18 months of material inputs, retail prices slice to 50 cents a gallon for beer 3.30 for wine and 11 for spirits. The pamphlet argues Hoover era productivity claims ignore prohibition as a factor and cites other efficiency factors like machinery and management.
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Washington
Association Against the Prohibition
Hoover
Clergymen Call Lynching Crisis a Religious Duty
A group of Methodist Episcopal Church leaders and lay members from the South issue a statement blaming lynching on neglect by religious leaders and official complicity. They urge courts and public opinion to punish corrupt officials and vow unrelenting war on the barbarism, naming Dr. J. W. Perry Prof. N. C. Newbold Dr. Theodore H. Jack Dr. E. C. Peters Mrs. J. J. McEachern and Dr. W. W. Alexander as signers.
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Atlanta
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
J. W. Perry
Nashville
Tenn
N. C. Newbold
Raleigh
N. C
Theodore H. Jack
E. C. Peters
Payne College
Augusta
J. J. McEachern
W. W. Alexander
Commission On Interracial Cooperation
Funeral services for Judge Webb held in Shelby
Shelby Oct. 2 Funeral services for Judge James L. Webb 76 dean of the North Carolina superior court were to be held this afternoon at the First Baptist church organized by his grandfather. He will be buried in Shelby cemetery with rites by Dr Zeno Wall. Messages of condolence came from state officials including Gov Gardner whose office was closed in respect. A large delegation of state judges and attaches was expected to attend.
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Shelby
James Ll. Webb
North Carolina
Raleigh
Webb
Cities Liable For Injuries Caused By Defective Streets
North Carolina supreme court holds municipal corporations liable for injuries from defective streets. The decision in Annie P. Hamilton versus the city of Rocky Mount directs the case back to Nash County for trial. The court released fourteen civil opinions yesterday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
Annie P. Hamilton
Rocky Mount
Clifford Herring Held In Ambushing Murder of Propes
Rutherfordton North Carolina October 2 Clifford Herring 18 of the South Mountains is held in connection with the ambush slaying of Harvey Propes Golden Valley farmer Propes a former deputy sheriff who aided in seizing a still near the Herring home Propes was shot with a .32 caliber rifle bullet Officers say the Herring family owns a gun of that type and were seen driving near the scene before the killing James Herring is being sought by deputies.
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Rutherfordton
N. C
Clifford Herring
South Mountains
Harvey Propes
Golden Valley
W. C. Hardin
Propes
Clifford
James Herring
Herrings
Gordon Northcutt Hanged for Murder of Three Youths
Gordon Stewart Northcott, 23, convicted of killing three boys at his Wineville chicken ranch, was hanged at San Quentin State Prison at 10:09 a.m. today.
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Gordon Stewart Northcott
Wineville
State’s Prison
Johnny Goodman Says He Will Quit Golf
Johnny Goodman of Omaha announces retirement from competitive golf calling it a rich man's game and saying he can no longer afford it after defeating Bobby Jones in the national amateur at Pebble Beach last year.
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Neb
Johnny Goodman
Bobby Jones
Pebble Beach
Paymaster slain in Argentine holdup over payroll money
A paymaster was killed and three others wounded when a gang attacked a pay car in Buenos Aires. The robbers fled with 200,900 pesos intended for the sanitary department payroll, local reports said.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sanitary Department
Five Die In Greenwich Village Tenement Collapse
Five persons were killed and six injured when a four story tenement at 15 Greenwich Avenue collapsed in Greenwich Village New York. Rescue squads removed bodies and searched for two more missing residents among the 18 occupying the building including 70 year old boarding house keeper Mrs Marie Sargouse who was awake.
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New York
Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich Village
Marie Sargouse
U S Hands Off In Cuban Difficulties
The Hoover administration plans a reading of the Platt amendment to allow intervention only for preserving Cuban independence and life, property, and liberty, as outlined by Elihu Root and relayed to a Cuban constitutional convention, with the U S Congress to consider suspending constitutional rights during elections.
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Hoover Administration
Congress
Washington
Cuba
Hoover
Elihu Root
Leonard Wood
United States
Federal Agents Arrest 29 Haywood Moonshine Suspects
Federal prohibition agents based in Charlotte with eight deputy marshals from Asheville arrested 29 alleged moonshine violators in Haywood County. The operation, led by J Ed Kanipe deputy administrator for western North Carolina, destroyed a large quantity of whiskey.
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Charlotte
United States
Asheville
Haywood County
J. Ed Kanipe
North Carolina
Spencer Named G O P Nominee in Seventh District
Colin G. Spencer of Carthage was nominated by the seventh district Republican committee for the short term in Congress created by Rep. Hammer's death. He will face a Democratic nominee named in Asheboro. Special election set for November 4, same as the regular election date.
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Lexington
Colin G. Spencer
Carthage
Seventh
Congressional District
Congress
W Hammer
Spencer
Ainsworth Discusses Complaints as Elders Meet Again
Three of the southern Methodist elders filed charges against Bishop James Cannon Jr. after a five hour conference with Bishop W N Ainsworth. Ainsworth left Richmond for an unnamed destination while the other three elder signers met at Bishop Collins Denny's home. The nature of the charges was not revealed.
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Richmond
Southern Methodist
James Cannon, Jr
W. N. Ainsworth
Collins Denny
Ainsworth
Cannon
Costen J. Harrell
Bishop Cannon
Forrest J. Prettyman
Baltimore
I. P. Martin
Abingdon
J. T. Martin
Bishop Ainsworth
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Washington
Brazil
Danville Unionists Seek To Get Strike Injunction Set Aside
Textile union officials in Danville Va pursue legal steps to set aside two injunctions tied to a four day Riverside and Ban River mills strike. International vice president Francis J. Gorman met with local union leaders to plan counter action expected by Monday. The injunctions bar workers and officers from blocking entry to the mills.
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Riverside
Ban River
C. S. Garrison
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
Garrison
Gorman
Memorial Session Held For U D C Leaders In Raleigh
Memorial exercises honored four leaders and friends of the North Carolina division United Daughters of the Confederacy during the 34th annual state convention in Raleigh. Mrs L M Bashinsky president general of the U D C gave the opening address detailing the group’s achievements and plans for the year. Children of the Confederacy organized tableaux costume readings dances and musical solos under Mrs Glenn Long's direction.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Henry A. London
E. E. Moffitt
J. A. Long
Sam Nash
L. M. Bashinsky
Troy
Ala
Bashinsky
Children of the Confederacy
Glenn Long
Newton
Bank Robbery Nets $64500. Two Suspects Unseen
Charlotte police hunt two unidentified men after an American Trust Company cash and securities heist. Bank employees Bailey and Staunton described armed robbers who bound them in a steel money truck strongbox, drove to the edge of town, then escaped with the truck keys. no tangible clues yet.
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American Trust Company
Tintin Tae O
R. Horace Moore
Charlotte Police Department
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Staunton
Massenger
Carolinas
Campbell Soup Owner Dorance Will Leaves Fortune to Family
The will of Dr. John T. Dorrance, Campbell Soup Company president, probated in Mount Holly New Jersey, leaves more than 100 million dollars to two Dorrance family members with no charitable bequests and urges keeping controlling interest within the family.
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John T. Dorrance
Campbell Soup Company
Dorrance
Carb Exchange Suspends Piperno & Co Membership
New York October 2 193? The New York carb exchange suspends Piperno & Co from regular membership for failure to meet engagements in a market update.
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New York Carb Exchange Today
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Barn Fire Reported From Plane Near Madisonville
Madisonville Ky Oct 2 Reports that a barn near here was fired from an airplane were received at the sheriff office today Sheriff O E Barnett doubted the plane caused the blaze though he believed a plane may have passed over the area The barn owned by James Smith of the Ross Coal Company mine No 1 where he works suffered about 300 dollars in damage from a dawn fire Last July another plane dropped bombs near Providence causing extensive mine area violence damage
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Madisonville
O. E. Barnett
James Smith
Ross Coal Company
William Ross
Coal Company
Providence
Greensboro Bank Buys Reidsville Bank in Deal
The Greensboro Bank and Trust Company announces it has completed negotiations to purchase the Citizens Bank of Reidsville. The board's unanimous vote carried the proposal, pending ratification by stockholders of both banks and the Reidsville board. The Greensboro institution operates branches in Santor.
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Citizens Bank of
Reidsville
B. B. Vinson
Reidsville Bank
Greensboro Bank and Tpany
Santor
Fuse
NONE HURT BADLY IN S A L WRECK
Four Pullman cars of Seaboard Air Line northbound train No. 208 left the rails a mile from Clinton South Carolina. No serious injuries reported as passengers transferred to another train. one porter suffered a crushed foot. Wrecking crews from Monroe and Abbeville cleared the line and traffic was to resume by noon. Investigation expected by R. W. Rogers, ATL superintendent.
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Clinton
S&s. C
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Monroe
Abbeville
R. W. Rogers
Atlanta
Rival Gangsters Killed In Missouri Whiskey Still Shootout
Two rival gangsters were slain in a whiskey still near Warmeyer Missouri. The men identified as Pete Tigue and William Bood were found dead and later brought to East St. Louis forensic processing. The shootout occurred early this morning and appears linked to ongoing gang conflict.
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St. Louis
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Formpel
Ryvals
Warmeyer
East St. Louis
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