Yankees clinch World Series in sixth game 13 to 5
The New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants 13 to 5 at Polo Grounds to win the World Series in six games. The champions topped the NL 20th time, with seven ninth inning runs sealing the finale before 38,427 fans.
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Mancuso
Execution Squads Reported Killing Over Three Thousand
Refugees from Madrid report that extremist execution squads have killed well over 3,000 middle and upper class citizens since Francisco Largo Caballero became premier on September 4. Travelers compare the squads to 1789 France's Sans Culottes as violence rises amid political friction in Spain.
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Madrid
Francisco Largo Caballero
Largo Caballero
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Syndicalist
National Confederation of Labor
Federation of
Iberian Anarchists
Postal Bomb Death Solved by Inspector Webb
Post Office Inspector B. B. Webb of Mt. Airy announces two men were arrested in Hillsville, Virginia, in connection with the July 22 bomb death of Curry Thomas of Northampton County. Webb said Hege who employed Mrs. Thomas and Banner a lodger in the dentist’s home were taken into custody. The Times Dispatch received the update by telephone from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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B. B. Webb
Curry Thomas
Northampton County
Virginia
Webb
Hege
Richmond
Times Dispatch
Winston-Salem
N. C
Hillsville
Last Obstacle Cleared as Grant Funds Move Rail Project
City officials announced a $201,272 PWA grant to Southern Railway tracks, removing the final hurdle to the project. The grant comes from Washington and enables continued work on the railway alignment.
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High Point
PWA
Southern Railway
Duke Power Case Before High Court Hits Public Works Funding
The Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on government financing of publicly owned utilities in the Buzzards Roost project in Greenwood county 8 C. The case tests New Deal policy as Duke Power seeks to overturn a circuit court ruling upholding federal funding. Other pending cases involve city and state funded hydro plants and a Nebraska public power system.
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N. C
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Tex
Florence
Alabama
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Southern Railway System
Southern Railway
High Point
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Perry Street
Premier Julius Goemboes Dies After Long Illness
Premier Julius Goemboes of Hungary died in a Munich sanitarium after a prolonged illness. The 1930s leader who had resigned as War Minister earlier entered the sanitarium last month, and his death comes as the Hungarian cabinet resigns amid official silence on details.
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Hungary
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Budapest
Nine Die as Mine Cage Fails in 800 Foot Fall
In Mullan Idaho nine men are killed when a cage cable breaks at Morning mine causing a drop about 800 feet to the 3850 foot level as workers were preparing to shift at the shaft. Names not yet learned. initial details reach the town.
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Idaho
Pair Detained in Kidnap Case in New Jersey
Two Burlington County staff members, Mrs. Anna Bading and G. Clinton Zeller, were freed on $10,000 bail each after three hours in jail. They face perjury charges before a federal grand jury probing the Paul H. Wendel kidnapping torture case. The jury, which adjourned to Friday, had previously questioned them as sessions resumed after August 7.
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N. J
Paul H. Wendel
Anna Bading
G. Clinton Zeller
Ellis Parker, Sr
Burlington County
United States
John J. Quinn
New Jersey
Parker
Motorcades to Take Republicans to Knox Speaking
Brownlow Jackson the Republican state secretary announced seven motorcades will transport Republicans from 39 western North Carolina counties to Asheville on October 13 to hear Col Frank Knox the party's vice presidential nominee speak at a rally.
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Charlotte
Ruling Upholds Labor Act On Interstate Commerce
The Fourth Circuit upheld the National Labor Relations Act as it affects interstate commerce but ruled it invalid regarding intrastate commerce. The case, Board vs Washington Virginia Maryland Coach Co., involves bus routes between Virginia, D C and Maryland. The court found the board without authority to act against Foster Brothers Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Baltimore. Both opinions written by Circuit Judge Morris A. Soper.
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U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Washington, Virginia
Pittsburgh Mayor McNair Resigns From Office
Pittsburgh mayor William N. McNair submitted his resignation to the city clerk today. The move ends his tenure as the city enters a transition period with officials noting the vacancy.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Chest Campaign Off To Optimistic Start In High Point
Judge William M. York of Greensboro urges 210 solicitors at Wesley Memorial church to personally contact residents. The 1936 High Point Community Chest aims to raise 34342.66 dollars with agencies as anti crime and character building, praised as protection beyond police and fire.
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William M. York
High Point
Greensboro Community Chest
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Judge York
W. B. Hall
Verbal clashes flare as candidates’ followers clash
President Roosevelt and Governor Landon kept to talks as supporters clashed briefly. Landon met Edwin Corsi, ex immigration commissioner, in Topeka and discussed humane immigration reform and a nonpartisan relief board. Corsi urged humane law changes and a legal stop to lynching. Roosevelt returned to Washington from Hyde Park.
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Edwin Corsi
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Washington
Hyde Park
Eight Cleveland Cops Suspended After Prohibition Probes
Cleveland Safety Director Eliot Ness suspended eight police members and said about a dozen more would be disciplined within days after a three month probe. The investigation heard testimony from 60 witnesses about bribes paid to officers for protection during prohibition.
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Cleveland Police Department
Eliot Ness
Boston Harbor murder puzzle baffles police
Police in Boston investigated a gruesome death after two legs were found in Boston Harbor wrapped in burlap. Nearby, officers recovered human viscera in a small white bag wrapped in newspaper. The case has left investigators baffled as they seek clues about the young woman.
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Boston Harbor
A. H. Dunham
Tobacco Brings Higher Prices on Opening Day
Winston Salem reports more than 3,000,000 pounds of tobacco sold yesterday on eight markets of the old bright belt. Eight warehouses in Winston-Salem moved 1,363,910 pounds for 306,743.47 dollars, averaging 22.49 dollars per hundredweight, higher than last year’s 21.70 opening-day average.
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Winston-Salem
Old Bright Belt
Tobacco delivers record haul at Durham warehouse
Durham warehouse records a high selling day as 712 228 pounds of bright leaf tobacco bring in 199 082 10 dollars. This marks the largest daily total in the local market's history with growers benefiting from strong demand and higher prices.
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Kinston Tobacco Market Sells Over One Million Pounds
Kinston tobacco market officials announced yesterday sales reached 1,237,048 pounds for 323,463.47 dollars at an average 26.23 dollars per hundredweight.
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Henderson Tobacco Prices Reach 1934 High on Market
Officials report 503 004 pounds sold for 29.08 a hundred, totaling 146 387.62 dollars. The sale marks the highest prices paid since 1934 and benefits growers statewide.
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Henderson
Mebane Tobacco Market Opens With Strong Opening Sale
Mebane's tobacco market sold 172 246 pounds for an average of 25 64 per hundred at yesterday's opening sale. A large hand remained for today and officials estimate the price average at 27 per hundred.
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Mebane
Tobacco sales set season high in Rocky Mount total
In Rocky Mount tobacco sales reached a season high with 1,045,460 pounds sold for 266,854.54 dollars, averaging 25.48 dollars per hundredweight. An unspecified amount was sold today.
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Rocky Mount
Shippers Seek Sweeping Probe in Southern Rates
Twenty four shipping organizations in nine states petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for a sweeping investigation of class rate levels in the Southern territory. They argue current railroad freight rates are unreasonably high and hinder traffic, asking the commission to set just and reasonable rates and grant related relief. Groups named include Wilmington Port Traffic Association, North Carolina Utilities Commission, North Carolina Traffic League, and Charlotte Shippers and Manufacturers Association.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Territory
South
Wilmington Port Traffic Association, Inc
Wilmington, N. C
North Carolina Utilities Commission
North Carolina Traffic League, Inc
Charlotte Shippers and Manufacturers Association, Inc
Duchess of Kent Cancels Autumn Engagements
An official statement said the Duchess of Kent has cancelled her engagements for the autumn season as part of the traditional announcement of the expected birth of an heir, who would be seventh in line to the throne.
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London
Duchess of Kent
Hopkins Charged With Censorship
Gov. Alf M. Landon charged that the New Deal authorizes censorship of news sources and that Harry Hopkins has cut off access. He said WPA relief records and payrolls should be public and available to any newspaper.
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Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Landon
French Officials Fail To Prosecute Fascist Leaders
Paris officials, unsettled by rioting, declined to prosecute fascist leaders for street disorders. Ministers approved a ban on partisan demonstrations in the Paris region but rejected criminal action for now against Col. Francois De La Rocque and other rightist chiefs. Street clashes between communists and fascists near the Pare Des Princes prompted new peace measures.
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Partiscen
Col
Francois de la Rocque
Social Party
Croix de Feu League of Nationalists
League
de la Rocque
Pare Des Princes
Thorpe Dies in Auto Wreck Near Rutherfordton
Fred Thorpe 41, operator of Chimney Rock cafe, was killed when his automobile overturned four miles west of Rutherfordton. A World War veteran, he is survived by his widow three children and his parents Mr and Mrs Char ss Thorpe of Florida.
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Fred Thorpe
Thorpe
Char Ss
Florida
Weather update for North and South Carolina
Mostly cloudy across North Carolina with possible showers in west and north central areas tonight and Wednesday. South Carolina remains partly cloudy with possible showers in the northwest and extreme northwest tonight and Wednesday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville are northeast to east and moderate.
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