Legionnaires Parade Marks Memorial Day in Boston
Seventy thousand veterans of World War I and earlier conflicts marched through Boston streets recalling 18th century liberty. The procession passed historic sites from Boston Common to Faneuil Hall amid ghosts of the past and a victory arch above Beacon Hill.
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Boston
Panama
Alaska
Hben A. Ayers
American Legion
Liberty
Old Boston Common
Beacon Hill
Kings Chapel
Great Britain
Faneuil Hall
Cradle of Liberty
Old
Storms and Forest Fires Threaten Three States
Associated Press reports severe weather and fires sweeping California and Virginia while Texas endures floods and a tornado. In Texas, a La Texa tornado injured many and demolished farms. Brady saw 3 to 8 feet floodwaters, 30 to 40 homes lost, 200 to 300 homeless. California faces 92 degree heat and massive fires in Dismal Swamp region with smoke over the area. Water scarcity confines firefighters to back-firing.
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Associated Press
California
Virginia
Texas
Houston County
Latexa
Brady
Suffolk
Elizabeth City
N. C
France and Britain mourn R-101 victims in joint ceremonies
In Boulogne and Beauvais French crowds line streets for caisson processions bearing 47 R-101 victims. The bodies travel by special train to Boulogne sur Mer and aboard destroyers Tempest and Tribune for burial in a single grave in England.
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Boulogne-Sur-Mer
France
England
Mozart
Tempest
Tribune
Beauvais
Saint Pierre
Tardieu
Wedgwood Benn
India
Hoover Addresses Kings Mountain Sesquicentennial
President Hoover spoke at Kings Mountain South Carolina joining thousands for the 150th anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle. He warned against corrupting influences and urged protection of self government and ballot integrity amid large crowds and a scenic natural amphitheater setting.
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Kings Mountain
South Carolina
President Hoover
Ronald Ian Campbell
Hoover
Field
S. C
Tosday
Carolinas
North
Tennessee
Deep Waterways Meeting Opens in Wilmington
Government officials and delegates from nearly every Atlantic coast state gathered for the 23rd annual Atlantic Deeper Waterways association convention. J Hamton Moore of Philadelphia delivered the annual address and a resolutions committee was formed. A Hoover message praised federal work on waterways and the national internal communications system. Representatives from war, treasury and commerce departments attended.
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Wilmington
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Hoover
Moore
War, Treasury and Commerce Departments
Stocks Say After Rally
New York stocks fell after an early rally as prices slid to new lows. Utilities with Brazilian investments faced selling amid Brazil unrest. American Telephone General Electric tumbled, Electric Bond and Share dropped below 40 for first time this year. Brazilian Traction also under pressure.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
American Telephone
General Electric
Brazil
Hoover to Make Brief Stop Here at 7 30 Tonight
President Hoover's special train will stop in High Point for a few minutes at 7 30 PM on its return from Kings Mountain. He will appear on the rear platform to greet the crowd. Local Republican members sent a telegram inviting a brief stop and remarks.
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Hoover
Kings Mountain
Mr. Hoover
High Point
Washingon
Republican Club
Charlotte
Aged Man Is Cleared in Old 1883 Murder Case
A Marshall county jury in Guntersville Alabama returned a not guilty verdict for James F. Neely age 70 in the 1883 killing of Hiram Cooley aged 47. Neely claimed self defense and was acquitted after three weeks in Marshall county jail and a brief trial that featured testimony from James Cooley and J B Walls.
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Guntersville
Ala
Marshall County
James F. Neely
Hiram Cooley
Georgia Mountain
Here
Tyler
Texas
James Cooley
J. B. Walls
Hiram
Pollard 10 Talks With Strike Heads
A Danville Virginia strike delegation met Governor John Garland Pollard in Richmond to discuss the ongoing labor action. The meeting, arranged by R T Bowden, included Buford F Nash C W Bolick Matilda Lindsay L A Shumate L J Nunn George J Turner and Bowden.
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Richmond
Danville
John Garland Pollard
R. T. Bowden
Virginia Federation of Labor
Buford F. Nash
United Textile Workers of America
C. W. Bolick
Matilda Lindsay
National Woman’s Trade Union League
L. A. Shumate
L. J. Nunn
Mr. Bowden
George J. Turner
Executive Clemency Sought for Randall and Bynum
In Raleigh on October 7 the executive counsel A H Graham urged Gov. Gardner to commute the death sentences of William Randall and Wright Bynum, two Wilson County Black men convicted of killing Callie Williford. Co-defendants Berry Richardson and Aaron Sharpe have already been electrocuted. Richardson and Sharpe confessed and named Randall and Bynum as innocent.
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Raleigh
N. C
Max Gardner
A. H. Graham
William Randall
Wright Bynum
Wilson County
Callie C. Williford
Berry
Richardson
Aaron Sharpe
Sharpe
Randall
Bynum
Labor Delegates Observe Parade at Boston Convention
A brief session on routine affairs dominated the American Federation of Labor gathering in Boston with 400 delegates watching the American Legion parade. Action on filed resolutions was expected to begin tomorrow as President Green pressed for a universal five day work week in industry excluding service groups.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
American Legion
William Green
Organized Labor
Green
Cotton Acreage Reduction Work Headed By Lever
Asbury F. Lever wartime chairman of the house agriculture committee was chosen by the farm board to lead its cotton acreage reduction program. Field representatives Joseph O. Thompson Arthur B. La Cour M. C. Gay and Charles H. Alvord will collaborate to visit colleges extension services and agricultural agencies to push the readjustment campaign.
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Washington
Asbury F. Lever
Columbia
D. C
House Agriculture Committee
Farm Board
Joseph O. Thompson
Tuskegee
Ala
Arthur B. la Cour
New Orleans
M. C. Gay
Athens
Charles H. Alvord
San Marcos
Tex
Tar River Baptists Observe Centennial
The Tar River Baptist Association marks its centennial with a three day session at Sandy Creek church near Henderson North Carolina. It will feature addresses by Dr. W R Cullom of Wake Forest Bible Department Dr I M Mercer of Raleigh and Dr W L Poteat president emeritus of Wake Forest. J T Alderman of Henderson serves as moderator and historian while Rev E R Nelson of Henderson is clerk and treasurer.
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Henderson
N. C
Tar River Baptist Association
Sandy Creek Church
Here
W. R. Cullom
Wake Forest
E. R. Nelson
Tar Heel Injured In Truck Collision In Knoxville
Simon Shue of Williamsburg North Carolina was seriously injured in a Knoxville Tennessee collision last night after a truck he rode in collided with another vehicle. He was hospitalized.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Simon Shue
Williamsburg
N. C
Shue
Fines In Liquor Case Deemed Tax Not Punishment
In Charlotte on October 7 Judge E Yates Webb declined to convert a three month sentence for liquor sales into a fine. He stated fines in whisky cases are effectively a tax for the privilege of selling liquor and rejected such a conversion.
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Webb
Charlotte
E. Yates Webb
United States District Court
Wire tapping charges voiced in Nebraska inquiry
The senate campaign funds committee planned further investigations amid new wire tapping accusations. Chairman Nye denied the charge and pledged to return to Nebraska before the election to probe money sources for George W. Morris, a Broken Bow grocer who sought the Republican nomination against Senator Norris. Investigations with six states including North Carolina Tennessee Massachusetts Colorado and West Virginia are noted.
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Washington
Nebraska
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nye
Patterson
Missouri
Wagner
New York
Charles E. Matson
Lincoln
Curtis E. Matson
Norris
Matson
North Carolina
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Colorado
West Virginia
Nationalists Claim Chengchow Fell to Chiang Kai-shek Forces
Chiang Kai shek's Nationalist government said its troops captured Chengchow in northern Henan from generals Fang Yu Hsiang and Feng, ending weeks of rebel defense at the railroad city. Manchuria's intervention earlier forced Yen Hsi Shan from the rebellion.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kaishek
Chengchow
Fang Yu- Hsiang
Henan
Feng
Manchuria
Peiping
Tientsin
Yen Hsi
Spinners Plan Stabilized Yarn Prices in Manchester
Spinners of American cotton at a Manchester meeting decided to prepare a plan with compulsory clauses to stabilize yarn prices. The group discussed measures to fix prices and ensure steady supply amid market fluctuations.
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Manchester
Eng
Inquest Set Over R 101 Disaster Opens Friday
The government orders a coroner inquiry into the R 101 disaster to begin Friday led by Westminster coroner Ingleby Oddie. A memorial service at St Pauls Cathedral will honor the dead with Prince of Wales representing King George. Royal family attendance anticipated. bodies unloaded at Westminster mortuary from the Tempest Tribune and Dover train.
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London
Ingleby Oddie
Westminster
England
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Prince of Wales
George
Tempest
Tribune
Dover
Gunman Herbert Roberts Found Dead in Bronx Car
In New York on October 7, Herbert Irving Roberts famed gunman and racketeer who escaped Virginia State Penitentiary in 1928 was found dead in the back seat of an abandoned car on Hamilton Terrace near St Nicholas Park. A single bullet wound to the temple indicated a ride ended in tragedy. Police Commissioner Mulroony arrived to supervise fingerprinting confirming the identity.
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New York
Herbert Irving Roberts
Virginia State Penitentiary
Bronx
Hamilton Terrace
St. Nicholas Park
Mulroony
Prince of Wales No Show at Boris Giovanna Wedding
Secretary to the Prince of Wales denied royal attendance at the King Boris III and Princess Giovanna wedding in Bulgaria. He would not say whether King George would be represented.
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Prince of Wales
Boris
Giovanna
London
Bulgaria
Boris III
Italy
George
Tobacco signup due tomorrow in North Carolina counties
Tobacco growing counties in North Carolina prepared for tomorrow’s sign up to form a cooperative marketing association for growers. County meetings will explain the contract, with farm agents barred from the sign up. If enough contracts aren’t signed by October 15, organizers will push to continue efforts into 1932.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Tobacco Belt
William Gallien
Wayne Sentative
Federal Farm Board
North Carolina State College
Moscow fire kills seventeen at workers club
Seventeen people including several children died when a kerosene lamp ignited a fire at a workers club near Astrahkan during a motion picture performance. Fourteen others were severely burned and many sustained lighter injuries.
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Astrakhan
U. 8
Here
Brazil Faces Revolutionary Upheaval as Reserves Called
In Rio de Janeiro on October 7 the government announced calling out first and second class army reserves amid a growing rebellion in the north and south. Foodstuffs are requisitioned. merchants accused of price gouging as Minas Gerais remains cut off. General Lavane Wanderley of the seventh military region died of wounds from fighting rebels in Pernambuco.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Minas Geraes
War Ministry
Lavane Wanderley
Pernambuco
Blethen Medal Established For UNC Sportsmanship
C B Blethen of Seattle donates an Alden J Blethen Medal to UNC to honor a student showing genuine sportsmanship and the greatest help to the university in sports The award memorializes Blethen’s son who died in a Virginia automobile wreck last month at Chapel Hill North Carolina University officials will select the inaugural recipient this fall.
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Chapel Hill
C. B. Blethen
Seattle
Wash
University of North Carolina
Alden J. Blethen
Virginia
Mayor's Wife Robbed at Home in Chicago Jewel Theft
In Brunzen Heights the wife of Mayor William Hale Thompson was robbed of jewels worth about 20000 dollars. Her chauffeur Peter J. O'Malley was struck and held at gunpoint while Mrs Thompson was forced from the car and taken into the Barry avenue entrance of their apartment building.
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Chicago
Brunzen Heights
William Hale Thompson
Gold Coast
Narowly
William Burkhardt
Peter J. O'Malley
Lake Shore Drive
Stock Exchange Declares War on Bear Raids
The New York Stock Exchange warned against bear raiding and reckless selling campaigns aimed at demoralizing markets. It threatened disciplinary action for selling or aiding in sales intended to misprice securities, seeking to curb short selling on doubtfully justified campaigns.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Bear Party
Wall Street
Th Exchange
Tidewater Power Plans Bridge Across Intra-Coastal Waterway
The War Department approved Tidewater Power Company of Wilmington North Carolina plans for a bridge across the intra coastal waterway from Beaufort to Cape Fear River at Wrightsville. A temporary bridge during construction was also approved.
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Wilmington
Washington
Tidewater Powe Company
N. C
Beaufort
Cape Fea
Wrightsville
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