Repeal candidates announced in 96 NC counties
The United Council for repeal said it would field candidates in 96 of North Carolina's 100 counties for seats in the repeal convention. The Dry Forces nominated in every county except Camden Hay Northampton and Transylvania, leaving four counties with no slate and 61 delegates needed for a majority.
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Raleigh
United Council For Repeal Today
United Dry Forces
Camden
Ilay
Northampton
Transylvania
Alamance
W. H. Carroll
Alexander
Frank Downs
Alleghany
R. F. Crouse
Anson
T. L. Caudle
Ashe
Zeb V. Gambill
Avery
B. EB
Beaufort
Henry C. Carter
Bertie
W. 8
William Williams
Caswell
Bas Graves
Catawba
K. A. Price
Chatham
H. R. Nooe
Harry P. Cooper
Chowan
John F. White
Clay
Cleveland
W. J. Arey
Columbus
Ww. F. Smith
Craven
Thomas D. Warren, Jr
Cumberland
H. W. Lilly
Currituck
W. Worth
Dare
Eddie
Wise
Davidson
Ralph Wilson
Davie
W. A. Sain
Duplin
Co. V. Gooding
Durham
Dr. L
Booker
Mrs. Sadie
Sexton
Edgecombe
T. T. Conyers
Forsyth
H. R. Starbuck
R. R. Lawrence
Franklin
Arch H. Perry
Gaston
A. C. Lineberger, Jr
80 Yard Kickoff Return Highlights Gainesville Victory
In Gainesville Florida Wallace Taylor of the local negro high school football team booted an 80 yard kickoff return in a 19 to 6 win over a Clearwater negro rival team. Faye Raphmeyer shrugs off a near accident on a Friday the thirteenth after a horse incident in Hugo Oklahoma.
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Gainesville
Fla
Wallace Taylor
Clearwater
Phooery
Hugo
Okla
Faye Raphmeyer
Phooey
Cotton program payout progress reported
Washington reported that over three fourths of the 111 million dollar cotton acreage reduction payments have been disbursed. By yesterday 87,050,000 had been paid and 81,881 checks sent to growers as early delays faded.
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Washington
Governor to Spark Greensboro Industrial Safety Meet
The North Carolina industrial safety conference is planned for Greensboro on November 2 and 3. Governor will inaugurate the event and address participants in the city.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Industrial Safety Conference
Atlantic City Wins National Gold Cup Team Race
Atlantic City captured the national gold cup in the moth boat regatta on the national meet day in Elizabeth City. The victory list includes city competitors and a tight race against rival crews.
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Atlantic City
Lizabeth City
Col J W Harrelson to Retain Seat on Federal Advisory Board
Raleigh October 14 AP reports Col J W Harrelson former director of the State Department of Conservation and Development will retain his seat on the federal advisory board created under the migratory bird treaty act as announced today.
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Raleigh
Col
J. W. Harrelson
State Department of Conservation and Development
Federal Advisory Board
Marker Unveiled At North Wilkesboro
A large crowd gathered in North Wilkesboro for the unveiling of a marker honoring revolutionary soldiers under Col Benjamin Cleveland who trained on Rendezvous Mountain. A Boone Trail marker will be unveiled today with two more markers planned for later. Dados by Mrs Sydney Perry Cooper, D A R regent. Judge T B Finley of North Wilkesboro gave the principal address and donated the mountain site as a state mark. The soldiers fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
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North Wilkesboro
Benjamin Cleveland
Rendezvous Mountain
Boone Trail
Sydney’ Perry Cooper
Henderson
T. B. Finley
Kings Mountain
Labor Federation Defies Pressure with Right to Strike
The American Federation of Labor ends its 53rd convention asserting militants aims to strengthen the right to strike and press for NRA code revisions, higher minimum wages, and a 30 hour week. President William Green vows to guide the movement while criticizing government mistakes and backing recovery efforts. Green condemns arbitration as a prelude to strikes but calls for arbitration where possible.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Executive Council
Green
Recovery Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
America
Greene
Wet Dry Fight Gains Spotlight in North Carolina Race
North Carolina moves toward a repeal vote on the 18th amendment with a dry slate of 120 delegate candidates and wet counter moves. Walter Murphy vows to publish wet candidates. Farley set to speak November 3. a statewide rally planned November 5. Reynolds returns early from Europe stirring repeal hopes.
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Pat Barkley
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
Drys
Walter Murphy
United Dty Forces
James A. Farley
America
Robert R. Reynolds
Will Rogers on Roosevelt and labor strife in 1930s remarks
Will Rogers comments from Beverly Hills urging workers to avoid strikes and let government arbitration settle wage disputes. He predicts a fair share for labor after back pay and urges companies to hire to show progress, arguing Roosevelt will support a just outcome.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle Defeats Hawk in Helena Window Incident
In Helena, Montana on October 14 an American eagle symbol incident ends with a large chicken hawk crashing into a plate glass window bearing a huge NRA emblem. The startled workers watched as the hawk rose, shook its head, and departed in dust.
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Helena
Mont
NRA
PD. 4
Political shift and tobacco pricing move in North Carolina
Washington announced a marketing agreement to raise tobacco prices. North Carolina markets opened with the middle belt in week and bright belt to begin next Tuesday. Politicians debated Major L. P. McLendon moving his law practice from Durham to Greensboro, noting his role in the 1932 Phringhaus campaign and potential 1936 gubernatorial run. Durham-Guilford border noted.
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Ministration
Washington
North Carolina
L. P. McLendon
Durham
Greensboro
McLendon
Phringhaus
Weat
Guilford
Death claims UNC German head Dr Walter Toy and state game warden
Deaths include Dr Walter Toy veteran head of UNC German department and J Moore assistant state game warden. Roanoke Rapids sees police probe into the killing of Marvel Cullum 23 year old unmarried mother and eyewitness in the inquiry.
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Walter Toy
University of North Carolina
J. Moore
Washington, N. C
Roanoke Rapids
Marvel Cullum
Hitler Denounces Versailles Treaty in Berlin Address
Chancellor Adolf Hitler assailed the Versailles peace terms, stating Germany was not to blame for the war and lamenting the treaty’s aims to perpetuate hatred. He warned of economic collapse and mass unemployment, claiming the Nazi movement saved Germany and aided Europe.
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Versailles
Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Wilson
Europe
Prominent Gaston County Man Dies by Suicide
Evan Beam 30 a member of a well known family in the 8th Mark's community of northern Gaston county killed himself with a shotgun early today. Officers reported the act was ascribed to ill health and listed his death as a self inflicted tragedy.
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Gastonia
Evan KE. Beam
Gaston County
Nazis Molesting Americans To Be Prosecuted Says Germans
Berlin Oct 14 The United States announced Germany would pursue Nazis accused of assaulting Americans. Foreign Minister Von Neurath apologised for delays and promised thorough handling of protests. Ambassador Dodd reported 27 U S citizens were allegedly assaulted in recent months and said future talks would seek a satisfactory resolution.
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Berlin
United States
William E. Dodd
von Neurath
Cordell Hull
Washington
Ameri
Dodd
Hitler Moves To Withdraw From League And Disarmament Talks
Berlin reports that Chancellor Adolf Hitler announced Germany will quit the League of Nations in two years and end attendance at the disarmament conference. President Hindenburg ordered dissolution of Reichstag and state parliaments with elections set for November 12 to show support for the regime. Goebbels read a Berlin appeal noting Germany seeks equal armament status promised in 1932 while other powers balk at concessions.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
Germany
Reich
Paul von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Joseph Goebbels
Public Enlightenment
Geneva
Cotton consumption in September shown by census data
Census Bureau figures show September cotton use at 499,486 bales lint and 76,451 bales linters. September imports totaled 7,493 bales while exports reached 869,244 lint bales and 9,992 linters. Cotton in storage and in gins stood at over 7.7 million lint bales nationwide with state totals noted.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U S Reacts to Germany Withdraw From Disarmament Talks
Washington dispatch reports Germany’s withdrawal from the disarmament conference and the League of Nations. Secretary Hull convened senior aides to review policy as President Roosevelt prepared a detailed briefing. U S efforts with Geneva envoy Norman Davis aim to keep Germany open to conciliation amid French distrust.
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Washington
Germany
League of Nations
State Department
Hull
William Phillips
Pierrepont Moffat
Roosevelt
White House
Hitler
Norman AH. Davis
Geneva
United States
France
Berlin
Davis
Beggar Repays Kindness With Shoes and Note
Parsons Kansas report: shoe salesman L B Gregg recalls a cold day in 1981 when a shabby man asked for a pair of cheap shoes. Gregg gave them and forgot the moment until a letter and money order arrived, explaining the man had found work in Detroit and wanted to repay the cost.
Germany to quit League and Disarmament talks amid crisis
Germany announced it would withdraw from the League of Nations and the World Disarmament Conference, claiming denial of justice as a “second class nation.” In Berlin President Hindenburg dissolved the Reichstag and set November 12 elections to show German unity behind Hitler, while Paris called the move the gravest news in twenty years.
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Germany
World Today
League of Nations
Geneva
Paris
Hitler
von Hindenburg
Harwood Appeals to Supreme Court over Law License
Former North Carolina judge John H. Harwood seeks to overturn a felony judgment disbarring him from practicing law. His lawyers argue he never pleaded guilty to a felony. the state Bar says he admitted a felony. Harwood and his daughter Lola Harwood each served prison terms in connection with the defalcation case.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Superior Court
John H. Harwood
Bryson City
Wake Superior Court
Harwood
I. M. Batley
State Bar Association
Attorney General's Office
Lola Harwood
State Revenue Department
NRA faces pivotal week as Blue Eagle threats test wage code
A rapid sequence of NRA developments this week centers on enforcement of price controls and the fate of the Blue Eagle symbol. Hugh Johnson moves to prevent public apathy toward enforcement while decisions on minimum price provisions and farmer policy threaten to reshape the labor and industrial order. Forecasters expect AFL convention trends toward craft unions to influence NRA strategy and labor relations in the coming period.
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James Cope
Washington
NRA
Chislers
Hugh &. Johnson
Johnson
American Federation of Labor
Iass
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Ls Ae
Labor Federation
Woolworth
Bachrach
Dorothy Fell
Ogden Mills
Treasury
Woolworth Donahue
Ehringhaus
Will Rogers
Blue Eagle
Angry Hawk
U.S
London
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