British Team Sets Melbourne Air Derby Pace Then Faces Fatal Crash
The British duo Scott and Black led the Melbourne air derby from Port Darwin to claim a $50,000 prize after a record pace despite an engine repair. A fatal crash in Italy killed Harold Gilman and co pilot Baines, reducing field to 13 from 20 while Turner and Pangborn trailed in third, and Mollison and wife were out with damaged motors.
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Oscar Leiding
Mildenhall Airdrome
Eng
Pine C. W
Port Darwin
Melbourne
Harold D. Gilman
Great Britain
Baines
Italy
Loggia
Bari
Royal Aero Club
Mildenhall
Lyon
Marseille
Rome
Col
Roscoe Turner
Clyde Pangborn
Singapore
Allahabad
India
K. D. Parmentier
J. J. Moll
Scott
Timor Sea
James J. Mollison
Amy
Cathcart Jones
Ken Waller
Black
England
Australia
Prince of Wales
East Africa
London
Royal Air Force
Campbell Black
Dispatch
Sir MacPherson Robertson
Scott and Black
Strong
Bach
Lieut
John H. Wright
John Polando
Athens
Aleppo
Syria
David E. Stodart
K. G. Stodart
Baghdad
Turner
Pangborn
Cashier Arrested in Fort Mill Bank Embezzlement
W B Meacham Jr cashier of the Savings Bank of Fort Mill was arrested on a warrant charging him with converting 8800.82 of the bank's funds to his own use after the bank closed in August.
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Fort Mill
D. C
W. B. Meacham, Jr
Savings Bank of
Little girl dies after car accident in Winston-Salem
Five year-old Tressie Marie Wall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin F. Wall of Winston-Salem, died this morning from injuries suffered Sunday afternoon when struck by a car driven by J. Br. Gregory of near Sedge Garden.
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Winston-Salem
Tressie Marie Wall
Marvin F. Wall
J. BR. Gregory
Sedge Garden
Government expenditures top two billion in year fiscal report
The treasury announced as of October 19 that total government outlays for the year starting July 1 reached $2,010,850,834. Emergency spending totaled $1,049,508,633 while ordinary outgo was $961,342,201, producing a deficit of $860,868,825.
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Washington
Treasury
Asturian Explosion Kills 27 Soldiers
Reports from Madrid on October 22 state 27 soldiers were killed in Asturias when a truck loaded with dynamite exploded accidentally. The ministry of war released a brief, amplified details were not provided.
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Madrid
Ministry of War
Asturias
Freighter Willsipo in Wilmington Fire Held Disclosed
Freighter Willsipo tied at Wilmington terminal after fire erupts in No 4 aft hold while unloading general cargo. Two city firefighters overcome by smoke treated at hospital. master reports prior smoldering incident near Pacific and a clean bill of health on voyage to Wilmington.
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Wilmington
Willsipo
Puerto Rico
Charleston
Pacific
Panama Canal
Wilmington City
Wilmington Terminal and Warehouse Company
North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Forecast
North Carolina fair with slightly colder east tonight and Tuesday. South Carolina fair with colder coastal area tonight then Tuesday fair. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras fresh west to northwest over south portion and west over north portion. Hatteras to Jacksonville moderate northwest winds shifting to north over south portion and weather fair tonight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
South Portion
North Portion
Disarmed U S. Is Menace To World Peace
Thomas H. Healy of Georgetown University told the American Legion in Miami that a disarmed United States would threaten world peace. He urged national armament as a deterrent and criticized churchmen and radicals opposing defense as aiding their own death warrant.
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Miami
Fra
Thomas H. Healy
Georgetown University
School For Foreign Service
American Legion
United States
Healy
National
America
Morganton Couple Die in Homebound Plane Crash
John F. Kistler, 27, an affable Morganton aviation enthusiast with local business ties, and his bride Elizabeth Woodbridge Follett of Newton Centre Massachusetts, died after their honeymoon flight ended in a plunge near the local airport. The couple had returned from their honeymoon a week earlier and had taken their first flight together yesterday afternoon. Kistler had donated land for the airport while a Harvard student and had long been active in aviation circles.
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Morganton
John F. Kistler
Elizabeth Woodbridge Follett
Newton Centre
Mass
Kistler
Harvard University
Five Die in Philippines Typhoon Strikes Luzon
Five persons were reported dead and thousands left homeless in Naga capital of Camarines Sur after yesterday's typhoon. Manila felt only light squalls as the storm moved through southeastern Luzon and nearby smaller islands, affecting areas previously untouched.
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Manila
Naga
Carmarine Sur
Philippines
Luzon
Two Horses Die In Tarboro Fire At Fair Grounds
Tarboro news reports a blaze at the fair grounds destroying 32 stables with two horses perishing. Lula Worthy owned by T B Carlock of Greenville Ohio valued at 3500 and Rosedale owned by Fred Meares of Virginia valued at unknown.
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Tarboro
Fair Grounds
Lula Worthy
T. B .Carlock
Greenville
Rosedale
Fred Meares
Two-Year Sentence In State's Prison Given Jas Goodwin
Greensboro October 22, the special criminal term of court opened with Judge T J Shaw presiding. James Goodwin age 17 from High Point was sent to Eastern State Training School for forgery and then after good behavior was ordered to serve two years in state prison for violation of his good conduct condition. Harvey Nifong arraigned on passing a worthless check received six months sentence suspended on good behavior with caps to run within three years.
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Mpecim
Entheraine Greensboro
T. J. Shaw
James Goodwin
High Point
Eastern” Training School
Harvey Nifong
Youth Arrested After Attempting Theft Of Coat
A 19 year old youth named Alfred H Brauer and a 19 year old girl companion were arrested in Chicago near a store window. Police found a hammer under Brauer belt. Brauer claimed to be a Lafayette Indiana student and said he arrived in Chicago after stealing a car earlier in the day. Brauer reportedly has a wife in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Chicago
Alfred H. Brauer
LaFayette
Ind
Lieut. Garrey
Brauer
Elsie
Raleigh
N. C
Star Bank Depositors Receive Final Checks
Gurney P. Hood announced that 474 checks have been sent to Star Bank liquidating agent to pay a 7.2 percent final dividend to depositors and creditors. The bank was liquidated in April 1929 after paying preferred and secured creditors totaling $32,025.58.
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Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
State Commissioner of Banks
Bank of Star
New Jersey Builds Case Against Hauptmann
New Jersey moves to arraign Bruno Richard Hauptmann as the Lindbergh murder trial gears up. Attorney General Wilentz calls six assistants to Trenton to divide prosecutions tasks while Justice Trenchard and defense counsel Fawcett plan arraignment for Friday or Saturday and a trial likely the week of November 6. Possible reenactment at Hopewell or bringing John Hughes Curtis back into the case are discussed.
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James Y. Lawrence Flemington
N. J
James M. Fawcett
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Flemington
Joseph Lanigan
Bronx
Mooney Seeks Supreme Court Writ in Habeas Petition
Thomas J. Mooney, serving life in San Quentin, files a 78 page petition asking the Supreme Court for permission to file a writ of habeas corpus. He asserts perjured evidence and knowledge of it by California prosecutors, rearguing his conviction tied to the Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco nearly twenty years ago.
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Washington
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin
Supreme Court
Mooney
Federal District Court For
California
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
San Francisco
Episcopal Church Deemed Fundamentally Catholic by Bishop Manning
The Rt. Rev. William T. Manning of New York called the Protestant Episcopal Church fundamentally Catholic during the triennial general convention commemorating Samuel Seabury’s consecration. He said the church maintains warm relations with Protestant bodies yet holds faith and order as defined by the early unaided church as finite Catholic. The remark stirred debate at the gathering and could spark further controversy.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Protestant Episcopal Church
William T. Manning
New York
Episcopal Church
Samuel Seabury
Christ
Manning
Pretty Boy Floyd Believed Dead Or Dying After Escape
Wellsville Ohio reports a large posse scouring the woods for Charles Pretty Boy Floyd after a gunfight with Chief J H Fultz. Federal agent Melvin Purvis suspects Floyd is dying or dead, while Adam Richetti is in custody in connection with the Kansas City Union Station massacre of 1933.
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Wellsville
Charles
Pretty Boy" Floyd
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Oklahoma
Floyd
J. H. Fultz
Adam Richetti
Richetti
Melvin Purvis
Chicago Bureau
Department of Justice
Purvis
George MacMillan
Fultz
MacMillan
Union Station
Kansas City
Federal Grand Jury
Federa
Veterans Press for Bonus and Defense at Miami Convention
At the American Legion's 16th national convention in Miami Florida thousands in Bayfront Park heard pleas for early but not immediate payment of adjusted service certificates and for strong national defense. Senator Steiner urged deferring cash payment to minimize burden while preserving regional prestige. Governor Shultz welcomed delegates and leaders spoke on anti-communist resolve and economic improvement backed by Legion veterans from 1916 to 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
American Legion
Edward A. Hayes
Bayfront Park
United States
Frederick Steiner
R. Ore
Hayes
Dave Shultz
Florida
Legionnaires
America
E. G. Sewell
W. E. Whitlock
Salazar Government Resigns in Portugal
Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar and his cabinet resigned today in Lisbon. The cabinet had been formed in April 1958.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Eight Killed In Week End Accidents Across Carolinas
An Associated Press survey notes eight fatalities over the Carolinas during the weekend from an airplane crash and drownings to automobile accidents. Victims include Mrs Bertha Bips near Washington DC, Mrs Oscar Womack in Turham, John F Kestler in Morganton NC, Miss Helen Moose and Morris Wilson near Charlotte, Samuel P Cook in Verona, and Warren Cockerham of Yadkin who was fatally injured by a car.
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Carolinas
Associated Press
Bertha Bips
Greenville
D. C
Bips
Oscar Womack
Turham
John F. Kestler
Morganton
Kistler
N. C
Helen Moose
Morris Wilson
Charlotte
Catawba River
Verona
Samuel P. Cook
Warren Cockerham
Yadkin
Elkin
Bankers pledge to hasten recovery at ABA convention
Washington October 22. President Francis Marion Law says banking has improved and 2,250 banks joined the American Bankers association since the last convention, bringing total membership to 11,751. Many new members were former members who rejoined after economy measures.
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Washington
American Bankers Association
Francis Marion Law
Association
Will Gers Roger Will Gers Roger in Australia Race
San Francisco columnist recalls global air race talk in 1932 with pilots and routes. He mentions Roscoe Turner Dutch in line, praises old timers like Lindbergh and Doolittle, and notes an Australian arrival expected soon amid heat.
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San Francisco
Cal
Australia
Rome
Athens
Haghdad
Jask
Karachi
Allahabad
Calcutta
Allostar
Singapore
Cairo
London
Roscoe Turner
Douglas
Sinclair
Wiley
Frank Hawks
Jimmy Doolittle
Navy
Williams
Lindbergh
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Los Angeles
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Lady Southern Cross
Suva
Fiji Islands
Honolulu
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