Warrants Issued as 148 Strikers Held in Clinchfield Clash
In Marion North Carolina sheriff deputies, after a clash with strikers and strike sympathizers from Clinchfield mill, issued warrants for 148 United Workers of America members. By nightfall 74 had been arrested as guards patrolled the mill village. the strike began five weeks earlier and the plant remained closed.
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Marion
N. C
Clinchfield
United Workers of America
Clinchfield and Marion Manufacturing Company
North Carolina National Guardsmen
Marion Manufacturing Company
Asheville
Morganton
Mill Village
Oscar Adkins
Caroleen
Clinchfield Village
Adkins
Statesville
Lincolnton
Moranton
Lincolnton Company
East Marion
San Juan Sinks After Fog Collision Off Pigeon Point
Survivors recount the San Juan disaster near Pigeon Point as the oil tanker S C T Dodd sinks the liner after a fog collision. More than 70 lives are believed lost while the tanker conducts rescue operations and a grandmother aids a child pulled from the sea.
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San Juan
San Francisco Bay
Pacific
Pigeon Point
Calif
S. C. T. Dodd
Adolph E. Asslund
Standard Oil
Wisa
Recovery of Lady Heath’s condition grows uncertain
In Cleveland on August 31, aviatrix Lady Mary Heath remained critically injured after a plane crash into a factory roof during a dead stick landing. Doctors reported skull fractures and serious injuries but offered guarded hope for recovery and potential preservation of eyesight.
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Cleveland
Lady Mary Heath
Lady Heath
Elliott C. Cutler
A. B. Bruner
One Killed As Dam Gives Way
A dam failure at the Ute Pass Fish Club near Colorado Springs Colorado, killed Mrs Bertha F Emery and injured three others including Charles F Emery and Mrs William Lennox. A Colorado College settlement cabins housing professors and students was swept away by the torrent. A warning by the Emerys likely saved many lives.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Ute Pass
Emery
Hhe
Graf Zeppelin Wind Bound At Lakehurst Unable To Takeoff
Graf Zeppelin remains grounded at Lakehurst New Jersey as the airship crew awaits a decision on an Atlantic departure. Passengers stay aboard as ground crews prepare to move the craft, with no takeoff time announced.
Long Delay In Strike Trial Seems Likely
Charlotte August 31 AP Seven men prepared to try sixteen defendants for the murder of Gastonia police chief O F Aderholt with the hearing potentially days away. Jury selection stretched as 27 talesmen were questioned and both sides held numerous peremptory challenges.
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Charlotte
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Inre
Nairof eLlor
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Gaston County
National Textile Workers Union
Loray
M. W. Barnhill
Reparations Experts End Deliberation at The Hague
Delegates from 12 nations end four weeks of talks at the Hague as the conference becomes a permanent body. They approve evacuating the Rhineland by June 1930 and back in principle the Owen Young reparations plan, though most leave unsatisfied. Philip Snowden leaves with three quarters of his demand. no pledge for an International Bank for London.
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The
Hague
Henri Jaspar
Belgium
Rhineland
Owen D. Young
Philip Snowden
International Bank For London
Graf Zeppelin wind-bound delaying Atlantic return flight
The Graf Zeppelin waited in its Lakehurst hangar as gusty crosswinds postponed takeoff for its return to Germany. Twenty two passengers including two women were aboard with baggage stowed and ground crew ready when the wind halted the scheduled departure after 9 pm E S T.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Germany
Ernst Lehman
New York
Atlantic
Big Rise in July State Tax Collections
North Carolina general fund receipts jumped in August by 376 199 36 to 1 422 910 51 from July s 1 046 711 15 and 1 258 119 20 in August 1928 29 The franchise tax led gains at 657 300 37 versus 107 842 22 a year earlier The Duke Power payoff of 182 900 for a full year s utilities tax boosted this year s levy beyond last year s.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General State Fund
A. J. Maxwell
General Fund
Maxwell
Duke Power Company
Duke
One Killed In Plane Crash In San Francisco
Paul Marchetti 40 president of Marchetti Motor Patents company died when his solo flight crashed into San Francisco Bay. Divers worked to recover the body. Survived by wife and two children. Marchetti was known as inventor of the Marchetti cam action engine.
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San Francisco
Paul Marchetti
Marchetti Motor Patents Company
San Francisco Bay
Marchetti
Bullet Hole Found In Graf Zeppelin Off Texas Flight
A bullet hole was discovered in the Graf Zeppelin during preparations to depart. Chief Cellmate Kroner said his war experience convinced it was a bullet, though the ship’s hydrogen lifting power remained intact. He suggested the shot may have been fired while over Texas on the last leg of its world flight.
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Lakehurst
Germany
Kroner
Graf
Texas
Air Show Crowds See Disappointment at National Races
In Cleveland on Edison Day crowds of about 40,000 watched the eighth day of the national air races. Los Angeles fliers Captain Roscoe Turner and Major John P. Wood failed to meet the arrival window, risking disqualification. Lee Schoenhary may win by forfeit with a 13 hour 51 minute 10.8 second flight.
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Cleveland
Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
John P. Wood
Lee Schoenhair
Plane wreck injures Dr. William School party
A plane bringing Dr. William School of Chicago to pilot the Graf Zeppelin overturned on takeoff, injuring five. Among the injured was Hamilton Wright of New York, Dr. School's publicity man.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Dr. William School
Chicago
Hamilton Wright
New York
Designer of Strange Plane Aims for Bucharest Hop
A. T. Fernic of Arlington New York unveils a tandem monoplane at Roosevelt Field with a center main wing and tri cycle undercarriage. He plans a non stop Atlantic flight to Bucharest in six weeks to two months, claiming features prevent stalling and nose-overs during takeoff.
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Strange Plane
Buchiarest
Roosevelt Field
Bucharest
A. T. Fernic
Arlington
WN. Y
Fernic
Landin
San Juan Sinks In Fog With Heavy Loss of Life
The coastwise steamer San Juan sank after a collision with the tanker C. T. Dodd in fog off California. At least 69 were killed. 42 were rescued, many injured or in shock. Survivors treated in San Francisco hospitals and hotels. pursers’ records may reveal total passengers beyond initial counts.
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San Francisco
Washington
United States Steamboat Inspector's Office
San Juan
C. T. Dodd
Maude Dansby
U. S. Coast Guard
Shawnee
Pilot Crashes After Setting New Record
Downey California pilot Thomas Reid died in a Cleveland air race crash after breaking the world solo endurance record to fund his honeymoon. He had wed the day before and sought $1909 per hour for extending his flight past the old mark.
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Edison
Harvey Firestone
Akron
Samuel Taylor
South Air Lines, Inc
Charles A. Lindbergh
Taylor
Thomas G. Reid
Cleveland
Thomas Reid
Downey
Calif
Reid
California
Emsco
Lindy Stunt Sparks Probe At Cleveland Air Races
A call to investigate Col Charles A Lindberghs stunt flying was sent to G G Budwin by William P McCracken after pilot Samuel Taylor complained the act endangered a big passenger plane. The request came from Cliff Henderson amid a dispute over Lindberghs proximity to Taylor during a landing attempt at the air race field.
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Cleveland
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Samuel Taylor
Stout Air Lines, Inc
Taylor
William P. McCracken
Cliff Henderson
Lindbergh
McCracken
Budwin
Detroit
Navy
Air Race Headquarters
Boston Democratic Dinner Called Off
Boston leaders said the September 7 Democratic dinner in Boston featuring Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has been cancelled.
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Boston Democratic
Boston
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Arabs May Open Attack On Syrians
In Jerusalem Aug 31 the fear centers on a possible Arab assault from Syria against Palestine. British planes patrol key areas and troops are said to keep the peace after days of Arab Jewish clashes over worship at the wailing wall. Beisan northward threats loom while British air power and carrier aircraft bolster defenses across Palestine and Transjordania.
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Jerusalem
Syria
Palestine
Royal Air Force
Courageous
Malta
trans-Jordania
Lea Named To Succeed Tyson In Tennessee Seat
Governor Horton appointed Colonel Luke Lea to fill the unexpired term of Senator Lawrence D. Tyson who died August 24. Lea, a Democrat from Nashville, takes office immediately and will serve until the November 1939 election.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Sercpsnemaenneer
United States
Lawrence D. Tyson
Lea
Tyson
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Hoffman
Hollis Pfeiffer
NEA
McRses
Braun
Barnhill
Selves
Dr. School
Los Angeles and
San Francisco Navigation Company
Lindy
Commerce Department
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