No Progress in NC Strike Settlements Across Three Cities
Workers in High Point Thomasville and Rockingham held meetings but no developments toward a settlement emerged. About 500 idle at Stehn Silk mill in High Point plus 1000 at Thomasville Chair 400 at Amazon Cotton mill and 1000 at Hannah Pickett Cotton mill walkouts continued with no new proposals.
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North Carolina
Stehn
High Point
Thomasville
Emee
Boyles
Amazon
Rockingham
Hannah Pickett
Bank Pine Level Robbery Confession Leads to Custody
Smithfield report says Ralph Barbour confessed Tuesday robbery of Bank Pine Level and led officers to his mother's home delivering $703 of $176 stolen. Accomplices John Hamilton Rupert Wilson and Victor Wallace are held and to be charged with aiding and abetting, officers said.
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Smithfield
Ralph Barbour
Pine Level
John Hamilton
Rupert Wilson
Victor Wallace
Alabama Treasuries Near Empty Frustrates Lawmakers
In Montgomery on September 1 the state treasury was nearly bare as lawmakers faced unpaid salaries and only token reimbursements for expenses. State Treasurer H. Blain said funds were largely depleted and no regular pay could be disbursed.
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Ontgomery
Ala
Alabama
National Bank
H. Blain
Tate
Challenges S P U To Prove Unfair Returns
In Raleigh on September 1 Herbert B Falk Greensboro attorney challenged a state commission with findings that Southern Public Utilities, Duke Power’s subsidiary, earns returns far from fair. He urged immediate rate cuts and a full property valuation probe, citing higher domestic rates and questioning the company’s reported 5.167 percent return for 1931 and 4.261 percent for 1932.
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Raleigh
Southern Public Utilities Company
North Carolina
State Corporation Commission
Herbert 8. Falk
Greensboro
E. C. Marshall
Duke Power Company
Falk
United States
Southern Public Utilities
Eclipse Dazzles as Clouds Let New England Witness Totality
Millions in New England watched the 1932 eclipse despite partial cloud cover. Observers from Philadelphia to Amesbury recorded images and blue sky patches, with some observers reporting Bailey’s Beads and a rare corona glow.
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University of Pozen
Amesbury
Mass
New England
Bailey
Walking to school replaces bus fare in St. Louis
The St. Louis board of education ruled a healthy boy may walk two miles daily for education. Beginning the new term, students living within a mile of grade schools will not receive school car fare, saving about 28000 dollars last year.
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ST. Louis
Voliva Defends Saucer-Shaped Earth Amid Eclipse Claim
Zion leader Wilbur Glenn Voliva dismissed the eclipse as proof of a round world and reiterated his saucer-shaped earth theory. He argued sunlight and moonlight effects do not confirm curvature and criticized astronomers for predicting the event to the second.
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Zion
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Roosevelt Ready to Step Campaign Up Into High Gear
Albany New York September 1 Franklin Roosevelt prepares to launch a western speaking tour beginning within 12 days. He aims to stamp his image as the Democratic nominee across the West while aides note his campaign has already gained national attention since July 2 when he delivered his acceptance speech in Chicago.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Wes
Board Faces Decision on $50 Million Stabilization Loan
Washington dispatch reports the farm board debating the use of $50 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to withhold 2 million bales of cotton from the market until 1933. Jesse Jones announced loan approval, but board officials remain tight lipped as James C. Stone returns and consults with E F Creekmore of the American Cotton Cooperative Association.
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Washington
Farm Board
Reconstruction Corporation
Jesse Jones
James C. Stone
E. F. Creekmore
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Stabilization Corporation
Cotton Cooperatives
Jahncke Praises Hoover Program At Sectional Fair
Ernest Lee Jahncke assistant secretary of the navy told a Williams Grove Pennsylvania audience that President Hoover has saved the nation from political and economic peril and has a unique plan for relief and rehabilitation. He said the program is already showing effects and will restore business, commerce, and agriculture nationwide.
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Williams Grove
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Navy
Hoover
United States
Jahneke
Doolittle and Pair Enter Speed Record Challenge
Maj. James H. Doolittle with James G. Hairup and James Quellgz launched for the 278 mph world speed mark set in 1924 by France. Doolittle’s 293.293 mph land plane run broke the record but failed to qualify for FIA recognition due to lack of preflight barographs. he filed official notice to pursue the record with two barographs aboard.
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France
Cleveland
James H. Doolittle
James G. Hairup
James Qellgz
Bennett
Doolittle
Federation Aeronautic Internationale
Gardner names Hill for bench
Shelby Sept. 1 Governor Gardner appointed Frank S. Hill of Murphy as special Superior court judge to fill one of four vacancies caused by the death of Judge Mac Rae. Hill is described as a capable, native Cherokee County young man.
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Shelby
Franks. Hill
Murphy
Gardner
Hill
Cameron MacRae
Piedmont
Fayetteville
McRae
Asheville
Farmers Voters Support Southern Credit Branch Plan
The North Carolina state farmers convention at North Carolina State College voted to request establishment in Raleigh of the South Atlantic branch of the agricultural credit corporation. Speakers included D W Bagley and G A Barden on cooperative exchanges and marketing. Mrs E L McKee urged educated political participation by women.
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State Farmers’ Convention
South Atlantic
The
Agricultural Credit Corporation
N. C. State College
D. W. Bagley
Currituck Mutual Exchange
G. A. Barden
New Bern
Craven Exchange
J. W. Johnson
State College
E. L. McKee
North Carolina State Senate
State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Senator McKee
A. Benton Blalock
North Carolina Cotton Cooperative Association
James Parrott
General Assembly
Bank Robbery in Bishop Leaves Two Dead
In a Los Angeles bank robbery last week two were killed and four captured due to a bank official and police bravery. The six suspects had been repeatedly pardoned and paroled from state institutions over 15 years, with records resembling a tour of one-night stands in jails.
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Bishop
Calif
Los Angeles
Army Of Farmers Reported On Way To Get Gunmen
CHP: Cherokee Iowa scene as 200 farmers marchers threaten action against gunmen after a shooting that wounded 14. 75 deputies guard courthouse as leaders claim witnesses will testify at grand jury. Nebraska pickets block two western approaches to Omaha. patrols enforce nonviolence.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Walnut Grove
Tilton
Mark
Loyd Langwin
R. G. Rodman
Rodman
Dan Turner
Grand
Pierson
Woodbury County
Cherokee County
Here
Nebraska
Omaha
Braska
City
Heat still burns both Carolinas in blistering day
North Carolina sizzles with Greensboro at 102 and Raleigh near 99 as officials warn no relief is in sight. Wilmington and Charlotte hover around 90s while Elizabeth City reports 95 and Asheville stays cool at 85 as clouds and sea breezes temper South Carolina’s heat briefly.
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South Carolina
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Charlotte
Elizabeth City
Columbia
Greenville
Charleston
Asheville
Comptroller Pole Expected to Resign From Federal Post
Washington Sept 1 John W Pole comptroller of the currency said he would soon submit his formal resignation to President Hoover I have been trying to quit this job for eight months Bankers say Pole has been offered the presidency of Fidelity Investment Association of Wheeling West Virginia a $13 000 000 concern and would likely assume the post in a few weeks
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Washington
John W. Pole
Hoover
Pole
Polo
Fidelity Investment Association of
Wheeling
W. Va
Ma Ferguson Leads Sterling After Partial Texas Returns
The Texas election bureau tabulation shows Miriam A. Ferguson ahead of Governor Ross S. Sterling by 2 398 votes for the democratic gubernatorial nomination with nearly complete returns. Sterling claims a majority of all the votes lawfully cast.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Miriam A
Ma” Ferguson
Ross S. Sterling
Old Dobbins Stages Comeback In Elk City
In Elk City Kas on September 1 Old Dobbins makes a comeback as the local manager installs eight hitching posts and a watering trough at the back of a vacant building amid persistent requests.
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Elk City
Kas
Old Dobbins
Encouraging Business Gains Reported in Lawrence Mills
In Lawrence mass textile firms report rising activity with Wood Mills and American Woolen units operating multiple departments around the clock and hiring additional workers. Ayer Mills and others run overtime to meet rush orders while several plants anticipate continued gains.
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Lawrence
Mass
Wood Mills
American Woolen Company
Pacific Mills
Ayer Mills
An Mills
Birmingham business rises as cotton prices aid trade
In Birmingham Alabama the Age Herald notes a sharp rise in business across the district as cotton prices rebound. Wholesalers report orders from merchants driving activity in hosiery and underwear while deliveries stretch to about 30 days ahead due to extended payment and demand.
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Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
F&r
Ofson
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