Black Legion described as terrorist group by Oakland county grand jury
The Oakland county grand jury labeled the Black Legion a terrorist organization with political aims beyond its members. The report by Circuit Judge George B. Hartrick named 86 public officials among members, found no evidence of fascist ties or financing, and criticized listed officers as lacking leadership qualities as 12 men faced trial for the Poole execution.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Oakland County Grand Jury
George B. Hartrick
Pontiac
Chas. A. Poole
Hartricks
Oakland County
Grand Jury
United States to Deliver Malaria Serum to Britain
The U S public health service sends Dr L R Thompson with a vial of living malaria germs to London to aid treat paresis. The cross Atlantic shipment would be the first of its kind for this perishable serum and follows success in U S hospitals.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Ministry of Health
London
The
Health Service
L. R. Thompson
Atlantic
Bruce Mayne
Public Health Laboratory
Columbia
D. C
Two Are Killed In Gun Battle At Cross City Fla
In Cross City Florida two men died in a gun battle after a traffic inspector for the state road department tried to arrest occupants of a truck. A third man, identified as Mark Hampton Boston, was wounded and jailed. Sheriff F L Anderson said R B Walker Jr fired first from the truck, and others returned fire. A man listed as J C Boston died later from wounds. Dr G W Boston was held in connection with the incident.
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Cross City
Fla
Mark Hampton
Boston
F. L. Anderson
R. B. Walker, Jr
Walker
Anderson Uhdle
Romania Holds Line as Cadre Force Maintains Service
Fragmented dispatch reports Romania will not dissolve its reorganized cadres and will keep shock troops active. Government also contemplates maintaining compulsory labor for workers, amid broader wartime measures in September.
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Buchrest
Rumania
Rumanie
Hanes Hosiery Mill Walkout Shuts Down Plant
P H I L Adams says Hanes Hosiery mill in Winston Salem is virtually closed due to a walkout by workers. No night shift, all production halted after noon. second strike this year following a prior agreement to cut hours from fifty to forty weekly with a five percent wage reduction. Dye department workers led the action after alleging unmet pledges to loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
H. IL. Adams
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Hanes Hosiery
South
Dye Department
Pepper Purloiner Pinched By Police
Taunton Massachusetts dispatch reports Peter Piper was not the thief. Police say they arrested Matthew Goulart for purloining 268 pecks of peppers, a case involving a pepper theft in the area.
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Taunton
Maas
Peter Piper
Matthew Goulart
Schools Opening In State Sees One Third Active
Raleigh Sept 1 Lloyd Griffin secretary of a school commission estimated today that at least one third of the states public schools are now open with the remainder to begin during this month.
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Raleigh
Lloyd Griffin
Langley pardon signed by Gov Ehringhaus in North Carolina
Governor Ehringhaus signed a complete pardon August 5 for Gus Colon Langley of Morristown New Jersey who faced electroution for murder seven times but formal issuance withheld awaiting proof of good conduct. Parole Commissioner Gill said Conway bill may pay Langley 1500 for time spent in prison and work done. Langley criticized NC justice as run by wealth. Langley was convicted for a 1932 Asheville filling station holdup murder. Lonnie Russell victim. Wilcey Johnson mistrial.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Gus Colon Langley
Morristown
N. J
New Jersey
Langley
Edwin Gill
Asheboro
Gill
North Carolina
Asheville
Lonnie C. Russell
Wilcey Johnson
Furniture Men 10 Meet Wednesday In Winston Salem
High Point furniture manufacturers plan a one day session at the Robert E Lee hotel in Winston Salem to discuss federal laws from the recent Congress session. Topics include price discrimination under the Robinson Patman Act and recent corporate tax updates.
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High Point
Winston-Salem
Southern Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Robert E. Lee
Winston- Salem
Flogging Probe Flop as Jury Quits Without Indictments
WHITEVILLE September 1 The county grand jury adjourned without returning indictments after a two day probe into alleged spring floggings in Columbus county. About 40 witnesses including Grace and Glenm Fowler Dewey Cribb Bertha Fowler and Inez Fowler were examined. Immorality charges against four Fos had kept in jail since last week. A new grand jury is to be convened in January.
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Whiteville
Clarendon
Columbus County
Barnhill
Vietine
Grace
Glenm Fowler
Dewey Cribb
Bertha Fowler
Inez
Glenn
Bertha
Inez Fowler
John J. Burney
Suspension Of Labor Unions Is Scheduled
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said there was nothing to prevent the September 5 suspension of 10 unions tied to the committee for industrial organization. The move follows a vote to suspend unless they withdraw from John L. Lewis led unions. Green noted only two unions had responded, and the dispute could reshape AFL membership and revenue.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
A. F. of L
Craft Green
Ladies’ Garment Workers
Greenie
Knoxville
Tenn
Steel, Automobile and Rubber
Campaign aims to raise 105000 for Lake Junaluska relief
Dr. W A Lambeth, director, reports the Lake Junaluska campaign has 101500 secured and only 3500 more needed to hit the 105000 goal by midnight. The drive seeks to pay bondholders and cover campaign expenses with funds collected from church pledges and telegrams as the extension until September 1 presses on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lambeth
Lake Junaluska
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Lambeth
Ickes Secluded as Death Inquiry Opens
In Winnetka Illinois Harold L Ickes resides in refusal to speak awaiting an in quest into the death of his foster son Wilmarth Ickes 37 found shot through the head with a pistol on his chest Doctors said Wilmarth had learned he had tuberculosis last Friday Secretary Michael Straus said Ickes arrived from Washington by plane last night and was told of the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Recetary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Winnetka
Wilmarth Ickes
Ickes
Washington
Michael Straus
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
Winnetkall
Tar Heel Woman Shares In Estate
Paris transfer tax appraisal fixed the estate of Dr. J. Arthur Booth, neurologist, at 60100. He died December 22. The appraisal, filed yesterday, showed the estate to be divided among three children: Allan W. Booth of Montclair, Helen M. Booth of Boston, and Mrs. Janet Brown of Asheville, North Carolina.
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New York
J. Arthur Booth
Allan W. Booth
Montclair
Helen M. Booth
Boston
Janet Brown
Asheville
Ncc
Mother aids murderer's bid for parole in Lingle case
Emily Davis of Kansas City, mother of slain Chicago reporter Alfred Lingle, said she joined a parole bid for Leo Brothers, serving 14 years in Joliet. She signed a petition and met with William Hale Thompson, noting she would accept any action by the parole board.
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Chicago
Alfred Lingle
Leo Brothers
Joliet
Emily Davis
Kansas City
al Lingle
Rose Jessen
Webster Grove
Horner
Illinois
State Parole Board
Brothers
Four Found Dead In Alabama Home
In Carbon Hill Alabama a man and his wife and their two children were found shot to death in their home after neighbors forced entry seeing smoke. Marcus Studdard 32 Mary 30 Kathleen 6 Shirly 5 months lay on a burning bed. Sheriff H G Mitchell said Mrs Studdard killed her husband and children then herself.
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Carbon Hill
Ala
Marcus Studdard
Mary
Kathleen Studdard
Shirly Studdard
H. G. Mitchell
Russian Mutiny Reports Denied in Soviet News
Moscow reports deny a German paper claim of a mutiny by Russian soldiers at Riasan about 150 miles from Moscow. Soviet officials rebut the charge while the Russian press denounces the anti Soviet campaign as a cover for fascist Germany and Poland plotting violent acts.
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Moscow
Riasan
Germany
Polen
Lew Vestia
Roosevelt at Dern Funeral in Salt Lake City
President Roosevelt and top officials attended the funeral of George H. Dern secretary of war in Salt Lake City. Attendants included Homer Cummings Henry Wallace Daniel Roper William Standley and Malin Craig among honorary pallbearers. The service was held at the Latter Day Saints Church Tabernacle at 3 PM MST.
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Salt Lake City
George H. Dern
United States
Roosevelt
Latter Day Saints Church Tabernacle
Salt Lake
Knox Attacks New Deal in New England Campaign
In Waterbury Connecticut Colonel Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee denounces New Deal efforts to legislate wages saying promises mislead workers. He argues wages are determined by land capital and labor productivity and says government wage-setting disturbs industry and reduces total wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Frank Knox
New England
Connecticut
Knox
Le Havre Seamen End Strike After Mayor Mediation
In Le Havre France on September 1 striking sailors returned to work after the mayor who acted as mediator secured a deal with shipowners. The agreement ends a labor dispute that had disrupted port activities and shipping operations.
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LE Havre
France
Death and Chaos Rule In Nation
Bombs and guns from both the Spanish government and its fascist rebels shattered Spain as more bloodshed filled the soil. The country already counted an estimated 75 000 to 100 000 new graves, highlighting a grim toll of the conflict.
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Spain
Unite States
Madrid
Washington
Iran
Burgos
M Indalecio Prieto
Metrous
Bom
Bilboa
Somere
War Ministry
Guadarrama
Badajoz
Rescue Efforts Cost Lives of 3 Brothers in Missouri Mine
In Fulton Missouri a gas screen and three feet of water hid the bodies of three Metz brothers in a shallow coal mine shaft. Father-in-law T J Wolfe was critically injured as rescuers failed to reach them before gas fumes took their lives. A fourth brother already died inside, and two other miners perished in a separate incident weeks later.
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Fulton Mo
Misouri
Louis Metz
Metz
T. J. Wolfe
Wolfe
Roy Anthony
Moberly
Convict Free Faces Possible Extradition to Oklahoma
In Columbus Ohio, Carton B. Chilton, freed after 23 years, awaits a possible return to Oklahoma to finish a reformatory sentence. Owen J. Watts of the Oklahoma attorney general's office plans to confer with Gov. Marland. Ohio Governor Davey denies extradition, pursuing federal mandamus proceedings.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Carton B. Chilton
Oklahoma
Owen J. Watts
Oklahoma City
BE. W. Marland
Watts
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Two Arabs Killed by British Forces in Jerusalem
British troops and a police patrol killed two Arab band members and wounded four others near Jerusalem yesterday, the government announced. The incident was reported by the Palcor Agency.
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Jerusalem
Palcor
Tobacco markets open with expectations of good prices
Raleigh reports the opening of 14 markets in the new bright belt with thousands of tons on the floors. Analysts predict moderate to heavy price breaks and favorable bids, citing Georgia and South Carolina market figures as a basis for hopes of higher opening prices. The season averages around 25 cents in southern markets. Goldsboro and Farmville offer free government grading to attract growers. Markets span Washington to Wilson and include New Bern Tarboro and Greenville.
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Raleigh
Georgia
South Carolina
Dean
Bchaud
N. C. State College
Goldsboro
Farmville
Washington
New Bern
Wallace
Tarboro
Ahoskie
Smithfeld
Kinston
Robersonville
Williamston
Rocky Mount
Greenville
Wilson
Golf Course Torn Up By Jap Soldiers
Mounted Japanese soldiers waded the Peiping golf links and forced players to stand by as they tore greens and fairways. Witnesses said the troops then dismounted and conducted rough exercises with some soldiers stripping and parading. Local officials and expatriate members voiced outrage over the incident.
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Peiping
Weather record notes for Carolinas and Georgia forecast
Official bureau records log temperatures across North and South Carolina and Georgia for the 24 hours ending at 8. Data includes readings from Charlotte Tampa Washington Wilmington and other stations, noting high and low temperatures and recent trends.
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Charlotte
Tampa
Washington
Sccoere
Wilmington
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W. CC. Mitcham
Woman's Division
Hanes
Ehringhaus
Randolph County
Sec Security
Junaluska
Dr. Lambeth
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New Deal
U. S
Missouri
North and
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