Thomasville Chair strikers present fresh return proposals
About 1,000 Thomasville Chair company workers submitted a plan to resume work if their terms are accepted. The proposals seek to restore the pre strike wage scale, end new cuts, forbid discrimination, and recognize the workers’ union. Plant officials had not acted, keeping the situation status quo. Other area strikes at Amazon Cotton and Boyles Veneer remain unresolved.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Company
T. Austin Finch
Amazon
Boyles Veneer
Stocks rise on fresh buying as cotton leads gains
A broad stock market advance develops with moderate volume as cotton strengthens about $2 per bale and bond demand improves. U S Steel hits a new high near $49, Gulf States Steel rises to above $18, American Telephone closes near $118, and Reading climbs to about $52. Other names like Bethlehem, Republic, Illinois Central and Santa Fe also gain.
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New York
Stock Exchange
U.S. Steel Common
Reading
Illinois Central
Santa Fe
State Highway Dept Approves 12 Road Projects
The state highway commission, after executive session, tentatively approves 12 projects for September 15 letting, with federal Bureau of Roads final approval pending. Low bids include Blythe Brothers for Mecklenburg surface work at 38269, and Sam E. Finley for bituminous surface at 37664.42. projects cover 97 miles with $6.5 million in federal and emergency funds and require employment zones.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Commission
Federal Bureau of Roads
Mecklenburg County
Blythe Brothers
Sam E. Finley
Atlanta
Hertford County
Woodland
Ahoskie
State Department of Public Welfare
Highway Commission
Beaufort County
Bath
Kirkman Brothers
Mount Airy
Kiker & Yount
Reidsville
Craven County
Trent River
New Bern
Bowers
Whiteville
Johnston County
Carolina Road Surfacing Company
Charlotte
Robeson County
Home Loan Banks urged to suspend mortgages
Franklin W. Fort urged a 60 day moratorium on mortgage foreclosures by building and loan associations as the twelve home loan banks prepare to begin operations around October 15. He said foreclosures should be suspended where mortgagors have any chance of relief and noted federal and state authorities support. Fort framed the Home Loan Bank as a long term democratic institution to aid distressed borrowers and urged state committees to push lending access through federal reserve districts.
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French Lick
Ind
Building and Loan Association
Franklin W. Fort
United States Building and Loan League
Fort
Lees Bank
Home Loan Bank
Fortales
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve District
Heat Deaths Mark End of Four Day Carolinas Heatwave
Breezes cooled the Carolinas after four days of extreme heat. A Durham woman died at the courthouse as 104 degrees was recorded, Greensboro reported a 105 high and a heart attack possibly linked to heat. North and South Carolina city highs ranged from the 90s to 105 with scattered rain in Farmville and Wendell.
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Carolinas
North Carolina
Durham County
Greensboro
South Carolina
Columbia
Florence
Spartanburg
Greenville
Charleston
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Raleigh
Fayetteville
Farmville
Wendell
Railroads Seek 20 Percent Wage Cut Across Industry
A nine man committee of railroad executives reports plans to seek a 20 percent basic wage reduction and to notify unions by October 1. The move would replace a temporary 10 percent cut set to last one year and prompt arbitration discussions, with western lines favoring a 20 to 25 percent relief package.
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New York
Chaplin Wins Fight Over Lita Grey Chaplin
Los Angeles dispatch reports Charles Chaplin won a legal bout against his former wife Lita Grey Chaplin. The ruling halts her plans tied to the divorce case and related arrangements.
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Chaplin
Los Angeles
Charles Tures
Lita Grey Chaplin
Athletics beat Red Sox in opener of doubleheader
Philadelphia Sept 2 AP The Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox 7 to 8 in the first game of a doubleheader. Red Sox homers came from McManus and Alexander while Williams and McNair homered for the A's.
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A'S
Philadelphia
Athletics
Boston Red Sox
McManus
Alexander
Red Sox
Williams
McNair
Idaho Granted $300000 R F C Loan for Relief
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized a $300,000 loan to Idaho for relief purposes on September 2. The action was announced in Washington by the agency.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Idaho
Jealous Brother Confesses Quarry Killings Motive
Loren Truesdale 23 admits murdering his brother Earl Truesdale 20 and Thelma Woods 17 with a hammer and weighted stones after jealously envying Earl over Thelma. He describes luring them to a quarry, killing Earl, assaulting Thelma, and tossing bodies into a quarry pool. HeClaims the motive was revenge and securing his sweetheart.
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Lima
Earl Truesdale
Thelma Woods
Loren Truesdale
Parl
Miss Woods
Earl
Ehar
Loren
More Witnesses in Murder Trial
Fayetteville, Sept. 2. State witnesses called in the first degree murder trial of three young white men charged with the fatal hold-up shooting of grocer A. C. Willis on June 11. Three eye-witnesses and an alleged accomplice who turned state's evidence testified as the trial opened. Defendants are Charles A. Jones Roy Adams and Jeff O. Webb with William Jones testifying he drove the trio to Willis store and heard a shot. Ambrose Dowd 17 identified the defendants as the men seen attempting the robbery and shooting Willis.
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Fayetteville
A. C. Willis
Charles A. Jones
Roy Adams
Jeff O. Webb
Denials swirl as Norman rumor shocks California
In Bishop California on September 1 rumors swirl about Norman head of the Bank of England with figures like Hoover and Mellon denying knowledge. Californians vote Democratic amid past Republican alignments while New England and a chamber of commerce reaction loom after a nationwide swing.
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Bishop
Calif
Norman
Bank of England
Hoover
Mellon
America
California
Chamber of Commerce
New England
Plymouth Rock
Walker's Exit Clouds Presidential Campaign Prospects
Washington reports Mayor James J. Walker's resignation adds uncertainties to the 1932 race. His bid cites an unfair trial by Governor Roosevelt and may trigger a simultaneous New York mayoral election, possibly splitting Democratic loyalties. Speculation centers on Alfred E. Smith's stance and Roosevelt's political footing as Walker seeks vindication.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
E. Ming
New York
James J. Walker
Jimmie
Greenwich Village
Joseph V. McKee
Board of Aldermen
May
Tammany
Gov. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Supreme Authority
Samuel
Gotham
Samuel Seabury
New York City
Debonair
Jimmy Walker
Jimmy
Walker
England
West
Washington
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
North and South Carolina open tobacco and cotton mills
Employment conditions improved as tobacco stemmers and re drying plants began operations in North Carolina, with about 200 workers at a Goldsboro stemmery and hundreds more ready to start at nearby plants. Additional mills started in Wilson, Kinston, Greenville and Rocky Mount, while in South Carolina Anderson and Iva initiated full night operations in two cotton mills. Abbeville mills also began night shifts after a three month shutdown.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
Goldsboro
Wilson
Kinston
Greenville
Rocky Mount
Anderson
8. C
Iva
Abbeville
Supreme Court to Hear Asheville Bank Conspiracy Appeals
General Albert L. Cox said Luke Lea Luke Lea Jr and Wallace B Davis will appeal to the U S Supreme Court for certiorari. The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld evictions and a Buncombe County judge denied a new trial on newly discovered evidence. Damages and sentences ranged from six to ten years for Lea senior to four to six years for Davis.
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Raleigh
Albert L. Cox
Luke Lea
Nashville, Tenn
Wallace B. Davis
Asheville
United States Supreme Court
Cox
North Carolina Supreme Court
Leas
Davis
Buncombe County
Central Bank
Prio Yn
Lea
Storm Warning Issued On Tropical Disturbance Near Turks Island
Weather bureau advisory notes a tropical disturbance of considerable intensity about 100 miles east northeast of Turks Island moving slowly west northwestward at 10 a.m. heading toward the Atlantic region.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Turks Island
W. L
Egyptian Government Cotton Shed Destroyed by Fire
A waterfront cotton shed owned by the Egyptian government and valued at 100000 dollars was destroyed by a fire in Alexandria on September 2. The blaze caused total loss of the cotton stored in the shed.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Officials Exhume Reynolds’ Body For Autopsy Findings
Four doctors conducted a secret autopsy on Smith Reynolds, heir to tobacco millions, as prosecutors pursue murder charges against Libby Holman Reynolds and Albert Walker. The body was shot near the right temple, with powder burns noted. verdict remains death by unknown persons.
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Winston-Salem
Libby Holman Reynolds
Albert Walker
Smith Reynolds
R. J
Dick) Reynolds, Jr
Reynolda
W. N. Dalton
Transon Scott
Forsyth County
Reynolds
Walker
Young
Oneer
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Neal Morrow
Jewell Jones
8. F. Hinkle
M. G. Maynard
Henry Ward
Will Cail
J. M. Yow
R. H. Sheppard
D. K. Williams
State Highway Department
Road Commission
U. S
McKee
Franklin Fort
Home Loan Board
Railroads
Thelma
Supreme Court
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