Pelzer Textile Strike Turns Violent, One Killed
A deadly clash at the Pelzer Manufacturing Company mills in Pelzer South Carolina leaves a 21 year old woman Bertha Kelly dead and a man J P McDougal wounded. National guard sent from Greenville and Greenwood quell the five minute gun battle as workers and pickets clash near the main plant and the number four mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelzer
Pelzer Manufacturing Company
National Guard
Olin Johnston
Greenville
Greenwood
Frank H. Barnwell
Florence
Bertha Kelly
J. P. McDougal
Number 4
Goodwill Association
Ed Jeanes
Number Four Mill
Jeanes
Plane Tragedy Claims Three In California Crash
A Western Air Express Boeing transport crashed shortly after takeoff from Union Air Terminal, heading to Salt Lake City. Pilot George C. Sherwood, co pilot Fred Burlew, and stewardess Donna Naylor were killed. The plane struck a high tension wire and burned, Marine firemen battled the blaze for 20 minutes. Seventeen sacks of mail were on board and postal inspectors guarded the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Union Air Terminal
Salt Lake City
George C. Sherwood
Fred Burlew
Glendanie
Cal
Donna Naylor
Burbank
Seld
U. S
Italy weighs oil concession stance amid Ethiopian talks
Rome reports ministers return from maneuvers to shape Italy's response to oil concessions offered to an American company seen as a new African trick. Britain denies involvement while Italy readies 4000 Blackshirt troops from Benevento for East Africa. Troops embark, cargo boats load, Conte Bianecamano and Umbria ships carry troops to the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Italy
East Africa
I Duce
Naples
Benevento
Conte Bianecamano
Umbria
Bolzano
Trento
Udine
Duce
Victor Emanuel
Gutton Pickers Strike Looms in Cotton Fields
Memphis Tenn September 2 reporters say the Southern Tenant Farmers Union plans a organized strike to demand cotton picking wages of 1 dollar per hundred pounds. H L Mitchell secretary said the union executive council approved the action. Local strike committees formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
South
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
H. L. Mitchell
One Dead and Two Injured in Salemburg Crash
In Clinton on September 2 a car collision near Salemburg left Sandy Mc Coy, 35, dead and two men seriously injured. The vehicle left Main Street, struck a tree, injuring Jeff Crumpler and another man identified only as a. Roy Crumpler, the driver, and J. T. Honeycutt survived with minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Sandy McCoy
Salemburg
Jeff Crumpler
Roy Crumpler
J. T. Honeycutt
Storm Threat Shifts Toward Key West From Cuba
Reports from Havana indicate a tropical storm moving north northwest with greater danger to Key West than Havana. The warning emphasizes increasing risk to Florida, with authorities awaiting further updates as dispersal and track remain uncertain.
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Key West
Havana
Triple murder suicide shocks Kenansville community
In Kenansville a 70 year old man Edward A Farrior killed his wife Elea Houston Farrior and her 12 year old son Lukie Houston with a shotgun then shot himself. Farrior died hours later. The couple had been married eight years and Elea Houston Farrior was a county health nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenansville
Edward A. Farrior
Elea Houston Farrior
Lukie Houston
Farrior
Guard Dismissed After Wake County Prison Escape
Prison officials announced guard F L Peoples was dismissed after Rosa Mull, a white woman, escaped from the Wake County prison camp near Raleigh last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
F. L. Peoples
Rosa Mull
Wake County
Key West And Havana Brace For Tropical Storm
Cuba and Key West prepare for hurricane winds as a tropical storm moves west from the Bahamas. Weather forecasts place the center near 200 miles east of Havana with possible passage into the Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours. Authorities warned residents to seek higher ground and ships took cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Cuba
Key West
Bahamas
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Havana
Miami
Florida
Fort Myers
Florida Straits
National Observatory
Isabela del Agua
Santa Clara Province
Cardenas
Cuban
United States
Keys
Fllorida
National Commander Defends Bonus Cash Demand
National Commander Frank N. Belgrano Jr. defends the American Legion push for immediate cash payment of the bonus. He says the issue will remain on the agenda as a priority in addressing veterans' needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Frank N. Belgrano, Jr
American Legion
Unclear OCR fragment on ERA camp near New Bern
Fragmentary note mentions an ERA program for unemployed women and a camp near New Bern with connections to Charlotte and a person named Lune. Details are incomplete and names are partially unreadable.
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Charlotte
Dhng
C. FT
New Bern
Interior Secretary Ickes Attends Wife’s Funeral
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes arrived in Chicago to attend funeral services for his wife Anna Wilmarth Ickes who was killed in an automobile accident near Velarde New Mexico on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Pius XI
Maly
Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Anna Wilmarth Ickes
Velarde
N. M
Detroit Tigers win with strong pitching and homer
Detroit defeated the Chicago team as Schoolboy Rowe limited the visitors to five hits. A Tigers homer in the fourth inning followed a hit with a mate on base, sealing the morning victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Schoolboy Rowe
Chicago
Detroit Tigers
Italian minister complains mail tampered at Addis palace
The Italian minister at Addis Ababa called at the emperor's palace to protest that Italian diplomatic mail arriving yesterday evening had been tampered with, according to the Exchange Telegraph correspondent in Addis Ababa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Exchange Telegraph
Addis Ababa
Young Fliers Hurt In Plane Smash-Up
Two young Ithaca men Allen Austin 22 and Scott Parsons 30 were seriously injured when their small plane crashed at Cayuga Heights Ithaca at 7 am. They were rushed to a hospital after a sighting of a plane over downtown Ithaca earlier.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cayuga Heights
Allen Austin
Scott Parsons
Erection of New U S Embassy in Russia Postponed
Washington reports strained U S Soviet relations prompt blocking of plans to build a new American embassy in Moscow. The Foreign Service Building Commission considers reallocating 1.1 million dollars to other countries while Hull holds the Soviet regime accountable for subversive activity linked to the Third International.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
Foreign Service Building Commission
McReynolds
D-Tenn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hull
Third International
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
Litvinoff
Fear Capitalist Vanishes in Large Colorado Search
Capitalist Joseph W. Ady Jr., 63, disappeared with his car in Colorado Springs causing police to launch a broad 100 mile area search. His wife reported he left to dress for dinner, and criminologist I B Bruce led the investigation as authorities feared possible kidnaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Joseph W. Ady,Jr
Ady
I. B
Dad) Bruce
Government Begins Soil Erosion Test Near Chapel Hill
The federal government selected an 800 acre tract two miles east of Chapel Hill as the southeastern headquarters for soil erosion experiments. The land owned by the University of North Carolina was turned over to the Department of Agriculture for use as a soil erosion experiment station, following work by UNC botanists.
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Chapel Hill
Here
University of North Carolina
University
Department of Agriculture
Campbell eyes 300 mph mark on Utah salt flats run
Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of the world land speed record, reached 238 mph in the first Utah trial on the 13 mile salt flat. He said the course is faster than Daytona Beach and noted altitude effects on the carburetor while considering a later timed run.
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Salt Flats
Utah
Malcolm Campbell
American Automobile Association
Malcolm
Daytona Beach
Fla
Florida Beach
Mrs Chas Abrahams Fined In Superior Court
Mrs Charlies Abrahams of High Point was fined 60 dollars and costs and banned from driving for six months after a guilty verdict for operating a car intoxicated in a Greensboro term court presided by Judge Don Phillips. Prayer for judgment was continued for two years on drunken and disorderly conduct. Other High Point cases included Eddie Taylor for intoxicated driving and Maryland Conway for assault with a deadly weapon.
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Greensboro
Charlies Abrahams
High Point
Don Phillips
Eddie Taylor
Maryland Conway
Frank Carter
Homer Taylor
Lie Detector Added to G Men Equipment
Washington notes the lie detector has been added to the government crime laboratory equipment. J Edgar Hoover said the device measuring blood pressure heart rate and breathing is still in the experimental stage. If proven, it may become standard BIA equipment and be used in federal courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau of Investigation
Barber Convention Opens In Salisbury
Delegates from across North Carolina register for the eighth annual Associated Master Barbers convention in Salisbury. Rep R L Coughton of the house ways and means committee will address the gathering this afternoon. A business session is planned for tomorrow with F L Gobble of Winston Salem as association president.
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Salisbury
The
Associated Master Barbers of
North Carolina
R. L. Coughton
House
Ways and Means
F. L. Gobble
Winston-Salem
Labor Day marks gains and fights for 5 day week
Organised labor halted work across the nation on Labor Day to celebrate gains under Wagner act and coal stabilization laws while debating the next steps. John L. Lewis praised Roosevelt and hinted at AFL endorsement at the Atlantic City convention. Unemployment remained high at about 11 million workers as Morrison urged a six hour day and five day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Fairmont
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Atlantic City
N. J
Opposition to Burrus Hospital Grant in Guilford County
Dr J T Burrus leads opposition to a 400000 loan and grant for a new Guilford Memorial style hospital in High Point. He argues a state Memorial hospital at Salem is the only viable project and warns the proposal is a political football costing 38000 annually, amid broad local support signatures.
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High Point
Guilford Coxty Board of Commissioners
Greensboro
Burrus Memorrs Hospital
Ja Town
Burrus
Aene State Memorial ‘Hospital
Wi Salem
Ates
Pare 2, Cols 5 and 3
The note indicates a trimming task to Pare two columns, specifically columns 5 and 3. Further context from the page is not provided.
Bank Deposits Rise Over Forty Four Million in North Carolina
Raleigh report by State Banking Commissioner Gurney Hood shows deposits in state commercial banks as of June 29 increased 44 237 048 24 over the year with a 15 846 875 cash on hand rise. Hood noted industrial bank deposits and investments also climbed while loans grew by 11 098 13 during the 12 month period.
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Raleigh
Gurney Hood
Hood
Carolina
Weather Forecast North and South Carolina and Nearby Coastal Winds
North Carolina: Cloudy with showers in the west tonight and east little change in temperature. South Carolina: generally fair tonight with Tuesday showers. Sandy Hook to Hatteras northeast winds to fresh with showers tonight and Tuesday. Hatteras to Jacksonville east coastal showers over the south portion. Charlotte report notes 24 hour temperature readings from Asheville to Jacksonville and other stations.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Dee Tilt Ee
Charleston
S. A
Eccen
Cunorro Cnn
Kvisauunien
Chederen
Galveston
Key West
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Mobile
Orleans
New York
Asisine
San Antonio
Eehevere
Tampa
Asaina
Washington
Wilmington
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Aimp
Male Ctlass
Wao
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Clyde A. Erwin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Parent-Teachers Institute
Chapel Hil
James A. Verity
Footevelt
Acasa
Ng Ae
PWA
California
Jis
Haile Selassi
Pat
Gutton
Tenant Farmers Union
U.S
Campbell
Chas. Abrahams
Labor
Lewis
Labor Convention
New Labor Relations Board
Ture
J.t.burrus
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