Third Special Venire In Gastonia Textile Trial Exhausted
In Charlotte a third special venire of 150 was ordered after the second venire of 300 was exhausted within an hour. Judge Barnhill continued the effort to fill a jury for the murder case involving 16 defendants connected to the Gastonia textile strike. The regular panel was called, objections were raised, and the new venire must report at 9 30 tomorrow.
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Barnhill
Tom P. Jimison
Jimison
James Landle, Jr
Mayon Steamer Founders in Typhoon Off Pasacao Gulf
The steamer Mayon, owned by the Manila Railroad, foundered in a typhoon off Pasacao Ragay gulf with 37 aboard, nine saved. Luzon provinces bore the typhoon’s brunt, while Manila parts escaped major damage. winds reached 60 mph and tramways were disrupted by downpours.
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Manila
P. LL
Manila Railroad
Pasacao Ragay Gulf
Tayabas
Bulacan
Pamanga
Luzon
Ragay Gulf
Pasacao
Hoover Takes Lead On Mountain Education Effort
President Hoover returns from Blue Ridge lodge and launches a national committee to fund a schoolhouse for mountain children. He aims to raise about 12000 dollars with Burraker rallying neighbors to seek state teacher support for Virginia’s small region near the camp. He resumes White House duties after the plan is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Blue Ridge Mountain
Ray Burraker
Burraker
Virginia
White House
Duce Becomes Father for Fifth Time in Italy
Forli reports Signora Mussolini gave birth to a daughter named Anna Maria. The Duce is stated to be father again, with both mother and baby reported in good health.
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Forli
Italy
Duce
Anna Maria
Signora Mussolini
Graf Zeppelin heads home via Bordeaux route
The Graf Zeppelin remained on a silent course toward Friedrichshafen after reporting positions near 300 miles southwest of Bordeaux and 315 miles west of Lisbon. If the Bordeaux path holds, the airship could berthed this afternoon, aiming to beat the Lakehurst to Lakehurst record and finish under pressure to meet an Atlantic crossing deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE Bourget
France
Cazaux
Bordeaux
Graf Zeppelin
Graf
Lisbon
Bay of Biscay
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
Work Leaves RNC Chair Post Visits Hoover at White House
Dr Hubert Work arrives in Washington from Pueblo Colorado and meets President Hoover at the White House as he heads toward retirement as chairman of the Republican National Committee next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Pueblo
Colo
White House
ERRORGRAMS Stunt Tests Grammar Spelling and Puzzles
A new stunt called ERRORGRAMS opens in the Enterprise on Wednesday September 4. Readers are invited to test grammar history spelling etiquette and word unscrambling skills with mixed up letters and drawing mistakes.
Heflin Jr. jailed on drunkenness and prohibition charges
J Tom Heflin Jr son of Alabama senator was jailed in Phenix City with B M Haines after officers found three bottles of home brew in their car. Both were held on drunken driving and prohibition charges as relatives from Columbus were en route.
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Phenix City
Ala
J. Tom Heflin, Jr
United States
Alabama
B. M. Haines
Standing Rock
H. A. White
Heflin
Haines
Hefl
Tennessee
Columbus
Unjust Coal Rates Challenged by Examiner
Examiner Kettler found proposed carload coal rates from Alabama Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia to southeastern and Carolina territories unjustified. He urged the commission to cancel those rates and ruled southern mine rates to parts of Georgia and Florida unlawful with suggested scales from 1.70 to 3.88 per ton depending on distance.
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Washington
Alabama
Tennnessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Southeastern
Carolina
Kettler
Commission
Georgia
Florida
Bedouins in Syria scattered as border clashes ease
In Jerusalem on September 3 AP reports British and French forces have disrupted Bedouin incursions from Syria into Palestine. Frontiers closed, British aircraft show force while arrests occur in Litka, Haifa, and Tel Aviv. North tensions around Safed rise with a Staffordshire regiment sent north to keep peace. Moslems protest planned at the Mosque of Omar. Wailing Wall construction resumes amid government inquiry.
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Jerusalem
Syria
Palestine
Mandates
trans-Jordania
Safed
South Staffordshire Regiment
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Litka
Motza
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Tiberias
Omar
al Jaffa
Wailnng Wall
Eastern Weed Marts Opened in North Carolina Tobacco Belt
The eastern North Carolina tobacco market opened in about a dozen centers with leaf supply similar to last year. Early prices were expected to be slightly under year prior. Greenville bids 11 to 12 cents a pound, Goldsboro baskets top leaf at 30 cents, Wilson averages 12 to 13 cents.
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North Carolina
Greenville
Goldsboro
Wilson
Shuttle Forced Down East of Salt Lake City
Boeing Air Transport reported the transcontinental endurance plane Shuttle was forced down 10 miles east of Salt Lake City today after passing over the city at 9:25 a.m. en route to Cheyenne Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Boeing Air Transport
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Gas price in Piedmont NC to revert to 23 cents a gallon
The current 23 cent per gallon gasoline price at Piedmont area stations ends tomorrow as Standard Oil of New Jersey orders a return to the old level. The move follows wartime price norms and prompts other companies to align, noting that during the war gas cost was 20 cents per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
North Carolina
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
MacDonald Holds Stage at Geneva
Great Britain's Ramsay MacDonald dominated early League of Nations session in Geneva as he addressed the assembly and signaled the week’s themes. He could not confirm a planned American trip due to a fragile Commons situation.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Assembly of the
League of Nations
MacDonald
House of Commons
Body of Swiss Airman Believed Buried in Portugal
Lisbon reports a fair haired youth found on Ericeira Beach may be Oscar Kaeser or Kurt Luescher, two Swiss fliers missing since August 19 while attempting a non stop Atlantic crossing to New York. If confirmed, it would be the first recovered body from recent east to west transatlantic attempts that have claimed 23 lives.
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Lisbon
Portugal
New York
Ericeira
Oscar Kaeser
Kurt Luescher
Here
Azores
Ten Strikers Still Lodged In Marion Jail
Marion North Carolina September 3 local union leaders and guards monitor picket lines at the Marion Manufacturing mill idle six weeks while ten of the 79 riot arrestees remain jailed. Bail efforts continue as organizers seek freedom for the strikers amid a closed mill and ongoing labor tensions.
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Marion
Marion Manufacturing Company
Baldwin
N. C
N. A. Townsend
Gardner
National Guard
R. W. Baldwin
Dan Elliott
Lawrence Hogan
Hull 10 Oppose Broge in 1930
Nashville Tenn Sept 3 Tennessee has a United States Senator position and a candidate for successor for a six year term beginning March 1931. Cordell Hull chairman of the democratic national committee announced he would seek the nomination for next full term. Brock will serve until the 1930 election. Brock born near Farmington North Carolina 58 years ago. Son of a Confederate army lieutenant. Left home to clerk in a Winston-Salem store then traveled selling chewing tobacco. Twenty years ago he bought a candy factory in Chattanooga.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States
Henry H.horton
William E Brock
Chattanooga
Lawrence D. Tyson
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Houston
Brock
Mr. Brock
Farmington
N. C
Winston-Salem
Maryland Resort Fire Destroys Boardwalk Concessions
A fire of unknown origin swept along the boardwalk at Ocean City injuring 15 concessions and causing about 250000 dollars in damage. Fire crews from seven towns battled the blaze for over an hour before gaining control around 2 AM.
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Cean City
Maryland
Ocean Resort
Endurance Plane Hits 256 Hours In Chicago Flight
Russell Mossman and C E Steele in the refueling endurance craft Chicago We Will logged 256 hours aloft, aiming to beat the St Louis Robin’s 421 hour record. They reported a tiring grind and noted a dropped note reading Hello World. A telegram from record-holders Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine encouraged them as Empire State Standard landed earlier after five hours. Bumpy air hindered progress as the 65th refueling contact occurred at 5000 feet.
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Chicago
Russell Mossman
C. E. Steele
St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Sky Harbor
Empire State Standard
Syracuse
N. Y
Edison Recovering From Pneumonia
Edison recover ing from pneumonia in West Orange New Jersey at age 82. A physician bulletin says his vigor helped him overcome the infection and he is out of danger and in a convalescent stage. He is not expected to resume work for two or three weeks.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert S. Howe
Edison
Tobacco Marts In Goldsboro Open
Goldsboro Tobacco market opened with nearly 500000 pounds on warehouse floors and more arriving by vehicle. The primings lot with a few baskets held near standard prices. The first half hour averaged higher than last year’s opening day and tobacco reportedly in better condition. Top price in the initial half hour reached 36 cents.
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Goldsboro
N. C
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Peet Oe
Charlotte
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Hughestown
NAVY
Cleveland
A. W. Gordon
Los Angeles
Calvin Bolster
Mountain Country
Zeppelin
Tom Heflin, JR
Eastern Weed Marts
Associaed
Hull 10
Broge
Tar Heel
Tobacco Marts
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