Proposals for State Cotton Control Weakened by Texas View
The article notes two proposals for state control of cotton planting amid a national surplus. Governor Sterling cites Texas senators largely opposing acreage reduction by law and questions whether a special legislative session would help farmers. He plans to decide today whether to call lawmakers, as eleven senators favored, nine opposed, and eleven undecided on the issue.
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OY Associated Paees
Texas
Sterling
Senate
Interstate rail freight rate cuts and limits in 1930s plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized a general freight rate revision to ease shifts in furniture transport, setting eastern shipments as second class and the rest of the country as third class. The action, under Hoch Smith, fixes maximums at 77.5 percent of first class rates for second class furniture, with a 10 000 pound car load minimum and exemptions for certain Virginia and North Carolina points until new rates take effect.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoch Smith
Mississippi
Potomac
Ohio
Commission
Virginia
North Carolina
Tropical Storm May Hit Milam Miami Florida
Tropical disturbance near Cape Rafael Haiti moves westward with forecast to affect southern Florida by Saturday if trends hold. Weather chief Gray notes advisory not confirmed and expects 2 pm reports from Port Au Prince Santo Domingo and Turk islands. Pan American grounds flight from Santo Domingo due to sea reports of disturbance north of the islands.
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Miami
Fla
Richard W. Gray
Miami Weather Bureau
Cape Rafael
Haiti
Florida
Cuban National Research
Gray
Port-au-Prince
Santo Domingo
Turk’s Island
Jnaugua
Bahamas
Pan-American Airways
Port Au Prince
R. I. Dunton
San Juan
One Dead Three Injured As General Strike Sparks Clash
In Barcelona on Sept 3 a civil guard was killed and three others wounded in street fighting that accompanied a general strike called by syndicalists to press for the dismissal and punishment of Civil Governor Anguera de Soto who had refused to release political prisoners.
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Barcelona
Spain
Anguera de Soto
Stimson Foresees World Peace and Economic Revival
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, back from Europe, predicts a lasting peace and global economic revival built on Hoover's debt moratorium and the London seven power conference. He cites European nations using the respite to lay foundations of political goodwill for a durable structure of peace and prosperity.
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New York
Henry L. Stimson
Hoover
London
Europe
England
France
Germany
Italy
Stimson
Three Men Die From Poison Alcohol Incident
In Los Angeles on September 3 three men died and a fourth was gravely ill after drinking suspected poison liquor. Police traced bottles to rubbing alcohol as the likely source and investigated how the tainted liquor was produced.
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Los Angeles
Industrial Leaders Draft Program For Giving Idle Relief
Washington set to relief efforts as industry leaders form a chamber committee led by Henry N Harriman to study unemployment and propose national planning and employment stability. Harry Wheeler heads Hoover relief plans, while a church backed back-to-school drive gains church cooperation across Protestant Catholic and Jewish groups. A thousand-city survey guides insurers and relief funds as Owen D Young and other industrial leaders join committees to coordinate national effort.
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Washington
Sept
United States Chamber of Commerce
Henry N. Harriman
Boston
Chamber
Ie Chamber
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Hoover
Wheeler
Walters. Gifford
Fred C. Croxton
Croxton
National Economic Planning Board
Gifford
Owen D. Young
New York
National Visory Council
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
A. Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Daniel
Records in Bank Mail Fraud Case Are in Evidence
Asheville September 3. R H McDuffie acting receiver for Central Securities identified its records as government presents evidence in the trial of Wallace B Davis and W D Harris on charges of using the mails to defraud. Davis was president and Harris vice president of Central Securities, a subsidiary of Central Bank and Trust. Assets now estimated at not more than 455477.81. Liabilities not given. McDuffie identified portions of records letters checks and books.
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Asheville Securities Company
Central Bank
Davis, Harris
Asheville
R. H. McDuffie
Central Securities Corporation
Wallace B. Davis
W. D. Harris
Securities Corporation
McDuffie
First Bank and Trust Company
Davis
Harris
Central Securities
Central Bank and Trust Company
Bank
The
Two Arrested in Rum King's Death
Paul Carbo and Vivian Lee were arrested in Atlantic City in connection with the slaying of Mickey Duffy, Philadelphia racketeer. They denied involvement and are held as fugitives from New Jersey authorities. Carbo claims hospital treatment in Manhattan the night of the killing. he has prior violent-crime history and multiple aliases.
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New York
Paul Carbo
Vivian Lee
Mickey Duffy
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Carbo
Manhattan
Duffy
Bronx
Runaway Dirigible Saved By Land Crew At North Beach
A wind battered dirigible with three aboard, fuel nearly gone, was guided to North Beach airport by Pilot Heinie Miller and a ground crew of 25. Captain Rogers organized more helpers as the gas bag swayed in the gusts, and all aboard—Maj. W. R. Wadsworth, Lt. Miller, and passenger A. T. Bailey—reached shore uninjured after the craft was brought under control.
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New York
North Beach
Teterboro
N. J
Newark
Heinie Miller
Langley Field
Harry Rogers
Miller
W. R. Wadsworth
Army
A. T. Bailey
White Plains
Wadsworth
Rogers
Lindberghs Visit Japanese Volcanoes Amid Mist
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, in Karuizawa, Japan, again tried to view Asama Volcano as mist hid the crater. They plan to return to Tokyo Saturday after a two week sightseeing stay before resuming their flight to China.
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Karunzawa
Japan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Asama
Norman Thomas Detained in Silk Mill Strike Picket
Norman Thomas, New York socialist leader and 1948 presidential candidate, was arrested today along with 47 others as pickets at the Hand Silk mill in Paterson New Jersey, where a strike is ongoing.
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Paterson
N. J
Norman Thomas
New York
Stefansson Says Sue Can’t Afford 10 Delay Return
Sir Hubert Wilkins, Arctic explorer, is far north in the ice about 350 miles from the Pole. Stefansson says the summer season is ending, travel will freeze, submarines limited to 100 miles, and Sir Hubert may be safe despite dangers, though the odds have shifted against him. He stresses the scientific importance of the voyage and notes radio limits.
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New York
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Vilhajamar §Stefansson
Sir Hubert
Arctic
North Pole
Stefansson
Sir‘ Hubert
Mr. Stefansson
Bank heads hunted after nine Hudspeth banks closed
A nationwide search for A. T. Hudspeth and his son W. A. Hudspeth was ordered following the closure of nine banks in the Hudspeth chain. A letter indicated he planned to go to Canada and he faced charges of taking deposits in insolvent banks. Prosecuting officials consider the younger Hudspeth with his father and seek grand jury probes into depositor actions seeking funds at Marshall and Citizens bank incidents.
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Garrison
Ark
A. T. Hudspeth
W. A. Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Canada
Soa
Jack Holt
Holt
Searcy
Boone County Grand Juries
First State Bank
Marshall
Citizens Bank
Price Of Tobacco Bounds Upward In Carolina Markets
Prices paid for better grades on the bright belt markets advanced sharply. Rocky Mount sold around 150 000 pounds with an average near 11 dollars per hundred, about four higher than yesterday. Tarboro and Enfield saw roughly 90 000 and 30 000 pounds on floors averaging about 10 dollars per hundred. Goldsboro moved about 80 000 pounds at 7.50 to 8 dollars. Greenville reported 187 968 pounds sold at 8 dollars per hundred. Washington saw high grades 10 to 20 per hundred while low grades ranged 1 to 3. Approximately 60 000 pounds on market.
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Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Enfield
Goldsboro
Greenville
Washington
Huge Bond Over-Subscribed Looms In Tax Rise Looms
Washington reports a remaining $800 million government bond issue heavily over-subscribed as administration leaders weigh balancing expenditures and revenue. Treasury will keep books open for the week to allow nationwide participation. Pacific coast mail subscriptions continue.
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Washington
Treasury
Pacific Coast
Germany and Austria abandon customs pact
Germany and Austria, acting through their foreign ministers at the pan European commission, renounced the customs union they had proposed months earlier. Spokesmen for France Italy and Czechoslovakia welcomed the decision, with Dino Grandi calling it a promise of improved world economic conditions.
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Geneva
Germany
Austria
Pan- European Commission
France
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Dino Grandi
Georgia Barbecue To Honor Gov Roosevelt
Warm Springs Ga Sept 3 Dr R B Gilbert president of the Meriwether County Roosevelt For President club announced a homecoming barbecue planned here for Governor Roosevelt of New York September 6.
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Warm Springs
R. B. Gilbert
Meriwether County
Pom
New York
Three die as plane crashes at Ferrara parade
At Ferrara Italy Sept 3 a plane in a 900 aircraft parade to Bologna fell into a crowd, killing the pilot and two spectators. Emergency crews cordoned the area as witnesses reported the tragedy during the air maneuvers.
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Ferrara
Italy
Bologna
Allen clan of Virginia mother acquitted vows no forgiveness
Amelia Court House Virginia September report says Mrs Jeston Allen Jones acquitted of murdering her husband will not forgive her son Robert who testified against her. The trial links to the storied Allen clan and the 1912 Hillsville courthouse massacre involving Floyd and Claude Allen.
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Allen Clan
Virginia
Amelia Courthouse
Vsa
Jeston Allen Jones
Robert
Richard Lee
Jones
Miss Allen
Kiel Allen
Floyd
Allen
Allens
Jasper Allen
J. M. Jones
J. Will Jones
Casey Gets Six Weeks Reprieve From Execution
Raleigh Sept 3 A new appeal to the Supreme Court in Herman Casey’s case has been docketed and Governor Gardner grants a six week reprieve. Casey, condemned for the murder of J C Causey and a lumberman, faces electrocution set for Sept 11. The appeal stems from a motion for a new trial after prior denials by Justice Clarkson and Lenoir Superior Court Judge Levin. The case is to be heard September 2 by sixth district appeals.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Herman Casey
Lenoir County
Gardner
Casey
Clarkson
Levin
Lenoir Superior Court
J. C. Causey
Suffolk
Goldsboro
Causey
Lenoir
France Objects To U S Paying German Claims
France, lone objector, opposes U S payment of 9.09 million dollars under German American mixed claims awards. Ambassador Edge in Paris discussed it with Premier Laval, but France shows reluctance to approve the payment.
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Washington
France
State Department
United States
Germany
Edge
Paris
Laval
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Lindberghs
Sue
Hubert
Hayey Exor
Chain of 9
Arkansas
Carolina
Sharphy Wuay
Mellon
Georgia
Gov. Roosevelt
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