Tobacco prices hold steady as opening week closes
Greenville reports official yesterdays sales at 417 908 pounds averaging 8 dollars per hundred, with weekly totals to Thursday at 1 480 832 pounds and an average of 7 34. Goldsboro shows 130 000 pounds on floor, and Kinston receipts estimated 400 000 to 500 000 pounds. Tarboro and Enfield sold about 75 000 and 20 000 pounds respectively at around 10 dollars per hundred.
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Raleigh
Kinston
Goldsboro
Yeaterday
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Enfield
Greenville
N. C
Cumberland Man Admits Shortage in County Funds
Fayetteville September 4 John C Gilmore clerk of Cumberland county superior court turned in his resignation after a discovered shortage of about 21000 in trust funds Auditors say loans on insufficient security likely caused the loss A certified report from the auditing firm is due Monday Gilmore has served as clerk since 1926 and led the North Carolina Superior Court Clerks Association last year
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Fayetteville
John C. Gilmore
Cumberland County
Criswell Appointed Specialist In Farms
J F Criswell, graduate of Texas A&M with a master's, named extension specialist in farm management at North Carolina State College. He will start immediately in Raleigh, work with G W Foster and R H Rogers, and focus on field activities and demonstrations for reorganizing farms to boost crop and livestock efficiency.
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Raleigh
J. F. Criswell
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
N. C. State College
I. O. Schaub
Criswell
G. W. Foster
Department of
Nevada proposes $50 tax on each divorce
Reno Nev Sept 4 A state tax of 50 on each divorce granted in Nevada has been recommended as a revenue producing measure by J B Yeager president of the state farm bureau A potential new levy aims to tap divorce proceedings for additional public funds and reflects continued tax policy discussion in state government.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
J. B. Yeager
State Farm Bureau
Southern Manufacturers protest freight rate boost on furniture
J. T. Ryan secretary of the Southern Manufacturers association denounces the interstate commerce commission decision to raise furniture freight rates as unfair to southern shippers. He says an appeal likely after the full report is studied and notes parity was sought but not granted.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
J. T. Ryan
Southern Manufacturers Association
Mr. Ryan
Ryan
High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Mebane
Commission
Hoch-Smith
Prisoners Shun Powers Linked to 10 Other Crimes
Clarksburg West Virginia dispatch reports police, at the request of Cleveland chief Marowitz, turned in their probe of Harry F. Powers. They investigated a letter to Mrs Helen Lathrop and noted Powers allegedly lured other women to harm, though no direct correspondence to Lathrop was found among Powers letters.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
George A. Martowitz
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry F. Powers
Helen Lathrop
Marowitz
Dorothy Lemke
Worcester
Mass
Asta Eicher
Chicago
Clarence A. Duckworth
Lindberghs to Fly to China September 10
Tokyo dispatch reports the American embassy confirmed Col. and Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh will press on with their vacation flight to China on September 10. The move follows approval from the Japan aviation bureau.
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Lindberghs
China
Tokyo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Japan Aviation Bureau
Hoover to Attend Yorktown Ceremonies in October
President Hoover plans to speak at Yorktown Virginia on October 19 marking the 150th anniversary of Lord Cornwallis surrendering to George Washington. He issued a proclamation calling for October 19 to be observed as a holiday.
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Washington
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Virginia
Hoover
George Washington
Old Kentucky Mountain Feud Flares at Wayne County Fair
At the Wayne county fair grounds in Monticello Kentucky a long running feud between two mountain families flared again. Guffey and Otho Lovelace fought amid a crowd of thousands. Guffey was fatally wounded and Lovelace died later at a Somerset hospital. Deputy Sheriff James Castillo was injured as bullets ricocheted, wounding two bystanders.
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Monticello
Lon Guffy
Otho Lovelace
Wayne County Fair
Guffey
Lovelace
Lyle Lovelace
Somerset
Fox Lovelace
Clarence
Lyle
Otho
James Castillo
Standers
Blevins
South Looks 10 Texas Assembly In Cotton Crisis
South Carolina Governor Blackwood says he will press for special legislative action as Texas moves toward a cotton crisis response. Texas commissioner McDonald reports 18 state senators favor a special session to curb cotton production. Louisiana Governor Long pushes no cotton plan, seeks broader support. Georgia ready to act. split among cotton states on fastest path to relief.
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Texas Assembly
J. E. McDonald
Texas
State Senate
Ross Sterling
Texas General Assembly
McDonald
United States
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Georgia
Russell
General Assembly
Blackwood
South Carolina
Poison Believed Cause Of Illness At Chester Home
An illness struck six members of J. W. LeGrand’s family and four others after dinner. Mrs LeGrand and daughter Eunice were seriously ill. Dr John C Caldwell of Chester suspects a powdered poison. A flour sample was sent to Clemson College for analysis.
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Chester
J. W. LeGrand
Here
LeGrand
George T. Gregory
John C. Caldwell
Clemson College
Forsyth Man Found Dead in Hillsville Note Indicates Affairs
George Semones a rural merchant and produce dealer was found dead in Hillsville Va from an apparently self inflicted shotgun wound. A note nearby referenced business matters. Semones had been in ill health for some time and split his time between Hillsville and Winston Salem N C where he conducted a produce business.
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Hillsville
George Semones
Semones
Winston-Salem
N. C
Deputy kills Negro in Duplin County incident near Pink Hill
September 4 report states Major Sutton Duplin County deputy sheriff fatally wounded Robert Coward a Black man who allegedly attempted to draw a pistol while being arrested for threatening others with his revolver.
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Negro Kinston
Robert Coward
Pink Hill
Major Sutton
Duplin County
Coward
Hauser Trial Details Focus on Aiming Ability
Mocksville reports the murder trial of 81 year old farmer John Henry Hauser. Defense doctors say he could not deliberate or premeditate and has the mentality of a 10 to 12 year old. Prosecution seeks the death penalty as evidence shows Hauser said he made a pretty damned good guess when firing at Fred S. Styers after an argument over discussing plowing conditions.
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Mocksville
John Henry Hauser
J. H. Clement
Hauser
Fred S. Styers
T. C. Redfern
Ss. W. Hurdle
Winston-Salem
L. P. Martin
Mockie
Styers
George Cook
Thought Dead Is Welcomed Home By Undertaker
Mrs. George Michalik of Passaic feared a mid ocean death news from the steamship Polonia. At New York harbor an undertaker hearse and coach waited as she and her two children cried. George Michalik appeared alive to surprise them, the funeral party riding home behind the empty hearse due to a mistaken identity by company officials.
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New York
George Michalik
Passaic
Howell and Ouimet Battle in US Amateur Semifinal
Billy Howell of Virginia led Francis Ouimet of Boston 1 up after 18 holes in the US Amateur Championship semifinal in Chicago. McCarthy and Westland also split a semifinal, with Westland two up at the 10th as both men pursued the other half of the title.
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Chicago
Virginia
Billy Howell
Francis Ouimet
Boston
Howell
Bobby Jones
Ouimet
Billy
Culmet
McCarthy
Westland
Maurice
Eanning
Jack Westland
Maurice J. McCarthy, Jr
New York
Orchestra Leader Is Killed In Accident
Concord report states Howard Simpson an orchestra leader was struck by a northbound Southern passenger train. He was on the track with his head in his hands when spotted too late by the engineer. A man riding the blinds of the train is held as a witness for an inquest likely tomorrow.
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Concord
Howard Simpson
Southern
Simpson
Britain May Place New Tax On Tobacco
London reports tobacco firms face restrictions on clearing tobacco stocks from bond. The move is seen as an indication that a new tobacco tax will be included in the emergency budget to be presented next week at the special session of parliament.
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London
Curtis Non-Committal On Candidacy For Vice President Nomination
Washington dispatch reports Curtis remains noncommittal about running for the vice presidency or returning to the Kansas Senate seat next year. Republican leaders press for a decision in coming months while speculation swirls about Hoover’s preferred running mate and Curtis’s political future amid Kansas GOP factional tensions.
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Curtis
Washington
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Hoover
C. C. McGill
Curt
Henry J. Allen
McGill
Eight World Speediest Ships Race Toward Cleveland Air Show
Major James H the fil hellion arrived at Cleveland airport after a high speed dash from Burbank as eight fliers contest the Vincent Bendix trophy and 156000 in prizes. Heavy storms delayed events as Jimmy Doolittle pushed toward New York aiming to beat Captain Hawks record.
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James Doolittle
Army
Cleveland
James H
Cleve Airport
Burbank
Los Angeles
Calif
Vincent Bendix
James Hall
New York
Art Goebel
Ohio
Indiana
Doolittle
Frank Hawks
Kansas City
WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN DROWN IN ACCIDENT NEAR COLUMBUS
P H Reichley, 31, the sole survivor, recounts the death of his wife aged 29 and their five young children when the steering gear failed and the car plunged from a park road into 20 feet of water in the Scioto river. Reichley swam to shore and survived.
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Columbus
P. H. Reichley
Scioto
Reichley
Municipal League Plans Mid-Winter Meet in Charlotte
GREENSBORO September 4 The North Carolina Municipal Association will hold its mid winter meeting in Charlotte probably around January 1 1932. The executive secretary said the exact date will be fixed later Hendersonville was chosen for the next annual convention likely in August The committee urged revision of state highway laws to allow the state to take over city streets excluding sidewalks when those streets are part of state highways.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Municipal Association
Charlotte
Hendersonville
Troy Requests New Bank Denied By Hood
Raleigh September 4. Citizens of Troy sought approval to open a new bank but the plan was disapproved by Gurney P. Hood bank commissioner. The Page Trust company currently operates a Troy branch, helping liquidate the former Bank of Montgomery.
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Troy
New Bank
Raleigh
Citizens of Troy
Gurney P. Hood
The
Page Trust Company
Bank of Montgomery
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