Sharp warning sent Japan on border problem
Moscow declared the Soviet Manchoukuo border situation intolerable and dangerous to peace. It proposed a mixed Soviet Japanese Manchoukuo commission to investigate incidents and blamed Tokyo for delaying its creation since February. The note accused Japanese militarists of fabricating firing reports and sought to hold Japan responsible for any aggravation.
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Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Shichi Sakoh
B. I. Kozloffsky
Second Eastern Department
Foreign Office
Manchoukuo
Selecting Jury Difficult Task in Detroit Murder Trial
Detroit September 4 jury selection drags as Judge Moynihan orders night sessions to assemble a fair panel for ten defendants charged with the murder of Charles A. Poole after false gossip about his wife. Of 92 potential jurors only seven were accepted. 100 veniremen will be questioned nightly until a verdict nears. The case follows the Black Legion scandal involving Oakland county officers and sheriff staff.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Joseph H. Moynihan
Charles A. Poole
WPA
Moynihan
Oakland County
Cer C. Howarth
Aged Globe-Trotter Sails Toward War Zone
Elius Brittlebank a 77 year old Charlestonian announced plans to begin his 17th global voyage by train tomorrow to reach war zones near Spain and through the Straits of Gibraltar. He said doctors advised against travel but he aims to return by December and has previously reached conflict areas in Italo-Ethiopian and other wars.
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Charleston, &. C
Elius Brittlebank
Europe
Prayer Crusade Castels Gandolfo Aims Prayer Surge
Pope Pius XII urged a worldwide crusade of prayer to combat the fires of war and turmoil, with particular concern for Spain amid ongoing hostilities. The call emphasized collective devotion and spiritual struggle against violence.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Poe Pius
Spain
Pellagra Shows Increase in City Reports
The August monthly report by Inspector John Huff records 13 pellagra cases in the city, over half of all communicable diseases for the month. Diphtheria had six cases, with one each of German measles influenza tuberculosis typhoid undulant fever and venereal disease. A nurse works half time to educate care, 300000 collard and cabbage plants were distributed to encourage Pellagra preventing meals, and Huff conducted 283 inspections and mosquito control work along 39 miles of the Deep River watershed.
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John Huff
Huff
Major Parties Spend Millions In Campaign Effort
New York report notes national party campaign funds in the millions with the Democrat national committee budget around 2 million dollars. The Republican figure depends on receipts but is not expected to be lower than the Democratic amount. Local state expenditures are not included in these estimates.
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New York
National Committee
Charles B. Goodspeed
Smoking Outlawed By School Board
Raleigh school board bans smoking in city high schools. Superintendent Claude F. Gaddy said a principal previously set aside smoking rooms for boys and girls before the action.
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Raleigh
Claude F. Gaddy
Roosevelt and Landon Meet in Des Moines Drought Talks
President Roosevelt and Governor Alf Landon met in Des Moines to discuss drought relief. They spent 40 minutes with officials from six states, then dined and departed separately, avoiding direct political talk. Landon called the talks productive and said a memorandum was left with Kansas officials.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Hannibal
Landon
Kansas
Topeka
Clyde Herring
Iowa State House
London
White House
English Society Woman Sets Off for Solo Westward Atlantic Flight
Abingdon England Sept 4 Mrs Beryl Markham a 23 year old English society matron and mother of a one year old boy launched her solo non stop attempt to cross the westward Atlantic to New York. She lifted her green monoplane The Messenger into the air at 650 pm British summer time from the Royal Air Force field. She hopes to become the first woman to fly solo the westward crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon
Eng
Beryl Markham
New York
Royal Air Force Field
Sportwoman Katherine Hitt Dies in New York Hospital
Katherine Elkins Hitt, owner of a renowned racing stable and daughter of the late Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, died yesterday at Roosevelt Hospital in New York.
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New York
Katherine Elkins Hitt
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Roosevelt Hospital
Man In Woman's Clothes Held In Murder Case
LA JOLLA Calif Sept 4 A blood stained club like wood became pivotal clue in Ruth Muir murder. A man in women's clothing is under arrest in Los Angeles named Joe B Smith wearing a pink skirt blouse brown wig lipstick and rouge. Investigators say hairs found in her hand tie suspect to victim. Scientists examine wood stains for blood to confirm linkage.
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Miss Muir
Kelly
Los Angeles
L. L. Curtis
Joe B. Smith
Richman And Merrill Reach London After 18-Hour Flight
American stars Harry Richman and Dick Merrill land at Croydon to complete a round trip eastward leg of their trans Atlantic sky voyage. They flew from South Wales via Bristol after a fuel shortage forced a stop in the Welsh pasture.
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Croydon
Eng
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
South Wales
Bristol
Merrill
New York
Richman
Lady Peace
Llandilo
London
Robbins Knitting Mill to Relocate to Spruce Pine
Robbins Knitting Mill planned to move from High Point to Spruce Pine around January 1, 1937. The Spruce Pine Holding Co. will start erecting plants to house the mill with J. O. Connor supervising construction. The move will reduce High Point staff from about 300–325 to 15 accompanying workers.
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Spruce Pine
Robbins Knitting Company
High Point
C. C. Robbins
C. C. Robbins, Jr
Spruce Pine Holding Company
J. O. Connor
Recluse Seized by New York Police
BAY SHORE N Y Sept 4 Joseph Kuehnel a 67 year old recluse seized by state police for possessing home made bombs and firearms was under observation today awaiting fingerprint report from Washington He described himself as an anarchist and muttered rambling statements naming prominent persons with a grudge against everybody according to Sergeant Daniel Glasheen one of the arresting officers.
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Bay Shore
N. Y
Joseph Kuehnel
Washington
Kuehnel
Daniel Glasheen
Mine Is Closed Pending Probe in West Virginia Disaster
Logan West Virginia officials closed the Macbeth mine after the recovery of the last of ten men who died in the state's worst underground disaster in a decade. A rescue crew retrieved the final four bodies more than 24 hours after a blast blocked a two mile tunnel and 400 feet of rock.
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Logan
W. Va
Macbeth
Recue
Narow
Prices Stronger on Rocky Mount Tobacco Market
Prices were reported stronger on the Rocky Mount tobacco market as sales began for the third day of the current season. About 750000 pounds were marketed today.
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Rocky Mount
Plane Explodes Aboard Transcontinental Air Race
Two contestants in a transcontinental speed race encountered emergencies. Joe Jacobson parachuted to safety after his plane exploded near Stafford Kansas while flying west from New York at over 195 mph. Amelia Earhart Putnam battled a loose door causing a 40 minute delay on the same course toward Kansas City. Benny Howard landed at 9 08 a m in Chicago after flying 1 421 miles from New York heading to Los Angeles.
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Kansas City
New York
Los Angeles
Joe Jacobson
Stafford
Kas
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Wichita
S1. Lous
Benny Howard
Chicago
Train Kills Five In Ohio Auto Crash
A farmer and his four sons were killed when a Pennsylvania train struck their automobile at a grade crossing one and a half miles east of Coshocton Ohio today. The tragedy occurred as the family traveled in their vehicle near the town.
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Coshocton, O
Here
Pennsylvania
Rescue Efforts Claim 2 Lives in Md Ensilage Gas Tragedy
In Polar Springs Maryland a mother Anna Richards 9 and her foster daughter Mary Line 19 died from carbon dioxide fumes released by fermenting cattle feed in an underground silo. Anna's sister Sine ? and two boys William Hood 6 Beverly Hood 4 and others were injured.
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Polar Springs
Anna Richards
Ella Malinda Richards
Beverly
Norman Becraft
Anna
Becraft
Miss Sine
Mrs. Richards
John Richards
Calvin
Governor Signals Support for $2.8 Million Road Fund Plan
Raleigh reports indicate Governor Ehringhaus may approve a $2.8 million highway surplus appropriation for roads and prison improvements. He will require assurance the surplus covers general fund needs and avoids costly installment repairs. Revenue Commissioner Maxwell says surplus funds likely to transfer to the general operating account, with a legislated minimum of $1 million and a maximum near $2 million. Inheritance taxes from Z. Smith Reynolds and Bowman Gray boost the general fund by over $3 million since the fiscal year start.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
A. J. Maxwell
Z. Smith Reynolds
Bowman Gray
Winston-Salem
Spain Names Largo Caballero as Prime Minister in Civil War
Madrid reports Premier Jose Giral Pereira signs over to a new government with Francisco Largo Caballero as Prime Minister and War Minister amid ongoing Spanish Civil War fighting. The city of Irun is in flames as rebels push toward the Biscay coast while international efforts seek unity and neutrality amid the conflict.
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Francisco Largo Cabellero
Madrid
Jose Giral Pereira
Spain
Francisco Largo Caball
Vic
Iran
Pope Pius
France
Armin
Biscay
San Sebastian
Werer
Great
Elfo
Germany
Portu
Lisbon
Berlin
Man jailed for axoricide after wife allegedly chose death
Waycross Georgia sheriff reports Berrell Crews 21 surrendered claiming his wife Florence Dowling Crews 27 asked to die rather than endure trouble. He said they discussed the plan near Dowling's Camp seven miles south, then went to a dance before she agreed to the fatal gesture.
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Waycross
Henry J. Sweat
Berrell Crews
Florence Dowling Crews
Dowling
Here
Sweat
Crews
Highway contracts awarded for three routes in North Carolina
The highway and public works commission awarded contracts to Riker and Yount of Reidsville for retreatment of eight miles on route 156 in Caswell county eleven miles on route 109 in Davidson county and 16.8 miles on the Alamance and Cobel road in southeastern Guilford county at a total cost of 40 857 dollars.
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Raleigh
Highway and Public Works Commission
Riker and Yount
Reidsville
Caswell County
Davidson County
Guilford County
White Man And Negro Die In Electric Chair For Murders
In Raleigh on September 4, B Buck Carden of Durham and George Alston a Chapel Hill Negro were electrocuted at the state prison for murders. John Pressley of Gaston county was spared by a reprieve as the 1936 law shifted capital punishment to lethal gas for later convictions. Alston killed his sweetheart Helen Massey and waved to spectators before two shocks ended his life. Carden, 42, killed his wife and died after a single shock at 10 59.
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Raleigh
Buck) Carden
Durham
George Alston
Chapel Hill
State’s
John Pressley
Gaston County
Pressley
Alston
Roland Mc
Clamrock
University of North Carolina
Helen Massey
Coleman
Carden
Labor union suspensions threaten Lewis plan unity
Ten international unions aligned with John L Lewis and the committee for industrialization face suspension by the American Federation of Labor starting tomorrow unless they withdraw from the Lewis group. The move affects about one third of the AFL's 3 500 member base, with two unions backing Lewis and the rest noncompliant.
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A. F. of L
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
David Dubinsky
Labor Federation
Dubinsky
John L. Lewis
Washington
International Laboru
John L. Committee For Industrialization
American Federation
Bar
Ex Council
Sus
Lewis
Ladies’ Meat Workers
Oration
Local Weather Outlook for Carolinas
Weather forecast for North Carolina and South Carolina notes slight cooling. Central and southeast regions in NC may see unsettled skies tonight into Saturday. South Carolina reports cloudy to start, clearing by Saturday with cooler conditions in the north central area.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
South Coast
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