McGinnis Fired First Shot in Loray Strike Trial
Omas Gilbert Gastonia police wounded in the Loray textile strike shooting testifies that W M McGinnis fired the first shot. Other witnesses Roach Mason say officers tried to arrest Harrison as he aimed a shotgun. defense questions Gilbert about drinking and prior incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Mason
Harrison
Gilbert
Louis McLaughlin
Union
McLaughlin
Joseph Harrison
McGinnis
Fred
Chiefderholt
Roach
Mason
Hilbert
Gillert
Aderholt
Charles Ferguson
Uer
Mecklenburgounty
Man
Aerial Armada Scours Desert for City of San Francisco Survivors
Lieutenant D. W. Tomlinson of Maddux Air Lines reported sighting four men signaling from the desert near Walpi Arizona after a search for the City of San Francisco airliner. Other planes were sent to the scene as Transcontinental air transport officials held cautious hope of survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Ariz
City of San Francisco
D. W. Tomlinson
Maddux Air Lines
Navy
Walpi
Tomlinson
Transcontinental Air Transport
San Francisco
Covenant Revision Sought to Match Kellogg Pact
Geneva Sept. 4 The British Labour government introduced a resolution at the League of Nations tenth assembly calling for revision of the covenant to banish war as the Kellogg Briand pact does. Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson led the move which had support from France Italy Belgium Chile and Denmark and even the German delegation. The proposal asks study of articles 12 and 15 to assess needed changes while noting the covenant was drawn after World War I and reflecting wartime will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
League
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Chile
Denmark
Henderson
Kellogg
Briand
Industrial Board Reports Filing For September and August
Raleigh dated report from the Industrial Board shows 5,886 cases received, 1,097 closed, and total compensation plus medical benefits of 1,996. Of note, 13 fatal cases reported but none settled. August saw 3,862 new cases and 1,512 used. 234 medical benefits awards and 1899 paid in compensation totaling 9,133. Six August hearings. Easterling notes 13 fatal cases unreported with potential dependents' payments up to 78,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Vate Industrial Commission
Port of
Agust
Easterling
Huston Named Unopposed Chairman For GOP Navy Committee
Washington dispatch reports Flaudius H. Huston of Tennessee and New York will be elected chairman of the Republican National Naval Committee without opposition at a meeting next Monday. Huston is the first choice of national committeemen with 38 of 48 states unopposed. President Hoover has not given formal endorsement but Huston is the known choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Flaudius H. Huston
Tennessee
New York
Republican Naval Committee
Huston
Hoover
Telegraph Fake Linked to $500000 Bank Fraud
A man posing as C. D. Waggoner, a Colorado banker, sought to move $500000 via telegraphic money orders to Telluride banks. Six New York banks received coded transfers. no funds were lost as the operation used banking paper and cashier's checks drawn on Telluride. The con begins August 30 with a $180000 banker’s check and a $60,000 personal note, while investigators hunt the suspect and the forged credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. D. Waggoner
Colorado
Bankers
Bank of Telluridge
Colo
Wall Street
Chase National Bank
Chemical National Bank
First National Bank of Denver
First National of New York
Denver National Bank
Guaranty Trust Company
United States National of Denver
Nation City Bank
Colorado National Bank
Harriman National Bank
American National Bank of Denver
Ceneral Hanover Bank
Bank of Telluride
C. D. Wagg
Burns Detective Agency
Big Asheville liquor raid nets fifty arrests
Federal agents led by J. E. Kanipe with about 12 officers conducted a major Western North Carolina liquor raid in Asheville. Forty arrested, ranging from 12 to 53 years old, with warrants for at least twenty others. Vonna L. Gudger presided over preliminary hearings as prisoners were processed. Bonds set from 500 to 2500 dollars for twenty three men and one woman bound over to U. S. District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
J. E. Kanipe
Department of Justice
Prohibition Department
Asheville
W. H. Clapp
Ashe
U. S. District Court
Col Chapman Dead In Greensboro At 89
Col William Henry Chapman 89 a longtime Greensboro resident died after a brief illness at his home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at St Andrew's church with interment in Green Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
William Henry Chapman
St. Andrew’s Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Schneider Cup Air Race Entries Qualify
In Calshot England September 6 the Schneider cup entrants passed navigability trials in the Solent before noon. Six hour seaworthiness tests followed with three British and three Italian pilots qualifying initially. Sergt Giovanni Monti of Italy in a Macchi 67 and Flying Officer R L R Atcherly of Britain in a Supermarine Rolls Royce 8 6 were last to finish navigability tests.
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Calshot
England
Solent
Sergt
Giovanni Monti
Italy
R. L. R. Atcherly
Great Britain
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company Formed
Announcement of a major merger creating the North Carolina Bank and Trust company with headquarters in Greensboro. A. W. McLean becomes chairman. J. W. Grainger vice chairman. R. G. Vaughn chairs the executive committee. W. S. Ryland named president. Atlantic Bank and Trust and other banks unite to strengthen regional banking structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. McLean
The
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Atlantic Bank and Trust Company
High Point
R. Bb. Terry
A. L. Caldwell
Greensboro
J. W. Grainger
Wilmington
R. G. Vaughn
Julius W. Cone
W. S. Ryland
Raleigh
Murchison National Bank
American National Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank
Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Savings and Trust Company
Lumberton
China seeks end to extraterritorial rights in notes to powers
Foreign Minister C. T. Wang said China would mail notes to the United States, Great Britain, France, Norway and the Netherlands urging removal of extraterritorial rights. He indicated no change in Sino Russian talks and awaited Soviet approval of the Nanking draft on railway operations.
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Nanking
China
C. T. Wang
United States
Great Britain
France
Norway
Netherlands
Wang
Berlin
Geneva
Plane Crash Kills Two in Memphis Area
Miss Ruth Greer 18 of Woodward Oklahoma and Ernest Douglass 17 of Memphis died in a crash of aviator Frank Hays near Parkfield Millington early today. Hays is reported fatally injured with slim chances of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Ruth Greer
Woodward
Okla
Ernest Douglass
Frank Hays
Hays
Lindy Lindbergh Flew To Help Search Missing Plane
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field to join the search for the Transcontinental Air Transport plane. He flew in a fast plane borrowed from Frank Hawks, accompanied by Mrs. Lindbergh, and was alerted to a report of four men seen walking across the Arizona desert north of Winslow.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Winslow, Ariz
Desert
Winslow
Missing airliner City of San Francisco search wide
The City of San Francisco airliner has been missing since Tuesday with a broad search area. Authorities report at least 70 airplanes actively engaged or on order to search, spanning from Albuquerque to the Imperial Valley, covering a 500 mile diameter centered on Gallup New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Albuquerque
N. M
Imperial Valley of California
Gallup
Indians And Cowboys Aid In 500 Mile Search Across Southwest
Searchers comb Bryce and Zion canyons in Utah and the Grand Canyon in Arizona as allied forces from the army and navy planes join private and commercial aircraft. Zuni Indians, cowboys, and locals assist with ground and air efforts from Gallup to Winslow and along the Arizona New Mexico border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce and
Zion
Zuni
St. Louis
Winslow
Arizona-New Mexico
Three Marion strikers arrested on riot charges in N C
Sheriff arrests Zeb Webb Ernest Ward and Dennis Ward on inciting to rioting and rebellion related to last Friday clash. Earlier 79 strikers jailed. Clinchfield mill operates day shift while Marion Manufacturing remains closed for nine weeks. Notices call strikers to vacate housing by Sept 9.
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Marion
N. C
Oscar Adkins
Zeb Webb
Ernest Ward
Dennis Ward
N. A. Townsend
O. Max Gardner
Edward T. McGrady
American Federation of Labor
McGrady
Clinchfield Mills
Marion Manufacturing Company
Clinchfield
Clinchfield Manufacturing Company
Supreme Court of the United States
McDowell County
Bandits Rob Payroll Train in Mexico Near Bermejillo
Armed bandits attacked a payroll train of the Pendes lining company near Bermejillo yesterday and seized 26 000 pesos. An airplane was dispatched to help troops locate the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
el Universal
Torreon
Pendes Lining Company
Bermejillo
Tariff Fight Pauses for Weekend Reconvening
Washington reports a weekend lull in tariff warfare as leaders plan for future moves. The armistice ends Monday at noon and a renewed parliamentary battle will focus on administrative provisions of the tariff bill. Senators Robinson Borah and Simmons solidify plans for immediate procedure and debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Borah
Idaho
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
Myers Guilty of Assaulting Trogdon in Randolph County
Myers Randleman police chief C W Myers was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon against Otis Trogdon of Randleman by a Randolph County superior court jury. Sentence to be passed by Judge A M Stack later today. Myers shot Trogdon at the latter's home last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
N. C
C. W. Myers
Randleman
Otis Trogdon
Randolph County Superior Court
A. M. Stack
Myers
Trogden
Rescue Effort Underway to Free Trapped Man in Caved-In Well
In Ottowa Iowa 150 workers dig a new shaft opposite a collapsed well where 55 year old Wilkine Priest has been trapped for over 24 hours. Crews expect to tunnel in, guided by the county engineer, as Priest signals faintly from a bed of quicksand and an electric light. The rescue, aided by county road gangs and Morrell Packing men, continues with sunset expected. Priest’s brother Arthur aids the dig.
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Ottowa
Iowa
Wilkine Priest
Priest
Morrell Packing Company
Arthur
Sigourney
Pacification of Holy Land Faces Greater Difficulty
In Jerusalem the pacification of the Holy Land grows harder as Arabs wage guerilla warfare across Palestine. Bedouins from Sinai clash with British near Gaza and Beer Sheba, with reinforcements sent. Skirmishes also occur near Mount Tabor and El Mesha. Arab looters suffer 26 casualties.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Sinai Peninsula
Gaza
Beersheba
Mount Tabor
Sea of Gaililee
el Mesha
Nazareth
League of Nations
League
Hilley’s Body Sent to Whitesboro Georgia
Wadesboro N C Sept 6 The body of W B Hilley killed in an automobile accident near here yesterday was sent to Whitesboro Ga his home for burial Hilley was division superintendent for the Wrogut Iron Range company of St Louis with offices at Whitesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadesboro
N. C
W. B. Hilley
Whitesboro
Hilley
Wrogut Iron Range Company
St. Louis
Senate panel to quiz Farm Board members
The Senate Agriculture Committee will call members of the Federal Farm Board to open hearings to examine their qualifications for office. The hearings will scrutinize the board in Washington on September 6.
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Senate
Farm Board
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Federal Farm Board
Guilford County Slaying Yields Clues Despite Search
Guilford county officers continued a fruitless search for clues in the slaying of Robert Smith 65 a bachelor and retired salesman. His body with a gunshot wound was found in his farmhouse near the Guilford Randolph county line. Coroner W W Harvey ordered a coroner's inquest this afternoon with Sheriff D B Stafford leading. The missing watch was found in trousers upstairs and a billfold with three dollars was recovered. Investigators think the killer fired from outside through a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
Guilford County
Robert Smith
Guilford
Randolph County
W. W. Harvey
D. B. Stafford
Smith
Navy confirms all High Hat planes accounted for
In Denver on September 6, Lieut. Commander H. C. Wick reported that the entire High Hat squadron number 1 Navy planes were accounted for after discovering the amphibian missing yesterday spent the night in Jefferson City Missouri. The commander said nine ships had landed at Colorado Springs after a storm and the amphibian left this morning for the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
United States Navy
H. C. Wick
Jefferson City
Wick
Colorado Springs
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Oregon State College
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Wastes
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Ndustrial Board
Uston
Col. Chapman
Powers
Lindy
Trogdon
Whitesboro, GA
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