Negro Youth Surrenders After Johnston County Mob Threat
In Clayton Johnston County 13 year old Hodges surrendered to deputies after a mob sought him for the fatal shooting of 19 year old Julian Hardy. He claimed Hardy shot himself while Hodges was nearby in a field. The youth was jailed for safekeeping as officers hunted for the alleged slayer. Meanwhile in Mocksville 82 year old John Henry Hauser was condemned to die in the electric chair for the murder of his son in law after a trial finding premeditation not proven. He plans an appeal.
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Clayton
Young Hodges
Julian Hardy
Johnston County
A. Y. Hodges
Hodges
Norwood
Barbour
Young
Hardy
Smithfield
Joe Hardy
Raleigh
Julian
Mocksville
Fred Styers
John Henry Hauser
Davie County
Rynesnen Hoe Eblee
Slave
Anuvemuute
Hauser
John H. Clement
Supreme Court
Haneer
Geo. Cook
MACHINE AS LABOR ENEMY INVESTIGATED
Washington Sept 5 AP experts study permanent unemployment effects from machinery displacement amid rising industrial output with 500000 fewer workers since 1919. Doak secretary chaired panel to assess technological unemployment and how to conserve displaced workers through data driven trends and policy.
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Washington
Congress
Doak
Charles A. Prosser
Prosser
Rebel Crews Land To Hold Conference
A delegation from rebel navy crews landed at Coquimbo in Chile for a conference with the provisional governor at La Serena. The governor said the rebels have until 11 o'clock to surrender.
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Santiago
Chile
Coquimbo
la Serena
Alameda Housewives Seek Cotton Stockings Solution
Oakland Calif Sept 5 Members of the Alameda Housewives League plan to ease the surplus cotton issue by wearing cotton stockings in place of silk, a small civic gesture reflecting concern over supply and textile resources.
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Oakland
Cali
Alameda Housewives’ League
Warrant Issued for Mere dith Caldwell in Tax Case
Nashville financier Meredith Caldwell, brother of Rogers Caldwell, faces a warrant for attempting to evade income tax. U.S. District Attorney A V McLane said the charge stems from a 1929 tax return entry with the government claiming an $8,000 loss. W Poe Maddox prepared the warrant.
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Nashville
Tenn
A. V. McLane
United States
Meredith Caldwell
Rogers Caldwell
W. Poe Maddox
Caldwell
Storm Dying After Sweeping Havana Area
The hurricane moving westward across Haiti and Jamaica and feared to curve north weakened and was reported last night by the national observatory to the southwest of Cape Cruz. The storm slowly lost intensity as it moved away from the Havana region.
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Havana
Haiti
Jamaica
United States
National Observatory
Cape Cruz
Planes Ready For Assault On World's Speed Records
Major Jimmy Doolittle set a 272.934 mph transcontinental speed mark in Cleveland as Lowell Bayles planned a faster assault for tomorrow to challenge the world land plane speed record of 278.8 mph. Women pilots also targeted Ruth Nichols’s 210 mph mark with plans to fly at trost.
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Cleveland
Jimmy Doolittle
Lowell Bayles
Springfield
Mass
Bayles
Ruth Nichols
Trost
Major Doolittle
Burbank
Calif
New York
Doolittle
Hicksville
N. Y
Buffalo
Pilot Hurt In Forced Landing Near Concord
A mail plane bound from Richmond to Atlanta forced down on the Jake Trull farm eight miles west of Concord at 10:30 p m injuring Pilot Pete Bransom slightly and damaging the airship. Bransom borrowed a car and headed to Charlotte after lighting several flares to guide its descent. The cause of the forced landing was not learned.
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Concord
Pany, Inc
Jake Trull
Pete Bransom
Bransom
Charlotte
Richmond
Atlanta
Greensboro
N. C
Hunters Protest Shorter Season In NC and VA
Hunters from Currituck Dare and Princess Anne urge President Hoover to extend the migratory waterfowl season to ten weeks. They form the Atlantic Coast Sportsmen's Association to protect coastal bird habitats and economic interests amid fears of a million-dollar regional impact.
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Curritudk
N. C
Hoover
North Carolina
Virginia
Warren
Lankford
Ofirginia
Virginia-Carolina Bay and
Sound
Currituck and Dare
Princess Anne
Atlantic Coast Sportsmen’s Association
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic Coast
Arctic
Subsidized Athletics Criticized by Phi Kappa Sigma
Phi Kappa Sigma denounced subsidized athletics and payments to students for college sports at its annual convention in Chattanooga on September 5. The national fraternity called the practice unfair and urged reforms to end monetary rewards for participants.
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Chattanooga
Phi Kappa Sigma
National College Fraternity
Fails To Break Record At Newark Arrival
Louis J. Reichers of Arlington New Jersey landed at Newark airport at 6 45 p m failing to beat the Kansas City to Newark flight record of 4 52 30 hours set yesterday by Major Jimmy Doolittle.
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Newark
N. J
Arlington
Newark Airport
E. S
Kansas City
Jimmy Doolittle
Treasury receipts and expenditures report for early September
Treasury receipts on September 3 totaled 4 030 779 80 dollars with expenditures of 12 592 990 87 and a balance of 1 166 693 517 55. Customs receipts for the first three days of September amounted to 2 917 131 44.
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Washington
Treasury
Slaying Aftermath of Ballgame Fight
S. C. Sept. 5. Radford Nicholson a local textile worker was shot and fatally wounded in a suburban drug store tonight by Steve Rogers former Anderson county jailer Rogers surrendered to police and was held without bond Four bullets were fired from a .38 revolver at close range Nicholson drew a pistol as he fell but bystanders prevented a return fire The wounded man suffered abdomen and chest wounds and was taken to a hospital in a dying condition
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Anderson
S. C
Radford Nicholson
Steve Rogers
Anderson County
Rogers
Nicholson
Polar Submarine Nautilus Damaged After Dive
Sir Hubert Wilkins reported by radio from the polar submarine Nautilus that it was damaged during a dive under the ice pack but the damage was not serious.
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Oslo
Norway
Hubert Wilkins
RooseveltForecasts Democratic Victory In Connecticut Speech
Franklin D Roosevelt arrives in Connecticut and urges cooperation with New York to curb gang violence and cut local government costs. He preserves a national theme on diminishing government burden while advocating arms-control laws and interstate cooperation to halt gun shipments.
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Dyer
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York
Blames Policemen For Shot In Leg On Honea Path Road
Jeff Knight, 22, of Honea Path, was hospitalized with a leg wound he says came from Honea Path policeman E. T. Kay during an incident on the Honea PathDonalds road. Knight alleges the shooting occurred today. officials declined to discuss the affair.
Archduke Leopold Salvator Dies in Vienna
Archduke Leopold Salvator, father of Archduke Anton who wed Princess Illeana of Romania, died in Vienna today. His death follows the recent marriage events tied to the Hapsburg line, marking a sober moment for European royalty.
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Vienna
Archduke Leopold Salvator
Archduke Anton of
Hapsburg
Illeana
Rumania
Navy starts 10000 ton scout cruiser Tuscaloosa
Building work begins in Camden New Jersey on a new 10000 ton United States navy scout cruiser to be named Tuscaloosa. The project marks a significant addition to the naval fleet and highlights wartime shipbuilding efforts.
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Camden
N. J
United States Navy
Tuscaloosa
Johnson gets four months and fine in fatal crash
Lenoir North Carolina September 5 A. B. Dick Johnson a North Wilkesboro businessman was sentenced to four months in prison and a $500 fine for manslaughter in the death of his companion Miss Dolly Greene in an automobile crash. Judge Walter E Moore ordered $17 590 paid to Miss Greene estate and allowed Johnson to be hired out during his sentence.
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Lenoir
N. C
A. B
Dick) Johnson
North Wilkesboro
Dolly Greene
Walter E. Moore
Sylva
Johnson
Miss Greene
Floyd
C. Forrester
Moore
Maxwell Enters Democratic Governor Race in North Carolina
A J Maxwell formally announces candidacy for the Democratic primary next June in North Carolina. He says he will unveil an issue and program for public consideration next Sunday. The filing adds a four way gubernatorial contest with fellow entrants R T Fountain and J C Ehringhaus already declared.
Third Candidate Opposes Revenue Tax Vote Split Senate
Fountain would have backed the sales tax in a tie and Ehbringhaus opposed it during his campaign. Brammitt avoided a clear stance but urged new revenue sources to cover the growing deficit. Maxwell, long in public life, served as clerk then member of the state corporation commission before his 1929 appointment as revenue commissioner by Governor Gardner.
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Senate
Fountain
Ehbringhaus
Brammitt
Maxwell
State Corporation Commission
Corporation Commission
Gardner
May eyes NC labor post in Democratic primary
R Lawrence May of Winston-Salem, president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor, says he is seriously thinking of running for state commissioner of labor in the Democratic primary next June. He notes Frank D. Grist has announced a Senate bid and says the current commissioner is not a union member. Fletcher of Raleigh is the only announced candidate.
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Charlotte
R. R. Lawrence
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Frank D. Grisht
United States Senate
Organized Labor
Winston- Salem
A. L. Fletcher
Raleigh
Seabury Probing Walker's Stock Market Trading
New York reporters note Samuel Seabury seeks details of Mayor Walker stock market transactions from Russell Sherwood the mayor's personal accountant who disappeared from Atlantic City while the legislative investigating committee looks to question him Sherwood posted additional margin in the mayoral brokerage account investigators report the affair as suspicious
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New York
Samuel Seabury
Russell Sherwood
Walker
Sherwood
Atlantic City
Legislative Investigating Committee
Seabury
Gilmore and Gaster Post $2000 Bonds After Discrepancy Charge
FAYETTEVILLE SEPT 5 Bonds of 2000 each were posted today by former clerk of court John C Gilmore and former treasurer David Gaster. They were named in yesterday’s indictment over a reported shortage in Gilmore’s trust accounts. Gilmore resigned yesterday morning after the discrepancy was reported.
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Fayetteville
John C. Gilmore
David Gaster
Gilmore
Esas
Cotton Producer Given Advantage
Charlotte broker D Melver reports Atlantic Cotton Association members will buy cotton on call at 80 percent of market value with no grading, weighing, storage, or insurance charges to the producer. Advances tied to market moves. title passes to merchants when turned over, price set later per contract.
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Charlotte
Atlantic Cotton Association
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Meiver
Governors Enlist After Texas Takes Lead in Cotton Law
Texas Governor Sterling will call an extra session to enact a cotton acreage reduction law. Georgia Governor Russell will convene the Georgia assembly once officially advised. Louisiana has already passed a plan to limit cotton, with Arkansas and South Carolina considering similar action.
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Ross Sterling
Texas
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Georgia
Georgia Assembly
Sterling
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Louisiana General Assembly
Parnell
Arkansas
Long
Blackwood
South Carolina
Russell
Violence Ends in Barcelona Strike After Night of Turmoil
In Barcelona onSeptember 4 Mayor Jaime Ayguade said all syndicalists and ex extremists agreed to halt violence and resume work after a night of sporadic gunfire. Subway, streetcar, bus and taxi services capitulated, following an appeal by Francisco Macia that shifted strikers toward ending action.
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Barcelona
Spain
Jaime Ayguade
Anguera
Francisco Macia
Thousands Throng Resorts For Summer's Final Fling
Washington observers note Labor day weekend ushers in fall as millions head to resorts and cities. President Hoover camps at Virginia mountains with Lamont. cabinet members to return from vacations as Congress nears opening. Debutantes and formal wear replace summer attire in a capital season, while organized labor plans to rededicate the day in Ottumwa Iowa with William Green leading the observance.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Florida
Hoover
Virginia Mountain
Lamont
Capitol
Congress
Organized Labor
American Federation
Ottumwa
Iowa
William Green
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A. J. Cat
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R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Dennis G. Brummitt
Willis Smith
House of Representatives
Josephus Daniels
A. J. Maxwell
R. Lawrence
Grist
N. C. Labor Federation
Gilmore and
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