Byrd to Lead Antarctic Expedition From Boston
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will sail from Boston on September 25 with 35 men aboard the Pacific Fir and Bear for a second Antarctic voyage. The mission aims to reach Little America, survey the ice edge, and bring supplies from the United States. The team includes veterans and new crew, with Siple of Erie as biologist and Harold June of Sanford as aviation chief. The trip follows Byrd's 1928-1930 explorations and flight over the South Pole.
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Washington
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Boston
Antarctic
National Economy League
Byrd
Little America
United States
America
New York
South Pole
North Pole
Arctic
Atlantic Ocean
Paul Siple
Erie
Boy Scouts of America
Siple
Harold June
Sanford, Conn
Amalgamated Street Railway Workers Vote to Strike
The Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees voted to strike at 5 am tomorrow unless the Cleveland railway company recognizes the union. In Chattanooga, Andrew Wilcoxen and Oscar Bevins, both Black, were electrocuted for the attack on a white woman last year. President Roosevelt proclaimed Fire Prevention Week to begin October 8.
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Cleveland
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Cleveland Railway Company
Nashville
Tenn
Andrew Wilcoxen
Oscar Bevins
Chattanooga
State Penitentiary
Washington
Roosevelt
Tobacco warehousemen meet to aid sign up campaign
Eastern North Carolina tobacco warehousemen join with all warehouse employees to back a sign up drive. Meetings with county farm agents are being arranged to plan the campaign to begin with mass meetings in various counties on Monday.
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Greenville
North Carolina
Minister to Egypt
Fragmentary note indicates a ministerial delegation or meeting involving Florida and Egypt with references to maps and a passport-like pass. Unclear date and full context due to garbled OCR text.
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Egypt
Washington
Florida
Hagen Back Home After Ryder Cup Comeback
Walter Hagen captain of the American Ryder Cup team arrived in New York on the liner Manhattan. He is the last of the golf invaders to return home after the summer loss to Great Britain.
Silk Workers Strike Hits Allentown Mills
The American Federation of Silk workers reports 2500 Allentown employees joined a strike today. The action aligns with protests at Paterson and other sites over continued operation under the cotton code.
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Silk Workers
Allentown
American Federation of Silk Workers Today
Paterson
N. 4
Bull Attacks Merchant In Tarboro Suburb
An enraged bull charged Samuel Parker a Pine Tops merchant yesterday near Tarboro causing serious injuries when Parker was knocked under a pasture fence to escape. The incident is under AP report with Parker hospitalized.
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Bula
Tarboro
Samuel Parker
Pinetops
Parker
Kentucky to Vote on 18th Amendment Repeal
Governor Ruby Laffoon signed the bill enabling Kentucky to vote November 7 on repealing the 18th Amendment. The action solidifies plans for a statewide referendum on prohibition repeal.
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Kentucky
Polson Tarboro Death Silent Poison Case
Sept 7 AP reports Edward Dohneon eight, a farmer near Coakley, died after taking poison during a personal crisis. Authorities classify the incident as a suicide attempt amid distress.
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Dirs
Polson Tarboro
Edward Dohneon
Coakley
Latins American revolutions and public moods
In Santa Monica Sept 6 the writer muses on unpredictable weather and Wall Street, noting Latin American revolutions are seen as a local pastime. He suggests fatal outcomes occur but the populace remains relaxed, arguing revolutions attract attention and not much changes in broader patterns.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Wall Street
State board adopts wage scale for teachers
Raleigh sept 7 the state board of education adopted the teachers pay schedule approved by the state school commission salaries range from 45 to 90 monthly affecting about 25 000 teachers The action followed a two hour meeting by a four to one vote with one member absent Governor Ehringhaus drew the resolution and said the move leaves over 12 million of 16 500 000 school funds for instructional service before continuing on page 9
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Raleigh
State Board of Education
State School Commission
Dennis G Brummitt
Baxter Durham
Ehringhaus
A. H. Graham
Charles M. Johnson
Stacey W Wade
A. T. Allen
Roosevelt Cousins Friendly Despite Different Politics
Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, both juniors, met on the Manhattan and were affectionate about each other. An elderly passenger asked about their political differences, and Franklin Jr. replied that such divisions are unnecessary. Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. had been abroad, while Theodore Roosevelt had just returned from the Philippines.
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Roosevelt
Red Cross Assessing Storm Damage in Texas Valley
Red Cross reports 24 deaths and hundreds injured after the hurricane in the lower Rio Grande valley. 3,750 families destitute, 4,000 homes destroyed, 5,000 damaged. Army units restore hospitals and begin typhoid inoculations as aid reaches Harlingen and surrounding towns.
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Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Red Cross
San Benito
Rio Hondo
Port Isabel
Mataforos
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States Army
Col. L. Brechemin, Jr
Houston
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Col. Brechemin
Army
Presbyterians Urged to Ban Liquor Traffic National Synod Vote
The Presbyterian synod of North Carolina adopted a resolution urging Presbyterians to use all legitimate means to banishment of intoxicating liquor traffic. A counter resolution opposed by Rev. C E Raynal failed 70 to 73, while the main measure passed 94 to 45. The synod also discussed military training at Davidson College but took no action.
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Greensboro
Presbyterian Synod of
North Carolina
R. Murphy Williams
C. EB. Raynal
Statesville
Raynal
Williams
J. C. B. McLaughlin
Laurel Hill
Davidson College
Farley’s Son Chooses Elephant Toy In Atlantic City
In Atlantic City James A. Farley Jr., six, son of the postmaster general, picked an elephant toy over a doll. Mayor Gacharach, a Republican, quipped that Farley’s boy chose the right canes and caused his father some concern about his child’s preferences.
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Atlantic City
James A. Farley
Farley
Gacharach
Number Americans In Cuba Reduced
Washington AP report states American residents in Cuba were about 6000 at year start, but officials say numbers have fallen and likely do not exceed 5000 regular residents. U.S. citizens have invested about 1 billion dollars in Cuba, though current values cut this sum substantially.
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Washington
Cuba
State Department
United States
Hearing set on the Doc Rogers lynching in Burgaw
Solicitor Woodus Kellum announced a hearing will be held in Burgaw on Friday into the death of Doc Rogers a Negro shot by a mob August 27 after wounding a deputy and a white woman. Judge Cranmer of Southport will sit as magistrate with about fifty local witnesses called. Governor Eringhave ordered the investigation.
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Wilmington
Woodus Kellum
Burgaw
Doc Rogers
Kellum
EB. H. Cranmer
Southport
Cranmer
Ehringhave
Tom Piner
Rogers
Pender County
R. P. Murray, Jr
United States Intervention Rumor Shakes Havana
In Havana on September 7, rumors circulate that Washington might demand the old radical government surrender. Reports claim Carlos Manuel de Cespedes could lead a revived cabinet of concentration with representation from all revolutionary groups. The provisional government denies outside intervention and asserts stability despite unrest.
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Havana
Aphan
United States
Washington
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Ten Cent Trap Wins Where Gun Failed
A man named J W Ivey attempted to kill a mouse with a gun after harassing it for a while. He shot the table leg and floor, damaged a lamp and radio, then the Ten Cent Trap finally dispatched the rodent. The incident ends with no further noted injuries.
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J. W. Ivey
Ivey
Junta Seizes Power as De Cespedes Government Falls
Conservative groups warned intervention was inevitable unless the tense situation shifted. A five man junta ousted officers and forced the resignation of President De Cespedes' month-old provisional government, with plans to disarm civilians and address the dangers ahead.
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de Cespedes
Tobacco Growers Rally To Sign Reduction Contracts
Tobacco growers in the Carolinas moved today toward crop reduction campaigns to secure government price lifting aid for the year and two more. Governor Blackwood declared general holidays in tobacco counties to allow sign-up participation as Raleigh hosts a regional meeting pledging crop reduction and cooperation from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.
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Carolinas
Columbia
Ibra C. Blackwood
South Carolina
Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carollon
Virginia
B. Hutson
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Blackwood
Wallace
Destroyers Ordered to Cuban Area Amid Naval Build-Up
Sixteen destroyers ordered to the Cuban area to bolster protection of American lives. Twenty five combat ships now near Cuba including eight navy and eight coast guard destroyers. Admiral Standley directs regular navy ships to deploy with full crews as marines mobilize at Quantico. The Indianapolis bearing Secretary Swanson travels up the Atlantic coast. Destroyers Claxton Taylor Cole Bernadou and others ordered to New York and Long Beach yards for disembarkation and refits.
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Washington
Cuba
Navy
Coast Guard
William 4 H. Standley
New London
New York
United States
Quantico
Virginia
Indianapolis
Swanson
Atlantic
Stanley
Claxton
Taylor
Cole
Bernadou
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ellie
White Stone
Long Navy Yard
Pate
Ger
Herndon
Hunt
Welborn C
Solicitor and Sheriff Probe Death Note Case
Solicitor General George Haines and Sheriff M Gary Whit tle of Augusta Georgia arrived to investigate a death by own action note claiming Grady Williams a sailor near Augusta was slain. Williams father Rev J M Williams was convicted and serving life for the slaying with suspected insurance motive. The note and clothing were found in a resort locker at the Isle of Palms and the officials traveled to inspect the scene.
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Charleston
8. C
George Haines
M. Gary Whittle
Augusta
Grady Williams
Auguste
Williams
J. M. Williams
Isle of Palms
J. B. Heath
Haines and Whittle
J. M. Poulnot
Isle of Palma
Intervention unlikely in behalf of Bryant Stone
Raleigh September 7 official intervention is not expected for Bryant Stone a 45 year old Wilkes County farmer scheduled to die in the electric chair tomorrow for killing his son in law Wayne Norman 40 Mrs Vanale Stone wife of the doomed man appealed to Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill but was told there was no hope since Stone had confessed Governor Sabringheus announced he would not interfere with the execution.
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Raleigh
Bryant Stone
Wilkes County
Wayne Norman
Vanale Stone
Edwin Gill
Stone
S8bringheus
Greensboro Girl Arrives In New York At Scout Camp
New York report confirms Elisabeth Yater of Greensboro N C Lenna von as of Wallace Care Me, Powell of Bowling Green, and Adelaide Van ef Geshen of New York arrived for the international scout encampment at Adelledbaden.
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New York
Adelledbaden
Aeweenkee
Hereens Hattan
Elisabeth Yater
Greeneboro
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