South boosts construction contracts to 112 million in 18 states
The Manufacturers Record reports August awards totaling 112 million for roads and bridges, city county and state projects, school buildings, and drainage in 18 Southern states. North Carolina and Virginia expanded highway systems to include county roads, while July totals reached 45.9 million with August at 40.98 million.
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Baltimore
South
N.C
North Carolina
Virginia
Bern Given Complicated Marital Ties In Bern Death Case
Los Angeles and Colorado Springs reports reveal Paul Bern may have been married years before his union with Jean Harlow. Insurance adviser George G Clarken says Bern did not divorce his first wife, who is in a New York sanitarium, with policies benefiting her trust fund. Inquest opens as witnesses dispute motives behind the actor producer's death.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Paul Bern
George G Clarken
Los Angeles
Bern
New York
Clarken
Jean Harlow
Marino Bello
Picket lines trimmed as most farm holiday protesters hold fast
Most highways into Sioux City were deserted as farm holiday pickets left most routes, but a lone group stayed on No 75 near James to block livestock and grain trucks. They planned to remain until the governors meet tomorrow and for possible further action if a price-increase plan fails.
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Sioux City
James
Cotton collapses after bearish government crop estimate
New York sales plunge as government report lowers expected yield, with active contracts slipping about five dollars per bale. October and December futures fall sharply amid heavy liquidation and broad selling, undoing earlier gains and signaling a surprise crop figure.
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New York
Greece's Premier Resigns as Cabinet Quits
Athens reports Premier Venizelos has resigned his government with the entire cabinet. President Zaimis will request the premier to stay on as head of the government to avert a crisis.
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Athens
Greece
Elatherios Venizelos
Zaimis
Mollison Reaches France From Ireland to New York
J A Mollison arrived in Cherbourg aboard the Empress of Britain after a flight from Ireland to New York. The stop marks his arrival in France by sea on September 8.
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Mollison
France
Cherbourg
J. A. Mollison
Ireland
New York
Hearings Reopened On 1930s Asheville Bank Failures
Proceedings resume in federal court in Asheville likely December with Judge E Yates Webb and U S district attorney Frank C Patton planning a conference. Central Bank and Trust and American National figures led by Wallace B Davis face multiple federal charges over fund diversions to save the Central bank.
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Asheville
North Carolina
E. Yates Webb
Shelby
Frank C. Patton
Morganton
U. S
Federal District Court
Central Bank and Trust Company
American National Bank
Central
Allace B. Davis
Central Bank
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Russell C. Davis
The
J. Charles Bradford
the Central
L. L. Jenkins
American National
R. E. Currence
Davis
William D. Harris
Central Securities Company, Inc
Jenkins
Tottering Central Bank
Bradford
U S Forecasts 1932 Cotton Crop At 11.31 Million Bales
Washington reports the Agriculture Department crop reporting board forecasts a U S cotton crop of 11 310 000 bales for 1932 based on conditions as of September 1. The estimate matches the August forecast and follows 17 096 000 bales produced in 1931. The census bureau shows 865 232 running bales with 56.6 percent normal condition.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Census Bureau
Prices rise steadily on eastern North Carolina weed markets
Buying of tobacco on the eastern North Carolina bright belt markets moved quietly as the belt’s third session opened. About 500,000 pounds were offered across six markets with prices steady to slightly above the Bean average of 12 dollars, led by Rocky Mount at 12.50 for 85,000 pounds and Tarboro at 13 for 46,000 pounds.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Tarboro
Wendell Tobacco
Williamston
Smithfield
Kinston
Records For Heat and Cold Are Broken In Charlotte
In Charlotte on September 8 the city’s official thermometer broke a 63 year cold record as the temperature fell to 55 degrees. Six days earlier on September 2 the high for that date also was surpassed with 99 degrees.
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Charlotte
State and Defense Rest In Trial Of Fogleman
In Wentworth North Carolina on September 8 the state and defense rested in the trial of Clay Fogleman charged with murder for the Spray filling station slayings of operator W J Carter and deputy J A Robertson. An uncle testified Fogleman drove a car to his house on May 8 1931 and the car had been repainted. Sheriff L M Sheffield said he found a car in Fogleman s garage with a shotgun license plates and tools.
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Wentworth
N. C
State
Defense
Clay Fogleman
Opera Amdesatin
Mawesdas Bar Bace
Fogleman
W. J. Carter
Spray
J. A. Robertson
L. M. Sheffield
Hurricane Fails to Strike North Carolina Coast
The tropical disturbance moved north off the coast with winds easing from 52 mph to 45 mph after dark. Advisory warnings remained from Wilmington to the Virginia Capes, but no distress at sea or damage to ships was reported between Hatteras and Cape Henry. Sand road sections between Oregon Inlet and New Inlet reportedly damaged by high tides, as winds gradually diminished at sea.
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Manteo
N. C
Wilmington
Virginia Capes
North Carolina
Hatteras
Cape Henry
Oregon Inlet
New Inlet
Quiet Front Holds Optimism as Mediation Presses
Strikes at Stehli Silks and Thomasville Chair Company edge toward settlement as mediation efforts show cautious progress. Pickets ease after law guidance. trucks depart with unknown cargo under police escort. Community arbitration leaders report hopeful talks with Thomasville mills and Amazon Mills, with meetings planned at Brentwood School.
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Thomasville
Stehli Silks Corporation
East Green
East Russell
Brentwood School
Lewis E. Teague
Municipal Court
James B. Lovelace
Lancaster
Stehl
Brentwood
Marvin L. Wise
Thomasville Chair Company
Charlies F. Finch
Citizens Arbitration Committee
Amazon
Citizens’ Committee
Finch
W. L. Hutchens
C. H. Phillips
George Hund- Aid
McLendon and Lucas Named to State Elections Board
Major L. P. McLendon of Durham and W. A. Lucas of Wilson were named as members of the North Carolina state board of elections by Gov. O. Max Gardner. They replace Chairman J. Crawford Biggs and George McNeill who resigned. the chairmanship is vacant and a meeting date has not been set. Other board members include John Sikes Fred Hamrick and Adrian Mitchell.
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Raleigh
L. P. McLendon
Durham
W. A. Lucas
Wilson
State Board of Elections
O. Max Gardner
McLendon
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Lucas
J. Crawford Biggs
George McNeill
Fayetteville
Biggs
McNeill
State Senate
Raymond C. Maxwell
John Sikes
Monroe
Fred Hamrick
Ruthertfordton
Adrian Mitchell
Windsor
Hamrick
Nazis to Decide This Week on New German Election
Berlin reports the Nazi and centrist coalition must choose by next Monday to back Chancellor Von Papen or pursue another election likely on November 6. President Von Hindenburg will meet Nazi centrists at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, seen as a formality before rejection of the coalition. Hitler praised dissolution and ruled out titles, seeking true leadership.
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Berlin
Hitler
Heinrich Bruening
von Papen
von Hindenburg
Reichstag
von Stronger
Munich
Six Convicts Escape Mississippi State Prison Farm
Six convicts overpowered guards at the Mississippi Pen Farm in Parchman and escaped with the night watchman and an attendant, seizing weapons from the hospital and fleeing in a penitentiary automobile. Three of the escapees were life sentence inmates. The incident occurred early today as guards were overwhelmed.
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Life Terriers
Mississippi
Parchman
Miss
Roger Warren
Warren
Endorsement Signals Coolidge Support Amid Doubts
In Beverly Hills California on September 7 the anxious nation watches as Calvin Coolidge weighs his November candidate. Campaign operatives pressed for a public choice while a single signed endorsement appears as a pivotal, high impact political move.
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Beverly Hilia
Cal
Seppe
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Republican Party
Texas Seeks to Punish Man for Kidnaping His Own Son
Dallas authorities pursue Hubert Jenkins in Kentucky on a kidnaping charge for taking Hugh Bradford Jenkins from his grandfather guardian the late T L Bradford Dallas mayor. Governor Sterling seeks requisition papers while District Attorney McCraw flies to Austin for speedy action.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Kentucky
Dallas County
Louisville
Hubert Johnson Jenkins
Hugh Bradford Jenkins
T. L. Bradford
Bradord
Ross
Sterling
Dext Hamilton
Frankfort
William McCraw
Austin
Jenkins
Bradford
Addie Keating
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