Solar motor shown at world energy meet with sun driven engine
Demonstrated at the power conference a sun powered engine by Dr. C G Abbot of the Smithsonian Institute. The device uses curved mirrors and a black liquid to heat steam and run a small engine delivering about half a horsepower. Abbot sees wide use in deserts for irrigation, refrigeration, air conditioning and cooking.
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Washington
C. G. Abbot
Smithsonian
Abbot
Sun Motors
Dr. Ab
Arids
The
Demonstra
Mining town swept by fire at Jewell Ridge Virginia
Fire fanned by a strong west wind destroyed the camp at Jewell Ridge Tazewell County as more than 300 miners battled for hours to save homes and a 600 foot bucket brigade. The blaze damaged the store church hospital club and Y M C A and caused losses estimated at 90000 to 125000. The Jewell Ridge Corporation prepared to feed 1400 miners and families.
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Jewell Ridge
Tazewell Bry
Jewell Ridge Corporation
Jewell Ridge Hospital
Club
Twins born in different counties in Tennessee
In Rockwood Tennessee on September 8 Charlie Max and Beulah Rose Roses twins born to Charles and Rose Roses in separate counties. The boy was born about 40 miles away in Loudon County and brought to a hospital while the girl arrived hours later in the other county.
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Rockwood
Tenn
Charlie Max
Beulah Rose
Charles Roses
Loudon County
Nines Mark Blair Twins Birth Times Nine Months Old
Blair Nebraska September 8 two brothers born nine months apart reach nine months old today. Howard Deane Pederson and Harold Dale Pederson entered the world nine pounds combined at birth with one twin born at 9:00 a.m. and the other at 9:09 a.m.
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Blair, Neb
Howard Deane Pederson
Harold Dale Pederson
Blair
Frenchman Detroyat Wins Thompson Trophy at National Air Races
Lieut Michel Detroyat of France, first foreign winner, flies 150 miles in 264.261 mph to claim the Thompson trophy amid dispute over government subsidies. He denies aid, says Renault built the plane and the French air ministry spent nothing. Detroyat also wins 4900 in the Louis Grove event, with Ortman Rae and Neumann close behind.
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Los Angeles
Michel Detroyat
France
America
Col
Roscoe Turner
Charles E. Thompson
Renault Company
Air Ministry
Louis W. Grove
Detroyat
Maj
James H. Doolittle
Earl Ortman
Roger Don Rae
Alhambra
Calif
Harold Neumann
Kansas City
Eerie Epidemic Strikes Ship Crew En Route to Dakar
In Dunkerque on September 8 a mysterious disease felled half the 24 crew of the English freighter Sea Rambler during a voyage from Dakar. Survivors recalled men dropping dead before coworkers, while five were evacuated to Madeira hospital after a two week Madeira stop. Doctors offered no clear cause for the illness.
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Dunkerque
France
Dakar
Madeira
Madrid Denies Responsibility For Ship Attack
The Spanish government formally disavowed responsibility for the attempted bombing of the American destroyer Kane off the Spanish coast on August 30. In a note to the American embassy the foreign office said no loyalist planes were in the area and that its aviation corps did not possess the aircraft used.
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Washington
Madrid
Kane
Government Aviation Corps
Cotton Crop Seen Down 1 360 000 Bales In US Estimate
The Agriculture Department and Census Bureau release September 1 figures showing the 1936 cotton crop indicated at 11,121,000 bales, down from 12,481,000 a month earlier and above last year’s 10,367,130 bales. Ginnings total 1,373,868 running bales. State by state, Virginia to California list yields and conditions, with noted deviations and anomalies. Arizona’s crop includes 20,000 bales of Pima Egyptian long staple cotton.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Lower
Old Mexico
United States
Police hunt man after alleged assault on young girl
Police searched a wide area this afternoon for a man accused of striking a six or seven year old in a vacant store building near the old Kool Pool on the Thomasville highway just beyond West End. The girl Garner had bruises and head knots but the assailant’s name was not released.
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Thomasville
West End
Garner
Fatal air crash near All-American airport claims two lives
In Miami Florida on September 8 a rented aircraft crashed at the All-American airport killing two people. The pilot Samuel Cooper of New Smyrna Florida and passenger Mrs. Mary Brubaker of Miami were identified as the deceased.
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Miami
Fia
Samuel Cooper
New Smyrna
Fila
Mary Brubaker
Smith Reynolds Estate Tax Appeal against $8.52 million assessment
An appeal filed today with the Board of Tax Appeals contests an $8.52 million deficiency against the Smith Reynolds estate of the late Zachery Smith Reynolds. The case notes the estate tax based on a $21.96 million net estimate and cites trust, administration, and court actions surrounding the Reynolds fortune.
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Zachery Smith Reynolds
Board of Tax Appeals
Treasury
Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Baltimore
Moses Shapiro
Winston-Salem
N. C
Smith Reynolds
North Carolina Supreme Court
Somg Reynolds
Voters Trek To Primary Polls In Five States
Voters in five states cast ballots in primaries as Georgia awaited a key race to replace Richard B. Russell in the U S Senate. Washington Arizona Colorado and Vermont also voted while South Carolina held a run off for the Fifth District seat. Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge campaigned against Russell amid New Deal critiques.
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Associated Press
Ceat
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Richard B. Russe Jr
Senate
United States
Washington
Arizona
Colorado
Vermont
South Carolina
Greenville
John J. McSwain
View Mill
Congress
Talmadge
Russell
Marion A. Zioncheck
Rosalie Dill
C. C. Dill
Clarence D. Martin
John
City to Seek Rail Track Aid With Two Weeks Left
Two weeks remain for the city to secure federal aid for railroad track work as the state highway commission sets September 22 as the deadline. City manager E M Knox said a $400000 grant may be approved toward an $800000 project while PWA officials voiced caution and noted no funds are available now. The article also notes a walkout threat at Pickett Cotton mills tied to a discharge dispute and prior worker protests over hours.
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Southern Railway System
State Highway Commission
E. M. Knox
Knox
Progress Works Administration
Washington
Capus M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Works Commission
PWA
Fighting erupts at French prefecture amid strike clash
In Clermont-Ferrand on Sept 8 fighting broke out with 2,000 Rightist workers occupying the prefecture and thousands of Leftist laborists from the Confederation of Labor clashing with mobile guardsmen. Rights aimed to hold the building as 7,000 Michelin tire workers were to be ousted. Several injured as Leftists were forced back after breaking through lines.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
General Confederation of Labor
Michelin
Reynolds Elected Moose President
Reynolds named resident of the Carolina Moose Association at its 11th annual convention in Raleigh. Senator Robert R. Reynolds was elected Moose president, with Asheville as the convention site. William Trickett Giles delivered the banquet address as grand commander of the Legion of the Moose.
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Raleigh
Carolina Moose Association
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
William Trickett Giles
Baltimore
Washington
Legion of the Moose
BE. D. Clutter
Danville
Women of the Moose
H. L., Benson
High Point
T. W. Shuford
Hickory
Holiday Toll Hits 304 as Labor Day Travel Soars
The nation faced at least 304 deaths during the Labor Day holiday week end with 257 highway fatalities. Travel records were set nationwide as plains, ships and trains bustled in a peak period with traffic up across regions. New York terminals were crowded and tolls rose on major routes as officials noted a 25 percent rise in western travel and a 35 percent jump for one eastern railroad.
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Associated Press
Eastern Railroad
West
New York City
Holland Tunnel
New Jersey
George Washington Bridge
Hull warns peace fabric worn perilously thin
Secretary Hull urged nations at a third world power conference to double peace efforts and avoid war. He warned that renewed conflict could destroy modern civilization and asked rulers and people to refrain from aggression, stressing that the fabric of peace has been worn perilously thin.
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Washington
Hull
Europe
Asia
Roosevelt Rally Planned in Charlotte With Large Attendance
Chairman Haywood Robbins announced thorough preparations for a south wide rally in Charlotte on Thursday. The event will feature the 105th engineers National Guard and two cavalry troops as a military escort for President Roosevelt. Col. B. W. Starling coordinated protection with White House officials as music director L B Sides said six bands would perform led by Fort Bragg. Officials expect 60 000 to 100 000 attendees. hotel rooms are scarce and luncheon capacity is maxed. Delegations from several states and officials including Senators Congressmen and governors have been invited to attend a non partisan gathering.
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Fort Bragg
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
San Sebastian Falls Threaten Iberian War Spread
Rebels press San Sebastian as anarchists resist surrender amid siege and mutinies. Portugal's fluctuating neutrality fuels tensions while Madrid and Lisbon dispute responsibility and international non intervention. Oviedo surrounded by Austrian miners as Caballero government strengthens Madrid defenses.
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Associated Press
Spain
San Sebastian
Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
Santian
Insu
Tagus River
Spanis
Lisbon
Madrid
London
Althoug
Washington
Oviedo
Caballero
Deserting recruit longs to see the world in army mix up
Chicago report says 18 year old Allen Summers walked into the station claiming to be an army deserter from Fort Hayes Ohio. He explained he joined to see the world but says his farthest reach was 100 miles from home. Sergeant Dillenberg counters that navy is the way to see the world.
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Chicago
Joseph Dilenberg
Allen Summers
Fort Hayes
Buddy
Sergi. Dillenberg
Navy
Registrations at City Schools Dip on First Day
Public school registrations in High Point show a small decline on the first day compared with last year. Total registrations through yesterday reached 8,072, down from 8,158, as state board changes shift entry age timing and affect elementary and high school totals.
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High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
Mayfield to stand trial for shotgun murder
Ben Mayfield a High Point Negro was arraigned in Guilford County Superior Court and will face a Wednesday trial for the shotgun slaying of Mary Ann Ewing. He was captured in Danville Virginia after fingerprints linked him to the crime and a 25 juror special venue was set. Silas B. Casey of High Point was appointed to defend him.
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Greensboro
Ben Mayfield
High Point
Guilford County Superior Court
Mary Ann Ewing
Mayfield
Danville
Silas B. Casey
France Moves to Buy War Equipment Worth Nearly One Billion
Paris reports Premier Blum's cabinet approves a massive four year defense fund to modernize France’s military. About 910 million dollars will buy planes guns tanks and armored cars with 78 million for aviation gear and 65 million for navy artillery and port defenses. The plan emphasizes efficiency and reenlistment bonuses.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Germany
General Army
Desperadoes Identified After Roadhouse Shootout in Carolina
Florence report states State Highway Patrolman Charles Hennecy identified two gunmen as Colin Cain and Dan Kolb, North Carolina fugitives, following a roadhouse shooting near here. Proprietor Robert Turberville identified the pair from pictures sent from Columbia.
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Florence
D. C
Charles Hennecy
Here
Colin Cain
Dan Kolb
North Carolina
Robert Turberville
Leo Jenkins
Highway Astrol
Lumbia
Weather report fragment and last night low
Fragmentary weather note reports a high yesterday at noon today and a low last night of 57 degrees with unclear location or full details.
Weather record shows fair conditions across the Carolinas and Georgia
Official weather bureau data list temperatures and rainfall for several cities from North Carolina to Georgia. Readings include Asheville 60 and 0.0 inches, Atlanta 90 and 7, Augusta 70 and 0, and Miami 86 and 1.6, reflecting a broad pattern of fair nights and mild days with scattered rainfall reports.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Max
Min
Asheville
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Charleston
Crickbo
Dorvor
Bvanaville
Galveston
Groomsdoto
Hatterae
Mey West
Los Angeles
Memphiss
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