Navy planes speed medical aid to Santo Domingo
Major Roy Geiger led three tri motor planes from Hampton Roads with hurricane relief medical supplies. Two planes returned due to thick weather over North Carolina. Geiger’s craft aimed for Fort Bragg then Charleston and Havana with Savannah as tonight’s possible stop.
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Norfolk
Santo Domingo
North Carolina
Roy S. Geiger
Fort Bragg
United States Navy
Marine Corps
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Parkfield
Charleston
Jacksonville
Miami
Havana
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Savannah
Accused Of Killing Policeman In Darien
A deadly shooting in Darien prompts a National Guard presence and deputy patrols. The wounded man is treated in Savannah under military orders. Sheriff Poppel reports a possible third suspect hiding in the swamp as crowds gather at the jail but no disturbance. Guardsmen to evacuate city at noon, return to Savannah.
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Savannah
National Guard
Anderson
A. S. Poppel
National
Navy relief flight to Santo Domingo leaves Anacostia
Lieutenant C F Harper sails from Anacostia in a tri motor plane with 2000 pounds of medical supplies heading to Santo Domingo. Major Roy Geiger departs Quantico on a similar mission to meet Lt Storrs in Norfolk and transfer freight before continuing to Santo Domingo. Red Cross official George C Smith to supervise supplies aboard the destroyer Gilmer in New York harbor.
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Washington
C. F. Harper
US. S. N
Naval
Anacostia
Santo Domingo
Roy Geiger
Marine
Quantico
Norfolk
A. P. Storrs
Philadelphia
Red Cross
George C. Smith
New York
Gilmer
New York Harbor
Maine Republicans Hold Narrow Gubernatorial Victory
Maine results show Wallace H. White Jr. moving from the second district to the U.S. Senate seat held by Arthur Gould. Governor William Tudor Gardiner secures a second term with a reduced margin, while Donald P. Part ridge wins in Norway. White defeats Frank H. Haskell by about 20,000 votes across all 16 counties. Gardiner’s margin drops to roughly 16,000, the smallest for a GOP governor since 1918. Overall turnout totals 147,000, the lowest since 1920 when women gained suffrage, versus 213,900 two years earlier.
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Portland
Maine
Wallace H. White, Jr
United States Senate
Arthur R. Gould
William Tudor Gardiner
Donald B. Partridge
Norway
White
Frank H. Haskell
Gardiner
Edward C. Moran
Rockland
Moran
Carl E. Milliken
Bertrand G. McIntyre
Warships Repulse Communist Attacks on Yangtse River
Two foreign gunboats the American Tutuila and British Ladybird repulsed communist attacks along the Yangtse river 80 miles above Yochow. The Tutuila fired three inch rifles while the Ladybird silenced a raider near Shasi. Reports noted heavy damage to reds and uncertain casualties. Shasi fell to invaders on September 5, raising concern for Am erican residents.
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Hankow
China
Yangtse
Ladybird
Tutuila
Yochow
Hunan
Shasi
Ichang
Hupeh
Washington
State Department
Elmer Zimmerman
Alton
Ill
Gertrude Simon
Zachow
Wisconsin
Evangelical Lutheran Mission
Wrestler Yoshinoaga Dies After UC Bout
George Yoshinoaga 21 a UC sophomore died after a heavy fall in a wrestling bout in San Francisco. He was injured during the match and died last night in hospital.
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San Francisco
University of California
George Yoshinoaga
Martial Law in Buenos Aires Amid Civil Unrest
Argentina imposes stringent martial law to curb outbreaks against Provisional Government of General Uriburu. Troops, sailors, and police seize transport and communications. censorship blocks cables. Arrests for looting rise as rumors of a counter revolution circulate and military units concentrate at the main rail station.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Evaristo Uriburu
Hipolito Irigoyen
Irigoyen
Military College
Woman acquitted of murder count in York case
Mrs. Myrtle Fox of Kings Mountain North Carolina was acquitted of murder in a York South Carolina general sessions court without regular trial. The state accepted a verdict of acquittal and a coroner's jury found the car carrying Mrs. Martin was driven by unknown hands.
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York
S. C
Myrtle Fox
Kings Mountain
N. C
Nettie Martin
Harry Hines
Thunderstorm Delays Circus in Wilson
A severe thunderstorm hit Wilson last night delaying the circus. The Sells Floto show left late as hundreds were trapped in the tent and circus wagons became stuck in mud. Power and telegraph wires were damaged and over 300 telephones out of service.
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Wilson
McLean Says North Carolina Business Hits Upturn On Tour
Angus W. McLean former governor and NC Bank and Trust chairman led a bank delegation visiting branches then left for Salisbury. He spoke of a coming steady improvement in business saying the low mood has passed and blamed no political causes for the downturn noting inflated credit and public works as factors.
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Angus W. McLean
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
W. S. Ryland
I. B. Grainger
Salisbury
McLean
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Chicago
Detroit
North Carolina
Tobacco Prices Drop Sharply Across North Carolina Markets
North Carolina tobacco buyers report August sales totaling 21.13 million pounds at an average of 10.98 per hundred, far below 1929 levels and the lowest since 1919. Clarkton shows the weakest average at 8.78, while Fairmont leads at 11.70. State production is projected near 611.6 million pounds as of August 1, with potential to set a record if 511 million pounds are harvested. Governor Gardner notes the statewide impact of depressed prices.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Border
South Carolina Belt
Chadbourn
Clarkton
Fair Bluff
Fairmont
Lumberton
Tabor
Whiteville
Walks In Road And Refuses to Give Way to Car
John Gray, a 60 year old man claiming descent from Thomas Gray and author of Elegy in a Country Churchyard, was arrested in Shelby for walking in the middle of the highway and threatening drivers. Officers say he stood on pedestrian rights, refusing to yield to cars. He says he is English by birth and has a great grandson in Cleveland county jail.
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Shelby
Cleveland
John Gray
Gray
England
Thomas Gray
Clearing House Report From New York
Clearing house statement shows exchanges totaling 1 126 090 dollars with balances of 162 000 dollars and 90 cents on September 9 in New York.
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Clearing House
New York
Carolina Vets To Receive Big Sum Next Year
Charlotte report states approximately 5.9 million dollars will be distributed to North Carolina World War veterans next year via the Veterans' Bureau office led by J. S. Pittman. August payments totaled 279,268.43 to 5,272 men, with 156 under disability provision, plus about 100,000 in insurance. About 3,009 disability act applications are on file.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Veterans’ Bureau
J. S. Pittman
Extension of Time Granted New Bern Bank
The Eastern Bank and Trust Company received an extension of time from chief state bank examiner John Mitchell to gather signatures from all depositors for reopening. Six branches have not completed the signer list, though most depositors have signed.
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New Bern
Eastern Bank and Trust Company
John Mitchell
State Bank
Hospital Walls Fall Under Water Strain
Hurricane Utah September report states La Verkin sanitarium walls collapsed under flood waters from canyon storm. Inmates were carried to safety as crews battled rising water and debris.
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Utah
la Verkin
Primary Elections Across Eight States Highlight Voter Choice
Voters in eight states vote today to nominate party candidates for national and local offices. Louisiana and South Carolina seek Senate nominees. Colorado Michigan and New Hampshire also pick senate hopefuls. Arizona and Vermont focus on governor races. Washington tops with house races. Maine Republicans sweep as Wallace White and Gardiner win. Maryland holds a largely ceremonial primary. South Carolina runs a run off to resolve August contenders for the Senate and governor. Huey Long campaigns end amid tension as he battles Ransdell. In Colorado Hodges and Shaw seek GOP senatorial nod.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
South Carolina
Senate
Colorado
Michigan
New Hampshire
Arizona
Vermont
Washington
House
Georgia
Massachusetts
New York
Wisconsin
Maine
Wallace H. White, Jr
William T. Gardiner
Maryland
Cole L. Blease
James F. Byrnes
Ibra C. Blackwood
Olin D. Johnston
Spartanburg
Huey FP. Long
Joseph FE. Ransdell
Long
New Orleans
William V. Hodges
Republican National Committee
George H. Shaw
Betting bets fade as arrest shocks Denver primary
Election bets may have been lost before voting began as Max Samuelson was arrested for operating gambling books tied to today’s primaries. Authorities said he accepted a bet from an undercover district attorney’s agent in Denver.
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Max Samuelson
Samuelson
District Attorney's Office
Denver
Byrnes looms as voters pack Democratic runoff in South Carolina
In Columbia South Carolina the Democratic runoff neared record turnout as James F Byrnes challenged Senator Cole Blease and Olin D Johnston faced Ibra Blackwood for the gubernatorial nomination. Morning voting was heavy with rain affecting some areas and precincts reporting substantial participation.
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Columbia
S. C
James F. Byrnes
Cole Blease
Olin D. Johnston
Ibra
Spartanburg
Byrnes
Blackwood
Johnston
Sumter
Greenwood
Union
Robbers Force Man to Open Safe in Cleveland heist
Two robbers kidnapped 23 year old Edward Kells the department manager of the Telling One Vernon company and forced him to open the safe. They escaped with eleven thousand four hundred eighty eight dollars early today in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Edward Kells
Telling-One
Vernon Company
Large number of tobacco barns burn this year
More than 50 tobacco barns within 59 miles of Kinston burned during the recent curing season. Tobacco men estimate losses near 25000 dollars across the area.
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Kinston
Darien Gunfight Suspect Bryan Found Dead in Woods
In Darien Georgia Rubber Bryan the second black suspect in yesterday’s police pistol duel that killed an officer and wounded three was found dead in a wooded area with a shotgun shell lodged in his back. Coroner Crumley arrived and later reported Bryan alive before his condition deteriorated. Deputy sheriffs and McIntosh County officers had been searching overnight.
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Darien
Bryan
H. B. Thompson
Edgar L. Malone
Frank Silvey
MclIntosh County
W.S. Crumley
Crumley
Diver Trapped Under Water Near Lake Ponchartrain
In New Orleans on September 9 a hundred men labored to rescue Captain Nick Danese a 62 year old marine diver trapped beneath a pumping station on Lake Pontchartrain since 11 a m yesterday. He remained alive signaling by jerking his air hose as a barge sank nearby and crews drilled sheet piling to form an air pocket and pump out water.
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Orleans
Nick Danese
Lake Ponchattain
Danese
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Ruth
Illinois
Lottie Holman O'Neil
Ruth Hanna McCormick
J. Hamilton Lewis
Tor
North Carolina Bank and ‘Trust Board
Gardner
Carolina Vets
New Bern Bank
Camp Perry
Ariayne Brown
St. Louis
Gambler
Blease
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