One Killed In Salt Lake City Prison Riot Break
A convict was killed at Utah State Penitentiary when prisoners seized Deputy Warden Giles and attempted a break. Guard L. McTavish in a lookout tower shot Deathridge as he climbed a rope ladder. riot leader Hertel hurled a bomb signaling the mass breakout before gunfire confined the mob and freed the deputy warden.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Sept. S
Utah State Penitentiary
Wilford F. Giles
Louis Deathridge
Ll. W. McTavish
Deathridge
R. EB. Davia
Giles
F. C. Hertel
McTavish
Hertel
North Carolina law enforcement to hold joint meetings statewide
University of North Carolina hosts the first school of law enforcement officers to plan twelve monthly gatherings across judicial and county districts. Agencies will join federal, state, county, and city officials to discuss mutual crime problems and improve cooperation in apprehending violators. Prof. Albert Coats advocates reform and warns of corruption in the criminal justice system.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Oday
University of North Carolina
Albert Coats
University
Criminal Law
Coats
President Urges Banking Credits for Cotton Exports
The White House outlines priority for export credits over acreage controls as Caraway and Smith push federal purchases of several million bales. Discussions with W L Clayton of Houston Eugene Meyer and George R James focus on financing exports while considering an international cotton conference.
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White House
State and Agriculture Departments
W. L. Clayton
Houston
Texas
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
George R. James
Alabama Police Chief and Ex-Mayor Die in Hartford Duel
In Hartford Alabama on September 9 Police Chief J C Ready and former mayor J H Radford killed each other after an argument over a road scrapper in front of Radford’s home. About 50 witnesses saw Ready die. Radford died minutes later. Radford survived by his widow and two children while Ready left a widow and four children.
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Hartford
Ala
J. C. Ready
J. H. Radford
Ready
Radford
James
Emma Kate
University of Alabama
National Defense Topic Chosen By Spanish War Vets
New Orleans Louisiana September 9 National defense was chosen as the national topic at the United Spanish War Veterans convention. Officials discussed preliminaries to officers election and a military parade was planned for the night.
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New Orleans
United Spanish War Veterans
Edison in Declining Health Still Rides Daily
Thomas A. Edison, slowly and definitely failing, continues daily automobile rides with Mrs. Edison despite his doctors' caution. Dr. Hubert Howe notes potential for survival but warns condition worsens. oxygen tanks in his room are refused. Charles Edison says brain function remains intact though past delirium sparked rumors. Nurse and daily doctor visits support his care at Llewellyn Park home.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert 8. Howe
Edison
Llewellyn Park
Wife of Lost Flyer Plans Own Airship Expedition
Mrs. Oliver L. Pacquette, widow of the missing flyer, said she will mount her own air expedition to locate Oliver Pacquette and Parker Cramer. She doubts they died on the U S Denmark flight, believing they would have left a trace if stranded. The pair have been missing since August 10 after leaving the Shetland Islands.
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Seattle
Don Moyle
C. A. Allen
California
Japan
Samushiro Beach
Boeing Field
Grand Rapids
Mich
Oliver L. Pacquette
Parker Cramer
United States
Denmark
Pacquette
Cramer
Europe
Shetland Islands
Gandhi rejects detective bodyguard in London trip
S. S. Rajputana reports Gandhi in London for the round table conference says he would rather not have detectives watching him day and night. He adds if any communist archist or revolutionist wants his life they can have it to further the Indian independence cause God is his only protector.
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S. S. Rajputana
Mahatma Gandhi
London
Hoover Praises Red Cross In White House Address
President Hoover, from the White House cabinet room, salutes the Red Cross on its fifty year link to Clara Barton and Dansville New York. He says democracy proves it can create citizen led service agencies and lauds Miss Barton for founding the Clara Barton chapter number one in 1881. The remarks describe the Red Cross role and the office of national president.
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Washington
Hoover
Red Cross
Dansville
New York
Clara Barton
White House
Miss. Barton
Miss Barton
American National Red Cross
Wolf Defalcations Top $3 Million at Continental Bank
Chicago September 9 Walter E B Wolf former $75 weekly Coupon Collection Department manager at Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company faces defalcations totaling 3 665 929 06. Chairman Arthur M Reynolds says about two million may be recovered through insurance and the rest charged to a reserve fund. Wolf admitted taking bonds to use as margin in stock trades and removing records to dodge detection, with possible accomplices though not linked to the bank.
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Chicago
Walter EB. Wolf
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company
Arthur M. Reynolds
Reynolds
Wolf
Grounded ship refloated by Tampico tugs
The British freighter Santa Aurora, which grounded on a sand bar at Tampico harbor entrance yesterday, was refloated by tugs today and proceeded to Nassau.
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Tampico
Mexico
Tampico Harbor
Nassau
Mexico Accepts League Invitation
Mexico foreign minister Gernaro Estrada cables to Geneva that Mexico has accepted the invitation to join the League of Nations. The report is filed from Mexico City on September 9 and notes the formal transfer of acceptance to Geneva.
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Mexico City
Mexico
League of Nations
Geneva
Gernaro Estrada
Wilkins Plans Return To America In Repaired Nautilus
Sir Hubert Wilkins began overhauling and refueling the Nautilus at Longyear City Spitzbergen in readiness for an early return to the United States. A damaged mast and radio were repaired during the voyage, with the gyro compass praised. Several expedition members have already departed by steamer for Norway.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
America
Longyear City
Spitzbergen
Iceland
Arctic
United States
Norway
NY Smuggling Ring Broken Up
Nineteen men were arrested in a federal probe into a ring that smuggled about 8,000 foreigners into the United States for fees totaling 20 million dollars. DOJ and Labor officials say smugglers charged aliens 200 to 5000 dollars to bring them here and then blackmailed them after arrival with deportation threats.
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New York
United States
Department of Justic
Department of Labor
Tobacco Price and Output For August Show Advancement
August tobacco sales in eastern South Carolina rose about ten percent in price. State figures report 24,473,743 pounds sold in August this year versus 24,084,156 pounds last year, per J W Shealy, commissioner of agriculture.
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Columbia, S&. C
South Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
J. W. Shealy
Commissioner of Agriculture
Governor Gardner to Organize State Relief for Unemployed
Gov. O. Max Gardner called a September 18 meeting of regional leaders to plan statewide relief and unemployment aid. He praised last year’s council of relief and unemployment work and said the state department of public welfare, led by Mrs. W. T. Best, will largely handle the effort with department of labor cooperation.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
Gardner
Council of Relief
R. W. Henninger
N. C. State College
Henninger
State Department of Public Welfare
W. T. Best
State Department of Labor
Department of Public Welfare
Fainting Worker Falls Into 40-Foot Well Near Lenoir
W. W. Raby, 35, remained in critical condition after falling into a 40 foot well at a construction site in Lenoir. He and two brothers were digging the well when a dynamite blast loosened damp earth. Raby fainted while being pulled from the pit and plunged back into the well.
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Lenoir
W. W. Raby
Raby
Synod weighs $737000 benevolence budget in NC church
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod under Rev. A D P Gilmour began deliberations on a proposed 737000 contribution to benevolent causes for the year. Gilmour, elected moderator, heads the work committee and succeeds Rev. Williams, with Rose as the other candidate.
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Charlotte
A. D. P. Gilmour
D. D
Wilmington
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
Gilmour
R. Murphy Willams
Greensboro
C. G. Rose
Fayetteville
The
State Bar Association
Gilmer
North Carolina Synod
Aged Murderer To Go To Pen This Week
Winston Salem report that 82 year old John Henry Hauser, convicted of first degree murder, will be taken to prison this week. He awaits electrocution scheduled for November 5 but will be allowed days to recover from trial strain as counsel files an appeal.
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Winston-Salem
McSwain
Davie County
John Henry Hauser
Hauser
Bankers Cite Mismanagement Cause in Bank Failures
The North Carolina Bankers Association executive committee meeting at Roaring Gap warns that strict adherence to sound banking principles could have prevented many bank failures. They urge frequent financial statements, liquidity monitoring, loan diversification, and interbank credit information sharing. Participants include R. M. Hanes, Robert N. Page, Forest Eskridge, H. M. Cox, and Paul B. Brown.
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Roaring Gap
N. C
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Commi
Amy Meeting
R. M. Hanes
Robert N. Page
Forest Eskridge
H. M. Cox
Paul B. Brown
Burlington Boy Killed By Auto
Jimmie Permenter a four year old boy was killed in Burlington when struck by an automobile driven by Sunday Covington a Black man who was held in jail on five thousand dollars bond pending investigation
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Burlington
Jimmie Permenter
Sunday Covington
New York Central Slices Dividend
New York Central Railroad lowers quarterly dividend from 1.50 to 1.00 dollars, marking a second rate cut this year. The announcement comes from New York City headquarters on September 9. The move impacts shareholders and reflects ongoing financial adjustments by the railroad.
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New York Central
New York
New York Central Railroad Company
63-Year-Old Woman Seeks Divorce From 91-Year-Old Husband
Newton September 9. Amos Burns' wife, age 63, has filed for divorce in county superior court alleging her husband, 91, ran away from home. The case centers on the questioned propriety of their separation and the long marriage.
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Newton
Amos Burns
County Superior Court
Clarksburg Police Trace Letters In Effort To Learn Powers Identity
Clarksburg police trace letters from women across the country to identify Harry Powers, the 42 year old matrimonial agent who has confessed to killing two women and three children. Chief Clarence Duckworth reported more than twenty letters received, including one from a widow in Erie signed A Young Widow. Letters reference aliases and potential victims across Ohio, New York, Mississippi and Indiana as authorities pursue connections to Powers.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Clarence Duckworth
Erie
George Payne
Cornelius O. Pierson
Box
Detroit
Pierson
Prime Minister Plans Economy Bill by Council Orders
London Sept 9 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald signaled a bold economy measure to be laid before the house of commons this afternoon the government to rule by orders in council issued by the king on cabinet advice without parliamentary approval labor party supports expected strong opposition in parliament as it faces a dictatorial approach to governing.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Labor Party
Farmers Allowed To Draw Advances From Cotton Prices
North Carolina opens cooperative marketing season for the 1931 cotton crop allowing farmers to draw an advance within one cent a pound of the market price. Receipts from early deliveries unavailable but receiving agents report strong grower approval.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Alfonso Rumored To Have Purchased Estate In Argentina
London report claims former King Alfonso of Spain intends to buy a large estate in Argentina and move his family from Fontainebleau, with the Daily Express crediting the rumor.
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Alfonso
Argentina
London
Alfonso of
Spain
Credt
Daily Express
Pontainebleau
Aviatrix Completes Flight to Lympne England
Amy Johnson arrives at Lympne England after completing a Berlin to England flight in a round trip. Her daring journey showcases early female aviators and international air travel milestones for 1930s era Britain.
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Aviatrix
Lympne
Eng
Amy Johnson
Berlin
Com
Here
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