Riders destroy eight acres of cotton on Coker farm
LATE NEWS: Night riders attacked the farm of A M Coker in Darlington County eight acres of cotton were burned. Coker fired shots but no one was wounded. Also reported are notices of a German officer captain Paul Koenig death and other varied items from Winston-Salem Raleigh and St Louis with multiple dates and events.
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Darlington
A. M. Coker
Darlington Bank
Coker
Gnadau
Germany
Paul Koenig
Atlantic
Baltimore
New London
Conn
Tobacco Reduction Drive Draws Carolina Farmers to Sign Contracts
Farmers in the tobacco belt moved to sign acreage reduction contracts as part of a national program to raise prices. In Greenville North Carolina about 500 signed, with hundreds waiting. Florence South Carolina saw 1,500 in support. States coordinated via blank forms shipped from Washington to North and South Carolina Georgia Virginia and Georgia governors urged cooperation to ensure a four cent processing tax and retroactive bonuses for growers.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Greenville
N. C
Pee Dee River
South Carolina
Florence
Pee Dee
Beaufort
Martin
Greene
North Carolina
D. C
Washington
Georgia
Virginia
Blackwood
Ehringhaus
Pollard
Eugene Talmadge
Mullins
Will Rogers on Cuba and naval stance in Los Angeles
Will Rogers comments from Beverly Hills criticizing U.S. Navy deployments and Cuba politics. He jokes about Cuba selecting its president next week and notes the secretary of the navy is abroad reviewing the fleet. He compares Cuba's leadership turnover to past presidents with Machado’s era.
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ePpera
Beverly Hills
Calif
Cuba
Machado
Black Deputy Sheriff Slain in Zebulon Shooting
RALEIGH Sept 9 Deputy Sheriff Guy C Massey of Wake county was shot twice and died after Elvis Richardson a Black man resisted arrest in Zebulon. Richardson was shot by the deputy’s son as they pursued him. Sheriff Numa Turner investigated the deadly incident at Rex hospital where Massey received treatment.
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Raleigh
Guy C. Massey
Wake County
Elvis Richardson
Guy Co. , Jr
Zebulon
Massey
Rex Hospital
Richardson
Little River Township
Cotton Holiday Looms In South Carolina
Columbia, Sept 9. Governor Blackwood weighed a cotton ginning holiday to lift prices as he plans a statewide meeting next Tuesday with farmers and friends. He seeks support from North Carolina and President Roosevelt, citing great emergency as cotton and seed prices fail to improve.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Blackwood
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
State House
Gave Up European Trip To Answer To N. C. Gridiron Call
Ralph Gardner, candidate for the UNC center post, left Europe with his father former Governor C. Max Gardner to report for Tar Heel football practice. He cut short a European tour and sailed home to join Coach Chuck Collins on the first workout.
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N. C. Gridiron
Chapel Hill
Ralph Gardner
University of North Carolina
Europe
Young G
C. Max Gardner
Chuck Colline
Tar Heels
Carolina
Con
Bailey's Attorney Sees Desperado Ill Treatment
Oklahoma City reports Bailey, recaptured after a Dallas escape, is jailed facing a $200000 kidnapping case and federal murder charges. Attorney James Mathers seeks a habeas corpus writ claiming Bailey endures cruel conditions, including dark solitary confinement, heavy irons, nude exposure, and constant gunfire surveillance. U.S. Attorney Herbert K Hyde retorts the prisoner is dangerous and warrants strict guard.
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Oklahoma City
Bailey
James Mathers
Dallas
Tex
Charles F. Arachel
Oklabeen
Kansas City Union Station
Mathers
Slap defeats robber after purse ring kiss request
In Chicago a robber snatched Miss Gladys Raymonds purse at pistol point and grabbed a $250 diamond ring. He then asked for a kiss, but the woman slapped him, ending the incident.
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Chicago
Gladys Raymond
Certificates of incorporation filed in Raleigh
Records show several new corporations in North Carolina including Lewis and Holmes Motor Freight of High Point with 100 000 authorized capital stock. High Point Mortgage and Investment of High Point with 260 000 authorized. Quality Store of Dunn with 16 000 authorized. Caswell Lumber Company Inc of Lexington with 10 000 authorized. Subscriptions range from 1 300 to 3 000 and list local individuals as shareholders.
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Raleigh
N. C
Stacey W. Wade
Lewis and Holmes Motor Freight Corporation
High Point
Lexington
C. E. Thomason
Woman Lawyer Sues Pastor Husband For Divorce In Louisiana
Mrs. Margaret Bullen Murray of the Shreveport bar files for separation from Rev. Hugh St. George McDonald Murray of Nacogdoches Texas, alleging he treated her badly and struck her in anger. He was rector of Christ's Church at Nachgoddies but reportedly resigned. Mrs Murray ceased practice here after marrying last December. The suit accuses him of domineering behavior and frequent temper outbursts.
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Shreveport
Margaret Bullen Murray
Hugh St. George McDonald Murray
Nacogdoches
Texas
Murray
Christ's Church
Nachgoddies
Attendant Sells Revolver For $2 To Asylum Inmate
A New Jersey state hospital attendant confessed to selling a revolver, ammunition, and saw blades to an inmate for $2 in a failed escape plot. The inmate gang, three of whom are murder convicts, planned to flee tomorrow. the attendant hoped to receive $1,900. His wife alerted officials and authorities removed the plotters under heavy guard.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey State Hospital
Louis Haist
Hamilton Township
Tomorrous
Oscar Heaps
Bee Heaps
Heaps
Coal Code Is Past Another Danger Point
Washington dispatch reports the NRA soft coal code nearing completion after a tense hour long session in Johnson’s office. Operators to submit revised recommendations while White Side drafts a separate price and below cost sales charter. Roosevelt’s signature awaits after the Monday hearing. Industrial codes cover about 13.6 million workers and 2 million employers.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
United States
Arthur D. Whiteside
Mr. Roosevelt
Intermediary Seeks Return of Despedes as Cuban President
Former Secretary of War Horacio Ferrer acting as intermediary urged the ruling junta to reinstate Dr. Carlos Manuel De Cespedes as provisional president with broad powers to reassemble the cabinet. Army officers, revolting after Monday's coup, resisted and faced a siege at the National Hotel as Batista demanded they return to duty. Rumors of a palace attack circulated amid fears of further upheaval while the Indianapolis sailed away with Swanson aboard and Sergio Carbo urged a coalition cabinet led by a president.
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Edmund A. Chester
Havana
Horacio Ferrer
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Dr. Ferrer
de Cespedes
Hotel National
National
Fulgencio Batista
Julio Sanguily
Hood Goes to Chicago Rounds Up Bank Insurance Act Meeting
Gurney P. F. Sage, state bank commissioner, travels to Chicago for a session next week to discuss the National Bank Insurance Act and related reforms. The meeting aims to outline national policy and financial regulatory steps.
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Hood
Chicago
Raleigh
Oline
Gurney P. F. Sage
Iene
State Bank Wy A
National Bank Insurance Act
Cuban unrest in Havana worries American officials
Washington reports grave concern over Cuba as internal disorder could worsen. Havana status stalls government, with American warships in harbor and Mississippi en route. Hull cites Welles on officers massing at the National Hotel, easing tensions. In Norfolk, eight destroyers of Desron Ten mobilize to sail to Cuba by night, ready to depart by 8 PM.
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Washington
Cuba
State Department
Havana
Cardenas
Hull
Sumner Welles
National Hotel
der Wélles
Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Base
R. A. White
Criminologist Opens Defense in Lamson Trial
San Jose California September 9. Berkeley criminologist RE Hoeinrich testifies for the defense in the Lamson slaying case. He explains testing for blood presence and methods to distinguish human blood from animal blood while aiming to counter prosecution evidence. Dr Proescher testifies about blood on a pipe from a bonfire near Lamson's Stanford campus home.
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San Jose
Calif
RE. O. Hoeinrich
Berkeley
David A. Lamson
Heinrich
Frederick Proescher
Proescher
Lamson
Stanford University
Gastonia Woman Is In Chicago Wreck
A Chicago crash today involved a Gastonia North Carolina woman and others. Mrs. Lucy Lippard of Gastonia and Earl Young of Danville Illinois were killed. Injured were Rev. Carl Lippard Nancy Young Hoyt Lippard Grace Lippard and Darrell Lippard. Witnesses said the Young car sped through a through street.
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Chicago
North Carolina
Lucy Lippard
Gastonia
N. C
Earl &. Young
Danville
Carl O. Lippard
Nancy Young
Potomec
Hoyt Lippard
Statesville
Grace
Darrell
Young
Lippards
Ern Avenue
Aena
Harvey
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