League Peace Efforts Move On at Geneva
World statesmen watched fleet movements in the Mediterranean as Geneva debates may avert or trigger war in Ethiopia. Benes took office as Haile Selassie faced troop movements while Italy and Britain maneuvered. Laval flew to Geneva to push for peace.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
Geneva
Ethiopia
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Assembly of the League of Nations
Eduard Benes
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Sicily
Haile Selassie
Brain Trust
Italy
League of Nations Assembly
Ruiz Guinazu
League
Germany
Britain
Great Britain
League of Nations Commission
Premier Laval
France
East Africa
Stringfield resigns as head of North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Lamar Stringfield, conductor and founder of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, mailed his resignation as head of the ERA organization to Mrs. Thomas O Berry in Raleigh. Differences with newly appointed manager G O Shepherd were cited as the cause of his action.
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Asheville
Lamar Stringfield
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
ERA
Thomas O'Berry
Raleigh
G. O. Shepherd
Stringfield
Quinlivan Held After Alleged Assault Near Rock Creek
William Norwood Quinlivan, 23, was jailed in Guilford County awaiting a hearing on charges of criminal assault on Elvira Dick, a Black woman who said the attack occurred at Rock Creek ten miles east of Greensboro.
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Greensboro
William Norwood Quinlivan
Guilford County
Elvira Dick
Rock Creek
Here
Reduced Cotton Crop Predicted In Washington
The Department of Agriculture forecasts an 11,489,000 bale cotton crop for the year, down 309,000 bales from last month, due mainly to damage and dry weather. Texas leads declines with 384,000 fewer bales. Oklahoma down 59,000. Ginnings through Sept 1 total 1,132,739 running bales. Crop condition stands at 64.5 percent of normal.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Solons Continue Session After Long Shooting
Louisiana lawmakers pressed on with a special session despite Senator Huey P. Long being shot and wounded. Earl Christenberry and George Wallace declined to comment on the session’s status as it moved toward final passage of 31 bills aimed at the Roosevelt administration.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Earl Christenberry
Long
George Wallace
Christenberry
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bereaved Mother Of Weiss Thankful Kingfish Lives
Mrs. C. A. Weiss Jr. thanks God Huey P. Long lives after her son Dr. Carl A. Weiss Jr. was shot by Long's bodyguards following Weiss shooting and wounding the senator. She recalls the family gathering for Sunday mass and dinner.
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Weiss Thankful Kingfish
Baton Rouge
C. A. Weiss, Jr
Huey P. Long
Carl Austin Weiss, Jr
Long
Student Drowns In Greenville County Lake
Gene Loftis, 18, a student at Greenville Baptist Academy, drowned when he wandered into a small lake in upper Greenville county yesterday. The incident occurred near Greenville, South Carolina, as reported by AP.
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Greenville
8. C
Gene Loftis
Greenville County
Greenville Baptist Academy
Roosevelt Deplores Violence After Louisiana Senator Attack
President Roosevelt denounced the spirit of violence and expressed regret over the attempt on the life of Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. The incident occurred as he spoke at Hyde Park on September 9.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roose
Senator Long
Louisiana
Legislature Acts Baton Rouge Voters After Slaying
Armed guards move to remove an anti Long voting district from Judge B H Pavy's jurisdiction amid the night attack that seriously wounded the senator. The judge is the father in law of Dr Carl A Weiss who inflicted the wound.
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Baton Rouge
B. H. Pavy
Carl A. Weiss
Fatal Crash Claims Norris Johnson Near Henderson
Norris Johnson, 21, died after a car collision near Henderson when his vehicle side swiped a car driven by African American men and overturned. He succumbed a few hours later at a local hospital.
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Henderson
Norris Johnson
Ja cobs Reaches Fourth Straight Final In National Tennis
Helen Hull Jacobs of Berkeley California advances to the women's national singles final for the fourth straight year and fifth time in eight years after beating Phyllis Mudford King of England 6 4 6 3 in the semifinals.
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Helen Jacobs
Porest Hilia
Helen Hull Jacobs
Berkeley
Calif
Phyllis Mudford King
England
Strike Settled In Pelzer After Eight-Week Textile Tie Up
An eight-week strike at Pelzer mills ends as some U T W workers return to work while others plan to retire during the week after a Saturday settlement. One striker was killed during the dispute. The action wraps up in Pelzer, Sept 9. AP report.
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Pelzer
Wife Held After Husband's Murder in Greenville
Mrs. Jerome Chandler is jailed in Greenville in connection with the death of her 30 year old husband whose bullet punctured body was found at their home. The wife claimed he shot himself. An inquest is scheduled for Wednesday. The dead man worked for the state highway department.
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Greenville
Sept
Jerome Chandler
George W. McCoy
Chandler
State Highway Department
Negro Held For Killing White Man in Aiken
Hankinson, a Negro farmer, was jailed in Aiken South Carolina for the slaying of Mike Cato Jr. a 20 year old white farmer of Beech Island. Hankinson said he fired at a prowler during the night believing someone was trying to roll a wheel from his shed but daylight showed Cato’s body in a field away from the house.
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Aiken
8. C
Branch Hankinson
Mike Cato
Beech Island
Hankinson
Cato
Charlotte Editor Is Critically Ill
Col Wade H. Harris editor of the Charlotte Observer remained in critical condition but doctors reported a slight improvement in the past 24 hours.
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Charlotte
Wade H. Harris
The
Charlotte Observer
Germany to press colonies issue at league withdrawal
Geneva report says a German spokesman expects Reichsfuehrer Hitler will raise Germanys need for colonies before the Reich quits the League of Nations on October 14. Italian spokesman meanwhile would not assure the committee Italy will not complicate the Italo Ethiopian situation.
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Geneva
Edward L Doheny Dies in Beverly Hills At 79
Edward L Doheny a leading oil magnate and owner of vast western reserves died at his Beverly Hills townhouse after months of invalidism. He leaves a fortune over 100 million dollars and a philanthropic record, with his widow daughter and five grandchildren at his bedside. He headed the Petroleum Securities Corporation at his death and faced scrutiny in the Elk Hills Teapot Dome lease affair.
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Los Angeles
Edward L. Doheny
Midas
Western Hemisphere
Beverly Hills
Doheny
Leigh Battson
Petroleum Securities Corporation
Harding
Senate
Elk Hills
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
PWA Protest Planned by North Carolina Officials
Governor Ehringhaus Senator J W Bailey and Congressman Robert L Coughton will travel to Washington tonight to press federal officials on alleged discrimination against North Carolina in PWA and WPA allotments. Reynolds cannot join due to a cross country automobile tour.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
J. W. Bailey
Robert L. Coughton
Washington
North Carolina
PWA
WPA
National
Robert R. Reynolds
Assassination Attempt Shocks Nation's Capital
Washington awoke to news that a shooting attempt targeted Senator Huey P. Long, triggering reactions from senators including Thomas of Utah. The incident drew parallels to past investigations and underscored political tensions surrounding Long and his allies, with calls to use ballots rather than bullets.
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Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Long
John Overton
Overton
Congress
Omas
Capital
Senator Long
Hotel de Soto
New Orleans
Several Held For Criminal Assault
Salisbury report says Sheriff J. H. Krider and deputies arrested several Negro suspects in connection with an alleged attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Rob Beaver, a white woman from Mt. Ulla township, last Friday night. No arrests identified the attacker yet, investigation ongoing.
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Salisbury
J. H. Krider
Mra
Rob Beaver
Mt. Ulla Township
Benes Elected President of League of Nations Assembly
Dr Eduard Benes foreign minister of Czechoslovakia and a key signer of the st tingled peace was chosen as president of the League of Nations assembly in Geneva. He won 49 of 63 ballots as Italo Ethiopian tensions dominated session with Argentina’s Enrique Ruiz Guinazu warning of a formidable conflict. De Valera reportedly withdrew in favor of Benes before the vote.
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Geneva
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
League of Nations Assembly
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Argentina
Assembly
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
Child Killed Crossing Path By Car in Raleigh
Seven year old Lee Page died after stepping in front of a car driven by Willie Walker a Wake county resident. The collision occurred as the boy darted from a neighbor’s driveway toward his home where his sick mother resides. Coroner L M Waring called it unavoidable and Walker was jailed for a preliminary hearing tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Lee Page
Willie Walker
Wake County
Lexie Page
Lee
Walker
L. M. Waring
Alaska search finds items linked to missing North Carolina pair
SEWARD Alaska Sept 9 A search party seeking Frances Roysterer 23 once of Albemarle NC and Car F Greenbrook a coast guardsman reported finding a swamped canoe a leather jacket and a knit cap on Bear Lake The couple had gone duck hunting Miss Roysterer has been dietitian at Seward hospital for two years.
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Seward
Alaska
Frances Roysterer
Albemarle
N. C
Car F
Greenbrook
Coast
Mussolini Seals Italy Resolve to March Onward
Rome dispatch reports Premier Mussolini declares the Italian people seek peace with justice and vows to march straight on. He spoke to a convention of former servicemen and to 40,000 Fascist youths, signaling adherence to East Africa policy and expanding Italy’s economic interests in Eritrea and Somaliland despite Geneva developments.
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Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
Il Duce
United States
East Africa
Eritrea
Somaliland
Geneva
Huey P Long Rally After Abdominal Wound Battle
Baton Rouge reports say Senator Huey P Long showed signs of improvement after a gunshot wound and blood transfusion. Police and guards sealed the statehouse as lawmakers prepared to push the legislative agenda in the wake of the assassination attempt on Long.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P
St Louisiana
Long
C. A. Weiss, Jr
New Orleans
State House
Roosevelt
House of Representatives Chamber
C. K. Allen
Statehouse
E. P. Roy
State Highway Police
Capitol
Hospital
State Building
Weiss
Tulane University
A. J. Pavey
Opelousas
Weather forecast for the Carolinas and Georgia
North Carolina expects showers tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions on Tuesday. South Carolina and Georgia forecast clouds with possible showers and cooler Tuesday in north and central portions. Hatteras to Jacksonville: general to moderate southwest winds, mostly overcast with scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. Winds from Bandy Hook to Hatteras: moderate southwest winds, becoming northerly late tonight or Tuesday morning, with rain tonight and Tuesday.
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
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