Roosevelt For Repeal 18th Amendment Subpoenas Issued
In New Orleans Samuel Irby, linked to the Huey Long case, testified in federal court that Terrell is safe. Irby said he saw Terrell around 9 o clock and delivered a note to his brother. the defense read a statement asking to drop the case as they were not in custody or mistreated.
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New Orleans
Samuel Irby
Huey P. Long
James Terrell
Shreveport
Long
Federal District Court
Terrell
Irby
Yelock
Jack Terrell
Eldorado
Arkerby
China Grove Man Honored At Meet
Salisbury North Carolina September 10 delegates to the 58th annual Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States elected Rev John H Keller of China Grove as president Other officers named included Dr Clarence Sapp Newton NC Felix Peck Silver Run Md and William J Lowe McConleston Pa Delegates from Maryland Pennsylvania DC Virginia and North Carolina attended Speaker Rt Rev Edward A Penick of Charlotte Bishop Coadjutor spoke on The Church Pension Fund or Ministerial Relief about church support and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
N. C
John H. Keller
China Grove
Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church
United States
Concord
Mount Pleasant
Lower Stone Church
Nazareth Home
Keller
E. O. Keen
York
Clarence Sapp
Newton
Felix Peck
Silver Run
William J. Lowe
McConleston
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Virginia
North Carolina
Edward A. Penick
Charlotte
Episcopal Church
Texas Democrats Endorse Prohibition Platform
The Texas Democratic convention concluded its session in Galveston and adopted an anti repeal stance on the eighteenth amendment. The party nominated Ross Sterling of Houston for governor as it drafted its platform.
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Galveston
Tex
Ross
Sterling
Houston
Long Takes Control Of Louisiana In Democratic Nomination
Governor Huey P. Long swept the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate over Senator Joseph E. Ransdell by about 30 000 votes in a Louisiana primary as precincts counted showed Long carrying all parishes He also influenced House candidates with three backed by his slate winning in the district races while J Zach Spearing and James O Connor trailed in early returns O Connor lost to Fernandez in the first district and Numa Montet faced new prospects in the incomplete tally
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
United States Senate
Joseph E. Tansdell
Congress
House of Representatives
Ransdell
Long
J. Zach Spearing
James O’connor
Paul Maloney
Spearing
R. R. Rochester
J. O. Fernandez
O’connor
Numa Montet
Durham Police To Be Investigated
Durham officials announce a complete investigation of the Durham police department following the discharge of Sergeant G S Justice. The inquiry, at an informal hearing before City Manager Flack, centers on inflammatory remarks about Chief G W Proctor. Justice denies making such remarks and will present evidence against Captain B W Sharpe claiming Sharpe is trying to secure his own job and others.
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Durham
G. S. Justice
Flack
Justice
G. W. Proctor
B. W. Sharpe
Sharpe
Long Feud Ends As Man Fights Rat in Corn Crib
Dennis Murphy battled a rat that had been raiding his crop. The rat climbed Murphy’s pant leg and bit his neck and chest while he fought to crush the animal. The farmer suffered deep lacerations but prevailed.
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Wapelo
Iowa
Dennis Murphy
Murphy
Uriburu Plans to Rebuild Argentina US Ties
Senator Borah backs Uriburu move to re establish Argentina United States relations. Borah says past misunderstandings caused regret and hopes for a different future.
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Boise
Idaho
Jose Evaristo Uriburu
Argentina
United States
William Z. Borah
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Uriburu
Associated Press
Borah
Kellogg Comments on Argentine Pan American Policy
Former secretary of state Frank B. Kellogg calls Argentina's provisional president Uriburu's Pan American policy of great importance to Argentina and all Pan American Union members. Kellogg, staying in Hot Springs with Mrs. Kellogg for a month of golf, learned of the plan this morning.
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Hot Springs
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Kellogg
Uriburu
Argentina Tightens Rule After Irigoyen Ouster
Buenos Aires reports martial law tightened across the capital with heavy guards in streets and overhead fighter planes. A stricter censorship is imposed as authorities move to curb counter-revolutionary activity linked to the ousted president Hipolito Irigoyen.
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Enrique Martinez
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Hipolito Irigoyen
Argen
Chicago flier plans record transatlantic flight to Paris
Captain Roy W. Ammel of Chicago prepares a Lockheed Sirius monoplane at Roosevelt Field New York aiming to beat Lindbergh’s Paris record. He hopes to depart within two days weather permitting, with 817 gallon tanks and no radio equipment, after 2000 hours of flight experience. He targets under 30 hours for the 3610 mile trip.
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Roy W. Ammel
Paris
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chicago
Lindbergh
Amme
Rome
Berlin
le Bourget Field
Ammel
Central
South America
Lynching of Two Negroes Shocks Scooba Mississippi
Two black prisoners were taken from deputy sheriffs near Scooba by a mob and lynched. The officers were bound to a tree. The men were being moved from De Kalb to Scooba for a preliminary hearing after being accused of robbing Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCoy on a highway.
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Scooba
Miss
Here
Thomas McCoy
Dekalb
Grandi Leaves Geneva Before League Assembly Address
Italian Foreign Minister Dino Grandi departed Geneva by car before the 11th League of Nations assembly opened. Delegations were unsettled as Briand prepared to outline his United States of Europe plan. Italian officials said Grandi would hand Italy’s business to Senator Seialoja after council sessions. French circles expressed surprise at Grandi’s early departure on the eve of Briand’s address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Dino Grandi
Italy
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Briand
France
United States of Europe
Signor Grandi
Seialoja
M. Briand
Chinese Troops Start on Drive in Henan Province
Four hundred thousand government troops launch a vast offensive to oust northern alliance rebels from Henan. Forty divisions advance toward Chengchow, while thousands move west along the Haichow-Tungkwan line hampered by floods. Banditry rises as brigands despoil villages and seize mission property along the railway.
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Shanghai
Northern Alliance
Henan
Chengchow
Haichow-Tungkwan
Suchow
Kiangsu
Shantung
Kweiter
Honan
Kweiteh
Kaifeng
American Southern Baptist
Posse Sinks on Negro Gunman After Robbery and Kidnap
In Houston a posse of peace officers hunted a black gunman who wounded Frank B. Horton of the Texas Bag and Burlap Co last night. Horton was robbed and his woman companion was abducted and driven off in his car. The woman returned home and said the assailant took her ten miles from the shooting but did not assault her.
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Houston
Tex
Frank B. Horton
Texas Bag and
Horton
Ump Steamboat Johnson Quells Razzing Gaff
Steamboat Johnson, veteran umpire in the Southern Association, stares down hecklers in Birmingham. He carries a Memphis optician certificate declaring his eyes are 100 percent perfect as a shield against taunts.
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Ump
Birmingham
Ala
Steamboat Johnson
Southern Association
Razzers
Steamboat
Memphis
Italian Foreign Minister Grandi Leaves League Session
Rome reports surprise departure of Foreign Minister Grandi from the League assembly session. Officials said they knew nothing of his intentions and did not even know he had left, leaving the motives unclear to the Italian foreign office.
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Rome
League Assembly
Grandi
Italy
Signor Grandi
Associated Press
Farmers to Be Supplied With Good Seed Corn
North Carolina farmers hit by the drought will receive pure bred seed corn from the Caledonia prison farm under Governor Gardner's plan. Farm agents in drought areas will assess needs and arrange delivery of seed corn to farmers at courthouse sites and market rates, with 500 to 1,000 bushels planned for Wilkes, Watauga, Mitchell, Ashe, Alleghany and Avery counties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Caledonia
O. Max Gardner
Wilkes
Watauga
Mitchell, Ashe Alleghany
Avery Counties
Patrolman Named Negro in Directory Wins $575
In Asheville a county court jury awarded Patrolman Low Powers $575 after finding his name listed in the city directory with an asterisk marking Negroes. The panel deliberated for one hour and thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Low Powers
Blease Defeated as Blackwood Leads in South Carolina Primary
Unofficial returns show Senator Cleet L. Blease trailing James F. Byrnes by about 6,000 votes for the Democratic nomination in South Carolina’s senate race. Gubernatorial results favor Sol ir C. Blackwood over Olin D. Johnston, with a possible recount looming as officials prepare to declare official totals after Tuesday’s committee meeting.
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Columbia
S. C
Cleet L. Blease
James F. Byrnes
Blease
Bra C. Blackwood
Olin D. Johnston
Byrnes
Irba C. Blackwood
Spartanburg
Blackwood
Johnston
State Executive Committee
Senators Lose in Several States in Primaries Report
The report notes Senator Joseph E. Ransdell losing in Louisiana and Senator Cole L. Blease losing in South Carolina as eight states held primaries. It adds Michigan voters reelect James Couzens to the Senate since 1922 while Huey P. Long carries Ransdell and James F. Byrnes leads Blease with incomplete returns. Other contests concern Colorado and New Hampshire.
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Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisian
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
Michigan
James Couzens
Senate
Huey P. Long
Ransdell
James F. Byrnes
Blease
Colorado
New Hamp
American Flier Harold B Grow Freed by Peru Junta
The State Department announced American naval reserve aviator Harold B Grow has been released from Peruvian imprisonment and is expected to sail to Lima from Arequipa aboard the Rinac. Ambassador Fred M Dearing said Grow, who headed the Peruvian air forces under ex President Le Guia, faced bombing charges but is freed along with irrigation engineer Charles Sutton and another prisoner Harold B Gildred.
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Washington
State Department
Harold B. Grow
Fred M. Dearing
Peru
Grow
Lima
Arequipa
Rinac
Augusto B. Leguia
Dearing
Charles Sutton
Harold B. Gildred
Sufficient Food Now Available After Medical Aid Flights
Reports from Sumter and Fort Bragg describe three service planes delivering medical supplies to Santo Domingo. Fog delayed departures, but planes aimed for Jacksonville with hope to curb disease spread as hurricane relief continues.
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Sumter, S
Santo Domingo
Jacksonville
Fort Bragg
Popefield
Norfolk
Relief arrives as Santo Domingo receives food and aid
The city of Santo Domingo reports the first sufficient food in a week after relief ships and trucks break through debris. Medical teams set up the Roosevelt emergency tent hospital with 1,000 beds directed by Commander L W Johnson as relief crews also provide medicines and clothing.
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Washington
Gilmer
Norfolk
Santo Domingo
Roosevelt
L. W. Johnson
United States Navy
Red Cross Reports Santo Domingo Relief Progress
Ernest J. Swift reports from Santo Domingo that 9 000 persons have been inoculated since the hurricane struck a week ago. He notes other nations sending ships and supplies while 29 000 are already being fed by the government.
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Washington
Ernest J. Swift
Red Cross
Santo Domingo
Roosevelt calls for repeal of Eighteenth amendment
Governor Roosevelt writes Senator Wagner advocating state level control over intoxicants and the right of states to legalize or prohibit sales. He argues a new amendment should replace the Eighteenth to permit varied approaches by state, citing differences across regions and the impact on sobriety and order. He emphasizes New York's case.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin d. Roosevelt
United States
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Roosevelt
New
Rookie policeman saves nurse with ironing board heroics
In Washington a rookie officer used an ironing board as a lever to reach an upstairs window and overpower a crazed suitor, freeing Annie Jenkins a 25 year old nurse after two hours of peril. Police kept watch as Howard F. Carson threatened her with a pistol.
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Washington
Annie Jenkins
Howard F. Carson
Carson
Baker
There Will Be No Bachelors Here
Hedjaz advisory council considers a bill requiring all residents over 15 to marry. The proposal aims to curb bachelorhood and would cap wedding fees and dowry costs, signaling a sweeping social reform in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Hedjaz
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James E. Byrnes
Wagner
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