Young Woman Drowns Near Mulburnie Dam
Miss Mabel Bell an 18 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs M Bell drowned after stepping into a deep water hole below Mulburnie dam on the Neuse River in Raleigh The incident occurred today AP reports another Raleigh note the NRA reports 404 full time and 40 part time jobs plus a payroll rise of 468000 dollars annually in the capital’s business pay roll per the Black Canvas Committee via H B Branch secretary of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
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Raleigh
Mulburnie Dam
Neuse River
Mabel Bell
M. Bell
NRA
H. B. Branch
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Junta quits at request of officers in Cuba crisis
Havana reports say the four day old junta agreed to form a new government with Carlos Manuel de Cespedes restored as provisional president. Ferrer and other officers demanded power to reorganize the cabinet and avoid violence. Military posts and machine guns shield the presidential palace as a new government is to be formed.
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Associated Press
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Cuba
Horacio Ferrer
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Ferrer
de Cespedes
National Hotel
Cespedes
Commission
Portela
Sergio Carbo
Joaquin Martines Saenz
ABC Revolutionary Society
Aaid
Marttines Saenz
F. G. Vosburgh
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Argentina
United States
Buenos Aires
Felipe A. Espil
A Department
Speen
Hampton Roads
Cuban
Mississippi
Cardenas
Pacific Coast
Swanson
Reuben Jameson
Norfolk
Uba
Two Local Men To Pay With Life For Death Of Cashier
R E Black and Mike Stevenson of High Point were convicted of first degree murder in the July 29 bank cashier slaying at Taylorsville. A Davie county jury sentenced them to be electrocuted at Raleighs state prison on October 24. The verdict followed a two hour deliberation after a four day trial.
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R. E. Black
Mike Stevenson
High Point
Davie County
T. B. Finley
State's Prison
Raleigh
Stevenson
Black
Mary EB. Black
Blackaburg
8. C
Wilkes County
T. C. Barnes
Eugene Trivette
Stefanoff
Barnes
Solon Little
Prohibition Repeal Leader Challenges Crime Decline Claim
Robert Lassiter of Charlotte, chairman of the United Council for Prohibition Repeal in North Carolina, tonight challenged statements in the press and pulpit asserting crime has fallen under prohibition.
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Charlotte
Robert Lassiter
United Council For
Ex Congress member Nelson arrested in Maine for DUI
Ex congressman John F. Nelson of Augusta was arrested in Brunswick Maine for driving under the influence of liquor. He faces a drunken driving charge after the incident in Brunswick on September 9.
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Brunswick
U. S
John F. Nelson
Augusta
Tobacco Growers Rally in Martin County Signups Rise
Tobacco reduction campaign sponsors in Martin county report 90 percent of acreage signed up and predict 99 percent by Monday night as rally continues in Williamston.
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Williamston
Martin County
Injured By Train At Thermal City Crossing
A. L. Rust of Morganton North Carolina and Cliff Hampton of Galax Virginia were critically injured when struck by a Southern Railway passenger train at a crossing in Thermal City late today.
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Atherpordton
A. L. Rust
Morganton
N. C
Cliff Hampton
Galax
Southern Railway
Thermal City
Farmers adopt delay to market crop in North Carolina
A mass meeting of about 1000 farmers near Mullins, North Carolina, backed delaying opening markets by at least two weeks to ensure crops can be marketed successfully and fairly.
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8. C
North and Carolina
Cambridge Child Slaying Prompts Police Hunt
Cambridge Massachusetts September 9 police search for a killer in the strangling death of Margaret McCarthy a nine year old Somerville girl found near the Harvard Divinity School. District Attorney Warren Bishop calls it the most fiendish crime and vows full pursuit of leads including three men known to police.
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Mass
Warren Bishop
Margaret McCarthy
John McCarthy
Somerville
Harvard Divinity School
Margaret
Somerville-Cambridge
St. Joseph's Parochial School
Melvin Fowler
Harvard
Mor gan Grace shot by former Grace home nurse Miss Wells
Francis Joseph Morgan Grace son of the late steamship magnate W. R. Grace was shot in the garden of the Grace summer home on Beach Hill Santa Cruz California. A woman identified by police as Miss B E Wells a former nurse in the Grace household was named as the shooter.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Francis Joseph Morgan Grace
W. R. Grace
BE. W. Wells
Grace Home
Dying Man’s Tale Conflicts With Slaying Report
In Newport Arkansas a dying man, W. P. Ford, recounted being beaten and robbed with a companion identified as Will Parish. Ford claimed two men with women passengers lured them from Batesville to a ferry before the attack. Parish denied involvement as authorities sought the unknown killers. A coroner’s jury ruled Ford died at unknown hands.
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Ark
W. P. Ford
Sulphur Rock
Will Parish
Ford
Batesville
Parish
Jake Engles
Davidson Tobacco Meeting Scheduled for September 11
Davidson County tobacco farmers are called to meet at the court house in Lexington on Monday September 11 at 2 30 PM to discuss marketing and a possible temporary agreement to cut tobacco acreage for 1934 and 1935 crops, per county farm agent P M Hendricks.
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Lexington
Davidson County
P. M. Hendricks
Cnn
Cost Ofernae
Rolina
North Carolina assigns 22 758 teachers for 1933 34 schools
The state school commission announced 22 758 teachers to 100 counties and 69 city units for 1933 34, a slight drop from 1932 33. Attorney General Brummitt explained a lone vote for a 10 percent salary increase, with funds from a potential surplus tax revenue.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State School Commission
Leroy Martin
School Commission
Dennis G. Brummitt
State Board of Education
Charlies M. Johnson
Brummitt
Tobacco Farmers Rush To Sign Reduction Contracts
Tobacco growers in North and South Carolina rush to sign 1934 35 five cured acreage reduction contracts to regain parity price around 17 50 per hundredweight. Farmers line up at Greenville and Florence meet to vote and sign as auctions near return. State agents push swift signups to finish in a few days.
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Raleigh
Carolina
Washington
Carolinas
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Greenville
South Carolina Belt
Florence
J. C. Lanier
Cuba Crisis Deepens As Junta Seizes Power
A tumultuous week in Cuba sees the De Cespedes government yield to a junta while U S forces cluster offshore. Marines are being mustered as factions argue over the nation's future amid a regional storm and a hurricane.
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New York
Cuba
de Cespedes
Soldier Junta
United States
Cuban
U. S
Roosevelt
Europe
France
Congressman Pou Observes His 70th Anniversary Today
Congressman Edward W. Pou of North Carolina’s Fourth District marks his 70th birthday. A Tuskegee native and UNC graduate, Pou has served since 1901 and is in his 17th term and chairs the House Rules Committee. In the 1932 election he won by 34,974 votes over L P Dixon.
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Edward W. Pou
North Carolina
United States Congress
Pou
Tuskegee
Alabama
University of North Carolina
Congress
Mr. Poll
L. P. Dixon
Repub- Mean
Earnhardt Services Held In Lexington
Funeral services for John Wesley Earnhardt age 80 were held in Lexington on Thursday afternoon at the First Methodist Church with Rev. J E Abernethy in charge. Interment followed at the city cemetery. He was a longtime Lexington businessman and member of one of the oldest families in the city. He died after a period of ill health. Surviving are his widow, a daughter Mrs Thomas D Stokes, grandson Thomas D Stokes Jr, and a sister Miss Alice Earnhardt, all of Lexington.
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John Wesley Earnhardt
South Main Street
J. E. Abernethy
D. D
First Methodist Church
Thomas D. Stokes
Thomas D. Stokes, Jr
Alice Earnhardt
Cotton Ginners Code Protected Plan to curb 1934 cotton
Washington reports a 1934 crop reduction plan by the farm administration with President Roosevelt approval. The scheme aims for about 25 million acres, 5 million less than this year and 15 million below normal, via rentals and domestic allotments. Morgen thau says farmers with pledged cotton loans must liquidate collateral, and 40 sold bales will trigger long futures buys to back the program, creating a $36 million revolving fund for 12 production credit corporations across districts. Approximately 68 000 bales are involved.
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Washington, Sept
Farm Adjustment Administration
Roosevelt
Wallace
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Morgenthau
Federal Land Bank
Mechanic Sentenced For Kidnaping Conspiracy
Jim Smith a 36 year old mechanic was convicted in Dunn County superior court of conspiracy to kidnap Jackie Johnson two year old son of Mr and Mrs N M Johnson The judge ordered a five to seven year prison term No defense witnesses appeared Smith's attorney said he was drinking and not himself Grady testified Smith sought help to kidnap the child and police overheard the scheme Car Ryall a Johnson home nurse corroborated the meetings
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Lillington
Jim Smith
Jackie Johnson
N. M. Johnson
Dunn
Smith
John Robert Baggett
Ed Grady
Grady
Car Ryall
Johnson
Whiskey Found Hidden in Pigeon House Store
Charlotte police searched a store and discovered a concealed room inside a pigeon house containing nearly one gallon of liquor and 300 bottles of home brew. Store operators Mrs. A. B. McCoy and her son Ray posted $200 bond to appear in court Monday.
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Charlotte
Pigeon House
A. B. McCoy
Ray
Guilford College Expects 300 In Semester
Guilford College opened its 97th session with enrollment near 280 and final counts projected around 300, the trustees limit. About 75 Greensboro students ride college buses as freshman week wraps and upperclassmen register for fall classes.
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Guilford College
Quaker
Clyde A. Milner
Board of
Greensboro
Car Loadings Set New Record For This Year
The American Railway Association reported week ending September 2 car loadings at 666,662, the highest for the year, up 34,654 from the prior week and 106,327 above the same week last year. All commodity groups rose including livestock and forest products.
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Washington
Sept
American Railway Association Today
Laundry Owner Sued For Violating NRA Code
Cincinnati engineer Charlies Seager files suit alleging laundry owner Louie Polinsky violated the NRA code and contract terms with President Roosevelt. Seager claims Polinsky paid engineers 40 cents hourly and limited them to eight hours daily but worked 138 hours August 17 to September 1, earning overtime value of 8 69 while paying only 13.95.
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Charlies Seager
Louie Polinsky
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States of America
Seager
Polinsky
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