Enrollment at Lenoir Rhyne reaches 280 as term opens
Lenoir Rhyne college reports 280 students enrolled with classes starting Friday and a forecast to exceed 300 before week’s end. Two miners killed in Hillman Coal mine explosion in Pittsburgh. National Bank of Sanford charter approved. bank expected to open within 10 days. Gold price set at 29.10 dollars, down two cents from Saturday. Over 1.13 million children enter New York schools on opening day, about 20 thousand due to NRA child labor ban.
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Lenoir-Rhyne
Hickory
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Pittsburgh
Barking
Hillman Coal and Coke Company
Sanford
Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank of Sanford
N. Y
New York
NRA
MISSING BALLOONISTS FOUND ALIVE IN WILDS
Angola Louisiana September 11 armed guards closed in on a cane brake near the Angola prison farm where 11 convicts believed surrounded after a Sunday prison break that left three dead and several wounded. The fugitives raided Camp E arms lockers and escaped in a visitor’s car after shooting a guard and killing two guards. One convict died on the scene and another was wounded during the escape.
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Angola
Angola Prison Farm
Bill Stone
Dallas
Texas
Stone
L. M. Fournet
John B. Fournet
J. W. Fletcher
Slaughter
Camp E
Charlie Frazier
Arnold Davis
John A. Singleton
J. L. Watlington
Ed Sharp
Simpson Reed
Mamou
Ten bulls terrorize Sobral during summer festival
In Sobral Portugal ten bulls broke loose during the summer estival injuring several bystanders and three are believed fatally struck. Police and officials coordinated efforts as crowds fled the plaza and streets.
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Brulis
Lisbon
Portugal
Sobral
Iierve
Four Men Burned In Elkton Auto Crash
Four men were burned when their automobile overturned during a turn in Elkton Maryland. One man died from his injuries while the other three were hospitalized with burns.
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Elkton
Cuba election remark sparks naval port satire
In a foreign affairs blur, a Santa Monica writer quips that headlines about Cuba choosing a president and a battleship in New York harbor symbolize the fragile balance of power. He argues the world scene shows small nations lacking security when surrounded by giants, comparing ports to public regattas.
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Enterprise
Santa Monica
Cal
Cuba
Mississippi
United States of America
George
New York Harbor
America
Pastor And Wife Slain In West Virginia Mystery
In Grace Fork W V pastor A M Eddy and his wife were beaten and shot in their home. Mrs Eddy was found wounded fleeing the house, then murdered along the highway. The shotgun used belonged to a neighbor and was borrowed by the minister’s 16 year old son Ralph, who is missing along with the Eddy car. Police and county officers launched a search for Ralph Eddy.
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Ripley
W. V
A. M. Eddy
Grace Fork
Ralph
Eddy
Mr. Eddy
Ford Is Believed Back At Offices
Detroit report says Henry Ford likely returned to his Dearborn offices after three weeks away in the Upper Peninsula. Officials maintain secrecy at the Ford plant while Ford refuses comment on the NRA automotive code issue.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford Motor Company
Upper Peninsula
Ford
NRA
West Branch
Mich
Einstein Fends Off Nazi Threats While Hidden in Norfolk
Albert Einstein, fleeing Nazi threats, is guarded at a Norfolk coast retreat by MP Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson and his game keepers. While working on a new mathematical theory, he seeks peaceful respite in England for a month and plans lectures in America. Local police monitor security arrangements around the private guards.
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Cromer
Norfolk
England
Albert Einstein
Oliver Locker-Lampson
Professor Einstein
London
America
Dr. Einstein
le Coq
Mer
Einstein
Locker- Lampson
Locker-Lampson
Maine Balloting on Repeal Today
Maine voters head to polling places to decide repeal of the 18th amendment in a statewide referendum. Eighty delegates will be chosen from 16 counties with ballots listing delegates alphabetically and no pledged positions. County majorities determine wet or dry delegates for the constitutional convention.
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Portland
Maine
State Supreme Court
Cloudburst Claims Eight Lives on Crow Creek Reservation
A cloudburst on the Crow Creek Indian reservation swelled creeks into raging streams drowning eight people from two families as they slept. Fifteen others were marooned before rescue. Cleanup and damage assessment followed the disaster on Friday night.
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Fort Thompson
Crow Creek Indian Reservation
Strike Threat Threatens Mines If Code Not Signed
Unions in Fayette and Greene counties threaten another mine strike in southwestern Pennsylvania if the bituminous coal code is not signed by tomorrow. Two large groups of miners voted to take a holiday and not return to work until the United Mine Workers of America is recognized.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Fayette and Greene
United Ming Workers of America
Growers sign up contracts for tobacco acreage cuts
In Rocky Mount and Raleigh reports say about 1 000 tobacco acreage reduction contracts were signed in North Carolina counties as the parity price drive began. Mass meetings across 57 tobacco counties aim to complete signups by Wednesday with warehouses expected to reopen next week at higher prices.
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Rocky Mount
Edgecombe
Raleigh
of Carolina Tobacco Growers
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Carolinas
North Carolina
Pitt
J. C. Lanier
Greenville
N. C
Ajustment Administration
Georgia
Virginia
Virginia Growers Debate Relay of Market Opening
A. B. Carrington of Danville, president of the Tobacco Association of the United States, opposes relaying the Virginia flue cured market opening until crop signups are completed. Virginia markets are slated to open September 26 while NC and SC warehouses stay closed under marketing holiday orders due to price conditions.
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Richmond
Virginia
Carolinas
A. B. Carrington
Danville
Tobacco Association of the United
Beer Barrel Used For Ballots In Waterville Ref
In Waterville Maine a beer keg served as a ballot pedestal in a precinct during the repeal election. Protest from dry workers followed when the box was deemed too low. The barrel was turned to conceal the label and voting continued.
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Waterville
Cotton Farmers Meet To Talk Price Raising Plan
South Carolina to host a mass meeting tomorrow in Columbia to discuss boosting cotton prices with invited governors and representatives from ten other states. Governor Blackwood urges support from agriculture leaders and hopes Secretary Wallace may attend. Georgia plans two representatives as a 11 AM event in the township auditorium with 6,000 seats.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Ibra C. Blackwood
E. D. Smith
Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Talmadge
Georgia
Blackwood
Palmetto
Ernors
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
Eight Robbers Loot Express Co. Office in St Paul Heist
Eight robbers seized cash from a St Paul express company at Union Station early today. They forced two employees to the wall, loaded two cash boxes believed to hold up to 100000, then fled in a sedan after firing two shots. Police described the masked gang and the use of a hand truck to move the boxes.
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St, Paul
Railway Express
Express Company
Union Station
Min
T. J. Mangan
Goere
Moses
Mangan
Seen Lane
NRA Presses Soft Coal Code Talks Amid Labor Talks
Hugh S. Johnson meets with soft coal operators to push for an industrial code while Appalachiandituminous coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America continue labor contract talks. Johnson boosts confidence in reaching an agreed code and Senator Wagner appeals to end feuds to support the recovery program.
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Hugh
Johnson
United Mine Workers of America
Wagner
New York
National Labor Board
States Invited to Meeting Include Oklahoma Tennessee and Texas
The report notes that Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas were invited to the meeting, signaling regional participation and interest. This brief item lists the three states as attendees and hints at broader discussions to come.
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Lahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Ehringhaus Would Send Col Colocated Rep To Cotton Price Meeting
North Carolina Governor Ehringhaus asked W A Graham state agriculture commissioner to represent him at a Columbia gathering on plans to lift cotton prices. Graham was in Memphis at a cotton ginners conference. if unavailable a replacement will be sent. Ehringhaus did not comment on a proposed ginning holiday by South Carolina’s Governor Blackwood but offered cooperation on agricultural improvement efforts.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
W. A. Graham
Columbia
D. C
Graham
Memphis
Tenn
Ebringhaus
Blackwood
South Carolina
North Carolina
Ehringhave
Insurance Companies Must Return Premiums Ruling
Greensboro verdict by referee Kenneth Brim in a suit by A. E. Joiner of High Point against American Insurance Company and Fireman's Insurance Company of Newark New Jersey orders Joiner to be repaid premiums on two policies and returns the policies to the insurers.
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Greensboro
Kenneth Brim
A. E. Joiner
High Point
American Insurance Company
Fireman’s Insurance Company
Newark
N. J
Joiner
New Cuban president asked to resign amid unrest
In Havana on September 11, Ramon Grau San Martin, 48, took office as Cuba’s fourth president in a month. Army officers demanded his resignation for rival Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, while protests in Havana criticized Wall Street influence and U.S. warships. unrest spread to the interior with one death at manganese mines near Santiago and conspirators arrested at Marianao. de Cespedes’ loyalists urged his return, leaving his immediate future undecided.
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Edmond A. Chester
Havana
Cuba
Ramon Grau San Martin
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Santiago
United States
Cuban
Sumner Welles
Marianao
Here
Oriente
de Cespedes
Gray San Martin
Horacio Ferrer
Roosevelt eyes Cuba's choice as test for recognition
President Roosevelt stated his stance on recognizing Cuba's new government led by Ramon Grau San Martin depends on popular support and maintained order. The White House said the navy remains ready to protect Americans if unrest occurs, with recognition possible if the government proves capable and acceptable to the Cuban people.
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Roosevelt
Cuba
Washington
Ramon Grau San Martin
White House
Balloonists Van Orman and Trotter Found Sick in Ontario
Ward T. Van Orman and Frank A. Trotter, American balloonists in the James Gordon Bennett cup race from Chicago, were found ill after a week missing between Sunbury and Abitibi Canyon in northern Ontario. They cut a pole with a note requesting aid and were cared for by an Ontario Hydro official. they landed after a 4 PM descent from 8000 feet in the Tamagami forest reserve.
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Sudbury
Ont
Ward T. van Orman
Frank A. Trotter
Chicago
Sunbury
Abitibi Canyon
Ontario
U. S. Goodyear
W. T. van Orman
Frank Trotter
F. A. Trotter
James Barrett
Asmine
Barrett
Tower No
van Arman
Trotter
Ontario Hydro-Electric Company
Canadian National Railways
Laforest Station
Tamagami Forest Reserve
North Carolina Disciples Set Convention in Rocky Mount
The North Carolina Disciples of Christ will hold their annual convention in Rocky Mount from November 8 to 10. The event gathers church leaders and members for meetings and programs.
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Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Disciples of Christ
Cotton Ginners' Code Faces Hearing in Memphis
Memphis Sept 11 Oscar Johnston AAA finance administrator says ginning costs are direct production costs to be borne by cotton growers and will challenge the proposed ginners code at today’s hearing. He cites the farmer’s inability to pass the charge and notes the AAA aims to restore commodity prices to exchange value. Protests loom as South Carolina moves to close gins until cotton prices rise and Georgia officials join the session.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oscar Johnston
Agricultural Adjustment Administrator
Agricuture
South Carolina
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