France and Britain seek world tariff reduction conference
Geneva reports that Great Britain and France urged an international meeting to lower tariff barriers. They proposed a collective agreement to cut hindrances to trade and urged world powers to refrain from raising tariffs for two years. The plan calls for a conference of technical experts and government representatives to lay groundwork for global trade harmony.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Great Britain
France
Briand
United States of Europe
Economic Committee
League of Nations
League
England
M. Loucheur
Hugh Dalton
Europe
Dalton
Gga
Airmail Pilot Sid Molloy Killed in Fort McPherson Crash
Sid Molloy of Columbus Miss. died after his Pitcairn airmail plane struck a 100 foot radio tower near Fort McPherson Atlanta in fog. He was 27, had helped build High Point aviation ties and was returning from Richmond to Atlanta when the crash occurred.
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Sid Molloy
Atlanta
New York
Fort McPherson
Columbus
Miss
Pitcairn Aviation, Inc
Molloy
Richmond
New York-Atlanta
Fort
Pitcairn
South
Greensboro
N. C
Candler Field
High Point
Pitcairn Company
Lindley
Mrs. Pantages Sober In Wreck
Los Angeles report says defense guns were trained today on evidence the state marshalled over six days against Mrs Lois Pantages on trial for second degree murder in superior court.
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Los Angeles
Lois Pantages
Superior
William LaVarre Testimony in Hall-LaVarre Suit Cites Payback Claims
In Macon Georgia on September 13, William LaVarre, under cross examination in the Hall-LaVarre newspaper suit, said International Paper would pay what he paid to recover properties including the Augusta Chronicle Spartanburg Herald and Journal and Columbia Record. He stated the claim was hearsay and noted a $50,000 to $60,000 cost cited by W N Hurlbut but emphasized potential recovery.
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Macon
William LaVarre
Hall
International
W. N. Hurlbut
Paper Company
Harold Halli
Value
LaVarre
Conspiracy To Wreck Government Charged In Charlotte
Eight National Textile union members and workers were charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government in Charlotte. The warrants allege distribution of firearms to further the plot as mob activity surrounding kidnapped individuals drew court action. Additional warrants issued in Gastonia for Caroline Drew linked to prohibition law violations.
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Charlotte
National Textile Union
Negro speaker triggers riot in Brooklyn open air meeting
In Brownsville Brooklyn a negro invited speaker Harold Williams sparked a riot at an outdoor communist gathering. About 2 000 people participated and 12 youths were arrested as police reserves and fire crews restored order after a clash that began when Williams described the Palestine situation and was accused of being an Arab.
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New York
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Harold Williams
Palestine
Williams
Bluecoats
Missing gravel ship Andaste and crew believed lost
Coast guardsmen after a three day search report no trace of the missing gravel ship Andaste and its 28 crewmen. The vessel overdue in Chicago from Grand Haven Michigan likely sank with its heavy steel load making rescue unlikely for Captain Albert Anderson and the crew.
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Chicago
Andaste
Coast
Grand Haven
Mich
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Albert Anderson
Greenville Tobacco Market Averages $12.72 Per Cwt
Greenville tobacco market sold 546,124 pounds for 69,468.40 dollars, averaging 12.72 dollars per hundred. Official figures announced today.
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Greenville Tobacco
Greenville
N. C
Wall Street pessimism after big loan increase pulls market down
New York stocks fell sharply as brokers' loans jumped by 120 million dollars. Major issues slid $4 to $40 from prior closes while investors cited overbought conditions and rising call loans. Several leaders including American Telephone and General Electric declined, with a late-day rebound as call rates eased.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
American Machine and Foundry
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
U. S. Steel
Segregation Of Doukhobors Urged In BC Island Prison
Victoria BC Sept 13. Authorities in British Columbia suggest segregating fanatical Doukhobors in an island prison colony after disturbances over nude processions and defiance of school laws. About 200 Doukhobors jailed and some children placed in public institutions.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
North Carolina reports 213 autos stolen in August
Raleigh Sept 13 A total of 213 automobiles were stolen during August in North Carolina. Leland S Harris chief of the theft bureau announced. During the month 116 stolen cars were recovered and 92 of the cars were stolen in August with 24 in earlier months. Inspectors recovered many cars and returned them to owners.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Leland S. Harris
State Department of Revenue
Mysterious Woman Ordered Telegrams Filed for Waggoner
Frances Carlson an 18 year old bank stenographer in Telluride says she unwittingly sent two telegraphs from Denver in a plot linked to C D Waggoner to defraud six New York banks of 500 000 dollars. She testified she did the act at the instruction of a stranger and later handed the sealed envelope to a woman at a street corner. The case involves subpoenas from a New York federal grand jury and other witnesses.
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New York
Waggoner
Denver
Colo
E. B. Averill
Frances Carlson
Bank of Telluride
C. D. Waggoner
Averill
Clarence E. Downtain
Miss Carlson
Flower Show Opens This Afternoon At High Point
The Second Annual Flower Show and Exposition opened at 2:30 PM in the Southern Furniture Exposition building. Hundreds of exhibits fill three rows of stands with flowers, vegetables, baked goods, stamps, and crafts. Registration closed at 2 PM, judging began, and prizes exceed $400 in cash plus merchandise.
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High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
E. J. Harbison
J. E. Johnson
A. E. Alexander
E. V. McGehee
J. L. Underwood
T. Wingate Andrews
Ex Robbery Report From Chicago Night Scene
A Chicago report describes ex broker Harry Ex robbed of 10000 worth of jewelry by two pistol wielding men outside his home. They escorted the couple inside, introduced them as friends, then locked them in a cedar closet and demanded a phone to call a friend for release.
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Chicago
Harry Ex
Madame Ex
Woman Communist Leader Sought on a Liquor Charge
A warrant was issued for Caroline Drew a Communist leader after police found a pint of whisky and two empty bottles in her room at local Communist headquarters in Gastonia. Miss Drew was in Charlotte while raids continued at multiple sites including 512 West Airline Avenue and two Broad Street locations.
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Gastonia
Caroline Drew
Miss Drew
Charlotte
Carl Elliott
Airline Avenue
Broad Street
Late Treasurer Newberry County Blamed For Loss
An audit released to the grand jury shows Newberry County lost 181865.92 dollars in the year ending June 30, 1929 due to the gross neglect of duty by late treasurer Claude C. Schumpert who died by suicide August 27. The shortage cited is 16573.27 dollars with remaining losses attributed to failure to perform duties required by law.
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Newberry
S. C
Grand Jury
Newberry County
Claude C. Schumpert
Attempts Channel Swim In English Channel Bid
Mrs Myrtle Hudderston, American long distance swimmer and endurance record holder, began her English Channel attempt at South Foreland at 9 30 a m. She was accompanied by a pilot trainer her manager and a Dover corporation representative aboard the tug Lamorinie as conditions were fair.
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Dover
Eng
Myrtle Hudderston
South Foreland
English Channel
Dover Corporation
Lamorinie
Mrs Boakes Defies School Order To Educate Children
Mrs E Edward Boakes a Temple University graduate and former Philadelphia teacher said she will educate her seven children at home despite a Woodbury New Jersey board of education order to enroll them in public school. She hired J Boyd Avis to represent her and may seek state board of education review.
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Woodbury
N. J
E. Edward Boakes
Temple University
Philadelphia
Woodbury Board of Education
Malcolm G. Thomas
Woodbury Board
State Board of Education
Boakes
Hoover to Speak on Inland Waterways
President Hoover will address audiences in Cincinnati Louisville and Detroit late next month. One speech will cover inland waterways development tied to the Ohio river canalization opening. the other will occur in Dearborn for Edison Laboratory’s 50th anniversary and the electric light invention.
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Washington
Hoover
Cincinnati
Louisville
Detroit
Ohio River
Dearborn
Edison Laboratory
Reforestation of State Will Pay Its Own Way
North Carolina forestry experts say reforestation can fund itself without hurting farms. Dr J W Hoffmann of NC State College told the NC Forestry Association that the South can lead in forest production and wood using industries, with NC still growing much timber and needing more to bolster payroll. He noted NC has about 7 million acres of farm land and 20.6 million forest land, with 10 million farm woodlands and 19 million forest tracts, and urged profitable restoration as the convention nears closure.
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Asheville
South
United States
J. W. Hofmann
North Carolina State College Forestry School
North Carolina Forestry Association
Battery Park Hotel
Hoffmann
North Carolina
Foresters
Governor Names Townsend to Represent Him in Gastonia Visit
Governor O Max Gardner announced that Judge N A Townsend executive counselor would travel to Gastonia as his representative. Townsend, who led Marion strike talks, will attend the communist meeting slated for tomorrow afternoon amid editorial warnings in the Gastonia Gazette that the gathering is at their own risk.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
N. A. Townsend
Gastonia
Townsend
Gardner
Golfboro
Marion
Moody Delays Texas Execution Due To Friday the 13th
Governor Dan Moody extends reprieve for Jesse Charles, Liberty County, delaying the death sentence again as the date lands on Friday the 13th. Moody’s secretary notes no undertaking should be set for that day.
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Austin
Tex
Dan Moody
Texas
Jesse Charles
Liberty County
Moody
Mark Wiginton
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