Anti-Saloon League Opposes Prohibition Reconsideration
Washington reports fresh calls to readdress national prohibition. Anti-Saloon League leader F Scott McBride denounces any resubmission as impossible and ridiculous, arguing two thirds congress and three fourths state approval are unattainable. Senator Jones's letter signals openness to repeal or modification if voters seek it. Wheeler also questions national prohibition, urging state control. Meanwhile, Prohibition Bureau seeks a 2.2 million increase to fund 500 new agents, boosting enforcement across cities and federal lines.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
F. Scott McBride
Diry Organization
Senate
House
Congress
McBride
Jones
Longview
Wheeler
Montana
Woodcock
Prohibition Bureau
Budget Bureau
Coast Guard
Industrial Alcohol Bureau
Hoey Attacks Republicans in Greensboro Campaign Stop
In Greensboro North Carolina on September 13 Clyde R Hoey former Democratic Congressman urged the Republican party to raise agriculture to parity with industry accusing the Hoover administration of harming farm prices He cited cotton wheat and tobacco declines and blamed Democratic leadership for the economic downturn.
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Greensboro
N. C
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
North Carolina
Bankruptcies Declared for Ambassador and Bertolini Hotels
Rome civil tribunal clears the Ambassador in Rome and Bertolinis in Naples as bankrupt. Administrators are appointed for both properties. The action affects the well known hotels and their management shifts.
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Rome
Just a Common Crow Delays Big Wedding
In Elkin North Carolina an unruly crow interfered with a wedding plan by stealing the couple's car key delaying the ceremony for hours. Carl W. Gentry and Florence Cox had planned to marry in Independence Virginia Gretna Green with mechanics then unlocking the vehicle to resume.
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Elkin
N. C
Carl W. Gentry
Coughton
Florence Cox
Traphill
Independence
Old Dominion
Gretna Green
Doughton
Casey Casey Good Name Trial Alibi Witnesses Testify
In Kinston North Carolina Herman Casey 45 a truck driver is on trial for the murder of James Co Causey a Suffolk Virginia lumberman. Defense witnesses presented an alibi and now neighbors testified Casey was a man of good character to support his case.
Witnesses Place Casey Not at Scene Until After Killing
In Kinston a defense witness testified Herman Casey was not seen near the crime until two hours after the state says Suffolk lumberman James C. Causey was shot and burned. Jesse Foy William McCotter and John Davis said they saw smoke near the wooded area at 11 30 a m on July 3 the killing date. Wood said Casey shot Causey robbed him and burned the body in the car. The state accuses Wood of being an accomplice. Casey says he merely watched from a truck. Trial to continue into next week.
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Kinston
N. C
Herman Casey
Lenoir County
James Co. Causey
Suffolk
Causey
Casey
Jesse Foy
William McCotter
John Davis
James C. Causey
Wood
Pershing
France
John Pershing
Hunger Strike Ends In Hospital After Two Days
Mrs. Marie Jesperson ended a two day hunger strike after quarreling with her husband. He apologized for the dispute and she resumed eating a ham sandwich. A few hours later she was hospitalized seriously ill, doctors noting the sandwich strained her stomach after the abstinence.
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Chicago
Marie Jesperson
Woman and Two Small Children Found Dead in Knox County Home
In Knoxville Georgia on September 13 Mrs A L Smith 30 wife of a Crawford County farmer and her two young children were found dead in bed. Sheriff Charles Giles said preliminary findings point to poisoning with Mrs Smith believed to have administered the fatal doses. An empty bottle lay near her bed.
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Knoxville
A. L. Smith
Crawford County
Charles Giles
Beaufort and Morehead City Badly Hit by Gale
A severe gale swept Beaufort and Morehead City with 50 to 60 mph winds causing downed lines damaged crops and impassable dirt roads. Electric plants were temporarily out of service and fishing craft sought safe harbor while coast guard boats secured lines. No deaths reported and shipping damage unclear.
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Beaufort
Morehead City
Morehead
Newport River
Coast Guard
Pershing And Furniture Rates Hit Probe Findings
Examiners urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to disapprove furniture shippers lower carload rate proposals after a two year inquiry. They found several rate changes unjustified while endorsing new limits on metal and fibre furniture shipments and noting reasonable future rates for some routes.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Berry and
Barkley
Hoch-Smith
Memphis Furniture
Territory
Central Territory
Chicago
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
Ohio River
Tampa
Fla
Jacksonville
Menominee
Mich
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Tomlinson Issues Notice to Bedaux System Workers
S H Tomlinson president of Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing releases a public notice to 10 workforce urging cooperation with the Bedaux system amidst a cloth cutters strike. Two hundred copies will be posted to reach employees Monday morning. The notice argues cooperation will raise earnings and warns against outside influence.
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Bedaux
S. H. Tomlinson
Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing
Shortage of Gold Serious Pitman Warns on Global Credit
Senator Key Pitman of Nevada warned that the world’s credit would be imperiled by a gold shortage and England’s effort to secure gold to stabilize its silver currency. The remarks came in Los Angeles on September 13.
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Los Angeles
Key Pitman
Nevada
England
Actress June Clyde and Thornton Freeland Wed
Motion picture actress June Clyde and Thorton Freeland known as Hollywoods youngest film director were married yesterday.
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Los Angeles
June Clyde
Thorton Freeland
Hollywood
Bailey to Open Senate Campaign Tonight in Burlington
Democratic nominee Josiah W. Bailey will headline a Burlington rally tonight to launch his three week senate campaign tour. Sixteen speeches are planned, with Monday set for Carthage as part of the statewide effort.
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Bailey
Burlington
Josiah W. Bailey
United States Senate
Carthage
Dempsey Rides In Stribling's Plane
Jack Dempsey visits Georgia on a weekend with W L Stribling. They flew by Stribling’s airplane from Montgomery to Macon to Ochlockne and plan to return to Macon where Dempsey will officiate at a boxing bout.
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Atlanta
W. L
Young
Manassa Mauler
Leonard Sacks
Macon
Dempsey
Rockwell girl denies bank robbery accomplice role
Mary Frick, a Rockwell girl, testified she did not know Ted Honeycutt and John Ellis planned the Rockwell bank robbery and did not draw the bank plans. She claimed she rode with the alleged robbers but did not receive loot or assist in the theft.
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Salisbury
Mary Frick
Rockwell
Bank of
Mabel Yarborough
Charlotte
Ted Honeycutt
John Ellis
Ellis
Honeycutt
Mary
Honeventt
Mabel
Rorkwell
Shea
Seaboard
Cotton consumption and stocks for August reported by census bureau
August cotton data show 352,335 bales of lint and 57,010 bales of linters consumed. On hand totals: 1,011,661 lint and 221,379 linters in consuming establishments, plus 3,464,699 lint and 1,221 linters in public storage. Imports 5,901 bales. exports 366,036 bales lint and 5,599 linters. Spindles active 25,873,978.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Engagement Announced In Luxembourg Royals Reveal Union
Luxembourg September 13 engagement announced for Princess Hilda eldest sister of Grandduchess Charlotte and Mavarian Prince Adolph of Schwartzenberg. The announcement highlights royal backgrounds and upcoming nuptials amid court interest.
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Luxembourg
Hilda
Charlotte
Adolph of Schwartzenberg
Stedman In Serious Condition After Stroke
Washington reports Representative Charles M. Stedman of North Carolina, the last Civil War veteran in Congress, is in serious condition after apoplexy. Doctors described his status as not improved but said hope remains for recovery.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Nantucket
R. L
Chas. M. Stedman
North Caroline
Congress
Oscar Seems To Know How To Train Em
In Chapel Hill AP report recounts editor Louis Graves praising Oscar Coffin and the journalistic course at the University of North Carolina. It notes Catherine Graves joined the Elizabeth City Advance, advanced to reporter and sub editor, and within months became co owner and co editor of three newspapers in eastern North Carolina.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Louis Graves
Graves
Catherine Graves
Joseph Peele
North Carolina
Large fruit crops foreseen despite drought in western states
A U S Department of Agriculture release on September 13 projects large crops for major foods this year with 7 percent above average in key canned vegetables and higher yields for onions and cabbage. Potatoes show late-season shortages while other fruits and nuts including apples peaches pears plums grapes and almonds rise.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Celebrated America's Cup Race Starts At Noon
The Enterprise leads Shamrock V at the start of the historic America's Cup race off Newport at 11 55 a m local time. Shamrock V uses a spinnaker and gains briefly while both boats maneuver in light wind as spectators cheer from the fleet.
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U. S. S. Kane
Associated Press
Shamrock V
Enterprise
Good Shooting Sends Man Into the Courts
Burlington North Carolina Sept 13 A newsman known for deadly accuracy in golf and clay pigeons faced Judge W Luther Gates for violating game law while trapshooting at the Alamance gun club A dove dropped after Cook fired from a hip shot The court noted the fine but accepted the shooting as costs owed by Cook
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Burlington
N. C
Staley Cook
W. Luther Gates
Cook
North Carolina Press
Sedgefield
Alamance
Gates
Oklahoma Sees 106 Degree Heat Wave Across Southwest
A belated heat wave swept the southwest pushing temperatures to 106 degrees in Oklahoma yesterday with federal observers noting little relief expected. The unseasonal heat continued as residents faced burning conditions and health warnings amid the rising temperatures.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Lipton Watches New Chapter Open in America's Cup
Newport Rhode Island September 13 A new chapter in the 80 year history of the America's Cup unfolds as Sir Thomas Lipton recalls Shamrock I’s voyage past Sandy Hook toward the Morgan sloop Columbia. He notes the oddity of not racing under New Jersey high lands and the shifting winds and tides that have plagued his pursuit.
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Newport
R. I
Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
New Jersey
New York
Powder magazine blast hurls Wichita area into shock
A massive nitroglycerin blast near Wichita Kansas leveled a magazine and damaged Wichita Heights and North Wichita. A deep crater and twisted metal are main clues with authorities suspecting looters may have set off the explosion. No deaths reported though the shock was heard 50 miles away.
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Wichita
Kas
Wichita Heights
Jack O’flaherty
Pont Powder Company
Hughes To Be Relieved As Navy Chief On Sept 18
Admiral Charles F. Hughes, the highest ranking officer in the navy, will be relieved as chief of naval operations on Thursday September 18 by Admiral William V. Pratt, the current commander in-chief of the United States fleet.
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Washington
Charles F. Hughes
Navy
William V. Pratt
United States Fleet
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