Missing Annie Burks linked to Bluebeard tale in Powers case
Fragmentary OCR reveals details on Annie Lee Burns, a missing High Point woman long linked to the Bluebeard murder case of Harry Powers in Clarksburg West Virginia. The inquiry concerns connections to Speedy Woods and alleged elopement with Burns from a Main Street boarding house and possible inheritance ties. Detectives examine correspondence and records from Powers matrimonial bureau for clues on the 1920 era crimes.
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Bluebeard
High Point
Harry Powers
Clarksburg
W. Va
Annie Lee Burns
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Woods
Zimri Burns
Maxwell seeks economy and tax relief in governor bid
Democratic candidate Maxwell calls for greater government economy at state and local levels, opposes any tax increases, and advances a six month term with no ad valorem taxes. He stresses reducing public burdens and trimming expenses in schools and higher education while aligning with the party’s 1931 record.
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J. C. B. Ehringhaus
R. T. Fountain
Jeral Dennis G. Brumnrttt
Maxwell
North Carolina
General Assembly
Wife of vanished boatman says he did not arm self
SYOSETT New York September 12. The wife of missing Connecticut yachtsman Benjamin Collings identifies an abandoned canoe as the vessel used by two men she accuses of throwing him overboard. She says he failed to arm despite two opportunities. Police await conclusive evidence before ruling on the drowning theory.
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Syosett
N. Y
Benjamin Collings
Connecticut
Elvin N. Edwards
King
Collings
Storm Warning Advisory Sent To Vessels Near Kingston
Washington Sept 12 AP The weather bureau issued a storm advisory noting a tropical disturbance moving west at about 16 miles per hour and increasing in intensity. the system passed near Kingston and was expected to grow stronger. In Jonesboro Arkansas sixteen guardsmen with machine guns sawed off shotguns and tear gas bombs were sent to a revival tent after evangelist Joe Jeffers denounced the Arkansas national guard commander patrolling streets due to a First Baptist church factional split.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Kingston
Ispa
Jonesboro
Ark
Joe Jeffers
Arkansas National Guard
First Baptist Church
Belize
Navy
Pann
F. P. Mulcahy
Marine Corps
British Honduras
Nicaragua
W. R. Sexton
Naval
Mulcahy
T. L. Morrow
Sacramento
Puerto Cabezas
Rochester
Colon
Canal Zone
Red Cross
G. Russell Tag
Administers Poison Thinking It Medicine Four Children Die
Four small African American children near Kingstree died after their mother gave a dose she believed was quinine but was a poison. She had obtained the poison in an unmarked bottle from a sister who claimed it was 16 years old.
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Florence, S&s. C
Kingstree
Typhoon Hits Formosa Kills 26 and Delays Lindbergh Hop
A Taiwan dispatch reports a typhoon striking the southern Formosa coast leaving 26 dead and many injured. Torrential rain floods about 1 000 homes and damages hundreds of houses. Five motor fishing vessels are missing. Lindbergh delayed his hop to Osaka due to the storm.
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Formosa
Lindbergh
Osaka
TYKO
Ashai
Taiwan
Plane Crash Kills Lebrix and Mesmin On Nonstop Flight
A Hyphen II crew on a record non-stop Paris to Tokyo attempt crashed in a field near Ufa at 8 a.m. local time after about twenty hours aloft. Parachute escapee Marcel Baret survived. two crewmates Lebrix and Mesmin were killed. Weather and fog across Russia hampered progress, with relief parties deployed from Ufa and Bashkir officials assisting at the scene.
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Ufa
Marcel Baret
Doret
Bashkir Republic
Paris
Russia
Moscow
Schneider Cup Races To Be Held Tomorrow If Weather Permits
Heavy rain postponed the Schneider cup air race today in Calshot England with arrangements made to run tomorrow afternoon if conditions improve. Despite no French or Italian teams, hundreds of thousands gathered along the 31 mile course hoping British pilots will set new speed records.
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Calshot
Eng
Nina Wilcox Putnam Marries Her Third
Nina Wilcox Putnam noted writer wed Arthur James Ogie in Yuma by Justice Earl Freeman. Ogie, a real estate operator, has homes in New York City and Palm Beach. They met seven years ago, according to Mrs. Ogie.
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Yuma, Ariz
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Arthur James Ogie
Justice of the Peace
Earl Freeman
Ogie
New York City
Palm Beach
Fla
Hearst Warns Europe In Worse Shape Than U.S. Leniency
Hearst declares in a radio address that Europe’s conditions are far worse than America’s. He says many individuals face poverty and insolvency abroad while the U.S. remains sound and solvent, though some domestic distress exists. He cites Germany’s burdened post Versailles regime and Britain’s financial straits. He advises the U.S. keep out of European conflicts and maintains sympathy for Europe’s plight.
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New York
Europe
William Randolph Hearst
France
America
Germany
England
End of Texas cotton fights looms in legislature
Texas and Louisiana governors clash over cotton relief with final legislative bets set for Monday. Senate ag committee reports two bills, one for Sterling style acreage cuts and another for Long’s cotton prohibition plan for 1932. House committee to consider a one third acreage cut and crop rotation. Sterling resents Louisiana’s plan and vows veto against any cotton prohibition measure.
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Austin
Tex
Ross
Sterling
Texas
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
South
Texas Senate Agricultural Committee
Long
House
Negro Attacks Girl On Jones Co Farm
KINSTON September 12 AP Search for an unidentified Negro was being made in Jones county tonight after Miss Eunice Pollock 19 was found unconscious near her widowed mother's barn. She was in the habit of going there for grain to feed her chickens. Bloodhounds were ordered from Kinston to aid the search as possemen joined in the manhunt and feelings ran high.
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Kinston
Jones County
Eunice
Mae Pollock
Miss Pollock
Lawyer quits North Carolina Republicans
Charlotte attorney J E Little, who resigned from the Mecklenburg county board of elections, renounces the Republican party and says he will vote the straight Democratic ticket. He backs Democrat senator Morrison for re election in 1932 and criticizes President Hoover as ineffective. He laments the party’s drift and poor state organization, claiming decades of effort have failed to build a strong party in North Carolina.
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Charlotte
J. E. Little
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
South Carolina
U D C To Unveil Confederate Wall and Tablet in Raleigh
Raleigh plans June 27 exercises by the Johnson Pettigrew Chapter U D C to unveil a wall surrounding the Confederate cemetery and a bronze tablet honoring Confederate soldiers and sailors. The event marks a memory of the Civil War era in the state capital.
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U. D.C
Raleigh
Johnson Pettigrew Chapter
Predict Big Drive Against Rum Runners On Carolina Coast
Wilmington reports a major push against rum runners as Oak Island coast guard station doubles fleet. Three fast picket boats join one older patrol craft to enforce prohibition off the Carolina coast. Captain W. de Willis commands.
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Carolina Coast
Wilmington
Carolina
Oak Island
W. de Willis
Gandhi To Talk Over Radio To Americans
New York AP dispatch reports Mahatma Gandhi will speak to Americans by radio from London at 12 30 p m BST the address titled India arrangements place Gandhi on WOR and WJZ NBC network stations to relay the message as planned
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Gandhi
New York
Mahatma
Lonndon
India
WOR
Wjz-Nbc
State Banks Report June 30 1931 Resources Total
North Carolina state banks savings banks and trust companies held total resources of 252 million on June 30 1931 with sources at about 20.7 million. Gurney P Hood commissioner of banks released the quarterly statement noting comparative bank resources and liabilities for June 30 1931 June 30 1930 and March 25 1931. The report shows a large decline in state bank resources since 1930 while industrial banks rose slightly.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Gurney P. Hood
Commissioner of Banks
State Banking Commission
Prairie Fires Sweep Northern Minnesota
Five people were unaccounted for and three were burned slightly as brush and grass fires driven by strong winds swept parts of northern Minnesota. The fires, reported around ST PAUL on September 12, disrupted areas as authorities battled the flames.
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St, Paul
Minnesota
Arrest Of Two More Prolongs Turmoil In Jonesboro
Two more arrests were reported in Jonesboro as clashes grew from a church controversy. Guy and Ray Chambers, father and son, faced assault and battery charges for allegedly attacking Mayor Bosler and Police Chief Craig during evangelist Joe Jeffers prayer meeting attempts. Guy fined $10 and $5. Ray acquitted of resisting an officer. Additionally, Dr Hugh Lile and George Cox Jr. were fined $5 on simple assault charges in a guarded courtroom.
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Jonesboro
Ark
First Baptist Church of
Guy
Ray Chambers
H. J. Bosler
Craig
Joe Jeffers
City Hall
Guy Chambers
Chambers
Jeffers
Gay Freeling
Parnell
Garrett
Freeling
Hugh Lile
D. H. Heard
First Baptist Church
George Cox, Jr
Evangelist Jeffers
Sheriff Probes Mystery of Man Disappearance in Saluda
Sheriff E Gray Davis of Saluda county investigates possible attack on Clarence W Cummings a wealthy Boston man missing since his car was found abandoned four miles from Saluda A struggle was found near the auto but no clear signs of violence and authorities pressed a wide search while deeming murder unlikely at this stage
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Saluda
S. C
E. Gray Davis
Seluda County
Clarence W. Cummings
Boston
Mass
Mr. Cummings
Iff Davis
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Annie Burks
City
Joseph Lebrix
Commission
Lebrix
Mesmin
Tokyo
Hearst
Allen J. Maxwell
Jones Co
N. C
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