Escaped Angola prisoners recaptured after gun battle
In Brouillette near Marksville the pursuit ends as three of 11 escaped from Angola penal farm are killed and others are captured following a bloody riot last Sunday. Two more of the group are seized near Marksville after a three day manhunt. Bill Bryant of Texarkana Texas and James Card of Madisonville Louisiana are identified among the recaptured.
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Marksville
Ila
Brouillette
Red River
Angola
Angola ‘State
Avoyelles Parish
Bill Bryant
Texarkana
Texas
Caddo Parish
James C
Madisonville
Tobacco Contracts Signed as North Carolina Pushes Program
North Carolina farmers signed 14,850 contracts pledging reduction on 161,168 acres of tobacco as state college officials report progress. Governor Ehringhaus plans to reopen eastern North Carolina warehouses by Monday or Tuesday with 96 to 98 percent of eastern farmers signed.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
EB. Y. Floyd
Piedmont
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
Sampson County
Former High Point officer Lowe freed in bank robbery case
Ben Lowe, ex High Point police, is freed on bond after a preliminary hearing found insufficient evidence to warrant trial in the Denton bank and rust company robbery. The case ties to defendants Mike Stevenson and BE Black who were condemned to death, with High Point men Joe Sipe and others already serving 15 year terms. Anticipated warrants for Horace Hedgepeth and Jessiman were not pressed.
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Ixington
Ben
High Point
Carolina Bank and Rust Company
Denton
Recorders Court
Fish Point Police
A. L. Hill
Lowe
BE. Black
Mike Stefanos
Aso
Mike Stevenson
Tayle Ellie
Witca
Joe Sipe
Walter Bridgeman
Vick Fowler
Sylvan Palmer
Senwmeta
Horace Hedgepeth
Jess I'Man
Gtate
Car Strikes Train In Tarboro Crossing
Two young men from Wilson were injured after their car collided with a train at a street crossing in Tarboro. They said street glare blinded them and they could not see the oncoming train.
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Tarboro
Daniel Smith
Cecil ‘Amm
Wilson
Dee
Fifteen Cent Cotton Drive Sweeps South Carolina
South Carolina farmers led by Governor Blackwood press demand higher prices for cotton. A mass meeting with agricultural leaders and state representatives urged a direct appeal to President Roosevelt next Monday to aid southern cotton farmers. Governors of three other states were telegraphed to join upcoming mass meetings to push similar results.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Resulu
Seven States Need to End National Prohibition
The article notes that seven more states must ratify to reach three quarters for repeal. Maryland Minnesota and Colorado joined yesterday giving repeal leaders a growing margin. Results show Maine first to vote against prohibition with a rising repeal score. Idaho New Mexico Virginia Florida Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Utah and more slated to vote before November 7.
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Maryland
Minnesota
Colorado
Andrew J. Volstead
Virginia
Florida
Kentucky
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Utah
Michigan
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Wyoming
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Nevada
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Iowa
West Virginia
California
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oregon
Arizona
Missouri
Texas
Washington
Vermont
Maine
Cole
North Carolina Grange Session Planned in Lexington
Preparations for the North Carolina Grange annual state convention in Lexington are underway with P. M. Hendricks as chair of the central committee. About 500 delegates are expected for September 27 and 28, with entertainment planned in Davidson County homes and Lexington hotels. A barbecue will welcome visiting delegates on opening night, and sessions will be held at the Sam F. Vance auditorium at the Junior Orphans Home.
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Lexington
The
Grange of North Carolina
P. M. Hendricks
County Farm
North Carolina
Grange
Atlantic
Tennessee Line
Lee Trexler
W. Kerr Scott
Davidson County
Sam F. Vance
Junior Orphans Home
Read Takes Blame In Suit Over Actress Affair
Mrea C. Read Jr. testifies he caused alienation of affections suit against Claire Windsor. The Oakland broker admits deceit to his wife and says he still cares for the mother of his children. He adds his wife urged the divorce and marriage to Windsor was his doing.
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Read
Angeles
Mrea C. Read, Jr
Oakland
Cer
Claire Windsor
Royce
Stine
Miss Windsor
Tress
Mies Windsor
Cie Ildren
Marian
Minnesota and Maryland Prohibition Vote Totals Reported
Returns from Minnesota show repeal supporters leading with 267 037 to 2635 for anti-prohibitionists after 1 672 of 3 693 precincts. In Maryland Baltimore precincts deliver overwhelming repeal support with 119 091 in favor and 11 295 against as 2 082 uninstructed.
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Minnesota
Maryland
Baltimore
Federal aid to aid drought and disaster areas announced
President Roosevelt ordered 60 million dollars in federal relief to drought hurricane and grasshopper harmed areas in the Dakotas Florida Grande regions. He directed emergency relief and farm credit administration and the public works board to cooperate and urged local communities to help themselves. He asked Secretary Ickes and the public works administrator to set aside funds for immediate road construction in affected regions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
Pblic Works Board
Dakotas
Florida
Grande
Ickes
Firemen Adopt Dog After Rescue
Yowls drew firemen to a crevice between two buildings in Lynbrook New York where a small frightened dog was wedged. After three hours of effort they freed him. No owner claimed the pup, so the firemen kept him with the name Squeeze.
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Lynbrook
WN. Y
Americans Seek Protection As Strikes Roil Cuba
In Cuba, Americans seek protection amid worker strikes and unrest. US residents in Cristo and Cape Rente fear attacks as 600 officers remain in place and rail workers blockade roads. Wary of violence, residents near Santiago de Cuba await US warships and prepare for emergencies.
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John FP. McKnight Ieee
Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Cristo
Santiago de Cuba
Cape Rente Setlement
Interior Oriente
Santiago
Cardenas
Coast Guard
Consolidated Railways
Camaguey
Cuba’s next change of government teased in brief
A Beverly Hills reader writes that Cuba may face another government shift, comparing revolutions to packs of bananas and noting it’s their country and sugar, with a casual aside about American interest if sugar vanished.
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Beverly Haa
Calif
Cuba
Damages Awarded in False Arrest and Divorces Granted
Juries in municipal court awarded $250 in two false arrest cases. Bill Dawson received $200 from Ambrose Grubb and Ralph Williamson $50 from the Big Bill Bottling Company after arrests for alleged bottle theft. Six divorces were granted including Bonnie L Wise and Virginia Andrews. A separate judgment of $20 was won by G R Shiplett against the Atlantic Regoing Company.
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Bill Dawson
Ambrose Grubb
Ralph Williamson
Big Bill Bottling Company
J. &. Welborn
Morris Plas Bank
H. G. Iderton
Bonnie L. Wise
Percy H. Wise
Virginia Andrews
L. T. Andrews
Mre
Rosa B. Rogers
John D. Rogers
Lorena Ingram
Robert Ingram
Vesta W. Higging
Na W. Higgins
John Brown
Ross L. Brown
G. RR
Banks Expected To Extend Credit To Aid Campaign
President Roosevelt signals federal backing for banks to push credit in the recovery drive for higher wages and prices. He aims to strengthen agriculture and employment, with bank capital and federal insurance plans under review and payroll loans considered to sustain industry during the recovery period.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Amr
Hants
Eere
Reconstruction Corporation
Captain Ashe 93 Years Old in Raleigh
Captain Samuel A. Ashe, clerk of the U S District Court for the eastern district of North Carolina, observes his 93rd birthday in Raleigh with family and great grandchildren. He remains active at work six days a week, recalls events from 79 80 years ago, and shares memories from his life including witnessing inlet joinings, attending President Taylor’s funeral, meeting Buchanan, and serving as a Confederate veteran claiming last surviving regular Confederate Army officer status.
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Raleigh
Samuel A. Ashe
United States Court
North Carolina
Ashe
Sas Satel Nome
Weigtinville Sound
Captain Ashe
Masonboro
Wrightville
Matthew
Macon
Georgia
Thoye
President Taylor
Washington
James Dobbin
Navy
Pierce
President Buchanan
Chapel Hill
Naval School
Cherbourg
France
Cades and
Madiera
Sam Ashe
Twelve Steel Towers Erected Along North Carolina Coast
The Department of Commerce is placing twelve steel towers along the North Carolina coast to observe changes in the coastline and channels. Two towers are completed at Cape Fear and near Leechville. one or two will be on an island near Ocracoke with the rest on strategic mainland points.
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Washington
Carena
Department of Commerce
Leechville
Ocracoke
Security Bank Declines Special Security For Deposits
Greensboro, Sept. 13. Directors of the Security National Bank voted to give no security for deposits and to prevent accepting government deposits that require such security. N. B. Calhoun, president, said all depositors will be treated on an equal basis. Directors also barred officers, employees, or directors from borrowing money from the bank.
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Greensboro
Securit National Bank
Calhoun
Industrial Strife Strikes Across Eastern States
Industrial strife hits Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey with mine protests and wage demands as 10 soft coal miners quit in southwestern Pennsylvania amid NRA code delays. The textile and rayon sectors face walkouts affecting up to thousands of workers and several plants reopen under strike conditions.
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Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
National Labor Board
Antonnac Rayon
Mills
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Linton
North Newsey
Clale
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OGENT
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U. S
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