Louisiana Turns Leaderless From Dictator's Grave
Louisiana reels after Huey P. Long’s assassination with no clear successor as the Long machine fractures. Governor Allen denounces the killers and vows no compromise with assassins while vast crowds attend Long’s burial at the Capitol. The capital, once the seat of his empire, remains silent as leaders puzzle over who will inherit his authority and principles.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
O. K. Allen
Long
America
Murer
Capitol
France backs covenant obligations at League assembly
Laval declares France will not evade covenant duties, aligning with Britain and Russia as tensions rise over Italy and Ethiopia. South Africa warns invasion could spark racial conflict, while Italy resists, insisting on a serious examination of Ethiopians charges.
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France
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Laval
Great Britain
Pointblank
United States Backs Kellogg Peace Pact Appeal
President Roosevelt voiced full moral support for Secretary Hull’s peace plea amid the Italo Ethiop conflict. Hull urged all Kellogg Pact signatories to honor commitments to settle disputes by peaceful means, stressing the US goal of preserving peace and neutral stance if war comes.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hull
Hall
Washington
United States
Wealthy New Yorker And Friend Freed Under Bond
Henry Huddleston Rogers II and William J. Kelly were freed on bond after being fingerprinted in the death of Evelyn Hoey at the Rogers farm Indian Run. Investigators consider the shooting likely a suicide, with Mrs. Rogers present.
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Westchester
Henry Huddleston Rogers
Evelyn Hoey
William J. Kelly
Kelly
Hoey
Indian Run
Benjamin Rogers
Standard Oil
Col
Henry Huddleston Rogers II
Young Rogers
Britain Pleased With French Stand at League Assembly
In London on September 13 authorities viewed France Premier Laval's speech as a pledge to support Britain in the Italo Ethiopian crisis. They noted jubilation but expected no immediate change in Italy’s invasion timeline. US Secretary Hull's plea for peace was seen as abstract and the United States as wishes to avoid entanglements. Officials welcomed Franco British policy alignment while cautious about Geneva sanctions and enforcement rules.
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Laval
France
Great Britain
Russia
Europe
League of Nations Assembly
Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
South Africa
Charles Theodore Te Water
Union of South Africa
America
Te Water
London
Cordell Hull
Washington
United States
Hull
Hopkins Ickes In Harmony After Hyde Park Meeting
Robert Palmer Brewer of Elkin registered as a UNC freshman in Chapel Hill on Friday September 13. He was assigned to student group 13 and given dormitory room 13 with a nickname joke about bad luck.
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Chapel Hill
Robert Palmer Brewer
Elkin
University of North Carolina
Governor Ehringhaus seeks Wallace reply on tobacco prices
Governor Ehringhaus appeals to Secretary Wallace after a Wendell farmers protest accusing the agriculture secretary of causing low tobacco prices. He warns the flue cured program is in jeopardy and recalls calls for price parity around 21 to 22 cents.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Wendell
House of Representatives
Unlucky Friday 13 Ends Jail Sentence in Greenville Incident
Leo Ballard, 23, began a jail term after charges from a crash on Friday the 13th. He faced driving under the influence, reckless driving, speeding, damaging property, running a red light, refusing to stop, and disorderly conduct. Officer T. D. Cothran and passenger L. C. Jones were injured. Ballard received ten months on the county jail or fines of 926 dollars.
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Greenville
S&l. C
Leo Ballard
T. D. Cothran
L. C. Jones
Ballard
Wyatt Aiken
Bald Aiken
Stock market gains on metal shares amid mixed trading
New York stock activity recovered modestly with miners and metal stocks leading the end of losses. Traders stayed cautious due to the European war situation, but signs of domestic economic recovery supported a firmer tone in metal equities and helped buoy the market.
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New York
Governor Behringhaus to speak at labor officials meet
Raleigh dispatch reports Governor Behringhaus tentatively accepted an invitation from A L Fletcher commissioner of labor to address the International Association of Government Labor Officials gathering in Asheville on October 1. He will also compete in the semi finals of the United States amateur golf championship.
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Jacob Sechrest
Ohio
Gettysburg
Raleigh
Behringhaus
A. L. Fletcher
Labor
International Association of Government Labor
Asheville
Eastern North Carolina home economics conference opens
Conference in Raleigh gathers eastern North Carolina teachers for a week of instruction in home economics. The event ends Saturday after a session highlighted by new-teacher training. A parallel western North Carolina conference was held in Asheville August 27 31.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Textile Worker Is Sentenced To Die
John Horne, a textile worker, was convicted of first degree murder of his wife and sentenced in Edenton superior court to die by lethal gas on December 6. Defense counsel W. D. Pruden gave notice of appeal to the state supreme court. The verdict followed Horne’s August 14 attack in which he cut his wife’s throat and wounded himself.
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Edenton
John Horne
W. D. Pruden
State Supreme Court
W. C. Harris
Horne
Raleigh
J. A. Bunch
John son and Roosevelt reach retirement understanding
Hyde Park reports General Hugh S. Johnson has agreed with President Roosevelt to retire as works relief administrator in New York City early in October under their original agreement.
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Hyde Park
Hugh
Johnson
Roosevelt
Works Relief
New York City
Teachers Arrested in March to WPA Offices
On September 14 in New York City eighty nine teachers marching and chanting outside WPA offices were arrested and loaded into patrol wagons.
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New York
WPA
Patrol Orders Night Driving Lights Crackdown
Captain Charlies D. Farmer of the State Highway Patrol ordered his officers to arrest anyone driving at night without proper lights across the state.
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Raleigh
Charlies D. Farmer
State Highway Patrol
Young case worker convicted of manslaughter in Bookout slaying
Gastonia AP report states Agamemnon Koutro, 22, convicted by a superior court jury of manslaughter for the butcher knife killing of Cecil Bookout. Judge Frank Hill sentenced him to five to eight years in state prison. He appealed to the supreme court.
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Gastonia
Agamemnon Koutro
Superior Court
Cecil Bookout
Frank 8. Hill
Supreme Court
Goodman Halves Early Match With Little In Cleveland
Johnny Goodman won the first two afternoon holes with birdies and squared his match with W. Lawson Little Jr. at the Country Club in Cleveland as action resumed on September 13.
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the Country Club
Cleveland
Johnny Goodman
W. Lawson Little, Jr
Republican chairman urges special session to repeal tax and liquor law
W C Meekins of Hendersonville called on Governor J C B Ehringhaus to convene a special session of the general assembly to repeal the sales tax and the liquor law in a statement from Winston-Salem. The plan targets the controversial measures amid political pressure in September.
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Winston-Salem
W. C. Meekins
Hendersonville
J. C. B. Ebhringhhaus
General Assembly
Roosevelt Orders WPA To Hold Works Relief Drive
President Roosevelt directed the Works Progress Administration under Harry Hopkins to take over the works relief drive until Secretary Ickes public works program expands. He outlined a six week plan with $85 million more for direct relief and set rules for project approval with December 16 deadlines and a $850 minimum average pay.
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WPA
Hyde Park
N. Y
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Ickes
Public Works
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Pacific Coast
Hughes Fails In Speed Flight After Near Crash
Howard Hughes, the millionaire producer, sets an unofficial speed record for land planes near Santa Ana California in a six flight effort. He crashes on a forced landing after exhausting fuel with a bent propeller torn fuselage and damaged gear but walks away unharmed.
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Calif
Howard Hughes
Here
National Aeronautics Association
Hughes
Paul Mantz
Amelia Earhart
trans-Pacific
Rowan Citizen Dies in Mishap Near Salisbury
Luther Goodman 40 of Rowan County was killed when an automobile he rode in overturned on highway No. 80 near Franklin shortly after midnight. Driver C. O. Waller 55 from Woodleaf was hospitalized with fractured ribs collar bone and shoulder blade but expected to recover. Vehicle lost control on a straight stretch and Goodman was thrown from the car.
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Salisbury
Luther Goodman
Franklin
C. O. Waller
Woodleaf
Goodman
Senator McAdoo to Marry Again at 71
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo age 71 plans a private wedding in Washington at 4 PM tomorrow to Doris Cross 26, daughter of Nellie Cross, in the senator’s family home. The announcement confirms earlier notes of romance and marks a third marriage for McAdoo, a former secretary of the treasury noted for his long public career.
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Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo
Miss Cross
Public Health Service
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Massachusetts Avenue
Dey
Clinton Cotton Mills Hit With Labor Act Complaint
United Textile Workers announce a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board against Clinton Cotton Mills in Washington D C. The charge alleges a contract with Clinton Friendship Association, a company union, to close the plant to nonmembers and discriminate against UTW members under the Wagner Connery Labor Act. John Peel of Greenville is named as a UTW vice president in the filing.
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Washington
United Textile Workers Headquarters
Clinton Cotton Mills
Clinton
D. C
National Labor Relations Board
John Peel
Greenville
Southern Utw
Clinton Friendship Association
UTW
Graham to Speak at Asheville Industrial Accident Boards Banquet
Dr. Frank Graham president of the University of North Carolina will address the banquet opening the jour nal convention of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions in Asheville on September 13. His remarks will kick off the event and set the tone for the gathering of state and national officials.
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Asheville
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions
Daniel E B Jones Named Assistant to NC Extension Professor
Daniel EB Jones aged 28 of Laurinburg is named assistant to Prof. David Weaver for the rural electrification educational program to be carried out by the North Carolina State College Extension department.
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Raleigh
Daniel EB. Jones
Laurinburg
David 8. Weaver
N. C. State College Extension
Extradition Papers Honored In Raleigh
Governor Ehringhaus confirms extradition papers from Tennessee and Virginia for Buncombe County and Wentworth arrests. Jk. F. McIntire faces false pretense charges in Cocke County Tennessee and Frank Mitchell alias Je. Mitchell is sought in Roanoke and held at Wentworth.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Tennessee
Virginia
Buncombe County
Wentworth
Jk. F. McIntire
Cocke County
Tenn
Buncomber
Frank Mitchell
Je. Mitchell
Roanoke
Weather forecast for North and South Carolina coasts
North Carolina and South Carolina will see pair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Winds will be gentle to moderate from the northeast across the coast, with overcast skies and occasional showers off the coast tonight.
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South Carolina
Hetteras
North Portion
South Portion
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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