Cuban President seeks dictatorial powers amid unrest in Havana
In Havana on September 14 President Grau San Martin moved toward a manifesto to assume dictatorial powers to quell disorders. The army faces internal dissent as strikes ripple through Oriente provinces and officers demand reinstatement of the former president deposed by a junta. Student mobs drill at Havana camps while police and workers report threats and curbs on hotel staff.
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Havana
Grau San Martin
Ninth
Antilla
Baguanos
Tacajo
Cristo
Oriente
Hoey
Tate Hull
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Gran San Martin
National Hotel
de Despuedes
Roosevelt Races to Reopen Coal Code as Violent Strife
Violence erupts in Pennsylvania coal country as 16 miners and deputies are shot by guards in Fayette county. President Roosevelt, Governor Pinchot, and cabinet members meet at the White House to push a swift coal code under NRA oversight, with federal agents dispatched to investigate and National Guard ready if needed.
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Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Fayette County
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
NRA
Pinchot
National Guard
White House
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
New York
Kenneth M. Simpson
Donald Richberg
Big
Appalachian
Rioting At Mines Leaves Fourteen Shot In West Pa
Rioting at Gates Edenborn and Footdale mines in southwestern Pennsylvania sparked as pickets blocked entry. Fourteen men were shot, plus many beaten and stoned. deputies fired after tear gas and clashes escalated. Several pickets and miners were injured, with hospital treatments reported. Local state police were alerted after the incident.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Gates
Edenborn
Footdale
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Louis Kramer
Mike Cutwright
Kramer
Cutwright
Steve Krosky
Steve Ondosh
George Ely
Anton Maura
Walter Ordovsky
Paul Popson
Mason Roberts
George Hrosko
Joe Goleta
Mike Budman
James Shannon
Joe Kramer
George Tiley
Vincent Stings
John Gerrow
Mike Savage
John Cochran
Thomas Vidovich
John Brumsik
Ed Rusky
Mike Donovan
Vidovich
Frick Company
Senate Finance Chair Forecast Tariff Reform This Session
Chairman Harrison predicts a major revamp of internal revenue tariff laws to raise up to 700 million dollars yearly in event prohibition. He also anticipated admin action to raise commodity prices soon, phrased as inflation relief or not. The World Series opener is set for Oct 3 in Chicago with New York favored to win the Nation Teague title.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Chicago
New York
Davidson College Opens Term With Enrollment Rise
Davidson college began its term with 641 students enrolled, up from last year by six. The Appalachian College report notes the increase as classes start in September.
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Davidson
Davidson College
Missionaries Protected by Australian Police
A posse of white native policemen rushed from Port Darwin to Groote Island to safeguard British missionaries believed to be at risk of attack by Aborigines.
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Sydney
Australia
Groote Island
Port Darwin
Judge Hill Ill in Murphy Typhoid Report
Judge Frank Hill of Murphy, assigned to a special term of court in Charlotte, is ill with typhoid fever at his apartment. His condition was reported today as favorable.
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Judge Hill
Charlotte
Frank Hill
Murphy
Republicans to Meet in Charlotte Conference
A Republican conference for seven counties in the region is set for next Wednesday in Charlotte. James S. Duncan, state GOP chairman, will preside. Counties represented include Cleveland Gaston Mecklenburg Union Stanly Anson and Cabarrus.
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Charlotte
James S. Duncan
Greensboro
Cleveland
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Union
Stsasy
Anson
Cabarrus
Worth Humphrey To Face Durham Trial
Worth E. Humphrey, recently extradited from Oregon, will stand trial in Durham's superior court for the May 18 payroll robbery at the $1 060 Knill Hosiery mill. The High Point man was returned after spending about 290 of a 400 settlement to return from Minville Oregon to Durham.
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Durham
Worth E. Humphrey
Regon
Robey
George W. Roeter
Humphrey
cMinville
Oregon
Tobacco Farmers Readying Auctions After Parity Plan
Southeast bright leaf growers from Virginia to Georgia anticipate resuming auction sales and parity prices after pledges to cut acreage. North and South Carolina report high contract participation with most counties signed and sales delayed until markets reopen. The industry awaits processing tax rates to fund the acreage reduction plan and fixes opening dates across belts.
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Raleigh
Southeast
Tidewater
Virginia
South Georgia
Carolinas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Wallace
Georgia
Carolina
Ehringhaus
Blackwood
United States Tobacco Association
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Banks Plan to Aid NRA and Recovery Drive
President Roosevelt pushed to speed up recovery with ample credit, reopening banks, and pressing for settlements in coal and NRA wage disputes. Hugh S. Johnson returned to push inflation and rapid job growth, with a goal of one million more jobs by October as negotiations continue on coal and labor code disputes.
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Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Washington
NRA
NRA Labor and
Hugh S. Johnson
Roose
Congress
Johnson
New York
Ihs
White House
New York Stock Exchange Considers New Jersey Move
The NYSE weighs a branch in New Jersey to avoid pending taxes as Cadwalader Wickersham Taft studies legal issues for a major broker. Newark and Jersey City are named as possible sites while city officials push a four cent per share tax on transfers. Samuel Untermyer denounces New Jersey’s tax free lure as contemptible.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
New Jersey
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Stock Exchange
Financial District
Newark
Jersey City
North Jersey
Samuel Untermyer
Two Men Burned as Schooner Explodes Off Buckroe Beach
A schooner named Alexander Bond exploded near Buckroe Beach Virginia injuring two aboard. Engineer Linwood Oliver and Captain B W Foster were rescued and taken to Fort Monroe and Old Point respectively as flames and explosions continued for hours drawing witnesses and coast guard response.
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Buckroe Beach
Alexander Bond
Newport News
Linwood Oliver
Army Post Hospital
Fort Monroe
B. W. Foster
Old Point
Oyster Board
Kecoughton
Hampton
Mobgee Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Foster
Williams Wharf
Oliver
Kecoughtan
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Mascoutin
Grand View
Governor Ehringhaus Predicts Fair Tobacco Price
Governor Ehringhaus told about five thousand farmers their wives and children at the Willard test farm field day rally that growers will receive a fair price for their tobacco when the Eastern Carolina markets reopen.
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Willard Test Farm
Pender County
Ehringhaus
Carolina
Negro Killed in Attempted Break at Stokesdale
George Williams, 50, a New Hanover county Black man, was shot and killed at a Stokesdale prison camp near Greensboro after attacking steward A. F. Marshall with a knife. Guard J. C. Rymer fired to stop the assault. Williams died about 30 minutes later. Williams was serving a 12 to 15 year sentence on multiple charges.
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Greensboro
George Williams
New Hanover County
Stokesdale
A. F. Marshall
Steward
Marshall
J. C. Rymer
Williams
W. W. Harvey
Rymer
Bank official sues for stock assessment sum
Greensboro Sept 14 Special report Jobo D Biggs receiver for the Commercial National Bank filed suit in federal district court against Henry D Perry seeking 3100 as stock assessment on 31 shares of the bank.
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Greensboro
Jobo DD. Biggs
Commercial National Bank
Federal
Henry D. Perry
Evans Sues for Divorce in Greensboro
Cleo B. Evans files for divorce and alimony from Chas. M. Evans of Davidson County on abandonment grounds. She cites his income of 200 dollars per month and property valued at 4400 dollars, seeking support for herself and their child.
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Greensboro
Cleo
Evans
Chas
M. Evans
Davidson County
Work At High Point College Is Underway
Classes began at High Point College as the new term opens. Enrollment is expected to match last year’s total while classroom assignments were issued yesterday and routine work should resume at normal pace in a few days.
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High Point College
Visiting criminals must register under new Los Angeles rule
Beverly Hills reports a new local policy requiring visiting ex-criminals to register. Officials warn noncompliance could bring six months in jail, though some parolees are exempt to avoid punishing those who stay straight. The move aims to curb touring crime and may prompt other towns to consider similar controls.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Los Angeles
Southern states rally for higher cotton prices drive
Arkansas and Louisiana governors call mass farmer meetings to press for currency expansion and a minimum 15 cent cotton price. Delegations to Washington Monday aim to meet President Roosevelt and seek action to boost farm prices amid the collapsing market. Governor Blackwood pledges 30 delegates to Washington.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Blackwood
Goverors
Louisiana
Arkansas
Palmetto
Roosevelt
Seca
Eenca
Ala Erne
Washington
Tupelo
Miss
John EB. Rankin
Congress
Son Replaces Father as Deputy Sheriff after Fatal Arrest
In Zebulon, G. C. Massey Jr., 22, was named deputy sheriff to succeed his father, who was fatally hurt by Elvis Richardson, a Black man who resisted arrest. The son struck the fleeing suspect after Massey himself was injured.
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Zebulon
G. C. Massey, Jr
Elvis Richardson
Massey
Mail carrier injured in train accident at Statesville
D B Atwell, 61, was seriously hurt when he fell under the wheels of a train during mail pouch delivery in Statesville.
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Statesville
D. B. Atwell
Relief Expenditures In Four N C Cities Fall In August
Federal relief data show August spending and aid fewer in Asheville Charlotte Greensboro. Winston-Salem up in families aided while total relief dollars declined in three cities. Across 102 cities overall, relief numbers dipped 2.9 percent and costs rose six percent. Figures are preliminary.
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Washington
Sept
North Carolina
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Asheville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
Arlotte
Crief
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Zebigniew Burzyfsky
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James Gordon Bennett
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