Legion Names W. Virginia Commander In Closing Meet
The American Legion 14th annual national convention in Portland urged immediate payment of the two billion dollar bonus and repeal of prohibition by overwhelming votes. Louis A. Johnson of Clarksburg West Virginia was elected national commander to succeed Henry L. Stevens Jr. Next year’s gathering will be in Chicago.
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Portland
Ore
American Legion
Hoover
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Henry L
Frank T. Hines
Sion
DuBois murder case leads to mass search and witness ties
Police arrested Charles Edwin DuBois in Plymouth on a murder charge after his wife vanished. No body found, leading to release of a wealthy jewelry buyer from Tuckahoe. Search parties probed the DuBois summer home area while hair and a nude torso were examined. Grace Atwood, a Middleboro society girl, was said to have befriended DuBois. In North Carolina, a gale at Manteo halted mail boats and delayed harbor commerce as tides rose two feet.
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Charles Edwin DuBois
Plymouth
Mass
Tuckahoe
N. Y
DuBois
Plymouth Bay
Roosevelt offers farm relief through taxes in a farmer letter
Beverly Hills Calif September 15 Roosevelt enters farm relief debate. He argues relief comes from taxes like an income tax, saying if a farmer earns he pays, if not he pays nothing. He criticizes stockholders funding communities and predicts farmers will chase political schemes for votes.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Roosevelt
Garner Says Republicans In Panic Over November Result
Speaker John N. Garner charged Republican leaders nationwide are in a state of panic with anxiety over the November election spreading to the White House. He said the administration takes credit for relief measures only after facing criticism and opposition from the administration itself.
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Washington
John N. Garner
White House
Topeka
Kansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Garner
Prof. I G Greer Chosen Head of Mills Home at Thomasville
Thomasville North Carolina September 16 Affirs of the Mills Home Baptist Orphanage will be directed by Prof I G Greer who has served on the Appalachian State College faculty since 1910 He succeeds the late Dr M W Kesler after a trustees meeting yesterday
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Thomasville
N. C
Mills Home
I. G. Greer
Appalachian State College
M. Wu. Kesler
Huey Long Surrenders Louisiana Political Grip
Huey P Long retires from chairmanship of the Louisiana Democratic organization passing control to Robert S Maestri and designating Governor O K Allen to succeed him while he plans to campaign for Roosevelt nationwide. He vows no retirement until all adversaries are defeated.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Long
Louisiana Democratic Organization
Robert S. Maestri
Louisiana Department of Conservation
O. K. Allen
United States Senate
West
Middle West
Thomasville Strike Committee Splits Over Wage Offer
Developments in Thomasville show the original striker committee breaking up while a new leadership group under John Yow forms. Yow expects the company to grant a 50 50 wage reduction and recognition of the strikers association as workers reply to return notices. The old committee mostly views the pay proposal as fair and some members consider stepping aside for dissidents. Respondents’ figures range from one quarter to a larger share, indicating potential staffing for mills as negotiations continue.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Company
John Yow
Yow
Strikers’ Association
National Convention of Improved Red Men Adjourns Its Session
The National Convention of Improved Red Men adjourned its six day annual gathering in Asheville after settling remaining business. Delegates endorsed a five cent per capita for auxiliaries and reduced Red Men member per capita from thirty to twenty five cents. About 500 delegates dispersed for home or weekend sightseeing following the session.
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National Convention of Improved Red Men
Asheville
Hitlerites Attack Von Papen From New Angle
Berlin reports a new focus in the Von Papen recall story as Joseph Goebbels accuses the former German envoy of wartime spy roles. The 1915 recall request by Secretary Lansing centered on alleged improper military and naval activities and ties to suspects.
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Berlin
Franz von Paper
United States
Joseph Goebels
Adolf Hitler
von Papen
Karl Boy-Ed
Lansing
Germany Skips Next Disarmament Conference Session
Germanywill not attend the September 21 disarmament conference meeting. Konstantin von Neurath sent a note to chairman Arthur Henderson reiterating that all nations must face equal disarmament rules with no discrimination. Germany remains willing to disarm to any level.
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Bberlin
Germany
Konstantin von Neurath
Arthur Henderson
Hyde appeals to return to Lincoln ideals at Wayne
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde urged Americans to embrace Lincoln’s ideals during a Wayne Indiana dedication for a bronze statue titled Abraham Lincoln the Hoosier Youth. He criticized welfare myths and warned against a government that owes citizens a living. A Hoover message was read by Senator James.
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Wayne
Ind
Abraham Lincoln
Arthur M. Hyde
Hyde
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Hoover
James
Fatal Grade Crossing Crash Near Kings Mountain
John J. George 60 a Cherryville real estate dealer and bond salesman died of injuries when a northbound Southern passenger train hit his car near Kings Mountain North Carolina Bascomb Sorrell 35 a Charlotte life insurance agent was seriously injured The collision occurred at a blind crossing on the right side as the car neared the tracks The train runs daily between Charlotte and Westminster South Carolina
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John J. George
Southern
Bascomb Sorrell
Charlotte
Kings Mountain
N. C
Cherryville
George
Gastonia
Sorrell
Life Insurance
Westminster
8. C
Hanes Mill Reopens as Strikers Return to Work
About 900 Hanes Hosiery mill workers in Winston-Salem went back to work after wage cuts, while roughly 800 refused to resume duties. President James G. Hanes offered to reopen and meet reasonable wage standards, saying the past would be forgotten. The walkout began September 8 and halted operations September 12.
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Winston-Salem
Hanes Hosiery
James G. Hanes
Suspected Slayer of Wife Kills Self In Quincy
Charles E. Dubois a Tuckahoe jeweler shot himself in a rooming house in Quincy Mass causing death. He had been under investigation for the disappearance of his wife Edith Dubois and died after doctors failed to revive him. Police and guardsmen had been searching for the missing wife near Great Herring Pond Plymouth and Foxboro. A prior arrest in Plymouth had ended without murder charges due to insufficient evidence. A coroner in Westchester NY prepared to seek an order to exhume a torso and legs from an unidentified body found near Crestwood on August 28 days after the disappearance.
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Dubois
Foxboro
Plymouth
Westchester County
N. Y
Crestwood
Roosevelt misquotes Hoover in Topeka farm speech
Senator Arthur Vandenburg accuses Governor Roosevelt of misquoting President Hoover in Topeka Kansas, saying the agricultural program is self contradicting and that Roosevelt removed words from context. He rejects the claim that Hoover spoke of importing 3.3 billion dollars of farm products in 1928.
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Washington
Arthur Vandenburg
Michigan
Roosevelt
Hoover
Topeka
Kans
Hunted youth Coy Goins found dead in mystery case
A coroner's jur y in Winston Salem ruled Coy Goins 17 who vanished May 21 during the inquiry into James Bellah's murder as dying by his own action. Goins lived Sandy Ridge Stokes county and Bellah was found shot near his Rockingham county home.
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Winston-Salem
Coy Goins
James Bellah
Near Bank
Goins
Sandy Ridge
Stokes County
Bellah
Rockingham County
Beliah
West Virginia Heads to San Pedro for Abdominal Operation
Vice-Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle is critically ill aboard the battleship West Virginia as it speeds from Port Angeles toward San Pedro for an abdominal operation.
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San Pedro
Calif
Joel R. P. Pringle
West Virginia
Port Angeles
Wash
Angry mob hangs black man on street in Crossett
In Crossett Arkansas a 24 year old Black man Frank Tucker accused of trying to steal from a bank window, slashed a guard, was taken from jail by a mob and hanged on a street pole near the jail as Sheriff Riley arrived. About 1000 spectators watched. Police offered a reward but no arrests.
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Crossett
Ark
Frank Tucker
Henry Reed
Reed
H. Johnson
Johnson
Tucker
John C. Riley
Hamburg
Jury Selection Begins in Ex-Wilmington Officials Trial
In Wilmington North Carolina jury selection started in the case of former mayor Parker C. Moore and ex police chief J. J. Furlong Sr. charged with attempting to extort 20000 from Mrs. Jessie Kenan Wise. Jurors are being screened in sections with no pre emptory challenges yet and testimony may begin late today.
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Wilmington
N. C
Mra
Jessie Kenan Wise
Superior
Parker C. Moore
J. J. Furlong
W. A. Devin
Moore
Furlong
Devin
Wise
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Chicago
Legionnaires
Mie
Manteo
al Dare County
Mallboat
Mantee
Elizabeth City
Mantec
Dare County
Trenton
Wright Memorial Bridge
Great Herring Pond
du Bois
Edith DuBois
Charlies E. de
Will Rocis
Yours
Will
Party of Credit For
Orphans’ Home
Huey Long
Vowce
Secretary of Agriculture
Hanes Mill
New York
Self
National Guardsmen
Summer Home
Quincy
Charles E. DuBois
Vanderburg
Arkansas
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