Life Insurance Declared Safest Investment at White House Talk
Washington reports insurance executives said life policies are the safest security amid a White House conference with bankers. The president noted possible government company cooperation on annuities and farm mortgage mutual aid while denying Knox’s charges were discussed.
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Washington
White House
Frank Knox
Col. Knox
France
Charles F. Williams
Western and Southern Re Insurance Company
Legion Meet 10 Be Tame Affair At National Convention
Cleveland reports reveal Legion officers warn against offensive acts at the eighteenth annual national convention. Officials say the event will emphasize decorum and curb indecent displays, with letters cautioning legionnaires about harsh exhibitions and behavior.
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Cleveland
Ameri- Legion
Legionaire
Rayurphy
Am- Legion
Died from diving accident at Devane's millpond
Ayetteville reports R B Averitte aged 30 of Wade died at a local hospital after breaking his neck when he dived into shallow water at Devane's millpond. The incident occurred early this morning confirming a fatal drowning related injury.
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Ayetteville
R. B. Averitte
Wade
Devane
Defiant Soldiers Resist Landing Of Japs In Pakhoi
Martial law was reported in Pakhoi as soldiers of the old Chinese army under Gen. Dong Chao Yuan refused to withdraw for Japanese and Chinese inquiries into the stabbing death of a Japanese, with fears of Japanese marines enforcing the inquiry. Dong vowed to resist the landing and continued to fortify the city while diplomats in Nanking and Tokyo sought settlement.
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Pakhoi
Hong Kong
China
Pankhai
Junzo Nakano
Japan
Chang
Kawagoe
Changtu
Dong
Shanghai
Stronger Peace Pacts Favored By Hull Says
New York September 16 Secretary of State Cordell Hull voiced support for stronger durable international pacts while stressing the United States would join only if it remains friends not allies He urged revival of international trade as a means to reduce tension and cited leadership as key to handling the world’s disarray.
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New York
Cordell Hull
United States
Good Neighbor League
Hull
Russia Claims Readiness For Trouble In Ukraine
War Commissar Klementi Voroshiloff declared after Ukraine maneuvers that the Soviet Union is ready to meet trouble at any moment. He said the nation remains devoted to peace yet fights for socialist progress and that capitalist powers prepare war, urging harder effort.
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Kiev
Klementi
Voroshiloff
Ukraine
Young Republicans Map Campaign Plans Greensboro Rally
At a statewide rally in Greensboro last night Young Republicans mapped campaign plans and heard leaders predict a Republican victory. Speakers included H Kenneth Bradley of Bridgeport Conn national chairman Wallace Sterns of New York May Gardner of St Louis and other top young Republican officials. Sterns predicted North Carolina would vote for London in November.
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Greensboro
H. Kenneth Bradley
Bridgeport
Fierce Hurricane May Hit Bermuda As Course Changes
A tropical hurricane presumed to be heading toward Bermuda shows signs of a possible course shift. Forecasters report gales and squalls within 250 miles and winds near the center of hurricane force, with advisories noting a northwest to north northwest movement from roughly 300 miles south southwest of Bermuda.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Gordon E. Dunn
Dunn
Weather Bureau
Crooner and Pilot Deny Atlantic Trip Quarrel
Musgrave Harbor Sep 16 Canadian Press Harry Richman and Dick Merrill denied reports they quarrelled over dumping 500 gallons of gasoline near the Newfoundland coast. Merrill supported Richman and said the Daily News account was false, describing the crash danger and their near wreck in the boggy marsh after landing.
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Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Newfoundland
Richman
New York
Merrill
New York Daily News
Richman xxx
Atlanta
Marsh
Ocean
London
Tobacco Meeting Ends With Plan for Interstate Control
Delegates from nine tobacco states wrap up a two day conference in Washington and urge the agricultural adjustment administration to draft a model bill for interstate compacts. They back Virginia like quotas to regulate production and seek state control of scrap tobacco marketing through district elected growers and state commissions.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Virginia
Blondell Powell Marriage To Avoid Publicity
Joan Blondell says her forthcoming marriage to Dick Powell will have minimal publicity and fanfare avoiding public attention and media coverage. The couple will wed soon as they keep plans discreet and private.
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Hollywood
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Five States Vote as Upsets Shape Primaries
Returns from Michigan New Hampshire Massachusetts Wisconsin and New York show cautious shifts in party power. Notable upsets include James Couzens losing the Republican Senate race in Michigan to Wilber M. Brucker and George H. Moses failing in New Hampshire. Michigan sees Frank Murphy lead the Democratic gubernatorial race while Frank D. Fitzgerald dominates the Republican nomination.
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Wrony Ml Live Blulcs
James Couzens
Senate
Wilber M. Brucker
Michigan
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
H. Styles Bridges
James M.curley
Massachusetts
Robert E. Greenwood
Fitchburg
Marcus Coolidge
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Wis
Consin
New York
Novemer
Couzens
Roosevelt
Brucker
Frank Murphy
George Welsh
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Prentis Brown
Louis B. Ward
Charles E. Coughlin
U. S. Senate
PWA approves High Point grant request for 200000
The Public Works Administration indicated the examining divisions have approved High Point's application for a 200000 grant to aid the grade crossing elimination project. Leaders plan a Washington conference with Secretary Ickes to determine fund availability, with the remaining 200000 to be raised locally if funds are secured.
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Public Works Administration
Washington
PWA
High Point
W. B. Umstead
Doughton
E. N. Phillips
Public Works Committee
E. Leroy Briggs
Frank T. Miller
E. M. Knox
Ickes
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Cameraman Held By Rebel Forces
Casablanca report says Rene Bra French cameraman was captured by fascist troops. John Dore American newsreel cameraman remains held by insurgents in Seville after going to Madrid to cover the Italo Ethiopian war. Bru says Dore cannot receive family or American consul communications.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Rene Bra
John Dore
Seville
Dore
Madrid
Bru
Ziamis Dies in Vienna After Greek Restoration Crisis
Alexander Ziamis former president of Greece, who resigned to permit King George II's return to the throne, died in a Vienna sanitatorium. The report notes his role in the political turmoil surrounding the royal restoration.
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Vienna
Alexander Ziamis
Greece
George ‘II
Hedgecock Withdraws Appeal In Murder Conviction
Wayne Hedgecock of High Point appeared in Guilford Superior Court and withdrew his appeal to the State Supreme Court. He is to be sent to Raleigh for commitment after a second degree murder conviction for the December 29 1935 Shamrock service station shooting. Hedgecock had failed to post $8000 bond and remained jailed since July 16 1936.
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Wayne Hedgecock
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
State Supreme Court
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Hedgecock
Earl Sexton
Shamrock
Winston-Salem High Point Highway
Virginia
Roosevelt Leads Straw Vote Poll In Maryland
The Evening Sun tabulation shows President Roosevelt with 59.96 percent of 61 455 ballots and Gov. Landon with 39.47 percent in Maryland. Roosevelt leads Landon by 12 584 votes with minor support for Socialist Labor and Communist candidates.
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Rosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Sun
Maryland
Evening Sun
Landon
Roosevelt
Landon ‘ Ee
O Ower
Seek Recount in Maine Election
New York dispatch reports Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania, head of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee, seeks a Maine recount after a conference with Governor Louis J. Brann. Guffey says a prima facie case exists for violation of federal election laws and may contest White’s seat if evidence justifies.
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New York
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Maine
Democratic
Louis J. Brann
Wallace F. White, Jr
Guffey
White
Senate
Senator Guffey
James A. Farley
Democratic Party
European Naval Squadron Formed Under Rear Admiral Fairfield
The Navy announced a temporary European squadron under Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield. It will include light cruiser Raleigh as flagship, destroyers Hatfield and Kane, and coast guard cutter Cayuga. Raleigh at Norfolk will sail to Gibraltar to relieve Quincy, then form Squadron 40 temporary.
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Washington
Navy
Arthur P. Fairfield
Raleigh
Fairfield
Hatfield and Kane
Coast Guard
Norfolk, Va
Navy Yard
Gibraltar
Quincy
United States
Navy Department
Rich Tin Deposit Reported Discovered In Lincoln Co
Gastonia reports a rich tin ore strike on the American Consolidated Tin Corporation properties at Lincolnton. Superintendent Louis H. Hepp says six well defined reefs extend for at least a mile and a quarter, with ore running high in metallic tin and commercial assays.
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Lincoln Co
Gastonia
American Consolidated Tin Corporation
Lincolnton
Louis H. Hepp
Hepp
United States
Toledo Alcazar to be blown up to remove fascist garrison
Government plans to destroy the Alcazar fortress in Toledo to force the release of women and children inside. Explosives and long underground mines are in place, with troops positioned for a final assault once detonation occurs.
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James
Oldfield
Associated Press
Toledo
Spain
Alcazara
Jose Mesecardo
Alcazar
Madrid
Claridad
Moscardo
Calendar Committee Sets Civil Court Calendar Meeting
Greensboro reporters note the Guilford County bar calendar committee will meet at the courthouse at 10 o clock Saturday to prepare the two weeks term of civil court to be opened October 5 by Judge Wilson Warlick.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Bar
Wilson Warlick
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