Boulder Dam Project Begins In Nevada Ceremony
Government officials and six western states representatives gathered in Las Vegas on September 17 to inaugurate work on the Boulder Dam project, a $165,000,000 undertaking on the Colorado River.
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Boulder Dam
Colorado River
Hoover
California
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Wyoming
Nevada
Wilbur
Wil
Bur
Union Pacific Railroad
Summit
Tobacco relief plan backed by Raleigh meeting
A Raleigh mass meeting of business men and tobacco growers urged immediate formation of a tobacco relief commission aligned with government farm board standards. Governor Gardner endorsed state backing and floated Frank Page for leadership, stressing relief as a nonpolitical aim. The group called for rapid retirement of the commission after organizing.
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Mass Meeting
Tobacco Relief Board
Frank Page
Boulder Dam
Gardner
Raleigh
Tobacco Relief Commission
Government Farm Board
Leland Kitchen
Scotland Neck
Citi
Casey Sentenced To Die In Chair In North Carolina
Herman Casey a 45 year old truck driver was sentenced to die in the electric chair on December 5 for the murder of James C Causey a 53 year old resident of Suffolk Virginia. Causey was found shot and burned after his car was set afire on July 4 near Kinston North Carolina.
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Kinston
N. C
Herman Casey
James C. Causey
Suffolk
Supreme Court
Casey
W. A. Devin
Devin
Samuel Elmore
Kilmore
Causey
Virginia
Milton Wood
Wood
Shamrock V Suffers Main Halyard Break in Third America Cup Race
Enterprise seizes a hollow victory as Shamrock V loses mainsail and halyard, tumbling behind in the third race on the America's Cup course. Lipton signals one last bid and hints at retirement from the challenge.
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Newport
R. TI
Thomas Lipton
Chale Lenger
Shame Rock
Enterprise
U. S. S. Kane
Shamrock
Susan A. Morgan
Long impeachment erasure sought in Louisiana session
Baton Rouge September 17 story says Representative Allen Ellender filed a resolution to discharge the impeachment managers and drop seven indictments against Governor Huey P. Long. It notes a prior senate trial ended with a round robin against conviction and mentions Long backing a constitutional amendment for a $68 million highway and bridge bond issue on the November ballot.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
United States Senate
Allen J. Ellender
House
Senate
Ellender
Anti-Saloon Leader Concedes Illinois Wet Victory
Chicago dispatch reports George B. Safford state head of the anti saloon league conceded a wets victory in Illinois in November. He noted the league backed a local independent candidate for the U S Senate and urged members to disregard the referendum.
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Illinois
Chicago
George B. Safford
Anti-Saloon League
Anti Saloon League
Dty
United States Senate
LaFollette Sweeps State and Butler Wins in Primaries
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin Republicans backing Phillip F. Lakollette for governor as LaFollette leading Governor Kohler toward renomination. Massachusetts Republicans lean toward dry William Butler for Senate while Democrats nominate Marcus Coolidge. New York Republicans back Dempsey’s opponent Gresham Andrews in a dry-law clash. Delaware Democrats pick Bayard as wet candidate for Hastings seat. Connecticut Republicans favor Ernest E. Rogers with Dr. Wilbur Cross as Democratic rival. platforms press liquor control and 18th Amendment repeal across states.
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Associated Press
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Wisconsin
Phillip F. Lakollette
Massachusetts
William Mutler
Senate
Eben S. Draper
Butler
LaFollette
Walter J. Kohler
Marcus A. Coolidge
Frank G. Allen
Allen
Joseph B. Ely
Westfield
John J. Fitzgerald
Boston
New York State
House
Wallace Dempsey
Lockport
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Gresham Andrews
Ruth Baker Pratt
Delaware
Thomas F. Bayard
Daniel O. Hastings
Ernest E. Rogers
Connecticut
Wilbur L. Cross
Yale University Graduate School
Stedman Weaker Doctors Say After Stroke
In Washington on September 17 physicians reported Representative Charles M. Stedman of North Carolina, aged 89, is weaker after an apoplectic stroke last week. He has not responded to treatment and could die at any moment, though doctors did not abandon hope for his recovery.
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Washington
Charles M. Stedman
North Carolina
LaFollette Weds Washington Girl
United States senator Robert M. LaFollette married Miss Rachel Wilson Young of Washington D C in Madison Wisconsin today. The ceremony linked the prominent Wisconsin figure with a Washington social figure in a high profile union.
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Washington
Madison
Wis
Robert M. LaFollette
United States
Wisconsin
Rachel Wilson Young
Washington, D. C
Woman Was To Get 5000 Dollar Auto For Buckley Call
Detroit police say the woman who phoned Jerry Buckley to his death in the La Salle Hotel lobby on July 23 planned to receive a $5,000 automobile for her role. Mrs. Helen Sinning is under arrest as the suspected woman, also suspected of driving the car used by Buckley’s three killers to flee.
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Detroit
Jerry Buckley
la Salle Hotel
Helen Sinning
Buckley
Marr Posts Bond In Event of Indictment
Raleigh dispatch reports S Wade Marr, partner in the Durfey and Marr brokerage firm, posted a $5,000 appearance bond to cover indictment by the grand jury. The bond activates if indicted. Durfey had not posted bond. Solicitor Brassfield and the grand jury actions remain pending.
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Marr
Raleigh
S. Wade Marr
Durfey and Marr
L. S. Brassfield
Carey K. Durfey
Stanley Winborne
The
Corporation Commission
Brassfield
Boy Dies After Fight Over Baseball Call
In Chicago on September 17 a dispute over whether Michael Krycowsky 15 collided with Joseph Czarnek over a call at second base in a schoolboys game. The two fought with fists and Czarnek died from injuries.
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Chicago
Michael Krycowsky
Joseph Czarnek
Czarnek
Auto Injuries Fatal for Zebulon Youth
Elvin Morris, 14, son of Mr and Mrs W W Morris of near Zebulon, died in Raleigh from injuries after being struck by a car near his home. W Lewis Knightdale farmer posted $1000 bond as the driver. Coroner L M Waring ordered an inquest date set.
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Raleigh
Elvin Morris
W. W. Morris
Zebulon
W. Lewis Knightdale
L. M. Waring
Uruguay Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Peru
Montevideo reports Uruguay will immediately sever diplomatic relations with Peru over irregularities in observing international conventions both nations recognize. The move follows a formal government declaration issued last night in Uruguay.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Peru
Carlstrom seeks to defend Ruth McCormick before committee
Illinois Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom again asked the Senate campaign funds investigation Committee to hear him for Ruth Hanna McCormick and the state. James W. Rodgers testified about Col. R. R. McCormick's $2,500 check. Mrs. Dean described a $3,500 donation to the Illinois Republican Women's Club not suitable for supporting an individual candidate.
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Chicago
Oscar Carlstrom
Illinois
Senate Campaign Funds Investigation Committee
Ruth Hanna McCormick
State of
Gerald P. Nye
Carlstrom
Nye
James W. Rodgers
Pastors condemn Legion prayers as Christless worship
Two hundred pastors from Wisconsin and Missouri synods condemned American Legion prayers as idol worship and Christless. They met in Milwaukee to discuss the Legion's prayers and the case of Rev. John Henning who refused Legionaries communion. The convention offered no final stance on church membership for Legionnaires.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin and
Missouri Synods
Evangelical Lutheran Churches
American Legion
John Henning
Iron Ridge
Henning
Legionarres
Fear Beery’s Wife Believed Murdered After Ten Day Missing
Los Angeles authorities and film actor Noah Beery joined detectives in an intensive search for MarguErite Beery after she vanished ten days ago. Deputies pursue unrevealed information as they investigate possible homicide.
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Fear Beery
Los Angeles
Sheriff's Deputies
Noah Beery
Marguerite
Drought Relief Report From Weather Bureau
The weather bureau said the drought is substantially relieved over most of the region between the Rockies and Appalachians during the past week. It notes extensive areas remain dry in Iowa northern Illinois parts of Wisconsin Michigan and sections of Ohio where rains were local and inadequate.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Hollywood Mourns Sills Death in Heart Disease
Hollywood flags flew at half mast as Milton Sills renowned actor and scholar died of angina pectoris a heart disease likely five years in progress. Mrs Doris Kenyon Sills widow remained in serious condition from shock following the news. Autopsy doctors stated the cause as heart disease.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Milton Sills
Doris Kenyon Sills
Sills
Bull Fight Grandstand Collapse Kills Two in Puebla
In Puebla Mexico two people died and 42 were injured when a bull fight grandstand collapsed during Independence Day celebrations. The disaster followed a stampede as spectators fled a hailstorm toward the covered section.
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Puebla
Mexico
Kellogg Elected to World Court to Replace Hughes
Frank B. Kellogg, former U S secretary of state, elected to the permanent court of international justice to succeed Charles Evans Hughes as chief justice seeks a nine year term beginning January 1. Kellogg won 30 of 47 valid votes. other candidates were not announced.
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Geneva
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Permanent Court of International Justice
World Court
Charles Evans Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Kellogg
League Assembly
Council
Frank Kellogg
Pension fraud charges hobble Guilford clerk office
Greensboro reports a new pension fraud case involving Mason W. Gant Guilford County clerk of superior court amid checks totaling 1500 made to Fannie Newell widow of a Confederate veteran A. B. McFarland executor states three checks were handled through Gant’s office but no proceeds were received Gant suspended candidacy for reelection due to health amid a wide state county probe into his 17 years in office with involvement from the attorney general and state auditors.
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A. B. McFarland
Fannie Newell
Newell
Mason W. Gant
Guilford County
Lemuel
Dixon
Gant
L. ©. Spruill
State Pension Board
George C. Scott and Company of
Charlotte
Certified Public Accountants
Democratic Party
Dennis G. Brummitt
C. M. Johnson
County Government Advisory Commission
Charlotte Auditors
Spruill
French Airmen Land in Indianapolis After Transatlantic Flight
Major Dieudonne Coste and Lieut. Maurice Bellonte, French trans Atlantic fliers, landed at Mars Hill Airport in Indianapolis at 11:22 a.m. today after a flight from Cleveland.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
trans-Atlantic Fliers
Mars Hill
C. Ss. T
Cleveland
Reds Still Active in Hupeh Province Across Yangtse
Dispatches report continued communist attacks above Hupeh with villages burned along the Yangtse river. Refugees flee to sand banks near Wusueh as foreign ships face gunfire. The US Luzon and British Gnat endure shelling while naval forces consider how to respond.
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Shanghai
Hupeh
Yangtse
Wusueh
Luzon
Thomas Craven
Gnat
Atlanta Apartment House Is Burned
Fire of undetermined origin virtually demolished the Knox apartments a three story building at 1420 Peachtree street in Atlanta. Thirty families fled in night clothes but none seriously hurt as smoke overtook several residents. Damage was estimated around 1.096 million dollars and the blaze menaced the Pershing Point district before being controlled after about an hour.
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Atlanta
Knox Apartments
Peachtree Street
N. FE
Pershing Point
Airmen Escape From Jungle Torture After Crash in New Guinea
RABAUL New Guinea Sept. 17 Captain Thomson pilot for New Guinea Gold Limited and his mechanic McMurtrie were rescued after their tri motored Handley Page crashed into a mountain during a storm. They trekked through dense jungle suffering wounds leeches and fever before a searching party found them.
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Rabaul
New Guinea
Thomson
The
New Guinea Gold Limited
McMurtrie
Thomson and McMurtrie
Ohio Democrats outline platform for impartial law enforcement
Ohio Democrats opened their campaign with a platform urging impartial enforcement of all laws and calling for a constitutional referendum on changes. The convention featured remarks by U.S. Senate hopeful Robert J. Bulkley of Cleveland and gubernatorial candidate George White of Marietta as Bulkley signaled a shift toward eventual national prohibition repeal.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
George White
Marietta
Bulkley
Louisiana Senate votes against dry law referendum proposal
The Louisiana senate defeated 19 to 17 a proposal to include a prohibition referendum in the November general election. Senator Donald Labbe of Lafayette sponsored the measure to authorize a popular ballot on voting for and against a national constitutional convention to repeal the 18th amendment. A similar proposal failed in the previous session.
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Baton Rouge
State Senate
Louisana
Donald Labbe
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