Tar Heel confession leads to suicide after forest fire claims
Haywood County North Carolina man William Cothern confessed to starting 35 forest fires in the Black Hills last week. He hanged himself in Lead jail after naming six alleged accomplices associated with the I. W. W. Police pursue six last names as fires, covering 25 000 acres, are brought under control with 600 guards.
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William Cothern
Haywood County
North Carolina
Black Hills
Cothern
E. A. Steinbach
Byrns backs higher income taxes to share nation’s burden
Washington reports Tennessee Democrat Byrns, ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, favors legislation raising taxes on those in the higher income brackets. He opposes a general sales tax and supports Bacharach’s plan to tax those earning over 100000 yearly, while denying exemptions for 50000 earners. He advocates a balanced budget but suggests some debt from road and building programs may be passed to future generations.
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Washington
House
Byrns
Tennessee
Burns
House Appropriations Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Bacharach
New Jersey
Guilford County Officials Indicted on Eight Charges
Greensboro report states five current and former Guilford County officials face eight indictments alleging derelictions in office. Judge Shaw set bonds at 300 dollars per indictment. Defendants include Magistrate W F Crayton for extortion and misconduct, Magistrate W S Lyon for violating oath by private counsel, ex-magistrate G W Foster for extortion, and Deputy Sheriff R J Vaughn for extortion.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Thomas J. Shaw
W. F. Crayton
W. S. Lyon
G. W. Foster
Gardner
R. J. Vaughn
Madison Square Bosses Openly Dismiss Schmeling Fight Plan
New York September 17 The Madison Square Garden officials ridiculed vague reports that the arena would try to offset a $314,853 quarterly loss by promoting a Max Schmeling fight in Los Angeles. Matchmaker Tom McArdle called the notion "too silly to bother to deny."
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Max Schmeling
Mickey Walker
Los Angeles
Tom McArdle
Caid
Court Calendar To Be Fixed Tuesday
Greensboro report outlines that the civil term calendar opening October 5 will be fixed at a county bar meeting Tuesday morning at 19 o'clock. A committee including Carter Dalton C A Hines Robert Moseley and Julius Smith was named to plan a better method for preparing civil calendars.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Carter Dalton
C. A. Hines
Robert Moseley
Julius Smith
Plane Crash Kills Four Near Joenkoeping
Four people died when a German airplane crashed south of Joenkoeping Sweden today. The accident occurred near Joenkoeping and involved a German aircraft, with authorities reporting four fatalities.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Joenkoeping
Jury Announces Murder Verdict Against Kane
A coroner's jury in Hampton Virginia concluded that Jenny Graham Kane died by drowning on September 11 at Grand View beach, at the hands of her husband Elisha Kent Kane a premeditated murder. County officers had opposed bail for Kane, UT professor held on murder charges since Monday.
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Hampton
Jenny Graham Kane
Elisha Kent Kane
University of Tennessee
Grand View Beach
Bank examiner testifies in trial of Davis Harris
Asheville Sept 17 D M Darden state bank examiner was called as a prosecution witness in the trial of Wallace B Davis and William D Harris, Asheville financiers, charged with using the mails to defraud. Darden questioned on the condition of Central Bank and Trust company and Central Securities company of Asheville, whose sale of 3.6 million dollars in bonds via allegedly false statements spurred indictment. both institutions failed last fall. Davis served as president of both, Harris as bank trust officer and securities company vice president.
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Asheville
D. M. Darden
State Bank Examiner
Wallace B. Davis
William D. Harris
Darden
Central Bank and Trust Company
Central Securities Company of
Central Securities Company
Davis
Harris
Kane Letter Describes UT Professor's Reflections
Knoxville Sept 17 A UT professor Elisha Kane is being investigated in the drowning of his wife at Hampton Virginia. He states in an autobiography that he is modest quiet dignified staid and devout. Continued on page fifteen.
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Kane
Knoxville, Tenn
Elisha K. Kane
University of Tennessee
Hampton, Va
Mobile Delegates Urged to Back Legal Beer and Light Wine
Mobile Alabama Sept 17 Delegates from Mobile post to the national American Legion convention in Detroit were instructed to support any movement to legalize light wine and beer with only one vote against the measure.
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Mobile
Ala
National Convention of the American Legion
Detroit
Mobile Post
Post
Rooming House Fire Kills Two In St Louis
In St Louis a rooming house blaze in the early hours claimed two lives, with five others including three women and two men severely burned. Dozens escaped or were rescued. the dead include Sam Sansone and an unidentified victim whose corpse was badly charred.
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ST. Louis
Sam Sansone
Will Investigate Letter Alleged To Have Caused Death of Gangster
Chicagoians report a police inquiry into a leaked tell all letter allegedly dictated by Alfred Heitler to Capone associates. The letter claims Capone ordered the killing of Ling, Zuta and Heitler, prompting Swenson to pledge a vigorous probe into how the missive reached Capone. Heitler’s fate remains officially unconfirmed.
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Will
Chicago
Mike de Pike
Heitler
al Capone
al Chicago
Capone
Alfred Lingle
Tribune Crime
Jack Zuta
Heltier
Drew
John A. Swenson
News Today
Swanson
Atlantic City
American Bar Association backs repeal of prohibition
Atlantic City N J September 17 The American Bar Association formally favored repeal of the prohibition amendment The executive committee reported referendum results from last year showing 13177 in favor and 6340 opposed total 20119 about 75 percent of the association The convention did not discuss prohibition and no vote was scheduled Charles A Boston urged revisiting George Washingtons idea to build distilleries to supply spirits for revolutionary armies a note on the nations ongoing alcohol ban
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Bar Association
Association
Charles A. Boston
George Washington
Wife of Flier Gives Up Hope for Safety of Lost Aviators
Mrs. Oliver Louis Pacquette in Grand Rapids, gravely ill, says she has given up hope for the lives of her husband Pacquette and Parker D. Cramer after wreckage from their plane was found at sea. She notes they lacked parachutes or life belts and believed landing in cold water would be a quick death.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Oliver Louis Pacquette
Parker D. Cramer
Most Daring Andean Mail Route Flying by Captain Travis
Capt. C. K. Travis flies the Buenos Aires to Santiago mail over the Andean pass Aspaliate in a 625 horsepower single seater. He has completed 240 crossings with 23 weather refusals and many perilous journeys. His aircraft carries no more than 800 pounds of load including fuel.
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Washington
Andes Mountains
South America
Buenos Aires
Santiago
National Geographic Society
C. K. Travis
Andes
Aspaliate
Travis
Michigan Officer Wins Flight Medal
Major Ralph Royce of Hancock Michigan was awarded the Mackay medal for the most meritorious flight by an army officer in 1930. His winning feat was the January 1930 Selfridge Field Michigan to Spokane Washington round trip by the first pursuit group, testing aircraft operations in severe winter weather.
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Washington
Ralph Royce
Hancock
Mich
Mackay
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Spokane
Paddock's Wife Gives Birth to Son in Pasadena
Charles Paddock, the noted sprinter, has become a father. A son was born to his wife Neva at a Pasadena hospital last night.
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Charles Paddock
Pasadena
Calif
Neva
Moyle Brother Learns Don Moyle Safe From Paper
Ted Moyle, a Minneapolis salesman, snatched a newspaper in Ironwood Michigan hotel lobby to learn the headline confirming his aviator brother Don Moyle’s safety. The dramatic act yielded a joyful smile and the first word of good news.
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Ted Moyle
Ironwood
Mich
Minneapolis
Don
Prohibition Seen as Obstacle by Bar Association Leader
Atlantic City N J September 17 Charles A Boston president of the American Bar Association labels prohibition one of four vital subjects that interfere with progress to make a nation happy He cites prohibition alongside bank slavery and secession as key historical disruptors while noting the constitution still invokes opposition and that the association once declared prohibition wrong
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles A. Boston
American Bar Association
Prohibition
Boston
Association
School Director Kills Policeman At Board Meeting
In Dickson City near Scranton on September 17 Patrolman William Novak was shot and killed during a school board meeting at the high school. Frank Gutecki the school director fired the fatal shot and faces charges. The town has simmering political strife and a history of liquor sales disputes. Gutneckt formerly served as a policeman.
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Scranton
William Novak
Dickson City
Here
Frank Gutecki
Gutneckt
Leaders of Mutiny Sentenced To Die By Court Martial
Six leaders of the Chilean naval mutiny were condemned to death today by a court martial in Santiago. The verdict follows the mutiny that unsettled Chile’s navy, with the defendants facing immediate execution and potential appeals under military law.
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Santiago
Chile
Californians Say They Will Try Hop Again
Don Moyle and C A Allen, California aviators missing nine days after departing Japan for Seattle, landed on Navarin Island in Siberia aboard a Russian ship. They reported no injuries and planned further flights once storms subside, refueling their monoplane for a possible Seattle or Tokyo return voyage.
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Don Moyle
A. Allen
Japan
Seattle
Siberia
Bering Sea
C. A. Allen
California
United States
St. Paul Island
Buriat
Moyle
Allen
Navarin Island
Siberian
Alien
Tokyo
Cape Navarin
Shamashiro Beach
Navarin
Nome
Alaska
Ford Answer To Moser Suit Filed Denying Grounds
Ford Motor Company of Atlanta filed to dismiss Carl G. Moser of High Point's $25,000 damage suit by asserting the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Act covers the injuries alleged from a Ford plant in Atlanta last year. The company contends Moser gave no notice of the injury prior to suit and lacks a legal basis for action in North Carolina courts or in federal court.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Ford Motor Company
Atlanta
Carl G. Moser
High Point
Moser
Ford
Georgia
North Carolina
Germany in apple pie order says ex diplomat Gerard
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany arrived on the liner Paris reporting that Germany is in apple pie order. He predicted no dictatorship within the year and urged American bankers to aid the country, noting a solid body of Germans not aligned with Hitler or Communists.
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U. S
Germany
New York
James W. Gerard
Hiner
Paris
American Bankery
America
Hitler
Youth Pays Tuition With Farm Products at College
A Barboursville youth enrolled at Morris-Harvey college after arriving with a two-year steer five bushels of potatoes and thirty bushels of apples to pay high school expenses. The steer was butchered and the produce stored for cafeteria use.
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Barboursville
Morris-Harvey College
Threat of Disciplinary Action Forces English Sailors To Work
English sailors threatened with disciplinary action over pay cuts refused to obey orders as the Atlantic fleet massed for home ports. Officers used intense persuasion to secure launch, with promises of government investigations into potential hardships for enlisted families. About 12,000 sailors reportedly controlled the ships at Cromary Firth, while officers stood by.
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Admiralty
Cromary Firth
Valiant
Inquest Called Over Death Aboard Collings Yacht
Suffolk district attorney Alexander Blue orders a coroner’s inquest after autopsy findings suggest Benjamin P. Collings was killed on his cruiser Penguin and thrown into Long Island Sound. The body washed ashore at Lloyd’s Neck shows skull fractures from severe blows and tight binding. Mrs. Collings claims two men boarded the yacht and abducted them, but Blue questions the credibility of her account.
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Huntington
N. Y
Benjamin P. Collings
Alexander Blue
Suffolk County
Blue
Collings
Penguin
Long Island Sound
Lloyd’s Neck
Otto Schulze
Bellevué Hospital
Collin
Officials Uncover Another Ring For Smuggling Aliens
Washington September 17. Special agents of the Labor Department have uncovered another large alien smuggling ring in New York. Murray W. Garsson, assistant secretary of labor in charge of alien smuggling investigations, traveled to Washington to confer with Secretary Doak. He said details could not be disclosed before the meeting.
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Washington
Ier
New York
Murray W. Gareson
Labor
Doak
Garsson
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