Wallace Evades Cotton Delegates Strikes Create Chaos In Cuba
The report notes chaos from strikes in Cuba's interior amid coverage of a hurricane aftermath. Four unidentified bodies washed ashore near Portsmouth, likely a fishing party casualty. North Carolina damage exceeds half a million dollars with 100 homeless families. Cape Hatteras area flooded, inlets opened, and entire coastal villages affected.
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Wallace
Cuba
Cape Hatteras
Navy
Coast Guard Today
Portsmouth
Coast Guards
Red Cross
Ocracoke
Cape Lookout
Hatteras
Cuba Sways Under Rumors of Civil War and Rebel Surge
Washington reports a growing civil turmoil in Cuba amid labor strikes across the interior. Captain Blas Hernandez, nicknamed Cubly, leads a small insurgent force against deposed President Machado, while President Grau San Martin faces opposition demands as student leaders pledge loyalty to a stabilized provisional government.
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Washington
Cuba
State Department
Edmund A. Chester
Havana
Camaguey
Juan Blas Hernandez
Cubly
Eld
Blas
Gerardo Machado
Carlos Mendieta
Augustino Sandino
Nicaragua
Interior
Guiteras
Captain Blas
Moron
Cam-p
Ramon Grau San Martin
New York Cotton Exchange Membership Sells at 17500
New York reports a membership sold this morning for 17500, down 2500 from the prior sale. Halifax harbor fire damages a 1200 foot pier, estimated over 75000. Lindberghs to Russia: Charles and Anne set to confer with Soviet air officials in Leningrad on northern route plans.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Halifax
N. S
Halifax Harbor Commission
Leningrad
A. Lindbergh
Sweden
King Sues Over False Arrest by Beeson Marsh
G W King of High Point sues Beeson Hardware Co and Gilbert Marsh for 5000 in compensatory and 5000 in punitive damages plus costs claiming a false arrest on February 22 and a subsequent not guilty ruling on May 24. He says he bought 240 in materials on open account and faced intimidation to recoup the balance. He seeks simple judgment with no personal execution if awarded.
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Greensboro
G. W. King
High Point
Clerk of
Superior Court
Beeson Hardware Company
Gilbert Marsh
Marsh
King
Beeson
Marsh and Beeson Hardware Company
Pinnacle
Farmers Too Busy Let Court Postpone Term
Farmers in Jones county were too busy to serve as jurors or witnesses, causing the superior court term scheduled in Trenton to be postponed. Clerk George R. Hughes said the term would likely be rescheduled for October or November when farming duties ease.
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Trenton
Jones County
Superior Court
George R. Hughes
Tobacco Markets in Carolinas Stay Closed Amid Prolonged Holiday
Florence South Carolina Sept 19 The bright lead tobacco warehouses in the Carolinas remain closed after a gubernatorial holiday as North Carolina markets plan to open next Monday. Warehousemen fear unfair competition if South Carolina markets reopen today while border markets in NC stay shut. A buyers agreement on minimum prices is pending a Washington hearing. Farmers hope for resumed auctions but prefer coordinated reopening.
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Florence
8. C
Carolinas
Blackwood
South Carolina
North Carolina
Casemen
Washington
South Carolina Belt
Speaker condemns sales tax as unfair at Carolina Retail Secretaries meet
J Paul Leonard of Statesville told the Carolina Retail Secretaries convention that the sales tax is the most unfair and expensive tax to collect and urges立即 organizing anti sales taxers to repeal the policy. He notes governor Ehringhaus and appointees promoting sales tax as a fixed state policy and cites Fair Tax association aims formed August 1 in Greensboro to repeal the tax ahead of the 1933 legislature.
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J. Paul Leonard
Statesville
Leonard
Carolina
Ehringhaus
Fair Tax Association
Greensboro
Tammany Wigwam Faces Cyclone In Primary
New York voters head to the polls for a Democratic mayoral primary as Tammany Hall confronts a predicted cyclone. Mayor John P. O'Brien seeks renomination against Congressman Loring Black and Assemblyman Jerome Ambro, with Black forecasting a turnout surge and a possible Tamny reaction. F. H. La Guardia runs unopposed for anti Tammany fusionists.
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New York
Seabury Investigations
Loring M. Black
John P. O’brien
Tammany
Congressman Black
Jerome G. Ambro
O'Brien
Ambro
Black
F. H. LaGuardia
Lloyd Ward Freed On Larceny Charge
Lloyd Ward of High Point was acquitted in Greensboro Superior Court after being arraigned on a larceny charge involving about $160 from a man near High Point. The witness admitted being intoxicated and the defense argued the man did not know what happened to his money.
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Greensboro
Lloyd Ward
High Point
Daylight Time Ends Next Sunday In Metropolitan Area
New York dispatch notes daylight saving time ending at 2 a m on September 24. millions lose an hour of daylight but gain an extra hour of rest as clocks revert to Standard time for the year.
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New York
Woman Sues Warner Brothers Over Film Explosion Fallout
Mrs. Josephine Young sues Warner Brothers Pictures Inc for 100000 dollars claiming her health was undermined by fright caused by bomb and revolver blasts during filming near her Los Angeles home. The incident occurred during a motion picture production.
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Los Angeles
Josephine Young
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Special 10 The Ente ERE BEVERLY ILIA
Hope the oil business gets straightened out in Beverly Hills California. A viewer notes a movie scene with an Indian an Osage and a Cherokee discussing wealth and trade. The letter reflects on oil fortunes and tense relations with France over monetary policy.
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Beverly Ilia
Calif
Oklahoma
Two States Voting On Repeal Question
Two states New Mexico and Idaho voted on repeal of prohibition with Idaho showing strong interest and forecasts predicting large margins. In New Mexico pro prohibition advocates expected a two to one repeal majority while Idaho voters faced a broader ballot that also included limits on property tax levies.
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New Mexico
Idaho
Prohibition
Borah
William Healy
Kannapolis Judge Orders Own Stone
Kannapolis judge J L Boger, soon to be 75, ordered a monument for himself. The medium sized stone stands four feet high on a base twelve inches thick and will be placed at the court. He notes he will die someday and has chosen the design in advance.
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Kannapolis
J. l. Boger
Davis Jr. Dies of Auto Wreck Injuries
Rocky Mount report of 31 year old W. B. Davis Jr. a mill employee who died in a hospital from injuries sustained in a Saturday automobile wreck.
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Rocky Mount
W. BB. Davis, Jr
Mill Employe
Pastor Flees From Women Minus Suspenders
In Jonesboro Arkansas on September 19 a new minister Rev. Doe Applegate attempted to preach at the Jonesboro Baptist Tabernacle but was assaulted by 15 or 20 women from the Rev. Joe Jeffers faction. They tore his suspenders and shirt, threw him from the platform, and he fled taking his Bible. Authorities reported no arrests yet and warrants may follow the church flare up.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Joe Jeffers
Tabernacle
Applegate
Church Tabernacle
Jeffers
Thousands homeless as NC hurricane relief struggles
In North Carolina the sound country after a tropical hurricane brings hunger and disease. Red Cross teams report widespread destruction with damage estimates of 4 to 5 million dollars. Dozens are missing or drowned, and many towns like Cedar Island Ocracoke and Sea Level face severe losses while relief ships deliver aid and supplies.
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New Bern
North Carolina Sound
Kitty Hawk
Red Cross
Cedar Island
Elizabeth City
American Red Cross
Manfeo
Dare County
Virginia Dare
America
Ocracoke
James Hamilton
Schooler Dale
Coast Guard
Hatteras
Sea Level
Lukens
Old Stills Used to Can Nourish Needy Winter Aid
Wake county officers have repurposed legal copper whiskey stills into canning equipment for the Wake county welfare department cannery. They now help process corn beets beans soup mixtures succotash okra and tomatoes for the needy. Mrs. George A. Isley, Raleigh mayor’s wife, leads the cannery.
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Raleigh
Wake County
I Legal
Wake County Welfare Department
George A. Isley
Nine Salvation Army members named for Atlanta training college
Nine Salvation Army members from the Carolinas will attend the army training college in Atlanta on October 11. From this district, Edna Breazeale of Charlotte Ethel Langdale of Columbia Inona Pope of Columbia Dorothy Tucker of Statesville Margaret Maultsby of Fayetteville Florence O Bierne of High Point Elizabeth Speers of High Point Elsie Welch of Greenville D C and Louis Pertain of Wilmington were listed as attendees.
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Charlotte
N. C
Salvation Army
Carolinas
Army Training College
Atlanta
Edna Breazeale
Ethel Langdale
Inona Pope
Columbia
Dorothy Tucker
Statesville
Margaret Maultsby
Fayetteville
Florence O'Bierne
Elizabeth Speers
High Point
Elsie Welch
Greenville, D. C
Louis Pertain
Wilmington
Coast Guard Fails to Find 35 After Sailboat Capsize
Manila report says coast guard cutter Arayat couldn’t locate any trace of 35 people aboard the sailboat M. Peter after it capsized off Mindoro two weeks earlier.
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Manila
Coast Guard
Arayat
Mindoro Island
Cotton delegates press for White House hearing on inflation and cotton price
At a Georgia convention delegates urged the resolutions committee to stay in Washington until they gain an audience with President Roosevelt. They faulted Secretary Wallace for not meeting them and cited large losses from cotton plowing under as figures cited by Rep Fulmer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Resolutions Committee
J. S. Wannamaker
American Cotton Association
Thomas Linden
Atlanta
Talmadge
Georgia
Linden
George N. Peek
White House
Secre
Peek
Wannamaker
Nero
Rome
Rooseveltt
Fulmer
D-8. C
South
Falmer Peek
Labor Disputes Continue To Disrupt Industries
OY Abbod reports ongoing labor unrest across industries in multiple states and regions. Strikes involve Pennsylvania coal miners New Jersey Sik workers Long Branch relief workers and others in mass shoe factories capes Cod cranberry picking and Brooklyn dyeing and finishing. Senator Robert F Wagner urges peaceful settlement as 20 000 Pennsylvania coal miners weigh code impact.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Sik
Long Branch
Ont
New York
Robert F. Wagner
National Labor Board
Roosevelt
Iown
Scranton
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Salvation Army Training College
Wreck
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