Community drive raises funds for Meth dist Protestant Children's Home
A citywide campaign organized by civic clubs netted 590.60 in cash and 129.26 in pledges for the Meth dist Protestant Children's Home. Clubs listing receipts include Exchange 23.50 cash 38.00 pledges, Rotary 194.60 cash 10.00 pledges, Kiwanis 150.00 cash 51.25 pledges, Monarch 70.00 cash 25.00 pledges, Altrusa 110.00 cash 5.00 pledges. Lions Civitan and American Business clubs have not reported yet, with leaders optimistic about further totals.
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Altrusa Club
Civic Clubs
Sheraton Hotel
N. L. Garner
Monarch Club
Lions
Civitan
American Business Clubs
North Carolina considers PWA agent in Washington
Charlotte reports city councilman John L. Wilkinson proposed that North Carolina immediately send an official representative to Washington to oversee Public Works Administration unemployment relief operations. Wilkinson spoke after returning from a Washington trip related to the city.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Washington
Public Works Administration
John L. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Grace Moore Headlines New Hollywood Radio Series
Grace Moore lauded as America's first lady of song presents Monday night broadcasts from Hollywood. She performs familiar tunes and appears in brief dramatic sketches with Hollywood actors tracing episodes from her church choir roots to international stage fame across film opera and radio. The show airs coast to coast at 9:30 p m eastern daylight time.
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Hollywood
Cal
America
Grace Moore
Miss Moore
Jellico
Tenn
Charlotte seeks federal share for airport grant
An official urged a state level representative in Washington to secure federal funds for a 760000 airport development grant. He noted Charlotte and other entities have pressed agencies handling the application but could not learn its current status or exact hands it rests with.
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Charlotte
Washington
Ehrighaus
Rambling Reporter Taken to Hospital in Durham
Rambling Reporter transported to Duke Hospital in Durham for medical treatment after an unspecified incident. Details remain unclear but hospital care is underway.
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Asville
Duke Hospital
Durham
Washington Camp No. 80 Open Meeting This Friday
Patriotic Order Sons of America Washington Camp No. 80 holds an open meeting Friday night with all members welcome to attend and parole to be entered. A program features string music provided for attendees.
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Washington
Patriotic Order, Sons of America
Inquest Concludes Over Labor Day Riot Death
Anderson South Carolina September 19 coroner's jury reports Gertrude Kelly died in the Pelzer Manufacturing riot at Pelzer from unknown assailants. Coroner J Roy McCoy states no warrants will be issued.
Belfast lioness kills three of quintuplets at zoo
Jane the African lioness at Bel levue Zoo Belfast recently gave birth to quintuplets. A keeper returning with eggs and milk found her attacking the cubs. She was beaten off but two of the quintuplets survived while three were killed.
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Jane
Bellevue Zoo
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Doctor’s weight loss claim and dubious Kruschen salts
Mrs. Robert Hickey of Hosesville California credits a doctor with prescribing Kruschen Salts for shedding 17 pounds in six weeks. She warns against gossip and advises a light diet with vegetables and lean proteins to improve health and appearance.
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Robert Hickey
Hosesville
Calif
British leaders weighed pacifist split over war stance
The League of Nations covenant was urged to be upheld as Labor leaders faced an emergency meeting to decide if Lords head Lord Ponsonby and MP George Lansbury should resign over pacifism. Ethiopia blamed Italy for threat of war while the Italo Ethiopian panel proposed foreign specialists to supervise Ethiopian policy and Haile Selassie backed by an adviser.
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Labor Party
Lord Ponsonby
George Lansbury
Houses of Lords and Commons
Trades Unions' Council
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
Tokyo
John Drinkwater
Abraham Lincoln
Mediterranean Tension Escalates as Naval Movements Rise
Ships gather in the Mediterranean amid high stakes speculation over Italy and Britain. An informed source says Britain aims to keep Italy guessing while discreet air movements reveal plans to protect imperial interests. Diplomats warn against underestimating the crisis as Geneva weighs Mussolini’s response to a league compromise.
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Mediterranean
Italy
Foreign Office
Geneva
Mussolini
League
Governor Ehringhaus eyed for Senate bid amid tobacco market tour
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh reports Governor Ehringhaus spent a day visiting tobacco markets as farmers push for better prices. Observers say his interest could signal a bid for the Senate seat held by Josiah W Bailey, noting price trends depend on lighter offerings and crop quality.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Senate
Josiah W. Bailey
Birringhaus
Bai
Butter and eggs market report and strange Durban rhinoceros death
Market results show butter at 11 506 units steady with several grade levels and eggs at 4 837 with prices unchanged. A Durban report claims a white rhinoceros killed itself fleeing women near a kraal after a war cry, dying from a steep fall. Also notes Japan’s Shigeo Fujita, 26, arrested for theft aiding students, and mentions Heinrich Schliemann and Governor Ehrighaus in political context.
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Chicago
Durban
South Africa
Robin Hood
Japan
Fuyamo
Shigeo Fujita
Nippon University
Hokkaido
Fujita Saya
Parish priests jailed for tearing Nazi placards in Westphalia
Westphalia parish priest Father Beekmann and Cologne hospital chaplain Pather Holtkamp are serving four months in a German prison for tearing down Nazi placards. Louis Be. Snelgrove works on evolving tame honey bees at Clifton Zoological Gardens Bristol and aims for a docile next generation.
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Fether Beekmann
Westphalia
Pather Holtkamp
Cologne Hospital
Louis BE. Snelgrove
Clifton Zoological Gardens
Bristol
England
Lightning strikes church in Krombach causes 6000 damage
Lightning hit a church in Krombach, Northern Bavaria during a crowded Sunday service. It caused 6000 marks in damage but did not injure worshippers who stayed seated and continued the service as the storm passed.
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Krombach
Bavaria
Surface voyage resistance from waves raised by ship
The draft notes that resistance experienced by a vessel at the surface is mainly due to waves generated as it moves through water.
Triple murder by Charles Levan ends in suicide after shootout
Bank books indicate motive as Charles Levan shot his brother John Orlando Levan and Benjamin before turning the shotgun on himself. The four victims were seated at a kitchen table when the rifle fire began, then Charles poured coffee, retired to the sun parlor, and killed himself.
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Tobeyhanha
Levans
Benjamin
Charles
Rowe
Capt. Rowe
John
Orlando Levan
Ben
Orlando
Sun Parlor
New Potato Control Plan Outlined for Growers
A meeting will discuss a new potato control plan where growers may limit output in exchange for benefit payments. The plan hinges on treasury funding and uses a marketing agreement option to regulate production. The act classifies potatoes as a basic commodity and sets a three fourths cent per pound tax.
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Treasury
Tober
Wallace
Seven Robbed While Sleeping in Humewood House
Seven men in Humewood South Africa were robbed in their sleep as a thief eluded guards and stole clothing. The incident was discovered hours later when the men woke.
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Humewood
South Africa
Moraine
Romance of Seventy One Year Knight Revealed
In a notice from Hove England the marriage of General Sir Philip Palin to Glad Love is announced. The couple wed after the death of Sir Philip's first wife last year.
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Phiilip Palin
Hove
England
Sir Philip
Caterpillar and Ants Form Mutual Protection Partnership
A caterpillar of a blue butterfly attracts ants that ride on its back to harvest honeydew. In return the ants guard the caterpillar from parasites and predators.
Construction Industry Gains Yet Faces Long Road to Normal
The building industry shows absorption of unemployed workers but warns a long road remains. July employment runs 69.9 percent of the 1923-24 average, with payrolls at 56.5 percent, while some sectors rebound and lumber, rail shops stay weak. Building permits jump in July from 1,508 to 5,124, with values $3.7 million and $27.4 million respectively.
Mussolini weighs league compromise amid Mediterranean naval move
Mussolini considers accepting or rejecting the League proposal as Italy eyes a naval shift in the Mediterranean. Aloisi delays Rome trip while Mussolini weighs the issue. Edouard Merriot comments on England's historical role in defiance. Edouard Merriot remarks at luncheon.
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Aloisi
Rome
Duce
Mussolini
Italy
Mediterranean
Great
England
Detained Lieutenant Vesely Faces Military Court Sanction
A Czech infantry officer, Lieutenant Vesely of the Pi Bohemia regiment, was sentenced to three weeks detention by a military court for using violently abusive language toward soldiers in barracks. He allegedly called privates fools idiots, and threatened harsher actions.
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Clay Vesely
Czechosiovian
Pi Bohemia
Itary
Rat Food Warns Bulawayo Tribes Against Rodent Diet
A Blantyre health official warns natives in Bulawayo South Africa against eating rats calling the diet deadly and plague infested. He says rates of infestation threaten public health and urges avoidance of rodent meat.
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Bulawayo
South Africa
Maicer
Orangutan Sways Above as Trees Fall
Fragmentary report notes an orangutan sleeping in swaying treetops while branches fall. The animal clings with a vise like grip as surrounding limbs yield to the force.
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