Ex mayor of Wilmington denies part in extortion
Parker Q. Moore former Wilmington mayor testified he had no role in notes to Mrs. Jessie Kenan Wise regarding an alleged extortion plot. He admitted giving small sums to J. J. Furlong but said it had no connection to the conspiracy.
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Wilmington
N. C
Parker Q. Moore
Jessie Kenan Wise
Wilmington Society
Moore
J. J. Furlong, Sr
Wise
Furlong
Mal Rayce
Massachusetts Shows Marked Improvement In Business Lines
Massachusetts manufacturing reports show August gains in employment and wages. From 1,078 establishments surveyed, employment rose 12.3 percent from July lows and payrolls climbed 13.7 percent, according to Commissioner Edwin S. Smith of the Department of Labor and Industries.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Edwin S. Smith
Department of Labor and Industries
Smith
Roosevelt Special Delayed Four Hours By Wreck
A derailment of the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited near Bonner Montana delayed Franklin D Roosevelt's presidential train four hours. No injuries reported. Roosevelt continued to Seattle Portland and beyond as crowds gathered in Missoula and Butte.
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Bonner
Mont
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Attle
Limited
Seattle
Chicago
Missoula
Mr. Roosevelt
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
Howdy
Bitter Root
Spokane
New York
Washington Fair
Puyallup
Tacoma
Seattle Civic Auditorium
Roosevelt
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake
Butte
Deer Lodge
Lolo National Forest
Garner's Mother Dies in Detroit at 81
Mrs. Sarah Jane Garner mother of John Nance Garner died at her Detroit home at 12 25 pm after a period of illness described as general toxic poison. Survived by three sons and two daughters, funeral planned for tomorrow, burial in the family vault beside her husband John Nance Sr who died in 1919. John Nance Garner rushed home from Washington upon learning of the illness.
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Detroit
Texas
Sarah Jane Garner
John Nance Garner
Garner
John Nance
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Gandhi Begins Fast Unto Death At Yeroda Jail
Poona India Sept 20 Mahatma Gandhi began at noon the fast of death in protest against Ramsay MacDonalds settlement of the Indian communal elections. He remained a free man but refused liberation, while hundreds urged him to stop. He has lived as a beggar monk like Buddha, with loin cloth and no home, subsisting on charity.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Ramsay MacDonald
Yeroda
Gandhi
South Africa
London
Buddha
Mahamet
Racketeering Charged Across Business Labor Politics
Gordon L. Hostetter of Chicago told a national conference that racketeering is an inside job involving business leaders labor chiefs criminals and politicians. He described a four element scheme aimed at exploiting the public and warned ethical standards exist alongside public betrayal.
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Washington
Gordon L. Hostetter
Chicago
Hostetter
Employers’ Association of Chicago
National Conference On Government
Strike Troubles Ease as North Carolina Mills Reopen
The Associated Press reports North Carolina strike activity cooled with two mills operating near capacity while four closed under duress. Thomasville's chair plant employs 800 of 900 workers. Stehli Silk Mill in High Point adds 300 back, with 100 more to return later. Rockingham sees 1,200 idle, Amazon Cotton Mill closed indefinitely. Union recognition remains a sticking point at Rockingham and Hannah Pickett No. 1.
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Ey Associated Pres
North Carolina
Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Company
Stehli
High Point
Rockingham
Amazon
Chair Company
Silk
Hannah Pickett Number One
Highway Patrolmen Quit Thomasville
Thomasville steadied as the Thomasville Chair company resumed operations after a three week strike. About 100 new workers were absorbed and the remaining highway patrolmen departed, with Lieut. T. A. Early reporting a quiet scene as the mill reopened yesterday.
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Thomasville
T. A. Early
Strikes Close Mills as Labor Idle Reaches 1200
About 200 operatives at Hannah Pickett No.2 and Both Mills walked out. On August 26 striking workers forced En Twistle to close, boosting idled workers to about 1,200. No compromise talks occurred, with strikers and mill officials at loggerheads as manufacturing centers stayed quiet.
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Hannah Pickett
Entwistle
Reopened Budapest Stock Market After 14 Month Suspension
The Budapest stock market reopened today after a 14 month suspension. Eighteen issues were quoted.
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Budapest
Hungary
Kidnappers Return Tot To Father To Thwart Police
Eight year old John Arthur Russell was recovered late last night at his Brooklyn home after being seized and held for 25 000 dollars ransom. Police said no ransom was paid and believe amateurs staged the kidnapping as authorities widened the search across New York. The boy recalled a ride with two men and a woman before being released.
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New York
John Arthur
Brooklyn
Arthur
Russell
Stock Exchange
Cubs Win NL Pennant with 5 2 Triumph over Pirates
Chicago caps the pennant race with a 5 to 2 win over second place Pittsburgh in the first game of a double header securing the National League pennant.
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Chicago
Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Upturn in Cotton Spinning Industry Shows August Gain
Census bureau reports August spindle hours up 50 percent from July as mills operated at 72.4 percent capacity. Growth was led by the cotton-grow states with 1.44 billion more spindle hours, while New states rose 77 percent. State figures list Alabama through Virginia with active hours and averages.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Davis Denied Mussolini Claim in Moose Trial
Donald F. Stewart testified that James J. Davis held a mostly honorary post as Moose International director general. The Moose editor said articles under Davis’ name were ghostwritten and that Davis did not actually write them. The trial in federal court centers on alleged lottery law violations tied to Moose activities.
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New York
Donald F. Stewart
The
Moose
United States
James J. Davis
Loyal Order of Moose
Pennsylvania
Davis
Stewart
Democrats Praise Maine Governor-Elect Louis J. Meakins
Democrats hail Governor-elect Louis J. Meakins after he met in New York with senior party leaders to discuss stumping for the national ticket. Party officials call him a hero for the supposed crossover appeal and influence.
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Louis J. Me
Maine
New York
Lancaster plans 10 wed aviatrix in love triangle case
James J. Forrester of the labor department said Captain William Lancaster plans to marry Mrs. Jessie M. Keith-Miller, the woman in the Clarke murder case. Forrester noted Lancaster seeks his mother's consent in Waterbury Vermont while awaiting divorce from a wife in England.
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Miami
Fla
James J. Forrester
Federal Labor Department
Willam N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Keith- Miller
Forrester
Labor Department
Washington
Keith Miller
Lancaster
Clarke
Bill
Captain Lancaster
Waterbury
England
Bandits Attack Bank Vault in Early Morning Robbery
Four bandits overpowered and bound a night watchman at the First National Bank in Gravette Arkansas They blasted open a vault with explosives stolen from a nearby hardware store and fled in a truck with about six thousand dollars and a five ton safe Bank officials could not determine the total loss as the contents of the safe are unknown
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Gravetteh
Ark
First National Bank
Hoover says US not involved in German arms dispute
President Hoover declares the United States is divorced from the German arms question yet urges Germany to keep participating in the arms conference. He cites press reports that Reed and Ambassador Edge urged Paris officials the American public sees Germany's armament moves as ill timed. The aim remains global disarmament and U.S. support for continued arms conference progress.
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Reed
Edge
Germany
Washington
Hoover
United States
Pennsylvania
Paris
Will Rogers Shares Quick Wit From Beverly Hills Visit
The letter-poised piece quotes Will Rogers in Beverly Hills praising Franklin D. Roosevelt and lampooning Boston Mayor Curley. It mocks an “Uncle Joe” nickname, hints at Hoover politics, and jokes about vitamin A from carrot peels versus making a meal.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Joe
Roosevelt
Curley
Boston
Hoover
New Tropical Storm Tracks Behind Old Disturbance
A second tropical disturbance is forming east of the Windward Islands while a prior storm batters Louisiana and Mississippi with 40 mph gales. Gustport, Mississippi reports a waterspout and several damaged homes as tides swell and heavy rains persist along the coast.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Washington Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Windward
Leeward
Dominica
Louisiana-Mississippi
Gusport
Miss
Tampico
Hex
Morgan City
Finland
Lake
Missis
Montague
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Walker
Public
Plymouth
Mass
Edith M. L. DuBois
Charles E. DuBois
Tavis
Gov. Brain
Watchman
Blast Safe
U. 8
Will
Rogers
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