Jones leads National Amateur after first round at Merion
Bobby Jones fired a 69 to lead the national amateur golf championship first round at Merion, while Yale freshman Sidney W. Noyes shot 70 to share early honors. Jones tempered a rare bogey with birdies on 10 and 18 and thriving with his short game amid 588 starters and soft turf.
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Merion Cricket Club
Ardmore
Bobby Jones
Jones
Sidney W. Noyes
Yale
Merion
Jesse Sweetser
Cyril Tolley
Mashie
Noyes
New York
Northern Troops Flee Tientsin Ahead of Chang Armies
In Peiping Sept 22 1931 Chang Hsueh-Liang son of Chang Tso Lin advances from Manchuria pressing into Chihli and seizing Tientsin. Northern Shansi forces withdraw as Chang’s forces move toward Nanking amid uncertain loyalties and looming spring offensives.
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Peiping
China
Chang
Hsueh-Liang
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Nanking
Chihli Province
Tientsin
Yen Hsi-Shan
Mukden
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
Chane
Yen
Bertram Lennox Simpson
Hsuen-Liang
Russia
Lamont notes shift as U S industry buys raw materials ahead
Secretary Lamont says American business shows a trend of stocking raw materials before consumption due to low prices. He points to rising exports in August and improving retail trade with low store stocks and expected factory purchases, all driven by industry leaders without government pressure.
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Washington
Lamont
Commerce Department
Thein
The
Chicago Board of Trade
Hyde
Resentment At Church Over Stock Debate Haunts Bishop
Nashville dispatch reports Bishop Horace M. DuBose urged Bishop James Cannon Jr to take steps involving supreme official sacrifice to placate bitter church resentments tied to Cannon’s stock market dealings and Senate questions over political funds in Virginia campaigns 1928 and 1930. DuBose’s August 18 letter to Cannon was sent to all church bishops from Rio Janeiro, Brazil.
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Nashville
Tenn
Horace M. DuBose
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannon, Jr
United States Senate
Virginia
Bishop Cannon
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
DuBose
North Carolina Jews pledge $25,000 to Allied Jewish Drive
In Raleigh a state wide conference pledges to contribute $50,000 toward the $6,000,000 Allied Jewish Campaign to aid thousands of needy Jewish families in Europe and Palestine. Morris Rothenberg and Josephus Daniels addressed the conference.
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North Carolina
Allied Jewish Drive
Raleigh
N. C
Europe
Palestine
Morris Rothenberg
Josephus Daniels
Pasquotank Judge Asked To Resign
Pasquotank county commissioners asked Trial Judge P. G. Sawyer to resign after a special audit found many fines not turned over to county and city treasurers. Sawyer may appear before commissioners on October 6 to explain the irregularities. He said he is not guilty of wrongdoing but acknowledges recordkeeping errors and criticized the fines collection system.
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Elizabeth City
P. G. Sawyer
Pasquotank
Sawyer
Major Stedman After Stroke Weaker, Fails to Recognize
Major Charles M. Stedman, 89, North Carolina representative, who suffered an apoplectic stroke two weeks ago, was reported considerably weaker. After a brief rally last week, he grew weaker Saturday night and today failed to recognize friends and attendants.
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Washington
Charles M. Stedman
North Carolina
Louisiana Solons End Work On Longs Prosperity Program
The Louisiana legislature adjourned a special session after a midnight windup completing Governor Huey P. Longs prosperity program. Lawmakers approved a $100,000,000 bond package for roads port work New Orleans debt and rural schools, contrasting with prior delays on the $68,000,000 road bond. Impeachment charges against Long were cleared by both houses.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
New Orleans
Storm Ends After Three Days of French Coast Toll
A three day French coast storm faded to cold rain. Winds 80 to 100 mph caused multiple ship damages, nine fishermen dead or missing, and millions of francs in coastal losses. Two men drowned off Concarneau from the Coche des Vins. Saint Laurent de Groix foundered but crew saved. Many vessels sheltered at Cherbourg Brest and Lorient.
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Paris
Concarneau
Coche Des Vins
Saint Laurent de Groix
Cherbourg
Brest
Lorient
Brittany
Airplanes Salute Aviatrix Body En Route To Home
The body of Ruth Alexander, killed in a plane crash while starting a cross country flight, was en route to Irving, Kansas, accompanied by Mrs. Fred C. Lindley. Aircraft showered the train with flowers as it departed San Diego station.
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San Diego
Cal
Ruth Alexander
Irving, Kas
Fred C. Lindley
Despondent Man Slashes Own Throat in Cherryville
Harry Fisher, 46, despondent over job prospects, slashed his throat with a razor in Cherryville. He was taken to a hospital and may recover.
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Cherryville
Harry Fisher
Bailey accuses Republicans at Sparta on farm distress
Democratic Senate candidate Josiah Bailey told a Sparta audience that the Republican Party bears responsibility for decades of farm hardship. He accused Hoover and Republicans of evasions and failing to address agricultural decline seen since 1920s, drawing cheers from local farmers.
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Sparta
United States
South
Hoover
Josiah William Bailey
U. S. Senate
Bailey
Loser In Election Bet Must Crawl a City Block
J. N. Peake Jr. lost an election bet and will crawl on his stomach a city block. The writhing is scheduled for Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Columbia South Carolina.
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Columbia
S. C
J. N. Peake, Jr
Daredevil Jump Ends in Tragic Bridge Death
Norman J. Terry, 24, a professional daredevil, died leaping 213 feet from the New Fort Lee Bridge over the Hudson. He hid on the unfinished span to evade guards, wore gear to protect his ribs and spine, and was pulled from the water by his manager James Murray and others. Murray faced homicide charges. the Daily News denied collusion.
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New York
Norman J. Terry
Fort Lee
Hudson River
Terry
James Murray
Medical Center
Murray
The
Daily News
the News
Fort Lee’ Bridge
179Th Street
Manhattan
N. J
Four bodies recovered after Toledo factory blasts and fire
Four workers died when the Carl Weber Manufacturing plant exploded and burned in Toledo Ohio. Fire officials found evidence of a large distilling setup in the burning building. The cause was under investigation and search for more victims began at once.
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Toledo
Ohio
Carl Weber Manufacturing Company
Weber Company
Gant Investigation Resumes In Greensboro
The grand jury resumes consideration of alleged irregularities by Mason W. Gant, superior court clerk, in pension check handling. Indictments have been returned and further bills are pending before the jury as announced by Solicitor J. F. Spruill.
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Greensboro
Mason W. Gant
Gant
J. F. Spruill
12Th Judicial Circuit
Page declines to lead state tobacco cooperative
Raleigh, Sept 22 Frank Page vice president of Wachovia bank and former state highway commissioner declined the offer to head a state tobacco cooperative association but pledged to back a Southeastern Regional Council driven relief plan. Page heads the council formed at Asheville with governors and reps from seven southern states and will lead a regional effort to stabilize tobacco growing and marketing in the bright belt. He said the regional effort will cover Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia and pledged his time and energy to the council while advising the state group. A council meeting will be held soon to discuss common problems and ensure no more tobacco is grown than can be profitably sold.
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Mbitiru Uy Lue Wu
Uss Staln
Hyde
Chicago Board of Trade
Washington
Raleigh
Frank Page
The
Wachovia Bank
Southeastern Regional Council
Page
Asheville
Southeastern
Southeast
O. Max Gardner
State Tobacco Relief Commission
North Carolina
Bright Belt
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Gardner
Southern
Textile Strike Approved in Danville Mills Vote
Danville Virginia union officials announce a vote last week by the United Textile Workers of America favoring a strike by workers at the Riverside and Dan River Cotton mills. The national union executive committee has ratified the result.
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Danville, Va
Danville
United Textile Workers of America
Riverside
Dan River
National Union Executive
Hoover Jr Diagnosed With Small Chest Tubercular Infection
Washington report states White House physician Dr. Joel T. Boone announced Herbert Hoover Jr. has a small tubercular infection in his chest. The 28 year old, recovering at a Virginia mountain lodge, will remain there until frost then return to the White House for further tests and treatment planning.
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Washington
Joel T. Boone
White House
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Virginia
Boone
Vounge Hoover
Western Air Express
True Bills Against Alleged Slayers of Senator Dennis
Berkeley county grand jury found true bills charging W. L. Thornley and Glenn P. D. McKnight with murder of South Carolina state senator E. J. Dennis. Jury also considers indictments against Curtis Thornley and W. L. Woodward for being an accessory before the fact. Thornley confesses he shot Dennis and accuses McKnight, a former bootlegger and prohibition officer, of hiring him.
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Moncks Corner
S. C
L. Thornley
Glenn PD
McKnight
South Carolina
E. J. Dennis
Berkeley County
Curtis Thornley
W. L. Woodward
W. L. Thornley
Senator Dennis
Two Teenagers Escape Train Crush Near Goldsboro
In Goldsboro on September 22 a coupe was struck midline by a Norfolk Southern passenger train, tumbling 50 feet. Eugene Garris, 17, and his sister Mrs. Clifton Howell survived with only minor injuries, Garris found unconscious inside the wreck while Howell leaped to safety onto the cow catcher.
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Goldsboro
Sqvarely
Norfolk-Southern
Eugene Garris
Clifton Howel
Garris
Howell
Methodist Bishops in Alabama Receive Charges Against Two Bishops
Bishop W N Ainsworth said he has received charges filed against Bishop James Cannon Jr and declined to disclose their nature. He confirmed an official communication from Dr C J Harrell of Richmond Va with three traveling elders filing new complaints against Cannon, chairman of the temperance and social welfare committee. The statement said the communication is official and will not be released to the public. Ainsworth added he has nothing further to say.
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Birmingham
Afa
W. N. Ainsworth
College of Bishops
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Canenon, Jr
Ainsworth
C. J. Harrell
Richmond
Cannon
Church Committee On Temperance and Social Welfare
Delinquent Girl Hurt Escaping From Car At Raleigh
A one year old white girl, in Rex Hospital with head injuries from leaping from a car while en route to Samarcand for delinquent confinement. State welfare officials did not release her name. The vehicle, traveling about 40 mph, was occupied by R F Eugene Brown and N Freeman and their wives. The child is expected to recover.
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Raligh
Rex Hospital
State Board of Chareties and Public Welfare
Samarcand
W. T. Best
R. F Eugene Brown
A N. Freeman
North Carolina tobacco growers eye co op plan head
Raleigh September 22 The committee of a cooperative marketing association for NC tobacco growers prepared to learn if Frank Page will accept leadership. Page, a Wachovia Bank vice president and former state highway commissioner, was unanimously elected to head the movement as details for launching the alliance were to be discussed.
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Raleigh
C Coperative Marketing Association
North Carolina
Frank Page
Max Gardner
Page
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
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Secretary of Agriculture
Chicago
Disaninnan
House
Communist Committee
Chicago Exchange
Hamilton Fish
Agriculture Department
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Aviatrix
J. C. Baskervill
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