Peace effort collapse as League moves toward sanctions
Paris officials say Laval regards his mediation as futile and sanctions against Italy likely. The League of Nations committee in Geneva reports defeat and hands its findings to the League Council, with possible referral to the assembly. Britain and Italy cabinets meet to discuss the Italo Ethiopian crisis amid rising concern.
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Laval
League of Nations
League Co Iftee
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Geneva
League Council
Assembly
Spain
France
Poland
Yeges Rob Bank In Ashe County Of Large Sum
An early morning break in at the Bank of Ashe in West Jefferson left a ~$5,000 loss estimate per bank president W H Worth. A torch cut a back-safe opening two and a half by five inches. the alarm rang at 7 am with an insurance rep to come for a joint loss check. Ashe County officers found no clues.
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West Jefferson
Yeggs
Bank of Ashe
W. H. Worth
Ashe County
Ultimatum Delivered to Mine Owners in Soft Coal Strike
United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis demands a 9 cent per ton wage increase for miners while operators reportedly favor 7 12 cents. Negotiations continue with McGrady and Perkins expressing cautious optimism as the 400,000 strong strike begins without reported disorder.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Edward F. McGrady
Lewis
McGrady
Roosevelt
Perkins
Italian liner Rex sails with record low passengers
New York September 24 The Italian liner Rex departed with only 63 first class passengers, officials saying this is a record low passenger list in the history of the Italian merchant marine. The drop is blamed on unsettled warlike conditions in the Mediterranean area.
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New York
Mediterranean
Chester County DA floats grand jury probe into Evelyn Hoey death
Pa near September report notes E Parke, Chester County district attorney, weighing a county court request for a grand jury investigation into Evelyn Hoey's death and the unusual events since a coroner's inquest into the shooting began.
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E. Parke
Chester County
Evelyn Hoey
Farley Sees Rising Postal Receipts Indicate Economic Return
Postmaster General Farley told the National Association of Postmasters that steadily rising postal receipts serve as a reliable barometer of business conditions and signal a returning prosperity.
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Chicago
Mes A. Farley
National Association of Postmasters
Senator Lewis Black Subtle Improvement T
Moscow dispatch reports Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Holineis has pneumonia and a slight improvement over yesterday but remains in danger.
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Moscow
Tois
J. Hamilton Lewis
Holineis
Three Romanian Fighters Die in Black Sea Crash Near Constanza
Three military fliers were killed when their aircraft crashed in the Black Sea during maneuvers near Constanza. The incident, confirmed by Romanian authorities, followed yesterday’s drills and prompted a brief official statement from defense officials in Bucharest.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Black Sea
Constanza
Memorial: Mrs Broadus Hoper Die In Mountain Plunge
Mrs Broadus Hoper of Andres died in a Murphy hospital early today. She is the sixth victim of a 209 foot automobile plunge down a mountainside Sunday that killed her husband three children and another relative.
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Murphy
Broadus Hoper
Andrews
Cotton Picker Strike Hits Arkansas and Oklahoma
Memphis reports that officials of the Southern Farmers Union announced a strike among cotton pickers in Arkansas and Oklahoma, signaling a broader labor action in the region.
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Tenn
Southern Farmers Union
Arkansas
Okla
Soviet Rumors Say 35 Asian Ships Sailed to Mediterranean
Geneva reports say rumors in Soviet sources claimed 35 Asian ships had sailed for the Mediterranean and were discussed in the lobbies of the United Nations. There was confirmation of the rumors.
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Geneva
Dea
Mediterranean
Ue of Nations
Richmond Times-Dispatch ad manager dies in hospital
W Nash Penny 40 advertising manager for the Richmond Times Dispatch died at St Elizabeths Hospital of pneumonia. He had worked in the news business since 1930.
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Richmond
A W. Nash Penny
Rehmond Times-Dispatch
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Trend toward normalcy seen in payrolls rise
In Washington on September 24 Secretary Perkins notes a definite move toward normalcy with an increase of 180 workers on manufacturing industry payrolls in August compared with July.
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Washington
Perkins
Gust
Man Identified for Crime Attempt Against Audrey Farm
Winston-Salem police positively identify 25 year old Willie lor as the man who allegedly tried to assault 14 year old Audrey Farm in her home. Meanwhile officers probe the separate assault on Edna Dodson at a local station earlier the same morning.
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Winston-Salem, N. Co
Willie Lor
Audrey Farm
Sher
Edna Dodson
Unn
Grove Delivers Season Win as Red Sox Top A's Eight One
Grove pitched effectively as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics eight to one. The win marked Grove's success of the season while limiting the A's to a single run.
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Grove
Bos Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
St Louis Browns Triumph in First Game of Series
The Browns beat the White team in a Sept. 24 game as Burns and Clift hit well and Nott pitched three hits, giving St. Louis the edge in the opening contest.
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Burns
Clift
Nott
St. Louis Browns
Farmers unite to defend AAA in Midwest league
More than 600 farmers from Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and South Dakota joined the League for Economic Equality in Emmetsburg to back the AAA. A B Wendel of Bronson IA led the meeting as president warning that AAA enemies aim to undermine the processing tax while P I Brownlee Sioux City publisher noted the American Liberty League backs the AAA with millions and 58 law firms.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
AAA
New “League For Economic Equality
League
Wendel
Bronson
P. I. Brownlee
Sioux City
American Liberty League
Enterprise 0 Broadcast Big Fight Tonight
The Enterprise plans a live round by round broadcast of the Baer Louis heavyweight bout from ringside through its amplifying system. AP wire reports the event starts around 8 30 PM though preliminaries may shift the hour. A large crowd is expected outside the newspaper office for the blow by blow description.
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Enterprise
Associated Press
The
Westbrook to lead Community Chests and Councils
Stillman F. Westbrook of Hartford, vice president of Aetna Life, elected president of Community Chests and Councils at the Mobilization For Human Needs Conference. He succeeds the late Frederick R. Kelloge as welfare groups plan to exceed last year’s $70,000,000 drive.
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Washington
Stillman F. Westbrook
Hartford
Conn
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Westbrook
Frederick R. Kelloge
Roosevelt
Deaf Woman Seeks Teaching Post For Disabled Children
Mrs. George H. Bailey of Leigh who is deaf and dumb applied to the state department of education for certification to teach deaf, dumb and blind Indian children at the Pembroke Indian school in Robeson County. A 1935 law required a teacher for such pupils at the school.
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Raleigh
George H. Bailey
Leigh
State Department of Education
Pembroke
Robeson County
Offenders Sought Across Four Southern States
AP reports a wide manhunt as two bank robbers in Virginia tied to a state trooper’s killing, a young military academy student dies during the chase, two Louisiana convicts kidnapped a Tunica family, four long term Negro inmates escaped Woodville and may be surrounded near Hertford, and Ray Bailey, wanted for a policeman murder in South Carolina, fled toward North Georgia after a possible wounding.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Military Academy
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tunica, la
Woodville
N. C
Hertford
Ray Bailey
South Carolina
Desperate Gunman Sought After Transylvania County Shootout
In a rural pursuit near Clayton Georgia, Ray Bailey wounded officers in Transylvania North Carolina and fled after a cabin trap, then spent part of yesterday in a nearby farm house. Sheriff B B Smith of Greenville County D C joins officers in the hunt for Bailey, wanted on a 1932 policeman slaying charge.
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Hiawasser
Transylvania County
North Carolina
Ray Bailey
Assault suspect held in Forsyth Winston-Salem
Willie Taylor, 25, Negro, is jailed on charges of breaking and entering the home of H. H. Farmer in Winston-Salem route 3. He is also charged with assault on 14 year old Audrey Farmer who was awakened during the 3 a.m. break in. Authorities contemplate possible charges of criminal assault on Edna Dodson. Taylor is a known figure to police with prior breaking and entering incidents.
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Winston-Salem
Willie Taylor
H. H. Farmer
Taylor
Scott
Audrey Farmer
Edna Dodson
Ogburn Station
East Fifth Street
Six Questions Proposed For Tobacco Meet
Dr. Marents Poe, head of North Carolina tobacco growers, telegraphed J. B. Hutson proposing six definite questions for tomorrow’s Washington conference with AAA officials. Questions cover government market retirement, buyer cooperation, parity timing, cost factors, 1986 planting parity, and a stabilization corporation to buy below parity. Poe urged inclusion of Secretary Wallace and Chester Davis with several tobacco manufacturers expected.
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Raleigh
N. C
Marents Poe
North Carolina
Mass Meeting
J. B. Hutson
AAA
Washington
Poe
Hutson
Wallace and
Chester Davis
Mooney and Billings Face Each Other in Hearing
Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings meet in San Francisco for the first time in 18 years at a habeas corpus hearing. Mooney seeks freedom claiming his conviction relied on perjured testimony for the 1916 Preparedness Day parade bombing. Billings is brought from Folsom Prison as the California Supreme Court reverses a prior ruling.
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San Francisco
Tom Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Mooney
Aang
Life
Billings
Folsom
San Quentin
California Supreme Court
Sanderson Resigns Parole Board Job
Jesse O. Sagan resigns from the investigating staff of the state parole commissioner to return as principal of the Methodist orphanage school in Raleigh. No successor named.
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Raleigh
Jesse O. Sagan
Office of the State Parole Commissioner
Methodist
British Cabinet Backs League Covenant Stand at Geneva
The British cabinet endorsed the Geneva action on the Italo Ethiopan situation and said Britain would maintain firm support of the League covenant. It reportedly agreed to send the home fleet to the Mediterranean as a precaution and to keep Imperial defense ready for emergencies. The cabinet adjourned subject to call.
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Geneva
London
Great Britain
Louis Puts 'O. K.' On Special Gloves For Baer Fight
In New York on September 24 AP reports Joe Louis and Max Baers camps resolved a gloves dispute to prevent any delay before the million dollar heavyweight title bout. Louis agreed to use specially made gloves after a heated argument and Baer threatened to withdraw.
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New York
Joe Louis
Max Baer
Legion Shons Business For Annual Convention Parade
The 17th annual American Legion convention opened with a six hour parade in St. Louis as 125 musical groups marched, including 100 drum and bugle corps. Delegates prepared for tomorrow’s business while focusing on the 1935-36 program and the push for cash payment of the bonus. Arizona led the order of march, followed by Nevada, based on state membership gains.
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ST. Louis
Arizona
Nevada
Buying Spurs On Stock Increases
Buying, quiet but persistent, gave stock market prices an upward tilt in today's session. A better tone to European developments, short covering, and reinvestment demand aided recovery, though slow trading kept boardrooms cautious. Wheat rose after a hesitant start and cotton was steady.
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New York
International Committee
London
Paris
Welfare Institute To Be Held Soon
The 16th annual Public Welfare Institute will be held at Chapel Hill October 21 to 25, announced by Mrs. W. T. Best state welfare commissioner. The meeting was postponed from summer because of the infantile paralysis situation in July.
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Raleigh
Public Welfare Institute
Chapel Hill
W. T. Best
Depend On Testimony of Medical Examiner
Worcester Massachusetts September 24 the state relied on medical examiner testimony to prove the drowning of Alice Sherman 22 wife of Newell P Sherman choir singing scout master was murder intended to woo 19 year old Esther Magill the trial followed a canoe trip on Lake Singletary.
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Worcester
Mass
Ita
Lake Singletary
Newell P. Sherman
Alice
Esther Magill
Frank E Gannett Forms Newspaper Foundation to Benefit Public
Rochester Sept 24 Frank E Gannett announces the creation of the Frank E Gannett Newspaper Foundations Inc to distribute at least 75 percent of the chain net income to public charitable educational and general philanthropic purposes after his death The foundation will control Gannett Co Inc common stock and provide broad latitude to a directors board with 11 members serving for life or until resignation
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Rochester
N. Y
Gannett
Frank E. Gannett Today
Sao
Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundations, Inc
Foundation
Gannett Co., Inc
Motive Sought For Brutal Slayings In Cleveland Ravine
Detectives hunted a motive for the double slaying after two headless, mutilated bodies were found in an East Side ravine. The younger victim was Edward A. Andrasy, 28, once jailed for carrying concealed weapons. The heads were buried in sand and identification of the older man was uncertain.
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Cleveland
East Side
Edward A. Andrasy
A. J. Pearse
Andrasy
Weather Synopsis for Carolinas and Georgia
North Carolina fair tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer interior. South Carolina and Georgia fair with little temperature change. Sandy Hook to Hatteras winds shift from gentle northerly to moderate southerly and northeast becoming southeast. fair weather tonight and Wednesday. Matteras to Jacksonville winds moderate northeast or east with generally fair conditions.
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