Sweden and Norway Drop Gold Standard Amid Study of Action
Sweden and Norway suspended the gold standard linking krona and krone to the pound sterling and banned gold exports. The Danish cabinet considers the move while Britain acts, as Stockholm and Oslo set Nov 30 as a tentative gold standard deadline and raise bank discounts from 6 to 8 percent.
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Norway
London
Great Britain
Stockholm
Oslo
Swedish State Council
Riksbank
State Bankers Chief Explains Interest Slash
Winston-Salem Sept. 28 Robert M Hanes president of the North Carolina Bankers Association outlined why several North Carolina banks have cut the rate on time deposits He noted banks must keep expenditures below receipts and maintain liquidity with cash or high grade bonds Government bonds yield very low rates and banks must balance customer service with profits He said the banks are in excellent condition and deserve public confidence and cooperation
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Winston-Salem
Robert M. Hanes
North Carolina Bankers Association
North Carolina
Unconscious Lowell Mill Worker Identified in Gastonia
A man found unconscious on Linwood road near Gastonia was identified as J. B. Austin, 23, a mill worker from Lowell. He was taken to a hospital, refused to discuss his injuries, and doctors expect a full recovery.
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Lowell
Gastonia
Linwood Road
J. B. Austin
Lowell Mill
Political Motives Seen In Assault On Minister's Wife At Church Door
Mrs Frances MacDonald wife of Dr Frank MacDonald pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church was seriously injured outside the church when struck by a brick by a unidentified white man as she welcomed visitors. Dr MacDonald noted prior mysterious phone calls during a past senate campaign warning harm to their daughter if he did not curb political sermons. The attack, motive uncertain, occurred as the pastor and congregation faced confusion. assailant fled.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frances MacDonald
Frank MacDonald
Woodlawn Baptist Church
MacDonald
Chinese Foreign Minister Attacked by Students in Nanking
Foreign Minister C. T. Wang was assaulted by a mob blaming him for failing to press the League of Nations to act in Manchuria. He sustained chest wounds, and servants saved him. Chiang Kai-Shek ordered bodyguards to protect him. The government vowed to continue its policy despite the disturbance.
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C. T. Wang
League of Nations
China
Japan
Wang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Dr. Wang
Manchuria
Mukden
Riots Looming in Hong Kong as Police Patrol Streets
Rioters clash after anti Japanese demonstrations in Hong Kong and Kowloon. Police, armed with riot guns, patrol the streets bearing orders to shoot without warning. Nine dead and dozens injured. Authorities suspect communist influence behind the riots.
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Hongkong
China
Kowloon
Clash in Gran Chaco tests Paraguay Bolivia ties
In the Gran Chaco region a clash killed twelve Paraguayan and Bolivian soldiers, straining relations between the two nations as of today in Asuncion.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Defense in Bank Mail Fraud Case Completes Work
Asheville scene reports the defense resting at 11:50 a m in the trial of Wallace B Davis and William D Harris on charges of using the mails to defraud in the sale of 3 655 000 in bonds of Central Securities Company Asheville Inc Court recessed to 2 p m for government rebuttal testimony with Special Prosecutor Thomas J Harkins aiming to finish rebuttal Tuesday and begin arguments.
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Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
William D. Harris
Central Securities Company
Southmont Man Jailed Over $5 Court Fine
Lexington reports David Styers of Southmont chose jail over paying the $5 fine for violating the state fish law. He served two days plus costs amounting to $7.15 after the court decision.
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Lexington
David Styers
Southmont
Styers
Monks from Spain Begin Study in Kansas Seminary
Twenty four Augustinian monks, expelled from Spain amid religious turmoil after a revolution, started advanced studies today at a Benedictine major seminary in Atchison Kansas. Their departure follows a royal decree and reflects the church's adaptation to upheaval in Europe.
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Spain
Kansas Seminary
Atchison, Kans
Mayor Frees Innocent Man After 23 Years In Prison
Chester Illinois September 28 Jesse Lucas freed after 23 years as prisoner No 401 following death bed confession by farmer George R Pond who confessed to killing Clyde Showalter near Decker Indiana The Illinois board paroled Lucas to Mt Carmel mayor T B Wright who will offer him a job Lucas mother died years ago and was freed at a new trial while witnesses testified they saw them accosting the victim and disposing his body in the Patoka river
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Chester
Ill
Jesse Lucas
Menard
George R. Pond
Decker
Ind
Clyde Showalter
Lucas
Illinois Board of Pardons and Paroles
T. B. Wright
Mt. Car
Mel
Inl
Showalter
Patoka
Reformatory
Enmity Among Collings Case Investigators Flares Up
Long Island murder of Benjamin P. Collings remains unsolved as autopsy doctor Otto H. Schultze refuses to disclose full findings. He cites potential hindrance to justice after reading six symbols and attributing death to drowning. He questions the investigation’s handling and refuses to discuss blows on the victim’s head. The inquest scene reveals a rift between medical and prosecutorial sides.
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Huntington
N. Y
Benjamin P. Collings
Long Island Sound
Otto H. Schultze
Collings
Schultze
Suffolk County
New York County
Long Island Bay
Akron Airship Akron Makes Fourth Test Flight
The U S S Akron lifted off at 10 44 a m for its fourth test flight from Akron airport after a night return to the mooring mast. Ground crew prepared for relanding at 5 30 p m and the flight would test turning radius with six turns planned over a six hour period.
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Akron
Suit to break Ella Wendel will over undue influence
Rosa Dow Stansbury of Mississippi and Samuel Untermyer sue in U S district court to invalidate Ella Wendel's will leaving most of the estate to charity. They claim Ross and partners abused power of attorney and barred relatives, pledging a New York estate valued at about 49 million dollars and total holdings over 75 million. In New Orleans a nephew plots a boxing career while awaiting possible 50 million windfall.
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Wendel
Raleigh
New York
Ella Wendel
U. S. District Court Today
Arthur Garfield Hays
Samuel Untermyer
Rosa Dew Stansbury
Vicksburg
Miss
Miss Stansbury
Miss Wendel
Methodist Church
Westchester County
Charles G. Ross
George Stanley Shirk
Ross
New Orleans
Rosa Dow Stansbury
Charlie Barbaret
Chill Winds Signal Autumn Across Dixie
Chilly winds swept the south over the weekend signaling autumn. Temperatures dropped from near 90 previously to 50s in the North Carolina mountains and 50s to 72 in Florida and Georgia. Atlanta temps fell to 52 with other cities ranging from 55 to 71. Merchants welcomed cooler weather as a boost to fall buying and business activity.
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Mercury
Asheville
North Carolina Mountains
Jacksonville
Fla
South
Stevens replies to Wilson over Legion meet charge
President Hoover may address the Legion’s Armistice Day meeting in Washington after Henry Stevens Jr. invited him. Stevens defends the Detroit convention as sober, disputes Wilson’s claim of a drunken orgy, and says the country should decide the 18th Amendment issue.
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Wilson
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Washington
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
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Legion
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N. C
White House
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Prohibition, Temperance and Public Morals
Kansas City
Detroit
First Baptist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Newberry South Carolina marked the 100th anniversary of the First Baptist church yesterday with commemorations in the parish. The milestone recalls the church’s founding and its role in the town over the past century.
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Newberry
First Baptist Church
Church Divided On Status 10 Be Given Divorces
Denver Sept 28 The General Convention bishops consider divorce canon a issue. The house of bishops rejects the deputies plan to recognize remarried divorced persons under church approval. The bishop committee favors forbidding remarriage recognition except when preexisting impediments existed before ceremony. Rev G Floyd Rogers from Asheville pushes federal film board action to raise film morals.
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Col
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
General Convention
House of
Committee On Canons
Committee of the
G. Floyd Rogers
Asheville
N. C
Church
Federal Board For
Deputies For Action
Reed Med Western Candidate Favored by Ham Lewis
U S senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois predicts the next Democratic nominee will come from the West and rates Missouri's James A Reed as a strong possibility. He cites Reed's broad support in Illinois and potential western strength as pivotal for a national ticket.
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Kansas City
J. Hamilton Lewis
U. S
Illinois
West
James 4. Reed
Missouri
Lewis
New York
Grant
Colfax
Indiana
Hoover
California
Curtis
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Reed
United States Senate
Cooperation for Recovery of Europe Parley’s Goal
Premier Laval and Foreign Minister Briand meet with Von to form a Franco German economic commission. The plan calls for a joint body with government, business, and labor leaders from both nations, a permanent secretariat in either Germany or France, and immediate work to boost cooperation without raising tariff barriers or targeting other countries. The aim is to restore confidence and dispose of German and French products cooperatively.
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Germany
France
Berlin
Presi
Flays Proposed Modification Of Prohibition Law
Secretary of State James A Hartness in Raleigh cites strong prohibition support yet depressingly warns against wine and beer reintroduction. He says past liquor abuse on every street corner caused suffering and fears automobiles would worsen death and destruction if prohibition ends.
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Mr. Hartness
Hartness
Summons Served On Hendren In Alienation Suit
GOLDSBORO Sept 28 The summons in George C Southerland s $150 000 suit against State Senator W N Hendren of Winston Salem charging alienation of Southerland s wife s affections was served in Winston Salem The defendant has 30 days to reply Southerland is a localman whose wife was a clerk during the last session of the general assembly
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Goldsboro
George C. Southerland
W. N. Hendren
Winston-Salem
Hoover Returns to White House After Virginia Camp
President Hoover came back to the White House from Camp Hoover in Virginia after a weekend at the mountain camp. He arrived in Washington this morning to resume duties following the trip.
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White House
Virginia Mountain
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