Kelley’s Nonsense Charge Sparks Resignation Letter
Rasephn S. Kelley of the General Land Office resigns, alleging political pressure by large oil interests against Secretary Wilbur. He claims Colorado oil lands reverts under mining law and cites efforts to secure titles for rights of the public. Interior officials seek forfeiture notices on over 11 million acres.
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Washington
Wilbur
Rasephn S. Kelley
General Land Office
Denver
Kelley
Hoover
Colorado
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Harry Sinclair
Interior Department
Department
Funeral for Representative Hammer Held in Asheboro
Funeral services for William C. Hammer longtime congressman from North Carolina seventh district were conducted at the Methodist Protestant church in Asheboro yesterday afternoon. Residents and attendees filled the church as mourners gathered to honor Hammer who served a decade in the U.S. House.
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Asheboro
William C. Hammer
North Carolina
Methodist Protestant
Representative Hammer
Randolph
Raleigh
Hammer
Asheboro &and
J. E. Pritchard
S. W. Taylor
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Tobacco relief commission studies proposed coop plan
The North Carolina tobacco relief commission reviewed an organization plan for a proposed state cooperative tobacco marketing body. Plans call for a non profit association to organize production warehousing processing and marketing to stabilize markets and assist growers under the agricultural marketing act. No final action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Tobacco Relief Commission
Leland Kitchin
Scotland Neck
Frank Page
Kitchin
J. R. Page
Commission
Large Increase In Savings In Business Report Laws
A Midwest and national survey led by Julius H. Barnes shows mixed gains and declines across sectors. Cheap money fuels funding despite overall lag, with increases in loans to governments and municipalities, rising savings, and stronger public construction offsetting private building drops.
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Washington
United States
Julius H. Barnes
Hoover
Bonds For 27000 Are Forfeited In Charter Court Fight
In Charlotte on September 29 the Mecklenburg superior court ordered the forfeiture of 27000 bonds posted for seven labor leaders convicted of second degree murder of Aderholt during June 1929 textile strike disorders. Attorney J Frank Flowers said he would carry the case to the state supreme court challenging service of bonds and irregularities. The seven defendants include Beal Milley Carter Harrison McGinnis McLaughlin and Hendricks, with bonds ranging from 2900 to 2590 each. several were reported abroad. The Civil Liberties Union appeared by court order.
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The
Civil Liberties Union
John G. Carpenter
Walter Moore
Flowers
Supreme Court
Moore
J. Frank Flowers
American Civil Liberties Union
Walter E. Moore
Fred Erwin Beal
Lawrence
Mass
Clarence Milley
Brooklyn
N. Y
George Carter
Mazpah
N. J
Joseph Harrison
Passaic
W. W. McGinnis
Louis McLaughlin
K. Y. Hendricks
Gastonia
Aderholt
State Supreme Court
Beal
Miller
Carter
Berlin
New York Times
Communist Party
Ir Russia
Charlotte
Wagner Invites Tammany's Wrath at New York Rally
United States Senator Robert F. Wagner as temporary chairman at the New York Democratic rate convention condemned anyone gaining office by dishonest means. He cited the NYC judicial probe and warned against corruption within the party. He voiced concern over national issues including farm relief tariff policy tax cuts foreign trade and unemployment.
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Syracuse
N. Y
United States
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Democratic Rate
New York City
Wagner
Washington
Thieves Enter Warsaw Argolis Store Sat Night
Warsaw officials search for burglars who broke into the N Y Argolis store on Saturday night and carried off clothing valued at two dollars.
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Warsaw
N.y.argolis
Tuo
Schenck Overrules Dismissal Request in Davis Appeal
Judge Michael Schenck in Guilford Superior Court overruled a motion to dismiss the Davis appeal in the Davis Johnson election case. The case proceeds to the state supreme court with a hearing set for October 2. Bouldin attorneys argued noncompliance by Mr. Davis’s lawyers.
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Schenck
W. A. Davis
D. L. Bouldin
Davis-Johnson
Michael Schenck
Guilford Superior Court
State Supreme Court
C. L. Shuping
Thomas
Bunnell Defends Soviet Wheat Deal Before Congress
Chicago board of trade president John A. Bunnell told a special congressional committee that Russian short selling on the Chicago exchange was a hedging operation, not a gamble. He said the 7,500,000 bushels sold in three days was not a heavy transaction and noted no rules barred foreign nations from trading on the exchange.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
John A. Bunnell
Chicago Board of Trade
Special
Congressional Committee
Chicago Exchange
Bunnell
John F. Nelson
Maine
Nelson
Edward E. Eslick
Tennessee
Town's Only Rail Line Faces Sale Under Court Order
Jackson North Carolina, Sept 29. The Carolina and Northeastern, the town's only railroad, will be sold under a court order after the company entered receivership.
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Jackson
N. C
Carolina and Northeastern
Andree Party Remains Landed At Copenhagen
Remains of Salomon August Andree and his two companions, who perished during the 1897 polar balloon crossing attempt, arrived today at Elsinore aboard the Swedish gunboat Sevenskund after their bodies were recovered.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Salomon August Andree
North Pole
Elsinore
Sevenskund
Gun Fight Leaves Indian Dead In Robeson County
In Robeson County near Evergreen church Wesley Lowry was killed and Luther Locklear jailed after a gunfight. Lowry allegedly went to Locklear’s home with a pistol. Locklear fired twice with a shotgun. A coroner’s inquest was scheduled.
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Lumberton
Wesley Lowry
Luther Locklear
Lowry
Locklear
Evergreen Church
Robeson’ County
Illinois Methodists Urge Drys To Vote In Dry Law Referendum
The Methodist board of temperance and morals reports the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church urges prohibitionists to participate in the Illinois referendum on prohibition. It calls the referendum unfair and notes risks of corruption, urging drys to vote while acknowledging possible illegality.
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Illinois
Methodists
Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Cicero
al Capone
Cones Mills Criticized Over Union Employee Firings
Rabbi Edward L. Israel of Baltimore and Worth M. Tippy of New York urged Greensboro ministers to press Cone Mills to rehire workers discharged for union activity. They condemned alleged spying and other mill conditions and called for protests via newspapers if laborers are refused reemployment.
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Greensboro
N. C
Cone Mills
Greensboro Ministerial Association
Edward L. Israel
Baltimore
Worth M. Tippy
New York
Spruill Declines Support for Lambeth in Seventh District
Solicitor J. Frank Spruill said he is not a candidate for the seventh district seat following the death of Representative William C. Hamm. He stated he did not back Walter Lambeth of Thomasville for the position and dismissed suggestions he favored Lambeth.
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Greensboro
N. C
J. Frank Spruill
William C. Hamm
Spruill
Walter Lambeth
Thomasville
Little Hope For Judge J. L. Webb Recovery
In Shelby North Carolina on September 29 physicians offered slight hope for the recovery of Judge James L. Webb senior superior court jurist as he grew weaker. Governor and Mrs. O Max Gardner and Judge Webb’s daughter have stayed at his bedside in recent days.
Wife and Paramour Blamed For Hubby's Death In Explosion
Akron officials say Clar ence R. Barnes a 43 year old roofing salesman died in a dynamite blast last Tuesday. His wife 27 and Marshall W. Corneil 48 rooming with the Barnes are to be arraigned on first degree murder charges blamed for planning the death to collect Barnes life insurance.
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Akron, CO
Clarence R. Barnes
Akron
Summit County
Barnes
Marshall W. Corneil
Soviet Exonerated of Any Attempt To Depress Grain
The Soviet Russian government was cleared by two Chicago Board of Trade readers of trying to depress wheat prices via short selling. President John A. Bunnell told a congressional committee the 7,500,000 bushels sold were hedging and not heavy.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
John A. Bunnell
Congressional Committee
Walker Cup Sent To Champ For His Trophy Collection
Robert T. Jones Jr. will hold five golf cups for the next year instead of four as the United States Golf Association awarded him the Walker Cup. Jones, captain of the last two Walker Cup teams, already possessed other national championship emblems. the cup was shipped to Atlanta today.
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New York
Robert T. Jones, Jr
United States Golf Association
Jones
Atlanta
Danville Textile Workers Strike Locks Gates at Two Mills
Four thousand textile mill operatives in Danville Virginia walked out and locked the gates of Dan River and Riverside mills. Leaders of the United Textile Workers of America ordered the strike after failed conciliation with state and federal agents. Mills president H R Fitzgerald said mills would stay closed until loyal workers are identified. WTU spokesman W R Gaylord said the walkout cites a ten percent wage cut and alleged stretch-out practices, and demands union recognition.
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Danville
Dan River
Riverside
United Textile Workers of America
H. R. Fitzgerald
Mills
Charlotteville
W. R. Gaylord
Labor Banner
Six Large Radio Stations Sought
Six radio station owners in the southern United States asked the FCC for permission to expand from 500 watts to 50 000 watts. Only two unassigned channels remained in their zone, with hearings starting today and no quick decision. Applicants include WAPI Birmingham WSM Nashville WSB Atlanta WBT Charlotte KVOO Tulsa and WREC Memphis.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Radio Act
WFAA
Dallas
WBAP
Fort Worth
WOAI
San Antonio
WAPI
Alabama
Polytechnic Institute
Birmingham
WSM
National Life and Accident Insurance Company
Nashville
WSB
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta
WBT, Incorporated
Charlotte
KVOO
Southwestern Sales Corporation
Tulsa
Wrec, Incorporated
Memphis
Man Who Fired First American Gun in World War Dies
Brigadier General William P. Burnham who fired the first American gun in the war is dead. He commanded the 82nd Division overseas.
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San Francisco
William P. Burnham
82Nd
Novelist William Pett Ridge Dies in England
English novelist William Pett Ridge died in London today at age. His notable works include A Clever Wife Nine to Six Thirty Madame Prince The Amazing Years and Affectionate Regards.
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Chrissehurst
Eng
William Pett Ridge
Pretty Charlotte Girl Missing In New York
Aileen Lanier an 18 year old student from Charlotte who studied library methods in New York has disappeared from her residence. Her father Mr I L Lanier reported several cryptic telegrams and a strange phone call preceding the disappearance. Messages sought money and secrecy, and a week later the father learned his daughter asked him to call a New York number. He heard her ask if her mother was dead before she said she would return home. Her brother found her at the home of Walter Upright, a friend, who said he had lent her money but had not seen her since September 13.
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Brookwood
Peachtree Street
Bobby
Emperor of the Links
Robert Tyre, III
Clara Malone
Interlachen
Charlotte
Aileen Lanier
New York
I. L. Lanier
Brooklyn
W. E. Shuford
North Wilkeshire
Aileen
Lanier
Lawrence Lanier
Walter Upright
Upright
U D C Convention Opens Raleigh Meeting
Several hundred women from across North Carolina are expected to attend the 34th annual North Carolina division United Daughters of the Confederacy convention in Raleigh. President General Mrs de Bashinsky of Troy Alabama will speak at the opening session. Messages of greeting from patriotic and civic organizations will be read. The convention closes Friday afternoon.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Nort Carolina
United Daughters of the Confederacy
de Bashinsky
Troy
Ala
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McLaughlin
Hendricks
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