Textile worker murder trial moved to Mecklenburg County
Sixteen workers are charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Chief of Police Wderhill near Loray Mill strikers camp. The trial was moved from Gastonia to Mecklenburg County for a fairer proceeding. Governor Gardens may call a special term. regular term begins August 20. Four officers wounded in the June 7 incident. indictments also include assault with intent to kill and other charges against men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
N. C
Stile Workers Union
F. Aderholt
Mecklenburg County
M. W. Barnhill
Charlotte
Mecklenbure
John G. Carpenter
Wderhill
Loray Mill
Manville-Jonckes Company
Graf Zeppelin to sail dawn tomorrow amid weather delays
German weather reports predicted a postponement of the Graf Zeppelin trans Atlantic flight from Friedrichshafen. The stormy forecast could force the giant dirigible to remain in its hangar, delaying plans for the New York bound voyage and risking the participation of American traveler Henry J. Pierce and his wife.
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Friedrichshafen
Henry J. Pierce
New York
Poincare to Be Operated On At Week’s End
Paris July 31 AP The preliminary operation on Raymond Poincare who has just retired as French premier was postponed until the end of the week when doctors hope his condition will be right for the procedure. The operation had been set for play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Raymond Poincare
Weather Outlook Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy and cooler in Tennessee with partly cloudy to locally thundery tonight through Thursday and little temperature change. Virginia shows fair tonight, partly cloudy Thursday with possible afternoon thundershowers, then cooler by Friday with light southwest winds. Continuous warmth and gradual cooling are noted. rainfall and yesterday's highs and lows are listed but unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
Mass Marketing for Farmer Goal of Federal Board
The Federal Farm Board reviews a plan for half a dozen giant farmer owned coops to market principal agricultural commodities. The program aims to avoid open market stabilization and rely on cooperative marketing to boost farm prosperity. Sam R. McKelvie joins as spokesman for wheat and coarse grains. development will take time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Z. Henle
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Farm Board
United States
Scover
Farm Board
Sam R. MecKelvie
Nebraska
Sweeping Change Planned in Diplomatic Service
President Hoover and Secretary Stimson plan a major reshuffle of the diplomatic corps with few holdovers from Calvin Coolidge era. Henry P. Fletcher will retire as ambassador to Italy and a successor has been chosen. Alanson B. Houghton already replaced in London by Charles Gates Dawes. Several other ambassadors are resigning or being reassigned, with names withheld for now. Joseph G. Grew’s status remains unconfirmed, while some ambassadors have been asked to remain in place.
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Washington
Hoover
Stimson
Calvin Coolidge
Alanson B. Houghton
London
Charles Gates Dawes
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Fletcher
Jacob Gould Schurman
New York
Germany
Ogden H. Hammond
New Jersey
Spain
William $. Culbertson
Kansas
Chile
Alexander P. Moore
Pennsylvania
Peru
Noble Brandon Judah
Illinois
Cuba
Charles MacVeagh
Japan
Walter F. Edge
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
France
Joseph G. Grew
Turkey
Mr. Grew
State Department
Geveral
United States
Walker Edge
Borrow
Mexico
John N. Willys
Toledo
Eugene Meyer
War Finance Corporation
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Thomas W. Larsent
House of Morgan
Rome
Madrid
Antiwar demonstrations trigger widespread fear across Europe
Reports from London date July 31 AP describe governments from Paris to Helsinki tightening controls as preparations for communist antiwar demonstrations unfold. Police and troops guard embassies, with hundreds arrested in several cities. Authorities anticipate protests August first, aiming to preempt disorder and protect public buildings.
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London
Europe
Moscow Third Internationale
Paris
Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
Ruhr
Vienna
Balkan
Athens
Sofia
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Zagreb
Jugo Slavia
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Philippopolis
Warsaw
Helsingfors
Finland
Shanghai
Far East
Great Britain
Lindberghs Escape Serious Crashes Twice in 12 Hours
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh narrowly avoided major harm during a transcontinental flight. In Newark their plane ground looped upon landing, damaging a wheel and wing tip but causing no injuries. Earlier in Columbus a tire failure caused a second ground loop, though the colonel steadied the craft after scraping a wing. The event coincided with news of his discovery last February of lost Maya ruins in Quintana Roo.
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Newark
N. AL
Charles A. Lindbergh
Columbus
Ohio
Lindberghs
Transcontinental Air Transport
Pan-American Airways
Lindbergh
Havana
Miami
Panama
Quintana Roo
Central America
Prison mixup lands man in North Dakota penitentiary
Henry Tracy awoke to find himself incarcerated in the North Dakota state penitentiary after drifting into an empty box car in local yards. He claimed innocence, but prison records supported the warden, and he was allowed to explain his plight. The box car, loaded with twine, had been switched into the yard while he slept.
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Bismarch
N. D
Henry Tracy
North Dakota
Tracy
Heat wave grips nation as temps fall across regions
After five days of extreme heat most areas saw some relief overnight. Bismarck North Dakota fell from 102 to 64 with cooling breezes noted in New England, while Oklahoma City reached 100 and New York City recorded 60s. Pacific coast remained mild with San Francisco 62.
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New York
New England
Bismarck
N. C
Oklahoma City
New York City
Mercury
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Chicago
Kansas City
Cleveland
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
Canadian
Gulf
North Dakota
Young Reynolds Guilty In London Court Five Months
Richard Joshua Reynolds American heir to the Reynolds tobacco family was found guilty of manslaughter in the Old Bailey case arising from a May accident that killed motorcyclist Arthur Graham. Sentenced to five months in prison without hard labor, the wealthy Winston-Salem native faced a judge who urged equal treatment regardless of wealth or nationality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich Young
London
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco
Wig
Old Bailey Court
Humphreys
England
Reynolds
Winston Salem
N. C
Old Bailey
Arthur Graham
Bath Road
Hurley
Reynalds
St Louis Fliers Return After Record Flight and Funeral Attendance
Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brine land the St Louis Robin at Lambert Field after surpassing the previous sustained flight record by over a week. They log 420 hours 21 12 minutes as thousands gather amid rain to honor George Lea Lambert killed earlier.
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ST. Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest O’brine
Lambert-St. Louis Field
George Lea Lamber
Jackson
O'Brine
Gurtis-Robertson Company
Om ‘Page
Fouey
Young Edison scholarship hopefuls tested in East Orange
Forty nine anxious youths from 43 states and the District of Columbia, aged 15 to 21, faced a lengthy Edison questionnaire to win a four year free tuition scholarship in technical schools. The winner will be chosen Friday by judges including Henry Ford and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
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East Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Columbia
Edison
Thomas A. Fdizon
Henry Ford
Charles A. Lindbergh
8. W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lewis Perry
Phillips Exeter Rcad
Vestris Sinking Blamed on Overload and Delayed SOS
London AP July 21 The Lamport and Holt liner Vestris was overloaded on the Hoboken departure last November and unfit for the voyage, resulting in 112 deaths. The inquiry found misordered lifeboats and a delayed SOS by Captain Carey, with blame assigned to Cook Wheeler and A Tey for wrongful acts. The chief engineer and Lamport and Holt were cleared of fault.
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London
Lamport and
Holtliner Vestris
Hoboken
Board of Trade
Mr. Woods
Lemport
Holt
David Cook
New York
Harry Wheeler
William Heasley
Frank Johnson
Vestris
Carey
Messrs Lamport
Messrs
Cook
Wheeler
A Tey
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St.louis
Barnhill
Mecklenberg County
Coubt
Textile Workers Union
Zeppelin
Ger
America
Goal OF
Federal Board
Coolidge
James L. West
Anociated Press
Robert Wood Bliss
Washington, D D. C
Buenos Aires
Hugh S. Gibson
California
Brussels
Edwin V. Morgan
Rio de Janeiro
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico City
Mr. Bliss
Mr. Gibson
Col
Robin
Endurance
Dale Jackson
Forest O
London Board of Trade
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