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Newspaper
Lincoln Times
Location
Lincolnton, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1936
Page
1
The Jeffersonians signal support for a Republican candidate for the national executive, aiming to rally party members and voters for the coming election. The move aligns with party strategy to back a unified ticket and bolster campaign momentum nationwide.
In Detroit on August 8 a Democratic anti new dealers conference formed a committee led by Joseph B. Ely to draft views after southern opposition to endorsing Governor Landon. Other members included Henry Breckinridge and Joseph W. Bailey. The group backed Landon and rejected a constitutional Jeffersonian party option as impractical.
In Asheville on a Thursday, Justice of the Peace Alex Digges officiated a marriage between his former wife Dorothy Digges of Swannanoa road and J. E. Morrell of Kingsport Tennessee in his office.
Miss Ruth Ferguson of Brooklyn New York began her first roller-coaster ride with a scream but her jaws locked. A doctor needed twenty minutes to snap her jaw back into place.
Washington August 8. The drouth in the interior this year is measurably more severe than any other in the climatological history of the country, according to the weekly crop report summary issued by the United States weather bureau.
Dr Will S Long of Graham to preside over the North Carolina Firemen’s Association convention in Raleigh from August 10 to 13. Long, president of the association, is reportedly the first volunteer department member to hold the post.
Selby Maxwell, famed for predicting last winter's heavy snow and this summer’s drought months ahead, said today a wave of floods would soon develop in the United States. He forecast a long series of rains that would push rivers over their banks from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada, washing out the drought.
In Hyde Park New York August 8 Franklin Delano Roosevelt appears to be just another name to locals. Charles Taussig of the National Youth Administration pulled up to ask the President’s home and a laborer replied Roosevelt lives at Pocantico Hills. Taussig noted the man confused Roosevelt with John D. Rockefeller.
Chicago reports the Journal of the American Medical Association will publish findings by Drs. William N. Cline Jr and Jules V. Coleman from Grasslands hospital Valhalla New York. They describe a modified Steinbach treatment to dehydrate the brain via spinal drainage and limited water intake plus a sedative to end delirium tremens with a single application. They warn against tapering alcohol use in treatment, deeming it futile and harmful.
President Roosevelt plans a drought conference with Governor Alf Landon of Kansas as part of a midwest trip. Talks will include governors from Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma Missouri and a possible session in Iowa early next month. Landon pledges attendance if beneficial to Kansas and stresses state cooperation with federal relief efforts.
More than 400 officers and representatives will attend the annual convention of the State Council Junior Order United American Mechanics in Asheville August 18 19 at Battery Park Hotel headquarters Monroe Adams Statesville to end his term E L Gavin Sanford attorney to succeed him Ernest H Miller Asheville chairs arrangements Most NC counties have a council and officers will be elected with the 1937 convention city to be chosen Durham plans to bid for next year
Sheriff Brown announced the arrest of Martin Moore a 22 year old black hotel hall boy who confessed to killing New York University student Helen Clevenger in her Battery Park hotel room on July 15. He said robbery was the motive and that he struck her with a gun when she screamed.
Asheville police took 15 year old Gloria Elaine Carter of Washington D C into custody at a local hotel after a tip from a taxi driver. She had been missing since June 4 and was awaiting her father who was driving to Asheville. She refused to discuss her two months away.
Seattle Aug 7 Representative Marion A Zioncheck 34 plunges from Attic building window before bride. Coroner says likely self inflicted after leaving note about improving conditions of an unfair economic system. He fell after 6 pm as crowds watched amid a political campaign withdrawal and refiled candidacy.
Gaston county jury awards Mrs Pearl M George 7583.33 in a suit against George B Sorrels over the death of her husband John J George of Cherryville. John J George died in an auto train accident in 1932. Sorrels drove the car. Defendant's counsel filed notice of appeal to the supreme court.
Raleigh authorities report 86 license revocations in a single day as part of a continuing effort by the highway safety division. The day’s total raised the overall number of revocations since the law’s November start to 4,891, with most suspensions resulting from drunken driving convictions.
Mrs J L Craig former Lincolnton resident died at 7 PM at Mrs J W Cunningham home in Gastonia after paralysis and weeks of illness She was 44 and survived by husband a brother and three sisters Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 30 PM in Chesterfield South Carolina old home of her husband
President Roosevelt will spend about an hour and a half in Charlotte on September 10 for the Green Pastures Democratic Rally. He will arrive around 4 30 PM and depart by 6 PM with non partisan remarks planned at the new stadium and a parade portion of the program.
A cemetery cleaning is planned at Orebank Lutheran Church on Saturday August 15. Congregation members and friends with loved ones buried there are invited to help with the work.
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