Hoover to Answer Census Questions at White House
President Hoover will be asked the standard census questions during an Alexandria Washington event as census superintendent Moran visits the White House at 1 p.m. to enumerate the family. Moran questions how to record if the Hoover home is owned or rented. The official line is that answers will be confidential though press access may be allowed.
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Washington
Hoover
Lulu Dow
Moran
White House
Hoovers
President Hoover
United State
Allen
Harvard University
Isaac Hoover
Steuart
Census Bureau
Judge Sinclair silent after whiskey found in bag incident
Williamston report says no official finding yet on whiskey found in Judge N A Sinclair’s traveling bag during a Prohibition search. C S Coats, the agent, declined comment and met with H V Andrews. Judge Sinclair issued no statement and kept silent on potential action regarding Williamston man Everett who claimed to have placed the whiskey.
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Sinclair
Williamston
Wilson
N. A. Sinclair
North Carolina
Euperior Court
Federal District Prohibition
C. S. Coats
Sanford
William H. Everett
Everett
Druggist Unveils New Headache Relief Mix
A North Carolina druggist proposes a three minute combination of several ingredients labeled B C, aimed at immediate, complete relief for headaches and other pains. It claims to quiet nerves without depression and is sold at drug stores or soda fountains for 10c or 25c with a guarantee of harmless effects.
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North Carolina
Federal Census To Be Started Here Tomorrow
A force of 20 enumerators will begin work here tomorrow on the Federal census conducted every 10 years. Local citizens are asked to cooperate and answer frankly the questions. The census will reveal exact numbers, ages, occupations, nationalities, birthplaces, marital status, and parentage of residents. Enumerators are expected to work here for at least two weeks.
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High Point
Dague Convicted in Murder Case
Walter Glenn Dague, former Wheeling automobile salesman, was convicted of the December 27 killing of Pennsylvania highway patrol Corporal Brady Paul. In the same courtroom, Irene Schroeder was also found guilty of first degree murder with death penalty recommendation. Paul was shot during a traffic stop after a Butler store hold-up. Private Ernest Moore was wounded.
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New Castle
Walter Glenn Dague
Wheeling
W. Va
Brady Paul
Pennsylvania Highway Patrol
Irene Schroeder
Tax Talks on Public Service Costs and Special Session
Delegates debate public service costs in North Carolina reaching about 100 million dollars, more than state industry net income and crop values. Larry Moore urges governor to convene a special session to study tax questions, while Glenn Reversz backs county surveys and rejects an immediate session.
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Maxwell
North Carolina
Larry I. Moore
New Bern
Glenn
J. Frazier Glenn
Buncombe County Association For Property
North Carolina Tax Relief Group Forms At Raleigh Meeting
A two day Raleigh conference ends with the North Carolina Tax Relief Association nearly complete and outlining remedies. The group aims to press the 1931 legislature on school term support road and bridge maintenance tax relief land valuation reform and a pledge from candidates. Governor Gardner warns land taxes are high but notes overall revenue needs and a growing deficit.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Tax Relief Association
Buncombe County Association For
General Assembly
O. Max Gardner
Assembly
State Assembly Debates Tax Proposals And Expenditures
The assembly heard morning and afternoon briefings on current state conditions and debated sales tax, a higher income tax, and stricter government expenditure controls while a resolutions committee that adopted other measures did not include a sales tax and called for further study.
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Resolutions Committee
Action on Norris Resolution Soon in Senate
Senator Watson predicts disposition of the Norris resolution for government operation of the Muscle Shoals nitrate and power plant within two to three days after it is laid before the Senate. Norris agrees to immediate consideration to clear routine tariff debate backlog as House leaders offer no assurance of action this session. Senator Tydings will be allowed to oppose prohibition in a later speech.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Norris
Nebraska
Watsor
Norris Muscle Shoals
House
Tydings
Maryland
Greek Artist Seeks 10000 Per Slap in Damage Suit
Nicholas Economos, Greek artist, sues Peter Moscores for 10000 per slap after a churchyard incident. Economos says Moscores struck him first on the left cheek then on the right in front of a church last Sunday. He states witnesses saw the humiliation and offers to give any award to the church.
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Chicago
Nicholas Economos
Peter Moscores
Moscores
Economos
Schoenhair Heads to Miami With Antarctic Pictures
Leo Schoenhair piloting the Miss Silvertown carried Byrd expedition photos for Associated Press New York Times and Paramount News. He passed Cozumel Island at 11 15 a m and expected to reach Miami between 1 and 2 p m on the Balboa to New York leg.
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Miami
Fla
Leo Schoenhair
Mrs. Sarah Jane Matthews Dies at Son's Home
Mrs. Sarah Jane Matthews 76 wife of the late J H Matthews of Wilkesbarre Pa died today at noon at her son T H Matthews 308 Coltrane Street where she had lived since her husband's death. She leaves one son and six grandchildren Olin Louise Jennings Ernest Wilma Ruth Matthews all of this city. Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon at Abbotts Creek Baptist church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Sarah Jane Matthews
J. H. Matthews
Wilkesbarre
T. H. Matthews
Coltrane Street
T. Olin Matthews
Louise Matthews
Jennings Matthews
Ernest Matthews
Wilma Matthews
Ruth Matthews
Abbotts Creek Baptist Church
A. Martin Returns From Government Hospital
A. Martin, a local painter and decorator, has returned from the U. S. Veterans hospital in Washington, D. C., after receiving treatment for World War I wounds.
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A. Martin
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Washington, D. C
Cosima Wagner Dies in Germany at 92
Frau Cosima Wagner widow of Richard Wagner and daughter of Franz Liszt dies at 92 in Bayreuth Germany. Her death ends a long line of celebrated composers and links to the Wagner family legacy.
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Cosima Wagner
Germany
Bayreuth
Richard Wagner
Franz Liszt
Tydings Seeks Reversal of Prohibition Policy in Senate
Senator Tydings, Democrat of Maryland, reopens the prohibition debate on the senate floor with statistics he says prove the law a failure. He cites arrests for drunkenness in 385 cities, alcohol deaths, prohibition violations, prison populations, and a fiscal tally of federal spending on beer wine and spirits from 1914 to 1929.
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Maryland
Senate
Washington
Tydings
Chi
Cago
United States
Tickets on sale for Blaze o' 6 Glory at American Theater
Parent-Teacher Association members sell tickets today and tomorrow between 7 and 8 pm to support a pre-school clinic in city schools. Utopian Study Club meets tomorrow at 3 39 at Mrs W B Thomas's Colonial Drive home. Mrs F L Brwon is ill at 01 Carr Street.
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American Theater
Utopian Club
Utopian Study Club
W. B. Thomas
Colonial Drive
F. L. Brwon
Carr Street
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