Asheville Downs Pointers 10 7 in Lengthy Afternoon Tilt
Asheville improves to 2-0 in the series with a 10 to 7 victory over High Point at McCormick field. Al Greene belts a bases loaded double and drives in four, while Tipps adds three hits and runs. John Allen earns the win for Asheville despite command issues. McRae takes the loss.
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Asheville
McCormick Field
High Point Club
Piedmont Loop
al Greene
Bobby Hipps
Bud Shaney
John Allen
Mitchell
Greene
English
Paiment
Ellerbe
Hipps
Malonee
Moore
Williama Baird
Williams
Keyes
Denning
Vaiment
Tashjian
Young
McRae
Baird
Finglish
High Point
Harris
Jones
Allen
Shaney
James
Clodfelter
Tross
Po ‘ Taghjian
Hippes
Fcore
High Point Asheville Oon
Atlantic and Yadkin Receiver Case Seeks State Involvement
State excluded by lower courts from joining Southern's bid for a receiver. The brief accuses the Southern of mismanaging open indebtedness against the Atlantic and Yadkin, noting the line has earned a profit under receivers and will fetch far more than its outstanding debts at public auction.
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Southern
Atlantic
Yadkin
Rail routes clash with Southern purchase in North Carolina
Described as a 160 mile track spanning Mount Airy to Sanford the proposed line would cross major railways including the Southern Atlantic Coast Line and others. The brief calls it a direct competition of the Southern and argues court approval of the sale would violate North Carolina law.
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Mount Airy
Sanford
Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk & Southern Railways
North Carolina
Loray Mills Strike Quietly Grows in Gastonia Carolinas
The National Textile Workers Union calls a first strike at Loray Mills in Gastonia with 75 percent day shift and half night shift, demanding a forty hour week union recognition a $20 weekly minimum wage and better working conditions. Leaders Fred Beal L M Dawson George Pershing and James G Davis arrive as guards increase and leaflets circulate to counter strike messaging.
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Duce
National Textile Workers Union
theLoray Mills
Fred Erwin Beal
Bea
L. M. Dawson
New England
George Pershing
Daily Worker
New York
James G. Davis
J. A. Bauch
Loray Mills
Gastonia
Laray
Carolinas
N. Y
Greenville
S. C
National Textile Workers’ Union
Oper
South
J. A. Baugh
Beal
Workers Walkout Halts Buffalo Mills Amid Labor Dispute
Seven hundred workers joined a walkout. Buffalo mills managers refused to end the stretch over system and told workers to return or leave. Mill idle since Monday night with 500 workers out. Greenville talks planned between Brandon Corp officials, employee committees, and U S labor conciliator Charles C Wood. No riots have occurred so far.
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Bangi
Union
D. C
Buffalo Mills
Greenville
Brandon Corporation
Committees of
Charles C. Wood
United States Department of Labor
Lindbergh Visits Mexico City Amid Privacy Dismissal
Colonel Lindbergh arrives in Mexico City for a quiet visit with Miss Anne Morrow. Embassy officials say the trip aims for discretion, with possible wedding date announcement during the stay.
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Cuernavaca
Morejoo
Lindbergh
Ambassador Morrow
Miss Anne
Mexico City
Brownsville
Valbuena Field
Miss Morrow
Anne
Col House Resting After Bladder Tumor Operation
Col Edward M. House advisor to President Wilson rests comfortably in a private hospital after removal of a bladder tumor. The Harbor Sanitarium surgery lasted about one hour and forty five minutes with spinal anaesthesia. House conversed with surgeons during the procedure and followed the operation as anesthesia waned.
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New York
Edward M. House
Wilson
Harbor Sanitarium
Colonel House
Southern Airways Association Formed to Promote Aerial Highway
The Southern Airways Association unites eight Gulf South states to push a trans continental air highway and airport development. J Ralston Cargill of Columbus was elected president and organized seven vice presidents from each state to form the executive committee. A route committee and secretariat were also named with sponsorship from Augusta Macon Columbus and Montgomery chambers of commerce.
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Columbus
Southern Airways Association
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
J. Ralston Cargill
John A. Park
Raleigh
North Carolina
L. B. Owens
Columbia
BR. OH. Daniel
Augusta
TY. J. Rowell
Selma
W. Hawkins
Jackson
Miseé
Travis Oliver
Monroe
Louisiana
A. P. Barrett
Fort Worth
Texas
Lincoln McConnell
Macon
N. C
R. EE. Seipels
Montgomery
Ala
O. KE
Carr
Chambers of Commerce of
Park Board Granted Eminent Domain Ruling
Raleigh April 3 The North Carolina Park Commission, affirmed as a state agency with power of eminent domain, won in a fight against a lumber company in condemnation proceedings. Ten opinions filed in the state supreme court include reversals and affirmations on various cases from Craven to Orange counties.
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State Supreme Court
Raleigh
North Carolina Park Commission
State
Supreme Court
The
Park Commission
Hyman
Broughton
Craven
New Trial
Gilliken
Norcom
Potter Vs
Railroad Company
Brunswick
Little Boy Hit by Car In Lexington Accident
Calvin Carrick six, son of Mr and Mrs J J Carrick of near South Lexington, sustained serious injuries when struck by a car on Cotton Grove road. Driver W M Shuford superintendent of the Junior Order orphans home, states the boy darted from behind a buggy into the road. doctors at David son hospital say two ribs were broken left chest bruised and a deep head laceration. The boy is expected to recover. Shuford distressed by the incident.
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Lexington
Calvin Carrick
J. J. Carrick
Davidson Hospital
Carrick
Cotton Grove Road
W. M. Shusford
Junior Order Orphans Home
Campaign to repeal beer penalties shifts toward state action
In a tight vote the removal of penalties on making home brew nearly matched the repeal of the entire act. The wets urged state repeal to place enforcement with the federal government, citing Montana New York and Nevada. Dry forces backed federal enforcement and Republicans urged support for President Hoover as the state elected Republican nominees in November.
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Montana
New York
Nevada
Anti-Saloon League
National Prohibition Party
Hoover
Thompson Forces Win Nine of Eleven Alderman Seats
Chicago voters returned Mayor Big Bill Thompson’s allies to a controlling city council post Yesterday’s nine of eleven aldermanic wins plus the February victory gives Thompson backers 36 of 50 seats. The election was mild with only one reported incident a police slugging near a polling place.
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Thompson Forces
Chicago
Big Bill” Thompson
America First
William Hawke
State's Attorney's Office
Adams Buys American Express Holdings in Express Company
New York April 3 Adams Express company has purchased the holdings of the American Express company in the American Railway Express company and the transaction was announced today.
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Adams
American Express
New York
Adams Express Company
American Express Company
American Railway Express Company
Hyde outlines farm relief policy ahead of senate vote
Secretary Hyde urged a policy mix including tariff reforms on farm products inland waterways freight cuts and federal market support through a farm board as the basis for relief. He spoke from a prepared statement after a Hoover meeting and declined to present detailed legislation. Mrs Margaret Caldwell sister in law of A S Caldwell Jr died in a car train crash near Richmond. Doctor Eugene Caldwell editor was injured with multiple fractures in the same crash. A S and Mrs Caldwell left for Richmond.
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Wasitington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hyde
Hoover
Margaret
Miamian
Richmond
Fredericksburg & Potomac
Greendale
Caldwell
Couple Found Shot to Death in Auto near Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on April 3 E A Welch auditor of Gwynn Milling and Eleanor Porter a stenographer were shot to death in a car near New Albany. Authorities believe Welch killed Porter then shot himself. The car stopped on the road with two bullet holes in the windows. Porter was shot in the chest and head. Welch died from a head wound.
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Columbus, CO
E. A. Welch
Gwynn Milling Company
Eleanor Porter
New Albany
Welsh
Porter
Texas Size Compared to Rhode Island Phrase
A claim compares state sizes noting that it would take 213 Rhode Island sized units to equal Texas, illustrating relative area.
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Rhode Island
Texas
Plane crash near Genoa injures none of crew or passengers
A passenger plane of Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, crashed during a forced landing near Genoa, Italy, but none of the pilot or six passengers were hurt. The article also notes the Wilkes Antarctic expedition report and high cost, along with Atlantic wireless telephone calls in 1927 and 1928.
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Genoa
Italy
van Lear Bilack
Baltimore
Rome
Paris
Here
Mr. Black
Antarctic
U. S
Atlantic
Prohibition Referendum Shifts in Wisconsin Counties
Reported results show mixed votes on modifying the Volstead act and repealing the state prohibition enforcement act. Milwaukee County led with a 5-1 repeal margin, while five counties including Bayfield and Eau Claire shifted to oppose repeal. Rural areas remained mostly dry, sustaining a large wet majority overall.
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Bayfield
Eau Claire
Juneau
Monroe
Trempeleau
Milwaukee County
Dny
Milwaukee
Anoir
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