American Delegation Plans Rapid Return From London Pact Talks
The American delegation tentatively planned to sail on the Leviathan April 22 as London whispers a three power United States Britain and Japan naval pact may be possible. Italy protested France’s security demands and parity with France while stressing disarmament talks in London.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
League
Dino Grandi
League of Nations
Girl Sees State's 100th Execution
John Buddie Macon of Warren County was electrocuted for the May killing of Special Officer Sam Pinell. He became the state’s 100th execution in the chair at the prison, dying ten minutes after entering the death chamber. Margie Green, the first woman seen at an execution in years, witnessed the event from outside. The warden denied her admittance, citing a law restricting women from the chamber. Macon claimed self defense and had previously admitted the 1912 killing but argued it was accidental.
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Raleigh
John
Macon
Warren County
State
Uriaan
Margie Green
Warrenton
Mise Green
St. Mary's School
Pinell
Supreme Court
Auto Crash Injures Three At City Intersection
Three people were injured and two cars demolished in a collision at the intersection of North Hamilton Street and Montlieu Avenue shortly before noon today.
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Hamilton Street
Montlieu Avenue
Vernon Bryant 5 Dead in Maryland Crash
Vernon Bryant 22 of High Point North Carolina died in a Havre de Grace hospital from a fractured skull believed caused by falling from a freight train. His death followed a collision on Montlieu and Hamilton streets involving a Ford sedan and a Ford grocery truck driven by James Lester. Police issued a warrant for Lester on reckless operation. Detectives Whitlow Smith and Hoover led the investigation with injuries reported for Ms Madeline Wilkins and Mr Mrs R E Wilkins. the crash damaged a telephone pole and led to hospital care in High Point.
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R. E. Wilkins
North Mendenhall Street
Greensboro
James Lester
Granby Street
Madeline Wilkins
Montlieu Avenue
Hamilton Street
Mise Wilkins
Lester
High Point Hospital
Whitlow, Smith
Hoover
Denies Party Activities And His Wet Work Mixed
Democratic National Committee Chairman testifies before a lobby committee denying party activities and describing his wet work mixed with political denials while senators express bitterness.
Jonas Praises Simmons For His Tariff Support
Newland North Carolina April 4 Congressman Charles A Jonas renominated by ninth district republican convention. In his acceptance he praised Senator F M Simmons for aid in securing a mica tariff. The session also elected H Clay Cox district chairman for two years and 12 members to the republican state executive committee with names listed for each county.
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Newland
N. C
Charles A. Jonas
F. M. Simmons
North Carolina
Jonas
Yancey
R. W. Wilson
Mary Settle Sharpe
Mecklenburg
John A. Isenhour
Catawba
Sixteen Cases of Partial Paralysis Reported in Gastonia
In Gastonia on April 4 sixteen new cases of partial paralysis were blamed on adulterated Jamaica ginger. The tally for Gaston county now stands at twenty cases as reported to county health officers from High Shoals.
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Gastonia
Jamaica
Pearman's Widow Seeks 200 000 in Suit Over Slaying
The widow and two children of William Robert Pearman of Columbia Missouri filed a civil suit in Bentonville Arkansas seeking 200000 damages against Dr Andrew J Bass a 55 year old retired dentist of Columbia charged with murder in an alleged insurance conspiracy related to Pearmans death near Gravette last Saturday.
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Bentonville
Ark
William Robert Pearman
Columbia
Gravette
Andrew J. Bass
Pearman
Labor placements rise as state jobless count falls
In March the federal state employment bureau placed 1 355 persons in North Carolina jobs including 600 women. Frank D Grist, labor commissioner, reported improvements after eastern Carolina survey and planned Piedmont visit. March placements by bureau: Asheville 251 Badin 21 Charlotte 246 Greensboro 211 Raleigh 170 Wilmington 250 Winston Salem 206.
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Raleigh
Frank D. Grist
Labor and Printing
Grist
North Carolina
Piedmont North Carolina
Asheville
Badin
Charlotte
Greensboro
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Casein tariff dispute stalls as conferees reach hurdle
Washington April 4 ap The tariff bill conferees settled 68 differences on rates in the chemical schedule but hit a snag over casein duties. The house rate of 2.5 cents per pound remained in the bill, while the senate proposed 5.5 cents. Garner vows daily speeches to explain the conference outcomes and press for immediate public disclosure of tariff decisions, while Smoot endorses swift announcement.
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Washington
Senate
House
Smoot
Representative Garner
Longworth
Nick
Garner
Hawks Fall From Glider After Cable Breaks
TERRE HAUTE Ind April 4 Breaking of the cable between the glider and tow plane forced Frank Hawks down four miles east of here after takeoff for Indianapolis during his trans continental flight.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Frank Hawks
Here
Indianapolis
World’s Wettest Wedding Dives Into Catalina Pool
Katie Wilson and J F Gat rick married beneath water in the Ambassdor pool on Santa Catalina Island. The Rev. Sheldon Shepard officiated as the couple, in diving gear with earphones, took their vows while spectators read the story on the pool surface. Four attendees assisted, while air pumps fueled the diving gear.
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Los Angeles
Katie Wilson
J. F. Gatrick
Santa Catalina Island
Ambassador Swimming Pool
Sheldon Shepard
First Universalist Church
Lohengrin
Raids Net Over 50 In Big Dry Cleanup Across Rowan
Federal prohibition agents led by Deputy Administrator J. Osteen raided Rowan Cabarrus Stanly and Davidson counties near Salisbury on April 4 arresting more than 50 liquor law violators. About 20 were taken in Rowan with similar numbers in the other counties and hearings were held in Lexington Albemarle Concord and Salisbury.
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Salisbury
Greensboro
Rowan
Cabarrus
Stanly
Davidson
Osteen
Lexington
Albemarle
Concord
Collett and Quier reach North South finals in golf
Glenna Collett national champion and Edith Quier Reading Pa advance to the North and South women’s golf final in Pinehurst. Collett defeats Maureen Orcutt 3 and 2 while Quier beats Helen Hicks 2 and 1 in semis.
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Miss Orcutt
Edith Quier
Pinehurst
Glenna Collett
Reading
Star
Miss Collett
Maureen Orcutt
Haworth
N. J
Miss Quier
Helen Hicks
Hewlett, L. I
Miss Quiet
Miss Hicks
Pee Te
Campbell testifies on merger pressures with Bethlehem Steel plan
James Campbell chairman of Youngstown Sheet and Tube testified in a deposition that he faced pressure to merge with Republic Iron and Steel, rejected the idea, and then negotiated a merger plan with Bethlehem Steel.
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Youngstown
Ohio
API
James \. Campbell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Five Robbers Loot Union Trust Bank in Ayton Hold-up
Five masked robbers armed with a machine gun held up five bank employees at the Union Trust company on Xenia avenue in Ayton and several customers. They looted the bank vault of nearly all cash and escaped with an estimated haul of 30 000 to 40 000 dollars.
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Ayton
Ohio
Xenia Avenue
Union Trust Company
Young High Point man dies in Havre de Grace accident
Vernon Bryant a High Point resident and son of Walter Lee Bryant died at a Md hospital from a fractured skull believed to have occurred when he fell from a freight train near Aiken. He had left for Boston last week seeking work and returned to High Point three months ago without finding employment. Funeral arrangements were being planned. He is survived by his wife Mary Loretta McDonald Bryant a son Albert William a year old his stepmother Eliza Jane Bryant and his brother Virgil. The family resides at 413 East Commerce Street.
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Havre DE Grace
Vernon Bryant
Commerce St
High Point
N. C
Aiken
Walter Lee Bryant
High Point Furniture Company
Bryant
Boston
Mary Loretta McDonald Bryant
Albert William
Eliza Jane Bryant
Virgil
East
Commerce Street
Former Policeman Faces Manslaughter Trial in Guilford
Dallas Stout, ex High Point policeman, goes on trial in Guilford superior court on a manslaughter charge for the March 10 1929 shooting death of George Harris. State contends no justification as Harris allegedly attacked after a first shot. Stout says Harris advanced with a knife.
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Greensboro
Dallas Stout
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
George Harris
Harris
Stout
Nationalists Move Against Northern Militarist Alliance
The Nationalist government in Nanking ordered war measures against the northern militarist alliance. Nanking's state council approved a mandate for the arrest and subjugation of General Yen Hsi-Shan, governor of Shansi and leader of the alliance.
Fe Against Government Operation of Muscle Shoals Sparks Seat Move
Senator Fe of Ohio, a Republican leader, is invited to switch to the Democratic side during a speech opposing government operation of Muscle Shoals. He frames freedom of speech and merit as key, while Senator Norris of Nebraska seeks unanimous consent to move his seat.
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Washington
Ohio
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Jefferson
Blease
South Carolina
Norris
Detroit Restaurateur Duped In Broadway Confidence Game
Detroit restaurateur Henry Elspas was swindled by four men who lured him into backing a fake Detroit betting syndicate. The scam netted $7,300 with a threatened $15,000 more, and police issued warrants for Robert Kohler Thomas Pendergass Frank Davie and an unnamed John Doe. Elspas connected the plot to a New York hotel rocketbook tip and a phony inside tip. He identified suspects in the rogues gallery as authorities closed in.
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Detroit
Broadway
Henry Elspas
Gotham
Elspas
102Nd Street
New York
Police Rogues
Robert Kohler
Thomas Pendergass
Frank Davie
John Doe
Senator Robinson to Quest Daniels Over Prohibition Editorial
Senator Robinson of Indiana on the senate lobby committee said he will ask Josephus Daniels of North Carolina to testify next Tuesday. The editorial in Daniels's newspaper condemns Chairman Raskob of the Democratic National Committee for contributing to the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.
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Washington
Robinson
Indiana
Senate Lobby Committee
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Navy
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Raskob Denies Prohibition Links to Democratic Chair Role
John J. Raskob testified before a Senate lobby committee that his work with the association against the prohibition amendment did not mix with his duties as Democratic National Committee chairman. He cited a $64,000 personal contribution over five years and maintained the party takes no stance on liquor policy beyond the national convention. The heated session included Robinson, Caraway, and Walsh, with McBride present, as Raskob faced questions on resignation and past attacks by Josephus Daniels.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Raskob
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Democratic National Committee
Raskoh
Association
Democratic Party
Raskob
Robinson
Indiana
Caraway
Walsh
Montana
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Daniels
Navy
Wilson
Rose Kolh
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
None of Gav'ments Business Enumerators Told
In Raleigh April 4 a Chatham County census enumerator reported a farmer refused to disclose age number of children farm ownership and birthplace saying it ain’t none of the guy’ments business. Supervisor T Claude Council warned warrants could be sworn out if refusals persist, though most district enumerators have had little trouble obtaining the information.
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Chatham
T. Claude Council
Wake
Harnett
Lee
Johnston
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OME
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Columbia University
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Tardieu
FESS
Elease
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