Textile Leaders Call Industry Disjointed As Hours Loom Large
Henry Kendall of Boston told the Atlantic Cotton Association in Augusta that the textile industry in the Carolinas and Paw Creek is disjointed and must fix policies or public opinion will act. He warned long mills hours create overproduction, curtailment, and weaker purchasing power, urging stronger merchandising and more research across all departments. The convention opened with hundreds of cotton merchants in attendance.
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Augusta
Henry Kendall
Boston
Mass
North
South Carolina
The
Atlantic Cotton Association Today
Kendall
South
Newberry
Edgefield
Camden
S. C
Paw Creek
End of London Naval Conference Signals Three Power Pact
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of State Stimson aiming for a three power U S Great Britain Japan naval pact with France and Italy to join later if five power talks founder. Delegations mark time awaiting France Briand Tardieu cabinet in Paris as London conference proceeds amid friction.
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Washington
Joseph P. Cotton
London
Stimson
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Stanmore
Briand
Paris
Tardieu
Bandits Pressing on Missionaries in Central China
Dispatches report bandits threatening Kiukiang in Kiangsi province as an American gunboat is ordered from Hankow to Kiukiang to safeguard missionaries. Villages near Sunkiang Kiangsu looted by 560 bandits who kidnapped 50 children. Communists surround Kan-chow Kiangsi trapping sixteen American Catholic missionaries.
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Shanghat
Kiukiang
Kiangsi
Yangtee
Hankow
China
Whiangev
Sunkiang
Kiangsu
Yangtse
Kanchow
Fire Hose Avenue Escape From Jail
Fire hose freed 14 Harris county jail inmates when they used two 20 foot lengths of a rose to tie a watchman and lower themselves from a seven story window to the ground in Houston. The incident occurred on April 7.
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Houston
Tex
Harris County
Wild Mary oil gusher finally brought under control
Oklahoma City reports the No 1 Wild Mary gusher in the South Oklahoma City field was capped after 11 days of uncontrolled flow averaging about 48 000 barrels daily and a gas surge of 200 million cubic feet. operations paused to prevent fire as engineers used a double die nipple and fantail mechanism to seal the casing.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Mary Sudik
Gunter Testifies in Own Defense in Murder Trial
Eugene Gunter, 18, on trial for first degree murder in Lee Superior Court in Sanford, took the stand in his own defense today. The state had closed its case Saturday. Bailey Hall, 12, and Jeesia Hall, 14, niece and daughter of the slain John W. Hall were principal witnesses for the state.
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Sanford
Eugene Gunter
Lee Superior Court
John W. Hall
Bailey Halil
Jeesia Hall
Big Steel Battle in Federal Court
In Cleveland on April 7 a federal injunction hearing began to block the Youngstown Sheet and Tube merger with Bethlehem Steel. B R Shover of Pittsburgh seeks to halt the stockholders meeting and voting, alleging insufficient information. Court action aims to prevent dissolution and merger completion.
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Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Clan Crawford
Arthur J. Tuttle
Detroit
B. R. Shover
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Sheet and Tube
Shover
Directory
Tar Heel Golfers Leading Tourney
North Carolina golfers led the first 18 hole qualifying round of the North and South amateur at Pinehurst North Carolina Kenan Smith of Raleigh posted 75 three over par as early leader while J W Bowman of Aberdeen shot 82 with a cliff wind making scores high The field of 164 amateurs teed off as another 18 holes of qualifying was set for tomorrow.
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Pinehurst
N. C
North Carolina
Kenan Smith
Raleigh
J. W. Bowman
Aberdeen
Hawks Completes Coast To Coast Glider Flight As Per Schedule
A. Captain Frank M. Hawks, holder of east and west transcontinental speed records, piloted a glider from San Diego to Van Cortlandt Park New York in six and a half days. The 3000 mile flight used a 500 foot tow and 18 hops with 36 hours of flying time. Army planes greeted Hawks at the finish as 15,000 spectators watched in rain.
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New York
Frank M. Hawks
van Cortlandt Park
San Diego
Calif
Tucson
Ariz
J. D. Jernigen
Buffalo
N. Y
Syracuse
Albany
Hawks
Newark
N. J
Hudson River
Bronx
Henry Bruckner
Grover A. Whalen
Mitchell Seeks Action on Prohibition Transfer and Prison Relief
Attorney General Mitchell urged early action on the transfer bill moving enforcement from Treasury to Justice and on prison relief measures. He opposed a Senate probe into enforcement politics and noted overcrowded federal prisons due to dry law prosecutions, plus other acts increasing inmate counts.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
House
Norris
Senate
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Willebrandt
Federal road aid apportioned to 48 states and Hawaii
Secretary Hyde allocated 48 states and Hawaii a total of 48,750,000 of the new 50,000,000 federal highway aid for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1930. North Carolina receives 1,148,449 and South Carolina 710,000 for the 1931 year, with other allocations listed for Alaska Arkansas Florida Georgia Mississippi New York Oklahoma Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Virginia.
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Washington
Hyde
Hawaii
Congress
North Carolina
South Carolina
Hoover
Alaska
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
New York
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Switzerland Puts Tax On Liquors For Social Reform
Berne April 7. Swiss voters approved a revision of alcoholic law imposing heavy taxes on strong liquors to curb drinking. All major party organs supported the measure except communist and fascist lines. Potatoes alcohol remains taxed. home brewing for personal use exempt from taxation.
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Berne
Switzerland
America
Consolidation of C and C revamped Washington report
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway halted its February 1949 plan to acquire 11 eastern roads and will submit a new consolidation plan to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission approved the C and O's acquisition of the 820 mile Hocking Valley railway in Ohio under financing restrictions, issuing $24.748 million in common stock with an exchange rate of 2 1 2 shares C and O. Commissioner Fastman opposed the plan, calling it a clear consolidation of both properties.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Gcnuio Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastman
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley Railway
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Pere Marquette
Eiie
Nickel Plate
Virginian
Delaware Lackawanna and Western
Bessemer
Lake Erie
Wheeling and
Pittsburgh
Shawmut
Shawmut and Northern
Commission
New York Central
Chicago
C. and O
and O
Fastman
Gardner Visiting Byrd At Westover
Gov. O Max Gardner plans a several day absence from Raleigh for rest. He reportedly left over the weekend and is visiting former Virginia Governor Harry F Byrd in Winchester Virginia.
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Gardner
Byrd
Westover
Raleigh
Max Gardner
Harry Floody Byrd
Virginia
Winchester
17 Killed In Train Blast Near Oita Kyushu
The Railway Ministry reports 17 people killed and seven seriously injured in an explosion on a train near Oita in Kyushu. Officials say dynamite mixed with coal caused the blast, which occurred shortly after noon yesterday and started a forest fire burning through the night. All victims were passengers. most died after several hours.
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Tokyo
Railway Ministry Today
Oita
Kyushu
Perfecture
Shortage Leads to Sanford Bank Closure
H B Newbold, cashier of the People's Bank of Sanford, is arrested for a 44000 shortage in his accounts. The bank, with 25000 capital and 10000 surplus, is closed as examiners review books while officials say depositors will lose nothing. Newbold confessed and is bonded for 25000.
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H. B. Newbold
Sanford
N. C
The
People’s Bank of Sanford
F. R. Snipes
E. L. Gavin
Newbold
People’s Bank
Elizabeth City
Seince
Raleigh
John Mitchell
State Bank Examiner
W. L. Williams
John Campbell
State Banking Department
People’s Bank of
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Simmons Repudiates Raskob In Senate
North Carolina Senator Simmons denounces Democratic National Committee chair J. L. Raskob for contributing funds to an anti prohibition group. He says his state’s Democrats disapprove of backing wet Republicans and rejects Smith’s 1928 ticket while reaffirming NC’s pro prohibition stance and Raskob’s continued leadership.
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Washington
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Alfred E. Smith
Senate Lobby Committee
Association Against the Prohibition
The
Washington Post
Dry Democracy
Read
Fire Devours Atlanta Medical Building on Peachtree Street
Fire of undetermined origin last night destroyed the doctors building on Peachtree street. Upward from the elevator shaft flames swept through offices filled with expensive medical equipment and records. Approximately 75 doctors and dentists occupied the building and damages were set at not less than a half million dollars.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Street
German airmail plane crashes in Limpsfield. both crew killed
A German mail plane from Croydon to Berlin crashed at Limpsfield at 4 25 am. The pilot and mechanic were killed. The night mail service had operated only two nights. Five executions were ordered for Macedonian bandits including Chief Tomke Uzunoff for murders and outrages in Perpovica district.
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Ondon
Croydon
Berlin
Limpsfield
Ofta
Bulgaria
Tomke Uzunoff
Perpovica
Missouri Pacific seeks long term rail entrance to New Orleans
The Missouri Pacific railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a 99 year agreement with the Louisiana Railroad and Navigation Company to gain direct railroad entrance to New Orleans. The request was filed from East Baton Rouge Parish.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana Railroad and Naviation Company
East Baton Rouge Parish
Ins Mineos
Forty Miners Reported Missing in Spanish Mine Cave-In
In Santander Spain April 7 forty miners were reported missing after a cave in at the Dicibo Iron Mine in Miono village. A thousand workers were present when the collapse occurred after the midday shift was charged. Rescue teams from nearby towns toiled as the governor of the province left Santander to oversee the efforts.
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Santander
Spain
Dicibo
Miono
Frank Reid Hired Out To His Father In Mecklenburg
Frank Reid a young Statesville man was released from custody by the Mecklenburg board of county commissioners who hired him out to his father B H Reid of Statesville. The father paid the costs of the manslaughter case in which Reid was convicted for shooting and killing Dr R Y W Cloninger of Statesville in Charlotte last September.
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Charlotte
Frank Reid
Statesville
Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners
B. H. Reid
Young Reid
Reid
Board of County Commissioners
R. YV. Cloninger
Engineer Runs Over Aged Friend Near Statesville
In Statesville North Carolina engineer Robert James struck a bent figure on the tracks while rounding a curve six miles from town. The mangled body was later identified as Labon Ogburn Chester 82 a retired farmer and lumberman of Elmwood. A son of the deceased was part of the train crew.
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Statesville
N. C
Robert James
James
Labon Ogburn Chester
Elmwood
Davidson Students Hurt In Saturday Night Car Crash
Three Davidson College students were injured in an automobile collision Saturday near Fraternity Row. Baseball star Jim Proctor suffered a lac erated leg and ear, football player J T Bradshaw from New York City was cut and badly bruised, and H N Smith of Tohula Miss was badly cut across the abdomen with possible internal injury. A car driven by Charles Creech of Winston Salem carried the riders on the running board.
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Davidson
Davidson College
College
Virginia
Jim Proctor
J. T. Bradshaw
New York City
H. N. Smith
Tohula
Miss
Charles Creech
Winston-Salem
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