Seawell Nominated for North Carolina Governor
Herbert F Seawell of Carthage nominated unanimously as governor candidate by North Carolina Republican convention. Raleigh reports show party platform adopted with ten planks including prohibition enforcement and endorsement of President Coolidge.
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Raleigh
Irvin B. Tucker
U. S
North Carolina
Herbert F. Seawell
Carthage
Tucker
Republican Party of
Coolidge
John L. Morehead
Charlotte
Governor McLean Ouicks on Connecticut Bond Suit Claim
Raleigh April 11 Governor McLean said he was surprised by Connecticut asking Supreme Court permission to sue North Carolina for 209850 on old 1868 1869 bonds. He argued the state bears no legal or moral obligation and urged investigation before further action.
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Raleigh
McLean
Connecticut
Supreme Court
North
North Carolina
London
End
New York
Cuba
Spectator ejected as Ku Klux Klan inj unction suit trial halted
In Pittsburgh on April 11 a federal court trial of Ku Klux Klan injunction suits paused when a spectator shouted liar at a witness. Dr. Charles F. Hunter testified amid exchanges about Barrickman and Shaw, and a deputy sheriff removed William J. Holman after he shouted a challenge. The session resumed with Hunter confirming Barrickman’s acquittal and noting Klansman charter revocation followed.
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Pittsburgh
Charles F. Hunter
van A. Barrickman
H. C. Shaw
Pennsylvania
Barrickman
United States
Holman
Dr. Hunter
Dr. Shaw
Hiram W. Evans
Shaw
Hunter
William Penn Lodge
Charles F. Dyer
Death Row Controversy Looms as Thomas Faces Execution
Raleigh reports the North Carolina Supreme Court dismissed Clarence Thomas’s automatic appeal and left his Friday electric chair date of April 27 intact unless clemency is granted. In addition to the Thomas ruling, the court issued 12 opinions upholding several judgments and a few cases with new trials or dismissals across Forsyth Wake and Cumberland counties.
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Raleigh
Clarence Thomas
Winston- Salem
State Supreme Court
Thomas
McLean
Stacy
Brogden
Gilmore
Lola Walker
Cumberland County
High Court
Walker
U. Ss. Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Bank & Trust Co
Nowell
Wake
Askew
Hotel Co
Cumberland
Brooks
Garrett
Granville
Mangum
Loan & Trust Co
Durham
State
Charles
Forsyth
Dalton
Stoneville Cabinet Co
Rockingham
Nance
Welborn
Guaranty Co
Glass
Moore
Parks Vs. Trust Co
New Trial
Rogers hospital bill reported for House action
The Veterans Hospitalization Bill totaling 15 million dollars received a favorable report from the Veterans Committee with a recommendation for passage. It includes 2.635 million dollars beyond the Veterans Bureau construction program and suspends rules for next week consideration. The measure finances Kentucky and Southern New England hospitals and 3 million for Pennsylvanian and New Jersey improvements, plus 670 thousand for Oteen North Carolina temporary facility replacement.
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Washington
Rogers
House
Veterans Committee
Veterans Bureau
Kentucky
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Oteen
North Carolina
Lieutenant Boyd Die In Mississippi River Plane Crash
Lieut Kenneth W Boyd of Galveston Texas was killed when his plane crashed into the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge on April 11 during a turn. One other man was possibly fatally injured and a third man was picked up by a boat. The aircraft was believed to be from a Texas flying field.
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Baton Rouge
Kenneth W. Boyd
Galveston
Texas
Remus Refused Bail in Ohio Supreme Court Battle
George Remus a Cincinnati murder suspect had bail denied by the Ohio Supreme Court and will remain in Lima hospital for the criminal insane until further action is taken in his bid for freedom.
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Memus
Columbus
Ohio
George Remus
Cincinnati
State Supreme Court
Moust
Lima
Orphanage Sued in Davidson County Courts for Death Of Finch Boy
Lexington April 11 special to the Enterprise. John Q Finch files a 50000 damage suit in Davidson county superior court against the Methodist Protestant Children's Home at High Point and W R Kester High Point furniture dealer. Trustees of the High Point orphanage named as defendants. Finch's 10 year old son died in a collision involving a school truck and a car driven by a orphanage employee under 16. Attorneys Jimison Abernethy and J F Flowers of Charlotte announce the action awaiting reply from defendants.
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Lexington
Davidson County
John Q. Finch
High Point
W. R. Kester
Finch
Superior Court
Jimison and
Abernethy
J. F. Flowers
Charlotte
Methodist Protstant Children’s Home
T. H. Lewis
General Conference of
The
Methodist Protstant Church
Washington, D. C
W. C. Hammer
Hammer
Asheboro
F. Finch
Thomasville
Morganton
Burgwyn Files Candidacy Notice for Lieutenant Governor
Raleigh April 11 W H S Burgwyn attorney of Woodland filed notice of candidacy for Lieutenant Governor with the State Board of Elections in the Democratic primary Col John D Langston of Goldsboro and K F Fountain of Rocky Mount also filed For Lieutenant Governor A T Allen State Superintendent of Public Instruction also filed notice unopposed to date
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Raleigh
N. C
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Woodland
State Board of Elections
John D. Langston
Goldsboro
K. F F. Fountain
Rocky Mount
A. T. Allen
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Air beacons installed at thirty six points along airway
Washington April 11. The commerce department reports progress on the New York Atlanta air route with beacons installed at 36 points for night flying. Grading and conditioning of landing fields between Spartanburg and Greensboro near completion, with minor work left toward Richmond.
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Washington
New York-Atlanta Airway
Commerce Department
Spartanburg
Greensboro
Richmond
Smyrna Suffers Repeated Quakes In April Aftermath
Constantinople April 11 A new series of earthquakes struck Smyrna and Tireh causing four houses to collapse in the city and 49 in Tireh after March 31 quakes that killed 60. Tourbali endured seven shakes in a village already demolished with no further casualties reported.
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Constantinople
Smyrna
Syrna
Tireh
Tourbali
Portuguese flyer Major Beires crashes in south of France
An Exchange telegraph dispatch from Lisbon reported Major Sarmento Beires, noted Portuguese flyer, crashed in the south of France. He was unharmed but his aircraft was destroyed after a flight from the West African coast across the South Atlantic to Fernando do Noronha off Brazil last year.
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London
Lisbon
Portugal
Sarmento
Beires
France
Major Beires
South Atlantic
Fernando Do Noronha
Mrs McGinnis Elected President Of South Carolina Club
Mrs W D McGinnis of Rock Hill was elected president of the South Carolina Federation of Women's clubs at the annual meeting in Aiken. Mrs B L Parkison of Clinton was chosen first vice president as about 150 delegates and visitors attended.
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McGinnis
Aiken
S&s. C
W. D.mcginnis
Rock Hill
South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
B. L. Parkinson
Clinton
Presbyterian College
Vermont to send united GOP delegation for Coolidge
In Coolidge Vermont a united delegation to the Republican convention will back President Coolidge. Senator Hale, a Republican, testified in the senate that the delegation would not be divided between Coolidge and Secretary Hoover.
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Coolidge
Washington
Vermont
Hale
Senate
Hoover
Idaho Delegates Pledge to Borah at National Convention
Idaho delegates at the Republican National Convention pledge eleven votes to Senator William E. Borah with Herbert Hoover as second choice. A resolutions committee rejects a motion for strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Borah
Sinclair Trial Advances as Prosecution Builds Case
In Washington on April 11 the Teapot Dome trial proceeds with rapid testimony. Prosecutor Owen J. Roberts moves to introduce correspondence related to oil leases while defense argues scope. Witness H M Blackmer is called again as the government builds its record in the Sinclair Fall case.
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Washington
Teapot Dome
Aarry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Wyoming Naval Oil Reserve
H. M. Blackmer
Europe
Owen J. Roberts
Sinclair
Continental
Fall
Justice Baites
Roberts
George P. Hoover
Edward L. Doheny
Justice Bailey
E. C. Finney
Interior
Blackmer
Teapot
Harry F. Sinclair
Body Of Ellyson Washed Ashore In Virginia Coast
The body of Commander T. G. Ellyson, a Richmond native and one of three naval airmen missing since a seaplane left Hampton Roads for Annapolis at 2 am February 28, was found washed ashore at Willoughby Norfolk. Identity proved by a radiogram from his wife noting their child’s illness. Charles D. Lurber of Ocean View discovered the body and alerted police. He wore an aviator’s suit over civilian clothes and his face showed heavy damage from the crash.
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Norfolk
T. G. Ellyson
Richmond
Naval
Hampton Roads
Annapolis
Willoughby
Charles D. Lurber
Ocean View
Ellyson
Illinois Voters Rebuff Small and Crowe in Primaries
Illinois voters rejected Governor Len Small and Mayor Thompson ally Robert Crowe in the statewide primary. Louis Emmerson led for governor, with large margins in Cook and downstate areas. Judge Swanson and Oscar Carlstrom won renomination, signaling strong Deneen influence and reshaping future party control.
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Chicago
Small
Thompson
Illinois
America First
Small-Thompson-Crowe
United States
Cook County
Charless. Deneen
William Dawson
Len Small
Frank L. Smith
Senate of the United States
Robert Crowe
Small-Thompson
Crowe
Robert Emmet Crowe
Loeb
Leopold
Louis Lincoln Emmerson
Emmerson
Downstate
John A. Swanson
Cooke County
Swanson
Oscar Carlstrom
Deneen
Mayer Thompson
Itis F. Glenn
Murphysboro
Fifteen Die In Wreck Of Trains Near Paris
Paris April 11 fifteen persons were killed and thirty injured when a collision of trains bound for Enghien racetrack occurred near Gare Du Nord at 1 35 this afternoon. A race train crashed into an empty car causing fires. two bodies were identified as Frenchmen. Firemen recovered nine bodies after two hours and twenty injured were taken to hospitals. No Americans were reported among the dead or injured.
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Paris
Enghien
Gare du Nord
Bremen crew prepares for possible trans Atlantic flight
In the Irish Free State on April 11 the Bremen Junkers crew, cheered by favorable weather, prepared to attempt a late departure before dark for their projected trans Atlantic flight.
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Baldonnel
Irish Free State
Junkers
Bremen
Howell Leads Omaha renomination bid in Nebraska primary
United States Senator R. B. Howell seeking renomination led in the Nebraska primary. From 896 of 1983 precincts Howell received 40 299 votes to Attorney General O J Spiliman’s 30 224, indicating a lead in the statewide count.
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Howell
Omaha
United States
R. B. Howell
Nebraska
Spiliman
Connecticut seeks to sue North Carolina over railroad bonds
Connecticut asks the Supreme Court for permission to sue North Carolina to recover 8209 850 claimed due on bonds issued in 1868 and 1869 to aid railroads. The filing mirrors U S actions against North Carolina years ago. The court will decide soon whether to allow the suit.
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Washington
Connecticut
Supreme Court
North Carolina
United States
Auto Makers Promise Price Cut If Tax Is Repealed
The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce told the Senate Finance Committee that car prices would fall by the full amount of the current three percent excise tax as soon as Congress repeals it. Roy D. Chapman said the industry would deduct the tax from prices, with Henry Ford noted as an exception to full membership.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Mellon
Roy D. Chapman
Henry Ford
Accountants Meet in Asheville Seek Natural Business Year
About fifty accountants from across the continent gathered in Asheville for a three day convention led by Homer S. Pace of New York who helped frame the federal income tax law. Sessions will push persuading American business men to abandon the calendar year for a natural business year.
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Asheville
Continent
Canada
Cuba
Homer S. Pace
New York
Mussolini Receives Reparations Agent in Rome
Premier Mussolini welcomed Park er Gilbert agent-general for preparation and Count Volpi minister of finance in Rome. Gilbert and Volpi conferred after Gilbert’s arrival at the Chigi Palace following Mussolini’s return from Milan.
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Rome
Mussolini
Parker Gilbert
Ministry of Finance
Gilbert
Count Volpi
Finance
Chigri Palace
Milan
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Cyclops
No. 1 Klan
W. H. Walker
Michigan
Veterans Hospital
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Suing
Burgwyn
Kansas City
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Lowden
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Body of Ellyson
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