Governor Smith Visits Asheville During North Carolina Stop
Governor Smith of New York began a southern swing in Asheville with a welcome by Mayor Gallatin Roberts and county officials at Biltmore Forest club. Crowds gathered at stations along the route while Smith joked about Tammany and prepared for golf, politics on hold during his vacation visit.
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Asheville
Smith
New York
Biltmore Station
Biltmore Forest Country Club
Albany
Gallatin Roberts
E. M. Lyda
Board of County Commissioners
North Carolina
Old Fort
Sandlin
Gerry
Rhode Island
James J. Riordan
William F. Kenny
William R. Todd
Canada
Prince of Wales
Ae International Peace Bridge
Raleigh
City Auditorium
George Gordon Battle
Edgecombe County
McLean
Mr. Battle
Washington
Brummill
Hartness
Coughton
Frank Page
State Highway Commission
C. O.H. Laughinghouse
Burgwyn
J. W. Bailey
Kerr
Birger Gets Stay Order From Court
Illinois gangster Charles Birger and two others were spared execution on Friday the 13th after court intervention. Gov. Small granted a reprieve for Joseph Della and Amati Rongetti also avoided the chair. Birger’s stay cites alleged insanity after sentencing.
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Chicago
Illinois
Charles Birger
Benton Harbor
Amati Rongetti
Joseph Della
Julia Flaherty
Danville
Ill
Chester State Penitentiary
Small
Della
Birger
Joe Adams
West City
Benton
Miller
Grady Pugh Escapes Alamance County Jail
Grady Pugh, an alleged bank robber, escaped from the Alamance county jail in Graham by coating his body with soap and sliding through a food- passage hole in the cell bars. Sheriff C D Story tracked him to Belmont cotton mills but lost the trail. Pugh then slipped from the cell, leaped to the chamber, and locked jailer’s wife Jessie Isley inside.
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Greensboro
Grady Pugh
Alamance County
Graham
C. D. Story
Belmont Cotton Mills
Story
Pugh
Jessie Isley
Mrs. Isley
Four Powers Invited to Join Franco American Anti war Pact
Secretary Kellogg invited Great Britain Germany Italy and Japan to join France and the United States in negotiating a world wide pact to prevent war. The invitation followed agreement with M Briand and was delivered to London Berlin Rome and Tokyo along with a draft treaty and Briands original proposal.
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France
U. S
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Japan
Washington
United States
Kellogg
Aristide Briand
London
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
M. Briand
Elephants Off Limits As Asheville Extends Zoo Offer
Asheville officials invite Governor Al Smith to pick any city zoo animal at Recreation Park during his visit, with Betsy the elephant excluded per the wishes of local children. The remark mentions as possible selections the Great Smoky Mountain wolf, raccoon, or opossum.
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Asheville
al Smith
C. Greene
City Park Commission
New York
Recreation Park
Betsy
Mr. Greene
Bank Robbery Suspects Identified as Local Men
Officials of Peoples Bank and Trust Co. Bennett failed to identify Bill Payne Jack Borden or Worth Davis as the holdups who escaped with nearly four thousand dollars on January 7. The three men were tried for the Norman bank robbery on February 21 and will be brought to Pittsboro for trial next week in connection with automobile gangsters.
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Pittsboro
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Bennett
Bill Payne
Jack Borden
Worth Davis
Norman Bank
Payne
Borden
Davis
Betty the bull dog unpeels candy wrappers
In Stockbridge Massachusetts Betty a bull dog owned by James Coakley demonstrates careful eating by unwrapping each candy before chewing. The playful scene highlights Betty's trick of peeling wrappers rather than swallowing them with the candy.
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Betty
James Coakley
Senate Passes Farn Relief Bill Amid doubtful signature
The McNary Haugen farm relief bill cleared the Senate 53 to 23 and faces a likely White House veto. An amendment to drop the equalization fee was rejected 46 to 31, while a $600 million direct subsidy plan was also rejected 64 to 5.
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Senate
Washington
House
White House
Coolidge
Congress
Sackett
Kentucky
Brookhart
Iowa
Gould
Navy court probes girl smuggling aboard destroyer
Mayport Florida April 13 A 15 year old girl testified she was persuaded to board the U S S Billingsley and would have jumped overboard if her father had not arrived to take her back Seaman Kramer faces charges of secreting her aboard The court of inquiry began as the Billingsley was ordered back to port The destroyers Brooks and Williamson were sent to Mayport to aid the inquiry and investigation continues
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Mayport
Fla
U. S S
Billingsley
Cynthia Alberta Pool
St. Petersburg
Naval Court of Inquiry
Kramer
Kramer Cynthia
Washington
Brooks
Williamson
Navy Department
Postmaster Dies in Holly Springs After Illness
F. Spence aged 64 postmaster of Holly Springs died after three weeks illness. Survived by his brother Edwin Austin of Asheville.
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Holly Springs
F. Spence
Edwin Austin
Asheville
Plain Mr Hoover introduces the candidacy profile
The Enterprise prints the first of four intimate pieces on Herbert Hoover by Robert Talley. The feature aims to reveal Hoover off the public stage and familiarizes readers with the man behind the roles. The series continues daily with more insights on Hoover.
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Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Robert Talley
Enterprise
NEA Service
Talley
Plane Sighted Over Belfast Bay Reports Bremen Sighting
The German steamer Derflinger at Galway for two hours relayed a message that a Junkers Bremen long-range bomber had been sighted by an unidentified passing steamer at sea. The Derflinger did not observe the Bremen.
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Portland
Popham Beach
Kennebec
Halfway Rock
Cape Elizabeth
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Derflinger
Galway
Junkers
Bremen
Bremen Flight Mystery Widens as Visibility Drops
Low visibility and strong southeast winds hinder search for the German trans Atlantic Bremen. Captain Barkhouse notes possible Cape Cod route, with 3 p m arrival projections if sighted near Kingsport. Dr. Kimball forecasts Bremen could reach New York after 3 p m despite winds, barring accidents. No Canadian aircraft known in Nova Scotia.
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Bremen
Ireland
Nova Scotia
Baldonnel
Barkhouse
Arras
Kingsport
N. C
New York
Baldonnel Airdrome
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Atlantic Seaboard
St, Johns
N. F
Cape Cod
Mass
Cape
James H. Kimball
United States Weather Bureau
N. S
Junkers
Kimball
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