Harwood and Daughter Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
Former North Carolina judge John H. Harwood asked for a prison over county jail and faces a one year term after pleading guilty to mutilation of court records in an embezzlement scheme. His daughter Lola Harwood received two years for embezzling $4823 from the revenue department.
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Raleigh
N. C
John H. Harwood
State Superior Court Bench
W. A. Devin
Wake County
Surict Aftar Talling Tha
Auaw
Lola Harwood
Revenue Department
Harwood
D. Max Gardner
Dennis G. Brummitt
Hoover Seeks Authority to Reorganize Federal Government
Budget director J. C. Roop told the House Economy Committee that President Hoover seeks power to consolidate and reorganize the federal government via an omnibus revamp. The plan covers public works health personnel administration merchant marine conservation education and certain commissions with a 60 day congressional veto and automatic passage if no action. Roop described the administration bill and contrasted Hoover’s five day week with a staggered furlough plan against the direct pay cut proposal.
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Washington
House Economy Committee
J. C. Roop
Hoover
Roop
Congress
Public Health Personnel Administration
Mexican Boundary and Water Commissions
McDuffie
Prohibition Repeal Moves Toward Second Vote in 18th Amendment
Washington reports growing activity to resubmit the eighteenth amendment as June conventions approach. Wyoming senators Kendrick and Carey push to place the issue before voters. Bishop Cannon supports Byrd plan for a popular vote, while Byrd seeks quick constitutional change. New York Democrats back repeal, joining six state groups in the push ahead of the party convention.
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Bishop Cannon
Washington
Capitol
Senate
Wyoming
Kendrick
Carey
Cannon
Byrd Pino
Richmond
Virginia
James Cannon, Jr
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
New York
the Times
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Committee
New York State
Roosevelt
Presnell Case Headed to Jury in 29-Year-Old Murder
In Bakersville North Carolina on April 16 the murder trial of George Presnell for killing neighbor Lewis Buchanan 29 years ago will go to the jury this day. Presnell now resides in Pratherville Missouri under the name George Miller after leaving the area. He pleads self defense claiming Buchanan insulted Mrs. Presnell while state lawyers pressed for conviction.
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Bakersville
N. C
George Presnell
Lewis Buchanan
Presnell
Pratherville
George C. Greene
M. L. Wilson
John C. McBee, Jr
Walter E. Moore
Mid-West
George Miller
Buchanan
Uprising At Stoney Mountain Prison Leaves One Dead
One prisoner was killed and two others wounded in the first major riot at Stoney Mountain penitentiary. Warden William Meighen said Chief Keeper Thomas Clayton was injured. Prison guards fired from the wall, mortally wounding Mike Bihan, a bank robber, in the yard. Leaders Thom as Jones and William Gorda were wounded in the legs.
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Winnipeg
Man
Stoney Mountain Penitentiary
William Meighen
Thomas Clayton
Mike Bihan
Thomas Jones
William Gorda
President Hoover predicts orderly recovery amid optimism
President Hoover argues pessimism over the U.S. economy is unfounded citing liquidation drive wound down and government aid stabilizing banks and businesses. He expects swift passage of the Dillon tax bill and rebuts the $2 billion bonus plan while urging a nationwide five day work week to save payroll and boost employment.
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Washington
Apr
Hoover
House
Congressional
Senate
Congress
Executive Branch
Federal Reserve System
Prefer Jobs To Hobbies
GRAND RAPIDS Mich Since the school board decided recently to drop all married teachers whose husbands are working five teachers have filed divorce suits here.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Prison English As She Is Spoke Published At San Quentin
The Bulletin convict magazine issued Prison English in glossary form to help read gangster stories. Editors called the work tremendous as letters were sent to college presidents publishers and business clubs nationwide.
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San Quentin
Cal
Bulletin
Erie
Dinah
Patsy
Tommy
Torpedo
State Seeks To Name Slayer In Four Defendants Case
The prosecution sought to name one of four defendants as the slayer of Joseph Kahahawai in the Hawaii lynching case. Testimony on the attack on Mrs. Thalia Massie was to be restricted, with Darrow returning to court after illness. Prosecutor Kelley sought to have a defendant admit firing the fatal shot and plead insanity.
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Honolulu
Joseph Kahahawai
Thalia Massie
Kahahawai
Thomas H. Massie
Clarence Darrow
George 8. Leisure
Darrow
J. E. Porter
Navy
John C. Kelley
Massie
Trio Associates Of Kreuger Held In Stockholm
Three men tied to Kreuger interests were arrested in Stockholm amid probes into the late Swedish match king’s affairs. A report said forged Italian government bonds were found among Kreuger’s effects. The detainees were Carl Lange of Amsterdam’s Garanta, Sven Huldt of Nederlanska Bank for Scandinavian Commerce, and Victor Holm described as a director with unclear Kreuger ties.
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Stockholm
Kreuger
Paris
Carl Lange
Garanta Company of
Amsterdam
Sven Huldt
Nederlanska Bank For Scandinavian Commerce
Victor Holm
Fishing laws from coast to coast across 1930s states
A Washington dispatch reports on quirks in state fish and game laws. Idaho bans catching fish while riding animals. Pennsylvania restricts Sunday fishing. Maryland allows locals to fish Sundays but bans outsiders. West Virginia bars foreign residents from state waters and Oklahoma limits artificial bait to 15 hooks.
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Washington
Idaho
Bureau of Fisheries
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Auto crash near Suffolk leaves one dead
In Suffolk Virginia on April 16 Skippard Smith 21 of Farmville North Carolina was killed and a black man was critically injured when another vehicle struck Smith's car as it stood with a flat tire on the roadside six miles west of the city.
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Suffolk
Skippard Smith
Farmville
N. C
Here
Smith
Young Opposes Printing Currency for Soldiers Bonus
Owen D. Young told Representative Patman that while backing a higher money supply he opposes printing currency to fund the soldiers' bonus. He said boosting the budget by 2 billion dollars is impractical and harmful, preferring increased money volume via bank credit and other means. Patman called Young's view favorable to cash payments.
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Washington
Apr
Owen D. Young
Patman
Tex
Young
Peatman
United States
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for April
Treasury receipts for April 14 totaled 4,034,733.92 dollars with expenditures at 16,843,649.75 dollars. The balance stood at 308,622,217.25 dollars. Customs duties for 14 days in April amounted to 10,125,756.17 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Confederate veteran dies at 95 in Nashville
Thomas L. Eaton, aged 95, a Confederate veteran who rode with Jefferson Davis on the night of Richmond evacuation, died in Nashville last night.
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Nashville Tenn
Thomas L. Eaton
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Election machinery for state primary set as candidates busy
North Carolina organized its election machinery for the June 4 primary and November general election. County boards met at courthouses to organize and name registrars and precinct judges. Democrats dispute Cameron Morrison while Republicans may face a second primary with Depriest and Newell on the Senate ballot.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Elections
United States
Cameron Morrison
Gg. O O. P
George Depriest
Shelby
Depriest
J. F. Newell
Charlotte
United States Senate
Fountain
Allen J. Maxwell
Revenue
R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Dr Omwake Installed as Head of Catawba College
Salisbury North Carolina April 16 Dr Howard Rufus Omwake was inaugurated as president of Catawba College on its 79th anniversary. Edgar Whitener chairman of the board inducts him after a procession with participants from 50 plus eastern southern colleges. Omwake cites three duties maintaining material stability scholarly integrity and guiding students amid economic turmoil.
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Salisbury
N. C
Howard Rufus Omwake
Catawba College
Edgar Whitener
High Point
Omwake
Catawba
Cor
Mine Disorders Prompt Federal Probe in Ohio Fields
The U S government was asked to investigate unrest in eastern Ohio coal fields where a strike over wage cuts led to calling in the Ohio National Guard. Four guard units were deployed. officials said patrols require force due to staffing. Conditions reportedly remained quiet amid the dispute.
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National Guard
Ohio
Cadiz
Ohio National Guard
H. B. Salkeld
Tasa Mining Company
Hopedale
Henderson
Kidnaping Of Two-Year-Old Shocks San Diego Home
In San Diego a two year old boy, Robert Price, was kidnaped from his grandparents home after a window screen was cut. Police investigated the father Melvin Price, a former marine officer, who had been warned to stay away. The parents reportedly separated in New York City in March.
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San Diego
Cal
Robert Price
E. H. Dyer
Melvin Price
Dyer
New York City
Mimicking Pet Upends Hotel Keeper’s Day
San Francisco dispatch reports hotel manager James McCabe facing trouble after his mimicking pet parrot Amos repeated his voice to guests and staff. The bird mimicked phrases, including a sharp rebuke to a dowager, prompting McCabe to remove Amos from the costly caravansary.
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San Francisco
James McCabe
McCabe
Amos
O McCabe
Senate adjourns as panels take up funds, contests
Elections committee weighs Dickinson resolution on campaign funds investigation and the Pritchard Bailey contest. Banking and currency committee studies the Glass banking bill. Finance committee continues tax bill hearings. House special committee meets on government economy.
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Senate
Elections Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
Finance
HOUSE
Swallows Evidence Disputed Counterfeiting Charge
Dallas police report that evidence against W. J. Wasson a 34 year old alleged counterfeiter vanished after he swallowed a five dollar bill during arrest a stomach pump failed to recover the money
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Swallows
Dallas
Tex
W. J. Wasson
Mob in fifty cars searches Tam County for Richard Read
A vigilante mob of about fifty cars roamed northeast Thomas County seeking Richard Read the 58 year old confessed abductor and killer of eight year old Dorothy Hunter. Officers were pursued as they moved with Read toward safety in a northeast area. Reports claimed Sheriff Ed McGinley moved Read to another jail before the body of the Hunter girl was found.
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Selden
Kans
Thomas County
Richard Read
Dorothy Hunter
Colby
Gem
Thomas
Ed McGinley
Bgan
Tragic tenement fire in New York claims six lives
A four story tenement fire in New York kills two adults and four children, including Samuel and Mrs Dombril and their 12 year old twins Jacob and Joseph Weinstein Edith Weinstein and Philip Weinstein. Painter Benjamin Siegel is arrested on homicide charges amid raid findings of oil soaked rags in his ground floor locker, suspected to have started the blaze.
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New York
Samuel Dombril
Jacob
Joseph
Edith Weinstein
Philip Weinstein
Dombrils
Benjamin Siegel
Seigel
Seigei
Senator Harris in grave condition after long illness
Washington, April 16. Senator William J. Harris of Georgia was pronounced gravely ill this morning. He rallied only slightly after a sudden turn for the worse during the night. His condition has grown steadily less favorable since he failed to hold again made a few days ago. The senator has been ill more than two months with an ider and intestinal trouble.
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Washington
William J. Harris
Georgia
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