North Carolina Assembly Debates Sales Tax and School Funding
Raleigh April 18 AP The general assembly remains in session as leaders dispute revenue plans. The conference committee seeks estimates from Revenue Commissioner Maxwell on taxes. MacLean’s group still controls the House and resists the Senate’s equalizing fund while the two sides clash over a one percent sales tax and funding for state schools.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
A. J. Maxwell
A. D. MacLean
Grier and
Folger
Senate Revenue
Monarchies Wane as World War Echoes Through Royal Ranks
After World War I several great monarchies collapsed leaving only 12 rulers still in power. Kings Carol II George V Emmanuel III Haakon VII Ras Tafari Boris II Prajadhipok Wilhelmina Albert Hirohito Gustaf V Christian X partake in a shrinking royal order across Europe and Asia as republics rise.
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Republic
Carol II
Romania
George V
England
Victor Emmanuel III
Italy
Haakon VII
Norway
Ras Taffari
Abyssinia
Boris II
Bulgaria
Prajadhipok
Siam
United States
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
King Albert
Belgium
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
King Gustaf V
Sweden
Christian X
Denmark
Belk chain reports 15 percent sales uptick in Carolinas
News from Charlotte notes W H Belk states the Belk department store chain's business is 15 percent better than a year ago. He says conditions are steadily improving and merchants are more optimistic after months of doubt. In Raleigh, NC the North Carolina Education Association schedules its annual meeting next week after two postponements to avoid the legislature session. About 2,000 educators are expected to attend, with Dr BE Coltrane of Salisbury as president.
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Charlotte
N. C
W. H. Belk
Belk
Carolinas
BE. J. Coltrane
Salisbury
Speculation on Democratic Nominees Bakes in Washington
Washington April 18 AP speculation centers on Democratic nominations with Hoover seen as likely for renomination. Newton D Baker would not campaign but accept if chosen. Ohio figures Governor White and ex Governor Cox gain attention while Roosevelt remains outside favorite son status.
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Newton D. Baker
Cox
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Raskob
Roosevelt
New York
Editors Refuse By Laws Change At Newspaper Convention
The American Society of Newspaper Editors declined to decide on amending by laws to discipline members and referred the proposal to a board committee for report at the next annual meeting. Fred Fuller Shedd was re elected president of the group and Marvin H. Creager did not seek re election as secretary. A H Kirchhofer succeeded Creager as secretary. The convention closed with a not for publication banquet.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Fred Fuller Shedd
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Marvin H. Creager
Milwaukee Journal
Walker To Stand Upon Own Record
Mayor Walker declares he will defend himself on his administration record not through attorneys. He says the record either shows good leadership or poor governance and will file his answer to charges of incompetency with Governor Roosevelt this coming Monday.
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New York
Walker
Roosevelt
New Spanish Republic Plans May Elections for National Assembly
Spain's provisional government aims to hold early May elections to form a national assembly and draft a new republican constitution. Voters from monarchists, socialists, republicans, and communists are expected to participate, with power transfer to a permanent government after the assembly.
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Clarence Dubose
Associated Press
Madrid
New Republic of Spain
Tha Aeenkataa
Dracelanenady
Cd E.eevurervu Asure Sugl MU
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Jeritza Wins Libel Suit Against Novel
Vienna April 18 AP Maria Jeritza prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera won a libel suit against Rod erich Mueller Guttenbrunn whose novel Riff Raff she charged was a thinly veiled caricature of her. The author was convicted and sentenced to a month in prison after a two day trial attended by Vienna's social leaders. The court heard passages describing the heroine Grete Levita’s love life cited as Jeritza’s caricature with witnesses recognizing Greta Levita as Jeritza.
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Vienna
Maria Jeritza
Metropolitan Opera Company
Roderich Mueller Guttenbrunn
Ene Aulnof
Neue Fiie Press
Grete Levita
Greta Levita
Commencement Dates Set for Asheboro School Finals
An announcement from Asheboro details the finals schedule with a commencement sermon by Dr. O. G. Tillman on May 31 at the Asheboro Baptist Church. Class exercises are set for June 1 and graduation night for June 2. The senior class play is slated for May 1 titled Come Out the Kitchen.
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Enterprise
Asheboro
O. G. Tillman
Asheboro Baptist Church
Iorga Forms New Romanian Cabinet Sworn in by King
Dr. Nicholas Iorga, leader of the People's Party, formed a new Romanian cabinet today and it was sworn in by King Carol tonight in Bucharest.
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Nicholas Iorga
Bucharest
Rumania
People’s Party
Carol
Alfonso Invited to Visit St Augustine by City Officials
In St Augustine Florida officials, citing the city as the oldest in the United States founded by Spain, sent a formal invitation to former King Alfonso of Spain to visit. The cable was routed to Alfonso in Paris.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
United States
Spain
Alfonso of
Alfonso
Paris
Youthful Negro Is Dragged From Jail and Hanged
In Union City Tennessee on April 18 an 18 year old African American man named George Smith was seized from jail by a mob and hanged from a tree in the county courthouse yard. Officers had not positively identified him as the assailant of a white girl. Bloodhounds failed to confirm the claim and officials doubted further arrests would occur.
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Union City
Tenn
George Smith
Smith
Luther Johnson
Spain Cancels Foreign Credit Contract
Madrid April 19 The republican government announced it had decided to rescind the 60 million dollar foreign credit contract negotiated by international bankers on grounds of no official need. The note said the credit is still intact and may be used or not at the government’s option.
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Mer
Alfonso
Paris
Madrid
Spain
Refugees describe Nicaraguan massacre and guerilla warfare
Thirty Americans arrive in New Orleans aboard the Cefalu after fleeing Nicaragua. They recount massacres, bandit attacks near Puerto Cabezas and Logtown, with two U.S. deaths and four workers slain. Survivors James Lloyd and Catheyilson were aboard the ship.
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New Orleans
Cefalu
Nicaragua
Mississippi River
H. C. Perley
Philadelphia
Guardia Natonal
Puerto Cabezas
William L. Selser
Jackson
Miss
Hart
Ala
Logtown
James Lloyd
Catheyilson
Fayetteville, Tenn
Associated Press
Turmoil Laid On Sandino
Walter Thurston of the state department described Augusto Sandino as a petty outlaw who gathers a following after fleeing to the mountains. He accused Sandino of pillage and murder and noted his broken pledge to surrender to General Moncado, now Nicaragua’s president.
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American Academy of Political and Social Science
Walter
Thurston
Division of
State Department
Sandino
Moncado
Nicaragua
Forest Fires Claim Two Lives In North Midwest
Forest fires in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin claim two lives and virtually destroy the Tip pie settlement of 125 residents. Firefighters battled blaze through the night threatening nearby towns and forcing evacuations as authorities assessed the loss.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Tippie
Coast Guard Rescues Boiler Damaged Trawler Comber
The fishing trawler Comber, 409 miles off Boston in heavy fog, reported a boiler leak and requested aid at 7 pm. Coast Guard cutter Aggasiz, 100 miles away, was dispatched while nearby fishing boats could assist. The vessel later signaled boiler repaired and all clear, with 17 crew aboard.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Comber
Aggasiz
The
Bay State Fishing Company
Nova Scotia
Raleigh Man Sues Over Sham Military Drill Injury
John Henry Bland of Raleigh, a former Oak Ridge Military Institute student, sues for 10000 damages in Wake Superior Court claiming a May 1928 sham battle at Oak Ridge near Greensboro caused permanent injuries from guns loaded with missiles. He says he required weeks of hospital treatment.
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Raleigh
Oak Ridge Military Institute
Greensboro
John Henry Bland
Wake Superior Court
Bland
Shouse Defends Hoover Era in Washington Speech
In Seattle AP report Jouett Shouse, chair of the Democratic National Committee, rebukes Senator Wesley L. Jones for criticizing Newark and Tammany Hall. He cites dereliction charges against Manhattan officials as proof of Republican poverty in defending the Hoover administration and predicts Jones’s defeat next year.
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Seattle
Wash
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Wesley L. Jones
Newark
New York
Washington
Manhattan
Harding
Hargraves Speaks Opening Evangelistic Meet in Winston-Salem
Boyd W Hargraves of Chattanooga national president urges focus on God over material progress at the North Carolina Evangelistic clubs state convention in Winston-Salem. Officers for the new year: Dr. Charles J. Alexander president Clyde G. Barber vice president W. F. Vaughn secretary-treasurer.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
W. F. Vaughn
Asheboro Opens Home Ice and Fuel Co on Church Street
Asheboro's newest industry, the Home Ice and Fuel Company, opened on Church street. Manager Herman Crawford, with assistants Jack Crawford and Ervin Frye, installed modern ice making machinery and report satisfactory production and response.
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Asheboro
Church Street
Herman Crawford
Jack Crawford
Ervin Frye
Willingdon Installed as India Viceroy in Bombay
In Bombay on April 18 Lord Willingdon was sworn in as India’s viceroy succeeding Lord Irwin. Irwin urged caution about India’s future while expressing hope. Gandhi attended the ceremonies and offered a measured reply as politics eyed the second round table in London.
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James A. Mills
Bombay
India
Viceroy Irwin
Lord Willingdon
Lord Irwin
Willingdon
Mahatma Gandhi
le Irwin
London
Gandhi
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