Smith Abandoning His Political Reserve In Vacation
Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York continues a non political vacation in Asheville as observers note signs of stepping back from political isolation. He meets with advisers including Justice Proskauer and Judge Olvany and plans a May statement on campaign issues. A 99 year old Confederate veteran also visited him at Biltmore Forest Country Club.
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Asheville
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Elf
Smith
Charles W. Tillett
Charlotte
A. Mitchell Palmer
Wilson
Palmer
George W. Olvany
Tammany Hall
Joseph Proskauer
Governor Smith
Justice Proskauer
William Roy
Lindsay Rogers
Columbia University
Smith Asheville
Alfred BE. Smith
Biltmore Forest Country Club
Preacher Arrested After Anti Smith Sermon in Asheboro
Roma Caleb Garner, claiming to be a preacher, was arrested in Randolph County for peddling Catholic books without a license after an Asheboro courthouse speech condemning Governor Al Smith. Bond set at 250 dollars as authorities pursue trespassing charges for using the courthouse without permission. About 100 attendees watched the Monday night address and egg throwing followed the speech.
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North Carolina
Asheboro
Roma Caleb Garner
Randolph County
New York
Garner
al Smith
United States
America
B. F. Britton
Gardner Heads NC ticket with no opposition found
Raleigh April 20. North Carolina filing shows O Max Gardner ahead for governor with no opposition among major statewide posts and several congressmen facing no rivals. Gardner would be only candidate to run unopposed within the party since the statewide primary era began 17 years ago.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
Jas. A. Hartness
Baxter Durham
Ben Lacy
Dennis G. Brummitt
Will A. Graham
Dan C. Boney
Gardner
State Board of Elections
R. C. Maxwell
Herbert McClammy
Wilmington
Congress
J. Barnard Clark
Fayetteville
H. G. Robertson
Greene County
John Kerr
Capital
Geo. C. Green
Weldon
Green
Associated Press
Edward W. Poll
Paul W. Mack
T. E. Battley
W. C. Hammer
Will W. Neal
Zebulon Weaver
Lee Bulwinkle
John G. Carpenter
T. Abernathy
Dellinger
Frank D. Grist
Oo. J. Peterson
Pittsboro
Mitchell L. Shipman
Grist
Auto theft ring case narrows as Paul Payne freed
In Chatham superior court at Pittsboro the state dropped charges against Paul Payne of High Point, clearing him of the auto theft ring case. Remaining defendants C. E. Jones J. R. Powers and Frank Scott faced continued pleas of innocence as testimony proceeded.
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Pittsboro
Chatham Superior Court
C. E. Jones
J. R. Powers
Frank Scott
Benson
Chatham County
Paul Payne
High Point
Payne
Boyd Presnell
Ben
Larkin
Powers
J. C. Talmen
Edward Barber
Albert Culler
Bob ‘Reer
Red” Harcrow
Flood Bill Held Up For Revisal in Congress
Washington dispatch reports the Mississippi flood control bill stalled as lawmakers defer to peace talks between the White House and Capitol. The House and Senate plan to revisit the measure briefly before conference, while other docket items like Muscle Shoals Boulder dam remain in focus. Arizona senators oppose the current naval bill form, and committee work highlights a 5 million plan to eradicate the Mexican pink boll weevil and a fish culture proposal.
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Washington
Mississippi
House
Senate
White House
Capitol
Garner
Texas
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Dam
Arizona
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Merchant Marine Committee
Fishery Bureau
Pratt Elected Chairman of Standard Oil Board
Pratt appointed chairman of the board of Standard Oil of New York succeeding Henry C. Folger who resigned. Charles F. Myer was elected president, continuing as vice president.
Headquarters to Direct Smith Campaign at Biltmore
New York April 20. Headquarters to direct the Democratic governor Smiths pre convention presidential campaign will be opened at the Hotel Biltmore next week by the state committee.
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New York
Smith
Hotel Biltmore
Democratic State Committee
D A R Holds To Blacklist Tenaciously
Washington reports at the D A R convention rapid action against protest resolutions including one opposing the blacklist. Mrs Helen Tufts Bailie of Boston presented a photo copy of a March 23 1928 letter from President Coolidge endorsing the Ford Hall forum as part of the blacklist controversy.
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Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Coolidge
Daughters of the American
Resolutions Committee
Helen Tufts Bailie
Boston
Ford Hall Forum
Forest Fire In New York Kills Two
Two people died fighting wildfires across New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania as flames, fanned by 60 mph winds, burned thousands of acres and endangered hundreds of homes. Frank Bayres and Vincent Clayton died in Barnegat area while crews fought fires in multiple counties and towns including Allentown Scranton and Bayshore.
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New York
Long Island
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Barnegat
N. J
Barnegat Bay
Frank Bayres
Waretown
Vincent Clayton
United States Coast Guard
Spring Lake
South Mountains
Gettysburg
Annie Wilson
Nanticoke Crossing
Endicott
N. Y
Charles Ross
Ella Brennan
Yatesville
Pottsville
Flanders
Pleasant Mills
Lehigh Mountains
Allentown
Chester County
Boyertown
Bayshore
Elmira
State Line
Athens
Shenandoah
Mahanoy City
Scranton
Woman on Seventh Floor Edge Balks Jump Then Slashes Wrists
Mrs. D F Willis, wife of a LaSalle street broker, climbed to a seventh story ledge in Chicago and balked at jumping as firefighters stretched a life net. She later slashed both wrists and was hospitalized, expressing regret for the attempted act.
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Chicago
D. F. Willis
LaSalle Street
To Hold Him Charge Shocking Convicts Cun ningham
Federal Judge Dickinson ordered Sheriff Thomas W. Cunningham of Philadelphia into U S marshal custody on contempt charges. The April 20 decision was handed down in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Dickinson
Thomas W. Cunningham
United States
Confederate General Felix Robertson Dies in Waco
Felix Robertson, the last surviving Confederate general, died at his Waco home at 11 30 a m, marking the end of an era for the Civil War generation in Texas. He had been a prominent figure in Confederate leadership and lived in Waco until his passing.
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Waco
Tex
Felix Robertson
Drownings at Savannah River Bridge Construction
Rescue crews worked along the Tennessee river at Savannah where seven bridge workers drowned when their small boat capsized in rough water. The group included B M Sloap of Albany Georgia the superintendent, engineer Frank Paulk of Savannah and carpenter Ellis Skull of Indiana. The remaining victims were unidentified black workers.
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Savannah
Tenn
Tennessee River
Pridge
B. M. Sloap
Albany
Frank Paulk
Savannah, Tenn
Ellis Skull
Indiana
Fall's Story Not Used In Sinclair Case
Washington reports a heated trial scene over the Teapot Dome lease. Prosecutors urged jurors to see Albert B Fall speak while defense notes denied and questioned the Liberty Bonds payment as a Fall ranch interest. George Hoover argued Sinclair faces a conspiracy charge, not bribery, with witnesses billed as honorable men.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Fall
Sinclair
Roberts
Secretary of the Interior
New Mexico
George P. Hoover
United States
Justice Bailey
Gastonia Named Golden Rule City in America
Josephus Daniels and Governor Mc Lean received word from New York that Gastonia North Carolina is judged the golden rule city of America for its Near East Relief campaign. The award, a large oriental rug crafted by Near East Relief orphans, will hang in a public Gastonia building. Darlington, South Carolina placed second. other contenders included Winston-Salem Concord Smithfield New Bern and Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
National Board of Trustees of the
Near East Relief
McLean
New York
Gastonia
N. C
America
Darlington
S. C
Winston Salem
Concord
Smithfield
New Bern
North Carolina Music Clubs reelect leaders at Sanford meet
The North Carolina Federation of Music clubs annual convention adjourned in Sanford with junior chapters handling final proceedings. Re elected president Mrs W A Harper Elon College and named new first and second vice presidents Mrs H O Steele Statesville and Mrs Vance Weill Goldsboro. New officers include corresponding secretary Mrs W Gilliam Brown Sanford recording secretary Mrs Henry Ware Greensboro and treasurer Mrs C F Tomlinson High Point.
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Musics Clubs
Sanford
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs
W. A. Harper
Elon College
H. O. Steele
Statesville
Vance Weill
Goldsboro
Eugene Davis
Wilson
W. Gilliam Brown
Henry Ware
Greensboro
C. F. Tomlinson
High Point
Wake County Dean William Campbell Douglass Dies at 76
Wake County mourns legal veteran William Campbell Douglass 76 native of Pleasant Hill Georgia died after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church with Dr. J Powell Tucker officiating.
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W. C. Douglass
Raleigh
Legal Profession
Wake County
William Campbell Douglass
Pleasant Hill
First Baptist Church
J. Powell Tucker
Successful nickel lure ends in arrest in Chicago hotel
Burt Englert changed a 5 dollar bill into nickels to lure a voice from telephone ads. He sought a vanished employer who bilked him of a liberty bond. Englert traced a number, met the caller in a hotel lobby, and police arrested Walter Zucker after the 63rd nickel produced a response.
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Chicago
Burt’ Englert
Englert
Walter Zucker
Bremen Repair Flight Aims to Return to Germany
German Irish crew of the Bremen plans to fly home to Germany after repairs on Greenly Island. Captain Koehl said a return to New York is likely, with stops at Murray Bay and Montreal en route. A relief plane carrying repair gear departed Detroit for Murray Bay to assist the stranded aircraft.
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Lake Ste. Agnes
Murray Bay
Quebec
Bremen
Germany
Hermann Koeh
Greenly Island
Koehl
New York
Montreal
Detroit
Ford
Bernt Balchen
Floyd Bennett
Que
Selfridge Field
Balchen
Canada
Bennett
Storm Hit Greenville And Region In Early Morning
A pair of heavy storms lashed the Piedmont area of South Carolina with lightning and rain. At least one person was injured and extensive property damage occurred from Fountain Inn to Laurens, including a house fire and a destroyed barn. A large transformer burned in Pelzer plunging the town into darkness.
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Greenville
Ls. C
Piedmont
South Carolina
Fountain Inn
Graycourt
Laurens
S. D. Garrison
Hovey Gault
Greer
Easley
Pelzer
Woodruff
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Yenchowfu
Tien Tsin
Shantung Province
Sun Chuan-Fang
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Sun
Lughai
Kweiteh
Yenchonfu
Henan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Toichiro Araki
Hadley Field
Europe
Russia
Siberia
Tokio
D.A.R
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