Two Negroes Arrested In Pinewood Mayor Slaying
Two men, Paul Brown and his son Nathan, were arrested in Pinewood South Carolina for the slaying of Mayor Ged dings on Wednesday. Rewards totaling 250 dollars were posted by state, county and the victim’s business partner, and Governor Blackwood sent aid to investigate as officials pursued clues with no clear motive.
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Pinewood
8. C
Paul Brown
Nathan
Geddings
Sumter
Blackwood
J. W. Richardson
Conferees Clash Over Ice Cream Tax In North Carolina Bill
RaleighApril 20 AP Conferees clash over ice cream tax in revenue bill as House accepts Senate amendments. Tentative removal of sports tax on admissions and amusements approved, with routine license tax changes and city two cent tax on building and loan shares adopted amid talks. US ships move to scene as Honduras revolt prompts precautionary measures in Caribbean coastal towns.
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Senate
Raleigh
Conference
Dan Boney
Boston
United Fruit Company
Honduras
U. S
Washington
Memphis
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Puerto Castilla
la Ceiba
Trenton
Marblehead
Caribbean
Cuba
Honduran
Tela
Fire Wave Destroys Village. Two Woodsmen Die
A northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan fire swept through Tipler and surrounding areas destroying one village, burning two woodsmen to death, razing thousands of acres, and leaving 125 people homeless. Rain and winds eased most blazes though three Michigan counties remained at risk. property damage exceeded $300,000 as residents fled to neighboring towns.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Michigan
Tipler
Giant Sturgeon Landed At New Bern In North Carolina
Troy Price of Bridgeton reported capturing a nine foot long sturgeon weighing 250 pounds in the Neuse River and bringing it to New Bern to prove the catch. In other notes, a wreck near Rocky Mount left Wiley Bass in critical condition and Wilbur Morgan injured. a car overturn occurred during a fishing trip. Myrtle Williamson, 19, of Clara Mill died after taking poison, telling her mother she did not want to live.
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Troy Price
Bridgeton
Neuse River
Price
Rocky Mount
Wiley Bass
Momeyer
Wilbur Morgan
Nashville
Buell Webster
Curtiss Bass
Gastonia
N. C
Myrtle Williamson
Clara Mill
Duke Medical Plant Dedicated With Elaborate And Brilliant Program
Payroll seized by three thugs in Dallas as robbers pepper sprayed three store employees and took a $7000 satchel from the Sam Oysterbach department store payroll transit. Victims W. E. Kerns George Swartz and Henry Weil faced the attack but were unharmed aside from the assault. The trio fled in their car after the heist.
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Duke Medical Plant
Dallas
Tex
Sam Oysterbach
W. E. Kerns
George Swartz
Henry Weil
Kerns
Swartz
Weil
Forest Fires Held In Control Near Urban Skyline
Forest fires burning close to New York City skyline were held in check today. A New Jersey warden said all but three of 48 fires in the state were extinguished. Airplane pilots reported numerous fires along Pennsylvania mountains but none were out of control.
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Mrs Vance Dies in Omaha At 79
Mrs. Sarah E. Vance aged 79 mother of Arthur "Dazzy" Vance died in Omaha Nebraska of heart disease.
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Vance
Omaha
Neb
Sarah E. Vance
Artuhr
Dazzy”’Vance
Duke Medical School and Hospital Dedication Opens at Duke
In Durham on April 20 Duke University formally dedicated its 84 million medical school and hospital. About 850 medical and educational leaders attended the opening ceremony in Page Auditorium with remarks by George G. Allen of the Duke Foundation and Dr. David Linn Edsall of Harvard Medical School.
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Medical School
David Linn ‘Edsall
Harvard Medical School
William Henry Welch
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thurman D. Kitchin
Wake Forest College
Lewis Hill Weed
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Watsons. Rankin
Duke Endowment
Durham
N. C
Duke University
Page Auditorium
James B. Duke
Old Trinity College
W. P. Few
Duke
W. C. Davison
Medical
George G. Allen
New York
Duke Foundation
North Carolina
Allen
John F. Bruton
Wilson
University Board of Trustees
Medical School and Hospital
Board of Trustees
Medical Profession of
David Linn Edsall
Duke Medical School
Missionaries Freed in Central China Ransom Case
Two American missionaries held by bandits or communists near Hwanggan in northern Hupeh were released after ransom payments. The Rev. K. N. Tvedt of St Paul and the Rev. Alice Godfrey Lindholm of Ortonville Minn were freed. a third missionary's release was anticipated.
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Hankow
China
K. N. Tvedt
St. Paul
American Lutheran United Mission
Hwanggan
Hupeh
Alice Godfrey Lindholm
Ortonville
Minn
Kalgan
Toler Held for Probe of Murder
New Bern, April 20. Garret Toler, 30, step son of Walter F. Perry, 53, engineer at the New Bern power plant, is held in connection with Perry’s slaying. Perry was found shot in his automobile in his garage last Friday. Coroner's inquest ordered for tomorrow, likely postponed pending further investigation.
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New Bern
Garrett Toler
Walter F. Perry
Toler
Perry
Actress Mabel Fenton Ross Dies in Los Angeles
Los Angeles April 20. Mabel Fenton Ross 63 a stage favorite of earlier decades died unexpectedly of heart disease here yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Mabel Fenton Ross
New Quake Shakes Managua but Causes Little Damage
Managua reports a slight earthquake at 7 30 this morning with no serious damage to standing buildings. Workers resumed shifting debris within minutes as President Moncada plans to rebuild and reestablish government in the city, though a decision is not yet made.
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Managua
Moncada
House Convenes In Eight Minute Session
The North Carolina House met for eight minutes with nine members present as Rep Gregg Cherry presided in Speaker Willis Smith's absence. The body concurred in Senate changes on one bill but no public bills were discussed while revenue conferees report is awaited.
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Raleigh
House
Gregg Cherry
Gaston
Willis Smith
Senate
Hoover to Plant Elm Tree for Washington Birthday Celebration
President Hoover will plant one of ten million trees in observance of George Washington’s 200th birth anniversary. He will plant an American Elm on the north grounds of the White House as part of the ceremony organized by the American Forestry association.
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Washington
Hoover
American Forestry Association
George Washington
White House
Family tragedy in Syracuse ends in murder suicide
Syracuse police found Webster L Wainwright 64 and his three children dead in his home after he killed them and then hanged himself. Notes left by Wainwright implicated his wife Mary 31 and driver Harry Blanchard 35, with poisoning said to have occurred before dawn. He blamed marital breakup and threats to take the children.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Webster L. Wainwright
Mary
Harry Blanchard
Wainwright
Rosalind
Richard
Aera
Farrell Leads First Push for New Steel Pension Plan
James A. Farrell president and Myron C. Taylor unveil a pension scheme at the United States Steel Corp stockholders meeting in Hoboken. The plan requires Farrell to retire at 70 or in 1938, citing the old plan as unsatisfactory and highlighting extensive refinements by Farrell and Taylor.
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Hoboken
N. d
United States Steel Corp
James A. Farrell
Farrell
Myron C. Taylor
Will Rogers Visits Raleigh Describes Managua Riot Tone
Will Rogers, en route from Miami to Washington, stopped in Raleigh for lunch and offered biting observations on Managua Nicaragua where he described conditions as terrible. He joked that Republican and Democratic parties in Raleigh pale beside Nicaragua's political parties and quipped about liberal and conservative children playing and fighting in the streets.
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Raleigh
Will Rogers
Miami
Washington
Managua
Nicaragua
Rogers
Liberal Party
Alfonso of Spain to establish exile base near Paris at Fontainebleau
The Spanish royal household announces Alfonso will base his exile at Fontainebleau about 15 miles from Paris and housing his family at Hotel Savoy. He plans to travel to London or duel tomorrow and enroll Infante Juan in an English school near London. The queen departs for Fontainebleau and Alfonso will join later.
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Paris
Alfonso
Spain
Fontainebleau
Savoy
London
Infante
Juan
Duke of Miranda
Prince Juan of Spain Heads to Paris via Genoa
Naples report says Prince Juan of Spain left Naples for Genoa to continue to Paris where his parents will join him. The journey proceeds as a royal movement with the royal party traveling through Italy toward the French capital.
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Naples
Italy
Juan of
Spain
Genoa
Paris
Water Valley invites Alfonso to reside in town
The Water Valley chamber of commerce in Mississippi sent an invitation to exiled Spanish king Alfonso XIII through the French president. The note promises pure distilled water, fertile pastures, and plentiful milk, offering a peaceful stay away from revolutionary agitation in France.
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Washington
Alfonso
France
Spain
United States
Chamber of Commerce of
Water Valley
Mies
Old
Dairy Collector Is Shot To Death
John Anderson a 34 year old dairy collector was shot in the Guilford area during a robbery attempt. He was unconscious after being taken to a hospital and police could not obtain information from him. It was not determined if the robbers secured any money.
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Altimore
J¢ohn Anderson
Guilford
Anderson
Soviet Union to end equal wages and start piece work on May First
Moscow reports that the Soviet government will scrap the principle of equal wages to speed production. Starting May 1 wages in factories plants collective farms mines and railways will be based on individual effort skill and ability rather than equal division.
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Moscow
Russia
Countess Dina Apponyi dies after fall from window
Vienna reports Countess Dina Apponyi leaped or fell from a window at a nursing home and died. The incident occurred in Vienna on April 20.
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Vienna
Morganton Boy Escapes Prosecution In Train Wreck
Charles Whitener Jr six year old admitted placing rocks on the tracks causing a Southern passenger train wreck near Drexel injuring four men. Judge J F Bowers ordered custody with hospitalization including adenoid and tonsil removal. Railroad representatives said they sought responsibility, not prosecution.
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Morganton
N. C
Charles Whitener, Jr
Southern Railway
Drexel
J. F. Bowers
Charles
Author Found Dead On Running Board of His Automobile
Eustace Hale Ball, 49, author, painter and musician, was found dead in Laguna Beach California, apparently from a cerebral hemorrhage. Former New York Sun staffer, he wrote syndicated serials and books including The Voice of the Ire The Traffic Souls and Scarlet Fox. He had moved to Laguna Beach about three months ago and was painting for an exhibition in New York.
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Cal
Eustace Hale Ball
Ball
The
New York Sun
New York
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