Both Houses Stand Firm Against Any Form of Sales Tax
The North Carolina House refused to adopt Halstead’s resolution to bar any sales tax and moved it to the finance committee. In the Senate, the Hardy resolution was defeated 34 to 11 as support for the MacLean law remains strong and a general sales tax is opposed, aligning House and Senate against ad valorem funding.
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Raleigh
House
Halstead
Camden
Senate
House Finance Committee
Hardy
Binford
Rockingham
Lumpkin
Franklin
Smith
Hope for Early Compromise Fades in Sales Tax Talks
Raleigh April 23 AP Another bid for an early compromise among senate conferees on the sales tax in the revenue bill faded. Dunlap Folger Clark Hinsdale split two to two unable to agree with house conferees. House members favor any plan guaranteeing six months school term funding without ad valorem tax.
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Raleigh
Senate
Dunlap of
Amson
Senate Revenue Committee
Dunlap
Folger
Surry
Clark
Edgecombe
Hinsdale
Wake
Dene
Hawks Smashes Speed Record Paris to Croydon in 59 Minutes
Frank Hawks, flying a red monoplane, flew from Le Bourget near Paris to Croydon in 59 minutes, beating Glenn Kidston’s 96 minute record by 37 minutes. He recounts Alps are like bumps and details a Rome flight with 23,100 feet climbing without oxygen. He faced fuel line trouble at Pisa and language barriers in Italy, then completed the return leg to Paris.
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Heston, Eng
Frank Hawks
le Bourget
Paris
Glenn Kidston
Croydon
Rome
Alps
Rocky
Pisa
Aero Club
Reilly-Les-Gien
World is flat asserts Voliva in Zion Illinois
Wilbur Glenn Voliva of the Christian Apostolic Church of Zion claims the world is flat and predicts he will not die until 1976 at age 106. He says his successor will be chosen during the Feast of the Tabernacle in July, naming Apostle W. J. Mintern as his replacement. He also foresees his fortune and ongoing evangelistic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Mintern
Zion
St. Louis Physician Missing After Kidnapping
Investigators sought clues to the whereabouts of Dr. Isaac D. Kelley Jr a wealthy St. Louis physician who vanished after a Monday night summons to a fake sick bed. A telephone ruse lured him from home triggering a wide search by authorities.
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ST. Louis
Isaac D. Kelley, Jr
Infanta Isabel Dies at 80 Aunt of Alfonso in Paris
Infanta Isabel the aunt of Alfonso of Spain died in a Paris hospital at eighty after a week in exile. She fled Madrid when the throne fell, traveling with Infanta Beatrice and later was transferred from Het Daye border to Paris where she remained seriously ill.
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Infanta
Isabel
Alfonso
Spain
Paris
Alfonso of In
Isabella
Madrid
Beatrice
Marie of Romania
Hetdaye
Hendaye
Queen Victoria
Fontainebleau
Air Vice Marshal Felton Holt Killed in Collision
SEAHURST PARK England April 28 Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt commander of the air defenses of Great Britain was killed today in an airplane collision His pilot Flight Lieutenant Henry Moody also died while the occupant of the other plane escaped injury The planes crashed 1500 feet up Moody death is the 37th fatal RAF accident this year
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Seahurst Park
Sussex
Eng
Felton Vesey Holt
Great Britain
Henry Moody
Royal Air Force
Supreme Court Rules for Injured Salesman in NC Case
The North Carolina Supreme Court rules a Durham salesman injured while stopping to buy cigarettes and chewing gum for a customer is entitled to workers compensation. Ewellins Parrish sued Armour and Company and Western Casualty Company. Chief Justice Stacy wrote a dissent. The incident occurred after hours as he traveled in a company truck to a drug store.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
Ewellins Parrish
Durham
Armour and Company
Em Ployer
Western Casualty Company
Stacy
Parrish
Brewton Sues American Mercury Over Copyright Claim
William M. Brewton of Atlanta filed a federal suit against the American Mercury edited by H. L. Mencken alleging copyright violation. He seeks an injunction and profits accounting.
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New York
William M. Brewton
Atlanta
American Mercury
H. L. Mencken
Spain's President To Address America Over Radio Sunday
Alcala Zamora provisional president of Spain plans a seven minute Spanish radio address to the United States. The nationwide N B C network will carry the remarks with an English translation to follow. The program is scheduled from noon to 12 30 p m.
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Spain
America
New York
Apr
Alcala Zamora
New Republic of Spain
National Broadcasting Company
Fourteen Die as Train Hits Bus Near Fromelles
In Lille on April 23 a train struck an automobile bus near Fromelles, killing fourteen people and injuring twenty. The locomotive overturned, the engineer lost an arm, and he and other injured were taken to the city for treatment.
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Lille
France
Perso
Fromelles
Missing Man in Elizabeth City Found After Amnesia
T L Berry, manager of Maryland Biscuit in Norfolk, disappeared Monday and was found asleep in an abandoned home near Belcross. He could not recall his actions for hours, was treated at a hospital, and returned to Norfolk to recover. GOOD FISHING Party reports thick drum fish near Manteo with 31 drum weighing over 1 000 pounds caught in five hours. Participants include Col John D Langston W B Allen Dortch Langston and Major James I Miller. SHOT BY MISTAKE Abe Sturdivant a Union County Negro was shot in the abdomen when blank cartridges were not used in a play at a negro school. A real bullet ricocheted into the audience. DRIVER INJURED Pete Cook a Burlington laundry driver was unconscious in hospital after a crash into a pole between here and Graham. Physicians to determine extent of injuries.
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Elizabeth City
T. L. Berry
Maryland Biscuit Company
Norfolk
Belcross
Goldsboro
Manteo
John D. Langston
W. BR. Allen
Dortch Langston
James I. Miller
Washington, D. C
Monroe
Abe Sturdivant
Union County
Abe
Burlington
Pete Cook
Here
Graham
North Carolina Passes Moss-Cherry Auto Licensing Bill
The North Carolina senate approved the Moss-Cherry bill to license motor vehicles by weight, sending it to the house for concurrence with amendments. The main change sets license plates at 60 cents per hundredweight, replacing the 53 cent figure, with officials noting revenue implications.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
House
Nual
Motor Vehicle Bureau
North Carolina Garden Club elects leaders at Wilmington meeting
Delegates elected Mrs. J. B. Cranmer of Wilmington as president for two years and chose officers from Clinton Wilmington Winston-Salem with High Point set to host the 1932 convention. Raleigh won a gardening prize for creating an aboretum and a UNC Press book project was approved.
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Wilmington
North Carolina Garden Club
J. B. Cranmer
O. L. Parker
Clinton
B. B. Reynolds
Wilmiington
Edna Maslin
Winston-Salem
High Point
Raleigh Garden Club
North Carolina
R. B. Wells
N. C. State College
University of North Carolina Press
Susan Iden
Raleigh
Young Hickory Man Dies of Auto Injuries
Edward Robert Seitz 18 of Brookshire Hickory suburb died from injuries after a single car accident on the Sandy Ford road six miles from Hickory. The youth, son of Lou Seitz prominent farmer, was en route to a rural school event when his car struck a rut and overturned, pinning him beneath it. He was found shortly after, taken to a local hospital, and died two hours later.
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Hickory
Edward Robert Seitz
Brookweary
Sandy Ford
Young Seitz
Lou Seitz
Government Soldiers Hold Honduran Rebels
In northern Honduras government forces report important victories near Chamelecon near San Pedro Sula. Casualties total 29 dead and many wounded from yesterday’s fighting, with heavy battles at Chamelecon over the railway key point to the coast. Reinforcements rushed to aid regulars as communications were cut.
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Chamelecon
San Pedo Sula
San Pedro Sula
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
King Prajadhipok Plans Eye Operation Rest Period
King Prajadhipok of Siam, worn by travel and power, will rest at Ophir Hall in the United States to gain strength for a cataract operation. He will briefly visit Washington before the planned procedure next month.
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Purchase
N, Wis
Wal
Prajadhipok
Siam
United States
Ophir Hall
Whedbee Measure Tabled by Senate
The senate tabled the Whedbee bill to cut costs in tax foreclosure suits and passed a new Ewbank amendment applying to 1930 and future years. The Whedbee plan would bar attorney fees and cap costs at 12 dollars, while the Ewbank act limits fees to 10 dollars and applied to 1929 and prior suits. The measure moves to the house for action.
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Pralbigh
Apr
Ewbank
Officers Disrupt Bootleg Gang Led by Ray
Federal officers in Salisbury report breaking up a major bootleg ring led by W. J. Boll Weevil Ray. Ray received six years in Atlanta prison, with several co defendants from the Southern Pines area also sentenced.
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Salisbury
W. J
Boll Weevil) Ray
Atlanta
Ray
Southern Pines
DAR Clears Speech On Communism From Fish Introduction
The Daughters of the American Revolution state committee explains why Fish speech rebuttal was edited. Mrs. William Sherman Walker says the DAR asked for changes to avoid implying society policy and Fish agreed, leading to the introduction being recalled.
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William Sherman Walker
Fish
Washington
National Defense Committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Hamilton Fish
New York
State Department
Soviet Russia
Daughters of the American Revolution
Exploded Tank Injures Three At Southern Military Academy
In Greensboro Alabama three students were injured when an old buried gasoline tank on the Southern Military Academy campus exploded today.
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Greensboro
Ala
Southern Military Academy
Burns Fatal to Randolph County Farmer Samuel Trogdon
Samuel L. Trogdon, a Randolph county farmer over 70, died after his clothes caught fire at home between Randleman and Worthville. His daughter Lucy Hutchinson, who lived with him, found him unconscious and he never recovered. Surviving: two daughters, five sons including T. D. Trogdon of Richmond and Rev. J. M. Trogdon of Greenville, plus others in Greensboro, Lexington, and nearby.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Samuel L. Trogdon
Randolph County
Randleman
Worthville
Lucy Hutchinson
Trogdon
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Christian Apostolic Church of Zion
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