Davidson Citizens Probe Road Tax in County Suit
A report claims Davidson county citizens may sue to stop sheriff tax collections over alleged excess road levy. The plan targets a total road levy near 38 cents against a legal 34 cent maximum, with 82 cents for maintenance and debt service including road bond interest. If filed, the action could halt road tax collections for months while courts decide.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Davidson
Thomasville
Denton
Tammany’s New Face Attacked by Socialist Leader
Norman Thomas labels Tammany Hall “the mask is off” after John F. Curry’s election as leader. He criticizes the old guard and claims the new Tammany still serves Walker and Olvany, who benefited from Al Smith’s downfall. He accuses the organization of overriding city interests.
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Thomas Winys
New
Pamuiany
New York
New Tammany
John F. Curry
Tammany Hall
Norman Thomas
Walker
CratkKe
Olvany
Congress Debates Farm Relief and Immigration Measures
The House added amendments to a farm relief bill while the Senate advanced its farm bill with a debenture provision and began general discussion. Senate bills defray special session expenses and send a marine band to a Confederate Veterans reunion. Immigration action was postponed, with Nye asking for discharge. Heflin demanded action condemning a Brockton incident following a Ku Klux Klan speech. A San Diego collision probe was proposed by Evans and bankruptcy administration oversight by Sirovitch.
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House
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Senate Immigration Committee
Immigration
Nye
North Dakota
Heflin
Alabama
Brockton
Mass
San Diego
Evans
California
Sirovitch
New York
Trial Opens In Vanderburg Murder Arson Case
Gastonia April 24 The Vanderburg murder and first degree arson trial began with 34 of 45 jurors deeming him guilty and not fit for a fair trial. The 17 year old defendant entered calmly amid a crowded courtroom as jury selection continued with numerous challenges and defenses probing potential biases.
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Gastonia
Jacob Vanderburg
A. Jones
Court House
A. M. Stack
Mit
M. Craig
Vanderburg
J. Friday
H. S. Legare
J. M. Holland
M. C. Davis
F. C. Walker
KR. B. Holland
George W. Wilson
Walden Weaver
P. D. White
L. L. Tarpley
W. H. Greenwood
Kendrick
E. J. Rankin
C. C. Dellinger
Joe L. Alexander
H. L. White
Farmer
Dallas
E. O. Lillian
E. B. Britten
Carpenter
T. Wesley Bradley
Ernest Coffey
Stack
J. L. Terris
A. J. Beauchamp
Dallas Cotton Mill Employe
Eugene Craig
G. C. McGinnas
W. H. Thrower
E. T. Davidson
W. D. Stroup
R. C. Dixon
Charles H. Willis
C. R. Hoffman
D. B. Beam
C. A. Hobbs
Mt Holly
F. G. Beamguard
W. W. Thornberg
George A. Gray
C. J. Story
Fr. H. Dunn
J. F. Starnes
T. J. Wallace
W. B. Brand
W. F. Pearson
R. M. Brandon
G. H. Tarpley
Russell Shelton
Senator Reed opposes investigation into federal reserve actions
The article notes that critics claim steps have been made available to speculators and urge quicker action by the federal reserve board. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, aligning with Secretary Mellon, opposes an investigation arguing it could harm credit conditions.
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Reeserve Board
Reed
Pennsylvania
Mellon
West wins scratch event with 82 in first goaf since 1922
Major G Cornwallis West claimed victory in a scratch event marking his first competitive goaf since 1922, finishing with a score of 82.
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Major G. Cornwallis West
Johnny J Jones Praised For Hosting Newsboys
More than a hundred newsboys and carriers of the High Point Daily Enterprise visited John ny J Jones at the show grounds. They enjoyed a circus, monkey acts, midgets, elephants, sword tricks, and a special exhibition, praising Jones as a prince of hosts and midway king.
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High Point Daily Enterprise
Johnny J. Jones
Bill Hilliar
T. Bryan
Little
Monkey Hippodrome
Alice
Danisrewer
Beal Arrested as Gastonia Strike Unfolds
Textile strike leader Fred Erwin Beal was jailed in Gastonia after being arrested in Charlotte. Miss Ellen Dawson and other strikers faced trials as masked mobs destroyed Loray mill headquarters and raided a relief store. City officials offered a $1090 reward for mob participants. A Raleigh grand jury probe was urged into recent mob violence connected to the Gastonia events.
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Beal
Recorder Jones
Russell Knight
Loray Mill
Gastonia
Fred Erwin Beal
National Textile Workers Union
Loray
Charlotte
Troy Jones
New York
Ellen Dawson
Raleigh
North Carolina
John G. Carpenter
Carpenter
Lexington Man Killed in Virginia
William Snyder a 22 year old from Lexington North Carolina was killed when a beam fell from a crane during structural steel work in Waynesboro Virginia.
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Lexington
Virginia
Waynesboro
William Snyder
N. C
Pullman Company Chief Edwin Carry Dies in Chicago
Edwin Carry, president of the Pullman company, died at his Lake Shore Drive residence in Chicago. The longtime executive, , passed away today leaving a leadership gap at the railcar maker.
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Chicago
Edwin
Carry
Pullman Company
Lake Shore Drive
University Glee Club to Appear Here Next Month
The University of North Carolina Glee Club will perform one concert at the high school auditorium on May 4. Director Prof John Weaver, joined the faculty nine years ago as head of music and led the club since five years after arrival. He previously directed Racine college music and served in St Louis public schools.
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University of North Carolina Glee Club
Glee Club
John Weaver
Weaver
Racine College
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Southern Conference of Music Education
Cornell University
University of California
Americans establish temporary HQ and field artillery at Nogales
General Escobar conferred with Brigadier General Frank S. Cochen as American forces along the border set up temporary headquarters. A battery of field artillery was moved to Nogales from Don Luis, Ariz, while no damage was reported and the conference topic was not disclosed.
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Escobar
Frank S. Cochen
United States
Cohen
Nogales
Don Luis
Ariz
Tenseness In Mexico City As Calles Reads Word
In Chapultepec Castle urgency marks the Mexican capital as officials await word from General Calles amid a heavy rebel threat in Sonora. Reports place 6 000 to 7 000 rebels at Masiaca and San Antonio while federal columns advance with 10 000 troops and cavalry toward Don and Choix.
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Mexico City
Chapultepec Castle
Calles
Sonora
Masiaca
San Antonio
Chapultepec
San Blas
Talementes
Rabatte
Choix
Sinaloa
Don
Carolyn Bell Beeson obituary notice
Carolyn Bell Beeson daughter of Mr and Mrs O A Beeson of 1709 Ogden street died this afternoon at the parental home shortly after 1 oclock after a two week illness. She is survived by her parents and two brothers James Oscar and William Hazell Beeson. Funeral arrangements had not been completed but likely Friday.
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Carolyn Bell Beeson
O. A. Spencer
Ogden Street
James Oscar
William Hazell Beeson
Levee Breach Threatens Quincy Gardens and Farms
Mississippi flood waters breached the South Quincy Gardens wall at 7 to 10 am, flooding 5000 acres of improved farmland and endangering 100,000 dollars worth of homes. No life loss reported as residents prepared to evacuate amid rising waters.
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Quincy
Quincy Gardens
Keokuk
Mississippi
South Quincey Gardens
Marblehead
Monarch Club Luncheon Features Telepathic Demonstration
The Monarch club, hosts Mr. and Mrs. Pat Beggs of Lockhart Florida, known as Vada the Mystic and Don Patricio, entertained at a luncheon with a telepathic act revealing deep club member secrets and identifying coins jewelry and time details. The group plans to attend tonight’s banquet at Charlotte closing the annual district convention.
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Monarch Club
Pat Beggs
Lockhart
Florida
Charlotte
Deaths Attributed To Bite Of Insect On Shore Excursions
Reports from line officials in Montreal list four deaths on March 26 28 30 and April 1 linked to bites during shore excursions. Mrs Norweb says her retired lace manufacturer husband died at sea off Africa from sunstroke after a fainting spell and her son Raymond Norweb first secretary of the American embassy at The Hague will claim the body in Southampton. Walker Ace of Gardner Massachusetts cites his father dying of sunstroke aboard the Duchess of Athol en route from Durban to Port Said and buried in the Red Sea. Dr Hardenbrook’s body arrived in New York for burial in Rochester with Mrs Hardenbrook accompanying.
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Montreal
Norweb
Africa
Raymond H. Norweb
The
Hague
Duchess of Athol
Durban
Port Said
Red Sea
Tropics
Dr. Hardenbrook
New York
Rochester
Hardenbrook
Baptist Men Meet Tomorrow Night At First Church
The Men's club of the First Baptist Church meets tomorrow evening at 6 43 in the church dining room. Supper is served by a Woman's Missionary union circle. Short talks are given by Prof H G Owens G H Jones and Prof T C Johnson. Music by the male quartet J Gurney Briggs Laurence White H E Jones and Dr Nat Walker.
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First Baptist Church
Woman's Missionary Union
H. G. Owens
G. H. Jones
T. C. Johnson
J. Gurney Briggs
Laurence White
H. E. Jones
Nat Walker
Harkins Visits Mellon In Revenue Post Talk
United States attorney Thomas W. W. Harkins of the western North Carolina district met with Secretary Mellon in Washington. The two discussed a possible appointment to succeed David H. Blair as collector of internal revenue, but no decision was announced.
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Harkins
Mellon
Washington
H Thomas W.W. Harkins
United States
Western District of North Carolina
Asheville
David H. Blair
State College Summer School Opens June 10
The 16th summer session at North Carolina State College will run from June 10 to July 14. It offers two tracks: courses for secondary teachers and a broad range of technical courses. Expanded liberal arts offerings include Kenelish, journalism, public speaking, short writing, business English, languages, psychology, sociology, history, geology, geography, and North Carolina history. Departments are led by year-round faculty with strong lab facilities for science and tech training. Physical education and coaching courses will also be available.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
North Carolina
Wace
Conservation Board Calls First Meeting Under Gardner
Raleigh April 24 Gov. O Max Gardner calls the first meeting of the state board of conservation and development since his inauguration to be held May 2 New members J J Stone of Greensboro and W C Ewing of Fayetteville fill vacancies The meeting will discuss inland fisheries regulation and state lake privilege regulations Brief division reports will be presented to the board members
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
State Board of Conservation and Development
J. J. Stone
Greensboro
W. C. Ewing
Fayetteville
George L. Hampton
Canton
Frank H. Stedman
John W. Harrelson
Griffith Loughran bout set for 175 pound title clash
Chicago April 24 promoter Paddy Harmon said he tentatively closed with Tommy Loughran, current champion, to meet Gerald Ambrose Griffith from Sioux City Iowa for the light heavyweight title on Muay 24. The fight will be at 175 pounds.
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Chicago
Gerald Ambrose Griffith
Sioux City
Iowa
Paddy Harmon
Tommy Loughran
Griffith Muay
Pact Ratification by Yugoslavia and Persia
Washington reports that King Alexander of Yugoslavia has approved ratification of the Kellogg anti war treaty and Persia's parliament approved the accord on April seventeenth. The notices come through American and Persian legations to the state department.
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Washington
Johan D. Prince
Belgrade
State Department
Jugo- Slavia
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