Indictments in Buncombe Bank Case Challenge Grand Jury Legality
In Asheville on April 27 defense lawyers moved to quash 27 indictments for violating state banking laws, arguing the six month grand jury was illegal and that jurors must be drawn each term. Judge Barnhill took the motion under advisement as trials began and motions for particulars were considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Buncombe County
M. W. Barnhill
Barnhill
Davis
J. A. Sinclair
C. N. Brown
Luke Lea
Nashville, Tenn
Luke Lea, Jr
E. P. Charlet
Nashville
Walker Blames Communism For His Difficulties
New York mayor James Walker claims his removal fight over incompetence and corruption charges stems from communist activities. Speaking at a fire department breakfast he called himself a temporary target and warned the attack would broaden to other public figures. He cited pastors and rabbis as targets while opponents argued he seeks a charter revision to reduce mayoral power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walker
New York City
Fire Department
Ihs
Roosevelt
Stephen S. Wise
John Haynes Holmes
Community Church
Holmes
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Tammany
Dr. Holmes
Stephen 8. Wise
Rabbi Wise
New Bern man freed in Perry slaying case
Garrett Toler a thirty year old held for ten days in the slaying of Walter L. Perry was discharged after a coroner's jury found death of Perry at the wheel of his car to be murder by unknown parties. No direct charge against Toler was lodged and no new evidence emerged at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
N. C
Garrett Toler
Walter L. Perry
J. R. Lathan
Perry
City
Toler
Reverend Receives Delayed Check From 30 Year Couple
In Smithfield North Carolina Reverend D H Tuttle learns a bridegroom sends a $15 delayed check to apologize for tardy payment, a token for the marriage ceremony performed three decades ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
N. C
D. H. Tuttle
Gardner and Inspector Discuss Election Ballot Impoundment
Raleigh April 27 W E Kenyon assistant chief of postal inspectors conferred with Governor O Max Gardner about impounding ballot boxes from the Bailey Pritchard senatorial contest. A pending general assembly resolution would aid a US senate elections committee probe while Governor Gardner plans to defer action until the assembly speaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
W. E. Kenyon
O. Max Gardner
Bailey-Pritchard
Gardner
Kenyon
General Assembly
United States Senate Subcommittee On Elections
J. W. Baisley
George M. Pritchard
Moses
House
Senate
United States Committee
Four Gate City Sea Scouts Rescued in High Rock Lake
Dr I E Shafer of Salisbury and Lee Owens a farmer recounted rescuing four Greensboro sea scouts after their sailboat capsized in High Rock Lake. A high wind and rough water hindered the effort as the boys clung to the overturned hull and waved for help. Names of the scouts were not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate City
High Rock Lake
Salisbury
I. E. Shafer
Lee Owens
Greensboro
Owens
Clington
Shafer
Vardiman Awaits Trial For Murder
In Asheville North Carolina George Vardiman 24 a textile worker lies in county jail awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge after an inquest into the death of his wife Minnie 26 three months married Saturday night Eyewitness girls testified that Vardiman shot Minnie as she walked a street then discarded the pistol and sat on the sidewalk begging to be shot himself
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
George Vardiman
Vardiman
Minnie
Gangster Legs Diamond shot again in Catskills roadhouse
Jack Legs Diamond was wounded by buckshot fire while leaving a Catskills roadhouse near the Arratoga Inn. He had just been released on $25,000 bail for assault and could offer no details about the attack. State troopers were assigned to guard him as he recovered in an Albany hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskill
N. Y
Jack
Diamond
New York City
Catskill Mountain
Arratoga Inn
Albany
Atate
Arnold Rothstein
Acra
Marion Roberts
Mulrooney
New York
Wounds Not Serious for Gangster Jack Diamond
Albany hospital reports gangster Jack Dia mond was shot by shotgun fire this morning. Five pellets lodged in his body mainly in the back though the wounds are painful but not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Jack
Diamond
Butler Will Speak At N. C. Exposition
The eastern North Carolina exposition and automobile show opens tonight in Greenville. Mayor J Conlanier will give the welcome and a concert and dance follow. Major General Smedley Butler will lead tomorrow's military parade and deliver an address. Exposition queens will be crowned Friday night followed by a closing ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
N. C
J. Conlanier
Smedley D. Butler
U. S. Marine Corps
Hosiery Robbers Get Terms of Year
Greensboro April 27 The High Point case in the criminal term involved C A Johnson Victor Fowler and Colon Williams accused of breaking into the Lock Knit Hosiery mill and stealing 300 dozen sacks. Johnson received 12 months on the roads and Fowler six. Williams was freed with leave. Civil court opened a two week term with Judge T J Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Superior Court
C. A. Johnson
Victor Fowler
Colon Williams
Johnson
Fowler
Williams
T. B. Finley
Wilkesboro
Iding
T. J. Shaw
Dry Law Modification Seen As Possibility
Philadelphia April 27 AP Modification of the prohibition law to permit light wines and beer is seen as possible at the next session by labor’s anti prohibition committee. A congressional survey says 34 of 96 senators would vote to modify while 144 of 435 House members are ready to change the Volstead act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Labor
National Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
National Conference of Organized Labor
United States Senate
Protestant Proposals Overhaul Church Marriage Codes
Episcopal and Presbyterian reports urge major changes to church rules on divorce and remarriage and on birth control. The Episcopal canon would create ecclesiastical courts to judge marriages and allow remarriage under specific conditions while removing ground based terms. The Presbyterian panel backs birth control with emphasis on responsible parenting and safeguarding maternal health within Christian norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Episcopal Commission
Episcopal Church
Commission of the
Small Town GOP Catches Convict in New Jersey
James Nannery once of Sing Sing and the Cunliffe-Dodgers gang was captured in Morristown New Jersey by Patrolman Charles E Ripley after a face recognition. He surrendered without a struggle and a female companion Patricia Pearl Smith was later captured. Police found a loaded arsenal in the couple s car and Nannery carried a tear gas gun. He had escaped Sing Sing in July 1928 and was hunted for years in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
James Nannery
Sing Sing
New York City
Liberty
Nannery
Dover
N. J
Charles E. Ripley
Ripley
Patricia Pearl Smith
New Jersey
Hoover S entourage leaves Winston-Salem for Asheville
A White House car carrying Herbert Hoover Jr bound for Washington departed Winston-Salem after spending the night there. A Secret Service operative accompanied the chauffeur. Hoover Jr has been in Asheville since last fall recovering from an incipient tuberculosis attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Washington
White House
Secret Service
Young Hoover
Cigar Store Operator Charles I Johnson Killed in Crash
Charles I Johnson 35 of Winston-Salem died after his car overturned on the Walnut Cove road. He operated a cigar store in Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Walnut Cove Road
Charles I. Johnson
Doctor Heilig Ends Life After Move to Salisbury Home
Dr. Herman Heilig aged 53, who arrived four months ago from Salisbury, shot himself in the bathroom of his Salisbury residence. Authorities attributed health issues as a factor in the tragedy. the body was transported back to Salisbury for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Herman Heilig
Salisbury
Farmer dies as train strikes wagon at crossing
Nathaniel W. Griffin, 70, a Union County farmer, was instantly killed when a fast northbound passenger train struck his wagon at a crossing near Monroe North Carolina. Witnesses said Griffin was hurled about 100 feet through the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
N. C
Nathaniel W. Griffin
Union County
Here
Griffin
Slight nocturnal tremor reported in Managua
A slight earth tremor occurred at 3 50 a m in Managua Nicaragua lasting about one second, with no damage. The city had recently suffered a major quake but remained unharmed by the recent disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Chairman Woods Plans Overseas Study On European Employment
Chairman Woods of the president's emergency employment committee said he would sail next week for England and Germany to study employment conditions in Europe. He announced the plan from Washington as part of the committee's efforts to compare international labor situations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woods
President’s Emergency Employment Committee
England
Germany
Europe
Greensboro Voters Nominate 12 City Council Candidates
Greensboro voters in a city council primary nominated 12 candidates with Mrs. A. L. Battle among the sixteen in the race. The election is scheduled for May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
A. L. Battle
Revenue bill conferees unconvinced as sessions stretch
Raleigh April 27. Both houses hold 17th week with no new recessions in sight. Conferees discussed the biennial revenue bill amid reports of possible discharge and new appointments tonight. Lawmakers still cannot agree on the sales tax amid a 10 day deadlock and luxury tax referendum proposal. A House hearing on a stricter power company bill precedes sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Spence
Moore
House
Folger
Surry
Senate
Crouse-Gill-Turner
Burke 5 Given Life Sentence in Patrolman Slaying
Fred Burke received a life imprisonment sentence with hard labor at Marquette Michigan for killing Patrolman Charles Skelly. Burke, linked to a nationwide crime career, pleaded guilty to a lesser crime amid a long string of robberies and killings. Police found pistols, machine guns, and stolen bonds in his fortified St. Joseph hideout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Mich
Fred Burke
Michigan
Marquette
Charles Skelly
Burke
Midwest
Skelly
Jefferson, Wisbank
Charlotte Voters Choose 10 City Council Nominees
Charlotte, N. C. April 27. With 17 candidates including one negro, voters nominating 10 men for the city council in the municipal primary. The negro candidate is Timothy Williams who says he is a communist. Five candidates have the endorsement of the good government league. City Manager R. W. Rigsby says he will resign May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Timothy Williams
Good Government League
Independenta
R. W. Rigsby
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pili
Rata
African Monkey, Jr
Overton Park Zoo
Memphis
Tenn
Proud
Robert M.lafollette, Sr
U. S
Bob LaFollette
Phil LaFollette
Wisconsin
Evelyn Lewis
Sutton Bay
Adam Bellinger
Inspector
Jack Diamond
Butler
N. C. Exposition
Presbyterian
Briets
Chairman Woods
Aft
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!