Hoover Gains Delegates to Surpass Nomination Threshold
Washington April 28—Kentucky added 25 Republican delegates bringing Hoover toward the renomination goal with 575 pledged votes. Pennsylvania’s Democratic delegation faced counter moves by Roosevelt and Smith backers as the primaries move forward. Garner plans to enter California’s race as Roosevelt and Smith factions vie for support, while Smith cautions on early eastern results delaying full effects.
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Washington
Hoover
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Esday
Nklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred Smith
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Ing
Smith
Chicago
Garner
Calirnia
Evelt
John N. Gar
Train Derailment Kills Engineer and Fireman in Indiana
In South Bend on April 28 the Maple Leaf Montreal to Chicago derailed. Engineer James Groves and Fireman Schinning of Battle Creek Michigan died from scalding in the locomotive cab. Two others were injured, Marshall Bradburn and his father, asleep in a nearby house.
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Sounth Bend
Ind
James Groves
Schinning
Battle Creek
Mich
Maple Leaf
Montreal
Chicago
Ously
Marshall Bradburn
Marshall
Bradburn
Senate Tightens Coal Tax and Jewelry Exemption Debate
The Senate finance committee fixed a $2 per ton rate on coal imports and kept eyeglass and spectacle frames taxed while exempting flat tableware from jewelry tax. A final jewelry decision was postponed. The coal tax elimination motion failed 10 to 8 amid party lines and other tariff talks.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Keyes, LaFollette
Metcalf
Harrison
George
Walsh
Mase
Costigan
Hull
Smoot
Watson
Reed
Shortridge
Bingham
Thomas
Idaho
Barkley
Connally
Gore
Bankhead Seated As Senator After Senate Vote
The U S Senate voted 64 to 18 to recognize Bankhead of Alabama as senator, defeating a motion to void his 1980 election by 3 to 10. Heflin had filed irregularities charges while Hastings urged rejecting Bankhead. Forty one Democrats and twenty two Republicans supported seating him.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
Alabama
Hastings
Del
Heflin
Ala
Heftin
Regent selections reported in North Carolina council meeting
Regent Roya canum of Salisbury was elected grand regent at a Greensboro meeting. Officers named include grand vice regent Sig Wallace of Statesville, orator E. L. Harris of Raleigh, past grand regent Ledbetter of Asheville, and other posts at various cities.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Council
Royacanum
R. E. Johnston
Salisbury
G.E. Brantley
Mooresle
L. B. Ford
Heville
W. R Odman
J. J. Harper
Bern
E. P. Martin
Aynesville
Vic M. Stonebanks
Raleigh
Sueme
R. L. Pos
Statesville
Treasury receipts and duties report for April 26
Treasury receipts for April 26 total 3,870,580.48 with expenditures at 9,124,656.37 and a balance of 34,588.42. Customs duties for April 26 amount to 18,201,188.52.
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Treasury
Washington
Reichers Hops Off From Canada For Flight To Cuba
Savannah report details Lou Reichers planning a test flight from Montreal to Havana in a high fuel tanked plane owned by Bernar Macfadden. The route includes Albany Newark Washington Raleigh Florence Savannah Jacksonville Miami Key West and a 112 mile water gap to Havana. The trip aims to test performance ahead of a two stop transatlantic flight to Paris this summer.
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Paris
Havana
Harbor Grace
N. F
Ireland
Bernar Macfadden
Reichers
Albany
Newark
Washington
Raleigh
N. C
Florence
D. C
Savannah
Jacksonville
Miami
Key West
Transatlantic flight hopeful Reichers leaves Montreal for Havana
Lou Reichers, arriving from New Jersey, departed St Hubert Airport at 9:22 a m on a solo 1786 mile route to Havana Cuba in a low-wing monoplane. He plans to fly along the coast to Key West then cross over water to Havana. Reichers expects to complete the hop in a nonstop flight.
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Montreal
Que
Lou Reichers
St. Hubert
Havana
Cuba
Reichers
New Jersey
Key West
Fla
Results of Penn election awaited in Democratic primary
Philadelphia April 28 voters in the Democratic primary awaited final results of the Smith Roosevelt contest. Republicans nominated Senator James J. Davis for a second term while Rep Louis T. McFadden won re election in the 15th district. Roosevelt led Smith by 93,515 to 73,490 in 5,936 of 8,181 precincts.
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Philadelphia
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James J. Davis
Smedley
D. Butler
Louis T. McFadden
Hoover
15Th
William 8. Ware
Roosevelt
Smith
Wingate College launches fund drive for burned administration building
The Board of Trustees of Wingate Junior College organizes a campaign to raise funds for reconstructing the administration building, which was destroyed by fire last week.
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Wingate, N
Board of
Wingate Junior College
Bandit Gives Apprentice Angry Talk On Technique In Robbery
A swarthy bandit and his well dressed blond partner robbed the Oakden Trust and Savings Bank in Lansing Illinois. The pupil struggled with the weapon, delaying the heist as the other robber berated him. About $5000 was taken before they fled in a car.
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Bandit
Lansing, Ill
Oaken Trust and Savings Bank
Yesday
William Maurer
Maurer
Nicholas Dykstra
Roosevelt Nominated On Ninth Ballot In Campus Convention
At Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia the mock Democratic convention nominated Franklin D Roosevelt on the ninth ballot for 1932. California Louisiana and Texas swung to Roosevelts side leaving Garner strong earlier but fading. Final tally showed Roosevelt 358 Garner 235 Baker 140 Smith 54 Ritchie 28. Alfred E Smith faded after early balloting.
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Lexington
Washington & Lee University
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
California
Louisiana
Texas
Washington and Lee
Owen D. Young
John N. Garner
Garner
Baker
Smith
Albert C. Ritchie
Alfred E. Smith
Fishing season in inland waters closes Sunday in N C
The inland waters fishing season in North Carolina ends Sunday under the latest law. No inland fishing is allowed May 1 to June 10 except Mondays Fridays and Saturdays by hook and line in Bladen Camden Columbus Cumberland Currituck Dupin Gates Greene Hoke Hertford Lenoir Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Robeson Bertie Harnett Johnston Northampton and Brunswick counties. The mountain section closes Sept 1 to Apr 15 and small mouth bass from Sept 1 to June 10.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Bladen
Camden
Columbus
Cumberland
Currituck
Duplin
Gates
Greene, Hoke
Hertford
Lenoir
Pasquotank
Pender
Perquimans
Robeson
Bertie
Will Rogers on Roosevelt primary and political mood
Will Rogers comments from Hollywood on Roosevelt entering the primary and the tough matchups for Al Smith in Massachusetts and Smedley Butler in Pennsylvania. He notes voters prefer voting against politicians and predicts widespread voter skepticism in this year’s elections.
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Enterprise
Hollywood
Calif
al Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Massachusetts
Aimee
Smedley Butler
Pennsylvania
Policeman Foils Kidnaping After Shootout in Chicago
Chicago April 28. Policeman Joseph Haller halted a kidnaping when he shot the would be captor as two men fled a building. He chased the fleeing suspect but could not catch him. The victim lay wounded on the scene wearing a $17.50 suit.
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Chicago
Joseph Haller
Haller
Cummings Held by Wilmington Cops
Wilmington officers arrested Chuck Cummings of New Hanover on a Florence South Atlantic liquor running syndicate case. He faced charges for smuggling off Horry County and for an Myrtle Beach cottage operation with illegal radio and 840 gallons of foreign whiskey at Ocean Drive Forty Eight. Bond was set at 5000 dollars.
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Wilmington
Chuck) Cummings
New Hanover County
Florence
8. C
Cummings
Ernest F. Cochran
Herman L. Wander
Horry County
Myrtle Beach
Ocean Drive
Charlotte
N. C
No Verdict Reached In Massie Honor Slaying Trial
Honolulu April 28 AP reporters say the jury considering second degree murder against Lieut Thomas H Massie his mother in law Mrs Granville Fortescue and Albert O Jones and BR J Lord resumed deliberations with no verdict in sight after four hours of deliberation. Separate verdicts were ordered and jury instructed on possible findings including insanity for Massie. The case stems from the slaying of a native linked to an alleged attack on Mrs Thalia Massie.
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Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
E. P. Lord
A. 0. Jones
Lieut
Thomas. H. Massie
Joseph Kahba
Rawas
Charlies S. Davie
Massie
United States Navy
Society
Albert O. Jones
BR. J. Lord
Thalia Massie
Davis
Governors Pay Tribute to Mary Ball Washington Mother of Presidents
Governors from across the nation gather in Fredericksburg for the twenty fourth conference. Missouri Governor Caulfield lauds Washingtons mother as shaping a nation’s character. They visit historic sites and Hoover addresses tax and spending reform.
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Fredericksburg
Mary Ball Washington
Henry S. Caulfield
Missouri
Washington
Richmond
Hoover
George Washington
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
White
Concord Wife Indicted In Husband Slaying
Mrs. Ham Bennett Widenhouse, who killed her husband Donald Widenhouse near Concord, was indicted for murder. The solicitor plans to seek a second degree murder verdict at trial, with the case expected to reach late today or tomorrow. She has claimed self defense after repeated beatings. She was bonded at 2000 by cousin Burton E. Bennett of Wadesboro.
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Concord
N. C
Ham Bennett Widenhouse
Donald Widenhouse
Here
Zeb W. Long
Widenhouse
Anson County
Burton E. Bennett
Wadesboro
State General Assembly
Barthelmess Accepts 33 1/3 Percent Salary Cut
Hollywood report says Richard Barthelmess will take a 33 1/3 percent pay cut while keeping his annual stipend. He previously earned 150 000 dollars per film for two pictures a year and now will make three pictures annually at 100 000 dollars each.
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Hollywood
Calif
Warner Brothers
First National Studios
Richard Barthelmess
Barthelmess
Roosevelt Poised to Lose Alaska Delegation Votes
Juneau Alaska April 28 The Roosevelt pledged delegation to the Democratic National Convention appeared assured as late returns from Tuesday's primary showed both contesting slates pledged to Franklin D Roosevelt. The Republican convention delegation remained pro Hoover.
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Juneau
Alaska
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John W. Troy
Territorial Democratic Committee
New York
Hoover
Confusion I$ Rule In Lindbergh Case
Lindbergh kidnaping mystery nears two months with no solution as go betweens Spitale and Bitz quit the case after a $50,000 ransom payment. Their lawyer said the payment prompted withdrawal and that neither man knows the kidnapers. Dr. Condon had arranged the payment. John Hughes Curtis returned from a secret mission aimed at contact with the kidnapers.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Norfolk
Hope
Salvatore Spitale
Irving Bitz
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Abraham Kesselman
Clara Bow Signs 6 Month Fox Contract for Screen Return
Clara Bow signs a six month contract with Fox Film Corporation with a renewal option after a nine month screen absence. The deal pays 125000 to 150000 dollars for the picture Call Her Savage as her first project under the new agreement.
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Clara Bow
Fox
Hollywood
Cal
Fox Film Corporation
Em Picture
Miss Bow
Savage
Textile Institute Head Addresses Chapel Hill Seminar
George A. Sloan of New York president of the Cotton Textile Institute opens a seminar series at Chapel Hill under YMCA auspices. He will deliver a public address tonight as part of a program bringing political economic and sociological leaders to the university for discussions of public questions.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
George A. Sloan
New York
Cotton Textile Institute
Edenton men tied to Windsor shooting arrest reported
Clarence Garner and James Smith, Edenton residents, were arrested in connection with the shooting of Bertie mail carrier 8. W. Cowan at Windsor early Sunday. Authorities report progress in the investigation and identify the suspects as local residents.
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Edenton
N. C
Clarence Garner
James Smith
Windsor
W. Cowan
Bertie
Concord Man Honored With Doctor of Divinity
Trustees of Erskine College voted to confer the degree of Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. L. L Echols of Concord North Carolina at a meeting held here yesterday.
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Concord
Chester
Erskine College
L. L Echols
N. C
New York Sleep Tragedy Ends In Frantized Hospital Bed
Howard Edwards a 30 year old salesman endured 24 hours of wakefulness after mis dosing on sleeping potion. Hospitalized he was moved around the corridor in a wheel chair by orderlies to induce sleep then finally allowed to rest at 5 p m after a long night of forced waking and jolting to keep him awake.
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New York
N. Y
Howard Edwards
Edwards
City Hospital
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Jeanette Quimby
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Maxine Weaver
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Jettina Rollins
New Hampshire
Fiat
Oyal Arcanum
Canada
St. #ibert
PENN
Butler
Will Rogers
Will
Wilmington Cops
Spitale
Bitz
Case
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