Divorce Law Amendment Proposed By Meeting of Ministers Here
State Capitol Raleigh February 5 AP Recommendations from ministers meeting in High Point to tighten marriage and divorce laws presented in the House. Bills include marriage license information burdens on applicants and parental consent, and a statewide equalizing fund for education use.
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State
Capitol
Raleigh
High Point
House of Representatives
Smith
Rockingham
House of the Connor
Senate
State Municipal Association
Broughton
Wake
House
Avery County
Gastonia
North Carolina
Connor
Appropriations Committee
Budget Commission
A. T. Allen
Department of Revenue
New House Bills and Senate Actions Across Counties
A sprawling list shows new house bills proposing fund distributions and fee reforms for Johnston and Wilson counties, marriage license changes for Rockingham, and sheriff and tax adjustments in Ashe Madison Nash counties. Senate moves include depredation law tweaks, education board pay, and municipal sewer and street projects in Wake Caswell Mecklenburg Cabarrus. New senate bills honor Senator J L Bailey and express sympathy for Anson’s Dunlap, with local actions on roads, fisheries conservation, and church incorporations in West Albemarle.
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New House
Connor
Wilson
Jones
Johnston
Johnston County
Poole
McDowell
McDowell County
Smith
Rockingham
House
Bladen County
Caldwell County
Macon County
Avery
John H. Herndon
Wilson County
Ashe County
Nash County
Madison County
Vance County
Lincoln County
Lenoir County
Clay
Cherokee
Boiling Springs High School
Senate
Wayne
Richmond
Board of
Caswell County
Dunlap
Anson
J. L. Bailey
Broughton
Wake
Sharp
Hancock
Granville
Highway Commission
Rouark
Brunswick
Brunswick County
Southport
Askew
Bertie
Stanly
John Snethery
Caswell
Mecklenburg Highway Commission
Cabarrus Highway Commission
Swain
West Albemarle
Duke Blue Devils show improvement in basketball form
The Duke Blue Devils won consecutive games by defeating Davidson and Virginia Tech, as Bill Vanstory led with 13 points in a 42 to 13 win over Virginia University. Meanwhile Furman beat Wofford to end the Tarheel run. tonight’s schedule includes VPI at NC State and UNC at VM I.
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Raleigh
Duke University
Blue Devil
Durham
Davidson Wildcats
Virginia Polytech
Carolina
Virginia University
Charlottesville
Bill Vanstory
Wakter Forest
Furman University
Greenville
S. C
V. P
N. C. State
Wilson
Randolph-Macon
Atlantic Christian
Lexington
University of North Carolina
V. M. IL
Coolidge to Move for Six Months During White House Repairs
Washington Feb 5 AP President Coolidge will leave the White House for about six months to enable extensive roof and interior repairs. He and Mrs Coolidge will occupy Elmo Schlesingers Dupont Circle mansion, a 30 room white marble house designed by Stanford White, while officials remain at the executive offices west wing.
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Washington
Coolidge
Connecticut Avenue Troley
White House
Dupont Circle
Elmor Schlesinger
Elinor Patterson
Chicago
Congress
Schesinger
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Hubert M. Patterson
Les
Executive Mansion
New Hampshire Avenue
P Street
Wage settlement grants 4 seven and one half percent rise
New York February 5 AP reports a 4 seven and one half percent wage increase was granted today to 31,000 firemen and engineers on 59 eastern railroads after a settlement with trainmen and operators before Wallace W. Hanger of the US Board of Mediation. The employer initially sought a $1 a day rise and up costing $13 million. the final outlay is about $5 million, well short of the ask.
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New York
Wallace W. Hanger
United States Board of Mediation
Explosion at First Congregational Church Kills Two in Toledo
A blast and fire leveled the First Congregational church and parish buildings in Toledo Ohio. Clyde bk Wilt and his wife Mrs. Wilt were killed. Mrs Mary Witzgerald the assistant caretaker died later. Mrs Fitzgerald was severely burned. cause under debate between gas heater and possible bomb. Thousands watched as fire crews fought the blaze and retrieved victims.
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Toledo
Toledo, CO
First Congregational Church
Clyde Bk. Wilt
Wilt
Mary Witzgerald
Charles H. Lang
Don
Atlanta Hotel Whiskey Indictments Spark Federal Probe
Atlanta hotels face broader federal scrutiny after the grand jury charged Dinkler Hotels Inc with serving whiskey at a January 17 Ansley Hotel party honoring Carl Langnecht. Two waiters and a hotel house detective were charged with serving liquor and perjury amid ongoing Prohibition investigations. The Ansley’s manager says liquor was not tolerated. In Raleigh, the State Transportation Advisory Commission, appointed to aid the State Corporation Commission, says it cannot report to the 1927 assembly due to brief formation time and scope limits.
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Atlanta
Dinkler Hotels, Inc
Atlanta Co-operative Club
Ansley Hotel
Carl H. Langnecht
Kansas City
Fulton County Grand Jury
Hotels Corporation
Ansley
M. B. Petty
W. T. Day
Frank T. Reynolds
Raleigh
State Transportation Advisory Commission
McLean
State Corporation Commission
A. G. Myers
Gastonia
Associated Press
Myers
North Carolina
General Assembly
Te Commission
J. Allan Taylor
Wilmington
KE. K. Bishop
New Bern
James A. Gray
Winston-Salem
William Preyer
Greensboro
John W. House
Wilson
George Marsh
T. J. Purdie
Fayetteville
M. O. Blount
Bethel
D. M. Ausley
Statesville
J. Leake Spencer
Charlotte
T. Austin Finch
Thomasville
Week's Weather Outlook for South and Ohio Valleys
A period of rains in the South Atlantic and East Gulf states in early and late week with near normal temperatures and a midweek cold spell. In the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, rains and snows occur early, midweek, and late week with temperatures fluctuating between marked extremes and a notable midweek cold snap.
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South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Special Musical Program at St Steven A M E Zion Church
A musical program will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 oclock at St. Steven A M E Zion Church on Price Street. The program includes solos duets and quartets and the public is invited.
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St. Steven A. M. E. Zion Church
Price Street
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Goodman
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Goodman are set for tomorrow at 11 o clock at Primitive Baptist Church Mechanicsville with Elder W C Jones and A G Morton officiating.
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Mary Goodman
Primitive Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
W. C. Jones
A. G. Morton
U S Government Bond Prices Reported in New York
U S government bonds closing prices listed for Liberty 31-2s First 41-4s Second 41-45 Third 41-45 Fourth 41-4s Treasury 33-4c and 41-45 noting the day’s figures at Liberty 31-2s 100.11 First 41-4s 103.10 Second 41-45 100.20 Third 41-45 101.8 Fourth 41-4s 103.28 Treasury 33-4c 103.2 and 41-45 110.29.
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U.S. Bonds
New York
U. S
Liberty
Treasury
Banks hold strong weekly excess reserve in New York
Conditions of banks in New York show an excess reserve of 3.39 million for the week, up 19.34 million from the prior period which had a reserve deficit of 15.95 million.
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New York
Exemption Proposal for Shanghai International Settlement
The United States has proposed to Cantonese and Peking authorities that the Shanghai international settlement be exempted from the Chinese civil war hostilities.
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Shanghai
Washington
Shanghai International Settlement
Peking
United States
Payment to Germany Proposed in Alien Property Bill
The revised house alien property bill reported today to the senate proposes paying Germany 43 543 690 dollars for the Leviathan and 105 other German ships seized during the world war.
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Washington
Germany
Senate
Rum Conspiracy Jury Convicts Edgewater Officials
New Jersey mayor Henry Wissel, police chief, and two detectives face prison for conspiring to take bribes to allow liquor landings from the steamship Eker as part of a $2 million rum running conspiracy. Fourteen defendants were found guilty. sentences range up to two years and a $10,000 fine.
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New York
New Jersey
Eker
Henry Wissel
Edgewater
Wissel
Atlanta
Hudson
Upper Manhattan
Yonkers
N. C
Alexander Flannery
Edward Pickering
Cecil
Clifford Kinder
Dewitt Turner
Chicago
Maurice Borden
Providence
R. I
Asheboro Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Banquet
The Asheboro chamber of commerce held its annual meeting and anniversary banquet at the Ashlyn hotel. Arthur Ross presided as president, with speeches by T F Bulla, Dr J G Crutchfield, Dr D B McCrary and others. The secretary read the year’s report noting new plants including a creamery hosiery mill paper box factory and veneer plant. A gold headed cane was presented to Ross in appreciation of his service.
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Asheboro
Asheboro Chamber of Commerce
Ashlyn
Arthur Ross
T. F. Bulla
Randolph County
J. G. Crutchfield
D. B. McCrary
T. A. Burns
W. J. Armfield
W. 8. Crickett
Pennsylvania Textile Mills
M. G. Edwards
Chamber of Commerce
E. L. Moffitt
Ross
Sheltons Split 25 Year Terms in Federal Mail Robbery
Quincy Illinois February 6 AP Carl Earl and Bernie Shelton and Williamston County gangsters were found guilty yesterday of robbing the mails of $15,000 at Collinsville a year ago and were sentenced to 25 years in Leavenworth prison. Judge Louis Fitzhenry denied a motion for a new trial.
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Quincy
Ill
Tap
Carl
Earl
Bernie Shelton
Williamston County
Collinsville
Leavenworth
Sheltons
Louis Fitzhenry
Reichstag backs Marx coalition with confidence vote
The Reichstag approved Chancellor Marx's bourgeois coalition, with 235 votes in favor and 174 against in Berlin.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Marx
Officers kill two of three hunters in Virginia back bay
In Princess Anne county two men identified as J. J. Bonney and Lee Waterfield were killed after opening fire on officers who spotted three men hunting ducks at night near a marsh. A fourth man fled and two others escaped unharmed as authorities began identifying the dead.
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Norfolk
J. J. Bonney
Virginia Beach
Lee Waterfield
Princess Anne
Back Bay
Princess Anne County
Tatooed
Three Lives Lost in Marine Barracks Fire at Quantico
A blaze swept a dwelling at Quantico Marine Barracks last night, killing three. The victims are Lt. Andrew R. Holderby third of the Marine Corps, house guest Miss Eleanor Griffin of Washington, and Clotilde Holderby four-year-old daughter of Lt Holderby.
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Washington
Feb
Marine Barracks
Quantico
Andrew R. Holderby
Marine Corps
Eleanor Griffin
Clotilde Holderby
Holderby
Sutton game bill gains broad assembly backing
Enterprise Bureau reports Raleigh February 5 lawmakers expect passage of Representative Sutton’s game conservation bill aimed at protection and propagation. Western support grows led by J E Burleson, who proposes deer preserves as a nucleus. Oppose from the east wanes as state wide bill avoids duplicating federal migratory fowl regulation.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Sutton
Lenoir
J. E. Burleson
Burleson
Wade H. Phillips
Department of Conservation and
Piedmont
Cincinnati swimmer aims for Catalina Channel record
Reports say Peter Meyer a 28 year old Cincinnati distance swimmer began a 20 mile Catalina channel attempt from New York Isthmus following the route of George Young who won the Wrigley marathon swim in 15 hours 45 minutes last month. Martha Stacer of Portland plans a second attempt from the island this afternoon after her 19 hour water stay.
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Los Angeles
Peter Meyer
Cincinnati
Catalina Channel
Meyer
St. Catalina
New York
George Young
Toronto
Martha Stacer
Portland
Oregon
Cincinnati Lifeguard Aims Catalina Swim Bet Challenge
Peter Meyer, a Cincinnati lifeguard who began early today, attempted to swim the Catalina channel. He has not raced professionally but has participated in endurance contests for single bets, reportedly remaining in the lake at the park from 8 AM to 3 PM to win his wager.
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Cincinnati
Peter Meyer
Meyer aims for Catalina swim left island unclear
Long Beach Calif Feb 5 Peter Meyer was reported to have left Catalina Island on a swim to the mainland but later believed not to have started the risky channel crossing.
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Long Beach
Calif
Peter Meyer
Catalina Island
Coed Arrested in Vermilion Bank Burglary Attempt
Marion Meyers a University of South Dakota co ed was arrested in Vermilion South Dakota for an attempted bank robbery at First National Bank. She carried an electric drill set and fled when the night watchman disturbed her. The outfit matched a recently stolen drill set found in a local garage. a man’s hat with her name was left behind. Meyers 19 or 20 from Valley City North Dakota is in the class of 1930.
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Sioux Falls
A_ dispatch
Journal
Vermilion
S. D
Marion Meyers
University of South Dakota
First National Bank
P. M. Hayter
Lerry
Miss Meyers
Valley City
N. D
Robe Ber
Iis
H. O. Perkins
Woonsocket
C. C. Josey
Denney Sullivan
South Dakota coed attempts bank robbery over tuition debt
Marion Meyers, 19, a University of South Dakota freshman, burglarizes First National Bank of Vermilion to pay tuition. She is thwarted before vault entry, leaves a hat with her name, returns for tools and is arrested crying on a stairway. she cites need of $24 for tuition.
Rail stocks reach high level since the war in New York
The New York stock market showed strong breadth with 20 leading railroad shares hitting their highest level since the war. Merger value speculation boosted rail shares while declining commodity prices tempered steel stocks. GM dividend rumors and steady car sales revived motor shares. Wheeling and Lake Erie stood out in the railroad group amid NYSE investigations.
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New York
Asy
General Motors
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
New York Stock Exchange
Two Men Held In Bond Theft Probe In Minneapolis
Two men were held without charge in Minneapolis amid an investigation into their possession of 51,600 dollars in Liberty bonds alleged to be part of 176,000 dollars stolen from the J. F. Wild Bank of Indianapolis. The fate of the bonds and further suspects remained under police review.
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Minneapolis
Minn
J. F. Wild Bank of
Indianapolis
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