Wheeler Seeks Senate Probe Of Prohibition Enforcement
Senator Wheeler of Montana introduced a resolution urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to study how strictly prohibition laws are enforced. The House Judiciary subcommittee prepares to hear proposals to loosen or repeal dry laws while debates on the Dyer and Sheppard measures unfold.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Judiciary Committee
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Capitol
House Judiciary
Law Enforcement Commission
United States
House
Commission
Wiliamson
Treasury
Department of Justice
Senate
King
Utah
Dyer
Missouri
James Cannon, Jr
Spain
Sheppard
Texas
Supreme Court
Rocky Mount Store Suffers Big Loss
In Rocky Mount North Carolina last night the W R Lancaster Furniture Company reported the theft of about 1800 dollars in money and checks from a safe. Police said the thief used a combination to open the safe but broke the cash drawer lock and entry was gained by breaking the glass rear door.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
W. R. Lancaster Furniture Company
A L McCaskill Dies In Fayetteville Leader Of State GOP
A L McCaskill 67 longtime collector of customs for the Wilmington port and prominent Republican leader died at his Fayetteville home after a Friday heart attack. Funeral services were planned for this afternoon. Surviving are his widow Nancy Butler McCaskill two daughters and a son. Burial is set for the Butler family cemetery in Eastover township Cumberland county.
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Fayetteville
A. L. McCaskill
Port of Wilmington
McCaskill
Nancy Butler
Butler
Eastover Township
Cumberland County
Ferrell Joins Holdout Fray With unsigned Contracts
Greensboro February 10 Wes Ferrell Cleveland pitcher joined holdouts admitting he had returned two unsigned contracts. Ferrell who attended Guilford College winters here and remains unsigned as talks continue with the club.
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Ferrell
Greensboro
Wes Ferrell
Cleveland
Guilford College
Hoover Bags 45-Pound Sail Fish Off Florida Keys
President Hoover hooks a 45 pound sail fish near Long Key Florida during a fishing trip with Justice Harlan F. Stone and others. The catch was the largest of five sail fish landed that day as rough weather and showers greeted the party aboard the Saunterer Goofus Boy and Kilkenny yachts off the Gulf coast.
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Long Kay
Fla
Hoover
Florida Keys
Harlan F. Stone
Long Key
Justice Stone
U. S. Supreme Court
Mark Sullivan
Saunterer
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Adams-Millis Earnings Jump In 1929 Report
The Adams-Millis Corporation of High Point North Carolina hosiery makers earned 909329 in 1929 equal to 482 a share versus 773151 or 402 a share for the period from December 12 1927 to December 31 1928.
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New York
Adams-Millis Corporation
High Point
N. C
Norris Opposes Hughes in Senate Confirmation Vote
Nebraskan chairman George Norris and John J Blaine opposed Hughes during a judiciary committee vote 10 to 2. Norris warned the nomination risked politicizing the Supreme Court while noting Hughes had resigned to run for president. Norris planned to report to the Senate with no intent to block the confirmation.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Senate
Judiciary Committee
George W. Norris
Nebraska
John J. Blaine
Wisconsin
Repubican Independente
Hughes
Norris
Supreme Court
Radio Corporation
Tos Senate
Doherty
Henry L. Do
Thomas Carpenter Places Second In Editorial Contest
Thomas Carpenter of High Point North Carolina earned second place in the national high school editorial writing contest conducted by the Quill and Scroll society. First went to Maxine Hooper of Abilene Kansas among about four thousand competitors nationwide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thomas Carpenter
High Point
N. C
Quill and Scroll
National Honorary Society For High School Journalists
Maxine Hooper
Abilene
Kansas
Dr Plato Durham Dies in Atlanta Heart Attack
Dr. Plato T. Durham aged 58 a noted orator and Emory University church history professor died of a heart attack at his Atlanta home while playing with his four year old daughter Lucy Surviving are his wife and other family members Durham helped found Emory Candler School of Theology and served as its dean from 1914 until retirement due to a nervous collapse before later returning as a faculty member.
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Atlanta
Plato T. Durham
Emory University
Lucy
Durham
Candler “School of Theology
Legionaires Meet in Durham for North Carolina Post Conference
North Carolina American Legion officers and post leaders gathered in Durham for the annual Post Officers conference with national commander O L Bodenhamer as guest of honor. State and local officials welcomed attendees and state leaders Col George Freeman and Mrs R S McGeachy addressed the group. Gastonia post was cited for its 1002 new members in the recent campaign ahead of tonight’s closing ball.
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Durham
American Legion
North Carolina
O. L. Bodenhamer
Bodenhamer
Legion
George Freeman
Goldsboro
R. 8. McGeachy
Kinston
The
Legion Auxiliary
J. M. Caldwell
Gastonia
Chicago Dragnet Nabs 917 Hoodlums in Weekend Sweep
Police in Chicago captured 917 suspects in a weekend dragnet across 12 municipal courts. 646 were deemed too small to fry and released. 22 gun-toters sought continuances to await grand jury review. State's Attorney Swanson noted gun cases often fail without search warrants. The dragnet aims to keep arrest momentum despite limited immediate penalties.
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Chicago
John A. Swanson
Illinois
Bootleg barons probe fuels Kentucky political clash
Mary Chenoweth testifies before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee opposing Saw yer Smith’s reappointment as Western Kentucky District Attorney. She cites mammoth bootleg and moonshine operations in Kentucky as evidence of corruption and prosecutions. In Michigan, Forest Weaver confesses to slaying Gladys Echardt and dismembering her body, describing a jealous motive and detailing his disposal of the corpse. Authorities report his arrest and the case prompts questions about mental fitness.
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Mary Chenoweth
Louisville Courier Journal
Senate
Sawyer Smith
Western Kentucky
Kentucky
Waris Mary
George
Muskegon
Weaver
J. O. Weaver
Echardt
Everett Wins $300 Suit Against Mizell
Special to the Enterprise Greensboro February 10 D H Everett auditor won a 300 judgment in superior court this afternoon against J A Mizell High Point man for services rendered as auditor.
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Everett
Mizell
Greensboro
D. H. Everett
J. A. Mizell
High Point
Blanton Death Ruled Suicide Near Cleveland County
Shelby officials report a coroner’s jury ruled W. F. Blanton a 57 year old farmer died by his own hand. His body was found Saturday hanging from a tree limb in woods near his Boiling Springs home after he left Friday to fetch the mail.
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Shelby
W. F. Blanton
Blanton
Boiling Springs
Cleveland County
Death toll from Sunday highway crashes rises in Carolinas
Miss Willie May Wherry 28 of Newberry S C dies from injuries after a freight train strikes an automobile in Newberry S C. Other fatalities include Arthur Hamrick Inman Henry Phifer Charlotte and Paul Stribble Newberry. several injured and a hit and run victim near Winston Salem. Bond set for John Berry on manslaughter charge.
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Charlotte
N. C
Willie May Wherry
Newberry
Carolinas
Arthur Hamrick
Inman
Henry Phifer
Paul Stribble Newberry
S. C
Nancy Lee Crump
Stribble
Dowd Road
Phifer
John Berry
Durham
Berry
Arch Wakefield
Chester
D. C
Pade Fowler
Spartanburg
Hamrick
Kathrine Boyles
Stribbie
Miss Crump
Winston-Salem
Cora Grubbs
Statesville
Lavarre Faces Busy Court Week in Columbia
William Lavarre editor publisher has a three court week starting with show cause why he should not be enjoined from interfering with the Spartanburg Herald and Journal. He faces an arrest warrant removal hearing in Augusta and a contempt charge over ejecting a court commissioner from the Columbia Record building.
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Columbia
8. C
J. T. Mauldin
Union Today
Spartanburg Herald and Journal
William Lagarre
J. Lyles
Glenn Las
Augusta
Bascom S. Deaver
J. T. Webb
Columbia Record Building
Webb
Record
Spartanburg
Augusta (Ga
Deaver
Brooklyn Baker Rescued From Mixer After Four-Hour Struggle
Carmello Congello an 18 year old Brooklyn baker was pulled into a dough mixing machine during a four and a half hour struggle in a Brooklyn bakery. Doctors said his right arm must be amputated. He was left alone in the bakery when the incident occurred.
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New York
Carmello Congello
Brooklyn
Congallo
Young Bandit Flees On Bicycle On Chicago Take
A beardless bandit held up John Brunner in Kansas City on February 10 and escaped on a bicycle after taking his watch and eight eight. The report notes a lighthearted tone about modern crime and the quick getaway.
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Young Bandit
Kansas City
Chicago
John Brunner
American proposal on battleship parity shocks naval talks
London reports reveal the United States seeks to build another Rodney type battleship and scrap others to achieve parity with Britain. France proposes humanizing naval warfare while submarine abolition is debated. British press notes U.S. rights to replace scrapped tonnage, potential imbalance, and surprise at the plan.
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London
Naval Conference
United States
Great Britain
France
Stimson
State College Soph Pulls Gun To Turn Tables On Hazers
State College sophomore F. A. Shoe woke to a masked gang in seventh dormitory early Sunday. He grabbed a weapon and fired them from the corridor, saying he believed the attackers were behind Friday’s assault on Charles Kellenberger of Greensboro. The group dispersed after the confrontation.
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State College
Soph
Hazers
Raleigh
F. A. Shoe
Charles Kellenberger
S Jr
Greensboro
Shoe
Biggest Prohibition Conspiracy Alleged Involving 150 People
Federal indictment charges 150 persons and 31 corporations with diverting denatured alcohol from government sources to bootleggers. The Herald and Examiner says a coast to coast syndicate, headquartered in Chicago, flooded the U S with millions of gallons of spurious liquor. The investigation began last July under Alexander Jamie.
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Chicago
George A. Carpenter
Herald and Examiner
United States
Gents
Alexander Jamie
Senate Rejects Tariff Amendment on Starch
The Senate voted 42 to 32 against Capper's amendment to set a flat 2 percent duty on all starches. It would have raised rates on potato starch and taxed tapioca cassava sago and arrow root, which were free. Capper argued it aided farms while Walsh and Barkley warned against reliance on imports and agricultural protectionism.
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Washington
Senate
Capper
Kansas
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Agriculture Bank
Farm Relief
County Democratic Committee To Meet and Name Officers
Greensboros county party group calls 44 member Democratic Executive Committee to meet Saturday at 11 a m in courtroom two to accept resignations of chair and vice chair and elect successors. Possible chair nominees include Bryce Holt Frank Brooks Harle Rives with Brooks linked to Simmons faction and Holt Rives to Smith supporters. Robert Moseley named as likely election board nominee amid resignations.
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Greensboro
L Shuping
Democratic Executive Committee
Tom Turner
Bryce Holt
Frank Brooks
Harle Rives
Brooks
Simmons
Holt
Rives
Smith
Robert Moseley
Committee For the Election Board
Thomas (. Hoyle
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