Murder Mystery Solved in Florida Arrest Links to 38 Year Case
Stanly county authorities say the 38 year old murder case may be advanced by the Florida arrest of John Morgan. Morgan with aliases Jim and Bud is charged with the murder of Francis Tally, uncle of local attorneys J Allen and J W Austin. Officials expect to detain more suspects as the investigation continues.
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W. P. Renfrow
Stanly
Florida
John Morgan
Morgan
Jim
Bud
Francis Tally
J. Allen Austin
J. W. Austin
Albemarle
Stanly County
Starke
Fla
Death And Suffering Ride With Cold Gale
The harsh cold snap and snow storm battered the north Atlantic states over the weekend. Boston reported four deaths with multiple New England locations recording fatalities and heavy snow drifts causing road closures. In New York City temps fell to seven above zero, 3,42 inches of snow fell, and thousands aided by snow removal crews while unemployment rose as work crews cleared streets.
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North Atlantic
New England
Boston
Fall River
Lowell
Webster and Revere
Mase
Providence
R. I
Cape Cod
Northfield
New York City
New Jersey
Newark
Bradford
Hampton Station
Norris Proposes Huge Dry Inquiry Before Senate Panel
In Washington Nebraska Senator Norris urged a broad probe into prohibition enforcement and its personnel. He introduced a six point resolution as a substitute for Wheeler’s inquiry, aiming to determine if officials’ incompetence or prejudice has perverted the dry law.
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Washington
Neb
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Wheeler
Montana
Judiciary Committee
Moore Reported Sinking Rapidly
Alexander P. Moore ambassador to Poland remained in critical condition at California Lutheran hospital as brancho pneumonia set in following throat and lung infection. Officials reported he was sinking rapidly with updates noting his condition worsening through the morning.
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Los Angeles
Alexander P. Moore
Poland
California Lutheran Hospital
Branchiel
Borland Body Found in Snow Near North Cape
In Alaska the body of Earl Borland was discovered buried under five feet of snow near the wreck site where Carl Ben Eielson and Borland crashed on November 9. Indications point to instant death for Borland and Eielson. Borland’s body will be sent to the Nanuk for transport, as searchers resume their hunt for Eielson amid storm-impaired conditions.
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Point Arrow
Alaska
Carl Ben Eielson
Earl Borland
Borland
North Cape
Harold Gillam
Eielson
Nanuk
Nome
Pilota
Joe Crosson
Hoover Hospitality Adds More Servants For White House
Washington February 17 Hoover hospitality has added staff at the White House. Lt Col WA S Grant director of public buildings asked funding for 77 employees this year up from 62 last year. He said seven new positions were created as extra waiters or for coat and hat checking and post event cleanup.
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Washington
Hoover Hospitality
White House
WA. S. Grant
Grant
House Appropriations Committee
Two Known Dead In Atlantic Storm
Cape May New Jersey February 17 two men aboard the coal barge Merrill were found frozen to death in a lifeboat after a northwest Atlantic storm. The Merrill and two other barges broke loose from a tow, searchers reported two other bodies still missing with help from the coast guard.
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Cape May
N. J
Atlantic Ocean
Delaware Capes
Merrill
Coast Guard
Montrose
Norfolk
New York
A. C. Simmons
Hopper
Hallowell
Aluminum Tariff Slash Proposed in Senate
Senator Walsh proposes reducing aluminum tariffs to 2 cents per pound on crude and 312 cents on sheet aluminum, aligning with Underwood rates of 1913. He argues U S aluminum producers hold a complete production monopoly and cites secret production costs as justification.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Aluminum of America
Foul play suspected in couple's death in burned North Carolina home
Sheriff probes possible foul play after Mr. Raleigh Lawson aged 20 and his wife 17 died in a house fire near Danbury. A coroner's jury ruled the deaths from the blaze, but buckets and pans were found tossed into a well about 100 yards away. The couple had visited the wife's parents that afternoon.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
John Taylor
Raleigh Lawson
Danbury
Stokes County
Lawson
Sam Rierson
Mrs. Lawson
Tilden Captures Southern France Championship Title
In Nice France on February 17 Big Bill Tilden won the Southern France championship by defeating Irish Davis Cup player Lyttleton Rogers in five sets 4-6 8-6 6-1 5-7 6-0, maintaining his International championship stance.
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Nice
France
Bill Tilden
Lyttleton Rogers
Hoodlums Rounded Up By The Chicago Cops Scrutinized by Deportation Agents
Chicago police joined federal immigration officers in a city wide roundup. The weekend drive yielded 1,124 arrests and a nine day total near 5,000. Investigations reviewed 20 suspects for possible deportation and 285 were repeat offenders. Blaine Roth, 45, was killed in a gun brawl. two men are now held.
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Chicago
Bureau of Identifica
William Russell
Blaine Roth
Woman Killed In Auto Wreck Here
Mrs. J. B. Bumgardner of Thomasville died after a Buick sedan overturned on State Highway 10 near Burton Street. Four others were injured including her husband J. B. Bumgardner and Mrs. George H. Yow. Yow’s daughters Elizabeth and Annie were treated and released. The crash occurred when the car veered to pass another vehicle and then struck a bank, possibly due to a locked steering gear.
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J. B. Bumgardner
Thomasville
Burton Street
George H. Yow
David T. Yow
Elizabeth
Annie Yow
Bumgardner
Sechrest
High Point Hospital
Yow
Guilford General
Prohibition probe fight flagged by Senator Brookhart
Senator Brookhart of Iowa warned that unless the judiciary committee reports favorably on the Norris resolution for a prohibition investigation he will push the probe to the Senate floor. The items also note political moves in France and Britain, including the Tardieu government’s fragile support and a White House call on Alister MacDonald.
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Ashington
Brookhart
Iowa
Judiciary
Senate
Alister MacDonald
White House
Hoover
Mellon
Pilot Killed By Dynamite Blast
Lieutenant Walther G. Maser, naval aviator, is dead after a dynamite charge prematurely exploded as his plane was catapulted from the deck of the U. S. S. Nevada at Guantanamo Cuba. Initial reports offer few details but indicate the aircraft was destroyed in the blast.
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Washington
Walther G. Maser
U. S. S. Nevada
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy Department
Greensboro Church Is Swept By Fire
A fire in Bethel Methodist Church Greensboro traced to faulty wiring caused about 5000 dollars in damage. The piano church records and some pews survived as firefighters struggled. Pastor Rev Oscar L Brown said a rebuilding meeting will be held Wednesday night.
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Greensboro
Bethel Methodist
Oscar L. Brown
Minister Drops Dead In Midst of Sermon
The Rev. James M. McAlpine aged 64 collapsed and died during a sermon at the Elizabeth Mill Baptist Church in Charlotte. No further details at this time.
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Charlotte
James M. McAlpine
Elizabeth Mill Baptist Church
Passengers Rescued From Grounded Liner Off Columbia River
At 9 05 a m today another boatload of passengers was removed from the Admiral Benson coast liner of the Pacific Steamship Company. Officials believe all passengers have been taken from the vessel which ran aground near the mouth of the Columbia River Saturday night.
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Fort Canby
Wash
Admiral Benson
Pacific Steamship Company
Columbia River
Bomb attack targets Baldwin home in Marion
Sheriff Adkins probes home made bomb explosion at R. W. Baldwin residence causing roof collapse. No arrests. Baldwin, head of Marion Manufacturing, said damage tops $1 000 to $3 000. Previous labor strife at Marion Textile Workers plant included a six killed in October gun battle and later acquittals.
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Marion
Oscar Adkins
R. W. Baldwin
Baldwin
Marion Manufacturing Company
Baltimore
Adkins
United Textile Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Two men tied to murder case abandon search for boy
In Wooster Ohio on February 17 authorities abandoned digging in Charles Hanna’s back yard after six hours of excavation to depths of about six feet. Hanna and Earl Donald, both jailed, had claimed Donald buried Melvin Horst four years old in the yard after the boy’s disappearance on December 27, 1928. Hanna confessed Donald killed the boy and buried him there, but both deny the others charge. The search was halted when officials believed the body was not located.
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Wooster
Melvin Horst
Orrville
Charles Hanna
Hanna
Melvin
Earl Donald
Donald
Ora Slate
Lee Pontius
Rainbow crowns coldest winter day in North Adams
North Adams Massachusetts reported the coldest day of the winter with the temperature dropping to 18 below zero. Nearby Vermont towns fared worse with readings of 26 below in Vermont and 20 below in StamfordReadsboro and 21 below in Zylonit. A sparkling rainbow appeared for eight minutes this morning despite the extreme cold.
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North Adams
Mass
Vermont
Stamford
Readsboro
Tardieu Confined With Laryngitis
Paris reports Prime Minister Andre Tardieu confined to bed with grippe and laryngitis, temperature 101. Doctors order several days of rest and cancellation of plans to attend the London naval conference next Wednesday, though his presence is deemed urgent. He arrived in Paris last Friday with a severe cold and worsened on Sunday after insisting on working Saturday.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
London
Gardner Denies Chain Store Purchases for Live-at-Home Dinner
Raleigh Feb 17 Governor O Max Gardner rejects claims that foods for his live-at-home dinner were bought from chain stores He states no food served was from a chain and notes he pays for his family groceries buying mostly from wholesalers or local grocers in nine years as governor.
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Raleigh
Gardner
W. M. Sigman
North Carolina Food Dealers Association
James B. Vogler
O. Max Gardner
Asheboro Hit and Run Victim Dies Victim dies after hit and run in Asheboro
Guy A. Davis, 65, died at Memorial Hospital in Asheboro from injuries after a hit-and-run on South Fayetteville Street Saturday afternoon. Norman Hopkins, 19, was arrested on charges of striking and fatally injuring Davis and will face a preliminary hearing tonight.
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Asheboro
Guy A. Davis
Memorial Hospital
General Butler Visits Brother Wounded in Accident
Major General Smedley D. Butler arrived in Mineral Wells Texas to stay several days at the bedside of his brother Samuel Butler who was hurt in an automobile crash that cost the life of another brother Horace Butler.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
Smedley D. Butler
Samuel Butler
Horace Butler
Feastland
Texas
Naval Conference Faces Uneasiness In London Talks
London reports a serious mood at the five power naval conference as France presses for 724 479 tons of tonnage and the right to build up to 70 000 ton cruisers. British officials warn parity ambitions with the United States may be jeopardized while Premier Tardieu lies ill in Paris delaying further work.
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London
Naval Conference
France
America
Great Britain
England
United States
Tardieu
Paris
Historic Field Artillery Units Dropped in War Department Reorg
Two historic U S Army field artillery regiments the third and fifth will be discontinued as part of a general reorganization to maximize value per dollar. The third at Fort Sheridan Illinois and the fifth at Fort Bragg North Carolina will have their battle colors furling and decorated accordingly. The move follows intensive staff studies to improve efficiency and training for national guard and organized reserves. In Spartanburg South Carolina the Bank of Commerce assets and deposits passed to Central National Bank after a comptroller guided investigation.
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Spartanburg Bank Fifth Field Artillery
Washington
United States Army
Field Artillery
Hurley
War Department
Third Field Artillery
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Fort Bragg
North Carolina
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St. Mihiel
Meause- Argonne
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National Guard
Spartanburg, S
Bank of Commerce
Central National Bank
John A. Law
Central National
Chester Ward
Comptroller’s Department
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