Finance debate focuses on local and state funds in Raleigh
In Raleigh the senate considers a local finance bill as the assembly delays its calendar. The House advances a six month state funded school term measure with a nineteen point five million equalization fund. A drivers license bill gains favor while a joint finance hearing weighs power company tax proposals. The highway bill faces delay as action looms for Monday night.
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State Senate
General Assembly
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Senate
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Boards of Education
Joint Finance Committee
Whedbee
County Government Advisory Commission
Believe Radicals Will Renew Opposition To King
MADRID Spain Feb 20 Taken by surprise at the mon archist union which has permitted formation of a government under Premier Admiral Juan Aznar Y Cabana socialists republicans and other radical elements were believed today to be marking time before renewing active opposition to the throne. Although Spain continues tranquil there were reports that the socialist and labor leaders were banning a general strike witholding action temporarily in order to witness the governmental program in full swing. A meeting of the socialists and General Workers' union has been called for tomorrow to formulate a program.
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Madrid
Spain
Juan Aznar Y Cabana
General Workers’ Union
Island kingdom for sale in Monroe County tax dispute
KEY WEST Fla Feb 20 Ross Sawyer clerk of the court Monroe county puts up for sale a Florida island kingdom including many islands and keys from the mainland to Key West due to unpaid taxes since 1927. Bidders may acquire the romantic bargain with palm bordered beaches and moonlit shores.
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Key West
Fla
Ross Sawyer
Monroe County
Keys
Florida
Ban Johnson Builds Chance To Recover From Illness
Ban Johnson former head of the American league has a fighting chance to pull through his present illness. His physician Dr Robert F Hyland said the condition improved after a toe amputation and rest.
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Louis Fed
Ban Johnson
Robert F. Hyland
Hyland
Peru Declares State Of Siege After Seizure
Fort Real Felipe seized by sixty revolutionists aiming to overthrow the Sanchos Cerro government. Loyal forces captured it this afternoon as a state of siege was declared in Lima and Callao. The government vowed severe punishment for traitors and pursued the insurgents toward Callao, though the capital saw little disturbance.
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Callao
Peru
Fort “Real Felipe
Sanchos Cerro
Lima
Trai
Tors
Seige
New in Refusal of Information to Senate Group
Former Postmaster General New refused to say if the St. Paul commercial station lease was discussed at a cabinet meeting. He declined to testify about cabinet proceedings and denied assigning blame to John H. Bartlett. The case spurred a grand jury probe into fraud and possible collusion to block a second inquiry.
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St. Paul
Washington
New
Senate
Coolidge
Blaine
Bartlett
John H. Bartlett
Diamonds Rain On New York East Side Heist
In Manhattan the East Side saw a jewelry store break in last night. Three robbers pried a window to grab gems worth thirty thousand dollars and a tray valued at five thousand. The manager Charles Kraemer fired, wounding one thief and damaging their car. They returned fire, injuring Kraemer in the leg, and fled, leaving gems scattered near Grand and Forsyth. Police surrounded the area as Kraemer and staff recovered most of the loot.
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New York
Charles Kraemer
Grand and
Forsyth Streets
Kraemer
Appropriation bill adopted after Senate vote
Washington February 20 Congress completed action on the billion dollar treasury postoffice appropriation bill with the Senate adopting the conference report by 52 to 18 Senator Blaine of Wisconsin pressed for a roll call after opposing the removal of a post office lease clause. The measure provides 161 million dollars to be immediately available for public buildings nationwide. Only the naval and second deficiency appropriations remain for Senate action.
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Washington
Treasury Postoffice
Senate
Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Two Trash Fires Do Little Damage
The High Point fire department was called out three times today twice for trash blazes and once on a false alarm. At 11:35 a house on Prospect street faced a trash fire with no damage. At 2:00 p m trash burned in the basement of 110 West Green street but caused no damage. A false alarm at 2:30 p m was handled by Number 3.
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High Point
Prospect Street
West Green Street
Army Will Get New Clothes On July 1
Washington report states the army will receive new clothing effective July 1 including elastique breeches and serge jackets replacing melton. Costs of materials will rise by 80 and uniform issue allowances will be reduced, offset by longer wear of the breeches, according to army officials.
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Washington
Melton
Elastique
Army
Publisher Says Every Cash Item Paid In Full In Tennessee Tieup
Nashville AP report details Colonel Luke Lea and R. Donnell involved in check kiting at the closed Liberty Bank and Trust. Testimony shows Chappell says he was demoted for objecting while Lea denies any improper deposits. Lea claims CD certificates from Asheville’s Central Bank were properly issued and later used to secure loans.
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Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Chappell
Liberty Bank
Lea
R. &. Donnell
Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
N. C
Airplanes Arrive in New Bern for Airport Opening Meet
Five commercial planes arrived to mark the New Bern municipal airport opening four day air meet. Weather forced ten planes to divert to Kinston while Raleigh and Lumberton squadrons waited for better conditions. Naval ships from Pensacola were due in, with Adjutant General Metts scheduled to appear Sunday as the event runs through Monday.
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New Bern
Kinston
Raleigh
Lumberton
Naval Air Base
Pensacola
Fla
Popular Singer Knute Bergstrom Dies in Copenhagen Cabaret
In a Copenhagen cabaretKnute Bergstrom suddenly died after finishing a tragic song. The audience initially thought it was stage theatrics, but he collapsed at the table and was found dead, with heart failure presumed.
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Copenhagen
Knute Bergstrom
British Flier Not Hurt In Plane Crash
British aviator Tommy Rose, who left Lympne Airdrome England on February 11 to lower the England to Capetown flight record, crashed near Palapye Bechuanaland February 20 but suffered no injuries. He announced he would continue the attempt to set a new record.
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Bechuanaland
British East Africa
Tommy Rose
Lympne Airdrome
England
Capetown
Rose
Immunity From Mother In Law's Kisses Costs Man
Chicago February 20 AP A divorced husband Claude Erickson claims his wife forced him to kiss her mother in law, calling it extreme cruelty that caused a nervous breakdown. Judge Daniel F. P. Trude ordered $20 weekly alimony to his wife.
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Claude Erickson
Erickson
Daniel FP. Trude
Negro Believes In Going To Head Man For Results
Texarkana Arkansas February 20 AP Fennie Heston a Black resident with a wife and five children but no job sought work through the U S Employment Service on February 7. He received two Red Cross aids and wrote to President Hoover out of frustration. The department redirected the request and today Heston begins park improvement work at two dollars per day.
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Ark
Fennie Heston
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U. S&s. Employment Service
Red Cross
Hoover
Peete
Spheater
Government Employment Service
Heston
Banker Hurd In Auto Accident Near Charleston
Robert S. Small president of the South Carolina National Bank was injured in a wreck between Orangeburg and Summerville. He was brought to Charleston in serious condition after the car rolled three times and the driver hitchhiker 8 J Herrick was unhurt. Small remained unconscious upon arrival at 2:30 p.m. The accident occurred at 11:56 a.m. near St George.
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8. C
Roberts. Small
South Carolina National Bank
Orangeburg
Summerville
Cc. G. Walker
Charlotte
K. T. Cline
Wilmington
Small
Summerville Infirmary
J. Herrick
St. George
Walker
Cline
Cardinal Pacelli Broadcast Reply to Congratulations
Cardinal Pacelli papal secretary of state spoke on Vatican radio to respond to hundreds of congratulatory messages after the pope’s inauguration of station HVJ. The brief message aired from 9:30 to 10:00 a m EST on wavelengths 19 84 and 50 26. A news program was also transmitted.
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Vatican City
Cardinal Pacelli
Vatican
HVJ
Communists Planned Robberies Target Portland Trial
Testimony by M. R. Bacon, a special police officer, claimed Portland communists proposed bank robberies to fund their activities. Bacon, who joined the communist party last year for information, helped indict 13 persons as part of a criminal syndicalism case against Ben Boloff. Noes aliens arrested await deportation.
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Portland
Ore
M. R. Bacon
Ben Boloff
Bacon
Communist Party
Europe Endures Sleet and Winds Across Regions
A fogbound Europe suffers widespread disruption from sleet and storms. Spain and northern Spain endure 63 days of rain with snow and hail, while heavy seas cause shipping accidents and a German freighter sinks a Dutch trawler after towing it to safety near Esbjerg. British aviatrix Mrs. Victor Bruce completes a world tour by air and sea, heading to London.
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England
Spain
France
Belgium
Italy
Germany
Scandinavia
Mauretania
Southampton
Annie Hugo Stinnes VI
Borkrum
Esbjerg
Denmark
Albert Benham To Be Arraigned Soon
BELVIDERE Illinois February 20 Albert W Benham financier whose investments let him pay high interest on loans by neighbors will be arraigned tomorrow or early next week on eight grand jury indictments charging operation of a confidence game and obtaining money under false pretenses. Benham announced he was broke two weeks ago and took a rest in Wisconsin before returning and being arrested. He furnished $12000 bond.
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Belvidere
Ill
Albert W. Benham
Benham
Wisconsin
Six Drownings in Cordoba District Floods
Six persons have been drowned in the Cordoba district after a rain and hailstorm described as the most violent in memory. The floods followed the storm, with emergency relief aware of the loss. Local authorities investigate the casualties and coordinate with rescuers.
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Buenos Aires
Cordoba
Senate backs move to curb silver dumping worldwide
The Senate adopted a resolution urging President Hoover to negotiate with other nations to curb debasing silver coins and dumping on the world market. It calls for an international conference to agree on silver as money, aiming to prevent Britain from dumping Indian silver and worsening metal prices.
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Washington
Hoover
Great Britain
India
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Relations
Edward M Lean in Court Again
Washington February 20 The marital troubles of Edward B McLean and his wife continue as Mrs McLean seeks to block his Mexico divorce filing. Justice Adkins issued a temporary injunction preventing McLean from pursuing the Cuernavaca action while a permanent order is considered. The couple had a prior decree for separate maintenance ordering $7500 monthly from McLean.
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Washington
Edward B. McLeans
McLean
Spoksman
Mexico
Justice Adkins
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Cuernavaca
Washington Post
Knighthood to Be Conferred on Campbell Tomorrow
King George will confer knighthood on Captain Malcolm Campbell tomorrow morning in recognition of his new world speed record for automobiles.
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Campbell
London
George
Malcolm Campbell
Fashions Mirror Economic Trends Say Northwestern Professor
Evanston, Feb 20. Professor Baker Brownell of Northwestern University linked women's fashion to the economy. He noted that shorter skirts signal brighter times while longer skirts foretell a downturn, citing 1929 shifts and the stock market crash as examples.
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Evanston
Baker Brownell
Northwestern University
Brownell
Veto Fears Over Veterans Loan Measure Loom in Congress
Congress sent the veterans loan relief bill to the White House as President Hoover faced a prompt veto or possible pocket veto fears. Senator Couzens warned the reading of naval appropriation, while downtown assurances said Hoover would veto within 48 hours.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Hoover
Couzens
Michigan
Mrs Victor Bruce Lands In England
CROYDON England February 20 Mrs Victor Bruce British woman aviator arrived in her Blue Bird plane from Lympne air drome completing a trip around the world by sea and air Frederick Montague under secretary of state for air and a group of notables welcomed her Her husband and son joined Bruce at the field as she spoke to reporters She said she is ready to fly the Atlantic to Buenos Aires for the British trade exposition if she can obtain a machine and cited a planned route via Gibraltar Dakar Neal Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires
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Croydon
Eng
Victor Bruce
Lympne
Frederick Montague
Air
Bruce
Buenos Aires
Yellow Sea
Gibraltar
Dakar
Neal
Rio de Janeiro
Henry Ford Arrives for Winter Visit in Florida
Henry Ford arrived in Fort Myers Florida today for another winter vacation. He slipped past reporters and drove to his estate beside Thomas A Edison on the Caloosahatchee river. He plans a quiet stay with occasional visits to Edison and Harvey Firestone the tire maker.
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Fort Myers
Fia
Henry Ford
Florida
Thomas A. Edison
Caloosahatchee River
Harvey Firestone
Conference report on $136 million supply bill approved
The House accepted the conference report on the $136,000,000 annual state justice commerce and labor supply bill today, completing congressional action.
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Washington
House
Regains senses after coma in car crash
Hickory reports Monroe McCree of Windy City regained consciousness today following a week long automobile accident. He had been in a coma for 108 hours before waking, with medical staff monitoring his condition.
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Hickory
Monroe McCree
Windy City
Despondent man commits suicide in Hickory home
Ed Whittle aged 70 near Hickory North Carolina dies by self inflicted gunshot after a long illness. He rose from bed and shot himself in his dwelling on February 20. Authorities report the tragedy occurred during a period of protracted illness and despondency.
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Hickory
N. C
QO. Whittle
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