Mellon Accepts the Tax Bill as Generally Satisfactory
Secretary Mellon called the new tax bill generally satisfactory to the administration though it exceeds the revenue cut the Treasury viewed as safe. He said the government should meet financial needs with minor deficits only if Congress approves new appropriations. Under-Secretary Winston predicted some revenue rise and noted tax cuts would aid business and new taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Winston
Funeral Service Held For Richard Ray Corn
Funeral services for Richard Ray Corn aged 19 months were held at 3 p.m. at the Primitive Baptist church of Mechanicsville with Reverends P. W. Williard and Neese Davis officiating. A large crowd attended and burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Floral bearers included Doris Welborn Nora Wilson Lucile Haney Alice Bowls Fern Welborn Ruby Hollinsworth Ruth Stack and Frenne Roach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ray Corn
M. L. Corn
Mendenhall Street
Primitive Baptist Church of
Mechanicsville
P. W. Williard
Neese Davis
Oakwood Cemetery
Doris Welborn
Nora Wilson
Lucile Haney
Alice Bowls
Fern Welborn
Ruby Hollinsworth
Ruth Stack
Fernneel Roach
Sensational Stories Mislead the Public in London
Gilbert Frankau urged at the Aldwich Club that sensational novels films and news mislead both American and English readers. He called for higher quality American news in British papers and said he would press Americans to send better motion pictures books and dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gilbert Frankau
Aldwich Club
America
Frankau
Welfare worker talk for color citizens at Baptist church
A meeting for colored citizens and white friends is set at the East Washington and Hobson streets Baptist church. Lawrence Oxley state director of colored welfare workers will speak on welfare department work. Other speakers include clergy from First M. P. church and Juvenile Board officers. Extra seats added to accommodate a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored Baptist Church
East Washington
Hobson Streets
Lawrence Oxley
Colored Welfare Workers
Welfare Department
First M. P. Church
M. P. Church
Juvenile Board of
Hiigh Point
Debates Over Prohibition Continue in Congress and Air
Wets and drys clash over prohibition as a House committee plans inquiries into the Anti Saloon League and related groups. Senators Edwards and Brookhart will discuss the issue on radio, with Mrs Norton and Wheeler also on air. House debates eye investigations and potential changes to the Volstead act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Edwards
New Jersey
Brookhart
Iowa
WRC
WMAL
Mart T. Norton
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
William H. S. Stayton
Association
World League Against Alcoholism
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Board of Temperance Prohibition
Committee of One Thousand
New York
Flying Squadron
Indiana
House Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Rules Committee
Britten
Illinois
Upshaw
Georgia
Tillman
Arkansas
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House Liquor Traffic Committee
Cities to unite in one month of broadcasting from WBT
Charlotte announces a cooperative broadcasting plan with station WBT inviting cities within 100 miles to join in a month long series. The program aims to promote the advantages of the region through unified radio messaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
WBT
Chamber of Commerce
Largest South theater rising at Greensboro campus
North Carolina College authorities announced the new auditorium theater under construction on the Greensboro campus will boast a seating capacity of 2,750 and a stage 72 by 90 by 40 feet. The building is expected to eclipse others of its kind in the south and cost about 350000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
North Carolina College
Baptist Women's Union Celebrates Fortieth Anniversary
Raleigh hosts the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina fortieth anniversary in First Baptist Church. Some 700 to 800 delegates expected. 500 plus names already registered for free entertainment. Notable speakers include Dr. John R. Jester, Mrs. Wesley N. Jones, Dr. E. Y. Mullins, Mrs. W. J. Cox, and Mrs. Janie Cree Rose while Miss Dorothy Kellam directs the pageant with Raleigh youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina
First Baptist Church
Dorothy Kellam
J. Wilbur Dunn
John R. Jester
First Baptist Church of
E. Y. Mullins
Louisville
W. J. Cox
Memphis
Southern Baptist Convention
Janie Cree Rose
W. M. WU. Training School
Grandma's Texas visit boosts sick girl's recovery
In Decatur Illinois on February 25 AP reports Betty Jo Bloodworth five year old daughter of Rev Floyd Bloodworth showed improvement as news spread that Grandma B M Halbert would fly from Texas to her bedside. Rain and darkness forced an initial landing near Mokan Missouri but she continued by train to St. Louis then on to Decatur expected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ills
Grandma
Texas
Betty Jo Bloodworth
Floyd Bloodworth
B. M. Halbert
Fort Worth
Mokan
Rev Gribbin To Speak At Noon Lenten Service
The Rev Robert E Gribbin will deliver the address at the Business People's noonday Lenten Service at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church on College and Washington streets tomorrow. The service starts at 12 10 and lasts thirty minutes. The speaker is described as interesting and forceful and all are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Gribbon
Business People
Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church College
Washington Streets
Gribbin
Income Tax Collector Here To List Taxes
Fred Sparger of the state revenue department is in High Point to list income taxes for the past year. He arrived yesterday from Greensboro where he did the same work and has set a temporary office in the city council room to aid local citizens in straightening out income tax tangles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sparger
State Revenue Department
High Point
Sparger
Greensboro
Talks Open Between Russia and France Over Debts and Trade
Paris February 25 negotiations between Soviet Russia and France on commercial relations credits and debt settlement opened today at the foreign office under Premier Briand with Soviet ambassador Rakovsky representing Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Paris
France
Foreign Office
Briand
M. Rakovsky
Many Gangsters Fleeing From Chicago Alien Hunt
Chicago’s alien gangland has become a deserted village as gunmen flee deportation raids. Police report 90 new suspects and 21 held for deportation, with many connected to liquor and killings slipping away or hiding. Writs of habeas corpus sought for two detainees. interrogations reveal long-ago arrivals and border crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bimba Trial Threat Letter Opens Amid Storm News
In Brockton Massachusetts a second blasphemy trial letter threatens associate city attorney Joseph Veracka amid Anthony Bimba proceedings. In Pine Bluff Arkansas four killed as a storm hits Chicot County with three white and one black victims near Lake Village and Jenni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Anthony Bimba
Joseph M. Veracka
Bimba
Hoffman
Harry Hoffman
Greece Asks League To Settle Greco Turkish Frontier Dispute
Greece has appealed to the League of Nations in Geneva against Turkey seeking settlement of the Greco Turkish frontier dispute. The action is under article II paragraph 2 of the league covenant allowing members to bring matters affecting international peace to the assembly or council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Greece
League of Nations
Turkey
League Covenant
League
Assembly
Council
Robinson to Speak Here on World Court Plan
East St. Louis Illinois February 25 AP The Chamber of Commerce announced that Senator Joseph Robinson Arkansas Democratic floor leader and World Court supporter would speak here on March 16. He will reply to Senator James A Reel Missouri who opposed the court in a recent chamber talk.
Fire at West 49th Street boarding house alarms guests
Fire in a West 49th street boarding house sent about 300 guests at the Hotel De France rushing from rooms in night attire. Notable evacuees included Eugene Conrad the playwright and Eddie Leonard the minstrel. The blaze was quickly put out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
White Light District
West 49Th Street
Hotel de France
Eugene Conrad
Eddie Leonard
Pressley Signs to Manage Local Tri-State Club
D. W. Pressley, former pitcher for the Kinston club in the Virginia Carolina league last season, has been signed to manage the local club of the Tri-State league for the upcoming season in Tupelo Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pressley
Tupelo
Miss
D. W. Pressley
Kinston
Broadway Bootleg King Arrested On Tax Fraud Charge
Emanuel H. Mannie Kessler known as the bootleg king of Broadway was arrested in New York on a warrant accusing him of defrauding the U S government of more than 1 560 000 in 1922 income tax. He is held on 7500 bail awaiting grand jury action. The case stems from an inquiry by United States Attorney Buckner and internal revenue intelligence head Hugh McWhaian. Kessler had just been released from a federal prison in Atlanta after twenty months of a two year sentence for prohibition violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emanuel H. “Mannie” Kessler
Broadway
United States
Kessler
Buckner
Hugh Mcwaihian
Bueau
Internal Revenue Department
Atlanta
Tornado Toll Rises Across Mississippi Region
MEMPHIS Tenn Feb 25 AP three negroes killed and several injured were reported as a tornado swept from Southeastern Arkansas last night. The storm demolished buildings near Lake Village wrecked about six homes in a Greenville Miss suburb and damaged barns and tenant houses on several plantations in North Mississippi.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Lake Village
Chicot County
Boueff River
Jennie
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Greenville
Miss
Mississippi
University seniors urge Chase to stay as Oregon offer looms
Chapel Hill Feb 25 The senior class of the State University passes a unanimous resolution urging Dr Harry W Chase to remain at the university rather than accept the Oregon presidency The measure, introduced by W T Couch, will be sent to Chase on his return from the Pacific coast where he considered the Oregon offer He then has two weeks to decide the decision period is two weeks after his return The resolution pledges support for his liberal policy and the universitys best interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
The
State University
Harry W. Chase
University of Oregon
W. T. Couch
Chase
Pacific Coast
Oregon
New Orleans Cotton Opens Easy Amid Long Liquidation
The New Orleans cotton market opened easy with Liverpool due and bearish sentiment on long liquidation. Old crop months fell to March 18.92 May 18.52 and July 18.04 as new crop October held around 18.30, finishing the first half hour steady near lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
Merchants Protest Britten Metric Standards Bill
The Charlotte Merchants association sent a protest to Senator Overman against a possible congress enactment of the Britten Metric standards bill. They warn the legislation would bring about the utmost confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Charlotte
Congress
Senator Overman
Charlotte Merchants Association
Court Proceedings Shot Against Countess Ten-Day Leave
A ten day leave period is invoked for a countess as she faces court in New York. The period expires before she appears in the state court, signaling possible further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Countess Cathcart's fate tied to moral turpitude ruling
The case centers on whether the Countess of Cathcart can stay in the United States or be sent back to England. Attorney Arthur Garfield Hays and Federal Attorney Buckner seek to postpone the habeas corpus hearing to Friday. The department of labor declined a rehearing, and a court ruling on moral turpitude could guide future cases. If deportation proceeds, a new writ could challenge it. a South Africa elopement angle may be introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Countess of Cathcart
Ellis Island
England
Arthur Garfield Hays
Buckner
Department of Labor
Department
Hays
Secretary of Labor
Rse
Buck
Funeral services for Mrs Della Williams
Mrs Della Williams wife of Oak ley Williams died early this morning after a five day hospital stay She would have turned 20 next month She lived on Home stead avenue Mechanicsville after moving from Charlotte ville Va Surviving husband and one brother James Bradford U S Navy Panama Funeral services held at Mechanicsville Baptist Church conducted by Rev J M Hilliard Burial in church cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Williams
Oakley Williams
Mechnicsville Baptist Church
J. M. Hilliard
Mechanicsville Baptist Church
Names Same Among Beulah Dixons In Court Case
A Miss Beulah Dixon who testified in municipal court yesterday against G. A. Conrad is not the Beulah Dixon employed by Wilson Motor Company. The two share the same name but are not known to each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Dixon
G. A. Conrad
Wilson Motor Company
Prayer meeting and social by Senior C E society Friday
The Senior Christian Endeavor of the Friends church hosts a regular prayer meeting and social at 7 30 Friday night in the annex. The topic is Elizabeth Fry and Her Prison Reform Work. Mrs Wade Hiatt leads. All young people are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society of the Friends Church
Annex
Elizabeth Fry
Wade Hiatt
Trading limits for grain futures set by Capper
Senator Capper a Republican from Kansas proposes a daily limit of one million bushels for a single operator trading grain futures. The plan targets curbing excessive speculation and stabilizing prices in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Capper
Republican
Kansas
South Carolina Youth Held on Marriage Faking Charge
Noel Cobb of Anderson South Carolina once a theology student and “French diplomat” is a hospital patient in Asheville North Carolina. He faces a bigamy charge and has endured a string of marriages across six states amid mental confusion according to AP reports.
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South Carolina
Asheville
Louisville
Noel Cobb
Dupre
North Carolina
Cobb
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
Margaret Farmer
Peabody College
Jeffersonville
Ind
Dothan
Ala
Creote °Ham
Birmingham-Southern College
Noel Dupre
Birmingham College
Atlanta
Virginia Hollingsworth
Chattanooga
Tenn
Margaret
Miss Hollingsworth
Indiana
Anderson
Alabama
Georgia
South
Highland Hospital
Robert S. Carroll
Coronation Ceremony for Maharajah in Jammu Kashmir
At the coronation of Sh ah Singh the new Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmire, a plain mauve garment will be worn beside the family priest as Hindu scriptures are recited. The sacred fire will be fed with butter and water from Indian rivers as saffron robed priests chant before a canopy bearing a wealth goddess image. The Maharajah, once known as Mr A in the Robinson blackmail case, has hosted a state banquet for ruling princes and native states. Princes dine on gold plates and their staffs on solid silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jammu
Kashmir
Shah Singh
Jammu and
Kashmire
India
Benair
Robinson
London
New York cotton opens barely steady as prices drift lower
The New York cotton market opened barely steady, slipping 1 to 14 points on selling tied to lower Liverpool cables. March touched 19.71 and October 17.92, about 7 to 12 points below the prior close, with buyers active at the lower levels. Rain delays in the south were seen as brief and not harmful to farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Wheat market sags after early strength amid moisture fears
Chicago grain news reports wheat falling after an initial rally as new crop deliveries show weakness and domestic winter wheat moisture weighs on prices. Corn rises on damp weather and low receipts, while oats firm and hogs influence the weaker provision market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Woman Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Jennie Jackson, 41, died at the state hospital Morganton after years of illness. Surviving are four sons Lonnie Earl Vernia and Lloyd Jackson mother father four brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be at Welch Memorial church tomorrow afternoon at 2:39 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Jackson
State Hospital
Morganton
High Point
Jackson
A. C. Stacy
Ed Jackson
Bis City
Lonnie
Earl
Vernia
Lloyd Jackson
Will
Percy Hary
Jessie Stacy
J. Jackson
Lillig Allen
Bessie Stacy
Welch Memorial Chorch
This City
Clyde Woodall’s Daughter Undergoes Serious Operation
Friends of Mr and Mrs M D Woodell regret to learn their young daughter Clyda is seriously ill at Gullfer General Hospital after an appendicitis operation yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Woodell
Clyda
Gullfer@ General hospital
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Duke of Leeds
Carolina
Baptist Women's Union
R. E. Gribbin
University
Cathcart
Cffes Health
Santarum
Henry Landes
Seattle
Clyde Woodall
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