Unmasking Bill Passes Without Dissent In Raleigh
The North Carolina General Assembly unanimously approved a bill to unmask members of secret organizations. The Senate passed it in under a minute after House approval and minor amendments exempt labor unions and the Moose. Debate focused on broader Ku Klux Klan issues.
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Raleigh
State Capitol
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Johnson
Duplin
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
House
Ridenoutte
Rowan
Order of the Moose
National Organization of the Ku Klux Klan
Lawrence of Hertford
General Assembly
Royall
Wayne
State Board of Education
High Point
Guilford
Greensboro
Turlington
Iredell
Graham
Great Storm Plagues World’s Largest Halibut Fleet
Seward Alaska Feb 26 AP Nearly a thousand mariners face peril as a north Pacific gale threatens to wipe out up to 150 of 270 storm struck halibut boats. Vessels arrive at Seward amid towering seas while liners Admiral Watson and Starr endure danger near docks. Imp crewed rescue by Cordova forestry vessel Chugach followed by Virginia’s safe return.
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Alaska
North Pacific
Admiral Watson
Starr
Imp
Port Etches
Hinchinbrook Island
Cordova
A. Hamilton
Clifford Marr
Edwin J. Rost
Chugach
Rost
St. Louis
Virginia
Paving of State Highway 203 Begins Between Laurinburg and Gibson
Paving on State Highway 203 starts between Laurinburg and Gibson. Noll Construction Company of Gastonia serves as the contractor for the project.
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Laurinburg
Gibson
Noll Construction Company
Gastonia
County government reform bills move toward approval in Raleigh
Raleigh dispatch analyzes three county reform measures passed by the senate and favored by the house. The pair of fiscal acts mandate a budget system, tax adequacy, and debt management to end deficits. A third optional form of government is also described as part of the reform package.
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Senate
House
Raleigh
Shanghai Armies and Foreign Troops Guard International Zone
Shanghai exists as an armed international camp with British French and Italian forces on alert along a 20 mile reach around the settlement. US warships standing by offshore with 2400 sailors ready to land if American lives or property are threatened amid Cantonese advances toward Sungkiang and Shanghai.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Nanking
Chang Tsung- Chang
Shantung Province
Sun Chan- Fang
Marshal Sun
China
Sung-Kiang
Chang Tsung-Chang
Sungkiang
Hangchow
Washington
Coolidge
Corinto
White House
Nicaragua
Diaz
Dispute Over State Radio Station Funding in General Appropriation
The North Carolina House approved most of the state budget but eliminated the $90,000 radio broadcasting station provision. Debate centered on timing and economy with opponents predicting future need, while proponents warned delaying now could cost the state future access to wavelengths. The radio clause was defeated 52 to 0, reducing total appropriations to 5,247,000.
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The
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
House
Senate
Walter Murphy
McLean
Moss
Rutherford
Nat Townsend
Harnett
New Contest Over Hopkins Will Case Has Been Started
A new contest to the estate of Mark Hopkins filed in federal court in San Francisco seeks inventory accounting and new distribution for over 800 claimants in 30 states. Defendants include Timothy Nolan Hopkins and Samuel Hopkins with Wells Fargo Bank Union Trust Crocker First National Bank and California National Bank. The suit alleges concealment of assets totaling millions and notes undistributed funds in bank vaults.
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San Franciso
Mark Hopkins
United States District Court
Hopkins
Timothy Nolan Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins
San Mateo
Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Company
Crocker First National Bank of
San Francis
Wilson brothers, Woodrow’s kin, die in Baltimore
Joseph R. Wilson brother of former President Woodrow Wilson died in Baltimore of Bright's disease at 59. Burial planned in Clarksville Tennessee. He previously edited Clarksville weekly, Nashville newsroom chief, and later headed Maryland Casualty promotion division. Survived by widow and daughter Alice Wilson McElroy.
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Tenn
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Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Clarksville
Wilson
Nashville Banner
J. S. McElroy
Kright
The
Maryland Casualty Company
Debate clash over inter allied war debt cancellation
Raleigh Wake Forest and Duke University debaters clash here tonight on the question of cancellation of inter allied war debte.
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Raleigh
Wake Forest
Duke University
Fire Claims Life of Hendersonville Man
In Hendersonville the inquest into the death of 81 year old Hiram Justice follows a fatal house fire on the Dana road. Neighbors watched as flames engulfed his home while he slept, the victim reportedly suffocated by smoke after a large fire in an open fireplace. His son Dr. Zero K. Justice was involved in a hunting accident three weeks earlier.
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Hiram Justice
Dana Road
A. L. Beck
Henderson
Zero K. Justice
Davidson
A. M. Hughes
Hendersonville
Insull Refuses to Disclose Campaign Financing Details
Chicago multi millionaire Samuel Insull defies the Senate campaign funds committee by refusing to name four donors of 40 000 and to state if he borrowed from Commonwealth Edison to finance 65 000 for Cook county and Illinois primary causes. He and attorneys face contempt proceedings as the panel probes Smiths credentials.
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Washington
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Daniel J. Schuyler
Thomas W. Cunningham
Philadelphia
Senate
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Sammuel Insull
Insull
Illinois
Frank L. Smith
Smith
Commonwealth Edison Company
Cook County
Ilinois
Gilbert KE. Porter
Europe
Commonwealth Edison
Timeis Merchant Trust Company of
Fire train crash injures several in Kentucky
A collision between the Flamingo passenger train from Jacksonville to Louisville and a stationary freight train near Christiansburg Ky. at 9 30 this morning left a fireman fatally injured two passengers hurt and many shaken up.
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AP i
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisville
Congress Veto Stirs Debate in Washington
Washington Feb 26 Congress edge toward end of session as filibuster limits and cloture moves spark Senate actions and threats in the House. President Coolidge speeds bills through including army housing and mining reforms while Farm Relief bill faces veto fallout.
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Wisconsin
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Tennessee
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Reed
Missouri
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McNary
Republican
Oregon
Sargent
Chicago Board of Trade
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Iowa
Lowden
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Arizona
West
Tilson
House
Curtis
Robinson
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Middlewest
Capper
Kansas
Senator Watson
Indiana
Gooding
Idaho
Chester Haworth Visits Family While Traveling
Superintendent Chester C. Haworth of Burlington city schools spent a few hours here visiting his wife and son at High Point hospital. He was en route to Dallas for the NEA annual meeting where he will address homo genous grouping to high school principals. Haworth serves on North Carolina's national ethics committee and will attend a committee meeting Wednesday.
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Chester C. Haworth
Burlington City
High Point Hospital
Haworth
Dallas
Texas
Department of Superintendents of the
North Carolina
Six youths bonded on charges of disturbing party at school
Six young men were bound over for trial after a disturbance at a school house party. They faced charges of disturbing the gathering and were released on bond pending further court action.
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Raleigh
School House
Fire destroys part of Hackney Wagon plant in Wilson
Fire in Wilson on February 2 damaged a large Hackney Wagon company building. Origin undetermined. blaze began around 3 35 a m and threatened nearby houses and a $1.25 million plant. By noon portions remained burning with possible loss approaching 800 000 according to company officials.
Beulah School Faces Alcohol Incident Report
Beulah school teachers report fourth grade boys arrived intoxicated after wine was found near the building. The incident prompted calls to the sheriff and a local investigation.
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Smithfield
Beulah School
North Carolina bill seeks attorney general probe of hospital mistreatment claim
A legislative move by Rep A D McLean Beaufort to have the attorney general investigate alleged mistreatment of H B Williams at Morganton state hospital advanced in the Senate after passing the House. affidavits from Williams widow and two children claim he died after admission for mental condition with alleged neglect.
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A. D. McLean
Beaufort
H. B. Williams
Washington, N. C
Morganton State Hospital
Senate
House
McLean
J. Hamp Giles
Burke
Giles
Chiildren Allege
Withiams
Joshua Tayltor
Washington
Inztes
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