Senate Overrules Veto on Veterans Loan Bill 76-17
Senate sustains president’s veto with 16 Republicans and 1 Democrat voting to uphold it. The act lets World War II veterans borrow up to half the face value of adjusted compensation certificates, about $500 on average for 3,498,000 ex-servicemen. Checks for loans to be mailed promptly, with many applicants already in line.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans Bureau
Hines
Bureau
High Point Charter Proposal Divides Pointed Changes
Raleigh February 27 A new High Point city charter was introduced in both houses. It expands the city manager’s powers and changes municipal elections while preserving schooling and tax collection. An election board would supervise municipal debts and partisan primaries precede the general vote. Council reduced to four members with a mayor. Delegations split but plan to discuss in committee.
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Raleigh
High Point
Senate
Sentatives
Waynick
Turner
House
Burrus
High Mint
City Board of Elections
County Board of Elections
Civil Service
Big Bill Talks Flood Control in Hoover Testimony
Mayor Thompson of Chicago told the house flood control committee that President Hoover has out promised everybody but not moved fast enough on Mississippi Valley flood work. He urged national financing and approved federal aid while praising the 300 million dollar bill but urging swifter action.
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Washington
Thompson
Chicago
Hoover
House Flood Control Committee
Mississippi Valley Waterway and Flood Control Association
Coolidge
Period Furniture Manufacturing Company Formed in High Point
Greensboro February 27 A state certificate of incorporation was filed for Period Furniture Manufacturing Company. Authorized capital is 50000 dollars with 20 shares issued at 100 dollars each. D. H. Hayworth holds ten shares, M. A. Edwards five, and Z. I. Walser five. The company will manufacture and sell all kinds of furniture.
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Greensboro
Clerk of Superior Court
Period Furniture Manufacturing Company
High Point
Hayworth
M. A. Edwards
Z. I. Walser
Two Men Held In Connection With Strange Murder
New York police questioned Brooklyn attorney John A. Radeloff and ex convict Sam Cohen after Miss Vivian Gordon was found strangled in Van Cortlandt Park with rope. A diary entry named Radeloff as her fear, while Gordon had indicated plans to testify about graft involving the vice squad.
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New York
Vivian Gordon
van Cortlandt Park
John A. Radeloff
Brooklyn
Sam Cohen
Charles Harris
Miss Gordon
Edward P. Mulrooney
Radeloff
Cohen
McLoughlin
Mulrooney
Andrew B. McLoughlin
Bedford Reformatory
Bermuda
Bodyguard of Capone Ordered Deported to Italy
Secretary Doak ordered the deportation to Italy of Tony Volpe known as a bodyguard of Al Capone. The Chicago civic committee labeled him a public enemy and an alien unlawfully in the United States after a formal inquiry.
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Washington
Doak
Italy
Tony
Hops) Volpe
al Capone
Chicago
Volpe
United States
Naval appropriation pact ends stalemate debt to Hoover
Congressional conferees reached agreement today on the navy department appropriation totaling 358 million dollars. The settlement includes 10 million for 11 destroyers built in government yards where possible, ending a week long dispute as March 4 adjournment nears and Hoover urges swift action.
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Washington
Congressional
Navy Department
Senate
Hoover
House
Hale
Republican
Maine
Local Man Appeals To Superior Court
GREENSBORO February 27 John Miller former employee of Globe Manufacturing High Point today appealed to the Superior Court from Judge Lewis B Teague High Point municipal court November term where Miller had a $26300 suit against the company over injuries claimed from negligence. The accident occurred on October 5 1928.
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Greensboro
John Miller
Globe Manufacturing Company
High Point
Lewis B. Teague
Teague
Miller
Obe Company
Frazer silent after Raleigh arrest in Stader case
Frazer arrived under police custody in Raleigh not handcuffed, posed for photos, and declined to speak. Assistant Prosecutor Hueston planned to question him about a possible second man in the car. Frazer claimed the death was accidental in a confession to Prosecutor David.
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Frazer
Thomas Hueston
Newark
N. J
Abe J. David
Union County
Raleigh
New York State
Report Favorably On School Measure
Raleigh February 27. The house education committee reported favorably a substitute bill to set up machinery for operating a state supported six month school term. The original bill by Johnson of Ashe combined both features but the committee split them into separate measures. No appropriation is included, only machinery via the state board of equalization and enhanced powers.
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Raleigh
Senate
Senate Roads Committee
House
Clarkson
Mecklenburg
Clerkson
Campbell
New Hanover
State Highway Commission
Horton
Chatham
House Education Committee
Johnson
Ashe
State Board of Equalization
Six Negroes Die for S. C. Murders
Six condemned men were electrocuted at South Carolina's prison for two murders, two separate cases tied to robbery. Tillman Pooter confessed in Mills murder at Cayce, while Cantrell and four others killed Hendrix in Lexington county during an attempted holdup. The executions, a state record, drew spectators including Hendrix’s widow and Mills’s daughters.
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Miles H. Wolff
Columbia, &. C
South Carolina
Tillman Pooter
C. D. Mills
Cayce
Robert “Greasy” Eldredge
Lindsey Cantrell
John Ackwright
James ‘Snow’ Hickman
George Bird
Ernest “Tee” Thomason
B. W. Hendrix
Lexington County
Cantrell
Hendrix
Mills
D. J. Vargeson
EB. BE. Nason
Columbia
Liquor Seizure on Sea Hawk Ship at Port Arthur
Customs officers raided the sailing ship Sea Hawk in Port Arthur and seized liquor valued at 300,000 dollars. Three crew members were detained as part of the raid and investigation.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Seahawk
Al Capone Convicted of Contempt of Court in Chicago
Al Capone is found guilty of contempt for failing to appear before a federal grand jury in 1929. Judge Wilkerson calls the affidavit of illness false and hampers justice. Capone gets 30 days from Monday and remains free on $5,000 bond while appealing to the U.S. circuit court. Guards detain spectators as Capone is escorted from the court.
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Chicago
Capone
Wilkerson
Miami
Fla
Bermuda
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Florida
Benjamin Epstein
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Muscle Shoals and Unemployment Bills Referred for Study
President Hoover referred the Muscle Shoals and Wagner unemployment bills to war justice and labor departments for investigation and report. Proponents fear vetoes while Doak opposes federal aid for state employment agencies. The Muscle Shoals plan would mix government and private fertilizer production at Alabama plants.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Muscle Shoals
War Department
Department of Justice
Alabama
Labor Department
Doak
Lone Bandit Robs Store At Gastonia
A lone masked robber robbed W. V. Nivens store in Gastonia taking $40 after holding five men at gunpoint. The bandit exchanged shots with Nivens in the street before escaping in an automobile. Melvin Griffin was shot at but not hit during the incident.
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Gastonia
W. V. Nivens
Melvin Griffin
Nivens
State Senators Back Vets Relief Bill After Veto
Washington Feb 27 North Carolina senators backed the veterans relief bill in override votes. Senator Morrison was among 76 who voted to override Hoover's veto. Senator Simmons was paired for the bill with Senator Gillett of Massachusetts, both opposing the veto.
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Washington, N. C
North Carolina
Veterans’ Relief
Hoover
Morrison
Simmons
Washington
Gillett
Massachusetts
New York World Sells to Scripps-Howard in Landmark Change
The New York World is sold to the Scripps-Howard syndicate for about 5 million dollars. The deal merges the Evening Morning and Sunday World with the New York Telegram into the World Telegram. Pulitzer brothers transfer control while staff bid farewell in a somber Park Row scene.
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New York
New York World
Scripps-Howard
James A. Foley
Joseph Pulitzer
Wall Street
Pulitzer
Ralph
Joseph, Jr
Herbert
Roy W. Howard
Scripps- Howard
Evening World
Morning World
New York Telegram
World- Telegram
Pulitzer Brothers
Howard
Park Row
James W. Barrett
American Killed in Honduras Robbery Report
The American consulate in Ceiba Honduras reported to the state department that E J Rutledge of New Orleans was robbed and killed on the night of February 27 in Ceiba, Honduras, an early case noted by officials.
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Washington
Ceiba
Honduras
State Department
E. J. Rutledge
New Orleans
Licenses Reciprocity Talks In Raleigh By Legislators
North Carolina and South Carolina committees met in Raleigh to resolve automobile license reciprocity issues. NC delegates included Senators Peel Clarkson and Representatives Connor McRae Neal. SC members were Messrs. Tigert Gibson and Dantzler. Connor will draft the North Carolina act.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Peel
Clarkson
Connor
McRae
Neal
Messrs
Tigert
Gibson
Dantzler
Rowbottom Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery Charge
Indianapolis February 27 Harry F Rowbottom congressman from Indiana first district pleaded not guilty in federal court to accepting bribes for influence in post office appointments He will be tried April 14 at Evansville in a case charging improper influence and graft involving federal jobs
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Indianapolis
Harry F. Rowbottom
Indiana
Evansville
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Eliot White
Grace Church
No Ee Manning
Council
Big Bill
Local Furniture Co. Incorporated
Vanderbilt
Atlanta
Artie Marpet
Moore
F Edwards
F . Eer i Cameron
Marpet
Eteeeed Alexander
eeeRt Schwartz
Young
Ft Coseess
Henderson
Chalfont
Abe David
Rahway Man
New Jersey
Lone Bandit
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