Driver Dragged 12 Feet in Fatal North Main Street Crash
Mrs. T F Wrenn, wife of a Greensboro furniture maker, died after being struck by a grocery truck driven by Sam Montgomery. Montgomery 16, of M C Idol Grocery Co, was held on bond 5000 awaiting investigation. Mrs. Wrenn crossed Main Street as the truck moved south, brakes applied, wheels skidded, and she was dragged about 12 feet before ambulance attendants responded.
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T. F. Wrenn
North Main Street
High Point
Sam Montgomery
M. C. Idol
S. E. Montgomery
8. E. Montgomery
Centennial Avenue Extension
J. H. Adams
Same Weapon Suspected in Yale and Moran Gang Murders
New York police announced that the Yale homicide in Brooklyn and the Moran gang killings in Chicago may have used the same weapon. Two New York ballistic experts tested machine guns seized in Illinois and bullets from Yale's body, with officials signaling they are convinced one Burke gun fired Yale’s fatal shot. Yale was killed July 1, 1928, in Brooklyn, amid Chicago gangland violence links.
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New York
Brooklyn
Frankie Yale
Moran
Chicago
Grover A. Whalen
Michigan
Frank Burke
Yale
Burke
Dion O’banion
Peggy Udell Seeks Divorce From Football Player
A West Bend News legal notice states Peggy Udell, formerly a Broadway show girl, has begun divorce proceedings against Jimmy Gonzelman, a professional football player from Providence, R. I. The notice appears in the Milwaukee area wire.
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Milwaukee
Wis
West Bend
Peggy Udell
Jimmy Gonzelman
Providence
R. L
Taft Walks Before Ride During Asheville Stay
Chief Justice Taft, ex-president, declines illness view while in Asheville. He strolls Grove Park Inn grounds with Mrs. Taft and a nurse, greets guests, and plans a morning drive. Doctors require rest and quiet. visitors and mail access stay restricted until next week.
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Asheville
Taft
United States
Grove Park Inn
Gov Fisher Signs Requisition Papers In Phoenix Case
Governor John S. Fisher signed requisition papers for Irene Schroeder and two companions held in Phoenix Arizona charged in the murder of State Highway Patrolman Brady Paul. The action moves to extradite the suspects to Pennsylvania for trial.
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Harrisburg
John S. Fisher
Irene Schroeder
Phoenix
Ariz
Brady Paul
Stimson Presses Ahead in London Naval Conference Talks
The American delegation led by Secretary of State Stimson arrived in London and began early private meetings with Prime Minister MacDonald and ambassadors Dawes and Gibson. Seven delegates convened after days of travel, discussing MacDonald's reported plan to propose abolishing battleships.
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London
Stimson
MacDonald
Plymouth
Henderson
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Downing Street
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Hugh S. Gibson
Belgium
Ambassador Dawes
Ambassador Gibson
Northwestern Flats Paddling Is Limited
Evanston Today reports Northwestern University Dean James W. Armstrong issued an order against excessive brutality in fraternity initiations. A student asked if paddling the candidates is allowed at all, and the dean replied that a certain amount may be beneficial but paddling should stop when brutality begins.
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Evanston, Til
James W. Armstrong
Northwestern University
Dean Armstrong
Coolidge To Write Enduring History For Black Hills Tablet
Keystone South Dakota January report states Calvin Coolidge will draft a 6500 word inscription for a granite tablet at Mt. Rushmore. The 120 by 80 foot memorial will feature gilded letters alongside Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt. The project recalls Coolidge’s 1927 dedication and aims for a July 4 unveiling.
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Coolidge
Black Hills
Keystone
S. D
Calvin Coolidge
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial Association
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Gutzon Borglum
Mr. Coolidge
Moore Trial Postponed to Monday for Key Witness
The trial of J Harmon Moore, former Greenville County deputy sheriff, for the murder of Sheriff Sam D Willis, was suspended until Monday to allow a firearms expert from New York to testify. Blair Rook, a confessed participant, was set to testify Monday as details emerged from the case.
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Greenville
8. C
J. Harmon Moore
Greenville County
Sam D. Willis
W. H. Townsend
Townsend
J. G. Leatherwood
New York
Leatherwood
Blair Rook
Moore
Willis
Rook
Henry Townsend
J. K. Medlock
Atlanta
Hawks Crashes Plane but Hawks Escapes Unhurt
Captain Frank Hawks, famed aviator and coast-to-coast nonstop record holder, wrecked his record-making plane and damaged three others at Roosevelt field in West Palm Beach Florida while attempting a takeoff for New York. He was uninjured while two others, Hal P. Henning and P. J. Clausen, sustained injuries.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Frank Hawks
Roosevelt Field
New York
Hawks
Hal P. Henning
Houston
Texas
P. J. Clausen
Student Disorders In Korea Diminishing
Tokyo says student disorders in Korea are diminishing though arrests rise. Seoul reports 308 students held with a cinema raid yielding 130 in custody after radical handbills were tossed. Other cities show protests as police round up non supporters and alleged fomenters.
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Tokyo
Korea
Seoul
Denver Snow Toll Rises as Blizzard Strikes West
A severe blizzard blankets Denver with two deaths in three days and a 17 below zero reading. Montana reports 56 below zero as one-fourth of the nation endures Arctic conditions. Cheyenne water mains burst near Fort Warren, while telephones fail and rail traffic remains largely steady. In Washington the Eighteenth Amendment repeal debate resumes with Blaine pressed by drys and Borah urging a clear record.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountains
United States
Montana
Pioche
Ney
Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Fort Francis E. Warren
Ceyenne
Washington
Blaine
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
California Sees Rain Break Cold Spell Amid Cattle Worries
Winter storms hit the northwest while California enjoys rains that aid irrigation but threaten about 8000 cattle in the northern part of the state. Heavy snow paralyzed grazing land and herds, trains attempted to push through drifts, and in Spokane a blizzard caused a fatality when Virginia Holcomb was struck by a train.
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San Francisco
California
Spokane
Virginia Holcomb
Great Northern Railroad
Norfolk and Western gets approval for seven mile U S extension
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Norfolk and Western Railway to build a seven mile extension crossing Mc Dowell county West Virginia and Tatwell county Virginia.
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N. and W
Washington
Norfolk and Western Railway
McDowell County
West Virginia
Tatwell County
Virginia
Interstate Commercce Commission
Second Case of Meningitis Reported In City
A second sporadic cerebro spinal meningitis case is diagnosed in the city. Willard Jester, 19, son of Paul Jester of 610 East Lexington Avenue, is seriously ill after a sudden onset. He had convulsions and a rigid body but showed no clear improvement today. The first fatal case, Joe Harris Barker, a high school junior, occurred a little over two weeks ago. Doctors cannot explain how Jester contracted the illness.
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5. S. Coe
Joe Harris Barker
Willard Jester
Paul Jester
Lexington Avenue
Barker
Jester
Battleship Lexington Relieved From Tacoma Power Duty
The aircraft carrier Lexington ended 30 days as an emergency power plant for Tacoma after connecting its generators to city lines to weather a drought. Rain and snow recently ended the supply crisis and the ship was disconnected late last night.
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Tacoma
Wash
Lexington
Highway Commission Plans $6 Million Budget for Roads
Raleigh January 17 The state highway commission expects to spend about 6 million dollars on road building in 1930 and 856000 on maintenance and betterments. A Weldon Roanoke bridge will cost 250000 and an Elizabeth City Pasquotank bridge 350000.125 miles of hard surface highway to be built.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Weldon
Roanoke
Elizabeth City
Pasquotank
Privilege Tax Challenge Under North Carolina Revenue Act Begins
In Raleigh on January 17, the Southeastern Express company filed a case in Wake superior court challenging the 1929 North Carolina revenue act. The suit, named against A. J. Maxwell as revenue commissioner, contends the tax is applied to all gross revenue while the company also pays taxes on real and personal property in the state.
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Raleigh
Wake Superior Court
Southeastern Express Company
A. J. Maxwell
Commissioner of Revenue
Tipsy Citizen Wrecks Lights in Charlotte
Fred Carpenter, 23, drove drunk and crashed into a power pole in the Belmont Villa Heights area, knocking out streetlights. He was found guilty of driving while intoxicated in city court and sentenced to six months on county roads.
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Charlotte
Fred Carpenter
Belmont-Villa Heights
Carpenter
Levees Breakinundate 10000 Acres in Delta Flood Waters
Four new breaks in the St Francis river levee near Bertig Arkansas flood about 10000 acres in the lower Mississippi basin. Water from a 300 foot crevasse at Big Lake spread toward Poinsett county and Little River valley as authorities fight to save farms in Arkansas Missouri and Tennessee areas.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis River
Bertig
Ark
Mississippi Basin
Arkansas
Missouri
Big Lake
Mississippi County
Poinsett County
Little River
Dunklin County
Holcomb
Kennett
Jackson's Bayou
Devall Bluff
Frances Porter’s Papers Unreserved in Suit for 250000
Judge John D. Humphries in Fulton County Superior Court ruled Conkey P. Whitehead had not been served with papers in Frances Porter’s $250000 damages suit. Porter, a former Atlanta dancer, alleged Whitehead promised to support her career and marry her when his wife obtained a divorce.
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Atlanta
Dan
John D. Humphries
Fulton County Superior Court
Conkey P. Whitehead
Frances Porter
Little Entente Ultimatum Spurs Hungary Pact Stand
The Little Entente nations told the Big Six at the reparations conference they will not sign the Young Plan without an agreement with Hungary. The powers will discuss the issue later.
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The
Hague
Hungary
Justinian Law Invoked In Divorce Case For 50 Years
In Chicago Judge Joseph Sabath hears Mrs. Teresa Caporale and Cuona Caporale seeking separ ate maintenance. They married 48 years and lack naturalization, so attorney E Libonati asks to extend the trial to meet Justinian’s 50 year rule. The case is continued to January 1932, marking the couple’s fiftieth anniversary.
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Chicago
Justinian
Joseph Sabath
Teresa Caporale
Cuona Caporale
Caporales
Sabath
Caporale
Senate proposes two cent sugar tariff compromise
In Washington on January 17 AP reports Senate Finance Chair Smoot seeks a 2 cent per pound Cuba sugar rate as a compromise between 1.786 cent approval and higher house bids. Garner says the House would back the Senate position if given a vote. Smoot aims to bring the measure to a vote before final roll call. no toast occurred per Smoot.
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Senate
Smoot
Finance Committee
Garner
House
Capitol
Texas
Utah
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate rejects Howell bounty for sugar growers
Washington January 17. The senate voted 453 to 22 against the Howell proposal to grant a federal bounty of four hundredths of a cent per pound to Continental Sugar growers and refiners. The roll call lists 16 Republicans and 1 Labor member for the bounty and 30 Republicans and 23 Democrats against.
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Senate
Howell
Washington
Allen
Blaine
Borah
Brookhart
Capper
Frazier
Hatfield
Johnson
Jones
la Follette
McMaster
Norbeck
Norris
Nye
Schall
Me Partier-Labor
Shipstead
Bingham Couzens
Deneen
Fess
Gillett
Glenn
Goff
Greene
Grundy
Hale
Hebert
Kean
Keyes
McCulloch
McNary
Merclaf
Moses
Oddie
Patterson
Phipps
Robison
Shortridge
Smoot
Sullivan
Thomas
Idaho
Townsend
Vandenberg
Walcott
Waterman
Watson
Ashehurst
Barkley
Blease
Bratton
Brock
Connally
Fletcher
George
Glass
Harris
Harrison
Farmers Seed Loans Approved in Senate Resolution
The senate adopted and sent to the house a joint resolution by Senator Smith of South Carolina to appropriate 6.6 million dollars for loans to farmers in southeastern states whose crops were damaged by 1928 floods.
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Washington
Senate
House
Smith
South Carolina
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J. H. Clement
Winston-Salem
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Ella May Wiggins
Gov. Fisher
Dawes
North Carolina
William Grisson
Blizzard
Rocky Mountain
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Sheppard
House of Congress
Supreme Court
Relief For
Highway Commission
St. Francis
Butler County
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Broussard
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