Twenty-Seven Victims in Mossboro Coal Camp Blast
In Mossboro Shelby county Alabama a Premier Coal pit explosion trapped forty four workers late yesterday. Seventeen escaped uninjured or lightly injured while twenty seven were killed. The blast stemmed from a misfired charge with dust fueling fatalities and a flood of water hindering rescue. Burial plans begin tomorrow.
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Mossboro
Birmingham
Ala
Shelby County
Premier Coal Company
Heirs Seek Share in Williams Georgia Estate
In Atlanta on January 30, Judge George L. Bell ordered a Fulton county ruling on the estate of Jesse P Williams, Texas? No, Georgia. North Carolina relatives claim half of a 6 million dollar estate tied to the Georgia Florida and Alabama railroad. The decree sets a 600000 distribution and a trust fund plan for a Jesse Park Williams hospital.
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Atlanta, Ga
North Carolina
Jesse P. Williams
Georgia
Williams
Bell
Disgruntled Golf Wife Coines "Hoof and Mouth Widow" Nickname
A Chicago woman calling herself the hoof and mouth widow says golf kept her husband away and then led to long evenings of complaints. She notes the game’s two parts hoofing on the links and mouthful of quarrels at night.
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Chicago
Dan
Local contractor E T Hedrick dies at 56 in High Point
Emory T Hedrick a leading High Point contractor head of E T Hedrick and Sons died at his home after a week with pneumonia He was 56 born in Davidson county survived by wife Mittie Conrad two sons H George and Elmer B Hedrick and siblings He helped found the Reformed church and built its present edifice Funeral services scheduled for Monday at 190 o clock at the Reformed church with no services on Sunday per memory noting.
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Emory T. Hedrick
Boulevard
Hedrick
High Point
Nere
E. T
Lexington
George Greer
Mooresville
H. George
Elmer J. Hedrick
E. T. Hedrick
The
Reformed Church
Guilford Council
United American Mechanics
the Reformed Church
Milton Whitener
Streets of Miami Flooded by Torrential Rain
Torrential rains paralyzed parts of Miami causing flooded streets and disrupted telephone loops for hours. About 6.49 inches fell in twelve hours ending 6 am with the heaviest rain between midnight and dawn, a level similar to last November's flooding. Some downtown lights were out for about 15 minutes.
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Miami
Fla
Tampa
Wireless message says sea plane doing splendidly
From Porto Praya Cape Verde a wireless message from Commander Franco reports his sea plane is doing splendidly as of this afternoon.
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Porto Praya
Cape Verde Islands
Franco
Jury deliberations loom in Tritt Norris murder case
In Brevard North Carolina on January 30 the trial of Naomi Norris and Lawrence Tritt for the murder of Naomi’s husband William Norris proceeds. Prosecutor argues premeditation while defense notes Norris's distraction during the shooting and questions Mrs Norris's role in the alleged plot.
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Tritt
Norris
Brevard
Naomi Norris
Lawrence Tritt
William
Michael Schenck
Hendersonville
J. Will Press
Marion
Mrs. Norris
Funeral Services For Ridge Child Tomorrow
Funeral services for Van Ridge a 7 year old son of Mr and Mrs A A Ridge will be held at the Montlieu avenue home tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. He is survived by his parents a brother Garland and a sister Pauline.
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van Ridge
A. A. Ridge
Montlieu Avenue
Oakwood Cemetery
Garland
Pauline
Coast Guard Eight Convicted In Clean-Up Sentenced
Eight Coast Guard members convicted by court martial on charges from disobedience to smuggling were sentenced to one year in Portsmouth Naval Prison. The proceedings stemmed from a purge led by Captain Randolph Ridgley Jr., commandant of the coast guard base.
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Coast Guard
Atlantic City
Met
Coast Guards
Naval Prison
Portsmouth
N. H
Randolph Ridgley, Jr
Coast Guard Base
Women bank robbers convicted in Renner case
South Dakota jury convicts Mrs Catherine Rogers and her daughter Zera of first degree robbery for two bank holdups at Renner State Bank. They face up to 20 years. sentencing set for Tuesday. Defense argued insanity, but prosecutors presented no mental illness findings supporting that claim.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Catherine Rogers
Zera
Renner State Bank
Renner
Renier Bank
Rogers
Cotton Open Steady to Firm on Strong Cable Sentiment
New Orleans January 30 AP The cotton market opened firm on stronger River pool cables with March at 19.59 May 19.04 and October 17.62, the highest for the moment. After the call the market eased 3 to 6 points on moderate selling as week end approached, with light trade and few influences beyond the cables.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Franco Leaves Porto Praya on Atlantic Flight Leg
Spanish aviator Commander Ramon Franco took off from Porto Praya in the seaplane Plus Ultra on the third leg of his Spain to South America attempt. The route aims for Pernambuco Brazil, about 1712 miles across the Atlantic, with takeoff recorded at 6 10 a m.
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Franco
Porto Praya
Cape Verde Islands
Ramon Franco
Ultra
Spain
South America
Pernambuco
Brazil
Atlantic
Writer W L George Dies At 44 In London
W L George noted writer and lecturer on women died in London at age 44 from pneumonia and heart trouble. Born in Paris to British parents, he studied in France and Germany and recently completed another book. He once claimed to have analyzed 65 distinct female types and lectured on women in New York in 1922.
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London
W. L. George
Paris
France
Germany
Ursula
Eve
Nunn Named Superior Court Judge in North Carolina
Romulus A. Nunn of New Bern was appointed to fill the vacancy from Judge Albion Dunn’s resignation. The governor announced the appointment effective February 1, with office tenure until the next election in November. Nunn, a Jones County native who has lived in New Bern since youth, previously served 15 years as city attorney and 28 years as a practicing lawyer.
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Raleigh
Romulus A. Nunn
New Bern
Albion Dunn
A. W. McLean
Jones County
House of Representatives
Davidson College
University of North Carolina
F. M. Simmons
A. B. Waed
Petition Denied in Mail Carrying Railroads Case
Washington January 39 AP The Interstate Commerce Commission denied the American Publishers Association petition for leave to intervene in the proceedings over railroads' payment for carrying mail.
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Washington
American Publishers ® Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
McLean Orders Justice in Mecklenburgh Case and Parole
Governor McLean issued an executive order reducing a $300 fine to a $100 restitution to a harmed party with court costs to the clerk after new facts surfaced. The case involved Clem Harrison for assault with a deadly weapon at Mecklenburgh Superior Court in 1924. The governor also granted temporary parole to T B Ross from an eighteenth month forgery sentence to visit a dying family member.
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Raleigh
McLean
Clem Harrison
W. F. Harding
Mecklenburgh Superior Court
Harding
Last of the miners killed in Mossboro mine blast near Birmingham
Rescue crews pulled out the last of 27 miners killed in the Mossboro mine explosion near Birmingham. Eleven were white and sixteen were Black. 26 of 53 workers escaped. The blast followed two prior coal mine explosions that day, including West Frankfort and Trinidad incidents.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mossboro
Premier Coal Company
Here
West Frankfort
Ill
New Orient
Bear Canon Coal Company
Trinidad
Colo
Overton
Two Million Dollar Telephone Merger Formed
In Henderson on January 30 AP reports the Home Telephone and Telegraph company and the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph company voted to merge their operations into a new two million dollar firm. The Carolina Telephone and Telegraph company will own more than sixty exchanges in eastern North Carolina and Virginia with Tarboro Rocky Mount and Wilson named as possible headquarters.
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A. McDowell
Scotland Neck
Consolidated Firm
George A. Holderness
Tarboro
J. R. Porter
Henderson
Home Company
C. P. McCluer
Carolina
C. C. Todd
J. T. Sadler
Correction on Briggs Employment At City Hall Cafe
A court report misstated N. E. Briggs employment. He was said to work at the New York cafe but this is incorrect. Briggs actually works at the City Hall cafe on Commerce street.
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City Hall Cafe
The
New York
N. E. Briggs
Briggs
City Hall
Commerce Street
Four Miners Die in Velie No. Four Mine Cave-In
Four miners were killed today in a cave-in at the Velie number four lead and zinc mine at Cardin Oklahoma. Initial information was meagre as rescue operations began and authorities investigated the accident.
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Miami
Okla
Velie
Cardin
Raleigh Exam Results Shape North Carolina Bar Licensing
Sixteen candidates failed the Supreme Court examination and seven failed the comity test, with 87 passing the written exam. Of 103 who appeared (original class 113), notable names include Tom P. Jimison of Charlotte and Rex L. Farmer among others. Certification will occur Saturday morning as the court finalizes licenses.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Tom P. Jimison
Charlotte
Rex L. Farmer
Henry A. Grady, Jr
Thomas Manly Whitener
David Livingston Ward
Claude Clarence Abernethy
Spring Hope
Lloyd Marmon Abernethy
Newton
Burnham Asch
West End Ave
New York City
Nathaniel Elton Aydlett
Elizabeth City
Richard William Albritton
Hendersonville
Doyle Davis Alley
Sylva
William Riland Beall
Washington
John Peacock Brown
Crossmore
John McKinley Brown
North Wilkesboro
Augustus Merriman Burns, Jr
Roxboro
Joseph Wilbur Brown
Chadbourn
Berdon Manly Bell
Alice Raymond Bennett
Whiteville
Peter Marcellus Blackburn
Ernest Leland Briggs
Burnsville
Philip Charles Cocke, Jr
Asheville
Daisy Strong Cooper
Oxford
Theron Lamar Caudle
Wadesboro
Luther Floyd Congleton
Wilmington
Walter Gluyas Craven
John Richard Pinckney
Caravan
Thomas William Costen, Jr
Gatesville
Randolph Stratton Coyner
Chapel Hill
Claudius Hursell Dearman
Turnersbureg
Otis Wellens Duke
Greensboro
John Thomas Davenport
Sanford
Judson Davie DeRamus
Henry Barry Edwards
Scotland Neck
Charles Sidney Forbes
N. W
George Leighton Grantham
Fairmont
William Coyle Ginter
Henry Alexander Grady, Jr
Clinton
Norman Aaron Gray
Wisconsin Avenue
D. C
John Oates Harris
Dunn
Bryce Roswell Holt
McLeansville
Ossie Lee Horton
Apex
Brodie Earl Hood
Goldsboro
David Francis Hallinan
Alexander Telfair Horton, Jr
Thomas Pearson Jimison
Charles Edward Jordan
Durham
Alfonso Lloyd
Earl Maltby Long
Ogden Moore
Charles Ralph Morris
Salisbury
Garrett Hobary Moore
Albemarle
Hugh Gordon Mitchell
Statesville
Julius Edward Meyers
Thomasville
William Marley Smith
Leslie Davis Meador
Burlington
Clifton Dean Moss
Enfield
Joseph Heschal Naylor
John Joseph O'Donnell
Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Richard Buxton Overton
Nashville
Frederick Clement Owen
Robert Wright Proctor
Lumberton
Joe Wheeler Piner
Morehead City
Hugh Napoleon Pace
Sam
Day Pegram
Samuel Eugene Raper
Lexing- Log
Jack Ray
Newland
Albert Morris Rice
Avery Shaw
Fayetteville
Charles Brantley Smith
Pike
Wife Urged to Explain After Man and Child Die
Police seek explanation from Mrs. Fulvi after a man and their three year old child are found dead. The wife and widow are the sole survivors of the fatal incident amid a reported quarrel that preceded the deaths.
Waiting on the Woman: Police Hunt Clues in Poison Deaths
In Cleveland a family of six collapses with four dead and two gravely ill. Police suspect criminal poisoning as the motive while autopsies and chemical analyses probe the mystery. Vera Fulvi, 33, remains unable to talk but will be questioned once recovering.
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Cleveland
Vera Fulvi
Arthur Fulvi
James
Ruby
Mary
Dorothy
A. P. Hammond
Fulvi
Victor Fulvi
Victor
Harry L. Rockwood
Rockwood
Cotton Mills Keep High Output as Demand Cools Slightly
New York January 30 AP mills run at high level with merchants warning against overproduction. Finished cottons sell steadily at wholesale and retail as wash fabrics rayon silk prints rise. Prices current show print cloths 28 inch 64x64s 65-66c. denims 2.20. dress ginghams 12 1/2 to 17 1/2c.
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New York
Mystery of Discovered Body Is Not Solved
In Decatur Tennessee on January 30 officers pursued a link between an unidentified dismembered woman found on a farm near Jo h atsom and a nearby roadway construction camp. A coroner's jury failed to identify how the body came to be there as decomposition hindered identification. The woman appeared 20s to 30s with bobbed hair and dental clues suggested age.
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Mr. George
United States
Cleopatra
Helen of Tro
Decatur, Tenn
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Emory
Ridge Child
H. J., Rounseville
Louiana
Rouseville
City Water
Pickett
Water Department
Nunn
Jimison
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