Planes Keep Hope Alive During 500-Hour Endurance Flight
Chicago observers report pilots Walter Hunter junior and his crew circling Sky Harbor awaiting a 500 hour endurance mark. Officials discuss risks as weather hints at delay while crew considers flying 100 miles to extend stay if visibility permits.
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Walter Hunter
Chicago
Yrid
Johneth Hunter
Umers
Walter
A Walter
Albert
Sky Harbor
High Point Plans Eighth-Cent Tax Cut in Budget
City Manager F E M Knox to propose an eight cent reduction to the property tax rate lowering High Point’s rate from 1.33 to 1.25 for the current fiscal year. The plan hinges on a $68,558 operating surplus from 1929-30 and a projected budget with total expenditures of about 1.689 million and revenue near 1.689 million.
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City of
High Point
F E. M. Knox
Knox
Public Safety Department
Public Service Department
Public Welfare Department
Health Department
Electric
Water Department
Hoover to Open Special Session On July 1
President Hoover plans a special session of Congress Monday to consider the Low treaty and resolve differences with the House. Leaders expect adjournment possible after Thursday night if a July 4 holiday is permitted, with veterans’ issues and other items still unsettled.
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Hoover
Wake Bit Presidency Trustees Meet At Wake College
Trustees of Wake met to plan a general meeting regarding a site at Wake JV. Francis P. Gaines died as president. No details given about the reorganization or future leadership.
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Trustees of
Wake
Inn
College
Wake Jv
Francis P. Gaines
Gangsters Held In Los Angeles In Chicago Killing Case
Chicago authorities move to extradite Frankie Foster and three companions after his arrest in Los Angeles on suspicion of killing Jake Lingle. Investigators plan to question the group and pursue extradition while a Des Plaines river murder adds to a spate of Chicago gang slayings.
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Chicago
Frankie Foster
Alfred Ling
Los Angeles
Foster
Frank Fisher
George Davis
Marvin Hart
Pat Roche
State’s Attorney
Swanson
al Capone
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sportings Goods and
Des Plaines
Lingle
Forsythe
Roche
James
Red) Forsythe
Frank Foster
Jake Lingle
Joe Taylor
Red Forsythe
New Adventure of Dr. Fu Manchu at Broadhurst Theater
The Enterprise previews The New Adventure of Dr. Fu Manchu with stars Warner Oland Jean Arthur Neil Hamilton and O P Heggie at the Broadhurst theater Wednesday and Thursday. The Sax Rohmer story promises thrills and readers with names in the want ad gain ticket priority while ads remain daily reading material for High Point readers.
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Dr. Fu Manchu
Warner Oland
Jean Arthur
Neil Hamilton
O. P. Heggie
Broadhurst Theater
Sax Rohmer
Enterprise
High Point
New York Can Be Dried Says New Prohibition Chief
Andrew McCampbell new prohibition administrator for New York states the city can be made as dry as any other. He seeks full cooperation of local officials and police, expands enforcement beyond raids, and plans to invoke Internal Revenue laws to tax unpermitted sellers and seize property tied to illegal stills.
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New York
Maurice Campbell
Boston
Treasury Department
Prohibition Forces
Department Afduatina
Jublics
Washington
Campbell
Treasury
Andrew McCampbell
McCampbell
Internal Revenue
Communists Crush Opposition in Stalin's Rise to Power
Moscow reports that regular communist forces crushed remaining right wing opposition. Stalin and the central committee emerge triumphant with enhanced prestige. Rykoff Tomski Uglanov Buchanin, among others, have surrendered to the majority to follow Stalin.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Central Committee
Stalin
Rykoff
Tomski
Uglanov
Hoover Blamed For Pensions Plunge
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin accused President Hoover of steering the nation into a pension policy for World War I veterans. He argued the chief executive caused the plunge and opened a Senate debate on the revised veterans relief bill and related measures.
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House
Walsh
Massachusetts
Connally
Texas
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Deress
Ohio
Bate
Reed
Pennsylvania
Johson-Rankin
Washington
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Car Overturns On Hillcrest Drive After Collision
A Chevrolet coach driven by Rev. R. B. Hunt pastor of the First M. E. church Jamestown overturned on Hillcrest Drive at Emerywood court after a collision with a Studebaker coupe driven by Mrs. Farrell H. Gray. Hunt was badly shaken but not injured. Gray unhurt. Yow's ambulance stood by but no hospital transport was needed.
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R. BE. Hunt
M. E. Church
Jamestown
Studebaker
Farrell H. Gray
Hillcrest Drive
Emerywood Court
Hunt
Stepmother Accused After Girl Dies of Illness
Beatrice Nanney 13, daughter of Rev. R. C. Nanney, dies in Booneville hospital after mysterious illness. stepmother attempts suicide with knife wounds. Investigators report insecticide found near ice box. autopsy planned to confirm poisoning.
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Booneville
Miss
Beatrice
R. C. Nanney
Kossuth
Nanney
Work Is Halted in Mexico City Court
City reports a halted proceeding as reports say the new three court br is in focus. Officials did not provide further details and observers await clarification on the status and next steps.
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Mexico City
Jacobs Falls to Aussem in British Championships Quarterfinals
In Wimbledon action Cecilia Aussem of Germany defeats Helen Jacobs of Berkeley 6-2 6-1 to reach the British Championships semifinals. Defending champion Helen Wills Moody and other competitors advance as the rounds proceed.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Helen Jacobs
Berkeley
Cali
United States
Cecile Aussem
Germany
Fraulein Aussem
Miss Jacobs
Helen Willis Moody
Phillis Mudford
Elizabeth Ryan
England
Betty Nuthall
Madame Rene Mathieu
France
Joan Ridley
Helen Wills Moody
Phyllis Mudford
John Doeg
Santa Monica
Calif
George Lott
Chicago
C. EK. Malfroy
R. D
Poland
Bill Tilden
Hans Timmer
Berkeley Bell
Dallas
Texas
Gregory Mangin
Newark
N. J
PUBLISHERS ELECT OFFICERS AT Dixie Association
Asheville July 1 The Southern Newspaper Publishers association re elected J S Parks as president for 1931 at Grove Park Inn. Col Robert Ewing was again board chairman and Walter C Johnson treasurer. Cranston Williams secretary manager. Directors named include Don Elias James E Chappell J H Long Powell Glass K A Engel I C Brown J L Mapes Clark Howell Jr James G Stahliman F C Withers W Bruce Hager L K Nicholson and others.
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Asheville
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
J. S. Parks
Ft. Smith
Ark
Times-Record
Southwest American
Grove Park Inn
Col
Robert Ewing
New Orleans
Walter C. Johnson
Chattanooga, Tenn
Cranston Williams
Chattanooga
Oklahoma City
Oklahoman
D Times
Oklahoma
James H. Skewes
Meridian Star
Ississippi
Prohibition Enforcement Shifts to Attorney General Mitchell
Washington July 1 AP report outlines a new enforcement plan for prohibition in Virginia and the Carolinas aided by real estate men. Responsibility passes from Secretary Mellon to Attorney General Mitchell at midnight, with a monograph mailed nationwide describing public aid and cooperation in enforcing the law.
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Virginia
Carolinas
Washington
Mellon
Mitchell
Treasury
Cartry
Harlem Communists Plan Funeral Procession Despite Slayings
New York July 1 Harlem communists prepare a large funeral march for Alfred Luro while police and rioters clash after Patrolman O'Brien battles a crowd. A Mexican communist Gonzalo Gonzales dies after a confrontation during the procession, as authorities report the death from apoplexy following a rooftop missile, with the officer hospitalized for injuries.
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New York
Harlem
Lenox Avenue
Alfred Luro
Edmund O’brien
Gonzalo Gonzales
Gonzales
O’brien
O'Brien
Luro
Tax Relief Group Gathers in Greensboro for State Meeting
More than 100 citizens from various parts of North Carolina gathered in Greensboro for a Tax Relief Association meeting. Leaders planned to submit recommendations for tax cuts to be presented at the next General Assembly session.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Tax Relief Association
General Assembly
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Council
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He Ao
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Dixie Publishers
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Jones
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