Violations of Dry Law Predominate Find in McCrary Report
Lexington July 15 Special to the Enterprise The fiscal year ending June 30 saw the United States district court for the middle North Carolina district file 1 098 criminal cases and 200 civil actions. The McCrary report notes a rise in judicial business from the prior year with veterans suing on war risk policies and large government victory in most judgments.
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Lexington
United States
Middle North Carolina
Federal Court District
J. R. McCrary
Middle District
Circuit Court of Appeal
Murder charge considered in rural Georgia killing by prohibition agent
In Atlanta a postmaster father, M A Densmore of Afton, weighs pursuing murder charges after his son was shot by Fred Pearce during a prohibition raid near Ray Burt’s home. Pearce, aided by agents, says the shooting occurred as they halted a moving vehicle amid a scuffle over a pistol.
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Prohibition
Densmore
Fred Pearce
Young Densmore
J. W. Parks
Ray Burt
Parks
Burt
Pearce
Cole
M. A. Densmore
Afton
Dry Law Shunted Aside For Economic Recovery
Washington July 15. The 1930 presidential race shifts to economic recovery as both parties tilt toward growth plans. Democrats attack Hoover on handling the downturn while Republicans depict Roosevelt as radical and Garner as unstable. Prohibition debates surface amid strategizing across regions and early campaign activity expands beyond usual gears of the party machines.
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Garner
Hoover
Roosevelt
East
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Washington
Harley
Ogden Mills
Boston
Patrick Hurley
Columbus
Bryan
Negative Lightning Strikes from Ground and Sky Found
A Nebraskan physicist J C Jensen reports in the Physical Review that both ground and sky lightning can branch upward or downward. He photographed 185 flashes with a soil nerve device showing soil polarity and found negative strokes can be as common and more severe than positive ones.
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New York
J. C. Jensen
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Jensen
Earth
Nebraska
Action begun in Mecklenburg Superior Court transferred to Guilford
O. E. Mendenhall Company and Mrs. C. R. D Hollosy sue T. M. Stanton W. R. Morrow W. H. Slane and W. C. Covington for 5600 and seek restraining order against foreclosing real estate in High Point. Plaintiffs say property bought with trust funds for Mrs. D Hollosy and claim liens and mortgages were not removed. They seek damages and how parties should be satisfied plus restraining order against W H Slane selling under mortgage. Other defendants joined for legal interest in the property.
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Greensboro
Mecklenburg Superior Court
O. E. Mendenhall Company
C. R. D'Hollosy
T. M. Stanton
W. R. Morrow
W. H. Slane
W. C. Covington
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
D’hollosy
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Snyder Bottling Co
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Gee
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