Hoover Considers Prohibition Stance Based on Authority
President Hoover weighs avoiding a direct ruling on repealing the 18th amendment by stressing that constitutional amendments fall to Congress. He may say the president has no authority over amendments, shifting the alcohol issue to voters and Congress. Drys seek a clear platform stance while wets urge a firm position in the party.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Drys
Republican Party
Wets
Middle West
South
Carlowan Briefs Car Frank
Alan P. Childs aged 75 of Pittsburgh died in a Wilmington hospital from injuries in a June 29 auto crash near Sumter South Carolina His wife sustained fatal injuries in the same accident
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Wilmington
Alan P. Childs
Pittsburgh
Sumter
S. C
Charlotte Rejects Sunday Baseball Move
City council in Charlotte rejects Sunday baseball and instructs the city attorney to draft an ordinance to prevent the rematch of last Sunday's Piedmont League game between Durham and Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Durham
Tragic Burn Claim In Charlotte Barn Fire
Dona Jean Phin, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H H Phin, died in a Charlotte barn fire she was playing in with two older children. The cause of the blaze was not determined.
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Charlotte
Dona Jean Phin
H. H. Phin
Kinsland Acquitted in Murder Case Tied to Mrs Cook
John Kinsland, a Waynesville taxi driver, was acquitted by a jury of a murder charge connected to the death of Mrs. Mary Cook. The case centered on Kinsland driving her son in law to her home where he shot her and later killed himself.
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Waynesville
John Kinsland
Mary Cook
Kinsland
Eight Months Session Planned for Wilmington Schools
The New Hanover board of county commissioners demanded a $20,000 budget cut, prompting the board of education to shorten the county schools’ next session from nine months to eight months.
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Wilmington
New Hanover
G O P Campaign In Charlotte Aims At Voters
Republican nominees Jake F. Newell for U S Senate and Boone Tillett for lieutenant governor announce extensive speaking campaigns in Charlotte to rally voters before the election.
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Charlotte
Jake F. Newell
Boone Tillett
U. Senate
Farmer Runs Wild And Shoots Three
Watson Smith a 40 year old Montgomery county farmer fired a shotgun at his home near here injuring his brother Hermit Smith slightly and fatally wounding his wife and a two year old child. Smith was arrested and jailed at Troy after dawn today.
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Candor
Watson Smith
Montgomery County
Amuck
Smith
Troy
Hermit Smith
Calvary Baptist Church News and Vacation School Close
Calvary Baptist reports strong attendance at Sunday school and eleven o clock services on July 17. Rev J E Melton preached on Religious Testimony and Lifting Up Christ. Vacation Church School closes July 20 after enrolling 117 students. leaders include Magnolia Mack Ernestine Saunders and Mattie Pascal.
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Calvary Baptist Church News
J. E. Melton
Christ
Willing Workers Club
Nancy Dumas
Willis Street
Anna Steel
Street
Vacation Church School
Daily Vacation Bible School
Fac
Uhy
Magnolia Mack
Ernestine Saunders
Mattie Pascal
Thelma Gaylord
Juanita Starr
C. H. White
Brooks Memorial M. F. Church News
Wm. Hagey
Clayton Reid
Laura Gray
George Thomas Foley, Jr
G. T. Foley
Alfonso Blanton
M. Davis
Mangum Avenue
White Ribbon Toy Club
J. M. Brown
Willie Lasiter
W. W. Club
Congregational Church
Lessie Trusdale
Clarice Mocks
White Ribbon Club
Gladys Grant
J. N. Mocks
June Traffic Toll Tops North Carolina Records
North Carolina reports 49 deaths from automobile accidents in June raising six month toll to 280. Harris notes 416 injuries in 290 June crashes and details on drunk driving, speeding, wrong side driving, curves, and hit and run incidents. Weekend and evening hours prove most dangerous with 59 and 27 crashes respectively.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Harris
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Consent Judgment in Harwood Misappropriation Case
Consent judgment entered in Raleigh in the state's civil action against Lola G. Harwood for 4623 dollars misappropriation alleged. She and her father John H. Harwood a former judge are now serving prison terms.
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Raleigh
Lola G. Harwood
John H. Harwood
Prison escapees captured in Asheville
William Grant and Romy Williams, two of ten prisoners who escaped from the state prison camp near Mocksville, have been captured in Asheville this week.
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Asheville
William Grant
Romy Williams
Mocksville
Pine pulp newsprints to be manufactured in Savannah
H. V. Jenkins of the Savannah News and Press told the final session of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association convention that newsprints from pine pulp would be produced in Savannah soon.
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Asheville
H. V. Jenkins
Savannah News and Press
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Savannah
Motorcycle Crash Fatal in Raleigh Kills Student
William B. Thurston, 19, of Bolton a State college student was killed and Harvey Spate 20 of Raleigh seriously hurt when their motorcycle collided with a parked truck near Raleigh.
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Raleigh
William B. Thurston
Bolton
State College
Harvey Spate
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