Baldwin to resign as conservatives face election defeat
London reports Baldwin plans to tender his ministry's resignation to the king after the Conservative loss in the general elections. While some expect immediate action, others say he will announce tomorrow and Parliament may face a new Labor-led government under Ramsay MacDonald. Charlotte hosts United Confederate veterans reunion as thousands arrive for the event with extensive registration and activities planned.
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London
Stanley
Baldwin
England
J. Ramsay MacDoand
No. 10
Downing Street
Charlotte
N. C
United Confederate Veterans
Sons of Veterans
J. Edward Jones
Oklahoma City
trans-Mississippi Department
John M. Kinard
Newberry
8. C
South Carolina
W. F. Riley, Sr
Tupelo
Miss
Mississippi
George R. Tabor
Oklahoma
Sons of Confederate Veterans
C. E. Gilbert
Houston
Tex
Sons’ Registration Bureau
Equalization Fund Distribution Plans North Carolina Schools
Ninety four of ninety nine counties in North Carolina will share a total school equalization fund of four million nine hundred fifty thousand dollars for a six month term. Cabarrus Wake and Wilson counties gain new allocations while Buncombe Durham Forsyth Guilford Mecklenburg and New Hanover remain outside the distribution.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Equalization
Hancock
Buncombe
Durham
Forsyth
Guilford
Mecklenburg
New Hanover
General Assembly
Cabarrus
Wake
Wilson
Great Britain Awaits Baldwin Move
London reports on Britain's response as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin contemplates the next political move while the nation breathes for clarity amid mounting tensions and economic concerns.
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London
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
King George V Celebrates 64th Birthday in Bed
King George V marks his sixty fourth birthday propped in bed at Windsor Castle due to a recent abdominal abscess near the lung. Doctors say the infection is not serious and the plans for London celebrations proceed with Windsor handling the 21 gun salute and Trooping the Colour.
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Windsor
Eng
George
England
George V
Victoria Tower
Windsor Castle
London
Investigation into Guard Equipment Use in Textile Strike
Secretary Good will study a brief from John R. Neal representing the Tennessee Federation of Labor on alleged illegal use of National Guard equipment during the textile strike in Tennessee. The War Department will decide whether army gear was used by state policemen and pursue direct inquiry if no brief is submitted.
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Washington
National Guard
Tennessee
War Department
Good
John R. Neal
Tennessee Federation of Labor
Department
Mount Vesuvius Erupts Again Near Pompeii
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius erupting this afternoon from the southeast crater side. A lava stream flowed toward the ancient city area, continuing the volcano's long history of destructive activity in the region.
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Naples
Italy
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Resignation Follows Vestry Clash at Detroit Cathedral
The Very Rev. Herbert L. Johnson dean of St. Pauls Episcopal Cathedral resigns after opposition from vestry over his sermons. He had denounced vestry members as capitalistic and spoke on birth control and prohibition. He left for New York then voyage abroad for a year of study. Vestry accepts the resignation.
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Detroit
Herbert L. Johnson
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Dean Johnson
Johnson
Phoenix
Ariz
Church Congress
Protestant Episcopal Church
Ann Arbor
Mich
American Federation of Labor
State college commencement continues with alumni luncheon
Raleigh June 3 State college's commencement proceeded with an alumni luncheon at noon. President E C Brooks delivered the principal address and honored graduates who have attained high roles including Eugene C Bagwell W D Foucette Arthur M Dixon R Harris Mark Squires J W Harrelson George Ross and members of last season's Southern Conference basketball championship team.
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Raleigh
State College
E. C. Brooks
Savannah
Arthur M. Dixon
Gastonia
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
R. Harris
Inman
S. C
Southern Textile Association
Mark Squires
Lenoir
North Carolina Park Commission
J. W. Harrelson
State Department of Conservation and Development
George Ross
North Carolina
Unmasked Greensboro Bandits Take $25 at Filling Station
Two unidentified robbers in Greensboro at Forbis and Market streets threatened attendants with revolvers at 7 30 am and escaped with $25. The burglars fled in a high powered car headed toward Burlington. Station managers C R Davis and J C Mayer attempted to open the safe but were restrained and the cash taken from attendants pockets.
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Greensboro
Forbis
Market Streets
Burlington
C. R. Davis
J. C. Mayer
Bomb Blast Hits Surfridge Hotel on Chicago North Side
A dynamite bomb exploded early today at the Surfridge Hotel in Chicago's North Side, partially wrecking the front and frightening guests across the hotel and adjacent apartment buildings. Police began investigations into the attack.
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Chicago
Surfridge Hotel
North Side
Surfridge
Lindbergh Impersonator Seen With Motor Yacht Mouette
Captain Louis Rounds of the Elizabeth Ann said a man identifying himself as Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh tied up a New York yacht Mouette at Black Island last Saturday. The tall yachtsman wore dark glasses, bought water and gasoline, and claimed to head to Boston to collect four people. The vessel, about 38 feet, came from Montauk Point or Port Jefferson, with curtains drawn in the cabin and no one visible inside. Police report a separate sighting near Block Island as of June 8.
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New London, Conn
Louis Rounds
Elizabeth Ann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Black Island
Rounds
Captain Rounds
Boston
Raymond Abell
Lindbergh
Asheville Editor Urges New Social Program at College Commencement
Robert Lathan of the Asheville Citizen delivered the baccalaureate address at High Point College as 35 seniors earned bachelor degrees and 12 diplomas in commerce. Two honorary doctorates were given, including to Rev. S W Taylor and Rev. Herman T Stevens. He warned of a restless world, noted shifts in democracy abroad, and urged a new social philosophy in the South.
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Robert Lathan
Asheville
Italy
England
America
Lathan
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
North Carolina
Mary Elizabeth Adams
High Point
Margaret L. Franklin
High
Seaman Held for Murder of Street Car Conductor
Mobile police report seaman Eugene Burnett, 25, taken into custody for the killing of John B Harrison, 31, a motorman conducto r on a street car. William Crowell, 31, of New London Wis., named as a material witness, claimed Burnett killed Harrison during a street car robbery attempt.
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Mobile
Ala
Eugene Burnett
Seaman
John B Harrison
Burnett
William Crowell
New London
Wis
Crowell
Harrison
Poteat to Speak at Clemson Commencement Exercises
Clemson College closes its year with graduation exercises led by Dr W L Poteat president emeritus Wake Forest. Literary society programs and athletic honors will fill the morning before the principal address tomorrow.
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Clemson College
Literary Society
W. L. Poteat
Wake Forest College
Small Creek Rampage Destroys Cheyenne Dams
Cheyenne Wyoming June 3 floods from heavy rain sent Crow Creek from a foot to a raging torrent. The disaster drowned 70 year old Saledad Rodriguez in a flimsy home and prompted rescues by city firemen. Estimated property damage tops 350000, with 260000 at Hereford ranch where irrigation infrastructure was wiped out.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Lpi
Crow Creek
Hereford Ranch
Here
Saledad Rodriguez
Leaders Hope For Vacation In Congress
Washington June 3 congressional leaders move toward a summer recess by advancing at least two administration goals. They aim to drop the wheat-price relief from the farm relief bill and push final enactment to offset this year’s crops. In the House debate opened on an expedited rule for the 1980 census and reapportionment with a vote expected to allow conference negotiations between chambers on differences.
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Senate
Administration
House
House of the Senate
Young Man Held for Killing His Uncle
In Gastonia on June 3 J Oscar Smith, 48, was shot and killed about midnight by his nephew Amos Smith, 20, during a quarrel over money matters. Amos Smith was jailed on murder charges after waiving preliminary hearing and reportedly admitted the shooting but claimed his uncle would have killed him if he had not fired.
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Gastonia
J. Oscar Smith
Amos Smith
Young Smith
High Court Upholds Sinclair Contempt Sentence Six Months
The Supreme Court upheld the six month jail term for Harry K. Sinclair for contempt, with Henry Mason Day sentenced to four months and William J. Burns fifteen days disapproved. W Sherman Burns fined $1000. The case involved alleged improper jury scrutiny in the Wyoming Oil Field lease inquiry. Sinclair also serves three months in DC jail for contempt and had refused Senate questions.
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Washington
Harry K. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
W. Sherman
Supreme Court
William 4
Burns
Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Wyoming
Henry Mason
William J. Burns
W. Sherman Burns
District of Columbia
Senae
Senate Oil Committee
Day
Fruit fly found in Raleigh store prompts inquiry
State entomologist confirms four mature Mediteranean fruit flies in a Raleigh grocery shipment from Florida. Authorities await federal confirmation after the discovery, as larvae were found in Greensboro fruit. Commissioner Graham warns a peach quarantine could devastate North Carolina's $2,000,000 crop.
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Raleigh
Washington
R. W. Lieby
W. A. Graham
Florida
State Department of Agriculture
Greensboro
Graham
North Carolina
Druggist Kidnapped Tortured Then Dumped Near Hammond
Matthew Zimmerman a Chicago druggist was seized blindfolded tortured with glass and cigarette burns by men who believed he knew the location of a still. They dumped him near Hammond after declaring he was the wrong man. Police investigate link to Aiello brothers.
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Chicago
Matthew Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Gary
Ind
Matt” Daly
Matt Diligo
Zimmer
Hammond
Aiello Brothers
Aiello
Thot
Igo
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