Graf Zeppelin lands at Seville after Atlantic crossing
The Graf Zeppelin completed the first leg of its return to Friedrichshafen landing in Seville at 5 04 p m after a 59 hour 8 minute Lakehurst to Seville flight The voyage covered about 16 000 miles of an 18 009 mile four continent journey begun May 18 Passengers and crew receive a chicken dinner and supplies are prepared for 60 people. Nearby reports include local accidents and alumni news from North Carolina towns.
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Seville
Spain
Friedrichshafen
United States
Atlantic
Graf
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Pernambuco
Brazil
Lakehurst
Eckener
Bishop withdraws from Senate committee room during contempt row
Bishop James Cannon Jr walked out of the senate lobby committee as he refused to testify about his anti Smithcampaign activities in 1928. Acting chairman Walsh called Cannon in bain contempt of the state and said the withdrawal could justify contempt proceedings. The committee adjourned until next Wednesday with no subpoena planned.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Senate Lobby Committee
Cannon
Caraway
Walsh
Montana
Bain
The
Montanan
Large Federal Grants for US Rivers and Harbors Totals
Secretary Hurley approved 39.58 million dollars in river and harbor allotments across the United States and insular possessions. Major sums include the Hudson River New York 1.126 million, Mississippi and Ohio river projects, and North Carolina harbor and inland waterway works with numerous local allocations.
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Washington
United States
Hurley
Hudson River
New York
New Orleans
Sabine River
Corpus Christi
Mississippi River
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Wisconsin River
Minneapolis
Missouri River
Kansas City
Sioux City
Ohio River
S&j
George Von Elm Reaches French Amateur Final
Detroit golfer George Von Elm advances to the final of the French amateur golf championship in Laboulif France after a 3 to 4 victory over Andre Gobert in 19 holes He rallied from three down at the 14th to square at the 18th and win the 19th The win follows a earlier quarterfinal over Raleigh Allen of Asheville North Carolina marking his second win of the day
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Laboulif
France
George von Elm
Detroit
Andre Gobert
von Elm
Robert
Raleigh Allen
Asheville
N. C
The Benson Murder Case at Broadhurst with William Powell
A S S Van Dine thriller plays at the Broadhurst on Friday and Saturday. The Enterprise offers guest passes to 20 lucky readers from today’s classified section. Tickets and bargains also appear in the ads.
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Philo Vance
S.S. van Dine
Benson
Broadhurst
William Powell
Enterprise
Robinson says pact fight trivial in naval dispute
Senator Joe T. Robinson defended the London naval agreement in Fort Smith Arkansas, calling the dispute over eight and six inch cruisers a trivial issue. He argued the treaty gives parity with Great Britain and narrows the question to whether 19 000 tons more six inch gun ships offset differences in combat value.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Navy Board
United States
Joe T. Robinson
Great Britain
Robinson
Arkansas Bar Association
Senate
Committees On Foreign Relations
Naval Affairs
Passenger Killed And 11 Injured In Boston Crash
A tri motor Colonial Air Transport plane crashed into Boston harbor at the municipal airport. One passenger was fatally injured and eleven others suffered minor injuries. The right motor failure was cited by a French aviator passenger. Coast guard and private boats aided in rescuing the twelve passengers and two pilots through a cabin hole. The plane was badly damaged.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Parachute Jumper Dies After Plane Crash at Roosevelt Field
Henry J. Buddy Bushmeyer, a professional parachute jumper, died from injuries after a plane he rode in without a parachute crashed at Roosevelt Field. He and pilot Clifford Muchmore were trapped when the aircraft went into a flat spin and plunged 1,690 feet into a field yesterday.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Henry J
Buddy) Bushmeyer
Clifford Muchmore
Davidson Deputy Struck by Train Near Davidson Cross
Thomasville report: Deputy Sheriff David J. Lamb, 49, was struck when a passenger train crashed into his stalled car at the Cucumber crossing near Davidson. Prisoner Jack Camp escaped injury. Lamb suffered severe injuries including a crushed leg and head wound, foot later amputated, and remains in poor condition. Camp survived, saying Lamb stayed with the car to move it. Lamb had served about five years as deputy after earlier police work.
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Thomasville
David J. Lamb
Jack Camp
Lamb
High Point
Camp
Enterprise to Stage Primary Election Party
The Enterprise will host a primary election gathering Saturday night from eight until midnight to announce Bailey-Simmons and other races. High Point will receive speedy returns via state and county services with loudspeakers for 5,000 listeners and leased wires to Thomasville Lexington and Asheboro. Local offices will broadcast results with staffed reporters in each city to relay updates. Residents of Thomasville Lexington and Asheboro are invited to attend in High Point.
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Bailey-Simmons
Enterprise
High Point
Enterprise Main Street
Thomasville
Lexington
Asheboro
Morrow Boosted For Presidency In New Jersey Rally
Dwight W. Morrow, U S ambassador to Mexico and Senate hopeful, receives backing from Edward C. Stokes and Dr. John Grier Hibben at a Trenton rally. Stokes calls him presidential timber and Hibben notes Princeton honors while Morrow thanks supporters for the compliment.
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Trenton
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
New Jersey
Morrrow
Edward C. Stokes
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
White House
Morrow
Stokes
Dr. Hibben
Princeton
Mr. Stokes
Sheppard Seeks Guilty Buyer Of Liquor Law Reform
Senator Sheppard called a Supreme Court ruling "grotesque" and urged judiciary committee approval of a bill making liquor buyers as guilty as bootleggers. He argued current decisions leave purchasers free to buy intoxicating liquor with impunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sheppard
Supreme Court
Texas
Judiciary Committee
Ford Spends Night At White House
Henry Ford remained overnight at the White House with President and Mrs Hoover and left for Philadelphia to be Currus Mr. K Curtis’s guest. Ford rode in his special railroad car.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Henry Ford
Philadelphia
K. Curtis
Cook County Republicans push wet-or-dry referendum
Cook county Republican central committee circulates petitions to put on the November ballot questions asking if the Eighteenth Amendment should be repealed if the Volstead act should be modified or repealed and if the Illinois search and seizure act should be repealed. The move aims to influence votes for Senator James Hamilton Lewis and Ruth Hanna McCormick, amid Democratic opposition and claims of political subterfuge.
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Chicago
Cook County
Central Committee
Cook County Democratic Organization
Anton J. Cermak
Democratic Party
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Cermak
Republican Organization
McCormick
Lewis
Crest Seen As Lower Red River Flood Reaches Barbin’s Landing
Alexandria report says flood crest likely at hand. Levee laborers and engineers focus on Barbin's landing near Marksville where banks cavd yesterday. Crews build a run-around levee behind the old embankment to avert a break while Echo and Benruth Cross dykes in Avoyelles Parish are reported in good shape.
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Alexandria
Barbin’s Landing
Marksville
Red River
Echo
Benruth Cross
Avovelles Parish
Injury by Golf Ball Sparks $556 Suit in Arkansas
Olaf H. Kyster sues Dr. F. D. Woods in Pulaski circuit court seeking 556 dollars for injuries from a February golf ball strike at Sylvan Hills country club. He says Woods negligently drove the ball to the left causing him deep pain.
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Little Rock Ark
Olaf H. Kyster
Pulaski Circuit Court
F. D. Woods
Sylvan Hills Country Club
Kyster
Enforcement Plan Passes House In Prohibition Push
The Hoover commission program to ease federal court congestion advances with a key measure allowing U S commissioners to handle minor city law violations without a jury. Four related bills define misdemeanor penalties and permit jury or judge trials, while capping commissioner fees. The package aims to expand commissioner authority to petty offenses across federal statutes.
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Washington
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
House
Senate
United States
Wet Bloc
Somes Dry
Administration
Law Enforcement Commission
NC Democrats to Allow Hoover Vote Backers in Primary
North Carolina Democrats will not bar voters who backed Hoover in 1928 from the party primary, per Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt. Registrars and judges of election decide eligibility, and current party affiliation may be inferred from past voting, Brummitt notes.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hoover
Charles A. Hines
Greensboro
F. M. Simmons
Bankers Open Two Day Convention in Asheville
Bankers of the District of Columbia opened a two day convention in Asheville with 259 association members arriving on two special trains. The June 5 to 14 gathering starts in this resort city as local businessmen welcome the delegates.
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Asheville
Bankers of the
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Bankers Association
Congress Debates Tariffs and Flood Control Measures
The report notes ongoing tariff discussions in Congress and a flood control hearing by the Flood Control Committee. Major General Lytle Brown introduced two bills to modify the Jadwin Flood Control Act, while Lt. Cmdr. Charlies B. E. Rosendahl testified on naval affairs. Benjamin M. Anderson Jr. of Chase National Bank testified on branch banking before the Banking and Currency Committee.
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Lytle Brown
Charlies BE. Rosendahl
Naval Affairs Committee
Benjamin M. Anderson
Chase National Bank
New York City
Banking and Currency Committee
Eleven Negro Voters Pass Challenges at Method Precinct
Eleven of the first 12 black registrants in Method precinct who filed to vote as Democrats passed election officials examination during the Saturday primary. Roy J. Morgan, a white man from McKinney Virginia, had his challenge withdrawn after officials learned his race. One black registrant failed the educational test after misreading state election laws. Attorneys for registrants prepared appeals to the state board.
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Raleigh
J. S. Griffin
Roy J. Morgan
MckKinney
Griffin
Morgan
State Board of Elections
Fair Grounds
Wake County
Bart M. Gatling
F. M. Simmons
Gatling
Berry O’kelley
Gardner Receives Honorary Degree at Wake Forest
Wake Forest's 98th commencement awarded six honorary degrees and diplomas to 163 graduates. Gov. Geo Max Gardner received a doctor of laws, joining Francis P. Gaines and others in the honors list. James Bob, author, earned a doctor of literature while Carl Murchison received a doctor of science.
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Wake Forest
Clarence A. Barbour
Brown University
QO. Max Gardner
Francis P. Gaines
J. Emmett Yates
United States Army
James B Turner
Hayes-Barton Baptist Church
Raleigh
James Bof
Southern Pines
Carl Murchison
Clark University
Graf Zeppelin Mail Sale Brings In 85 593
The Post Office Department announced it received 85 593 from stamp sales attached to letters and post cards carried on the Graf Zeppelin. The trip included Germany Spain South America and the United States with 33 108 letters and 21 54 post cards, totaling 54 962 mail pieces.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Germany
Spain
South America
United States
Widespread Tong War Feared Across Cities
Chinese guards and hatchet men clashed in four eastern cities, killing two men and triggering police fears of a broader gangland war. In Chicago Chinatown a Chin Oak Tin Tong target was spared. Boston Hip Sing Tong HQ was shot at. Ha Gong, a Hip Sing waiter, was killed in New York by shooters in a doorway.
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New York
Chicago
Chinatown
Frank Chin
Chin
Chin Oak Tin Tong
Boston
Hip Sing Tong
Ha Gong
Hip Sing
Park Mathewson Found Dead in Bed at Berkeley Carteret Hotel
Park Mathewson of Raleigh New Jersey was found dead in his bed at the Berkeley Carteret hotel in Asbury Park New Jersey. He was 56 and an elected vice president general of the Sons of the American Revolution. Dr D T Smithwick of Louisburg NC found the body and said he had died of a heart attack sometime after midnight. Mathewson was a former president of North Carolina S A R and served as assistant director of the state department of conservation and development.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Jane
Park Matthewson
Raleigh
The
Sons
Berley-Carteret
D. T. Smithwick
Louisburg
N. C
Matthewson
Berkeley-Carteret
Convention of the Sons of the American Revolution
Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
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Europe
Norman
Bowles
Washington, D
Ocean Beach
Waserman
N. CO
Iarge
Spanish City
Wfeather
Inston-Salem
Urham
D. Gilmer Korner
Duke University Alumni Association
Ickory
Walter H Weaver
Southern Railway
Bishop
Delaware River
Norfolk Harbor
Virginia
James River
Meherrin River
Roanoke River
Scappernong River
Norfolk District
Pamlico and
Tar Rivers
Neuse River
Swift Creek
North
IE Robinson
Telle
U. S
Chute
Davidson
Ford
Central Republican Committee
QO. K
Bankers
Congress
Gardner
Wake Forest College
Park Mathewson
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