Vatican Feud Prompts Radio Accusations Against Catholic Action
A Rome radio broadcast portrays Catholic Action as a strong foreign‑influenced group backing religious liberty while criticizing Pope Pius XI. The piece, aired on the eve of the Vatican treaty anniversary, accuses priests of ingratitude to fascism and defends church activities amid Mussolini’s crackdown. It cites Osservatore Romano and argues church leaders are unfairly portrayed as victims.
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Rome
Catholic Action Society
Pius XI
Vatican
Catholicoe
Italy
Osservatore Romano
Popular
Mussolini
Lavoro Ascista
Law Invades Gangland To Scorch Big Shots
New York dispatch reports government action against top gangsters including Chicago’s Capone and New York’s Jack Diamond. Capone faces federal income tax evasion charges with a $50,000 bond, possible five years in prison and $10,000 fine. Diamond’s troubles mount after a driver’s assault in Catskill, as authorities sharpen efforts against gang activity.
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Law
Scarface
al” Capone
Chicago
Jack “Legs Diamond
New York
al Capone
Lego
Diamond
Objectire
Catskill
N. Y
Tennessee House to resume impeachment fight next week
Tennessee's House of Representatives, after quashing one impeachment article against Gov. Henry H. Horton, will tackle seven more charges in sequence. The body resumes Monday night with local legislation, then impeachment debate resumes Tuesday as administration supporters tout the action as a victory for good government.
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Nashville
Tennesee
House of Representatives
Henry H. Horton
House
Luke Lea
Rogers Caldwell
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Horton
Lea
Caldwell
German reparations move sparks Senate clash over Europe
Sen Borah calls for revision of the reparations settlement to avert German economic collapse. He blames heavy armament of other nations for Europe’s mood and ties it to Versailles. President Hoover and Secretary Stimson stress US not linking reparations to war debts, while future European trip is planned.
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Borah
Germany
Presid Hoover
Stimson
Hoover
International Chamber of Commerce
United States
America
Europe
Motorcycle Throws World War Veteran To Cause His Death
John Flynn McLean 38 a World War veteran and Norfolk city water works employee died at a Suffolk hospital from injuries suffered when he fell from a motorcycle yesterday afternoon He was the son of Mr and Mrs R W McLean of Eagle Springs North Carolina He moved to Richmond in 1916 became a busi nessman then served overseas before settling in Norfolk and remaining with the city He was active in Masonic and American Legion circles The body was sent to Eagle Springs for burial.
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Norfolk
John Flynn McLean
Norfolk City Water Works
Suffolk
R. W. McLean
Eagle Springs
N. C
Richmond
McLean
American Legion
Navy trims expenditures and Guam military value reassessed
Secretary Adams met with President Hoover at Rapidan camp to report navy savings of about 10 million dollars this year and 10 to 15 million forecast for next year. Guam’s military value is deemed unnecessary and activities there will be reduced to civil government levels, with destroyers decommissioned and battleships reassigned reducing enlistees from 84,900 to about 79,700.
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Orange
Adams
Hoover
Rapidan Camp
Navy Department
Guam
Navy
Ingalls
White House
Miss Warren and News and Observer Sued For 35300
The News and Observer Publishing Co and Miss Eliza beth Warren of Washington DC are named defendants in a Wake county case seeking 35300. H. P. Fortescue and Z T Fortescue accuse Miss Warren a Raleigh solicitor of causing a Hyde county crash April 16 injuring both plaintiffs. Fortescue seeks 10000 plus 500 for car damage and Z T Fortescue 25000 for damages. They allege unlawful reckless driving at high speed.
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Raleigh
Thea News and Observer Publishing Co
Elizabeth Warren
Washington, D. C
Lindsey Warren
Wake County Superior Court
H. P
Z. T. Fortescue
Beaufort County
Hyde County
P. H. Fortescue
Z. 1. Fortescue
Challenge Of Distant Skies Reckons Airman
New York reports sixteen fliers including three women prepare for early summer transcontinental and world flight attempts. Expeditions include DC X from Switzerland to Natal and plans by Miss Nichols to Paris. Lindberghs vacation flight toward Japan or Europe. Wiley Post and Gatty aiming circumnavigation in ten days. Pangborn and Herndon pursuing a 12 day world tour. others target Berlin Moscow or Mexico City as they test new aircraft at Roosevelt Field and Curtiss Airport.
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New York
Switzerland
Natal
Brazil
Roosevelt Field
Clarence Certain
Miss Nichols
Northern Pacific
Japan
China
North Atlantic Circle
Greenland
Spitzbergen
Laura Ingalls
Paris
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Oklahoma City
F. C. Hall
Oklahoma
Clyde Pangborn
Nebraska
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Pangborn
Herndon
Berlin
Moscow
Seth Yerrington
Edward F. Maloney
Mexico City
Dunlap Named State Personnel Director by Gardner
Raleigh June 6 Frank L Dunlap Wadesboro attorney and four time state senator was appointed state personnel director by Gov O Max Gardner. The role created by the 1931 general assembly will oversee all state employees. The governor praised Dunlap for his qualifications and honesty.
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Raleigh
Frank L Dunlap
Wadesboro
State Senate
O. Max Gardner
Frank L. Dunlap
General Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
Earth Tremor Felt Across England Including London
A slight tremor at 1 30 this morning was felt in London and other parts of England. Night shift workers reported buildings swaying and windows rattling. Similar reports came from Swansea and Norfolk, Bedfordshire with officials in the air ministry noting the shake.
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London
England
Swansea
Wales
Norfolk
Bedfordshire
Air Ministry
Four Stillman Children to Divide $3 Million Estate
New York reports four Stillman children will share a $3,000,000 gift from James A. Stillman. The former Mrs Anne Urquhart Stillman receives no settlement. The children also benefit from a $10,000,000 trust left by James A Stillman, Sr. Guy, the youngest, is acknowledged as a son of Fred Beauvais per the settlement.
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New York
Anne Urquhart Stillman
James A. Stillman
World Telegram
Mr. Stillman
Guy
Fred Beauvais
Anne Davison
James A, Jr
Alexander
East Hampton
Long Island
Unemployment Riot in Cuban Capital Injures Scores
In Santiago Cuba a large unemployed demonstration left about a score of people slightly wounded. Some 50 runners fled to the American consulate for protection after rural guards with machetes attacked the crowd. Police efforts failed to halt the march through the business district.
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Santiago
Cuba
Edwin Shoenrich
Thomasville Man Killed by Train in Manassas Virginia
Special to the Enterprise Raymond H. Phillips aged 38 was killed about 8 o clock tonight by a train in Manassas Virginia where he worked for the Western Union Telegraph company He is survived by his wife Vera Green of Thomasville No burial arrangements have yet been made
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Thomasville
Raymond H. Phillips
Manassas
Western Union Telegraph Company
Vera Green
Fire destroys Crystal Palace art exhibit in Munich
A fire in Munich destroyed the Crystal Palace exhibition hall, erasing about three thousand works from historic to contemporary periods including five Rodin sculptures. Loss was estimated at six million dollars. Only 190 paintings survived, many declined by a jury and kept in a shed near the hall.
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Munich
Bavaria
Rodin
Crystal Palace
Germany Imposes New Taxes to Ease Reparation Strain
Berlin reports new taxes totaling about 400 million dollars as a last effort to relieve unbearable reparations pressure. The measures, issued after Chancellor Bruening left for London, target incomes, earnings, relief funds, sugar, tobacco, and petroleum, with civil servant pay cuts and a manifesto urging reparation modification.
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Berlin
Heinrich Bruening
London
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Two Men Burned In Kitchen Explosion
NORFOLK VA June 6 Lieut W T Smith of the Norfolk navy yard staff and O E Whilden a civilian were burned this afternoon in an explosion in the kitchen of Lieutenant Smiths apartment in Portsmouth Both men were taken to the Norfolk naval hospital where attendants described their injuries as serious
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Norfolk, Va
W.T. Smith
Norfolk Navy Yard
O. E. Whilden
British aid sought as Germany faces reform talks
In Chequers England Chancellor Bruening sought Ramsay MacDonald’s help to sound out Germany’s creditors including the United States on postponing heavy reparations. Curtius and Henderson discussed office matters while Bruening and MacDonald walked together at the prime minister’s estate. The Young Plan allows Germany 90 days notice to delay certain post ponable payments amid the crisis.
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Chequers
Eng
Germany
Heinrich Bruening
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Julius Curtius
Arthur Henderson
Herr Bruening
Mr. MacDonald
MacDonald
Couzens presses for answer on Hill tax case appeal
Senator Couzens of Michigan questions why the Justice Department did not appeal the Hill million dollar estate tax case to the Supreme Court. He alleges conflicting notes from officials and says he may testify before Congress if needed. The case centers on a 1,139,000 assessment linked to the late Mrs. James J. Hill.
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Washington
Couzens
Michigan
Mitchell
Michigan Republican
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Couzens S
Couze
James J. Hill
Minnesota
District Federal Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Treasury Department
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Sargent
Harwood daughter accepts embezzlement warrant in Bryson City
Miss Lola G Harwood daughter of Judge John W Harwood of Bryson City accepted service of a Wake county embezzlement warrant for 4903 dollars. Assistant Attorney General Walter G Siler brought the warrant. Judge Harwood said no statement would be made until the bill of particulars is examined.
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Bryson City
Lola G. Harwood
John WU. Harwood
Wake County
Walter G. Siler
Siler
Raleigh
Harwood
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