North Carolina State College grants largest class to 1931
Dr John J Tigert president of the University of Florida delivered the commencement address at North Carolina State College Raleigh on June 9 1931 The event marked the institution s largest graduation class with 283 degrees including 30 graduate degrees and 253 Bachelor degrees James A Powell of Raleigh received the lone honorary degree in Mechanical Engineering F P Latham and Dr W Bailey of Moyock earned meritorious service degrees Two farmers honored.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
John J. Tigert
University of Florida
James A. Powell
F. P. Latham
W. Bailey
Moyock
America
Tigert
Bowers Urges Clean House at UNC Graduation
Claude G. Bowers keynote speaker at the University of North Carolina graduation calls for Jeffersonian government principles and reduced centralized power. The degree doctor of laws was conferred on Bowers, with 365 other graduates receiving degrees. Governor O Max Gardner presented diplomas. Dr. Michael Hoke and Dr. Marion T. Tyler also noted with degrees. Dr. W P Few unable to attend.
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Chapel Hill
Claude G. Bowers
New York
Sioners
University of North Carolina
Bowers
Michael Hoke
Atlanta
Hoke
Robert F. Hoke
Marion Timothy Yler
Greensboro
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
North Carolina Christian Advocate
O. Max Gardner
W. P. Few
Duke University
America
Freight Rate Increase For Southern Railroad Considered
A meeting of southern railroad traffic executives considered a proposed freight rate hike to bolster revenues while shopmen vote on a five day work week. The proposal, by R M Collyer, aims to align southern rates with eastern and western lines. No wage changes are planned, but staff reductions could follow if hours remain six days.
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Washington
Southern Railroads
Southern Railroad
Mm. J. Carr
International Association of Machinists
Mayflower Hotel
R. M. Collyer
Trunk Line Association
Eastern and Western
Carr
Southern
Carmen
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Collyer
New York
Eastern and Western Railroads
Tennessee House votes down seven impeachment articles
The Tennessee House defeated all seven remaining impeachment articles in a 56 to 40 vote after earlier action. Representative Chamlee moved to formally reject the charges, and the chamber discharged a special committee that reported the articles. Governor Horton praised the outcome as saving Tennessee.
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House of Representatives
George Chamleer
Hamilton
House
Horton
Tennessee
Luke Lea
Rogers Caldwell
Neil Bass
Lea
Caldwell
Bass
Harry&. Berry
W. M
State Funding Board
Bank of Tennessee
Caldwell and Company
Two Men Killed In Liquor Feud
Denver police say a gun fight on a ranch east of the city left two hijackers dead and two wounded. The dead are Lawrence Jackson and Vinnie Dicker of Denver. The wounded are John Snyder and James Smith, also listed as hijackers. ranch location and operators’ status remain unclear.
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Denver
Lawrence Jackson
Vinnie Dicker
John Snyder
James Smith
German leaders depart for home after Berlin talks
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius left Southampton for Germany closing a visit aimed at fostering international cooperation. They met with the British government at Chequers and invited Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson to Berlin to continue discussions on economic issues between the two nations.
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Southampton
Eng
Heinrich Bruening
Julius Curtius
Germany
Duke President Enters Hospital for Observation
Duke University president Dr. W. P. Few entered Duke Hospital in Durham for observation after several days of illness. Doctors said an operation was unlikely.
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Durham
W. P. Few
Duke University
Duke Hospital
Vast Fire Destroys Seattle Waterfront District
A vast fire swept Seattle's waterfront district early today destroying several industrial and business establishments. Firemen estimate the damage at more than 500000 dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
State Prison Sets New Record For Population
The state prison system posted a May gain of 70 prisoners, reaching a June 1 total of 2,679 inmates at Central prison and camps. Warden Honeycutt noted more than 600 in Central prison for the first time, with 1,218 white men, 1,369 colored men, 32 white women, and 69 colored women in custody. Court admissions totaled 168, with a total of 187 new entrants including discharges, escapes, and transfers reaching 117 among other moves.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
H. H. Honeycutt
J. K. Powell
Risque drummers fade as TPA members tout new role
In San Francisco the Travelers' Protective Association leaders say the traveling salesman era of risque stories and poker games is fading. President W. S. Murchison of Raleigh asserts modern salesmen are practical psychologists driving commerce and improving spirits nationwide. Albert Stimpson notes no man stories survive radio and magazines.
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San Francisco
Travelers’ Protective Association
W. S. Murchison
Raleigh
N. C
Machison
Murchison
Rubio Tells Of Fatal Shooting In Ardmore
Salvad or Cortes Rubio recounts the Ardmore killing of two companions by a deputy sheriff. He describes the stop after leaving Atchison and Oklahoma City, the ensuing gunfire, and his capture by police. El Nacional questions U S press treatment and notes only one Mexican boy detained.
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Ardmore
Okla
Salvador Cortes Rubio
Associated Press
Atchison
Kas
Oklahoma City
Bill
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Manuel
Manuél Gomez
el Nacional
Building and Loan League Opens Meet
Greensboro hosts the North Carolina Building and Loan league as it opens its 28th annual convention. President E Y Keesler and secretary treasurer O E Todd present reports while Judge John Warren of Newark and Attorney General Dennis Brummitt address taxation concerns and call for better business protection from taxes.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Building and Loan League
E. Y. Keesler
Charlotte
O. E. Todd
Wilmington
John Warren
Newark
N. J
Denniss G. Brummitt
North Carolina
Warren
Keesler
League
North Carolina General Assembly
Hardware traders boast gains at 27th Carolinas convention
Business in the Carolinas shows up grade says hardware merchants at the 27th annual Hardware Association of the Carolinas convention. Mayesville president AV rs Fescue presided as sessions opened and praised recent retail and wholesale improvements from various regions. Roosevelt Roberts, 27, held for grand jury after wife shooting. he claims he heard a noise and fired at a window, killing his wife.
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Greensboro
Carolinas
The
Hardware Association of the
AV Rs Fescue
Mayesville
Recorder's Court
Roberts
Baby Alarm Gaining Steam Among Chicago Parents
Chicago residents adopt home baby alarm systems to monitor infants while out. Louis M. Strauss reports about a dozen such setups including a couple linked to a neighbor through microphone and loudspeaker and paid on a per visit basis. Another family uses crib microphone and speaker with a telephone receiver lift to alert them when the baby cries while they run errands.
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Chicago
Louis M. Strauss
Strauss
Baby
Charges Filed Against Official Of Treasury
Major Maurice Campbell former prohibition administrator for the New York district filed eight specific charges against Seymour Lowman on May 7 accusing him of insincerity in prohibition enforcement and of dereliction. Campbell said Mellon replied May 12 that investigations found the charges ill founded and that he should be branded a coward and a liar if justified.
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Maurice Campbell
Seymour Lowman
Mellon
New York
New York District
Treasury
Major Campbell
Hoover
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Campbell
United States
Italian Government Responds To Pope Over Dissolved Catholic Clubs
The Italian government sent a conciliatory reply from Rome to Vatican City addressing Pope Pius XII's protest notes against the dissolution of Catholic lay clubs and recent anti Catholic demonstrations. The note follows two weeks of tension and aims to ease relations.
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Rome
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Presbyterians Hold 13th Young Peoples Conference
The 13th annual conference of the Presbyterian Young People’s League of North Carolina opens here tonight with hundreds of delegates arriving from churches across the state for the event.
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Davidson
Presbyterian Young People’s League of North Carolina
State
Two Men Rob Bank Family Home in Mitchell County
Mitchell county officers with bloodhounds scour the Bandana area near Bakersville seeking two unknown robbers who assaulted 92 year old Civil War veteran Patterson Harrell and robbed him of about 5 dollars after entering his home with his son Glenn. Harrell had cashed his pension check in Bakersville.
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Bakersville
N. C
Mitchell County
Patterson Harrell
Harrell
Bandana
Glenn Harrell
Mr. Harrell
Poseidon Submarine Sunk in China Collision
The Admiralty said the British submarine Poseidon, one of the largest in the fleet, sank after a collision near Weihaiwei on the Shantung Peninsula. Five officers and 26 men survived but two died after rescue. eighteen crew members are still missing.
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London
Admiralty
Poseidon
Weihaiwei
Shantung Peninsula
China
Murder Case in New York Challenges Corpus Delicti
Elizabeth Zabrisky is held without bail on a murder charge tied to the presumed death of her husband Andrew Zabrisky, a speakeasy owner. Charles Obietes has confessed to killing Zabrisky, dismembering the body, and disposing parts. defense hinges on proving no corpus delicti.
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New York
Elizabeth Zabrinsky
Andrew
Charles Obietes
Zubriskys
Zubrisky
Delicti
Brooklyn
John Klein
Klein
Obietes
Zabrisky
Former Cashier To Face a New Trial
WILMINGTON N C June 9 P M Douglas Clarke former assistant cashier of the Homes Savings bank here charged with embezzlement and false entry scheduled to face trial in New Hanover superior court tomorrow Clarke faces numerous counts in the admitted looting of the bank by its former officers which brought about its close Jesse F Armstrong former cashier and PD M Armstrong trust officer have already pleaded guilty Roache is serving a six to ten year sentence in state prison and Armstrong sentence is expected to be passed at this term of court
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Wilmington
N. C
M. Douglas Clarke
The
Homes Savings Bank
New Hanover Superior Court
Clarke
Jesse F. Armstrong
PD. M. Armstrong
Roache
Armstrong
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Risque Story
Rubio
Building and Loan League
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Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
M. B. Munn
W. Sorrell
Sam O. Worthington
Greenville
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