Bottlers Seek Way to Pay Missing 100000 Revenue Tax
North Carolina Bottlers Association asks the state to accept payment of about 100000 in increased taxes that the 1931 revenue bill would have levied. J Elmer Long meets Gov Gardener and Commissioner Maxwell to propose paying the full amount or hold it in abeyance until a law allows collection, with attorney general Brummitt to decide. The error left 1929 scale, doubling bottle tax, retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Bottlers’ Association
North Carolina
General Assembly
J. Elmer Long
Durham
O. Max Gardner
A. J. Maxwell
Bottlers’ Association
Long
Maxwell
D. G. Brummitt
Mr. Brummitt
Moore Convicted in Marion Dynamiting Case
Ian Moore was found guilty of dynamiting the home of 8 C Woods during the 1920 textile strike in Marion and sentenced to 5 to 7 years. He will appeal. Two others, Robert Perkins and George Styles, face arraignment for the same case. Bruce Stacy remains jailed for larceny. The strike's toll included six deaths and numerous injuries.
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Marion
Ian Moore
C. Woods
Clinchfield
Moore
Robert Perkins
George Styles
Solicitor Press
Burnsville
Indictment in Capone Liquor Ring Case Broadens Charges
Chicago June 12 Capone and 68 associates are indicted by a federal grand jury for continuous conspiracy to manufacture and transport beer for beverage purposes in the Chicago area. The case cites thousands of offenses, including a 1600 ton vat and 30 barrel beer loads, with meetings at the Lexington hotel and truck purchases from Retz Motor Company in Hammond Indiana. Capone faces links to a large syndicate active since prohibition began.
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Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Capone
Indie
Cago
United States District
George E. O. Johnson
Retz Motor Company
Hammond
Joseph C. F. George Howlett
Bert Lelaney
Jack Heinan
Lexington Hotel
Capone Mangout
Fusco
Slayers Sought in Deputy Marshal Rivers Death
In Booneville Mississippi on June 12 about 200 troops federal agents and sheriffs’ posses surged into Prentiss county forests to hunt Rouey Eaton Clovis Eaton and Edgar Eaton for killing U S Deputy Marshal Clyde Rivers last month The fugitives were believed surrounded with capture expected soon Civil authorities have arrested about 50 suspects in the hills on conspiracy charges but the Eaton clan leaders remain at large
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Booneville
Miss
National Guard
Prentiss County
Rouey Eaton
Clovis Eaton
Edgar Eaton
United States
Clyde Rivers
Rivers
Eatons
Deputies Brace for Threatened Attack in Belmont County
More than 40 deputies were kept in readiness as a 2,000 strong crowd of striking miners and women sympathizers threatened another assault on the Belmont county jail in St. Clairsville Ohio. Seven arrested and 12 overcome by tear gas, as Sheriff Duff and deputies defended a prior jail breakout and a march on the Hanna Company mine.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Ohio
Paul Waddell
R. A. Ireland
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
Cleveland
George White
Howard Duff
New Lafferty
Hanna Company
American Legion
Leo Thompson
Pittsburgh
Body of Fireman Will Be Buried
Edgar B. Elliott a 27 year old volunteer fireman who perished in a waterfront blaze in New Bern was recovered from the Trent river after a 25 hour search. His funeral will be held as local businesses close in tribute.
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New Bern
N. C
Edgar B. Elliott
Elliott
Trent River
Motion Picture Actor Rescues Two Other Men
William Boyd, a motion picture actor, saved two men from a skiff after they fled a sunken yacht that sank following a boiler room explosion near San Pedro California. The wrecked 50 foot vessel was valued at 27000 dollars and owned by H E Houston of Los Angeles. Yacht brokers E J Walter and E G Kingman, also from Los Angeles, fled the craft and offered no cause for the explosion.
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San Pedro
Cal
William Boyd
H. E. Houston
Los Angeles
E. J. Walter
E. G. Kingman
Sharp Disorders Reported in Fukien Province China
Wireless messages from Shanghai on June 12 report sharp disorders across northern Fukien prompting a general evacuation of missionaries and foreigners toward Foochow. Advices indicate lawless elements are challenging provincial authority and foreign undertakings are at a standstill.
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Shanghai
Fukien Province
Foochow
Lincoln wedding cabin temple dedication in Kentucky
Harrodsburg Kentucky dedicates a temple sheltering the log cabin linked to Tom Lincoln and Alaner EP a a top figure. An Abraham Lincoln link follows with a Hodgenville birth, a Doak address and a Transylvania College dramatization broadcast nationwide. Governor Sampson leads the public holiday observance with a broad regional participation.
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Temple
Lincoln
Harrodsburg
Kentucky
Tom Lincoln
Alaner
Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
United States
William N. Doak
Hoover
Transylvania
State rests in Clarke trial in Wilmington bank case
The state rested and defense announced no evidence in the Clarke trial. Judge Midgette overruled a non-suit motion but directed a not guilty verdict on one of 13 counts tied to a Red Cross deposit. Clarke, ex assistant cashier of Home Savings bank, faces false-entry charges with deliberations expected to finish soon.
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Wilmington
M. Douglas Clarke
Garland E. Midgette
Midgette
Clarke
American Red Cross
Home Savings Bank
Kenneth E. Royall
Goldsboro
Dr A J Cauthen Dies at 65 in Columbia
Dr A J Cauthen longtime vice president and treasurer of Columbia College died in Columbia after a three month illness. He was 65 years old and had served the Methodist institution for women for five years.
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A. J. Cauthen
Columbia
D. C
Columbia College
Methodist Institution For Women
Highway Commission to shift D headquarters to Statesville or Concord
Charlotte will lose its district headquarters established in 1921 as the State Highway Commission decides to move Division D headquarters to Statesville or Concord. In other news, 900 students will report at Fort Bragg for a month of citizen military training. A Charlotte school board budget cut totals 120000. Robeson County official Oliver Lumberton, 75, dies at home in Marietta with funeral at Alivet cemetery. A Fayetteville report notes a fatal auto wreck near Raeford. Webb dies from injuries as authorities say the car was stolen. Greensboro announces July 1 move of the federal narcotics office from Charlotte with John D. Dixon in charge.
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Charlotte
State Highway Commission
Division D
Statesville
Concord
Dles Lumberton
Oliver
Robeson County
North Carolina General Assembly
Marietta
Alivet Cemetery
Fayetteville
G. B&b. Webb
Cleveland County
Webb
Raeford
King’s Mountain
Greensboro
John D. Dixon
Black Man Executed by Electric Chair in D C Prison
J P Moore a Cherokee county Black man was electrocuted at the state prison in Columbia Washington for criminally confronting a white woman. He knelt in prayer at the chair before admitting guilt and being pronounced dead at 10 19 am.
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Columbia
D. C
J. P. Moore
Cherokee County
State's Prison
Edward B. McLean Ill With Myocarditis
Edward B. McLean publisher of the Washington Post was reported by his physician as seriously but not critically ill. Dr James A Gannon diagnosed the condition as myocarditis an inflammation of the heart muscle.
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Washington
Edward B. McLean
The
Washington Post
James A. Gannon
Two Former Champions Reach Southern Women's Semi finals
In Virginia Beach two former champions Mrs. Marion Turpie Lake and Mrs. Ruth Reymond advanced to the semi finals of the southern women's golf tournament. Lake faces Mrs. Henry Dodge of Florida and Reymond meets Mrs. Leon Solomon of Memphis.
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Virginia Beach
Marion Turpie Lake
Ruth Reymond
New Orleans
Lake
Henry Dodge
Jacksonville
Florida
Reymond
Leon Solomon
Memphis
Lail Found Guilty Of Second Degree Murder
Lail of Mc Dowell county convicted of second degree murder in the slaying of deputy Elmore Wilson during a January whiskey still raid. Jury deliberated 22 hours amid splits on degree. Sentencing to come later.
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Lail
McDowell County
Elmor W Ilson
Hammer Slayer
Morganton
N. C
Bill Lail
Elmore Wilson
Jonas ready to probe Catawba primary if officially asked
Lincoln ton NC June 12 Charles A Jonas United States district attorney says he is prepared to investigate the first 1930 Democratic primary in Catawba county if an official request is made. He notes arrests in nearby Watauga county revived talk of irregularities in the primary where Major A L Bulwinkle defeated Hamilton C Jones.
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Lincolnton
N. C
Charles A. Jonas
United States
Catawba County
Jonas
Watauga County
Catawba
A. L. Bulwinkle
Gastonia
Hamilton C. Jones
Charlotte
Ruth Nichols Plans Solo Flight to Europe in Warm Billed Cabin
New York reports Ruth Nichols holder of three women’s air records will undertake a solo flight to Europe within days if weather permits. She expects to fly at altitudes around 30 000 feet or higher with two oxygen flasks in unheated wings and a bandanna for a head covering while enduring freezing tongue due to cold oxygen.
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Ruth Nichols
New York
Europe
Nichols
Miss Nichols
Augusta Negro Dies by Hanging on Scaffold
Augusta Georgia June 12 Arthur Meyers an Augusta negro was executed by hanging for killing R E Gunn a Georgia railroad detective He was pronounced dead at 9 20 a m Eastern time Intense excitement surrounded the event as a crowd climbed a shed roof near the jail yard roof collapsed killing several onlookers The state has moved from hanging to the electric chair since Meyers indictment
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Augusta
Georgia
Arthur Meyers
R. E. Gunn
Georgia Railroad
Meyers
Richmond County
Three Men Die In Mobile Plane Crash
Three men are dead after a crash near Mobile unlighted airport as they attempted to land last night. The victims are Vincent F. Kilborn Mobile city attorney Edward J. Grove prominent young lawyer and state legislator and Thomas J. Carter pilot of the plane and Birmingham air service employee.
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Mobile
Ala
Vincent F. Kilborn
Edward J. Grove
Thomas J. Carter
Birmingham Air Service
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