Young Bank Robber Leads Posse on a Chase in Oklahoma
The outlaw Matthew Kimes tied Jennings marshal George McAminch to a tree and seized a car with a two year old child asleep inside. He fled to Hominy after a chase from Pawnee county posse men, stealing another vehicle in Drumright.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jennings
Matthew Kimes
Southwest
Oklahoma
Kimes
Hominy
Osage
Pawnee
George McAminch
McAninch
Orville E. Noble
Drumright
Noble
Muir Testifies Women Fought for His Attention
Asheville June 15 AP The jury in the Mrs Mil dred Mitchell murder case is to render verdict by noon today after testimony concluded. W N Muir Greensboro man in the case was held on $1000 bond for intoxicated driving liquor and another offense after testifying the two women fought over his affections. Bryant English in a stupor from drinking recalled nothing of the trouble. Mrs Mitchell testified Clay jumped from the moving car then Muir staggered and dropped her head hitting the pavement as they tried to place her back inside.
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Asheville
Mildred Mitchell
Sue Clay
W. N. Muir
Greensboro
N. A. Sinclair
Muir
Bryant English
Mrs. Clay
Toccoa
Ansley Bowers
Gainesville
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
Mirs
Martha
Finley
Elsie Williams
Seamees
S. Co
Bert Sixgietos
Singleton
Convict Bob Barnett Dies of Natural Causes
In Gastonia a coroner's inquest found 25 year old convict Bob Barnett died from natural causes after three days on the gang. Barnett, jailed for eight months for larceny, fell ill Saturday and died, with testimony noting good treatment and no overwork, likely acute indigestion.
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Gastonia
W. A. Bentley
Bob Barnett
Barnett
J. G. Carpenter
Mangum
Ferry collision floods Battery with Lindbergh crowds
New York on June 13 reports the municipal ferries Bronx and Juilins Miller coned off the Battery after a morning collision. The Juilins Miller sustained heavy damage while both boats carried crowds for the Lindbergh reception.
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New York
Bronx
Juilins Miller
Lindbergh Restful Day in New York After Banquet
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh enjoyed a quiet morning in bed after a night of events in New York. He woke for a luncheon at the Astor Hotel hosted by the New York state chamber of commerce and merchants association, then prepared to depart with Mrs. Lindbergh for St Louis. A delegation of Little Falls friends including Mayor A L Grimes visited.
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New York
Charles. A. Lindberg
Quiet Birdmen
Henry Frazee
Park Avenue
Hotel Astor
New York State Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Association
Little Falls
Minn
A. L. Grimes
Lindbergh Praised at New York Welcome Tour
The young colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in New York received a five day welcome featuring a Mitchel Field air test a 3 500 guest banquet at the Commodore Hotel and a theatre party. He urged airport development and predicted multi motor planes will soon prove their potential for trans Atlantic service.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
St. Louis
Trnant
Mitchel Field
Commodore
Lindbergh
Bolling Field
Walker
al Smith
Charles Evans Hughes
Cardinal Hayes
Bishop Manning
Mr. Hughes
America
Hughes
Evangeline Lindbergh
Meatherhenod
Wife uses umbrella on husband on sidewalk confrontation
A woman struck her husband twice with a closed umbrella and then hit the man’s female companion on the sidewalk in front of Wachovia Bank. Police Captain D W Elliott intervened as a crowd gathered and decided not to file charges.
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Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
D. W. Elliott
Captain Elliott
Piedmont and Northern seek extension of lines in Carolina
About 100 witnesses are to be examined as ICC examiner Davis opens a ten day hearing on Piedmont and Northern Railway plans to resume wartime construction. The company seeks to connect Spartanburg to Gastonia and extend the North Carolina division to Winston-Salem with a $15 million project. North and South Carolina governments and chambers of commerce intervene. Rail rivals especially Southern rail likely to oppose.
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Chalotte
Davis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Piedmont and Northern Railway
South Carolina
Gastonia-Charlotte
Spartanburg
Gastonia
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Chambers of Commerce
Piedmont and
Northern
Southern Railway
Third call for bids on state printing expected soon
RALEIGH June 15 AP A third call for bids on half a million dollars of state printing due in two years will be issued by Governor McLean and the printing commission within the next two weeks. Bidders may bid on separate items rather than the entire balance.
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Raleigh
McLean
Printing Commission
Women fined for silk hose at gin meeting protest
June 13 AP report notes a Reeds demonstration club fined 25 cents for wearing silk hose to a gin meeting. The item highlights social norms and penalties observed in the event.
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Lexin Wnw
Reeds
Wrenn Sues Worth for Alienation of Wife in $25000 Suit
Norman T. Wrenn files a civil action in Municipal Court seeking 25000 against J. S. Worth former councilman accusing him of alienating Wrenn's wife Laura Delapp and disrupting family life. The suit follows a May 4 street confrontation during which Wrenn used a knife. Worth faced an assault-with deadly-weapon charge that was reduced to a misdemeanor. Both sides employ prominent lawyers from Lexington Greensboro and the local city.
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Norman T. Wrenn
J. S. Worth
Fourth Ward
Wrenn
Mr. Worth
Worth
Mr. Wrenn
Laura V. Delapp
High Point
Watn
Phillips and
Wer
Lexington
Spencer B. Adams
Greensboro
T. W. Albertson
J. A. Austin
T Jd. Gold
Garter Dalton
Attor
Nungesser and Coli Flare Evidence Recalled
Paris June 15 AP Captains Nungesser and Coli had ten flares and a pistol to ignite them when their trans Atlantic plane White Bird left LeHours Field. Officers later said the pilots took only a 10 pound flare pack and were given ten flares plus a pistol to discharge them. The development renews speculation that flares seen in Northern Quebec were fired by the missing French aviators if they reached North American shores.
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Paris
Nungesser
Coli
Lehourget Field
34Th Aviation Regiment
Colt
Quebec
Mrs J C Kearns Dies in Asheboro Home
Mrs J C Kearns of Asheboro dies at 6 am in the home of her daughter Mrs Charleston Briles death due to heart dropsy Survived by husband six daughters one son mother four sisters one brother Funeral set for Thursday 3 pm at Shepherd Church near Asheboro Kearns a lifelong Quaker member.
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Asheboro
J. C. Kearns
Near Here
Charleston Briles
Clifford Myers
Thomasville
Edith
Jessie Kearns
High Point
Pauline
Ruth Kearns
Gilbert Kearns
Mollie Lowe
D. H. Parsons
Carrie Lowe
Lena Jarrett
Eton College
M. B. Smith
Burlington
George W. Lowe
Shepherd Church
Kearns
Infant Waynick Dies After Short Illness
A. Thomas Waynick Jr. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A Thomas Waynick died at a local hospital after a brief illness. The body was moved to Sechrest funeral home and then to the parents' home at 1794 Whitehall Street. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 11 a.m. at Hickory Grove M P Church eight miles northeast of the city with burial in the church cemetery.
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A. Thomas Waynick, Jr
A. Thomas Waynick
Sechrest
Whitehail Street
Hickory Grove M. P
General Roten Weakened as Death Nears in Magnola
General W. W. Roten former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans was very ill in Magnola Mississippi on June 15. He suffers from indigestion and erysipelas and death was momentarily expected.
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Roten
Rumors of new terror in Russia spread from Warsaw to London
London reports rumors of mass executions and martial law in Soviet Russia. Claims cite censorship, G P U power over life and death, and panic in Moscow with reservists called up. A Daily Mail dispatch mentions mass shootings of former czarist officers and hostage executions amid alleged anti Soviet crackdowns.
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London
Jjune
Russia
Moscow
Warsaw
Riga
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Vladivostok
Caspian
South Russia
Leningrad
Daily Mail
Ukraine
Poland
M. Volkoff
Izvestia
Federal Executive Committee of the Soviets
Wishart Denies Girl Had Operation Involved
Charlotte physician Dr Wishart testified in a joint trial denying he performed an operation on a Newton Drive girl. He said she asked for treatment, he refused, later gave a sedative as house physician for a local hotel, and learned of a $40,000 suit against him.
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Charlotte
Margaret Jane Carpenter
Newton
J. Marion Smith
W. E. Wishart
Wishart
Louis Whitener
Hickory
Dr. Wishart
Tom Gabriel
S. T. Gaddy
Glenn Long
End Draws Near in Murder Case at Fayetteville
The Fayetteville murder trial of Mrs. Maybelle Phillips and Kenneth O. Boone nears its close as defense rests for Phillips and rebuttal evidence proceeds. Boone testifies he did not strike McLaurin and that the victim may have died from other causes. Physicians link skull fractures to a bullet wound while witnesses describe Boone’s good reputation and a jail inmate denied offered pay for stories.
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Fayetteville
Maybelle Phillips
Kenneth O. Boone
Frank McLurin
Boone
Phillips
McLaurin
R. 4B. Pittman
Jd. W. McNeill
E. A. Coates
Army Medical Corps
Fort Brags
Mamie Pope
Boore
Ine Pope
Stutts
Mary Jane Stafford 75 Dies at Son's Home in Taylorsville
Mary Jane Stafford born March 17 1852 in Burke county dies at her son Wilson Stafford’s home off Mivett drive after 6 pm while visiting in Taylorsville She leaves four children Edward and Wilson Stafford Celia Milstead and Jane Teague The funeral will be at Antioch Baptist Church in Taylorsville Thursday at 11 a.m. with burial in the church family cemetery.
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Mary Jane Stafford
Taylorsville
J. Wilson Stafford
Wilson Stafford
Mivett Drive
Stafford
Burke County
Antioch Baptist Church
Edward Stafford
Winston- Salem
Celia Milstead
Jane Teague
Alexander County
Church
Edward J. Hill Dies at 69 Former Durham Senator
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Edward J. Hill a prominent Durham attorney and former state senator who died late last night from pneumonia after an operation He also served as consul general in Uruguay during the Cleveland administration.
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Durham
Edward J. Hill
Hill
Uruguay
Cleveland
Wyan Faces Trial for Slaying Infant in June
Oscar Wyan, accused of killing his five day old baby, said after confessing that he did it during a fit. He claimed to have suffered fits on previous occasions and said he awoke to find his arm across the baby's neck. Trial set for June 20 in Williamston Superior Court.
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Williamston
Oscar Wyan
Superior Court
Wyan
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