Means Given 15 Year Term In Lindbergh Case Rally
Gaston Means was sentenced to 15 years for swindling Evalyn Walsh McLean of 104000 tied to the Lindbergh baby ransom plot. He received ten years for larceny of 100000 ransom and five years for larceny of 4000 expense money, to run consecutively. An appeal was noted.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Evalyn Walsh McLean
James M. Proctor
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Justice Department
T. Morrie Wampler
Means
Justice Proctor
Lindbergh
Court Affirms Prison Terms in Asheville Bank Failure
North Carolina Supreme Court rejects appeals by Luke Lea senior and Wallace B. Davis, upholding prison terms for violating banking laws tied to the Central Bank and Trust of Asheville. Lea will serve 6 to 10 years, Davis 4 to 6 years, and Lea Jr. faces fines. sentences likely start next month.
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Luke Lea
Tennessee
Davis
Luke Lea, Jr
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Supreme Court Today
Wallace B. Davis
Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Lea
State
Leas
Supreme Court
W. P. Stacy
W. J. Brogden
George W. Connor
E. P. Charnet
North Carolina
Central Bank and Trust Company
Charlet
Buncombe Superior Court
M. W. Barnhill
Lea, Jr
House approves immediate cash payment for veterans bonus
The House approved immediate cash payment of the 2.4 billion bonus certificates demanded by 20 000 former servicemen in the capital. The bill would redeem certificates at face value in new treasury notes and seek an equal issue of government bonds to retire currency if the dollar falls. President Hoover threatened a veto if sent to the White House. Former servicemen packed the galleries as the vote passed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
White House
Patman
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Snell Praises Hoover Record at Republican Convention
Rep Bertrand H Snell New York as permanent chairman delivers a panegyric to Hoover and the administration. He compares Hoover to Washington and rails at Democrats as a fault finding minority while pledging party unity and victory.
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Hoover
Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Chicago
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
George Washington
Quack
Dawes Declines Vice Presidency Nomination
Curtis Dawes might back Curtis Dawes in a GOP battle over the vice presidential nomination but Charles Gates Dawes signals he cannot accept the office again even if offered. His refusal clears the path for a Kansan to be renominated.
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Charles Gates Dawes
Chicago
United States
Curtis
Kansan
Conclave Roars Its Approval At Hoover Convention
At Chicago Stadium on June 15 delegates from every state paraded banners to the Hoover name as the convention adjourned to resume at 8 pm. The morning session ratified committee work and settled leadership disputes while the platform committee neared a tentative prohibition plank for distribution to delegates.
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Chicago
Hoover Helmsmen
California
Congressman Snell
New York
Snell
Dispatch
Joe” Tolbert
South Carolina
Congress Hotel
Michigan Avenue
Platform Committee
Congress Scrambles Over Economy Bill While Aiming for Adjournment
Washington June 15 Congress seeks quick adjournment by concluding conference on the national economy bill. Discord over the pay cut section looms, with chances of new instructions needed. Conferees largely agree on the rest, predicting savings of 130 million to 150 million dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Prohibition Resubmission Plank Taken Up in Chicago
The Republican resolutions committee in Chicago moved to remove the prohibition resubmission plank from the order of business after a request by Chairman Fess of the national committee. The aim is to circulate the proposal to delegates and state conferences by 6 p m.
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Chicago
Republican Resolutions Committee
Fess
National Committee
Fist Fight Threat on House Floor Halts Debates
On June 15 in Washington the quick intervention of friends stopped a potential fist fight between Rep. Martin of Oregon and Rep. Blanton of Texas during the bonus debate on the House floor.
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Washington
Friends
Rep
Martin
Dem
Ore
Blanton
Tex
Party integrity plank approved after sharp debate
Gularity Condemned Chicago June 15 a committee approved a plank condemning party irregularity in congress after a sharp debate highlighting concerns over misconduct and irregularities within the party.
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Chicago
Republican Resolutions Committee
Congress
Akron Sets Course For Lakehurst After South Carolina Stop
The Navy dirigible Akron left Parris Island at 10 am for Lakehurst New Jersey on the final leg of its journey from Sunnyvale California. The craft arrived Monday after a 53 hour flight and, after winds delayed departure, began its 16 hour run to Lakehurst as calm weather allowed the takeoff.
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Parris Island
8. C
Sunnyvale
Cal
Lakehurst
N. J
New Jersey
Rhododendron Festival Opens With Gala Floral Parade
Asheville hosts the fifth Rhododendron festival with a two mile parade and over 1,000 participants. Miss Suzanne Fitch is named queen and Stacy Smith king amid plans for dances and pantomime. Sponsors from ten states join in the pageant as Grove Park Inn gears up for a medieval Rhododendron Ball.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Suzanne Fitch
Stacy Smith
Tampa
Fila
Grove Park Inn
Dawes and Hoover Tactics Rumor in Political Letter
A Chicago letter from June 14 hints Charley Dawes will be vice president then ambassador to Great Britain and later head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. It portrays a strategic, indirect stance on prohibition and a bid for votes by the Republicans.
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Chicago
Charley Curtis
Charley Dawes
Dawes
Great Britain
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover and Dawes
Supreme Court Hands Down 50 Opinions in Raleigh
The North Carolina Supreme Court issued 50 opinions. It upheld the murder conviction of Leroy Lee of Guilford and the rape conviction of Will Rector of Burke, both facing possible execution without clemency. The court also sustained 20 year sentences for Will Posey in Swain County and affirmed several other civil and criminal rulings.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Will Rector
Burke County
Leroy Lee
Guilford
Rector
Lee
R. B. Andrews
Guilford County
Nord Donnell
Will Posey
Judd Pilkey
Pilkington
Swain County
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Luke Lea, Jr
Wallace B. Davis
Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Elizabeth City
Gregory
Pasquotank
Blades
Hood
Treasury receipts and expenditures for June 13 and customs duties
Treasury reports show June 13 receipts at 7 564 432.37 dollars and outlays at 26 357 069.09 dollars, leaving a balance of 176 021 855.43 dollars. Customs duties for the first 13 days of June totaled 7 793 528.20 dollars.
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Treasury Washington
Treasury
Greek steamer Arte mis sinks. crew abandons ships
In Rio de Janeiro on June 15 the Greek steamer Arte mis sent an SOS and later reported sinking with the crew taking to lifeboats. The British motorship Eastern Prince sped to the scene, nearby and responding to the distress.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Artemis
State Dems Gather For Convention Tomorrow
North Carolina Democratic leaders meet on the eve of the biennial convention to discuss platform planks Roosevelt instruction for national delegates and the Morrison Reynolds Senate contest. Prohibition, Roosevelt support, and delegate pledges dominate talks as Reynolds and Morrison camps surge. Frank D. Grist, backing Morrison, lends his auto to Reynolds campaign traffic amid a tense early planning phase.
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Prohibition
Roosevelt
Reynolds-Morrison
Senate
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Tion
New York
Burgwyn
Northampton
Reynolds
Grist
David L. Strain
Frank D. Grist
Morrison
Strain
D. M. Blankenship
Mecklenburg County
State Commissioner of Labor
Tar Heel Pair Aids In Platform Work
North Carolina delegates Clifford Frazier of Greensboro and Jake F. Newell, a senatorial candidate, led efforts to craft a dry platform at the national convention. They presented a bone dry plank to the platform committee as prohibition groups united to push the stance.
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Chicago
North Carolina
Clifford Frazier
Greensboro
Jake F. Newell
James Cannon
United Diry Forces’ Board of Strategy
Anti-Saloon League
Newell
Frazier
The Gift of a Vacation Subscription to The Enterprise
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Enterprise
High Point
Army unit opens Fort Bragg six week training camp
Brig Gen Manus McClosky administered the oath of allegiance to fifty citizens at the military training camp here. He spoke on war aspects and urged the trainees to train as good soldiers during the six week program.
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Co. M. T.C
Fort Bragg
Manus McClosky
Fugitive Autry Names Slayers in Cary Prison Slaying
Deputy Sheriff Frank Gray says escaped convict James Autry told how Robert Cook of Kentucky killed D. H. Brantley the Cary prison farm steward during a Tuesday escape. Autry also implicated Bud Travis of Hickory and described the trio’s sequence from pipe blows to a highway hijack and a shootout before they fled toward Greensboro and Wake Forest.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Frank Gray
James Autry
Robert Cook
D. H. Brantley
Cary Prison Farm
Autry
Imself
Cook
Kentucky
Bud Travis
Hickory
Brantley
Gray
Petersburg
Travis
Greensboro
Look
Try
Wake Forest
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Cameron Morrison
Robert R. Reynolds
Joseph Daniels
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Jake Newell
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