Carter On Trial For Slaying Local Man Pat Murphy
Greensboro reports John Carter faces murder charges in the April 11 shooting of Pat Murphy. State witnesses include Gibbs, a golf course keeper, who described Carter fleeing the scene and slipping behind a hedge. Pat Murphy’s wife testified to her husband’s account before he died. Vestal Claywell, a 16 year old orphan, was mentioned in the proceedings.
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Greensboro
John Carter
Pat Murphy
T. B. Finley
Carter
Charlie Gibbs
High Point Country Club
Paul Myatt
Gibbs
Vestal Claywell
U S Considers Action On World War Debts
President Hoover and top lawmakers discuss Europe’s financial crisis and possible revision or moratorium on World War I debts. Talks with Stimson Mellon and congressional leaders suggest Washington eyes decisive move, with approval needed from Congress and potential global effects if Europe collapses financially.
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White House
Senate
Tilson
Connecticut
House
Middle West
Hoover
Secrary Stimson
London
Mellon
MacDonald
Germany
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Salt Lake City
Washington
Senator Reed
Pennsylvania
Representative Tilson
Walsh
Montana
Foreign Relations Committee
Glass
Virginia
Treasury
Capitol
Watson
Indiana
Europe
United States
Teen held on bond after fatal hit and run in Goldsboro
Leslie Williams 18 of LaGrange was free on 500 bond after his car struck and killed Arthura Lane a 7 year old Negro girl near his home. An inquest is ordered for tonight. Coroner F A Garner ordered Williams detained until the inquest. Authorities say the child started to cross the highway and Williams swerved off the road to avoid her.
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Goldsboro
Leslie Williams
LaGrange
Liberty
Arthura Lane
F. A. Garner
Williams
William
Carrington Attacks Tobacco Meeting and Tariff Debate
At Asheville the Danville Virginia tobacco leader Carrington warned a high protective tariff may harm the U S tobacco industry and noted retaliatory measures abroad hurt sales. Other speakers from the Commerce Department and Clemson College spoke on tobacco trade while a banquet announced market opening dates for southern districts.
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Asheville
A. B. Carrington
Danville
Tobacco of
United States
Carrington
Granville Woodward
D. B. Hill
U. S. Department of Commerce
E. D. McDowell
Department of Commerce
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
D. W. Daniel
Clemson College
US. C
Vanderbilt files for divorce in Reno cruelty claim
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. sues Mary Davidson Weir Logan in Reno charging extreme cruelty. Attorney Samuel Platt confirms no current alimony agreement and says Vanderbilt will provide for his wife temporarily.
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Reno
Nev
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Mary Davidson Weir Logan
Chicago
Vanderbilt
Samuel Platt
Platt
William Woodburn
Amelia Earhart Receives Official Reprimand for Autogyro Crash
The commerce department announced Amelia Earhart was reprimanded for carelessness and poor judgment after her autogyro crash in Abilene Texas during a transcontinental flight. An inspector recommended grounding for 90 days before a formal letter of reprimand was issued.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Amelia Earhart
Abilene
Texas
Miss Earhart
G. G. Budwig
Aviation Branch
R. W. Delaney
Dallas
Delaney
Earhart Putnam Says She Used Best Judgment On Landing
Amelia Earhart Putnam defended her actions after a commerce department reprimand accusing her of carelessness and poor judgment in handling her autogiro at Abilene Texas. She said she would telegram for further details of the charges.
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Tulsa
Okla
Abilene
Texas
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Department of Commerce
Department
Carter's Fate In Hands Of Men From All Walks Of Life
The jury in the John T. Carter murder case against Earl Murphy is drawn from diverse occupations. Five jurors till the soil, with others including a civil engineer, two merchants, a plumber, a mechanic, a machinist, a filling station operator and a farm-leaning farming group, reflecting varied means. The panel mixes moderate, poor and one well fixed financier.
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John T. Carter
Earl
Pat) Murphy
Carter
Torrio Returns to Head Underworld After Proclamation
Chicago reports Johnny Torrio has invested himself with the ducal robes of gang leadership after rumors of his return. The Immune earned his nickname after shelling out from violence years ago, and Capone now faces federal indictments with Torrio linked to the new plan.
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Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Johnny
Torrio
Alphone Capone
Big Jim" Colosimo
George “Bugs
Moran
Capone
Brooklyn
Colosimo
Twenty-Second Street
United States
George E. Q. Johnson
Johnson
Methodist Church Faces Reduced Educational Budget
In Chicago on June 18 a church board reports Methodist Episcopal educational appropriations will fall from 1,039,000 last year to an estimated 792,125 this year as the business downturn dims income.
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Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Education
Gomez Elected To Head Venezuela
General Juan Vicente Gomez, longtime dominant figure in Venezuelan politics, was unanimously elected president to fill the unexpired term after Dr. Juan Bautista Perez resigned at Congress demand. The vote followed Perez's resignation, announced in Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
Gomez
Juan Bautista Perez
Congress
Wilmington Seeks Stop for Old Ironsides on Fall Visit
Wilmington chamber of commerce plans to bring the renovated ship Constitution known as Old Ironsides to the port on its southern cruise this fall, aiming to make a stop here.
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Wilmington
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
Durham Man Injured in Washington Car Crash
Relatives of Roger Mack of Durham were advised he suffered a fractured skull in an automobile accident in Washington, D. C., where he had gone to seek employment.
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Durham
Roger Mack
Washington, D. C
Graf Zeppelin Demonstrates Sea Landing On Lake
Friedrichshafen Germany Graf Zeppelin lands on a lake without landing crew assistance. Hugo Eckner releases gas to float the airship gently onto rubber bumpers. Captain Ernst Lehmann pilots the gondolas as two police boats stand by. The test shows the ship has sea worthiness before plans for a north pole flight.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Eas
Esee
Constance
Earth
Hugo Eckner
Graf
North Pole
Alps
Ernst Lehmann
Supreme Court to Hear Two Cases on Local Government Act
Raleigh June 19 The state supreme court will hear oral arguments tomorrow on two cases testing the 1931 local government act. One case stems from Duplin County and the other from Durham. The dispute concerns emergency declarations and levies for principal and interest on bonds for pre July 1 1931 indebtedness, deemed for special purposes outside the 15 cent general fund tax limit.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Duplin County
Durham
Greer Sentenced to Life for Wife Murder in South Carolina
Bert Greer, convicted yesterday with mercy recommendation, received life imprisonment from Judge Thomas B. Sease in Spartanburg County for the murder of his wife Mary on April 25. The case was reported by AP from June 19.
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Anderson
S. C
Bill Buchanan
Sylva
N. C
Maude Buchanan
Public hearing planned on Duke quarterback Lowell Mason shooting
Charlotte Civil Service Commission announces a formal public hearing into the shooting of Duke University star quarterback Lowell Mason by a police officer. Mason was wounded while fleeing police after an automobile wreck, and a solicitor's investigation will be completed soon.
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Charlotte Civil Service Commission
Lowell Mason
Duke
Charlotte
Duke University
Alex West
Mason
Canadian Nurse Seeks Rehearing After Naturalization Refusal
Marie Averil Bland a Canadian nurse living in New York City filed a petition for rehearing after the Supreme Court refused her naturalization following the Macintosh decision.
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Washington
Marie Averil Bland
New York City
Supreme Court
Macintosh
Nichols Hopes 10 Fly Sunday
Ruth Nichols hopes to depart on Sunday for Harbor Grace Newfoundland as the first leg of her solo trans Atlantic flight if repairs at Floyd Bennett Airport are completed. Damage from a landing in Jersey City yesterday includes a broken tail skid strained struts a cracked fuselage bulkhead and gasoline tank issues. Mechanics worked overnight and two more days of work were predicted.
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New York
Ruth Nichols
Floyd Bennett Airport
Jersey City
Atlantic
Miss Nichols
Is Electrocuted Huntsville Murderer of Mason Sheriff
Is Eleectrocuted in state prison early today for the murder of Sheriff A. T. Murray of Mason county.
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Huntsville
Tex
Ofilio Herrera
A. T. Murray
Mason County
Historic Lanier Hotel in Macon Burns in Morning Fire
The left wing of the 95 year old Hotel Lanier in Macon burned with the rest of the six story structure largely damaged. About 150 guests escaped in pajamas and nightgowns as fire crews fought the blaze from early morning. Damages estimated at 100000 with origin undetermined. The hotel hosted Civil War leaders and Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
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Macon
Lanier
Sherman
Georgia
Pajamas
T. W. Hooks
F.A. Reynolds
Asheville
N. C
W. B. Houser
Atlanta
Louise Calhoun
Joseph E. Brown
Jefferson Davis
Nassau police pace toward solve Starr Faithfull case
Inspector Harold King of Nassau county police said a report, if true, could solve the Starr Faithfull death mystery and possibly name a suspect within three days. He cautioned the report might not be true and refused to specify murder or suicide.
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Mineola
N. Y
Harold King
Nassau County Police
Starr Faithfull
Justice Siddons Dies of Heart Disease at 66
Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District of Columbia supreme court died today in Washington from heart disease. He was 66, a native of London, and served on the bench for many years.
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Washington
Frederick L. Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
London
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Kentucky
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