Cannon Tinkham feud upstages DC debate in June
In Washington on June 21 AP reports Bishop James Cannon Jr and Rep. George Tinkham clash over allegations tied to the 1928 anti-Smith campaign. Tinkham accuses Cannon of cash defense violations and concealment, while Cannon threatens libel action against newspapers and declines comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Tinkham
Prohibition
Massachusetts
Southern Methodist
House
Cannon
Senate
Bishop Cannon
House of Representatives
New York
Jameson
Senate Lobby
George Holden Tinkham
Capitol
C. Jameson
Manic killer throws family to death at West Rock
A man, Ray C. Spang, 36, of Ansonia Connecticut, allegedly mental state unbalanced, killed his wife and four children and then leapt to his death from West Rock in New Haven. Six others died earlier in the toll, with a park picnic scene cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Ray C. Spang
Ansonia
Conn
West Rock
New Haven Park
Mrs. Spang
Helen
Lorraine
Raymond
Donnald
Spang
Ruth Johnson
New York City
Riots in Bombay Injure Hundreds at Nationalist March
In Bombay on June 21 police clashed with a nationalist crowd at Maidan Esplanade. About 200 people including five women were injured and hospitalized as authorities banned assembly for two weeks. Police, aided by mounted units, cleared the esplanade after three charges, while Motilal Nehru observed the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Maidan Esplanade
Pandit Motilal Nehru
All- India National Congress
Esplanade
Giruam
Dhobi
Talao
Maniac Terrorizes Queens as Police Persist in Hunt
New York police continued the maniac killer search after two killings and two witnessed shootings. Two young women, Miss Catherine May and Miss Elizabeth King, failing to identify suspects, rode with the slayer on a bus and helped police refine descriptions amid no new letter taunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queens
Catherine May
Joseph Mozynski
College Point Grocer
Elizabeth King
Noel Lowley
Virginia Honors Admiral Byrd at Winchester Homecoming
Virginia plans a grand homecoming for Admiral Richard E. Byrd of Winchester after his polar feats. A golden sword of honor will be presented at a public reception, with Governor Pollard speaking. Byrd will wreath the Maury monument and attend dinners with state officials and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Richmond
Virginia
Executive Mansion
Pollard
Commonwealth
George Rogers Clarke
Meriweather Lewis
Mathew Mountaine Maury
Maury Monument
John Stewart Bryan
Commonwealth Club
Virginia Military Institute Club
Admiral Byrd
Winchester
Eleanor Bolling Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd
Thomas B. Byrd
Washington
New York
Richard E. Byrd
United States
National Geographic Society
Hoover
South Pole
President Coolidge
North Pole
Rocky Mount observes peaceful 50th June German festival
Rocky Mount on June 21 reported a calm 50th annual June German with 3000 participants and up to 8000 spectators at the warehouse. One minor auto wreck and one liquor arrest occurred. Chief of Police P. Hedgepeth praised the event as the most orderly in his 20 years, though several youths said they were robbed while sleeping in parked cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter von Frantzius
von Frantzius
Foster
North Side
George
Bugs) Moran
Lingle
Illinois Central
Rocky Mount
P. Hedgepeth
Jerman
Menace of Change in College Women Marriage Ideas
New Brunswick New Jersey June 21 The New Jersey College for Women survey shows freshmen favor marriage over a career by three to one while seniors in the fourth year reverse that ratio, indicating shifting views on marriage and work during college years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
New Jersey College For Women
Auto club urges federal action to curb highway tolls
The 28th annual American Automobile Association convention in Asheville calls for a federal agency to study highway conditions and reduce crashes. Delegates condemn rising state taxes on autos and plan a conference with officials. Thomas P. Henry of Detroit is re-elected AAA president serving an eighth term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
American Automobile Association
Grove Park Inn
Association
Chimney Rock
Thomas P. Henry
Detroit
Endurance Fliers Pass 230 Hour Mark in Flight
Kenneth and John Hunter reportedly reached 230 hours aloft in their aircraft The City of Chicago at Sky Harbor airport near Chicago. At 6 40 a m CDT officials confirmed the mission continued with the crew safe and system functioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kenneth
John Hunter
Sky Harbor
Pringle Subpoenaed Over Pantages Allegations
Eunice Pringle the dancer subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in Los Angeles on suspected false charges against multimillionaire theatre owner Alexander Pantages. Eugene Mozier swears of frame up while Baron Fitts relays hush order as Pantages remains free on $100000 bond awaiting appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Eunice Pringle
Alexander T. Pantages
U. S. Webb
Eugene Mozier
Mozier
Baron Fitts
Pantages
Sears Roebuck Sales Slip 7.4 Percent In Six Months
Chicago dispatch reports Sears Roebuck and Company earnings for May 22 to June 18 show sales of 31,475,143 dollars, down from 34,008,389 a year earlier, a 7.4 percent drop. For the period Jan 2 to June 18, total sales reach 172,276,013 dollars, a 5,011,480 dollar or 3.8 percent decline from 178,187,493 dollars in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sears Roebuck and Company
Jury Deadlocked In Leon Moore's Case
Marion North Carolina June 21 Leon Moore a textile striker charged with dynamiting company mill houses during last summer's strike disturbances faced potential retrial after a McDowell County grand jury failed to reach a verdict following four hours of deliberation. Judge Michael Schenck declared the case a mistrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
N. C
Leon Moore
McDowell County
Michael Schenck
Mellon Praises New Tariff Law In Public Statement
Secretary Mellon praised the new Hawley Smoot tariff, saying it removes business uncertainty from the last 15 months. He rebutted gloomy forecasts, claimed no foreign trade destruction, and noted rates in the recent bill are lower than the earlier House version while many protected industries benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
Melton
House
France Names Tariff Reciprocity as Goal with U S
Paris reports Pierre Etienne Flandin, France’s commerce minister, says France seeks tariff reductions on certain French products after tariff commission review. If unsatisfied, Paris will face the situation, asserting normal U S France relations depend on strict reciprocity and modification may be secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Tariff Commission
France
Asheboro Seeks $25,000 for County Hospital Project
Asheboro aims to raise $25,000 during hospital week to supplement $50,000 from the Duke Foundation and $25,900 private subscriptions, forming a $100,000 county hospital fund. The committee lists D. B. McCrary as chairman and includes N. M. Crawford treasurer, M. G. Edwards secretary, with C. C. Crawford and others.
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Asheboro
N. C
Randolph County
Duke Foundation
D. B. McCrary
N. M. Crawford
Lumberton youths fall ill from poisoned dust at fish fry
Four young men from prominent Lumberton families became seriously ill after a fish fry near Lumberton on Thursday night. The poison dust used on the fish caused illness. several other party members escaped without harm.
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Lumberton
N. C
Bailey To Address North Carolina Press Association
Raleigh June 21 Josiah William Bailey the Democratic nominee for United States senator will address the annual meeting of the North Carolina Press association at Blowing Rock July 24. He also tentatively agreed to attend the Harnett county Democratic convention at Lillington next Saturday, invited by Beill McKay Salmon, campaign manager for Senator F M Simmons.
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Raleigh
Josiah William Bailey
United States
North Carolina Press Association
Blowing Rock
Bailey
Harnett County
Lillington
Beill McKay Salmon
F. M. Simmons
Charlotte Man Heads State B. L. Ass'n
The North Carolina League of Building and Loan Associations adjourned its annual convention at Blowing Rock with new officers for the coming year. E. Y. Keesler of Charlotte was named president, A. P. Harris of Albemarle vice president, and O. E. Todd of Wilmington secretary-treasurer. R. B. Davis of Rocky Mount retired as president, and Leon Cash of Winston-Salem joined the board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blowing Rock
North Carolina League of Building and Loan Associations
E. Y. Keesler
Charlotte
A. P. Harris
Albemarle
O. E. Todd
Wilmington
R. B. Davis
Rocky Mount
Leon Cash
Winston-Salem
Wall Street Hits New Lows as Bear Selling Deepens
The June 21 market session saw broad declines across stocks and commodities. The New York Exchange fell with blue chips down sharply led by American Telephone and Westinghouse Electric, while Chicago July wheat and New York cotton weakened to multi year lows amid light turnover and widespread losses.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
London
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
Radio
General Motors
Columbia Gas
Public Service of
N. J
Paramount
Loews
Vanadium
Case
Bethlehem
General Electric
Sears Roebuck
Standard
Allied Chemical
Auburn Auto
Columbian Carbon
American Tobacco
Fastman Kodak
Airman Survives Harsh Andes Ordeal in Flight
Henri Guillaumet, French air mail aviator, endured a weeklong disappearance after a crash on a snowbound Andean slope. Found near Pareditas by a provincial police official, he survived a 400 foot fall, freezing conditions, and starvation while missing under severe injuries. An airplane brought him to Medoza for medical care after a perilous night ascent from Santiago de Chile.
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Medoza
Argentina
Henri Guillaumet
Pareditas
Guillaumet
Santiago de Chile
Mendoza
Five Men Held in Triple Slaying at Poker Game
Five men including Bill Hulsey and his son Fred were held without bail for grand jury action on murder charges in Rockmart Georgia. They stand accused in a poker room slaying of Cliff Jones Lige Harper and Ernest McCullough and the subsequent disposal of the bodies in an abandoned well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockmart
Bill Hulsey
Fred
Ray
Tom Hicks
L. CC. McCullough
Cliff Jones
Lige Harper
Ernest McCullough
S. W. Ragsdale
Hulsey
Husseys
Fire at Grady hospital exposes fumes from burning X-ray films
Ten people including newspapermen and firefighters were observed after inhaling fumes from burning X-ray films at Grady hospital in Atlanta. About 250 black patients were moved to a vacant lot. officials weigh whether old film stored in fireproof cabinets released a deadly gas.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
J. J. Clark
W. Frank Luckiesch
Frank Lavieri
Chicago
James Jones
Rotarians Gather For Chicago International Convention
Thousands of Rotarians from 52 countries arrive in Chicago for the tenth international convention opening Monday. The event marks 25 years since Chicago’s first Rotary club was founded. International president M Eugene Newsom of Durham NC forecasts 18 000 to 20 800 Rotarians and Rotary Anns attending. delegates will come from across the globe. The convention runs through June 27.
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Chicago
Four Corners
Rotary Club
M. Eugene Newsom
Durham
N. C
Rotary Anns
Rotary
Newsom
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Dick Byrd
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Atlantic
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Bill
U. S
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