President proposes one year debt suspension to aid world recovery
President Hoover announced a global offer of a one year pause on all inter governmental debts to help nations recover economically. The move aims to stimulate cooperation as a new phase in international finance.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Hoover
White House
France
Great Britain
Germany
America
Europe
Congress
Reepublicans
Democrats
United States
Dry Law Enforcement Sharply Upgraded in 1st Year
Colonel Amos W. Woodcock, director of prohibition, said the dry law is better enforced now than at any time in its history. Speaking in Washington on June 20 he praised training for agents, focus on high level violators, and enforcement that harms the innocent less. He announced no change in aims after July 1, just a larger force.
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Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition
Hoover
United States Attorney
Baltimore
Debt plans loom as deficit falls in 1930s move
Washington June 20 The administration faces a prospective debt increase despite a shrinking deficit as of June 18 the gap stood at 908 million dollars. The plan would suspend payments on intergovernmental debts and reparations for a year with congressional approval needed.
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Washington
Treasury
Scalp Linked to Woman Killed by Train at Princeton
A woman's scalp found on an express car at Spencer shops is traced to Mrs. Hettic cen killed by a Southern train at Princeton the night of June 12. Railway officials have been advised. Mrs. Johnson's body was mangled when struck by the train. scalp found later during car repairs.
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Salisbury
Horace Rothrock
Odell Robertson
Forsyth Superior Court
Butch Willard
Rothrock
Lexington
E. L. McKee
Sylva
McKee
Rh. W. Griffin
Canton Fibre Company
Tero
War Debt Facts and Payment Figures Reported
The piece lists wartime debt payments among nations, noting Britain’s annual US payments and reparations, Germany’s annuities, France’s rising principal and small interest, and Italy’s growing yearly sums. It also mentions Miss Mary Petree of Fountain City being named the University of Tennessee’s most beautiful and chosen to represent Tennessee at the Rhododendron Festival in Asheville.
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Pouis
Hoover
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
Italy
University of Tennessee
Mary Petree
Fountain City
Asheville
N. C
Heroic act may cost woman life at Blowing Rock
Miss Lillian Arhelgar, 21, of Charlotte, saved a young camper from Glen Burney Falls but plunged 60 feet to rocks. She suffered a fractured skull and severe injuries. hospital reports say her condition is very critical. Attendants blamed a wrecked ambulance for additional injuries. Camp officials released few details about the child saved. Mary Howard Turlington and Mrs. P. M. Abbott witnessed the rescue.
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Lenoir
N. C
Blowing Rock
Lillian Arhelgar
Charlotte
Glen Burney Falls
Arkelgar
P. M. Abbott
Mary Howard Turlington
Burlington
Zeb V. Turlington
Arhelgar
Summer Heat Kills Nearly Two Dozen Across Nation
Heat waves and storms ravaged the United States, causing drownings and prostrations as temperatures hit 100 plus in the Midwest and South. Tornados and electrical storms struck the Northern plains, with at least one fatality. New York reported 91 at 3 p.m. and bridges crowded with cars as Beachgoers flocked to shorelines. Relief was forecast from showers within 24 hours.
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Associated Press
United States
Pacific Coast
Middlewest
Mercury
Seaboard
Middle East
New England
New York City
Manhattan
Long Island
Black Criticizes Hoover Proposal In Alabama Speech
United States Senator Hugo L Black of Alabama condemned President Hoover's plan to revive American business by restoring European prosperity. He said Hoover's emphasis on world trade diverts attention from U S troubles and called the pledge both amusing and tragic.
German Seaplane DO X Reaches Rio Harbor Victory
The giant German Seaplane DO X landed at Botafogo Harbor after a seven and a half month journey from Altenrhein Switzerland. Commander Friedrich Christiansen piloted the descent as thousands watched the water front crowd cheer. Brazilian officials greeted the arrival with an escort of two army planes.
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Rio DE Janerio
Botafogo Harbor
Altenrhein
Switzerland
Friedrich Christiansen
Local Government Cases Heard by Supreme Court
The North Carolina Supreme Court, in extra session, heard oral arguments from Durham and Duplin counties on section sixty of the local government act. The case involves funding floating debts incurred before July 1, 1933 and levying a special tax beyond the 15 cent general county fund limit. A decision was expected by Wednesday when the summer recess begins.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Durham
Duplin
North Carolina asked to intervene in Virginia power case
The state was asked to intervene in the U S district court in the western district of Virginia to overturn a Federal Power Commission denial of a minor power license for Appalachian Electric Power Company’s New River development in Virginia. Governor Gardner and Attorney General Brummitt have not decided whether to act.
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Louis R. Wilson
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E. C. Brooks
W. C. Riddick
Raleigh
North Carolina
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Federal Power Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Company
New River
Virginia
O. Max Gardner
Dennis G. Brummitt
J. E. S. Thrope
Bryson City
Nantahala Power
O Neill to Address Legion Rally on July Fourth
National Commander Ralph T. ONeill of the American Legion will address a legion rally July 4 at Murphy. Attendees from western North Carolina East Tennessee and north Georgia are expected. Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw a former North Carolina Legion commander is viewed by friends as the next national commander.
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Ralph T. O'Neil
American Legion
Murphy
North Carolina
East Tennessee
North Georgia
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Warsaw
North Carolina Legion
Legion
One Man Sought in Mystery Death Case
New York June 20. Investigators narrowed a Starr Faithfull death case to a single man to be arrested as suspect or held as a material witness. Authorities say they know the man but cannot locate him. expected to be found within ten days.
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Starr Faithfull
Harold King
Naségau County
Miss Faithfull
Elvin N. Edwardes
Inspector King
Aviators Plan To Hop Off At Noon
St John New Brunswick June 20 Otto Hillig Liberty New York photographer and pilot Holger Harrs planned to hop off about noon tomorrow weather permitting for Harbor Grace Newfoundland the starting point of a projected trans Atlantic flight to Denmark. They will attempt the ocean crossing in their Bellanca monoplane Liberty specially built for the flight.
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Hoover Proposes One Year Moratorium on Debts and Reparations
President Hoover urged a one year pause on intergovernmental debts and reparations, covering principal and interest. Europe welcomed the move as a major international development, boosting confidence in debtor nations and sparking stock gains in Berlin while officials weighed Washington reports.
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United States
Hoover
Europe
Heavy Fighting in Honduras Reported
In the Lake Yojoa region government forces fought rebels in three battles at Jaral Agua Azul and Dos Caminos with heavy casualties. Officials estimated rebels lost about 300 men and the government claimed victories.
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Honduras
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Jaral
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Dos Gaminos
Chiang To Take Command of His Chinese Forces
President Chiang Kai-Shek departed for Nanchang aboard the gunboat Yungsui to assume personal command of nationalist forces opposing communists across southern China. The move signals a centralized strategy as Kuomintang forces mobilize against rivals in Kiangsi and surrounding provinces.
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Chiang
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanchang
Kiangsi Province
Yungsui
Ask Death Penalty For Garland Smith
In Boydtown Virginia on June 20 the prosecution opened arguing for the death penalty for Garland Smith the North Carolinian charged with killing Deputy Sheriff Bernard Puryear and Clarksville police chief Mack Tuck. The trial entered rebuttal evidence as jurors viewed the December 29 1929 shooting scene.
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Garland Smith
Y. M. Hodges
Bernard Puryear
Puryear
Clarksville
Mack Tuck
Lansing Man Wins $7000 Award in Augusta Court
J. C. Barker of Lansing North Carolina won seven thousand dollars in Augusta county circuit court in Staunton Virginia for injuries from a Lee highway automobile accident near Staunton on September 17 1930.
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J. C. Barker
Lansing
N. C
Augusta County
United Utilities, Inc
Lee Highway
Here
Liquor Exporting To U S To Resume On Grand Scale
A Windsor dispatch to the Toronto Daily Star says liquor exporting to the United States will resume early next week. Runners claim to have found a loophole in the prohibition law and boats on the border waterfront prepared for high speed work after a year of idleness since the act took effect on June 1, 1930.
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Ont
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Dispatch
Toronto Daily Star
United States
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