Doolittle’s Plane Chute Save Amid 335 MPH Crash
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty landed at Blagoveshchensk in mud and water but escaped injury after their Winnie Mae struck a mudhole. They planned to leave at 3 a.m. for Khabarovsk and then, if weather allowed, fly to Nome in a perilous leg of their around the world journey.
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Blagoveschensk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Irkutsk
Winnie Mae
Post
Gatty
Nome
Sea of Okhotsk
Bering Sea
Notre Dame coach Heartley Anderson ill with meningitis
Heartley Anderson, Notre Dame football coach, is suffering from meningitis and doctors say the outlook for recovery is distinctly favorable. The bulletin came as reports from Madrid and Seville describe unrest around Tablada airdrome amid claims of a revolt led by Major Ramon Franco.
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Zamora
Spain
Tablada
Reuter
Anderson
Rochester
Minn
Heartley Anderson
Notre Dame
Franco
Madrid
Ramon Franco
Prominent Clayton Man Found Dead In Bed Room
Jefrey J. Williams 36 a Clayton Democratic executive leader was found shot in his bedroom in Clayton North Carolina. A pistol lay on the mantle and coroner J H Kirkman held an inquest with no verdict yet. Williams leaves a widow and two sons. funeral set for tomorrow afternoon.
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Clayton
N. C
Jefrey J. Williams
Johnston County
Democratic Executive Committee
J. H. Kirkman
Williams
B. A. Hocutt
Kirkman
Mellon and Laval End Parley on War Debt Plans
Paris June 27 Premier Laval and U S Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon conferred for two and a half hours on France's reply to President Hoover's war debt proposal and agreed to meet again Monday. The talks included Foreign Minister Briand Finance Minister Flandin Budget Minister Pietri and Andre Francois-Poncet. German Ambassador Von Hoesch joined later as optimism grew that negotiations would resume.
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Paris
Laval
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
France
Hoover
Pierre Laval
Mell Lon
United States
Edge
Briand
Flandin
Pietri
Andre Francois-Poncet
Mellon
Ministry of the Interior
von Hoesch
Germany
M. Lava
Brummitt Rules 15 Cent School Tax Based on Gross Revenue
Raleigh report states the 1931 ad valorem tax for six months of schools will be a uniform 15 cent levy on each 100 dollars of 1930 valuation. Attorney General Brummitt says the act yields a gross sum, with discounts and penalties applied, not a net amount.
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Raleigh
Dennis G. Brummitt
Brummitt
Henry Burke
Charles M. Johnson
Local Government Commission
Mr. Brummitt
Storm Warning Issued for Texas Coast Areas
Weather Bureau advisory issues storm warning from Brownsville to Corpus Christi. Tropical disturbance near Brownsville moves west-northwest, central less than 100 miles east or east-northeast of Brownsville.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Honduran rebel chief Ferrera killed in Friday fight
TEGUCIGALPA Honduras June 27 General Gregorio Ferrera supreme chief of the revolutionary movement was killed during a Friday night clash. The Honduras revolution grew serious a month ago with heavy fighting at Tela and U S warships were dispatched by the American government.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Gregorio Ferrera
Revolutionary Movement
Tela
Wilkesboro Man Given Sentence for Bank Misconduct
Four former officials of the closed First National Bank of Welch were sentenced by Federal Judge George W. McClintic in Atlanta to terms from three to ten years. Moses Hyman, Welch, received ten years for misapplication of funds after changing his plea from not guilty. Others named were John Wesley Price of Welch, John Andrew Thorn of Roanoke, Va., and Richard W. Bowles of Wilkesboro, N. C., with five, five, and three year terms respectively.
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Bluefield
W. Va
First National Bank of
Welch
Atlanta
George W. McClintic
Moses Hyman
Board of
Hyman
John Wesley Price
John Andrew Thorn
Roanoke
Richard W. Bowles
Wilkesboro
N. C
Seven Children Drown In River Near St Severin
Seven children perished when a rowboat capsized on the Riviere Des Envies near St Severin de Prouxville in Three Rivers Quebec. Drowned were Benoit Bourassa Rose Aime Bourassa Yvonne Bourassa Louisa Bourassa Annette Dery Alice Dery Clemence Dery and Heloise Dery was rescued by Fernano Thifault. villagers recovered all seven bodies.
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Riviere Des Envies
St. Severin de Prouxville
Benoit Bourassa
Rose Aime Bourassa
Yvonne Bourassa
Louisaourassa
Annette Dery
Alice Dery
Clemence Dery
Heloise Dery
Fernano Thifault
Government targets Capone allied liquor syndicate in Midwest sweep
Chicago reports 59 men and two firms indicted by a federal grand jury for operating a liquor syndicate based in Aurora Illinois that operated across Illinois and Iowa. Officials say more than 2 000 000 gallons of alcohol were produced and distributed since 1927 and that many indicted were former Capone mob members. The blitz follows previous actions against Capone who awaits sentencing on income tax evasion and liquor law conspiracy charges.
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Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Scarface al
Aurora
Ill
Illinois
Iowa
Capone
Midwest
Supreme Court Finds No Error In Gant Judgment
The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a lower court verdict that sentenced Herman Casey to death for the Lenoir County killing of J. C. Causey. Casey faces execution on Friday July 17 unless Governor Gardner intervenes. The court found no error in the $66,184.92 surety judgment against Aetna Casualty for misappropriated funds linked to ex-clerk Mason W. Gant. The term also handed down 12 unions and did not decide the constitutionality challenges to a 1931 local government act tax levy provision.
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Lenoir County
Gardner
Lenoir
J. C. Causey
Goldsboro
Suffolk
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Mason W. Gant
Guilford County
Gant
Con Vesus
A. IL
Railway
State
Gant Et Ail
Ailford
Inehurst Peach Co
Moore
Page Trust Co
Waltz Et
Bank
Lewis, Watauga
Bowditch
French Broad Hospital
Yancey
Errimon Et al
City of Asheville
Buncombe
Merrimon Et al
County of Buncombe
Wright
Bemis Lumber Co
Haywood
Penland
Wells
Macon
Walker
Chero
Kee
Bishop Named Rear Admiral of Kentucky River
The Right Rev. H P. Almon Abbott Episcopal Bishop of Lexington is rear admiral of the Kentucky river. He was appointed by Governor Flem D. Sampson. Abbott, a Canadian native, previously held rectorates in Chicago Baltimore and Cleveland before his election as bishop.
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Lexington
H P. Almon Abbott
Kentucky River
Flem D. Sampson
Canada
Chicago
Baltimore
Cleveland
Captain of Police Is Shot to Death
Joplin Missouri police captain Alex Lachman was shot to death in a revolver fight. Harry Spencer of Harvey Arkansas was wounded badly during the incident as he tried to flee custody after a motor car theft arrest. A 14 year old bystander, Charles Golden, was wounded in the knee.
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Joplin
Alex Lachman
Harry Spencer
Harvey
Ark
Charles Golden
Spencer
Heat Wave Ravages Nation Killing Dozens Across States
AP reports extreme heat and deadly storms sweeping from Ohio Valley to Southern California. Twenty thousand telephone circuits blasted while lightning, wind, and floods killed or injured multiple people across Michigan Ohio western Pennsylvania and beyond.
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Associated Press
America
Ohio River Valley
California
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Toledo
Cleveland
North Olmstead
Maunee Bay
Winchester
Detroit
Selfridge Field
Mich
Yale
Pittsburgh
Convicted Escaped Jailbird Captured in Raleigh
Lester Jones, an Allegheny county convict who escaped last November while serving a 4 to 7 year sentence for larceny, was captured at his home in Raleigh and will be returned to the central prison today or tomorrow, according to Warden H. H. Honeycutt.
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Raleigh
Lester Jones
Allegheny County
Central Prison
H. H. Honeycutt
Highway 107 Opens Door to Smoky Mountains
Gate way to America's newest outdoor playground opened last night drawing thousands of motorists to the North Carolina sector of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cars lined the highway today with license plates from many states on display as the opening drew visitors.
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Bryson City
America
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Revenue Extensions Granted for Corporate Reports
Raleigh June 27 A J Maxwell commissioner of revenue announced an extension to July 20 for all corporations to file their annual reports with the revenue department. The original deadline was July 1.
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Raleigh
A. J. Maxwell
Commissioner of Revenue
Revenue Department
Strauderman 10 Have Homecoming
Jesse Strauderman 30 received a Virginia governor's pardon for a 12 year old offense. His family planned a homecoming feast after he surrendered as a fugitive, having walked away from a 1919 Richmond prison camp sentence for stealing trousers.
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Youngstown
Jesse Strauderman
John Pollard
Virginia
Strauderman
Joe
Earthquake Felt in Balboa Canal Zone
A slight quake shook Balboa Canal Zone at about 5 05 this morning waking sleepers but causing no damage.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Log of Plane Winnie Mae Travels Across Eurasia
The Winnie Mae log records movement from Roosevelt N to Hanover then Berlin, Moscow, Novosibirsk and Irkutsk. Timings are listed for June across multiple days with arrivals and departures between cities in Europe and Siberia.
John V. Simms Dies Former NC newspaper figure
Charlotte obituary notes John V. Simms age 60 former general manager of the Charlotte Observer and co publisher of the Raleigh Times died at home. A Georgia native raised in North Carolina he had long served in state journalism. Survived by widow Mabel Clair Irwin son Carson Irwin Simms and relatives. Funeral services will be held.
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Charlotte
John V. Simms
Charlotte Observer
D. A. Tompkins
Raleigh Times
North Carolina
Elijay
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Eastman Business College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Charlotte News
Mabel Clair Irwin
Carson Irwin Simms
A. H. Simms
Forest City
Kenneth R. Smith
Raleigh
Gastonia
Disorder at Tosca Theatre Benefit in Viñora Suburb
In Havana a benefit performance by left wing student directory members at Tosca Theatre Viñora suburb ended in disorder after shots outside. Three injured including a policeman, with 28 year old Gerardo Garcia Del Rio and 31 year old Ernesto Rosa hospitalized. Police say two shots sparked panic before unknown shooters in a car fired 15 to 20 rounds.
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Havana
Tosca
Vibora
Gerardo Garcia del Rio
Ernesto Rosa
Abril
Pamlico Creamery To Open In July
The Pamlico creamery will begin operations in mid July in Washington North Carolina. It was organized by Washington and Beaufort county businessmen with the extension service of North Carolina State College as the driving force behind this agricultural development.
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Washington, N. C
Last Rites for Ligon Tomorrow
Anderson South Carolina June 27 Richard Ligon 71 philanthropist and hospital president will be buried here tomorrow He died last night He helped found the Orr Anderson and Appleton cotton mills and was a longtime banker A Pendleton native moved to Anderson at 13 worked on the Intelligencer His widow son and two brothers survive J Temple Ligon Spartanburg druggist and Robert K Ligon Gluck and Egquinox mills executive
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Anderson
S. C
Richard
Ligon
Anderson County Hospital
Reduced Cotton Shipment Rates Across Carolina Rail Lines
Charleston traffic bureau official Thomas J. Burke announced fare cuts on intra state cotton moves on the Southern and Seaboard Air Line railways. Some reductions run up to 50 percent and the ara is in effect through July 4 to counter motor freight competition.
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Charleston
N. C
South
North Carolina
Southern
Negro Jailed For Attacking White Girl At Ridgeland
Columbia South Carolina June 27 Leroy Graham 19 a negro was sent to the state penitentiary charged with criminally attacking a five year old white girl near Ridgeland yesterday. He was identified by the child as her assailant and brought here for keeping.
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Columbia
S. C
Leroy Graham
State Penitentiary
Ridgeland
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