Hill Veneer Plant Destroyed By Fire In Snowbound City
The Hill Veneer manufacturing plant in the southeastern city section, valued at about 300000 dollars, was destroyed by a midnight fire caused in a dry kiln. Insurance coverage remains uncertain until J C Hill arrives from New York and stockholders convene. Strong north winds and heavy snow hindered firefighting and protected nearby homes.
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Alli
Hill Veneer
J. C. Hill
New York
Mannufacturing
High Point
Hill
Cigarette Tax Debate and School Tax Show in North Carolina
The Raleigh dispatch reports a drop in cigarette production reflected in February tax collections, with officials citing lower demand for stamps. Analysts suspect manufacturers await Senate moves on taxation while overall yearly collections remain above the prior year. a broader school tax debate leads to a proposed 4 million dollar equalization fund and a revised land valuation plan despite opposition in the Senate.
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U. S. Internal Revenue Department
Gilliam Grissom
North Carolina
Grissom
Grissom. But Mr. Grissom
General Assembly
Councilmen deny Montlieu Grant Station Permit
Sam Marshall was refused a permit to erect a filling station at Montlieu and Forest avenues by the city council last night but was granted a permit for a station at Clay and South Main streets. A protest petition from residents near Montlieu led to the denial.
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Sam Marshall
Montlieu
Forest Avenue
Clay
South Main Streets
Parrish 18 Hurt by Falling Glass Near Broadhurst Building
J. L. Parrish suffered a cut to the neck when a shard of snow laden glass from a stationary awning at the Broadhurst building fell this morning just before noon. The injury occurred as the glass broke free from the weight of accumulated snow.
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Parrish
J. L. Parrish
Neagh
Broadhurst Building
Ruthenberg Dies in Chicago At Age of Leader
Ruthenberg general secretary of the Workers Party the communist group in the United States died in Chicago today from appendicitis.
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Ruthenberg
Chicago
Mar
Ucbas
The
Workers Party
United States
Sun Chuan-Fang Loses Power as Shantungese Defend Shanghai
Shanghai defense falls to Shantung troops as Sun Chuan-Fang withdraws from Shangkiang and the Shanghai area. General Chang Tsung Chang leads about 39,000 northern soldiers into Nanking and toward Shanghai, with Mang Chao-Yueb defecting yesterday.
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Shanghai
Here
Sun Chuan-Fang
Marshal Sun
Shangkiang
Central China
Far Eastern
Sun
Peking
Mang Chao-Yueb
Shantung
Chang Tsaung- Chang
Northern Military Alliance
Nanking
Regular courtroom faces greet familiar litigants
Regulars at Municipal court saw new faces as Lewis B. Teague served as judge and Archie Myatt prosecuted. A few cases were heard and disposed of quickly with no hard feelings as court adjourned.
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Municipal Court
Lewis B. Teague
Archie Myatt
Gold and York
Teague
Myatt
Snowy Raleigh Senate Advances Bills in Tight Schedule
In Raleigh the senate met at 10 45 am as Lt Gov absent to chair. new bills include county government forms and charter changes for Old Fort and Station. Woltz charter school district bills pass third readings. secretary of state gains deputy designation. World War veterans loan fund and general hospital measures move forward while others await McLeod.
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Raleigh
Senate
Ee. L. Hillman
Frank Dunlop
Leroy Martin
Whitmire
Henderson
Old Fort
Maclahan
Columbus
Horton
Chatham
Chatham Register of Heads
Royall
Orange
Childs
Lincoln
Macracken
McLeod
Rivers Johnson
House
Woltz
Secretary of State
North Carolina Forest Fires Jump In January Losses Rise
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh reports January fires in 30 counties surged nearly 200 percent from December with 129 blazes causing 27 869 dollars in damage. Eastern counties bore most fires. causes include brush burning campers and smokers with many remain unknown.
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Forest Service
Snowbound North Carolina House Faces Heavy Workload
In Raleigh on March 2, less than half the state house attended as a deep snow disrupted the session. A quorum was finally present and numerous bills arrived from committees while the Senate sent more measures. Representative Oscar Haywood filled in after a minister failed to appear. House actions included a Madison County budget system and Kernersville charter amendment.
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Senate
House
Raleigh
Mar
Speaker Fountain
Oscar Haywood
Montgomery
Kitty Hawk Monument Bill Signed by President
President Coolidge signed legislation to erect a monument on Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk North Carolina honoring the first powered flight. A commission of the secretaries of war navy and commerce will select the site and advise on all aspects of the project.
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Kitty Hawk Monument
Washington
Coolidge
Kill Devil Hill
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Secretaries of War
Navy and Commerce
Jerry Tarbot Not Hero But Dodger
Washington March 2 AP Jerry Tarbot, claiming WWI hero status, was identified by House veteran committee chair as Alexander Du Bois Jr a draft dodger and chef’s son from a Cuban hotel. Testimony included Flora Dave Lange of Detroit who said she married Tarboton in 2017 and divorced in 1918 over his conduct.
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Washington
Jerry Talbot
Johnson
House Veteran Committee
Alexander du Bois, Jr
South Dakota
Talbot
Congress
Department of Justice
Flora Dave Lange
Detroit
Tarboton
Toledo
Howard Francis Noble
Senate Tangle Smothers City Under Cloture In Prohibition Row
Washington March 26 AP report details a Senate filibuster scene as cloture on the prohibition reorganization bill fails to end a near parliamentary crisis. The House moves swiftly, approving 130 bills, while talks on separate treasury bureaus and river dam projects stall.
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Washington
Senate
House
Oklahoma
Nevada
Prohibition and Customs
Treasury
Reed
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Moses
New Hampshire
Boulder Canyon
Community Chest collection set to start despite snow
Officials announced the collection drive will open tomorrow at 7:30 AM with 125 workers from five organizations. Crews will meet at Central Friends church annex and report to the Commercial club that night to collect $23,000 still due from last year’s pledges. The city battles a heavy snowstorm, with 2 to 3 feet on the ground and four to five foot drifts, halting traffic and closing schools and offices. Mayor Moffitt said street cleaning crews and R G Lassiter workers, plus the fire department, will clear main streets and wash snow from business districts.
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Community Chest
Community Fund
Central Friends Church Annex
Andrews
Moffitt
R. G. Lassiter Company
Bad Check Bill Strengthened In North Carolina
Raleigh March 2 North Carolina adopts a stronger bad check law replacing a ten day limit with a misdemeanor charge for issuing worthless checks The Salmon bill moves cases from justices courts to county or superior courts and requires knowledge of funds absence to deem a check bad The measure aims to deter careless or intentional check writing and protect merchants statewide.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Friends of the
Salmon
Senate
Justices of the Peace
Neal Salmon
Harnett
Roof Collapses Halt Snowbound Salisbury Business
Two roofs collapsed in Salisbury due to heavy snow estimated at 20 to 24 inches. The Carolina Produce and Bee Company roof near the Southern Railway station and the Rowan Motor Company roof at Spencer were affected with no casualties. Clerks and business people dug out, garages pulled cars, and the Salisbury High School girls basketball team remained stranded in Cleveland, North Carolina as of noon.
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Salisbury
Carolina Produce and Bee Company
Southern Railway
Rowan Motor Company
Spencer
Salisbury High Schools
Statesville
Cleveland
N. C
Miners Faced Grim Rescue Effort After Welsh Colliery Blast
London reports little hope for rescue of miners trapped by a colliery explosion near Cwm Wales. Twenty three bodies recovered, twenty eight missing as gas cleared and passage work begun. Sixty nine escaped from the 120 men present. the disaster followed by a separate fatal accident near Jiansfield England where eight miners were killed when a cage struck by collapsed piping.
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London
Cwm
Wales
Ace
Saatt
Jiansfield
England
Killing Frost Reaches Deep South As Cold Wave Extends
The weather bureau forecast freezing temperatures and killing frosts across the eastern half of the nation with a disturbance near Cape Hatteras likely to reach gale strength. Warnings stretched from Jacksonville to Hatteras and up to Boston as snow was predicted along the North Atlantic coast tonight. Relief was promised for Thursday.
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Washington
Florida
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Jacksonville
Fla
Hatteras
Boston
Atlantic
Coolidge Signs Naval Bill Approving Three New Cruisers
President Coolidge signed the naval appropriation bill amid congressional action that added funding for three new cruisers over the president's recommendation. The move marks presidential acquiescence to the increased naval program.
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Coolidge
Washington
Mar
Congress
Snowfall Gridlocks Across North Carolina Cities
Charlotte reports 13 inches with continuing snowfall as roads clog and transit halts. Asheville sees lighter accumulations while Raleigh Greensboro Salisbury and others log 10 to 24 inches. drivers endure knee deep drifts and schools close.
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Charlotte
Asheville
Hugh Point
Raleigh
Greensboro
Salisbury
Historckory
Gastonia
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China
Lewis Teague
Uncle Sam
President Coolidge
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Floyd Bennett
North Pole
Bennett
Jerry Tarbot
Hero
Dodger
Friends Church Annex
Commercial Club
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