Congress Ends After Failed Pushes For Open Lanes
Washington March 4 AP Another congress closed amid senate turmoil over key measures including a 93 million deficiency bill that funded army veteran loans and farmer seed loans plus pension hikes. The Reed campaign finance probe extension failed as adjournment neared while bipartisan action approved longshoremen compensation and a Glass lobby inquiry.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Reed Resolution Extending the Life of the Campaign Funds
Veterans Bureau
Dawes
Glass
Virginia
McFadden
Smith
Illinois
Ware
Pennsylvania
Walsh Democrat
Massachusetts
Training Schools to Be Conducted in Baptist Churches
Baptist Young People's Union training schools will be held across the Piedmont association in Guilford county and nearby districts next week. Courses cover B Y P U work Bible books Baptist membership and church membership. Sites include Asheboro Liberty Ramseur Franklinville Randleman Gibsonville High Point Greensboro and Proximity White Oak Magnolia Street Revolution churches. Perry Morgan and Piedmont officials supervise with a group of named teachers.
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Baptist Young People’s Union
Piedmont Association
Baptist
Guilford County
Asheboro
Liberty
Ramseur
Franklinville
Randleman
Gibsonville
High Point
Green Street
Greensboro
Eller Memorial
Proximity
White Oak
Magnolia Street
Revolution
Perry Morgan
E. J. Wright
Virginia
Myrtle Moon
Richmond
Lula Brown
Durham
N. C
Winnie Rickett
Raleigh
M. L. Jones
Winston- Salem
C. S. Green
Y. C. Elliott
Partial Veneer Plant Survives Fire At Hill Veneer
A section of the Hill Veneer Manufacturing plant on the north side of the railroad line was saved from a Tuesday night blaze that devastated a large portion of the factory. Fire crews halted spread aided by a north wind and heavy snow. The surviving unit will open Monday with 50 to 60 workers.
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Hill Veneer
Market opens with new highs for several stocks
Wall Street opens with a strong undertone as several names reach new intraday highs. Commercial solvents B and General Railway Signal lead gains along with General Motors United States Industrial Alcohol Hudson Motors and General Asphalt posting initial +1 point advances.
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Wall Street
New York
General Railway
General Motors
United States Industrial Alcohol
Hudson Motors
General Asphalt
Oakland student takes his life over school card incident
In Oakland California on March 4 Blakely Bales Farrar a 15 year old high school student died by suicide with a rifle. His mother attributed the act to a mild rebuke for a bad conduct mark on his school card.
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Oakland
Calif
Blakely Bales Farrar
No Loss of Life Off the Coast Because of Storm
Coast guardsmen report no loss of life after Wednesday’s northeast gale off the Virginia coast. cutters Carrabassett Manning and Mascoutin search for four drifting barges, crews believed safe. vessels driven onto shoals include the Filmore and William Bisbee, with tugs expected to float both. City of St. Louis and Willselo safe after emergency repairs and return to sea, lightships Diamond Shoals Cape Charles and Winter Quarter resume stations.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Carrabassett
Manning
Mascoutin
Atlantic Seaboard
Filmore
Smith’s Point
Chesapeake Bay
William Bisbee
Cape Henry
City of St. Louis
New York
Willselo
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Diamond Shoals
Cape Charles
Winter Quarter
Chang Strengthens Soochow Army With Shantung Troops
General Chang Tsung-Chang reportedly brings Shantung troops to Soochow garrison to counter potential southern army incursions from west of Taiphu Lake. Reports say Wukiang near Soochow saw nationalist raid and clash with northern forces while southern forces move toward Taiphu Lake.
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Shanghai
Chang Tsung-Chang
Soochow
Taiphu Lake
Wukiang
Nanking
Local plant accident and state unmasking bill debate
Thurman Vestal at Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing on Hamilton and Green streets was injured when an elevator descended into a shaft. He escaped serious harm and was treated at Guilford General Hospital before returning home. In Raleigh, the unmasking bill faced opposition and a recess delayed action amid arguments over constitutionality and property rights.
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Thurman Vestal
Guilford General Hospital
Piagg
Vestal
Prospect Road
State Capitol
Raleigh
Mar
Nash
Richmond
Bolick
Forsyth
Bullard
Cumberland
Loyal Order of Moose
Senate
Royall
Solman
Hines
Dunlop
Smith
Stanley County
Soliman
Blount
Pitt
Text Book Commission
Horton
Caswell
Recorders Court
Biount
Boards Education
Woodson
Woodson, Rowan
Fees Co-Operative
Guilford
Wayne
Lyon
Broughton
Wake
Marines in Shanghai Prepare for Possible Landing
A Shanghai dispatch says half the American marines will be billeted in the international settlement within days while billets are being built for a possible landing. Official billets remain aboard ship as liberal shore leave is allowed. British French and Italians guard the settlements with no emergency seen. Route marches by Japanese and planned American exercises are viewed as troop drills, not a show of force.
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Shanghai
London Daily Mail
Daily Express
Nurses Mistakenly Fed Infants In Chicago Deaths
In Chicago at Columbus Memorial Hospital, five infants died after receiving boric acid solution mistaken for water. Investigations escalate as four bodies are ordered exhumed and coroner Oscar Wolff calls for resignations amid admissions by three student nurses.
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Chicago
Columbus Memorial Hospital
Oscar Wolff
Ian Klopper
New Orleans Cotton Prices Slip on Liverpool Sales
Cotton futures in New Orleans on March 4 fell from the prior close as small Liverpool spot sales and March notices weighed on the market. March opened 12 points lower and slid to 1421. May and July also declined to 1437 and 1450 respectively.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Sea captain Browne Willis bears bullet wounds in Bronx tale
Browne Willis, 46, a veteran sea captain and alleged gun runner, limped into Becker's in the Bronx after a pistol duel claim in Van Cortlandt park. Police doubt the duel story, suggesting he was abducted and shot. Willis, with 15 crew members of the steam trawler Clara Matthieu, faces heavy bail in Boston on rum running charges tied to a liquor cargo seized off New Bedford January 7. He admits gun running in several nations but denies recent activity. Doctors credit a metal eyeglass case kept near his heart with saving his life as bullets passed through his left forearm.
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New York
Browne Willis
Becker’s
Bronx
van Cortlandt Park
Willis
Clara Matthieu
Boston
New Bedford
Kier
Shanghai
China
Nicaragua
Mexico
Wfe
Jacobs Veneer Co Sues Hill Veneer for 411.32 After Fire
E P Jacobs and Son filed suit against Hill Veneer Co for 411.32 plus interest from February 27 1926. They allege a contract to construct a blow pipe system for the veneer factory completed at that cost. Judgment is asked.
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E. P. Jacobs and Son
Hill Veneer Company
Southern Willing to Build Freight Depot in Asheville
Raleigh March 4 AP The Southern Railway will build a new freight depot in Asheville to replace the inadequate station. H W Miller vice president told the state corporation commission that the railroad plans a facility between Biltmore avenue and Victoria bridge. The commission will seek local input and set a hearing if residents request one.
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Raleigh
Mar
Southern Railway
Asheville
H. W. Miller
State Corporation Commission
War Department backs Cashier River improvement in North Carolina
The War Department recommended upgrading the Cashier river in North Carolina to boost commerce. Local interests would fund about $5,000 for the project, aiming to increase commercial activity on the waterway.
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Washington
Mar
War Department
Cashier River
North Carolina
Night Session and Heavy Business Ahead in Raleigh
The legislature enters its 59th day with morning and afternoon sessions and a looming night session. Heavy business is planned tomorrow with a likely holdover Monday for final adjournment. Legislative pay stops after tomorrow as 60 days, including Sundays, expire for the biennial session that began January 5. The Johnson-Haywood bill remains a focal point.
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Raleigh
Mar
Johnson-Haywood
Tarpon Inn in Tarpon Springs Burns Down
The Tarpon Inn a six story frame hotel on Florida’s west coast was destroyed by fire with a loss of 150 000 dollars. The 105 room resort was nearly full but guests escaped with valuables lost. Owner Frank E Malone of New York insured for 90 000. Two adjoining houses razed. Initial reports say the fire began in the kitchen.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla
Tarpon Inn
Florida
Frank E Malone
New York
Brown Finch case heads to jury in railroad death suit
Salisbury report says the Brown Finch estate sues the North Carolina Railroad for 252000 over the 1925 death of a Thomasville manufacturer. Trial in Lexington, with arguments to finish before lunch and a post lunch verdict instruction from Judge John Oglesby.
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Salisbury
Brown Finch
North Carolina Railroad Company
Thomasville
Lexington
John Oglesby
Foreign exchange rates and bank quotations listed
The document lists cross border exchange figures in cents and demand levels for many countries and cities including Great Britain Belgium Germany Holland Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Czecho Slovakia Jugoslav ia Austria Romania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Montreal with various percentages and per cent figures.
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Belgium
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerlan
Spain
Greece
Poland
Daugherty Miller Trial Yields Guilty for Miller
New York March 4 AP The jury finds Thomas W Miller guilty of conspiracy in the Daugherty Miller case while disagreeing on former Attorney General Harry M Daugherty. Miller faces up to two years and a $10000 fine with bail set at 5000. A new trial motion for Miller will be heard next Tuesday.
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New York
Mar
Daugherty-Miller
Thomas W. Miller
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Miller
United States
American Metal Company
Cour
Emory R. Buckner
Knox
Aaron Sapiro
John T. King
National Republican
Connecticut
Merton
Thos. W. Miller
Buckner
Buckener
Mr. Daugherty
Nolle
Milles
US denies demand for recall of Mexican ambassador
Acting Secretary Grew of the State Department said the United States did not demand the recall of Mexican Ambassador Tellez who left Washington for Mexico City. He stated the report was without foundation and that this government has no information on the purpose of his visit.
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Washington
Mar
United States
Tellez
Mexico City
Grew
State Department
Hospital Fire Damages Greensboro Sanitarium
Mrs. Laura B. Mac Gill and nurses evacuated all patients from MacGill's Sanitarium at 1011 Spring Garden Street as a blaze damaged the building. Fire department confined the fire to the attic and roof while water damaged upper floors. origins were undetermined and losses not yet estimated.
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Greensboro
Mar
Laura B. MacGill
MacGill
Spring Garden Street
Dawes renews attack on Senate rules during filibuster
Vice President Dawes uses the eve of the senate filibuster anniversary to demand a rules revision. He denounces the Senate as the world’s only liberative body allowing such obstruction and links the current session’s outcomes to its rules.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Dawes
Auto racer J G Parry-Thomas killed in speed record attempt
Pendine Wales reports J G Parry-Thomas renowned British racer was killed this afternoon during an attempt to set another speed record. The accident ends his high-profile run as a pioneer in auto speed trials.
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Pendine
Wales
J. G. Parry-Thomas
New York Cotton Opens Steady Despite Declines
The cotton market opened steady today with declines of 3 to 5 points as southern hedging and local selling followed easier Liverpool prices. Traders cited weak Manchester demand for cotton cloths and stronger spot activity yesterday, with March slipping to 1424 and October to 1468 in the first hour.
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New York
Liverpool
Manchester
Not the 'Christian General' Says Fenga, Adventurer
Harry M Fengya, a world adventurer, arrived in Los Angeles denying he is the famed Chinese “Christian General” Fang Yu Hsiang. He said he never served as a U S army major, was a buck private in the Spanish American War, and has been out of touch with his brother, Judge Igor Fengya, for years.
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Los Angeles
Harry M. Fengya
Budapest
Supreme Court
Igor Fengya
Czecho
Slovakia
Feng Yu-Hsiang
China
General Fang
John Fengya
United States Army
Stephen F. Chernitzky
Bridgeport
Conn
Fengya
Alaska
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