Trial in Gastonia murder case features defense witnesses
In Charlotte, March 4 AP reports defense witnesses in the Gastonia murder trial say they saw no mob chasing the truck carrying Ella Wiggins. Police and other testimony dispute this, detailing a pursuing armed group and a shot that killed the union member.
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Charlotte
N. C
Gastonia
Ella Wiggins
Bessemer City Textile Union
William Whitlow
Bessemer City
Troy Jones
O. H. Lunsford
George Stockton
George Rogers
Federal board urges curtailment of gasoline production
The federal oil conservation board suggested industry curtailment of gasoline production. Multiple dispatches note frost and 30 degree lows across central and southern Florida.
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Ashington
Mar
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Pollard Acts As Peacemaker For Maryland Couple
Governor Pollard intervened in a domestic dispute involving Maryland Governor Ritchie and Charles C. Peabody of Baltimore. He secured a reunion after a hearing, persuading the couple to live together at the husband’s new Norfolk home. The wife attended as the hearing spoke, and Pollard blessed their departure.
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Richmond
John Garland Pollard
Ritchie
Maryland
Charles C. Peabody
Baltimore
Norfolk
Theater holdups solved with confession in four robberies
J R K Tipping, 83, in custody for robberies at the Carolina and Colonial theaters, Greensboro Carolina theater, and High Point Broadhurst theater, confessed to all four. He acted alone with a toy carbide pistol. Confession clears Lloyd and Vivian King of charges. preliminaries bound over for superior court.
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Winston-Salem
J. R. K. Tipping
Carolina
Colonial
Broadhurst
High Point
Greensboro
Tipping
Superior Court
Madeline Howerton
Carolina Theater
High
Wrenn
Howerton
Miss Howerton
Lloyd
Vivian King
Greensboro Brothers
Forsyth County
Guilford County
James Kinkley
Edwin Ballou
Claude Kale
Atlanta Council backs probe into graft charges
A city committee, formed by the Atlanta General Council and Aldermanic Board, was tasked to investigate graft allegations from a grand jury. The body, by an 18 to 15 vote, could pursue impeachment of councilmen, aldermen, or city employees. The council also ordered civil suits to recover municipal funds lost to graft. Indicted individuals have posted bond as a new jury reopens the probe, with Judge Pomeroy urging thorough action if graft is found.
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Atlanta
Mar
Atlanta General Council
B. E. Pomeroy
Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina Acquires Camp Leach
Camp Leach near Washington was acquired yesterday by the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina. Bishop Thomas A. Durst of Wilmington attended the camp trustees meeting.
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Eastern Carolina Episcopal Diocese
Camp Leach
Washington
Leach
Here
Episcopal Diocese of
East Carolina
Thomas A. Durst
Wilmington
Long apologizes after receiving German cruiser crew in pajamas
Governor Huey P. Long apologized for hosting Commander Lothar Von Arnault Del La Periere aboard the Emden in lounging robes and slippers during Mardi Gras duties. The Emden salute reportedly closed the incident, despite initial German objections.
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New Orleans
Mar
the Times-Picayun
Huey P. Long
Seymour Weiss
Emden
Mardi Gras
Yeserday
Lothar von Arnault del la Periere
Sippera
Weiss
de la Periere
Rolf Jaeger
Ger
Long
Times-Picayune
Jaeger
Davis backs work over dole in unemployment aid plan
Secretary Davis said it would be better to spend 50 million dollars on public building to aid the jobless rather than a dole. He noted 59 million would not go far and warned about a one dollar weekly benefit for 18 weeks for about three million unemployed, as Senator Brookhart proposed. Brookhart had urged 506 million to be distributed by the Red Cross.
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Washington
Mar
Davis
Brookhart
Iowa
Red Cross
France floods prompt rapid relief aid from premier designat
Paris March 4 The government provides 100000 francs to each of five flood affected departments as premier designate Tardieu orders rapid visits by Georges Pernot and Heraut to the stricken area. Early reports place deaths near twenty and property damage above 100 million francs with 600 workers trapped in a flooded factory at Villement.
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Paris
France
Tardieu
Frances
Georges Pernot
M. Heraut
Vilflemur
Senator Wheeler Attacks Federal Power Commission Again
Senator Wheeler Democrat of Montana renewed criticism in the senate of President Hoover's commerce connections at the world power conference, targeting the federal power commission for its actions and policies.
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Ashington
Hoover
World Power Conference
Wheeler
Montana
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Hoover Approves 7 Million Relief Bill for Farmers
President Hoover approved a bill authorizing seven million dollars in aid for farmers in storm flood and drought affected areas across fifteen states. The measure targets relief funding to agricultural communities facing natural disasters and economic strain.
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Ashington
Mar
Hoover
Senator Seeks Tariff Amendment On Oil Duty
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma told the senate lobby committee he will introduce another amendment to the tariff bill imposing a duty on oil. In a separate vote the senate increased the duty on birch and alder plywood from 33 1 3 percent to 50 percent, a move urged by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan.
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Ashington
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Lobby Committee
Mar
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Greensboro Dentists Robbed of Gold Valued at $300
Police reports confirm nine Greensboro dentistry offices were entered and robbed over the weekend. The thieves took gold plate nuggets gold and platinum wire with total value about 300 dollars.
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Greensboro
N. C
Andrews Named in UNC Presidency Buzz
T Wingate Andrews, superintendent of High Point city schools, said he is unaware his name is being mentioned as a candidate for UNC president. Trustee Thomas Gold left for Raleigh to attend a board meeting on Dr Harry W Chase’s resignation.
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Whedbee
Charles Whedbee
Hertford
Dr. Chase
A. H. Graham
Hillsboro
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Eshie
Weil
Goldsboro
Stable Linn
Salisbury
Chase
Francis D. Winston
Windsor
Walter Murphy
J. C. Biggs
Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
Charles A. Jonas
Lincolnton
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point
University of North Carolina
Andrews
Thomas *. Gold
the State University
Harry W. Chase
Chapel Hill
University
Buses Attacked At Elizabethton
In Elizabethton Tennessee on March 4 a group sympathizing with United Textile Workers attacked buses taking workers to American Bermberg and Glanzstoff mills at Stoney Creek three miles away. Sheriff Moreland reported no injuries as crowd dispersed. windows were broken and other vehicles damaged. A small crowd gathered at mill gates the night before with no pickets on duty.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Bemberg
Glanzstoff
Stoney Creek
United Textile Workers of America
Moreland
McPherson Named Defendant in Two Civil Suits
Aimee Semple McPherson, famed evangelist, is named defendant in two civil suits filed in Los Angeles. Carl Brunner of San Bernardino seeks 148,380 dollars for breach of contract to establish a four square gospel camp in the San Bernardino mountains. Harold M. Simpson, a scenario writer, seeks 3,000 dollars claiming the fee for a screen story she hired him to write.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Aimee Semple McPherson
Carl Brunner
San Bernardino
San Bernardino Mountains
Harold M. Simpson
Coolidge Dam Dedication Draws Arizona Crowds
President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge visit to dedicate the 1928 dam near San Carlos as Apache and Pima Indians patrol highways for the ceremony. Governor Phillips and other officials close state and federal offices as Phoenix hosts the event.
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Globe
Ariz
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Arizona
John C. Phillips
Mr. Coolidge
Yuma
H. L. Carnahan
California
Mr. CooNdge
Two Men Killed at Grade Crossing in Jacksonville
Walter Green and George Showers, Duval county employees, were killed when a Florida East Coast train struck their automobile at a grade crossing near Jacksonville early today. The car was hurled about 50 feet from the tracks.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Walter Green
George Showers
Duval County
Here
Bomb explode on Ilvesti Bucharest express in Romania
A bomb on the Ilvesti Bucharest express between Buda and Prahova stations exploded injuring many of the train's more than a thousand passengers. Reports claim the device may have Communist origins.
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Bucharest
Romania
Buda
Prahova
Stimson Ill. Gibson Acts for U S Leader at Naval Talks
London report says Secretary of State Henry Stimson suffered a worsening cold and will stay at Stanmore for two or three days. Ambassador Gibson acts for him at a naval conference heads of delegations meeting at St James's Palace with France represented by Ambassador Fleuria and Japan by Chief delegate Wakato uki.
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London
Henry N. Stimson
Stanmore
Ambassador Gibson
Stimson
St. James's Palace
Higgins
M. E. Higgins
Hilary T. Jones
United States
St. James’s Palace
Powers
Fleuria
France
Gibson
MacDonald
Rremier Wakatouki
Dino Grandi
Taft's Condition Remains Stable Amid Quiet
Washington dispatch reports former President Taft lying in a fairly comfortable state with no clear sign of improvement or decline. Doctors fear he may linger if arterial hardening persists, while a distant sound of an airplane over his home and a brief drop in visitors marked a slight change in the morning scene.
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Washington
Mar
William Howard Taft
Taft
New Orleans Joins Mardi Gras Revelry In Annual Parade
New Orleans ushers in Mardi Gras with the Rex parade led by Dr Paul H Saunders in the role of Rex with Miss Shirley Carter Cordill saluted at Canal Street. The celebration features floats, city hall keys, and the Knights of Comus parade before Lenten observances begin.
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New Orleans
Mar
Broad Canal Street
Rex
Boston Club
Canal Street
Shirely Carter Cordill
James P. Cordill
Paul H. Saunders
Knights of Comus
Comus
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