Congress adjourns after fiery sessions ends long era
Washington March 4 The seventy first Congress adjourned after a day of contention with a filibuster delaying action in the Senate. The House passed a 20 8 million hospitalization bill before farewell ceremonies marking life end for more than 40 Republican members. President Hoover signed last minute bills with cabinet in tow as he said goodbye to leaders.
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Washington
Mar
Seventy-First Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
Senate Chamber
Thomas
Oklahoma
Curtis
Longworth
Conviction of Lewis Doyle Upheld by Court
The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the Halifax County conviction of Lewis Doyle for a statutory crime, sentencing him to four years in state prison. The term followed a day of brief per curiam opinions, with several other cases affirmed, reversed, or remanded across multiple counties and issues.
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Raleigh
Mar
State Supreme Court
Lewis Doyle
Halifax County
State
Doyle
Halifax
Bell
Gillam
Bertie
Roberts
Davis
Johnston
Gholson
Scott
Vance
Price
Ins. Co
Williams
Hooks
Wayne
McIntosh
Snipes
Lee
Stancill
Pitt
Langley
Corp. Comm
Bank of Vanceboro
Craven
Banking and Trust Co
Wake
Fleet To Engage In Week's Maneuvers
The entire United States fleet excluding Asiatic waters steamed out of Panama Bay this morning for a week of maneuvers in the Pacific. The move includes all navy fighting ships in the fleet.
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U. S. S. Arkansas
United States
Asiatic
Panama Bay
Pacific
Favors Popular Vote On New Charter Amendment
Mayor C A York declares in a press statement that a popular vote should decide whether High Point city elections are placed on a partisan basis. He argues to delay to allow the people to express their will at the next election and suggests using the High Point Bar Association draft for now.
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York
C. A. York
High Point
High Point Bar Association
Governor Horton vows to fight to bitter end
Nashville dispatch reports Governor Henry Horton plans to resist resignation amid ethics inquiries. The article notes testimony before a legislative committee on state finances and bank failures, citing substitute securities and specific misdeeds tied to Caldwell and Company. The investigation continues as evidence links executives to violations and the committee prepares to reconvene in Knoxville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Edward H. Crump
Henry H. Horton
Legislative Committee
Memphis
Tennessee
Horton
Capitol Hill
Asheville Man Ends Life
Irving Bennisch 28 son-in-law of S Sternberg was found dead in his car in a closed garage at his Bennisch home on Weaverville road. Coroner said carbon monoxide poisoning likely. inquest set for noon. Bennisch last seen last evening by a boy he employed who was told to go to bed. The note to Sternberg stated this is my last will and Sternberg for all he had done for him. Bennisch formerly in real estate and recently proprietor of King's Tavern Pack Square which closed recently.
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Walter Haynes
Bank of Tennessee
Caldwell and Company
Knoxville
Irving Bennisch
S. Sternberg
Bennisch
Asheville
Mar
Weaverville Road
Sternberg
John L. Carroll
Mr. Stern
Snow Storm Grips Carolinas With Varied Snow
Snow, rain and sleet swept Western North Carolina and Piedmont South Carolina. Salisbury logged eight inches, Charlotte four and a half, Greensboro four, with others reporting two to six inches. Temperatures rose later, turning drifts to slush as sun broke through.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Piedmont
South Carolina
Salisbury
Anderson
Rock Hill
Chester
Columbia
Fayetteville
Raleigh
Henderson
Durham
Greensboro
Ewing Corrupt Practices Bill Approved in Senate
Senate passed the Bennett measure to expand the highway patrol mandate to 89 percent staffing and the House approved the Moye bill requiring tobacco warehouse checks. A later executive session was deferred. The chamber amended rules to cap debate, while reports from both legislative divisions slowed work. The Elections Committee backed the Ewing corrupt practices bill to require campaigns to report receipts and expenditures, with references to the McNinech anti Smith committee of 1928.
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Raleigh
Mar
Senate
Bennett
State Highway Patrol
House
House Elections Committee
McNinech anti-Smith Committee
Cavers Resigns From West Virginia University
Morgantown March 4 Professor David F Cavers of the college of law resigned from West Virginia University to accept a position at Duke University announced by Dr John Roscoe Turner president of the university
Piedmont League Admits Two More Clubs
Greensboro March 4. Charlotte and Asheville former members of the defunct South Atlantic Association were unanimously voted into the Piedmont league at a directors meeting. Henderson, Charlotte and Asheville had resolved mileage concerns, and Judge W G Stamham said the league would operate this season as last year with a scheduled committee to draft the 1931 playing card.
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Greensboro
Mar
Charlotte
Asheville
South Atlantic Association
Piedmont League
Henderson
W. G. Stamham
Piedmont
Hotel raid nets liquor seizures at Olympia
Federal agents raided the Hotel Olympian in Olympia Washington arresting several men including a state legislator and seizing about 20 quarts of liquor during the operation last night.
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Olympia
Wash
Olympian
Veterans Hospital Expansion Bill Adopted Unanimously
The House approved the Senate backed 2.08 million hospital expansion plan after failed conference talks, sending the measure to President Hoover. A separate resolution seeks 5 million for initial program work, with Edith Nourse Rogers noting a letter from Veterans Administrator Hines supporting facility scheduling to guide construction.
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Senate
House
Luce
Massachusetts
Hoover
Edith Nourse Rogers
Veterans Administrator
Hines
Federal Hospitalization Board
Congress
Bill signed to fund emergency work in Washington
President Hoover signed the second deficiency appropriation bill providing over 75 million dollars to become available immediately for emergency work in Washington. The action accelerates funding for urgent public projects and relief efforts nationwide.
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Washington
Hoover
Miss Hannah Heptinstall Wins Duke Declamation Medal
Miss Hannah Heptinstall of Aurelian Springs High School won the $19 gold medal in the Duke University declamation contest in Durham. She is the first girl to win the award.
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Durham
N. C
Hannah Heptinstall
Aurelian Springs
Duke University
Burrus Bill Seeks New State Board of Health
In Raleigh on March 4 the Burrus bill proposes replacing the State Board of Health with a nine member panel four named by the State Medical Association and five by the governor. It requires the secretary and treasurer to be registered physicians, a change from current rules.
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Burrus Bill
State Board of Health
Raleigh
Mar
Burrus
High Point
State Medical Association
Shoals Bill to Figure in Later Political Wars
Washington March 4 The Norris government Muscle Shoals plan failed to override President Hoover veto in the Senate by 49 to 2 thirds needed. Debates linger on government ownership issue as Southern Democrats warn pledge violations. Kean proposes a bill to turn over plants in Alabama Tennessee Georgia amid party splits.
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Washington
Norris
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Hoover
House
Power Trust
Shoals
Kean
New Jersey
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Gandhi and Irwin sign truce pact at noon in India
Gandhi and Lord Irwin sign a noon truce ending civil disobedience and securing nationalist cooperation toward a qualified dominion status. The accord grants amnesty for non violent prisoners, seashore salt rights, and return of taxed confiscations, with safeguards on police excesses and future constitutional talks.
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Gandhi
Lord Irwin
James A. Milis
Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Old Delhi
Great Britain
Britain
British Empire
Contest filed over North Carolina Senate election
George M. Pritchard, Republican candidate, challenges the November election of Democrat Josiah W. Bailey. The petition alleges registrars, all Democrats, allowed non residents and disqualified names on voter rolls and fraudulently counted absentee ballots. The senate privileges and elections committee debated a $25,000 investigative resolution but a filibuster stalled it.
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Washington
Mar
Josiah W. B Bailey
North Carolina
Senate
Shortridge
Privileges and Elections Committee
Thomas
Oklahoma
Pritchard
Bailey
George M. Pritchard
Democratic Party
ROKER SENTENCED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN GREENSBORO
Richard Croker, infamous outlaw, was sentenced to five to eight years at hard labor after pleading guilty to highway robbery tied to a Greensboro filling station holdup. Judge MacRae also gave five to eight years for automobile larceny, to run concurrently. Albert Hamilton, his accomplice, pleaded guilty to the holdup and received three to seven years. automobile larceny charge was nolle prosequi.
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Greensboro
Mar
Richard Croker
MacRae
Croker
Superior Court
Albert Hamilton
Nolle
Washington Portrait Set for 1932 Quarter Coins
Washington will likely appear on the 1932 quarter to mark his 200th birth anniversary. Congress passed the bill, Secretary Mellon approved it, and President Hoover is expected to support. The other side of the coin remains to be decided by the treasury.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Mellon
Hoover
Treasury
France Has Edge In Naval Treaty
In Los Angeles on March 4 W E 8 Spud Manning set a new world record for delayed parachute jumps after calibration showed a fall of 15 265 feet before opening the chute. The previous record, 9 608 feet, was set by Rex Harker of Cincinnati Ohio on August 4 1929. Manning described a severe jerk when the ring was pulled to deploy the parachute.
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Los Angeles
Spud” Manning
Waday
Rex Harkerpe
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