Equalizing Bill Passes House On Third Reading Today
STATE CAPITOL, Mar. 7. The general assembly in hang-over session and without pay sent bills between chambers by special messengers as it concluded its biennial session. The Senate approved the house bill authorizing $400,000 in bonds to buy land for a state prison farm, bringing total bonds for prison land to $1,356,000. The House passed the Waltz equalizing bill on third reading for Senate concurrence.
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Motion Fails To Repeal Presidential Primary In North Carolina
In Raleigh the Senate failed to remove the tabled Hargett Fill after a 24 to 20 vote. The chamber also repealed the presidential preferential primary to free NC delegates, while approving a $460,000 bond for a state prison farm by 36 to 7 with no debate.
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Raleigh
Lawrence
Hertford
Senate
North Carolina
Hines
Guilford
House
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Pasquotank
Broughton
Wake
Woodson
Rowan
State Commissioner of Revenue
Hargett
Maguire
Surry
State Highway Commission
Dunlap
Call
Ledberry
Sedberry
Legislators Vote to Work Without Pay in North Carolina
Raleigh report says lawmakers, expecting to clear the state early Wednesday morning, began their session without pay as part of a broader budget readjustment. Continued on page six.
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Raleigh
Mar
Charlotte grocer shot in his store
J. T. Wilkie a Charlotte grocer was shot through the jaw and seriously wounded by burglars as he opened his store before daylight. He said two black males forced a rear entrance and fled. police found no trace of them at hospital.
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Charlotte
Mar
J. T. Wilkie
Wilkie
Burglaries Hit Bank Building Offices. No Large Losses
The Commercial National Bank building on South Main was burgled yesterday after 2 pm with several seventh and third floor offices rifled. Two youths about 17 suspected. police have not made arrests.
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Commercial National Bank
South Main Street
Austin and Turner
Claude E. Miller
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Cc. C. Price
Southern Furniture Journal
Tornado Threat Reaches Reunion Island March 7
A new tornado of great intensity menaces Reunion Island after last Thursday's storm. Madagascar reports deaths and widespread damage from the prior cyclone with Tamatave near total destruction. No exact death toll from Madagascar yet released.
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ST. Denis
Reunion Island
Abd-El-Krim
Madagascar
Tamataye
Former Policeman Admits He Killed B. Donaldson
A former Atlanta policeman, Charles H. Fitchett, 31, claims in a confession delivered to the Atlanta Constitution that he killed Bert Donaldson, the special investigator for Solicitor John A. Boykin, in a hotel room last July. He says a group of rum runners and gamblers arranged the plot and that six other men are implicated.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Bert Donaldson
John A. Boykin
Donaldson
Charles H. Fitchett
Atlanta Constitution
Fitchett
Jack Lance
R. K. Lovett
Boykin
Fulton County
Lance
Fulton
Lovett
Supreme Court rules primaries open to negro voters
The court holds that federal jurisdiction applies to primaries, striking down Texas law barring black voters from Democratic primaries. Justices say color cannot justify unequal electoral access and rely on the fourteenth amendment to forbid racial discrimination.
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Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
Texas
Hines Talks of Textile Industry at ardits Institute
Greensboro March 7 AP meeting with Walker D. Hines president of the Cotton Textile Institute discussed problems facing textiles in North Carolina and Virginia. The institute aims to gather industry data, promote cotton goods, plan trade research, develop new uses, and expand markets including foreign trade.
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Walker D. Hines
Cotton Textile Institute
Virginia
Textile Institute
Hines
North Carolina
Italian arrested for murder in Gastonia
Thomas Tonsello, a 31 year old Italian, was arrested in the Seminole mill village by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Roach on a murder charge. He is wanted in Bayonne New Jersey for the January 13 1927 shooting of Antonito Fortosato and is held at Gaston county jail awaiting a Bayonne detective arrival.
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Gastonia
Mar
Thomas Tonsello
Seminole Mill Village
Arthur Roach
Tonsello
Bayonne
N. J
Antonito Fortosato
Gaston County
Roach
Lottie Rider
George H. Rider
Golfers ignore blue Sunday injunction in South Carolina
In a renewedblue Sunday episode eleven arrests were made, with Camden residents facing charges for Sunday golf while Aiken residents played undisturbed under an injunction restraining interference. Governor Richards and Sheriff delays marked the scene as legal sparring continued.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Aiken
John G. Richards
Camden
J. H. McLeod
Fred S. Ammar
W. W. Rogers
Rogers
Ammar
Richards
Hayne F. Rice
Nellie Robinson
Palmetto Club
Highland Park Club
Ohio slayers as city judges rule struck down by high court
Washington dispatch reports the Supreme Court invalidates an Ohio law that allowed slayers of cities to serve as judges in prohibition cases. The ruling limits local control over enforcement and highlights judicial authority concerns.
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Washington
Mar
Ohio
Supreme Court
China Faces Anti Foreign Unrest as British Send Help to Ningpo
At Ningpo near Shanghai anti foreign sentiment grows with posters denouncing imperialism and cultural penetration. British flotilla leader H M S Keppel heads to Ningpo amid rising tensions. Four American and eight British nationals remain in the city as hostilities mount and protests spread.
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Shanghai
Ningpo
Chekiang Province
H. M. S. Keppel
Kuomintang
China Mission Society
Flooding Rises Along Neuse and Cape Fear Rivers
Moderate river overflows are expected along the Neuse and Cape Fear in eastern North Carolina today and tomorrow due to heavy snows melting slowly. Other rivers are rising but not near flood level, per the Weather Bureau and local observatory reports.
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Raleigh
Neuse
Cape Fear
United States Weather Bureau
Weather
Beaverdale man feuds with posse ends in fatal shooting
In Johnstown Pa on March 7 two posse members killed John Bruno 50 in a six hour siege after he barricaded his Beaverdale home. Bruno had earlier fatally shot Max Miller 35 of Beaverdale and wounded John Libertine 34 also of Beaverdale. Two other posse members were wounded and two civilians recovered from injuries.
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Johnstown
John Bruno
Bruno
Beaverdale
Here
Max Miller
John Libertine
Barringer resigns NC Labor Federation presidency
C P Barringer, head of the North Carolina state federation of labor since 1923, resigns to devote time to his law practice in Salisbury. He denies pressure or irregularities and predicts harmony under successor R W Morton. He notes the federation grew from 47 to 83 locals and pledges continued union support.
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Salisbury
Mar
North Carolina
Barringer
R. W. Morton
Charlotte
Jury Selection Brief In Sinclair Contempt Trial
In Washington on March 7 the jury for Harry F. Sinclair, the oil magnate, faced a brief selection period of just over two hours in the DC supreme court. Testimony was postponed to tomorrow as government witnesses were summoned for the delayed proceedings in the Teapot Dome inquiry.
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Washington, Mar
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Teapot Dome
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Prohibition raid cases dropped for absence of prosecutors
United States Commissioner J F Spitler threw out all Fort Lauderdale prohibition raid cases as prosecutors were absent on the fourth call. Earlier postponement was granted March 1 on motion by District Attorney William Grover. Among those arrested were Broward Sheriff Paul C Bryau and several deputies and Fort Lauderdale police officers.
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Miami
Fla
United States
J. F. Spitler
Fort Lauderdale
William Grover
Spitler
Paul C. Bryau
Broward County
US transport Henderson Headed for Corinto With Marines Aboard
Corinto Nicaragua March 7 The US transport Henderson carrying about 1200 Marines is due today. The British cruiser Colombo which had anchored off Corinto a week ago for British refugees departed Corinto on Saturday. Its destination is not known here.
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Nicaragua
Corinto
United States
Henderson
Colombo
Restoration Plan Authorized for Mount Vernon and Agamemnon
The Shipping Board authorizes a complete survey for ultimate reconditioning and restoration in U.S. service of the liners Mount Vernon and Agamemnon. The move aims to restore these vessels to active operation under United States lines.
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Washington
Mar
United States Lines
Shipping Board
Mount Vernon
Agamemnon
Sinclair Brought to Trial for Contempt of Senate
Harry F. Sinclair, Teapot Dome figure, goes to trial in Washington for contempt of the Senate over refusals to answer oil committee questions from three years earlier. The case marks the first criminal proceeding against Sinclair, while related civil actions over the Teapot Dome lease continue in lower courts.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Harry F. Sinclair
Jessee
Teapot Dome
Oil Committee
Sinclair
Teapot
Supreme Court
Justice Hitz
George P. Hoover
Martin W. Littleton
New York
George T. Stanford
Owen J. Roberts
Atlee Pomerene
Special Council
Peyton Gordon
Earth shock disrupts Osaka telephones and lines
Reports from Osaka say an earthquake today knocked out telephones and electrical lines with no other damage confirmed. Unverified reports claim Tajima district, already devastated in 1926, may suffer severe damage.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Tajima
Supreme Court Rules Primaries Fall Under Federal Law
The Supreme Court ruled that state primaries for U S political parties are subject to federal law, aligning party processes with national standards and federal oversight. The decision impacts how primaries are run and enforces uniform rules across states.
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Washington
Mar
Supreme Court
Japan Quake Shakes Tokyo and Kobe for Three Minutes
A three minute earthquake struck central Japan at 6 28 p m causing fires in Osaka and service disruptions. Reports indicate many houses collapsed in the Yajima region with one railway bridge down and tunnels damaged while Miyazu suffered considerable damage.
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Japan
Kobe
Yajima
Miyazu
Tango
Osaka
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