School Aid Bill Advances in Senate amid Changes
In Raleigh on March 12 the school aid bill, once the MacLean eight months term measure, passed the Senate 46 to 2 and returns to the House for Senate amendment review. The measure carries a $6.5 million annual equalization fund and follows extensive unofficial talks. The Senate also approved Governor Gardner’s bill to abolish the pardon commissioner post and establish an executive council to the governor with a $37,500 salary. The House prepares to act on the revenue bill amid a busy calendar.
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Senate
House
Raleigh
Mar
MacLean
Gardner
Revenue bill trims taxes across many business categories
Raleigh March 12 A proposed revenue bill would raise or modify taxes for railroads public utilities Pullmans express and telegraph firms newspapers employment agencies outdoor advertisers and several trades including packing houses dealers in oils amusement parks motion picture distributors circuses real estate auctioneers and livestock merchants. The bill also introduces new classifications and bonds for foreign companies with provisions to cap city levies and tighten license fees.
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Raleigh
Mar
House
Pullmans
Express
Hoover Focuses On Farm Relief Plans For Congress
President Hoover turns to farm relief as Congress prepares for an extraordinary session. He backs cooperative marketing to secure farmer prices, with tariff revision and cheaper transportation as supporting pillars. Committees hear witnesses and shape a farm bill focusing on marketing facilities amid ongoing appointments and policy talks.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Congress
Senate
House
Nightclub Hostess Provides Key Walsh Rothstein Links
Demaris Dore an 18 year old hostess becomes a central witness in two mafia style slayings. She claims knowledge of Thomas Walsh and Arnold Rothstein and says she witnessed Rothstein’s Park Central shooting after frequenting Lindys and the Silver Slipper. Police report she is a rich source of information aligning with Miami detectives.
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Demaris Dore
Walsh
Rothstein
New York
Damris Dore
Thomas
Fatty) Walsh
Miami
Arnold Rothstein
Park Central
Whalen
Police
Girl Weds Older Sister's Ex Husband in Quiet Chicago Ceremony
Mary Meeker daughter of Arthur Meeker and Ambrose Cramer the ex husband of her sister Grace wed in a brief Washington ceremony. Officials note no prior engagement and the party included only the Meeker parents. The match follows Cramer and Grace Meeker's divorce two years earlier.
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Mary Meeker
Arthur Cramer
Washington
Chicago
Mar
Arthur Meeker
Armour and Company
Ambrose C. Cramer
Cramer
Grace Meeker
Mary
James T. Marshall
Marshall
Chicago Society
Meeker
Francis Vernon Lloyd
Philadelphia
Rebels advance and government cracks down in Mexican conflict
Government reports rebel headquarters near Torreon as federal troops advance northward aided by railroad repairs. Calles moves HQ to Rio Grande while plans unfold to drive insurgents from Torreon and Saltillo. In Sinaloa insurgents press toward Mazatlan and authorities seize rebel leaders’ properties. General Aguirre captured is jailed for court martial.
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Mexico City
Mar
Torreon
Calles
Rio Grande
Canitas
Almazan
Monterey
Saltillo
Camacho
Escobar
Sinaloa
Mazatlan
Iturbe
Cruz
Manzo
Aguirre
Fausto Topete
Sonora
Simon Aguirre
Jesus Aguirre
Vera Cruz
North Carolina school term equalization bill outlined
Raleigh March 12 leaders expect final form of the 1929 term equalizing bill. Senate action set an equalization fund of 5.25 million dollars for six months and 1.25 million for eight months. The measure includes regulatory provisions to promote economy in the school system. Revenue bill referenced.
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Raleigh
Mar
Senate
House
HERRINGS ALLEGED SLAYERS ON TRIAL
In Greensboro a trial for Ben Wallace and Walter L. Stevens begins in superior court with Judge Walter E. Moore presiding. Defense witness from South Carolina may place defendants away from Greensboro the night Hubert Herring was shot after a collision.
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Greensboro
Mar
Ben Wallace
Walter L. Stevens
Hubert Herring
Winston-Salem
Walter E. Moore
Sylva
W. C. Gardner
South Carolina
Gardner
Stacey Gifford
Herring
John H. Clement
Anderson
Greenville
S. C
Hoover Names Two Assistant Secretaries
President Hoover appoints Ernest Lee Jahncke of New Orleans as assistant secretary of the navy and Patrick Hadley of Tulsa Oklahoma as assistant secretary of war. Both appointments announced today in Washington.
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Hoover
Washington
Mar
Novice Lee Bible May Challenge Segrave Speed Record
Daytona Beach tests aboard a 36 cylinder triplex owned by J. M. White of Philadelphia aim to best Major H. O. D. Segrave’s 231.362 mph ocean shore record. Lee Bible, a local mechanic, seeks an official mark under AAAs scrutiny as Segrave eyes a possible 240 mph peak.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Ocean
America
H. O. D. Segrave
England
J. M. White
Philadelphia
Lee Bible
American Automobile Association
Segrave
White
Kaiser Sister Faces Bankruptcy Proceedings
Bankruptcy proceedings were instituted today against Princess Victoria sister of the former Kaiser living in seclusion at the palace in Doren. The first creditors meeting is set for April 4. Proceedings were filed against Victoria Zoubkoff nee Princess of Prussia.
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Dorn
Prussia
Victoria
Victoria Zoubkoff
Princess of
Bomb damages Chicago tailoring shop in brick building
A brick building housing a tailoring company was partly wrecked by a bomb in Chicago early today. A fire after the blast damaged the structure and garments. Police, after two hours of searching the ruins, found no bodies though four men were seen inside before the explosion.
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Chicago
Mar
Aged Chicago Woman Ends Blindness and Loneliness by Death
Chicago report details how Mrs. Mathilda Dingler, 78, long blind and dependent on charity, shot herself in a loneliness filled with sausage visits and meager meals. After four years of poverty, illness, and isolation she chose death over endless suffering and died in a hospital a week later.
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Chicago
Mathilda Dingler
Larabee Street
Society
Mrs. Dingler
Elizabeth Helm
Modern Don Juan Hangs for Murder
Liverpool reports the execution of Joseph Reginald Victor Clarke known as the boy with a hundred sweethearts for the murder of Mrs. Alice Fontaine. Clarke faced the scaffold willingly after boasting of a brave death.
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Don Juan
Liverpool
Mar
Joseph Reginald Victor Clarke
Alice Fontaine
Clarke
Educated Clarke Accused of Striking Virginia Woman
Police say Clarke, 21, educated and trained in England, came to America, studied psychology and hypnotism, wooed and fleeced Mrs Fontaine of her life savings, then killed her after lodging rent free with her as he courted her daughter.
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Clarke
England
Virginia
Princeton University
Fontaine
Marshal Foch Improves After Brief Setback
Paris reports Marshal Foch in better condition after a minor fluctuation yesterday. Doctors note normal temperature and pulse at 90, attributing the improvement to his age related heart weakness and extended illness. he was expected to sit up today.
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Paris
Mar
Marshal Foch
Not Hiring Foreign Aviators Denied by Mexican President
Alfonso Pesqueira Mexican consul in Los Angeles received a telegram from Emilio Portes Gil denying reports that foreign aviators were employed by the Mexican Federal government in the revolution.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alfonso Pesqueira
Emilio Portes Gil
Mexico
Train Wreck Delays ACL Line North of Fayetteville
A southbound Atlantic Coast Line freight wreck eight miles north of Fayetteville tied up traffic today. Nineteen cars derailed with no injuries reported.
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Fayetteville
WN. C
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Hoover Democrats in South May Be Recognized in Patronage
President Hoover may adopt a policy recognizing Hoover democrats as leaders for federal patronage in the southern states. Other regions may require regular-state leaders to consult with Hoover campaign figures on appointments. A state committee plan, including non-majority Hoover members, is being tested in New York with MacHold Hilles and Hill leading efforts as work on appointments continues.
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Hoover
South
Mann
James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Hoover Democrats
New York State
Edmund H. MacHold
Charles D. Hilles
William H. Hill
New
Prominent Virginia Republicans Confer With Anti Smith Heads
In New York on March 12 Republican leaders from Virginia meet anti Smith factions to strategize. Sir Hubert Wilkins, fresh from Antarctic exploration, arrives in Hoboken aboard the Ebro and will be welcomed by city officials. Actress Suzanne Bennett’s attendance at the greeting remains uncertain.
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Virginia
New York
Mar
Antartic
Sir Hubert Wilkins
South America
Panama Canal
Havana
Hoboken
Suzanne Bennett
Antarctic
American stage star Eisse Janis improves at hospital
Paris reports that Eisse Janis, American stage star, showed some improvement after a reasonably good night following her removal from a hotel to the American hospital yesterday.
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Paris
Mar
Eisse Janis
American Hospital
Jones Act Cuts Speakeasies As NY Liquor Prices Soar
The Jones act pushes up prohibition penalties and drives liquor costs higher in New York. The wholesale whiskey price up to 40 per case, grain alcohol near 14 dollars per gallon, and deliveries to speakeasies sharply reduced. Maurice Campbell, federal prohibition administrator, says many venues face closure.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Maurice Campbell
Richmond Visit Foreshadows Anti-Smith Unity Drive
Frank Lyon of McLean, head of the Anti-Smith committee, visited Richmond as Republicans join Democrats to plan a united Virginia campaign this year. Louis Powell of Richmond said no convention meeting was scheduled, but a luncheon with key Anti-Smith leaders was possible. The Lynchburg conference authorized a state convention call.
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Richmond
Frank Lyon
Virginia
McLean
Louis F. Powell
Third
Lyon
Lynchburg
Ex-Chaplain Known as Woodbine Willie Buried
Admirers gathered around the casket of Rev. C A Studdert Kennedy in Liverpool and laid cigarettes where flowers were placed. Kennedy, chaplain to the king during the war, died of influenza and was known for frank talks and guidance to Tommies. His body was moved from the church to Worcester for burial.
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Liverpool
C. A. Studdert Kennedy
Kennedy
Honeymoon of Angel of France Beset by Tragedy in Death
Kathleen Burke McLean widow of Col. John Reginald McLean dies from injuries after a car crash that ended their honeymoon. The World War I nurse known as the Angel of France married McLean on March 2 in Montecito. He had planned a Washington and Italy trip before Argentina mining work. Col. McLean, 41, commanded the 367th Infantry and is mourned by his Arizona family.
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Santa Maria
Cal
Kathleen Burke McLean
Angel of
France
John Reginald McLean
Arizona
McLean
Kathleen Burke Peabody
Frederick F. Peabody
Col
Mrs. McLean
Montecito
del Monte
Hoover
Washington
Italy
Argentina
367Th Infantry
Milton McLean
Phenix
Ariz
Kathleen Burke
Colonel McLean
Peabody
Santa Barbara
O Neill Wife Plans Reno Divorce After Open Marriage
New York report states Mrs Eugene O Neill travels to Reno to pursue a divorce. The New York American cites a marriage proviso allowing either spouse to seek freedom if love for another arises. O Neill reportedly reminded his wife of the consent in a London letter admitting mutual belief in loving others.
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New York
Mar
New York American
Eugene O'Neill
Reno
O'Neill
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