Revenue Bill Advances In North Carolina House
The North Carolina House on second reading passed the revenue bill 84 to 6 with franchise taxes on railroads and power companies reduced toward finance committee recommendations. An amendment fixing power taxes at two percent of gross receipts was adopted, and railroad taxes at two-fifths of one percent of assessed valuation carried 57 to 40.
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Finance Committee
Raleigh
Mar
House
Norwood
Halifax
Halstead
Camden
Nash
Richmond
Senate
Winston
Bertie
Reports Heard By D A R Convention In Winston Salem
Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina held the second day of their annual convention with committee reports and routine business. A nominating committee was elected as greetings from national officers were extended. Memorial service for members who died was planned for the afternoon. A tea for state officers was set for 4 to 6 at Willsherr Lodge.
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Winston-Salem
Mar
Daughters of the American Revolution
North Carolina
Paul Kendrick
F. F. Bahnson
W. O. Spencer
The
National Society
Jacob Forney
Kate Shipp
Lincolnton
Elizabethtown
John McDowell
Davie Tree
Mary R Manning
Chapel Hill
Morehead City
Charles S. Wallace
W. R. Snow
Woman's Club
Clay Williams
Willsherr Lodge
Yadkin River
Ministers Approve Bill on Italio Vatican Treaty Settlement
Rome reports the council of ministers backed Premier Mussolini's bill to fulfill the Italio Vatican treaty resolving the historic Roman question. The approval comes as part of the government’s drive to implement the agreement with the Vatican.
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Council OF Ministers
Rome
Mar
Mussolini
Wallace And Stevens Are Being Tried In Murder Case
Greensboro March 13 The Wallace and Stevens murder trial advanced as state star witness Maness identified Benny Wallace and Walter Stevens as men who bought sandwiches the night Hubert Herring was killed near Reidsville. Defense plans to prove an alibi with W C Gardner who claims the pair rode with him between Greenville and Anderson South Carolina the night of the shooting.
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Greensboro
Herring
W. QO. Maness
Benny Wallace
Walter L. Stevens
Reidsville
W. C. Gardner
Savannah
Hubert Herring
Winston-Salem
O. H. Herring
W. H. Sides
Ruffin
South Carolina
Wallace
Stevens
Root-Hurst Plan May Be Delayed
The Root-Hurst formula for American adherence to the world court faces a slow path. Senate action is unlikely before December as the foreign relations committee must review it first and Borah resists moving before the league council acts in September. Proponents hope for approval at the April 15 special session, with Walsh and Swanson backing adherence.
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Washington
Mar
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
United States
Piedmont & Northern appeals ruling on Spartanburg Gastonia link
The Piedmont and Northern railway files notice of appeal to the U S Supreme Court challenging a district court decision upholding the Interstate Commerce Commission refusal to grant permission for a Spartanburg South Carolina to Gastonia North Carolina link. The appeal names the United States and Southern Railway as respondents with several rival lines joining the challenge.
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United States District Court of Appeals of Appeal
Greenville
S. C
Piedmont & Northern Railway
North Carolina
South Carolina
United State Supreme Court
United States District Court
Morris A. Soper
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spartanburg
Gastonia
N. C
Piedmont
United States of America
The
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville
Nashville
Carolina
Clinchfield & Ohio
Clinchfield & Northern
Kentucky
Singing Cowboy Reunites With Heiress After 2 Week Separation
Hollywood reports George Big Boy Gillespie the singing cowboy and Katherine Thorne the Chicago heiress joyfully reunite after a two week separation. They plan to stay in Los Angeles while Gillespie finishes a film as the bride’s parents travel to Chicago amid a kidnap accusation. The couple eloped to Phoenix, the bride swore she was 21, and the engagement ring was returned to Clymer Bowen.
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Hollywood
Cal
George
Big Boy) Gillespie
Arizona
Katherine Thorne
Chicago
Robert J. Thorne
Montgomery Ward Company
Chero
Kee Street
Gillespie
Phoenix
Clymer Bowen
Bible Killed In Crash While Aiming For 231 MPH Record
Daytona Beach, Fla. AP Lee Bible mechanic died instantly when the 36 cylinder Triplex crashed into sand dunes during a mile run at 202 mph. Pathe News photographer Travers also killed after being struck by the car. Panic swept the grandstand as spectators watched the fatal wreck. Bible reportedly steered too far toward the water, failing to regain control before the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
Mar
Lee Bible
Pathe
Bible
Travers
Prominent Greensboro Manufacturer Clarence N Cone Dies
Clarence N Cone 53 a noted textile maker and Greensboro pioneer died at St. Leo s hospital after a heart attack during a bridge game at the Merchants and Manufacturers club He was president of Minneola Manufacturing Co at Gibsonville born Baltimore Oct 4 1876 survived by his widow daughter Isabel Helen Cone son Clarence N Cone Jr five brothers and two sisters
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Pioneer
Merchant’s and Manufacturer’s Club
Minneola Manufacturing Company
Gibsonville
Greensboro
Mar
Clarence N. Cone
St. Leo’s Hospital
Merchant’s and Manufacturers Club
Cone
Here
Baltimore
Sadie Frank
Huco Mugo Mannufacturing Company
Minneola Company
Isabel Helen Cone
Clarence N. Cone, Jr
North Carolina State College
Sol N. Cone
New York
Sydney M. Cone
Fred W. Cone
Julius W. Cone
Bernard M. Cone
Claribel Cone
Etta Cone
Hoover Walsh Endorse Hoover Oil Policy Broad, Seeks Lease Restrictions
After a White House meeting with President Hoover Senator Walsh of Montana said the oil conservation policy is broader than first disclosed. It aims to graft leases only to permittees who spend on drilling, limit leases adjacent to prospecting lands, and grant offset wells to prevent drainage. The Interior Department undergoes rapid changes under Wilbur with Dixon named chief assistant to Finney.
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Washington
Hoover
Walsh
Montana
White House
Interior Department
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Joseph M. Dixon
E. C. Finney
Three Die In Mysterious Explosion
In St Joseph Missouri two blasts wrecked a grocery with a rooming house and a residence. Police seek two men seen fleeing the first explosion and possibly tossing a bomb into the second building. Three dead include Mary Lew 65 and Nolan children. nine injured, many with Nolan surname.
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ST. Joseph
Mary Lew
Charles Donald Nolan
Dorothy Cloggner
Tom Nolan
Mary Nolan
Catherine Nolan
Marie Nolan
Helen Norrie Nolan
John Patrick Nolan
Tom Tinney
Mary Agnes Cloggner
J. A. Cloggner
Leo Urbanski
Western Villages Marooned in Snow
A two day Rocky Mountain storm left small towns cut off as highways filled with three feet of snow in places. The system extended to the Canadian border, blanketing Montana Wyoming and Colorado with 18 to 24 inches in central Wyoming and nine inches in Denver. Clearing the roads will take at least two days.
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Denver
Mar
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Casper
San Louis Valley
Elizabethon Strikers Wage Demands Declared Out of Question
Arthur Mothwurf, president of American Glazstoff, told a striker committee the wage demands are out of the question and that the huge Dayton plant employing about 1 700 persons would be closed down definitively. The entire plant shut down at noon.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Arthur Mothwurf
American Glazstoff Corporation
Dayton
Atlanta Mourns Death Of Asa G. Candler
Asa G. Candler 78 long time Atlanta businessman civic leader and Philanthropist died at Wesley Memorial Hospital after a illness of more than two years He built Coca Cola fortunes from a drugstore formula and later engaged in real estate and public service He previously served as mayor and is survived by wife Mary and children Charles Howard Asa Jr William Walter and two daughters and two stepchildren
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Atlanta
Atlanta Today
Asa G. Candler
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Manufacturing Company
Charles Howard Candler
Candler
Lucy Howard
Onezima Deboucher
New Orleans
Mary Little Reagan
Warren A. Candler
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
John S. Candler
Georgia
Charles Howard
Asa, Jr
William and
Walter Candler
Henry Heinz
Government Successes Reported At Many Points
Rebels suffer heavy losses as federal and insurgent forces converge on Torreon amid looming decisive battles. Gov in Mexico City predicts insurgent collapse while 22 000 rebels mass, 18 000 federals advance, and eastward push under General Almazan.
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Associated Press
Torreon
Calles
Federals
Almazan
Saltillo
Mazatlan
Cuilacan
Quila
Portes Gil
Virginia Anti Smith Convention Meets in Richmond Tomorrow
The anti Smith convention committee of Virginia meets in Richmond tomorrow afternoon. The group was authorized at Lynchburg to call a state convention to nominate a ticket for November and to arrange time place and representation rules.
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Richmond
Virginia
Lynchburg
Indictment of Tax Counselor Stirs Hollywood Anxiety
Hollywood reacts to 24 count indictment of income tax counselor J Marjorie Berger for aiding fraudulent returns. Officials say the defalcation may exceed a million dollars and several film idols could face conspiracy charges. Experts note proving criminal intent will affect prosecutions and stars may accept penalties over court cases.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Hollywood
Uncle Sam
J. Marjorie Berger
Miss Berger
Treas
United States
S. W. McNabb
Asheville Youth Held for Thefts
Lawrence A. Smith Jr., 19, of Asheville North Carolina and a self described Columbia University student, faced petty larceny charges from Phi Kappa Psi members with adjourned cases and a $1000 bond. A detective cited six additional complaints and a grand larceny count tied to checkout cashing 34060 in worthless checks at the Ritz Carlton hotel.
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New York
Lawrence A. Smith, Jr
Sunset Park
Asheville
N. C
Columbia University
Phi Kappa Psi
Westside Court
Smith
Gottlieb
Ritz Carlton
Dr Few to Speak at G C Founder’s Day Exercises
Dr. William P. Few president of Duke University will deliver the principal address at Greensboro College founders and benefactors days exercises tomorrow at 11 a m. Classes suspend at 10 30 a m and all students faculty and college officials will attend.
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Greensboro
Mar
William P. Few
Duke University
Durham
Greensboro College
General Umberto Nobile Resigns Rank and Office
Rome confirms General Umberto Nobile, commander of the Italia expedition, has resigned his rank and office. the resignation was officially announced and accepted.
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Nobile
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Rome
Umberto Nobile
Italia
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Cleveland
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Elizabeth Bowman
Wallace and Stevens
U. S
Congress
J. M. White
Clarence ‘N. Cone
St. Joseph, Mo
Coca Cola
Revolutionary Movement
Lawrence A. Smith
Columbia
DR. Few
G. C. Founder's Day
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