Senate votes for extra session amid education and tax bills
In Raleigh on March 15 the general assembly held a joint session to elect five additional trustees for North Carolina State College and to press calendar business. The Senate adopted a resolution favoring an extra session if governor conducted post July 15 shows no tax relief from the regular session. The House passed Hill's measure to submit a $2,000,000 veterans bond issue to voters and sent it to the Senate. Local measures dominated the day as education bill conference proceeds continued. trustees named were J. S. Watkins Virgilina VA Charles F. Cates Mebane T W Saddler Pat Creek D L Raynor Statesville and D W Bagley Moyock, term four years.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
State College
Senate
Hill
House
North Carolina State College
J. S. Watkins
Virgilina
Charles F. Cates
Mebane
T. W. Saddler
Pat Creek
D. L. Raynor
Statesville
D. W. Bagley
Moyock
Elizabethton Strike Enters Tight Deadlock Over Wages
Elizabethton Tennessee textile workers and American Glanz rayon plant officials remain far apart as a strike closes the plant and leaves 2,000 out of work. The State Federation of Labor backs the strikers and promises aid if needed while company demands include nonunion status for returning workers and current wages. Local union forms after minor disturbances and plant shutdown.
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Tennessee State Federation of Labor
Elizabethton
Tenn
Terxtile
American Glanzstaff Corporation
Rayon Manufacturers
Arthur Mothwurf
J. M. Moreland
Alexander Knox
National Guard
Fate of Residents Unknown as Rivers Rise in Alabama Floods
Southern Alabama towns faced record flooding with Elba and Brewton largely underwater. National guardsmen rescued dozens as communication collapsed and fog hindered air support. Floods also affected Windham’s Mill and surrounding communities with crews aiding marooned residents.
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Alabama
National Guard
Elba
Ala
Brewton
Flomaton
Castleberry
Big Creek
Windham’s Mill
Nebraska
Long
Illinois
Episcopalians Buy Kanuga Lake for Church Use
The Episcopal church has nearly secured a 100000 dollar purchase of Kanuga Lake property near Hendersonville from donations and pledges. Kanuga Lake hosted the denomination’s summer work last year. Bishop Finlay says papers are being drawn and work on the flood damaged dam will begin.
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Columbia
S. C
Kanuga Lake
Hendersonville
Episcopal Church
Kirkman G. Finlay
Moain
North Carolina
Bishop Finlay
Asheville
Bobby Jones Declines Ryder Cup Exhibition at Pinehurst
Pinehurst March 15 Bobby Jones national amateur champion will not head a team of amateurs in an exhibition series to aid a Ryder Cup fund. Jones informed the organizing committee he cannot accept the invitation. The amateur v professional match will be played March 25 the day before the United North and South Open begins.
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Pinehurst
Mar
Bobby Jones
England
Lightweight Boxer Jackie Hammer Excels In Arts At 20
In Perry Iowa Jackie Hammer a 20 year old lightweight follows boxing yet is a sculptor who carves delicate statuettes from soap. He also plays the violin and has won 20 medals in swimming while supporting his parents.
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Perry
Iowa
Jackie Hammer
Hoover Will Not Dictate Farm Relief Terms
President Hoover declines to dictate the terms or name of the farm relief bill for the special session. He will outline views in the April 15 message and expects the House and Senate agricultural committees to craft a constructive measure from proposals already submitted. He will consult with committee members as needed.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
Congress
House
Senate Agricultural Committees
Policy Toward Rebels Crossing Border Submitted
The state department has submitted to President Hoover a suggested policy for Mexican rebels who cross the border into the United States. Details of the policy were left to the White House by the department.
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Hoover
Washington
Mar
State Department
White House
Department
Federal And Revolutionary Growing Closer In Vicinity Of Torreon
In a brief from Mexico City Colonel Ricardo Tapia announced that cavalry forming the advance guard of General Calles’ army occupied Durango this morning. Amaya’s rebel forces fled Durango as federals advanced, with Calles expected to reach Durango by midday to set up headquarters for a march on Torreon where five federal columns converge.
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Mexico City
Mar
Ricardo Tapia
Calles
Durango
Juan Geralberto Amaya
Torreon
Stocks Break After Soaring
New York trading opened with heavy profit taking after a rapid bull run on the exchange. About 2.6 million shares changed hands in two hours as gains cooled. Radio issues led gains with old stock hitting new peaks and thresholds, while Kennecott and steel issues advanced and General Motors climbed above 90. Safeway Stores gained substantially along with Greene Cananea Johns Manville GE and Montgomery Ward.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Kennecott
Bethlehem
Youngstown
Greene Cananea
Johns Manville
General Electric
Montgomery Ward
Rebels vow to stay as government forces near Torreon
Revolutionary forces centered in Torreon refuse evacuation amid reports of an advance by Mexican government armies. General Jose Gonzalo Escobar, rebel commander in chief, stated this to the Associated Press.
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Torreon
Coahuila
Mar
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Associated Press
Battle intensifies as federals close on Torreon front
Reports say rival armies moved toward Torreon with General Calles, federal commander-in-chief, leading a wide encirclement to trap the rebel retreat northward. The strategic city becomes the focal point as federal forces press closer.
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Torreon
Calles
Last Minute Rush As Income Tax Returns Arrive
Washington March 15 The weary internal revenue forces face the annual rush as 4 000 000 individuals must file by midnight and nearly 500 000 corporations submit returns. Officials expect a treasury surplus by next June with corporate taxes rising despite a 1 percent rate cut and individual payments near last year’s totals.
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Internal Revenue
Washington
Mar
Mellon
Treasury
Wallace Stevens murder trial nears jury verdict
In Greensboro the Wallace and Stevens murder case nears trial closure with a Guilford jury expected to deliberate after closing arguments by defense counsel A Stacey Gifford and state Solicitor J Frank Spruill. Testimony ended the day before with witnesses placing the defendants at a North Carolina filling station the night of Hbert Herring’s death.
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Greensboro
Mar
Benny Wallace
Walter Stevens
Hubert Herring
Guilford
A. Stacey Gifford
J. Frank Spruill
Lexington
Walter E. Moore
Sylvia
Wallace
Stevens
North Carolina
Herring
Greenville
Anderson
S. C
Lindbergh Maps Transcontinental Air Route
Col Charles A Lindbergh ends a three week Mexico City visit with fiancee Anne Morrow and begins mapping a cross country air route for Transcontinental Air Transport. Yesterday he piloted a mail plane from Mexico City to Brownsville and planned a morning departure in his own ship for an undisclosed destination, likely New York.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mexico City
Anne Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport
Lone Eagle
New York
Foch Described as Very Tired by Doctors
Paris reports doctors for Marshal Foch found him very tired in heart and body and mind when they visited him this morning. They noted he passed a quiet night and had some sleep despite the fatigue.
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Foch
Paris
Marshal Foch
Newton Named Hoover's Third Secretary from Minnesota
Representative Walter H. Newton of Minnesota was appointed third secretary to President Hoover. He will serve as liaison between the president and heads of independent agencies including the veterans bureau and the shipping board. Newton will resign his seat in Congress to take up the new duties soon after March 15. He led the western speakers bureau for Hoover’s preconvention campaign.
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Washington
Walter H. Newton
Minnesota
Hoover
Newton
Veterans Bureau
Shipping Board
Congress
Melvin Reeves Vanished In Snowbound Nebraska Search
In Gordon Nebraska on March 15 a 60 hour search for six year old Melvin Reeves ended as snowdrifts eight feet deep blocked progress. His parents Mr and Mrs William Reeves called off the effort after the blizzard halted volunteers including 200 Pine Ridge Indians and Kyle South Dakota searchers. Dwight Reeves last saw Melvin chasing a hoop into a canyon on the father’s ranch.
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Gordon
Neb
Melvin Reeves
William Reeves
Pine Ridge Reservation
Kyle
S. D
Melvin
Dwight
Flood threat eases in Western North Carolina mountains
Western North Carolina rivers and mountain streams receded early today after a day of steady rainfall. Most rivers expected to drop below flood stage by noon though flooded farms remained in Rutherford and Transylvania counties. No highway slides reported and Asheville industry continued. Lake Lure dam shown intact after yesterday’s danger.
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Asheville
Mar
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Rutherford
Transylvania
French Broad
State Highway Department
Lake Lure
Chicago's Wealthiest Bookmaker Free After Kidnapping
Joseph B. Drell, a wealthy Chicago bookmaker and cigar-store owner, disappeared with his two children and faced a $50,000 ransom. After nine hours, he was released when captors reportedly read press coverage and concluded he was too hot for them. Police questioned his claim that no money changed hands, suggesting Drell might raise funds quickly from associates.
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Chicago
Mar
Joseph B. Dreil
Drell
West Sides
Niles Center
North Side
Phil Carroll
Mississippi flood menace shifts to main river dangers
The flood threat moved from northern tributaries to the Mississippi River with levee breaches feared north of Burlington, Iowa. Nebraska Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Illinois communities endure spring freshets while Gulfport residents relocate to higher ground as levee reinforcement crews work.
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Chicago
Mar
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Ilinois
Illinois
Burlington
Gulfport
Cabinet to Adopt New Measures to Maintain Order
Madrid March 15 Official word says the cabinet will meet and approve fresh measures to keep order nationwide after renewed student rioting in central Madrid last night. The government calls the agitators unpatriotic and intolerable, though not declaring the situation grave.
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Madrid
Mar
Fire in Japanese town consumes 1209 structures
London March 15 fire in Ishioka Japan involved 1209 houses and public buildings. Troops and firemen faced water shortages caused by drought and ice hindering pumps as flames raged through the town.
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London
Ishioka
Japan
Tokyo
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