Well Digger Rescued From Wake County Well
Jeff Ashworth escaped a 13 hour entombment in a 55 foot well near Stephens Home and is resting comfortably. He was lowered to the bottom to clean the well when rock collapsed trapping him. Rescuers freed him around midnight as he cried for help and later reported injuries but good consciousness.
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Charles J. Parker Stephens
Chatham County
Mar
Jeff Ashworth
Floyd Collins
Ashworth
Sinclair Near End of Trial for Contempt
In Washington on March 16 AP reports Harry F. Sinclair the Teapot Dome lease holder faced the final summing up in the contempt case. District Attorney Gordon argued for the jury that Sinclair was summoned appeared questioned and refused to answer. Justice Hitz would charge the jury next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Teapot Dome
Gordon
Sinclair
Justice Hitz
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Senate Oil Committee
Congress
Naval Oil Reserve
Paid Athlete Critique Sparks Georgia Campus Debate
The Iconoclast at the University of Georgia accuses alumni supporters of paying athletes with free tuition and stipends, prompting scrutiny by Chancellor Snelling and the faculty board. Editor Ben F. Cheek, retiring from the Red and Black, argues students should think freely and speak out. A piece attacks a proposed $200,000 athletic stadium as misdirected funds while questioning campus governance and personal interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
University of Georgia
Charles M. Snelling
Ben F. Cheek
The
Red and Black
Coulosal
H. F. Rowe
Prudential Committee
General Board of Trustees
Boston magnate Benjamin Franklin Smith dies at 96
Benjamin Franklin Smith, last of four South Freedom Maine brothers who left 70 years ago to seek fortune and helped found Omaha, dies at 96. He was reputedly New England's richest man with an estimated fortune over 50 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Benjamin Franklin Smith
South Freedom
Maine
Omaha
New England
Court bars Black Bottom in Wintz trial theater case
In Jackson Mississippi on March 16 the court barred the Black Bottom from the courtroom while prosecutors oppose the use of two chorus girls in their on stage costumes as evidence in the George FE Wintz trial for alleged improper presentation of chorus girls. Judge Longino ruled no theatrical performance charged with impropriety may be shown in court.
Not Improved Mrs Caldwell In Critical Condition
Charlotte reports Mrs J P Caldwell a veteran newspaper woman remained critically ill in a local hospital. Physicians said her condition was unchanged and she was not expected to survive the night. The 5 year old is suffering from influenza.
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Charlotte
J. P. Caldwell
Rush to Gold Field Near Tonopah Sparks Stampede to Barrel Springs
News reports describe a rush of about 200 prospectors from Gold Field to Barrel Springs after a new find at Barrel Springs yielded ore assaying 78 dollars a ton at 20 feet depth. Miners halted work at the nearby lead mine as conditions worsened with a 40 mile wind and 13 degree weather. Pine Nut Jim, holder of prior claims, agreed to sell rights as the latest discovery expands a 4500 foot long area with tungsten stringers in the footwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Weepah
Barrel Springs
Sam McGee
Tennessee
Yukon
Gold Field
Gold Field Hotel
Alaska
Pine Nut Jim
Chinese General Demands Five Million to Evacuate Shanghai
A Shanghai dispatch reports General Chang Tsung-Chang offers to withdraw from Shanghai and Kiangsu for about 5 million dollars. If refused he may retreat on Shanghai. Chinese merchants struggle to raise the sum. Nanking plans evacuation of women and children. Ho Ying Yin vows not to attack the international settlement by force.
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London
Ching
Nanking
Shanghai
Chang Tsung-Chang
Chang
Kiangso
West Minster
Ho-Ying-Yin
Chikang
West Minster Gazette
Shanghai agitators win favor of local unions
One hundred fifty specially picked and trained agitators arrived in Shanghai in batches from Hankow and have apparently won the good graces of the local labor unions.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Three Payroll Holdups Near Pittsburgh Stun District
Three sensational payroll holdups in the Pittsburgh area were solved after Joe Jaworski confessed to leading a five member gang. District Attorney Samuel H. Gardner said officers recovered 150000 from a farm near Bentleyville and linked the gang to the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company holdup and two prior Christmas payroll robberies with one guard killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Samuel H. Gardner
Joe Jaworski
Bentleyville
Jaworski
Torney
George Murren
Gardner
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Bridges Is Named Pardons Commissioner In North Carolina
Raleigh reports Edwin B. Bridges a 32 year old Charlotte attorney is appointed commissioner of pardons by Governor A. W. McLean to succeed H Hoyle Sink who joins the western district emergency Superior court bench. Sink will remain pardons commissioner until May 1 and may relocate his residence later.
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Raleigh
Edwin B. Bridges
Charlotte
H. Hoyle Sink
A. W. McLean
Sink
Western
Bridges
Mridges
Pinehurst
Link
J. R. Bridges
Presbyterian Standard
Southern Presbyterian Church
Hampden-Sidney College
Hampden-Sidney
Virginia
Law School
University of North Carolina
Trinity College
Dublin
Ireland
Civitan Administration Committee
Charlotte Red Cross
State Educational Commission
Italy invited to observe arms meeting
Italy showed interest in unofficial observers at the Geneva naval arms conference while France appeared likely to decline. The United States proposed that both nations participate in some manner, with France and Italy weighing options amid debates over tonnage and France’s naval policy. Ford and Sapiro libel case proceeds in Detroit court as Gallagher asserts actions of the Dearborn Independent.
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Washington
Mar
Italy
Geneva
France
Paris
Rome
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Poincare
State Department
League of Nations
Detroit
Henry Ford
F. D. Black
Ford
The
Dearborn Independent
Aaron Sapiro
William Henry Gallagher
Sapiro
Independent
Black
Fred M. Raymond
James A. Reed
Raymond
Gallagher
Rum line at West Palm Beach post office
A long line of Black residents formed at the West Palm Beach post office as they withdrew funds from the postal savings department amid reports that the government was going broke. The event occurred in March and reflected concerns within the local Negro community.
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West Palm Beach
Fra
Mar
Federal officers seek to find "Jack" in Raleigh case
In Raleigh on March 15 AP reports federal officers hunt for a man dubbed "Jack" after arresting William H. New who was identified as Frank Lester of Danville Virginia. Lester escaped from Ohio State Prison after transfer from Atlanta federal prison where he served ten months for robbing the mails. Officers seek the mysterious "Jack" mystery while New remains silent.
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Raleigh
Jack
United States
Union Depot
William H. New
Frank Lester
Danville
Ohio State Prison
Atlanta
New
Mar
Stack
George Frank Brazemore
Supreme Court
Greene County
Gordon Yelverton
Yelverton
Farmville
Bazemore
Yeverton
Clarkson
Bennie Ellis
Carolina Power and Light Company
Ellie
New State School For the Blind
Hayes
Benton
Gates
Arrington
Insurance Company
Halifax
Bryant
Johnston
Gillis
Transit Corporation
New Trial
Ellis
Power and Light Company
Sanford
Lee
Griffin Mfg. Company
Bray
Chatham
State
Green
Gilliken
Norcom
Carteret
Affirmed
Royster Guano Company
Wilson
Pitt
Raynor
Waller Vs
Board Commissioners
Guilford County
North Carolina Railroad
Story
Guilford
Greenriver Manufacturing Company
Bell
Henderson
Angelo
Winston-Salem
Forsyth
Merchants Refuse To Pay City Tax Pending Test Case
The Retail Merchants Association in Raleigh votes to refuse the city’s special sales and privilege tax until a constitutional test case is made. Secretary J R Reitzel to corral all merchants for support, including nonmembers, as debate over the ordinance continues.
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Retail Merchants Association
J. R. Reitzel
Merchants Association
Army Officer Killed in Atlanta Auto Crash
Lieutenant Waldo Ickes aged 35 of the U S army was killed crossing Peachtree Place in Atlanta. A sedan struck him and the driver fled after muttering I have killed a man. Ickes, native of Cullman Alabama, served in the army finance section of the fourth corps area staff and is survived by a widow.
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Atlanta
Mar
Waldo §. Ickes
United States Army
Peachtree Place
Grady Hospital
Ickes
Cullman
Ala
Army Finance
Fourth Corps
Leopold Exonerated Of Blame In Jail Delivery
In Joliet Illinois on March 16 AP says Nathan F Leopold Jr was cleared of involvement in a May prison escape from the state penitentiary and related jail breaches and a plot to poison guards. Officials Green Kness and Walker conducted a stern interrogation before declaring him innocent.
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Joliet
Ill
Nathan F. Leopold
Sjr
Elmer J. Green
Frank L. Kness
John L. Walker
Leopold
Coslager
Bobby Franks
Many Unemployed Are Placed in New Jobs
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh reports more than 600 people found jobs in the past week, with 614 placed from 798 registrations and 766 help requests. Winston-Salem led with 138 placements, Wilmington 131, Salisbury 113, Asheville 92, Greensboro 85, Raleigh 52, and Jecky Mount 3. Most workers were men 462 to 152 women. unskilled labor totaled 401. Strong demand for labor is expected as spring begins.
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Salisbury
Asheville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Jecky Mount
Auto salesman bound over on false pretense charge
DeWitt Quattlebaum of High Point was bound over to Randolph superior court on a $500 bond after a preliminary hearing in Asheboro. He allegedly misrepresented the value of a car sold to J. C. Mulligan of Trinity. Trial is expected the first Monday in April.
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Asheboro
Mar
DeWitt Quattlebaum
High Point
J. C. Mulligan
Trinity
Randolph Superior Court
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Tonopar
Nev
Frank Horton, Jr
Leonard Traynor
Baskervile
Frank Bazemore
Judge Stack
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