Tornado Toll Mounts Across Missouri and Arkansas
Parts of Missouri and Arkansas were struck by violent tornadoes and high winds leaving numerous dead and many injured. At Green Forest Arkansas twelve dead were reported with others dying in Eureka Springs and Denver. Kansas Missouri towns also suffered property damage and fires after the storms. Special trains carried doctors nurses and supplies to aid victims while churches served as morgues and dressing stations.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mar
Green Forest
Eureka Springs
Joplin
Missouri
Arkansas
Denver
Here
Marshfield
Webster County
Howell
Oregon
John Jones
R. D. Galloway
Anna Norris
Jerry H. Jones
Susan Hulsey
Milton Norton
Rice
Woods
Moore
Polk Jones
Stacey
McKinney
Tornado Hits Green Forest Area Killing, Injuring Dozens
A hospital train from Green Forest brought 12 confirmed deaths and a report of up to nine more fatalities as a tornado leveled Denver and damaged Coin and surrounding farms. More than 50 injured and over $200,000 in losses include 150 homes and a dozen businesses destroyed.
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Bureka Perminth
ATK
Green Forest
Denver
Coin
R. D. Galloway
Susan Hulsey
Mcinney
Polk Jones
Fannie Norris
Woods
John Jones
Charles Jennings
Stacey
Opening of Tower on Mitchell set for May
Plans by the department of conservation and development call for the formal opening of the Mt. Mitchell state park stone tower in mid May. The tower serves as a public and forest lookout and was presented by Col. Charles J. Harris of Dillsboro. Construction began last summer and finished in the fall with a bronze tablet planned on the interior wall naming Harris as donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Charles J. Harris
Dillsboro
N. C
Sergeant at Arms Asked to Produce Ballot Boxes
The Senate Campaign Funds Committee ordered the sergeant at arms to go to Pennsylvania and seize ballots used in last November's senatorial election in four counties. David S. Barry, the sergeant at arms, must respond by 5 p.m. whether he can execute the committee's directives. The panel had debated its recess authority after filibustered moves to sustain the committee.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Pennsylvania
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
David S. Barry
Barry
Nationalist Forces Close on Nanking in March
Nationalist troops were reported within ten miles of Nanking as Kuomintang authorities claimed a Shanghai push from Sun Kiang had begun. Foreign sources did not confirm. The Shanghai general strike did not occur on schedule, with 22 000 unemployed as workers left jobs amid mounting military developments.
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Peking
Nanking
Kuomintang
Shanghai
Sunkiang
Robbed Continental Can Offices in Chicago Heist
Eight men armed with shotguns raided the Continental Can Company offices in Chicago today, took 12000 dollars, and escaped in an automobile. No shots were fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Continental Can Company
Pinedo Missing in Brazilian Jungles
Commander Francesco De Pinedo, Italy's premier long distance flyer, and crew of the Santa Maria are missing in the Brazilian jungles after a supposed hop toward Manos 1300 miles away. Aviation experts express no doubts about craft safety despite area uncertainty. The journey followed Roosevelt's river of doubt through swamps and dense vegetation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Francesco de Pinedo
Italy
Santa Maria
de Pinedo
San Luis de Casceres
Matto Gross
Brazil
Manos
di Pinedo
Theodore Roosevelt
Norman L Barnard Dies in Raleigh
Norman L. Barnard 75, a prominent western North Carolina farmer, died at his daughter Mrs Thomas Browne’s Raleigh home after heart disorders. He had been visiting, fell ill two weeks ago, and the body will be brought to Franklin for funeral services Saturday. Survived by several brothers, sons, and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Norman L. Barnard
North Carolina
Thomas Browne
Raleigh
Bandits Escape With 4000 From New Orleans Bank
Two armed bandits with sawed-off shotguns robbed the Gretna Bank and Trust Company branch in New Orleans area. They forced manager John S Bleu and a woman employee into the vault then seized 4000 dollars from the cash drawer. The incident occurred as the bank opened for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Metalrien Ridge
Gretna Bank and Trust Company
John S. Bleu
Case Settled On Tennessee Land Purchase For Parks
General J. A. Maloney told a joint conference that the injunction against Tennessee buying 75 000 acres for park use has largely failed and that the land for the Little River Lumber company was purchased and sent to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
J. A. Maloney
Tennessee Park Commission
North Carolina Park Commission
Great Smoky Mountains Holding Company, Inc
Tennessee
Little River Lumber Company
Washington
Million Increase In Taxes From Incomes Expected In North Carolina This Year
Federal income tax collections in North Carolina on March 15 totalled 84,230,000 and state income tax receipts 85,452,554.98, an official announcement said. The figures imply surplus potential for the fiscal year despite earlier unfavorable prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Raleigh
Mar
George Kergy Seeks City Council in Third Ward
George Kergy a machinist at High Point Machine Works and resident of 800 South Main filed his council bid with City Manager Pickett this morning. A former registrar and 1917 candidate, Kergy narrowly lost that race to Will Snow who won by 47 votes to 46 in the primary per longtime local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kerey
High Point
South Main Street
Pickett
Kercy
Will Snow
Rodney Snow
Mr. Snow
Mr. Kercy
Monk Haynes Leaves Trial Unfinished in Smithfield
Monk Haynes failed to appear as arguments were to be heard in Johnson county superior court on the charge of shooting Harry Baucom. A capias was issued and the jury was drawn. Haynes admitted shooting after Baucom felled him with brass knuckles and beat him. he said the fight occurred in a dark room and he fired into space. Three of four shots struck Baucom.
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Smithfield
Monk Haynes
Johnson County Superior Court
Harry Baucom
Capias
Haynes
Baucom
Charters Issued For New North Carolina Concerns
Daily filings list several new CHARters from the state secretary of state W N Everett. Mitchell and Anthony Inc Greensboro to operate a retail grocery with 25000 authorized capital and 7500 subscribed by local principals. La Mode Pencys Inc Hendersonville to run general merchandise with 25000 capital and 5000 subscribed. Ideal Ice and Storage Shelby 100000 capital with 1500 subscribed by local residents. W P Rose Builders Supply Aberdeen Goldsboro 25000 capital with 10000 subscribed. Jarrell and Trexler Lumber Granite Quarry 25000 capital with 409 subscribed. Burwell Dunn Drug Charlotte 300000 capital with 100000 subscribed. Civic Expositions Durham 100000 capital with 300 subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell and Anthony, Inc
Greensboro
B. H. Mitchell
H. C. Anthony
Stalla Mitchell
la Mode, Penny’s, Inc
Hendersonville
W. F. Penny
E. F. Penny
W. B. Penny
Ideal Ice and Storage Company
Shelby
Frost Torrence
L. M. Lattimore
A. L. Sudduth
Gastonia
W. P. Rose Builders’ Supply Company
Aberdeen
Goldsboro
W. P. Rose
J. E. Bryan
Z. A. Collins
Kinston
Jarrell and Trexler Lumber Company
A. L. Jarrell
Ora Mae
W. H. Wearn
Thomas J. Smith
Charlotte
Civic Expositions, Inc
Durham
F. Clyde Tuttle
Nancy Jones Tuttle
N. C. Bouzard
Dallas Dies
Samuel J. Dallas former national president of the Amateur Athletic Union died today in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Philadelphia
Samuel J. Dallas
The
Amateur Athletic Union
State income tax receipts may reach seven million
Raleigh reports that total state income tax collections for the current fiscal year are projected to reach between six and seven million dollars, with early estimates cheaper than past years. About four and a half million collected so far, and weekly totals run around two million, nine hundred thousand, and four hundred thousand respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Department of Revenue
Income Tax Department
Gilliam Grissom
Tom Jimison Fined $50 in Winston-Salem Case
Tom P. Jimison once a minister and mayoral candidate in Winston-Salem, now a Charlotte attorney, was fined 850 and costs in municipal court for violating the prohibition law. Gus Bell and T P McNulty also paid 50 each after arrests. Jimison appealed to superior court with bond set at 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Mar
Tom P. Jimison
Charlotte
T. W. Watson
Gus Bell
T. P. McNulty
Jimison
Varina Man Found Guilty in Spavinaw Slaying Case
Ben Schuh of Varina Iowa was found guilty by a Pryor Oklahoma jury of the murder of Leonard F. Greer a Spavinaw merchant. Schuh received a life sentence. Mrs Greer faces murder charges but has not stood trial.
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Pryor
Okla
Ben Schuh
Varina
Iowa
Leonard F. Greer
Spavinaw
Cotton Spinning Active in February
The census bureau reports February activity in cotton spinning remained strong. Total spindle hours reached 8,266,211,131 with an average of 222 per spindle, while 37,244,888 spindles were in place and 32,872,102 were active during the month. The average operating spindles were 39,781,564 at 106.8 percent capacity on a single shift, up from January.
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Washington
Mar
Census Bureau Monthly
Denial of Jugo Slavian Army Mobilization Report
The Jugo Slavian legation in London today denied reports from Italy that military forces were being heavily mobilized on the Italian and Albanian frontiers. Albanian circles offered no confirmation of the claim.
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London
Jugo
Giornale D Italia Links Belgrade Paris Pact To Balkan Tension
The Giornale D Italia in Rome says the Jugo Slavia war preps are politically based on an agreement between Belgrade and Paris aimed at sowing distrust of Italy in the Balkans and supplying a pretext for a policy of military buildup and provocation.
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Giornale D'Italia
Rome
Jugo Slavia
Belgrade
Paris
Italy
Balkans
Electric storm kills 50 Rhode Island Reds
During an electric storm in Winston Salem last night lightning struck the Delaware Ledford dairy near town killing about fifty Rhode Island Red chickens. The bolt tore off a corner of the fowl house and split a shovel handle.
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Winston-Salem
Mar
Ledford
Rhode Island
Kansas Mob Storms Jail In Attempt To Take Men
National guard and police faced a mob of over 1,500 in Coffeyville Kansas as they tried to free a man held in jail after an attack on two high school girls. Four men were arrested for looting a hardware store. Sheriff McCrab said other suspects were being questioned. City officials planned an investigation and a potential damage suit under Kansas mob law followed the incident.
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Coffeyville
Kas
National Guard
Smith
W. D. McCrab
Montgomery County
Humbolt
Kansas
Prohibition Agents Target Cape Fear River Trade
Cape Fear river pilots said a rum chaser spent all day yesterday inspecting small vessels entering the river from Lockwood's Folly. They think prohibition officers focus on illicit corn liquor from that area, while little whiskey is coming on foreign ships.
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Southport
N. C
Carolina
Uncle Sam
Cape Fear
Lockwood
Folly Inlet
Wilmington
Mar
Cape Fear River
Lockwood’s Folly
Prohibition
Lockwood's Folly
Prominent Yadkin Man Rufus E Holton Dies
Rufus E Holton 78 longtime clerk of Yadkin County Superior Court died suddenly at his Yadkinville home. He had heart trouble recently but was active minutes before death. Survived by brother A E K Holton Winston Salem and three sons A E Holton Rev Edgar A Holton and Charles L Holton and two daughters Florence and Mrs J L Crater.
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Winston-Salem
Mar
Rufus E. Holton
Yadkin County
Republican State Executive Committee
United States
A. E. Holton
Yadkinville
Bank of Yadkin
Edgar A. Holton
Winston Salem
Southern Province
Moravian Church
Charles L. Holton
Tallahassee
Fla
Florence Holton
Harmony High School
Iredell County
J. L. Crater
Aviator De Pinedo Missing After Four-Continent Flight
Rio Janeiro March 19 AP reports Commander Francesco De Pinedo has been missing more than 40 hours after departing San Luiz De Caceres Thursday afternoon pursuing a four-continent flight across Brazilian jungles toward the Amazon. Telegraph service offered no updates at 10 am as storms disrupt Matto Grosso communications.
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Rio Janiero
Francesco de Pinedo
San Luiz de Caceres
Amazon River
Matto Grosso
Bandits Fail Robbery At ProvIdent Savings Bank
In Baltimore on March 19 three men attempted to rob the Provident Savings Bank branch on East Monument Street. One robber fired on two employees as the others fled in a waiting car. Cashier Robert McNally Jr. was shot in the face and manager Damon Gaskin in the side. both were taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Only one robber entered the bank during the incident.
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Baltimore
Provident Savings Bank
East Monument Street
Robert McNally, Jr
Damon Gaskin
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ford railroad consolidation disapproved by ICC
Washington March 18 Inter state Commerce Commission rejected Henry Ford plans to merge Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad properties into one new corporation. The ruling blocks Ford from creating a single holding entity for the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit, Toledo and
Ironton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Riot in Coffeyville as mob attacks jail over alleged assault
A mob of more than a thousand stormed Coffeyville Kansas jail after reports of an attack by three black men on two white girls. National Guard troops patrolled the streets as fights and sporadic gunfire broke out. Two bystander injuries noted, with arrests as guards restored order.
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Preble
Yangsze
Wuhu
Washington, Mech
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth
Department of Justice
Wilson
Fort Worth
Cook
Circuit Court of Appeals
Zweifel
China
James B. Montague
Montague
Whangpoo River
Devil Dogs
Richmond
Mitchell
George Kergy
W. N. Everett
Tom Jimison
At Tack
Severa
Sporadi
William Waddle
R. C. Walton
Vanges
Garvin Hardin
Broters
Iola
Yates Center
Kansas National Guar
Severslrouths
Rabel Liggins
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