President Hoover Heads to Caribbean on Ten Day Vacation Trip
President Hoover sails from Old Point Comfort aboard the battleship Arizona for a 3,000 mile Caribbean voyage to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He is accompanied by Secretaries Hurley Wilbur, aides, the White House physician, and reporters. Mrs Hoover will visit Asheville, North Carolina, with their son Herbert Hoover Jr who is ill.
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U. S S
Arizona
Hoover
Porto Rico
Hampton Roads
Gulf Stream
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Capes
America
Virgin Islands
Washington
Langley Field
Navy
Fortress
Monroe
Hurley
Wilbur
Lawrence Richey
Joel Boone
White House
Russell Train
Campbell Hodges
Mark Sullivan
Forest Fires Rage In McDowell County
Forest fires raged in two McDowell County districts near Marion with no funds to fight them. Families backfire to save homes as smoke darkens the sky and flames advance slowly along a four mile front.
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Marion
N. C
McDowell County
Mayor Walker Silent Awaiting Governor Roosevelt Decision
New York reports the mayor and Tammany Hall officials urged silence as Governor Roosevelt weighs charges against Mayor Walker. The New York Times notes restraint while the mayor, from Palm Springs, denies new charges echoing 1929 attacks and says he will not comment until returning to New York.
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Tammany Hall
Walker
New York
Roosevelt
New York Times
Tammany
New York American
Palm Springs
Calif
City Affairs Committee
The
Times
Ohio Woman Laughs Herself To Death
In Youngstown Ohio Mrs Ida Guazzie 43 died of heart failure after a bout of laughter during a party last night. She laughed for a period before collapsing and passing away.
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Ohio
Youngstown
Ida Guazzie
Unborn Child Applies to Attend Camp Session
Wilmington reports an application from an unborn child to attend the upcoming Citizens Military Training camp session. Major Franklin Kemble notes enlistments in the sixth district from Lumberton. The applicant’s date given is December 10, 1931, with ninth grade education. Davidson College to host baccalaureate sermon May 31 to June 2, by Dr John Timothy Stone of Chicago. High school at Salisbury robbed. Boyden High School safe cracked for 80 dollars after prior theft of 150. Eunice Faulkner to speak at the Junior Order Auxiliary state council meeting in Charlotte on April 29.
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Wilmington
Mar
Citizens
Franklin Kemble
Lumberton
Davidson
N. C
John Timothy Stone
Presbyterian Theological Seminary At
Chicago
Davidson College
Balisbury
Boyden High School
Meet Charlotte
Eunice R. Faulkener
Xenia
Ohio
State Council
Farmer Kills Wife Daughter and Self in Buchanan Ga
Tom Latham a 45 year old farmer killed his wife a five year old daughter and wounded three other children at their home near Buchanan Georgia before dying by suicide in a shocking domestic tragedy authorities said today the incident reportedly occurred this afternoon and left the community grieving and shaken.
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Buchanan, Ga
Mar
Tom Latham
Gardner says he did not seek appointive offices
Governor O Max Gardner stated he did not ask North Carolina's General Assembly to make any elective offices appointive. He noted a constitution rewriting commission may propose changes but he did not insist on converting the agriculture commissioner or other offices to appointive status. He aims for department reorganization and will rely on the constitutional commission rather than pushing his successor to appoint new officeholders.
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Gardner
Raleigh
Mar
Max Gardner
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Commissioner of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Constitutional Commission
Assembly
Assembly Rushes 10 Finish Work
Raleigh report outlines House actions as it kills the Day Cox bill to permit tax classification by constitutional amendment while Governor Gardner denies urging elective state officials. He says committees inserted reorganization provisions and the 1933 assembly will vote on relevant amendments. House speeds bills. Senate advances many local measures as the calendar committee is named.
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Raleigh
Mar
House
Department
Senate
Name Calendar Committee For End of Session
RALEIGH March 109 AP Heralding the final stretch of the 1931 session the house named a calendar committee to pass on the merits of all bills Edwards of Cleveland chairs with Johnston of Ashe Gay Parker and Cloud. The panel is to clear the calendar of important legislation before adjournment as the session nears its end. Three or four more weeks are expected to finish the school revenue and appropriation measures.
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Raleigh
House
Edwards
Cleveland
Johnston
Ashe
Gay
Parker
Cloud
Disappearance of Norma Shipman Prompts Wide Search
Brevard, Mar 19. Sheriff Patton promises startling new developments within 24 hours in the case of Norma Shipman, a 40 year old widow who vanished from her home 18 days ago. A south wide search targets two young men, Joe Bradley and Hoppy Brown, accused of abducting her with intent to rob her of money and valuables. A stained bag found at her home prompts chemist tests for blood, while details of her movements are traced to a brother in Seneca and a missing trip to St Petersburg.
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Brevard
Mar
Norma Shipman
Ed Patton
Shipman
St. Petersburg
Bradley
Brown
Buncombe County
Pickens County
South Carolina
Greensboro Men Indicted in Counterfeiting Case
J C Johnson of Greensboro and Chris Parker of Bessemer City are indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to dispose of counterfeit money. Secret Service agent Henry Thomas testified they offered $3,000 in counterfeit bills to Arthur Falls of Kings Mountain for $1,000, but whether real money changed hands remains undetermined.
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Shelby
J. C. Johnson
Greensboro
Chris Parker
Bessemer City
Henry Thomas
U. S
Secret Service
Johnson
Parker
Arthur Falls
Kings Mountain
Thomas
SOS From Unidentified Plane Picked Up At Sea Station
An SOS from an unidentified aircraft reported disabled and lost between Hong Kong and Manila. The message was picked up this morning at Mackay Radio in Saville Long Island. Signals faded quickly and no further contact was heard.
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Hongkong
Manila
Saville
Long Island
Mackay Radio Company
House Refuses Bill To Submit Constitutional Amendment To Voters
The North Carolina House rejected the Day Cox bill by a 62 to 41 vote to submit a constitutional amendment to voters. The measure would classify property for taxation and permit a severance tax on timber and mineral resources, with real property capped at 65 cents per $100 and a 12 percent severance tax cap. Proponents argued counties with timber and minerals should bear school costs and receive fire protection. opponents debated income tax limits and real property caps.
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Raleigh
House
Day- Cox
Representative Day and Onslow
Onslow
Day
General Assembly
Ewbank
Henderson
Finance Committee
Edwards
Cleveland
MacLean
Beaufort
Davis
Hyde
Young
Durham
Ervin
Burke
Cox of
Jackson
Three Italian Fliers Die In Seaplane Crash At Pisa
In Pisa Italy Colonel Umberto Maddalena famed for locating Italia survivors Lieutenant Fausto Cecconi and Mechanic-Sergeant Demonte were killed when their seaplane dived into the sea at 1500 feet offshore. Balbo and others witnessed the crash and Balbo heads to Pisa.
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Umberto Maddalena
Fausto Cecconi
Damonte
Pisa
Italy
Italia
Demonte
Maddalena
Cecconi
Italo Balbo
Filers
Rome
Giuseppe Damonte
General Balbo
Brazil
Grover Beard Named UNC Pharmacy Dean to Succeed Howell
Grover Beard was named dean of the University of North Carolina school of pharmacy succeeding the late Dean E Vernon Howell. Beard, president of the National Association of Pharmacy Schools and secretary of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, was chosen at a trustees meeting. The Carnegie Foundation supported library school will open at the university in September.
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Raleigh
Mar
Grover Beard
National Association of Pharmacy Schools
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy
Beard
E. Vernon Howell
Board of
Frank P. Graham
Carnegie Foundation
Brary School
Charlotte Man Found Dead in New York Hotel
Joseph A. C. Wadsworth, 43, a prominent Charlotte business leader and former president of Smith-Wadsworth Hardware, was found dead in bed with a head wound at the Hotel Pennsylvania. A revolver lay nearby. Wadsworth, registered as Joseph Wadsworth of 304 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, was a longtime figure in local commerce and civic affairs before his company went into receivership months earlier.
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Charlotte Man
New York
Joseph Wadsworth
North Tryon Street
Charlotte
N. C
Pennsylvania
Mar
Joseph A. C. Wadsworth
Smith-Wadsworth Hardware Company
Reorganization of Agriculture Dept. Measure Is Passed
RALEIGH March 19 The House passed the administration bill for a complete reorganization of the state department of agriculture The commissioner remains elective after an amendment removing appointment by the committee on reorganization The measure requires the state fair grounds to be operated or leased to a suitable operator and now goes to the senate
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Raleigh
Mar
House
State Department of Agriculture
Committee On Reorganization
Senate
Record Major Maddalena and Lieut ant Cecconi set endurance mark
Major Maddalena aged 31 and Lieutenant Cecconi established a non refueling endurance flight of 67 hours and 15 minutes in June. Maddalena, renowned for aiding in the Italia salvage near Spitzbergen in 1928, previously held a world distance record and planned a Rome to New York flight via the Azores.
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Maddalena
Cecconi
Italy
Umberto Nobile
Spitzbergen
Italia
United States
Rome
New York
Azores
Mrs Cam eron Undergoes Leg Amputation in Thomasville
THOMASVILLE March 19 Mrs J B Cameron of Montlieu avenue who has been ill for some time underwent a leg amputation this morning at City Memorial Hospital. Her condition remained serious this afternoon.
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Thomasville
J. B. Cameron
Montlieu Avenue
City Memorial Hospital
Rescue Efforts Reach Viking Survivors on Horse Island
Coast guard cutter General Green ordered to St Johns to aid Viking survivors stranded on Horse Island. Doctor Forsey and Imogene crew evacuate survivors to Sagona for transport to St Johns hospital. Six men aboard Lagona with pneumonia and gangrene exposed to cold. navigator Kennedy ill.
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Washington
Coast Guard
General Green
St. Johns
N. F
Horse Island
Viking
Doctor Forsey
Edward A. Dow
George Whitley
W. Kennedy
C. King
Harry Sargent
Probe launched into deaths of two men Sunday
Wilmington March 19 A New Hanover county grand jury under Judge Garland E. Midgette began a probe into the deaths following a gun battle near Wilmington last Sunday A coroner and Sheriff’s deputies were involved with Deputy A B Crews identified as the shooter in the fatal encounter that left mail truck driver Geno Roberts dead and Deputy W A Starling wounded The jury will assess whether the shooting followed lawful arrest procedures and if any errors occurred.
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Wilmington
Garland E. Midgette
New Hanover County
Roberts
A. B. Crews
Mrs. Herbert Hoover Plans Asheville Visit
Mrs Herbert Hoover will travel to Asheville North Carolina to visit her son Herbert Hoover Jr who is recovering after a long illness at a time of national private distress and public concern about his health and the president's family.
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Washington
Mar
Herbert Hoover
Ashe North Carolina
Herbert Hoover, Jr
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Farmer
N. A. Townsend
Day of Onslow
U.N.C. Pharmacy
Howell
of Agriculture Dept
Sealer
Ice-Cutter
Mrs. Herbert Hoover
Asheville
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