North Carolina closes 70 day general assembly
North Carolina ended its 70th day session with a pay raise to $600 per session for legislators. The Gardner highway act raises gasoline tax to five cents and counties may cut property taxes. The assembly also passed an Australian ballot law and Rogers absentee ballot act to curb fraud. Republicans and Democrats praised each other as the session closed.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
General Assembly
Fountain
Graham
Assembly
Great Allied Chieftain Foch Dies at Home in Paris
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, famed World War I general and Allied commander, died at his Paris home at age 75 after prolonged illness. He will receive a national funeral, with doctors and officials confirming his passing as nations mourn the war hero who led forces to victory.
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Ferdinand Foch
France
Paris
Marshal Foch
Estern
Associated Press
Perhan
Two Die in Mysterious Chicago Slayings
Two men were killed in separate Chicago area slayings under puzzling circumstances. In Cicero near the Pony Inn in front of which assistant state's attorney William McWiggin was shot, William J. Vercoe aged 51 head of a fuel oil firm was shot in the back of the head after allegedly straying into a tough area. Police say one shot fired. Vercoe was in the Pony Inn cafe for unclear reasons.
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Chicago
Mar
Pony Inn
Cicero
William Mcwiggin
Cook County
William J. Vercoe
Vercoe
Fuel Oil Corporation
Apartment Invasion Leaves Sacco and Wife Dead
A group of gangsters attacked the apartment of Frank Sacco in Astoria Queens. Sacco a former convict and Rose his wife were shot to death as the killers fled in a car. Police say the killings stem from Sacco testimony in a prior gang shooting and he had been released from Sing Sing a month earlier.
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New York
Frank Sacco
Astoria
Queens
Rose
Sacco
Sing Sing
Missing Byrd expedition members found after crash
Larry Gould Bernt Balchen and Harold I June of the Byrd expedition were located after vanishing last Thursday in the Rockefeller mountains of Antarctica. A radio dispatch from Little America reported their plane was destroyed by severe ground winds, and Commander Byrd flew to aid their rescue.
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New York
Mar
Larry Gould
Bernt Balchen
Harold I
Rockefeller Mountains
Antarctica
Little America
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Byrd
Government Says Revolt About Over
Mexican forces tighten noose on rebel pockets as Calles reorganizes at Torreon for a northern drive to purge Chihuahua. Escobar's troops retreat toward Jimenez and Mazatlan while rebels claim strategic withdrawal to lure federals into decisive fight. Authorities accuse rebels of bank looting and plan extradition as ordinary criminals.
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Escalon
Jiminez
Escobar
Calles
Torreon
Jimenez
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
United States
Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Chihuahua
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Federal Generalissimo
McCue and Curry Lead as Tammany Leadership Contenders
New York report says Martin McCue and John F. Curry emerge as top candidates to replace George Olvany as Tammany Hall leader. A caucus is planned to name a successor before the executive committee meets to finalize Olvany's resignation. Mayor Walker and Former Governor Smith are noted figures in the unfolding leadership talks.
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New York
Martin C. McCue
John F. Curry
George W. Olvany
Braves
Olvany
McCue
Charlotte Pastor Leaves Congregation Over Lost Grip On God
Rev. Herbert F. Duncan, who vanished from Charlotte, reappeared in Atlanta and said a resignation letter explains his departure for spiritual reasons. Bishop E D Mouton voiced no suspicion of wrongdoing and left the matter to the Western North Carolina Conference. Duncan acknowledged a romance but said it did not cause his exit and planned to visit his father in Lake City, South Carolina.
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Charlotte
Herbert F. Duncan
Atlanta
E. D. Mouton
Duncan
Watson B. Duncan
Lake City
S. C
Prison forger recaptured after Kansas raid escape
United States officials plan to return Hays Van Gorder to Leavenworth after his recapture following an escape with C Van Esch. The two fled the federal prison March 2 using forged habeas corpus writs and court orders from Topeka. Van Gorder was caught in Milan Missouri while linked to a separate forgery case.
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Kansas City
Mar
United States
Hays van Gorder
Leavenworth
Kas
C. van Esch
van Gorder
van Esch
Milan
United States Circuit Court
Topeka
District Court
Cape Girardeau
Alton H. Skinner
Kansas
Carroll Divides High Court Fight
Raleigh March 20 The state supreme court upheld Wake county superior court in the state board of welfare versus Dr Robert S Carroll of Asheville in one instance and overruled it in another The board sought to revoke the physicians license to operate Highland hospital for immorality and neglect A demurrer that eliminated the hospital as a defendant was overruled The court also overruled defense that two unanswered questions should have gotten answers to Was Carroll guilty of gross immorality or gross neglect of patients Other opinions included Wellington Sears and Company versus Dire Awning and Tent Forsyth affirmed Redmond versus Norfolk Southern Railroad Wake dismissed Ham et al versus Norwood et al Green county affirmed
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Raleigh
Mar
State Supreme Court
Wake County Superior Court
State Board of Welfare
Robert S. Carroll
Asheville
Highland Hospital
Superior Court
Carroll
Supreme Court
Dr. Carroll
Wellington Sears and Company
Dire Awning and Tent Company
Forsyth
Mary D. Redmond
Elihu Root Heads Home From Geneva Mission
Geneva dispatch reports Elihu Root will leave Paris aboard the Ile de France on April 10 to return to the United States. The international commission of jurists, which sought U S adhesion to the world court, adjourned last night after work on the plan paused.
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Elihu Root
U. S
Geneva
Mar
Paris
United States
Ile de France
International Commission of Jurists
Capone Arrives in Chicago for Grand Jury Questioning
Chicago March 20 AP Scarface Al Capone appeared suddenly in the United States district attorney’s office minutes before his scheduled grand jury appearance. The Chicago gang leader wore a bright blue suit and refused to speak to reporters while guards watched. He said he came to Chicago from Miami alone and did not bring any gang members.
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Chicago
Scarface
Capone
United States District Attorney’s
District Attorney's Office
United States
Marsha
District Attorney’s Office
Miami
Fla
Mississippi Approaches Levees as River Rises to 19.6 Feet
The Mississippi River neared the top of its levees filling to 19.6 feet, the highest since 1916, with crest expected today near 22 feet. Officials warned levees could fail if rain or strong winds hit, while seepage and cracks prompted sandbagging and pump efforts along the riverfront.
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Quincy
Ill
Mississippi
Mrs Sawyer to Stand Trial for Husband’s Death
Elizabeth City North Carolina March 20 Mrs Rogerson Sawyer admitted she handed a pistol to her husband when he threatened self destruction during a quarrel. She faces June trial on moral responsibility charges after grand jury issued a true bill. Ernest Sawyer then clerk of superior court killed himself December 7 following the quarrel.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Rogerson Sawyer
Ernest Sawyer
Superior Court
Danubes Worst Flood Since 1872 Drives Thousands From Homes
Thousands of families along the Danube lose homes cattle and belongings as floods from the Danube and tributaries surge past Bratislava and other towns. Artillerymen and engineers blast 40 foot ice barriers with mortars howitzers and explosives to breach the ice and restore passage. The detonations recall wartime memories for residents.
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Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Danube
Washington Dry Cleanup In Prospect
Washington leaders center on padlocking measures ordered by Edwin D. Hesse the retiring police superintendent to curb liquor sales. U S Attorney Leo Rover notes districts must prove continuous violations to justify closures while White House officials clarify the move is a police administrative step not tied to broader Hoover era enforcement drives.
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Washington
Mar
United States
Edwin D. Hesse
District of Columbia
Leo A. Rover
Hoover
White House
Hyde Asked To Talk On Farm Relief
Rep Dickinson urged Secretary Hyde be summoned before the House agriculture committee to explain President Hoover's farm relief views. Dickinson said early access would help committee deliberations before Hoover's message to Congress. The president offered no public explanation before the message is read.
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Dickinson
Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture
House Committee
Washington
Mar
Republican
Iowa
Hyde
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Senate
House
Mr. Hoover
Award contract for Oteen construction in North Carolina
The veterans bureau awarded a $455,850 contract to W. P. Rose company of Goldsboro for hospital additions at Oteen N C. The work includes two ward buildings a nurses quarters a dining hall two officers quarters wrecking of four old buildings and laying out roads walks and drainage and will start in 10 or 12 days.
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Washington
Mar
Veterans Bureau Today
Oteen
N. C
W. P. Rose Company
Goldsboro
Pacific-Mexico City Airmail Line Planned
A 48 hour airmail service between Pacific coast cities and Mexico City will start within six weeks. Milo Frank of New York City, head of the financier syndicate awarded the Mexican government contract, announced the plan.
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Mexico City
Los Angeles
Mar
Pacific Coast Cities
Milo Frank
New York City
Financiers
Elizabethton Mills Seek To Resume Work Under Guard
Sheriff deputies and two National Guard companies guard the two rayon mills in Elizabethton Tennessee as officials seek to resume operations after a week long strike. About 6 506 workers were affected while labor leaders say a textile union now has 1000 members and demands up to 30 percent wage increases.
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Elizabethton Mills
Companies
National Guard
Elizabethton
Tenn
TR Wenn Obama
Ota Bed
Prairie
American Glanzstaff Corporation
American Bemberg
J. W. Moreland
Arthur Mothwurf
Textile Workers Union
W. Frank Solomon
Rehabilitation Work Started
Rehabilitation efforts began in Alabama Georgia and Florida as flood relief groups including the Red Cross the coast guard and the Public Health Service coordinate aid. Residents in Elba and Geneva Alabama return to salvage and repair with 24 hours of food and water while inoculated against disease.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Red Cross
United States Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Elba
Geneva
Ala
Seventeen Die in Headon Train Crash Near Parry Sound
Seventeen persons are dead and five seriously injured after a head-on collision between two Canadian National trains at Drocourt near Parry Sound Ontario early today. The official statement was released by the general manager of the central division.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadian National Railway
Drocourt
Parry Sound
Central Division
Three Appointees Take Over Duties In State Agencies
Governor Gardner swore in three new appointees R A Coughton as highway commission chair A J Maxwell as revenue commissioner and M Bailey as corporation commissioner. Chief Justice Stacy administered the oaths as Doughton assumed acting duties once held by A S Hanes. Gardner praised Hanes for cutting department overhead by $165000 in two months.
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Gardner
R. A. Coughton
Highway Commission
A. J. Maxwell
Revenue
M. Bailey
Maxwell
Corporation Commission
W. P. Stacy
Doughton
A. S. Hanes
Winston-Salem
Frank Page
North Carolina
Hanes
Concerns Rise Over Modified Root Formula for World Court
Washington reports that support for the modified Root formula guiding American adherence to the world court is causing unease in Capitol circles. Opponents from the earlier debate fear renewed conflict could block U S entry, suggesting delaying action until the December session to gauge international positions.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
Congress
League of Nations
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Mabel Normand and Lew Cody Stricken in Beverly Hills
Mabel Normand and her husband Lew Cody are critically ill in Beverly Hills California. Normand battles tuberculosis with fever around 102 degrees as she remains unaware of Cody's condition and both fight serious illness in separate strands of the same crisis.
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Mabel Normand
Cody
Beverly Hills
Cal
Lew Cody
Miss Normand
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