Prison riot at Stateville cell house F ends quickly
Joli et Illinois March 20 Prisoners in Stateville cell house F tried to mount a four riot and escape. The disturbance centered on breaking glass and loud taunting but yielded no escapes. All prisoners were locked in cells after a previous fire and a shake down removed hidden tools. Warden Hill and officials rushed to the scene but found no ongoing danger.
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Henry ©. Hill
Legislative Investigating Committee
Rodney H. Brandon
Bank Robbery at City National Bank and Trust Co
Eleven men locked ten employees and customers in a vault at the City National Bank and Trust Co on 70th and Woodland in Philadelphia. Five cars ferried the group who seized about $40,000 in cash while some robbers stood guard outside with shotguns. They ordered all present to stay silent and then fled the scene.
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Philadelphia
Mar
70Th
Woodland Avenue
City National Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina House rejects statewide primary repeal
Raleigh March 20 AP The lower house refused to abolish the state-wide primary, voting 66 to 26 against the measure. Debate centered on keeping for governor and top offices while allowing counties to retain local selections, with critics calling the primary a fraud and folly and opposing women’s suffrage.
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Raleigh
Mar
House
North Carolina
Neal
Ervin
Burke
Scarborough
Richmond
Democratic Party
Pri
Gar Wood Aims for Speed Records in Miss America IX
Miami Beach, March 20 AP Gar Wood piloted Miss America IX to two new two way speed records on a measured mile at Indian Creek. First run averaged 100.6 mph, second 101.156 mph, with best mile time 35.45 seconds at 101.553 mph. Official timer Odis Porter credited the marks as records and Wood planned a third run to attempt further records.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Gar Wood
Henry O. D. Segrave
England
Wood
Odis A. Porter
American Automobile Asociation
Tornadoes Kill Three in Oklahoma and Texas Oilfield
A severe storm swept Clinton Oklahoma and Desdemona Texas, killing three people in Clinton and injuring 20. Across the Desdemona oilfield about 20 derricks were toppled, a gasoline plant and a new school were damaged, and a school annex was destroyed. National Guard and Red Cross aided relief efforts with Capt George D Hanna directing guardsmen and Ed McClain overseeing relief work.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Clinton
Okla
Desdemona
Tex
National Guard
George D. Hanna
Ed McClain
Red Cross
A. W. Anderson
Louise Anderson
Charles Collins
Desdamona
West Texas
Rural Police Are Defendants In Suit
Marion J. Wallace, a farmer from Mecklenburg County, files a civil suit in Charlotte alleging two rural police officers Henry Moseley and John Dwyer searched his home without a warrant insulted him and negligently burned his barn on February 3. He seeks 2500 damages from the officers and their surety Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Henry Moseley
John Dwyer
Marion J. Wallace
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Wallace
Life Imprisonment Sought for 32 Stateville Riot Leaders
JOLIET ILL March 20 All 32 convicts named as major rioters in the Stateville prison uprising last Wednesday face possible life terms. Warden Henry C Hill said he will seek indictments from the grand jury for the ringleaders. Assult arson and larceny charges would be requested if convicted.
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Joliet
Ill
Mar
Stateville Prison
Henry C. Hill
Grand Jury
Grand
Jury probes deputy sheriff and mail truck death in Wilmington
The New Hanover county grand jury investigating a gun battle that killed deputy sheriff W. A. Starling and mail truck driver Lepp Roberts heard witnesses and was to rule today. Relatives seek indictments for Starling's four companions. The shooting followed Roberts reaching a barricade set to trap a rum runner. a coroner’s inquest called it a tragedy of errors with no blamable party.
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Wilmington
Mar
New Hanover County
Roberts
Dreiser Slaps Lewis At Public Dinner Feud Reaches Boiling Point
The Evening Post reports Theodore Dreiser slapped Sinclair Lewis at a reception honoring Boris Pilnyak in New York. The feud stems from alleged plagiarism involving Dreiser and Dorothy Thompson. Guests intervened after a second, decisive strike, leaving Lewis with a reddened cheek.
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Theodore Dreiser
Sinclair Lewis
New York
The
Evening Post
Boris Pilnyak
Post
Lewis
Sage
Miss Ione Cates Dies in Washington
Miss Ione Cates Alamance county native and ten year owner of University Cafeteria died in Washington last night Funeral services set for tomorrow near Swepsonville.
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Cates
Chapel Hill
Mar
Ione Cates
Alamance County
University
Washington
Swepsonville
Gastonia
Beatty
Alexis
Here
Doubt Prisoner Is Lost Millionaire Identified as Watch Repairer
WENTWORTH N C March 29 P Believed at first to be Thomas W Wentz missing Norristown Pa millionaire an aged man arrested near Mayfield yesterday was identified as A N Alexander an itinerant watch repairer Glenn Worsham deputy sheriff who arrested the man said there was no possibility that the man is Wentz He said descriptions of Wentz did not tally with the prisoner's appearance Two pistols were found in Alexander's possession and he is held on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
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Wentworth
N. C
Thomas W. Wentz
Norristown
Mayfield
A. N. Alexander
Glenn Worsham
Wentz
Alexander
Doubt Cast on Identity of Florida Fugitive in Wentworth
In Wentworth North Carolina police question whether a man held as Thomas H. Wentz of Norristown Pennsylvania is the missing Florida fugitive. A Philadelphia message listed Wentz at 45, while the prisoner here appears at least 60. The man, arrested near Mayfield, admitted Florida origins but gave no further details.
Rescue plane aids sealing ship Viking search off Newfoundland
Bernt Balchen leading an aerial relief mission from Boston to Newfoundland to find survivors of the Viking wreck. The effort aims to reach St Johns with fuel food and medical supplies as 28 still missing and 127 survivors accounted for after the sealer tragedy near Horse Island.
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Horse Island
Portsmouth
N. H
Bernt Balchen
Newfoundland
Portsmouth Aloweet Coast
Boston
Mar
Viking
Randy Enslow
Balchen
Enstow
Merion Cooper
New York
St. Johns
Lagona
Boothie
White Bay
Frissell
A. G. Penrod
Harry Sargent
Reapportionment Bill Introduced in North Carolina House
Raleigh dispatch reports Representative Gill of Scotland and colleagues introduced a bill to reapportion the state House seats. Mecklenburg and Guilford would gain four representatives each, Buncombe would gain three, while Nash Rockingham and New Hanover would each lose one seat to balance the count.
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Raleigh
Mar
House of Representatives
Gill
Scotland
House
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Buncombe
Nash
Rockingham
New Hanover
Masked Men Lock Cashier In Vault At Baileyton Bank
Two masked men robbed the Baileyton branch of Greene County Bank of about 1200 dollars and forced cashier H. A. Hughes to open the vault. He was found locked in the vault by a bank employee about half an hour later. The robbers were concealed in the bank during the crime.
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Baileyton, Tenn
Mar
Baileyton
Greene County Bank
H. A. Hughes
Opposition in North Carolina Senate to MacLean school law
Raleigh March 20 Members of the state senate plan a substitute state aid plan for public schools opposing the MacLean school law. A caucus heard a report on raising about 3.5 million dollars with new taxes without a sales tax, signaling a possible 10 million dollar equalizing fund. The Folger bill, amended by a house committee, passed second reading in the House after lengthy debate.
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Raleigh
Mar
State Senate
Senate
Fred Morrison
State Tax Commission
Senate Education Committee
Assembly
House
Norris Criticized As Worse Than Reds
Montgomery Ala March 20 W A Fraser national president of the Woodmen of the World spoke at a state encampment and said Senator Norris Nebraska was worse than the Russian Reds and sought to gain personal control of Muscle Shoals through government operation. Representative Ed Almon said the next Congress would pass a bill to run the power project despite a presidential veto Fraser opposed government operation of public utilities in criticizing Norris.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. A. Fraser
Woodmen of the World
Norris
Nebraska
Ed Almon
Alabama
Fraser
Indicted Asheville Man Named Defendant In Suit
A suit for 50000 dollars filed by the receiver of the closed First National Bank of Charlotte names L L Jenkins of Asheville as defendant. The complaint claims the loan of 50000 was secured by 225 shares of First National Bank Gas tonia stock and other Gastonia and Asheville holdings valued at 68575, with additional notes involving Ram sour and B J Ramsour also noted in related filings. The case marks a key step in settling First National Bank affairs with Jenkins already under indictment for banking law violations.
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Gastonia
National Realty Company
Arlington Mills
Haywood Realty Company
Asheville
Parkdale Mills, Inc
First National Bank of Charlotte
Jenkins
BBC
Ramsour
B. J. Ramsour
Lincoln County
Caldwell Indicted On Two Charges In Tennessee Bank Failure
Nashville March 20 Caldwell head of Caldwell and company in meat banking house now in receivership was indicted by the Davidson county grand jury on two counts for receiving deposits in an insolvent Bank of Tennessee. One deposit was 6500 from State Highway Commissioner Robert H Baker on October 28 1930 and the other 50000 from State Treasurer Sony Nolan on October 25. Each indictment alleges knowledge or belief of insolvency.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
Caldwell and Company
Davidson County Grands
Bank of Tennessee
Caldwell
Robert H. Baker
of True
Sony Nolan
Huge Sum Left To Flower Hospital By Wendel Estate
New York March 20 The New York Times reports Ella V von E We del wills estate valued near 100,000,000 divided into two parts with 35 shares destined for Flower Hospital. Backstory recalls a long family line and a surgeon mending a broken limb decades ago fueling continued support.
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Flower Hospital
Wendel Estate
New York
The
New York Times Today
Ella V. von E. Wedel
Times
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Philadelphia Bank
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Aage
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Rupert Hughes
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Dreiser
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Greensboro
National Bowling Congress
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