Pact talk: three power naval agreement nears action
London dateline reports next week likely move on a limitation pact among United States Britain and Japan. If Japan accepts, France and Italy may be pressed to reveal parity positions while remaining powers draft terms and Japan pivot remains uncertain.
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London
Mar
Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Andrew Tardieu
Ramsay MacDonald
Guards Shoot Prison Escape Pair. Convict Slain
Four hours after Thomas Barnes and Lee Hudgens escaped Speigner prison, Barnes was found dead with a bullet to the heart at H Swaringen’s home in Montgomery. Hudgens fled in a car, believed to be armed, with the pistol used in the guards’ shooting in possession. Sheriff Scogin led county officers who engaged in a reported pistol battle, though details remained unverified.
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Thomas Barnes
Lee Hudgens
Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Speigner Prison
Barnes
Hudgens
H. ©. Swar
Ingen
Swaringen
B. J. Baitzer
J. D. Richardson
Soviet Congress Urges Moderation in Atheist Campaign
In Moscow on March 24 officials urged moderation in the anti religious drive. Speakers said religion cannot be eliminated overnight and warned against forcing churches to close or peasants to join the Godless League. Emelyan Yaroslavsky urged peaceful persuasion and scientific explanation, while Pope Pius was criticized for his stance.
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Moscow
Communist Party
All-Union Congress of Atheists
Congress
Russia
League of the Godless
Emelyan Yaroslavsky
Society of Militant Atheists
Pope Pius
St. Peter's
Republican Chairmanship in Mortgage to Union Carbide Probe
Senate lobby committee ties 836100 from Union Carbide to Huston and the Tennessee River Improvement Association in Muscle Shoals talks. Testimony shows Moore bought stocks with funds at Huston’s direction after earlier denial. Haggerson confirms company funded maps and data for surveys and Cyanamid bid support.
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Republican National Committee
Union Carbide Company
Senate Lobby Committee
W. KK. Moore
Huston
Charles A. Kricks
Blyth and Bonner
Carbide Company
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Musele Shoals
Improvement Assolation
Association
Union Carbide
Tennessee River
The
Improvement Association
Haggerson
County Ballot Rules for June Primary Ordered
Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt ruled that separate ballots are required for county tickets in the June primary while United States senator, congress, and general state offices may share a ballot or be split across up to three ballots. Township tickets were not addressed.
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Raleigh
State Board of Elections
Dennis G. Brummitt
Mr. Brummitt
J. Crawford Biggs
State Board
Brummitt
United States
Congress
Moss Improves at Rex Hospital In Raleigh
Manly Moss of Youngsville once linked with North Carolina State College and in poor health for months was reported slightly better at Rex Hospital in Raleigh today after several days of serious illness.
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Moss
Raleigh
Mar
Manly Moss
Youngsville
N. C. State College
Rex Hospital
Hogan Pleads for Doheny Acquittal
Justice William Hitz announced the trial of Edward L. Doheny on bribery charges would go to the jury. Frank Hogan urged Doheny’s acquittal, portraying the $100,000 payment to Albert B. Fall as a loan to an old friend in need.
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Washington
Mar
William Hitz
Edward EL. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Cabinet
Edward L. Doheny
Frank Hogan
Doheny
Hogan
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Elk Hills
Harding
Edward L. Doheny, Jr
Young Doheny
King's Mountain Commemoration Sought by Landers
Lieutenant Colonel Howard L. Landers, head of military parks, urged preservation of Fort Williams in Alabama and called for commemoration of King's Mountain and Kenesaw Mountain, not yet on the major memorial list, before the House Military Affairs Committee.
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Washington, Mar
Howard L. Landers
House Military Affairs Committee
Fort Williams
Alabama
King’s Mountain
Kenesaw Mountain
Taft Estate Valued At 475000 In Probate Petition
A probate petition for the will of former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft shows an estate valued at 475000. The filing confirms Taft's estate before his death included this amount in assets and property.
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Washington
Mar
William Howard Taft
Additional Time Given Dry Backers
The united dry forces of America will press their defense of national prohibition as the house judiciary committee resumes hearings on repealing the eighteenth amendment. Prohibitionists seek extra time, with sessions set for Wednesday and Thursday each week. Witnesses to be presented include Professor Irving Fisher of Yale and Rev. Clarence True Wilson of the Methodist board, with Fisher’s appearance debated but allowed as record could be read. Rebuttal testimony is planned for two days.
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Washington
Mar
United Dry Forces of America
House Judiciary Committees
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Clarence True Wilson
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fisher
Graham
Economst
Wilson
Protection asked at Elizabethton
Labor union leaders in Elizabethton telegraphed Governor Horton after a shot was fired and a tear gas bomb hurled through a union hall window during a United Textile Workers meeting. The telegram named Paul J. Aymon Paul W. Fuller and J Clyde Donnelly and urged government intervention for protection and an investigation by Commissioner James M. Southall.
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Nashville
Tenn
Elizabethton
Henry H. Horton
Paul J. Aymon
Tennessee Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Paul W. Fuller
American Federation
J. Clyde Donnelly
United Textile Workers of America
United Textile Workers
Clay Wilson
James M. Southall
Commissioner of
Labor
Aderholt Case Docketed by North Carolina Supreme Court
Raleigh March 21 The Aderholt case from Mecklenburg County is docketed as No 456 by the state supreme court and will be first when the 14th district appeals are heard April 22. The appeal involves Fred Erwin Beal W M Mc Ginnis Louis McLaughlin George Carter Joseph Harrison K W Hendricks Clarence Miller and others from convictions in Mecklenburg Superior Court for the killing of Chief O F Aderholt in Gastonia during disorders tied to a communist textile strike. Records will run 400 to 509 pages and will not be available for about a week.
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Raleigh
Mar
Aderholt
Mecklenburg County
State Supreme Court
14Th District
Fred Erwin Beal
Louis McLaughlin
George Carter
Joseph Harrison
K. W. Hendricks
Clarence Miller
Mecklenburg Superior Court
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Edward Seawell
Kentucky Legislature Closes After Censure of Governor
Democratic led Kentucky General Assembly ends a stormy sixty day session with a resolution of censure against Republican Governor Flem D. Sampson. Lawmakers override all gubernatorial vetoes and enact bills dismissing the highway and textbook commissions amid charges of appointment fraud.
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Frankfort
Kentucky General Assembly
Flem DD. Sampson
Senate
Highway Commission
Congress Is Asked To Alleviate Unemployment
Washington March 21 Two witnesses urged the senate unemployment committee to act immediately to ease national joblessness. Dr John P Andrews of the American Association of Labor Legislation called for long range planning for industry and criticized the lack of an adequate permanent government agency. Frances Perkins NY industrial commissioner said New York unemployment rivals 1914 and charity appeals rose 200 percent in six months.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Senate
John P. Andrews
American Association of Labor Legislation
Frances Perkins
New York State
New York
Andrews
Carolina Bank Wins First Road Bond Bid in South Carolina
The South Carolina National Bank won the first 10,069,000 block of the 65,000,000 state highway bond issue with a 4.31 percent effective rate after a 235,976 premium on 10 million. Bid met no special litigation qualifications. Delivery promised within 30 days per governor's terms.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina National Bank
South Carolina
Richland County
Record crowd attends North Carolina education meeting
Raleigh March 21 With school children demonstrating creative youth and child centered schooling the North Carolina Education Association opened its annual meeting. Dr Harold Rugg of Teachers College Columbia University was the principal speaker showing contrasts between standardized and creative teaching methods while demonstrations from first grade to high school filled Hugh Morson High School auditorium record crowds noted officials
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina Education Association
Harold Rugg
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Hugh Morsons
Dr. Rugg
Capone Surrenders To Chicago Police
Al Capone surrendered to Chicago police and met with Chief of Detectives Stege shortly before 2 pm. The gang leader came in with attorney Thomas D Nash who said Capone was willing to talk if he would not be jailed.
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Chicago
Scarface
al Capone
Stege
Thomas D. Nash
Nash
Steve Capone
Balfours Bachelorhood Traced To Fiancee Death
London dispatch reports Lord Balfour remained a lifelong bachelor after his fiancée Miss Lyttleton died suddenly before their engagement was sealed. The Daily Mail cites a friend and notes his later remark about how marriage would have changed his life. His body was moved from Woking to Scotland for burial with services planned near Whittengehame.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Lord Balfour
the Mail
Balfour
Mail
Woking
Surrey
Gerald Balfour
Scotland
Fast Linton
Whittengehame
Four Buildings Burned in Stovall Fire near Oxford
A morning blaze in Stovall nine miles north of Oxford destroyed four store buildings including the post office and Richard T. Gregory grocery. Five upstairs apartments and several mercantile stock were lost. Loss is estimated around $30,000 with Gregory carrying about $2,000 insurance. Local Oxford fire trucks aided to prevent spread.
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Oxford
Mar
Stovall
Richard T. Gregory
Wilkinson Waives Preliminary Hearing in Bank Case
In Charlotte on March 21 W D Wilkinson former president of the defunct Continental Trust waived preliminary hearing in city police court. Judge Currie continued his $5 000 bond and the case moves to Mecklenburg superior court for probable trial at a special term in a few weeks. John Mitchell state bank examiner filed charges. Wilkinson was arrested Wednesday afternoon.
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Charlotte
Mar
W. D. Wilkinson
Continental Trust Company
E. McA. Currie
Wilkinson
Mecklenburg Superior Court
John Mitchell
Raleigh
State Bank Examiner
North Carolina Governor Gardner to turn 48 tomorrow
Gov. O Max Gardner will be 48 on March 22 but will not be in Raleigh as he attends a meeting of the council of governors executive committee in Annapolis Maryland. His wife, Mrs. Gardner, said he will be away tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Mar
Max Gardner
Annapolis
Council of Governors
Oil and Gas Tariff Fails in Senate Again
The Senate rejected a 40 cent per barrel crude oil and 20 percent ad valorem by products tariff for the fifth time by a 38 to 37 vote. Senator Pine’s proposal faced strong opposition with 9 Democrats backing and 45 Senators opposing, while Senator Ashurst faced rebuke from Vice President Curtis for heated remarks.
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Senate
Pine
Oklahoma
Thomas
Ashurst
Arizona
Arizonian
Curtis
House of Thieves
Young Man Ends Life in Quest for Thrill
Hunter Shepherd, 23, of Kings Mountain North Carolina, committed suicide in a pine grove near his home after writing a note stating he sought something thrilling and that life had been a failure. The burial was planned for today in Kings Mountain.
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Kings Mountain
N. C
Mar
Hunter Shepherd
Shepherd
Income Tax Receipts Show Progress Early in March
Treasury figures released from Washington show income tax receipts as of March 19 totaling 70.65 million dollars. The month’s total reached 384.85 million, up from the prior year’s comparable period though March 1929 exceeded one billion dollars. Officials say the jump stems from extra collections after the March 15 deadline and expect first quarter tax take near 550.0 million.
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Washington
The
Treasury
No Adjournment of Congress Before June 1
Senator Watson of Indiana announced that Congress cannot adjourn before June 1 under the most favorable conditions and proposed a week’s recess after the tariff bill passes. Senator Black of Alabama urged immediate Muscle Shoals action once the tariff is out of the way. Most weary members favored a seven day layoff after long debates.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Watson
Indiana
Senate Today
Black
Alabama
Senate
Nervs
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Meredith College
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