Bailey Denies Fraud Claims In North Carolina Contest
Senator Bailey of North Carolina dismissed George Pritchard's 42 county fraud allegations as general and insufficient to overturn the canvassed results. He argued the presumption of validity remains, noting his 58 county majority and overall state margin, and citing historical vote totals to support fair counting.
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Washington
Bailey
North Carolina
George M. Pritchard
Asheville
Senate Elections Committee
Pritchard
Foley
Hoover
Batley
Tiger Room notes tied to Alfred E. Smith campaign
New York March 21 AP A court hearing centers on a blanket note for 225000 signed by friends of Alfred E Smith to cover illegal campaign contributions. Mara and Kenny deny wrongdoing saying they signed to cover up funds and claimed they would never have to pay. Raskob denies the allegations as to the 1928 events.
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New York
Tiger Room
Alfred E. Smith
Supreme Court
John Ford
County Trust Company
Smith
Timothy J. Ma
Orie R. Kelly
Mara
Patrick F. Kenny
Yonkers
Kenny
John J. Raskob
William F. Kenny
West 23Rd Street
Raskob
The
James J. Riordan
Armistice Reached In Shanghai Amid Sudden Negotiations
China and Japan reach a temporary truce over Shanghai with a joint commission to draft peace terms. Japanese withdraw to the international settlement while Chinese forces hold west of the city, and a neutral panel to supervise withdrawal and administration.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Tine
International
Tokyo
Nanking
Rescue Party Search For Fawcett Delayed
Rio de Janeiro March 21 British embassy delayed the departure of a rescue party seeking Col. P H Fawcett missing seven years. Swiss hunter Stephan Rattin, who believes Fawcett is held by Indians, planned to begin today but was asked to wait for a government communication.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Col
P. H. Fawcett
Stephan Rattin
Col. Fawcett
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Mrs. Pickett Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Charge
Lola Pickett pleads not guilty in Davidson county superior court to poisoning her six year old daughter Elizabeth last September. Judge G Vernon Cowper orders a special venire for Wednesday. Pickett has been jailed since November 12 awaiting trial. Coroner's jury also notes older daughter Virginia died by poisoning in May, but charges pertain only to Elizabeth.
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Lexington
Mar
Lola Pickett
Davidson County Superior Court
Elizabeth
G. Vernon Cowper
J. A. Leonard
Died as predicted Hayes ends life after ten year wait
In Rock Island Illinois Case B J Hayes who was told ten years earlier he would live only ten more years died yesterday. He closed doors and windows in a bathroom, turned on a gas jet and shot himself, ending the long forecast.
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Rock Island, Til
Case B. J. Hayes
Hayes
North Wilkesboro Man Fatally Shot
In North Wilkesboro a quarrel between neighborhood children led to the fatal shooting of Jesse James Byers 27 of Gordon a North Wilkesboro suburb. Foster Smith shot Byers and surrendered to the sheriff after summoning aid for the wounded man. Byers died in a local hospital with Smith jailed.
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James Byers
Foster Smith
North Wilkesboro
Jesse James Byers
Gordon
Byers
Smith
W. B. Gomers
Spring Ushered In Far Northeast and Midwest With Snow and Gales
A bitter spring storm spread snow from the Atlantic Seaboard to beyond the Rockies and brought gale force winds. The blizzard blanketed Colorado and nearby areas, four people were reported missing in a car chase, and cities from Philadelphia to New York and Chicago faced snow, slick conditions, and delayed travel.
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Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
Rocky Mountains
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Los Angeles
Colorado Springs
Colo
Philadelphia
Delaware
Chicago
Loop
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
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Montreal
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Atlanta
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Rocky Mountain
Texas Panhandle
Lexington special term sets grand jury probe into sheriff shooting
A Lexington special term convened to probe the February 5 shooting of Sheriff James A. Leonard. George A. Younce and W. F. Brinkley faced bonds as the grand jury heard they drank with the sheriff and that Leonard claimed Wimmer forced his car off the road before an ensuing struggle led to the fatal shot. Wimmer, wounded, is a material witness. Koontz has been named solicitor.
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Lexington
James A. Leonard
George A. Younce
W. F. Brinkley
Democratic Executive Committee
Leonard
Younce
Brinkley
Neal Wimmer
Roanoke
E. F. Sullivan
Palatka
Fla
Wimmer
Sullivan
Lynchburg
Florida
Winston-Salem
Gardner
H. L. Koontz
Greensboro
Richard E. Lynch Dies at 63 in Detroit After Long Illness
Richard E. Lynch a famed varieties stage star of 30 years past dies in Detroit at age 63 following a long illness George M. Cohan credited him as the greatest clog dancer of all time in the era.
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Detroit
Richard E. Lynch
George M. Cohan
Lynch
Tax Talk From Santa Monica on Election Year
A letter from Will argues Congress may push taxes as high as 72 percent on certain incomes before the November election. He says the real crime is not the tax itself but how the money is spent, noting the public’s willingness to sacrifice if the benefits are clear.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Congress
Russia
Will
Lindbergh Baby Case Notes Spark Hoax and Mystery
Investigators in Hopewell New Jersey pursued two notes tied to carrier pigeons in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. One note proved a hoax the other could not be verified with authorities unsure of its origin or meaning.
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Hopewell
N. J
New Jersey
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
East Stroudsburg
Connecticut
United States
Second Kidnaper of Ohio Bey Is Jailed For Part In Crime
Warren Ohio March 21 John De Marko 30 of Youngstown the second man indicted in the James De Jute Jr kidnapping has pleaded guilty to harboring and concealing a kidnapped person and received one to 20 years in prison. He faced possible life for kidnapping with intent to extort but accepted the lesser charge. Dowell Hargraves already received a life sentence for his role in the abduction of the 11 year old seized March 2 and found three days later in a Youngstown area gambling house where he was guarded by Hargrave and De Marko. De Marco was not identified as an actual kidnapper.
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G. H. Birrell
Dowell Hargraves
J. Youngstown
Youngstown
Hargrave
de Marko
de Marco
Gastonia Man Found Dead At Home In Apparent Suicide
Gastonia March 21 Os car Stradley 55 was found shot to death at his home near here yesterday police said he had committed death by own action Stradley was a baking company employee.
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Gastonia
Mar
Oscar Stradley
Here
Stradley
Negro Church Praising God Not Raising Hell
Fayetteville aldermen report a local negro congregation worships God and remains orderly. The theological committee found the meeting quiet with drums and shouting but recommended keeping the drum site across the river.
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Fayetteville
Stedman Named Temporary Treasurer for Young Democrats
John P. Stedman North Carolina state treasurer was named temporary treasurer of the Young Democratic Clubs of America by Tyre C. Taylor president. Taylor said the appointment serves until national headquarters move to Washington. Temporary headquarters opened last week with Mrs. James L. Scott of Greensboro as executive secretary.
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Raleigh
Mar
John P. Stedman
North Carolina
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Tyre C. Taylor
Stedman
Taylor
Washington
National Democratic
James L. Scott
Greensboro
Bloody Sunday in border villages as Soviet troops accused of firing on women
Reports from Rumanian border villages say Soviet soldiers attacked churches and fired on villagers, including women, near Taslak and Buturaga. Eyewitness accounts claim fatalities and arrests, with a mutiny claim tied to the 282nd Infantry at the Bessarabian border.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Mar
Taslak
Kizani
Mihaiiteau
Buturaga
Ochlotlaga
Dneister
Romania
Senate Judiciary Panel Backs Gragg Nomination in NC
Washington March 21 AP reports the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a favorable report on Watt H. Gragg for U.S. Marshall of the Middle District of North Carolina, contingent on Senator Morrison's approval.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Plane wreckage found near Browns Island confirms crash
Parts of an airplane and about a dozen air mail sacks were found on the Ohio river bank at Browns Island five miles north of Steubenville. Authorities believe an east bound transcontinental Western Airlines mail plane, missing for ten hours, crashed into the river with its pilot and a female passenger aboard.
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Steubenville, CO
West Virginia
Ohio River
Browns Island
Here
Western Airlines
Aiken Announces Senate Candidacy in 25th District
Hickory attorney and Catawba county democratic executive committee chairman John W. Aiken announced his run for state senate from the 25th district. He spoke Mar. 21 asserting his plans to represent local interests in Raleigh.
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Hickory
Mar
John W. Aiken
Catawba County
Democratic Executive Committee
State Senate
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