McBride Attacks Wets at Dry Law Hearing
F Scott McBride of the anti saloon league challenged wets at a House judiciary committee hearing saying they failed to prove the 18th amendment failed or show a repeal plan He argued prohibition is here to stay and cited administration efforts for enforcement and public support while dismissing repeal as driven by alcohol evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Eri. C. Drury
Ontario
John J. Wentz
American Insurance Union
McBride
House Judiciary Committee
Friends of Prohibition
League
Congress
Hoover
Prohibition
Association Against the
Mine Explosion Kills Twelve in West Virginia Coalfield
In Arnettsville Crown Coal Yukon mine 12 miners died after an early morning blast officials attribute to gas. Nineteen men were underground. seven escaped when power failed and learned of the explosion later. Rescue crews found a 12th victim, Hilliard Nelson, among the buried. six bodies were removed and identified.
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Arnettsville
W. Va
Yukon
Crown Coal Company
United States Bureau of Mines
State Mines Department
Hilliard Nelson
Livingston
J. N. Casteel
Charles Jacobs
Henry Willis
William Thompson
JL. H. Harvey
J. Lewis Evans
Johnstown
J. M. Cook
Imperial Coal Corporation
Crown Company
Security Pact Revival Hints at Easing Naval Deadlock
London reports say Prime Minister MacDonald and Secretary Stimson discussed a possible security pact with France to ease Franco Italian stalemate at the naval conference. Britain may offer a consultative pact while the United States remains unwilling to commit beyond consultation.
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London
Stimson
MacDonald
House of Commons
Great
Britain
France
Hoover
Great Britain
Briand
Paris
United States
Owner Uses Plane To Come For Dog Stolen At Raleigh
Thomas H. Michiel of Patterson New Jersey sought his setter missing from his car parked in Raleigh overnight. He offered $500 for the dog and planned to fly in to recover it if weather allowed. Cape G. Spikes, a garage mechanic, was arrested on larceny charges after the dog was found at a Wake County farmer's home with a $300 bond.
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Raleigh
Thomas H. Michiel
Patterson
N. J
Cape. G
Spikes
Wake County
Shipbuilding Race Aims for Fastest Steamship Honors
Four nations vie to outpace Germany in a historic shipbuilding race to claim the title of fastest steamship afloat. The contest was foreseen to showcase speed and national prestige.
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New York
Germany
Europa Sets Atlantic Speed Record For Cherbourg To New York
The North German Lloyd liner Europa established a record Cherbourg breakwater to Ambrose Channel lightship en route to New York harbor, averaging 27.91 knots with a top 29.01 knots. Bremen previously held the speed crown. rivals in Britain France Italy plan faster superliners. Europa weighs 48 746 tons. Bremen 61 656 tons. Europa to sail return voyage Friday night.
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Germany
Europa
Cherbourg
Ambrose Channel
New York Harbor
Riichettering
Bremen
Mauretania
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Cunard Line
St. Naraire
Navigazione Generale Italiana
Lloyd Sabaudo
Freezing Weather Hits Southern States in Spring
The south faced a cold wave as winds raged across several states. Frost was forecast in parts of Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia and South Carolina with fruit growers fearing damage to budding peach plum and pear trees. Snow touched Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina and Georgia while hurricane winds persisted along the coast to Hatteras.
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Atlanta
Trouisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
F. von Herrmann
United States Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Hatteras
von Herrmann
Communist Siege Lifted Frees Eleven Missionaries
A Shanghai cable reports that 11 American priests at Khanchow Kansi were freed as the communist siege was lifted. All were alive and well.
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Rome
Mar
the Propagation of the Faith
Missionary Organization of the
Roman Catholic Church
Shanghai
Khanchow
Kansi
Engineers Meeting Opens at State College Raleigh
The North Carolina section of the American Institute of Electric Engineers began a one day spring session at State College Raleigh with addresses by Dr Joseph Sleplan of Westinghouse and H G MacDonald of the same firm. An informal dinner followed with Prof Harold B Smith to present an illustrated lecture on the quest of the unknown.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
American Institute of Electric Engineers
Joseph Sleplan
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Wmast
Pittsburgh
H. G. MacDonald
Return of Spring Faces Snowbound Midwest Foes
CHICAGO March 26 Winter fades but pockets of snow and cold linger across the Midwest. Snow and sleet hamper travel as cities clear impassable streets and suburban service resumes. Great Lakes shipping halts while Chicago and Milwaukee report slow recovery and Ohio endures sleet and blizzard conditions with forecasters predicting further wintry weather.
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Chicago
Mar
Midwest
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Ohio
Toledo
Baptist Growth Highlighted At North Carolina Centennial
The centennial sessions of the Baptist State convention in Greenville North Carolina mark a remarkable growth in numbers and strength over a century. Rev Walter Gilmore presented figures and Dr William Louis Poteat spoke on Baptist schools leaders. Afternoon activities focus on evangelism and youth training with a noon Thursday close and a sermon by Dr T Vann of Raleigh to cap the day.
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Greenvilld
N. C
North Carolina
Walter Gilmore
Baptist State Convention
Gilmore
William Louis Poteat
Wake Forest College
Girls Hurt When His Car Wrecked in Guilford Suits
Greesboro March 26 Joe Stevens a Greensboro man was named defendant in three suits in Guilford superior court by Grace Landreth Margaret Haynes and Mary Cybrunski seeking damages totaling 15100 for personal injuries from an February 2 crash when his automobile collided with another car during a ride.
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Greensboro
Mar
Joe Stevens
Guilford Superior Court
Stevens
Grace Landreth
Margaret Haynes
Mary Cybrunski
Mountaineers Turned Millworkers Blamed for Strikes
James Myers of New York told the eighteenth annual conference of southern mountain school workers in Knorville that recent southern textile labor troubles may be blamed in part on the mountaineer turned mill worker. He cited bad mill management as the main cause and noted the conference drew attendees from the Carolinas Kentucky Virginia Tennessee and Georgia.
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Knorville
Tenn
James Myers
New York
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Carolinas
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
Myers
Southern Earnings Off New York March 26 Report
Southern Railways reports February net operating income of $1,015,508, down from $1,924,969 for February 1929.
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Southern
New York
Southern Railways Today
Democratic Victory Seen Echoing Across West and East
Chairman Jouett Shouse of the national Democratic Executive Committee said the Kansas City mayoralty win shows the swing against the Republican administration is as strong in the western states as in the eastern states. He spoke in Washington on March 26 after the election results were announced.
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Ashington
Hairman Jouett Shouse
National Democratic Executive Committee
Kansas City
Fourteen Civil Appeals to Be Heard by State Supreme Court
The state supreme court will hear fourteen civil appeals from the eleventh judicial district next Tuesday. The cases span various civil matters, with arguments scheduled to proceed in the high court.
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Aleigh
Mar
Eleventh Judicial District
State Supreme Court
President Hoover Signs Deficiency Bill For Farm Board Funds
President Hoover signed a deficiency bill totaling 169.5 million dollars. Of this amount 100 million dollars is immediately available to the federal farm board. The action was announced in Washington on March 26.
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Ashington
Mar
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Buffalo murder trial twist in witch tale court drama
In Buffalo on March 26 Nancy Bowen a Cayuga woman testified she killed the white witch of Buffalo. Henri Marchand is on trial with instructions from Tila Jimerson a Seneca woman accused in the artist's wife murder case.
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Uffalo
N. Y
Nancy Bowen
Buffalo
Henri Marchand
Tila Jimerson
Driver Killed When Train Struck Tank Truck
CHARLOTTE March 26. W M Baker truck driver was killed instantly when a freight engine crashed into the side of his tank truck. Dock Thornburg flagman riding the engine narrowly escaped death by jumping off before impact. Spectators said Baker may have been confused by another engine at the crossing. Fire department was summoned as gasoline spurted from the wreck but no fire started.
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Charlotte
Mar
W. M. Baker
Dock Thornburg
Baker
Storm Warnings On Atlantic Seaboard
Weather bureau issued storm advisories from Atlantic City to Cape Hatteras and from Atlantic City to Boston. A strong storm over the lake region is expected with gale force winds within 24 hours.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic City
Cape Hatteras
Boston
Lake
Democrats win back Kansas City in landslide
In the March 26 election Kansas City voters chose Bryce B. Smith as mayor by an unofficial 23 726 margin. Democrats swept eight council seats and two municipal judges, with Byron Spencer defeating Charles P. Woodbury for another council seat amid minor disruptions and ten arrests for alleged illegal voting.
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Kansas City
Mar
Democrats
Bryce B. Smith
Smith
George E. Kimball
Miller dies after fight at Raleigh home
James Miller of Freedom Pennsylvania died at Rex Hospital Raleigh at 9 30 this morning after a skull fracture from a March 14 fight at the home of Alice Stone alias Mrs Robert Lewis. Coroner Waring said a hammer or glass ash tray caused head injuries. six others were arrested and one charged with aiding escape.
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Raleigh
James Miller
Freedom
Robert Lewis
Alice Stone
Fast Raleigh
Rex Hospital
Miller
Uptown
Fisher
I. M. Waring
Brennan Smith
Waring
Grove City
Frank Hodges
Lexington
Aries Stone
Mavis Twisdale
F. C. Harris
Mae Redman
George M Sunday Held In Chicago On Statutory Charge
George M Sunday aged 88, son of Billy Sunday, was held by Chicago police for Los Angeles authorities who seek bond forfeiture and adultery. He attempted to dodge his identity by using an alias but was recognized and held for extradition papers.
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Chicago
George M. Sunday
Billy Sunday
Los Angeles
Calif
Sunday
Smith Leonard Johnson
Detective Bureau
North Carolina Insurance Agents Convene in May
The annual convention of the North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents will be held in Elizabeth City on May 21 and 22.
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Elizabeth City
Mar
The
North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents
Bank President Tries Dentisty Hobby Ends in Death
Elywin Bentley a 60 year old retired bank president died from a gunshot in his Springfield home. His brother Frank found Bentley in a bathrobe propped in a tub with a head wound. Bentley reportedly practiced dentistry on about 200 women without charging and faced prior charges in St Louis.
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Springfield
Elywin Bently
St. Louis
Frank C. Bentley
Bentley
Mildred
Loan sharks bleed Asheville workers with high interest
The Asheville Times reports Buncombe county industrial plants show wage earners pay thousands yearly to loan brokers with rates up to and beyond 29 percent. Workers earning 17 to 22 dollars weekly pay interest of one dollar weekly per ten borrowed, continuing for years. A 50 year old borrower says he took twenty dollars to bury his mother and has paid two dollars weekly in interest for four years.
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Asheville
Mar
Asheville Times Today
Buncombe County
Hoover Urged To Veto Tariff Bill
John E. Edgerton of the National Association of Manufacturers urged President Hoover to veto the tariff bill passed by the Senate if conference changes reduce administration flexibility below the 1922 law. He said farm and labor groups share this view and that the association favors the House version of flexibility. He warned that adopting the Senate provisions would be a backward step.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
John E. Edgerton
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
Edgerton
House
Boy is injured by golf club in Greensboro incident
In Greensboro on March 26 Holt Hermitage, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. C Holt Hermitage, was struck on the nose by a golf club while playing with a companion. His nose was broken and he remained under medical care today.
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Greensboro
Holt Hermitage
C. Holt Hermitage
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