Improvement in industry appears across the nation
A March 26 Associated Press report notes rising industrial activity and wage payments, with declines in emergency aid. Buick and U S Rubber expand production, Massachusetts reports February gains, and several states show renewed employment, while Red Cross and relief efforts ease.
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J. KR. Brackett
Associated Press
New York
Mar
Federal Reserve Board
Apple
Memphis
Tenn
Red Cross
South
United States Rubber Company
Detroit
Buick Motor Company
Flint
Mich
Utica
N. Y
New Orleans
Nashville
Clark Thread Company
Austell
To Farm Board Sam Thompson Above Farmer And
A brief note reports Sam Thompson, a farmer, appearing before a farm board. Details indicate a decision or action involving Thompson in relation to farming duties or land matters. Further specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Thompson
Farmer
Students Conduct New Demonstration In Madrid
Spanish republicans held new demonstrations in Madrid and Zaragoza after eleven universities were closed by order to curb uprisings. Several hundred women and students tried to march from the San Carlos district to the royal palace demanding King Alfonso abdicate and a republic. Police used rubber hoses and sabres to break up the procession. six to seven were injured and about ten arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Mar
Spain
Zaragoza
San Carlos
Royal
Alfonso
Amendment To Sales Tax Vote Tonight At 10
North Carolina lawmakers prepare to vote at 10 o'clock on an amendment to the sales tax plan. Representative Waynick opposes any tax, arguing it hurts the masses. Newman from New Hanover defends the original position, warning that a broad sales tax burdens the unrich and middle class. The debate centers on eliminating Article Five from the revenue bill and a proposed one per cent tax on gross sales with a license tax on wholesale merchandise.
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Ervin of Burke
Until & P
Ervin Saoleienn
Raleigh
Mar
Newman
New Hanover
MacLean
E‘valler
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pre-Easter Storm Hits Rocky Mountain Region Hard
A pre Easter storm swept the Rockies from Montana and Wyoming into Colorado and New Mexico. Widespread snow and high winds created drifts up to three miles from Cheyenne to Greeley. Subzero readings appeared in several miles of the storm path as rain hail and snow disrupted travel and threatened winter wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Henry ©. Hollenbeck
National Parks Airway
Spencer
Ida
Cheyenne
Wyo
Greeley
Nevada
Bankhead Denies Heflin Charges in Alabama Election
Senator John H Bankhead filed a general denial with the Senate Elections Committee against former Senator Heflin s charges of corruption fraud and irregularities in the last Alabama election Heflin who ran as an independent after being barred from the Democratic primary in 1928 also faced an Elections sub committee chaired by Senator Hastings Delaware to address the contest Post office plans were made to transport ballot boxes to Washington for review.
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Washington
Mar
Heflin
Alabama
Senate Elections Committee
John H. Bankhead
Hastings
Delaware
Post Office Department
Destroyer answers call of distress from El Capitan
The Buchana sailed from San Diego for Point Antonio, Lower California, in response to a distress call from the American freighter El Capitan of Southern Pacific Lines. El Capitan was en route from Los Angeles to Guaymas, Porto Rico.
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Washington, Mar
Navy Department
Buchana
San Diego
Point Antonio
Lower California
el Capitan
Southern Pacific Steamship Lines
Los Angeles
Guaymas
Porto Rico
Farmer deploys guards as tenants are jailed
Frank Avent a Nash County farmer stationed a justice of the peace at his store front and a deputy sheriff at the rear to deter theft of his tobacco. More than twenty African American tenants were marched through the scene. Avent and the official questioned the men and five were jailed after confessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
Mar
Frank Avent
Nash County
Avent
Nash wholesale grocery building destroyed by early morning fire
A March 26 fire in Monroe destroyed the Nash wholesale grocery building and damaged the Monroe opera house and S. B. Hart's grocery. Total damage estimated at 45000 dollars. Night police discovered the blaze at 3 10 am and it was under control three hours later. The cotton offices of Fair Bros and D B Harrington in the Nash building were burned out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nash Wholesale
Monroe Opera House
S. B. Hart
Fair Bros
D. B. Harrington
Nash
Sheraton Motor Co Receivership Final Report Entered
Greensboro March 26 R H Cope trustee in the Sheraton Motor Co receivership High Point filed final report showing receipts 17229 69 including 8124 45 from business sales 8404 72 from collections and 1700 50 from sale of cars and equipment Disbursements included 7585 09 to preferred creditors 4773 75 to common creditors
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Greensboro
Mar
R. H. Cope
Sheraton Motor Company
High Point
Fogg Lands at Airport Safely In Concord
Robert F. Fogg landed at Concord airport at 12 15 p m from Horse Island N H with photos of the Viking. Bernt Balchen began a search flight to ice fields for missing Varick Frissell and A G Penrod. Newfoundland names a commission led by Sir W Norwood to probe the Viking explosion, suspected to have cost 28 lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H
Robert F. Fogg
Concord
Horse Island
Amen Cornerbrook
WN. F
Mar
Bernt Balchen
Varick Frissell
A. G. Penrod
New York
Barchen
Merion Cooper
Randy Ens
ST. Johns
N. F
Newfoundland
Sir Wi Norwood
M. Dalton
J. Rendell
Consolidation Gains Final Approval for North Carolina Institutions
Raleigh March 26 The merger of North Carolina State College and North Carolina College for Women with the University of North Carolina won final legislative approval. The bill creates separate boards for each institution and a 100 member consolidated board to take office July 1, 1932, with a 12 member expert commission to plan administration. The session also approved welfare regulations and a margarine ban. sales tax provisions were defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina State College
North Carolina College For Women
Universit North Carolina
House
Senate
Newman
New Hanover
Ervin
Burke
Crudup
Vance
Flannagan
Pitt
Johnston
Ashe
Music Clubs Promote American Composers at NC Meet
GOLDSBORO March 26 Mrs Elmer J Ottoway of Port Huron Mich announced that encouraging American composers will be the main activity of Federal Music clubs across the United States this year. Asheville’s Mrs Frank Stacey Smith, state president, reported seven new departments organized this year.
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Goldsboro
Mar
United States
Elmer J. Ottoway
Port Huron
Mich
North Carolina
Frank Stacey Smith
Asheville
Gardner Seeks Regional Tobacco Acreage Cut
Gov. O Max Gardner telegraphed Virginia South Carolina and Georgia governors urging a united effort to trim bright tobacco plantings this year. He plans a 9 pm radio address and says he will mobilize North Carolina’s press and agricultural college for support amid ailing farm prospects. We have 500 bills here waiting.
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Raleigh
Mar
Max Gardner
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Gardner
WPTF
Bright Belt
Ond
State Agricultural College
Railway Engine Collides With Streetcar In Charlotte Injuring Forty Three
A Southern Railway engine plowed into a street railway car at a mid town crossing in Charlotte N Y injuring forty three people many seriously. Wreck victim Joe Faulkner lost his right foot and conductor John F Shoemaker sustained head injuries. Several others including D G Smith AR C Edwards Buford Lindsay Carl Miller and Jack Kimball suffered various injuries. Causes could not be determined immediately as witnesses said gates were down for a handcar and the street car had halted when the engine struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. Y
Southern Railway
Tor
D. G. Smith
H. Callahan
AR. C. Edwards
Buford Lindsay
Carl Miller
Jack Kimball
Kimball
Disappearance Opens New Chapter in Haywood Case
Gray Henderson, 50, missing since August from Big Bend, Haywood County, joins earlier missing men Scott Brown and Mims White, with authorities probing possible links. Suspects Frank and Cass McGaha face questions in Brown White case and burglary ties in Virginia. Investigation aims to determine if Henderson’s fate mirrors the others in the isolated Big Bend area.
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Waynesville
N. C
Mar
Scott Brown
Mims White
Big Ben
Haywood County
Gray Henderson
Big Bend
White
Henderson
Bob McGaha
Green County
Tennessee
Mt. Sterling
Charles Roberts
William Sutton
Frank McGaha
Cass McGaha
Brown and White
Virginia
Frank MecGaha
Buncombe
Wayhesville
Madison County
Sheriff's Department
Huge Bridge Party Opens States Festival in St Petersburg
In St Peters burg Florida a grand bridge festival drew more than 4 000 players and over 1 000 tables set in a city park. The festival featured a parade with nearly 100 floats representing 48 states and participants from Canada Cuba England France Italy Holland and Scandinavian nations.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Canada
Cuba
England
France
Italy
Holland
Burke Gangster Slayer Captured Near Milan Missouri
Fred H. Burke, the Chicago gangster tied to the St Valentine’s Day massacre, was arrested at dawn in a farm house near Milan Missouri and brought to St Joseph jail. He admitted identity after officers rushed in with machine guns. Police say Burke and a Kansas City woman had been living near Milan since November. rewards total 90000 dollars.
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ST. Joseph
Fred H. Burke
Chicago
Milan
Frederick Burke
Dawn J
B. T. Andrews
A. W. Thedinga
Hoover
Mercer County
Burke
Kansas City
Bailey Proctor
United States Department of Justice
White
Gandhi Threatens To Withdraw From Indian Politics
Gandhi, in an interview with The Exchange Telegraph, says he may withdraw temporarily from Indian politics if the national Congress rejects the Delhi agreement he helped negotiate. He states the execution of Bhagat Singh and two colleagues does not affect his view on settling differences with Great Britain, and halting executions is outside the terms of the truce.
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Karachi
India
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Mahatma Gandhi
National Congress
Delhi
Gandhi
Baghat Singh
Great Britain
Tammany ready to clean house in New York
News reports indicate a purge within Tammany Hall as investigators prepare to probe eleven city departments. Resignations of top Manhattan Buildings Bureau officials signal a broader administrative overhaul. Mayor will receive inquiries’ findings upon return from California, shaping his reply to charges. Meanwhile clergy figures debate involvement in the probe.
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New York
Tammany
Manhattan Bureau
California
Governor West
Dudley Field Malone
John Hayes Holmes
Walker
Stephen 8S. Wise
Brooklyn Federation of Churches
Greater New York Federation
Frederick M. Gordon
Brooklyn Federation
Jefferson Davis Former Home Burns on Palmyre Island
VICKSBURG Miss Mar 26 Word reached here today that Brierfield the former home of Jefferson Davis on Palmyre Island thirty miles south of Vicksburg in the Mississippi River burned last Friday The house built in 1847 by Joe Davis was given to Jefferson Davis after his Mexican War return The Brierfield plantation contained 2380 acres with 600 more added later after a sand bar formed Federal troops confiscated the property in 1863 and sold it at public auction Joe Davis bought it and repurposed it for Davis after his release from Fortress Monroe The sickness that felled Davis occurred here at this residence
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Vicksburg
Miss
Brierfield
Jefferson Davis
Palmyre Island
Mississippi River
Joe Davis
Jefferson
Fortress Monroe
Mississippi
Confederacy
Wilfred Cox Leads Pinehurst Golfers
Wilfred Wiffy Cox, trained on Brooklyn’s municipal course, shot a two under par 69 under a cold wind to lead after 18 holes of the 20th annual North and South 72 hole open at Pinehurst. Cox stands atop the field with the first round in hand and a strong showing ahead.
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Pinehurst
Mar
Wilfred “Wiffy” Cox
Brooklyn
Creation of Greater University of North Carolina approved
Raleigh March 26. The lower house concurred in senate amendments uniting the boards of N C State, North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina. An initial 100 member consolidated board will take office July 1 1932, with old boards ceasing next year and operation under a unified administration after the next school year. A 12 member expert commission will plan the merger and report to the consolidated board. Merger follows Brookings recommendation for state government reorganization.
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Raleigh
University of North Carolina
House
N. C. State
North Carolina College For Women
University of ” North Carolina
Gardner
Brookings Institution
Brother Joseph Dies in Hawaii at 87 after long leper work
Ira Dutton known as Brother Joseph, a monk famed for helping Molokai lepers, died in Honolulu at age 87 after a long illness. Civil War veterans background, 45 years among isolationists, Cataract surgery on Molokai, health decline led him to Honolulu for treatment. He joined the Trappist monastery in Kentucky before going to Hawaii in 1886.
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Honolulu
Ira Dutton
Brother Joseph
Molokai Island
Hawaii
Gethsemane
Molokai
Joseph
Auto Death Toll in U S Tops 50 900 in 18 Months
TRENTON N J Mar 26 P Automobile deaths in the United States during the past 18 months totaled 50 900 a report issued by the state traffic commission shows. In New Jersey 1 215 persons were killed in the last 18 months with 72 killed in February compared with 80 last February.
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Trenton
N. J
United States
State Traffic Commission
New Jersey
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Farm Board
Waynick
Guilford
Bankhead
Senate Committee
Sheraton Motor Co
Fogg
Pollard
Joe Faulkner
John F. Shoemaker
Notorius
Wilfred Cox
U. S
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