Vanderburg Acquitted In Family Murder Case At Gastonia
Jake Vanderburg, 17, was found not guilty of murdering his parents and three siblings after a two hour jury trial in Gaston County Superior Court. He had initially faced murder and arson charges after his home and five bodies were found in a charred ruin. He is staying with counsel in Charlotte awaiting estate matters and dinner tonight with defense attorneys.
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Jake Vanderburg
Gaston County
Stupreme Court
Farmer
J. W. Vanderburg
Pauline
Louise
Robert
Jacob
Charlotte
Defense Counsel
Berlin May Day clashes leave seven communists dead
In Berlin on May Day riots between police and communists caused heavy casualties with seven communists killed and 80 civilians and 30 policemen injured. Police report 900 arrests, 725 released after examination. 175 still held for rioting, with many others liable to rearrest.
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Berlin
Alleged Communists Jailed After Mexico City May Day
Three men, alleged Mexican communists, were under arrest in Mexico City following a May Day demonstration before the American consulate. Leopoldo Quiroga faced charges for shouting death to Morrow as banners attacked Ambassador Morrow.
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Mexico City
Leopoldo Quiroga
Morrow
Fifty Bodies Taken From Ruins Of Va Schoolhouse
Two telegraph operators report the railroad agent at Clinchport says fifty bodies have been recovered from the Rye Cove schoolhouse rubble after a tornado near Gate City Virginia. Messengers at Rye Cove are sending updates to the Clinchport office.
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Richmond
W. S. White
J. B. Childers
Bristol
Associated Press
Clinchport
Rye Cove
Gate City
White
Childers
Principle Of Uncertainty Wins Science Prize For Young German
German professor Werner Heisenberg, age under 30, wins the New York research corporation prize worth $2,500 for his principle of uncertainty. Heisenberg, theoretical physics professor at Leipzig and visiting Chicago, says the theory limits precise prediction of atomic systems and supports the wave particle duality of light and electrons.
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Morris Watson
Chicago
Werner Heisenberg
New York
Research Corporation of
Heisenberg
University of Leipzig
Germany
University of Chicago
Prince Henry in Tokyo for Emperor Hirohito honors visit
Emperor Hirohito welcomed Prince Henry of England Duke of Gloucester at Tokyo Station. The two discussed the mission to award the Order of the Garter. Crown Prince Chichibu and Princess Chichibu attended. A grand procession and royal salutes accompanied the prince to Kasumigashi Palace.
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Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Tokyo
Hirohito
Prince Henry of England
Duke of Gloucester
Yokohama
Order of the Garter
Chichibu
Kasumigashi Palace
Empire
Prince Chichibu
Suffolk
Hussars
Senate Debates Farm Relief Amid Tariff Revision Delays
The Senate continued debate on farm relief while the House pauses for the tariff revision bill from the Ways and Means Committee. Senators Wagner and Norbeck led discussion with proposals for a government controlled surplus agency. The panel also weighed Secretary Mellon’s tenure and a Senate inquiry into his business interests. Heflin spoke again on the Roman Catholic church in the United States.
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House
Ways and
Wagner
New York
Norbeck
South Dakota
South
United States
Mrs Land Heads North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mrs. Edward M. Land of Statesville was elected president of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs at the 27th annual convention in Charlotte. Other officers named include Mrs. J. M. Hobgood as second vice president and district chairman, Mrs. Lanier Donnell as corresponding secretary, Mrs. R. R. Cotten as trustee, and Mrs. Thomas O’Berry as general federation director.
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Charlotte
Edward M. Land
Statesville
North Carolina
Charles E. Platt
Fletcher Smith
Salisbury
Eugene Davis
Senate Reapproves Marine Band to Veterans Reunion
The Senate reapproved a bill paying expenses for sending the Marine Band to Charlotte North Carolina for the Confederate veterans reunion next month. The measure, challenged by finance chairman Smoot over origin in the House, passed again and goes to the president.
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Marine Band
Washington
House
Charlotte
N. C
Smoot
Finance Committee
Tacna Arica dispute settlement announced
Lima Peru May 2 authoritative statement says the long pending Tacna Arica dispute between Chile and Peru has been completed.
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Lima
Peru
Willebrandt Defends Discretion in Jones Law Enforcement
Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt explains in The Union Signal that long standing precedent and the aim to avoid harassment guide enforcement of the Jones amendment. She notes prosecutors must weigh evidence across multiple statutes before charging, preferring appropriate remedies and harsher penalties only in commercial cases.
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Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Lenna Lone Yost
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Union Signal
United States
Almos
Grand Jury
Congress
Tornadoes Again Strike In Arkansas
Five killed and over twenty injured as tornadoes hit areas around Wheatley and nearby farms in Arkansas. Red Cross director Albert Evans arrived to coordinate relief efforts while homes were wrecked and homeless families sought shelter. Medical facilities treated the injured in Brinkley amid widespread disruption of communications.
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Wheatley
Ark
David Edwards
Herman
Pauline
Grace Coffee
Edwards
Here
Albert Evans
St. Louis
Midwest
Red Cross
Brinkley
Reparations Fate To Be Known Soon In Paris
Paris May 2 The fate of the reparations conference to settle Germanys postwar debt should be known today or tomorrow If Dr Hjalmar Schacht German spokesman returns with the same stance the experts will report and go home If his Berlin stay yields new proposals they may revive talks but this is considered unlikely
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Paris
Conference of Experts
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Berlin
Dr. Schacht
Edge Seen As Likeliest Choice For France Embassy
Diplomatic Washington sees Senator Walter E Edge of New Jersey as the top pick to become ambassador to France, succeeding the late Myron T Herrick. President Hoover plans no immediate selection, delaying until after the extra session. Edge to Paris would align with party strategists ahead of his June senatorial primary, while other posts remain under consideration.
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West
Washington
Walter BE
Edge
New Jersey
France
Myron T. Herrick
Capitol Bill
Hoover
Paris
Jacob Gould Schurman
Berlin
L. S. Swenson
Norway
Europe
Hugh Gibson
Belgium
Latin America
Henry P. Fletcher
Rome
Germicidal Compounds May Shorten Disease Cure Time
Columbus May 2 The American Chemical Society heard Dr Oliver Kamm of Parke Davis Detroit and A L Rawlins present seven formulas to calculate germicidal effects of phenols and alcohols. They seek specific chemical germicides for diseases like scarlet fever measles and septicemia, moving beyond serums and relying on chemistry to end infections.
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Columbus
American Chemical Society
Oliver Kamm
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Assisant
A. L. Rawlins
Kamm
Picketers jailed as Gastonia parade battle nears court
In Gastonia North Carolina scores of picketers have been jailed for violating a city ordinance requiring parade permits. Officials were to appear in Charlotte to show cause why enforcement should not be enjoined. The Loray mills strike drew support from wealthy New Yorkers including Lamont Field and Pratt Jr.
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Gastonia
Charlotte
N. C
Loray Textile Mills
Loray
Osage
Corliss Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
William H. Vanderbilt
George Dupont Pratt, Jr
John Peel
Wagner Proposes Single Government Corporation for Farm Bill
Senator Wagner denounces the farm relief bill calling it a mockery and favors replacing commodity stabilization agencies with a single government operated corporation to control surpluses. He cites New York crop value and argues against the debenture plan and Norris amendment as unworkable.
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Washington
Wagner
New York
Smith Not Indicted in Death of Cadet Eatman
A North Carolina superior court grand jury reported a no bill in the case of Robert Melton Smith over the death of Richard Eatman, Oak Ridge cadet from Rocky Mount, killed in a car crash near Oak Ridge April 13. Two other bills accuse Smith of reckless driving and driving while intoxicated.
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Superior Court
Robert Melton Smith
Richard Eatman
Rocky Mount
Oak Ridge
Smith
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