North Carolina Bar backs Parker for Supreme Court
Pinehurst NC May 2 AP The North Carolina Bar Association endorsed without a dissenting vote the nomination of Judge John J Parker of Charlotte to the United States Supreme Court.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina Bar Association Today
John J. Parker
Charlotte
United States Supreme Court
United States
Supreme Court of the
Parker
Senate of the United States of America
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Norris
Nebraska
Hoover
Stayton Doubts Hoover's Dryness
A Senate lobby committee record cites William H. Stayton chair of the anti prohibition association stating Hoover is not at heart a dry the group endorses Parker for the Supreme Court and urges confirmation. Hoover plans a commission to study the 1929 crash and future stability with a broad inquiry if conditions permit.
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Washington
William H. Stayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Senate Lobby Committee
Hoover
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Legge vows Farm Board will continue aiding farmers
Washington May 2 Chairman Legge of the Farm Board said the U S Chamber of Commerce drive to revise the board’s law would render it impotent. The chamber condemned the board and urged curtailment of cooperative loan programs while Legge maintained the board would keep serving farmers. He charged the chamber with offering support only while it benefits agriculture.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Mid West Storms Claim Twenty Lives Across Seven States
Severe storms and tornadoes sweep the Midwest killing 20 across seven states including Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, North Dakota, and Iowa. Tekamah Nebraska and Norborne Missouri report multiple fatalities amid widespread property damage and injuries.
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Middle West
Tekaman
Nebr
Norborne
Westby
Wis
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Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Dakotas
Kansas
Wisconsin
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Nebi
Lawton
N. C
Lake City
Minn
Kickapoo
Leavenworth
Kas
Tekamah Hospital
American. Legion
Hall
Lawsuit Sends Tekamah Residents to St Paul for Tornado Case
Twenty Tekamah Neb residents were summoned as witnesses in a tornado related lawsuit in St Paul Minn They were assured by telegram that all families of the party were safe after the town suffered destruction yesterday.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Tekamah
Neb
St. Paul
Lindbergh Flies With One-Man Crew on Northbound Airmail
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh operated a Pan American Airways northbound airmail flight solo as pilot navigator and radio operator. He logged a 10:10 a.m. position from Nicaragua en route to Havana, where he planned to depart for Miami to reach the city before 5 p.m. local time.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Buenos Aires
Pan American Airways
Lindbergh
B. A. Denickey
Havana
Pan-American Airways
Miami
Farmington Methodist Church Chosen for 1931 ME Conference
Winston Salem district of the Methodist conference selected the Farmington Methodist church as the site for the 1931 meeting. The gathering concluded this afternoon.
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Winston
Winston-Salem
Farmington Methodist Church
M. E
Roxboro Population Grows By Over Sixteen Hundred
Roxboro in Person county added more than 1600 residents in ten years. Figures released by district census supervisor O. Merry show 1930 population at 3,675 vs 1920 at 2,006.
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Roxboro
Greensboro
Person County
O. Merry
Guilford High Principal Saves Student From Fire
C R Byrd Guilford high school principal at Guilford College acted quickly when Chalmers Jones struck a match and ignited his clothing during an operetta. Byrd removed his coat and wrapped the boy, smothering the flames. Jones was hospitalized with serious burns to the body neck and arms.
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Greensboro
C. R. Byrd
Guilford High School
Guilford College
Chalmers Jones
Taxi Driver Tricks Robber To Aid Arrest In New York
In New York on May 2 a Gotham taxi driver David Steerer talked down a would be robber then lured him to a Greenwich Village club where police, armed, nabbed Edward Donahue 23. The suspect paid Steerer 1.46 for the fare before arrest on attempted robbery charges.
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New York
David Steerer
Central Park
Steerer
Village
Greenwich Village
Edward Donahue
Southern Christian convention ends with merger and temperance clash
In Raleigh on May 2 the last meeting under the Southern Christian convention name heard sharp attacks on wet propaganda and the Literary Digest poll. The Southeast merger with Congregational and Christian churches was completed, part of a nationwide church unification. Wicker of Eton College urged home education to shield youths from alcohol harms.
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Raleigh
Literary Digest
Southern Christian Convention
Southeast
Christian Churches
W. ©. Wicker
Eton College
Hoover asks Congress for 10.66 million for Boulder Dam work
President Hoover asks Congress to immediately provide 10,660,000 dollars to begin construction on the Boulder Dam project. The funds would start work on the main Colorado River stream at Black Canyon to create a storage reservoir and power plant and related structures for flood control and energy development.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Boulder Dam
Colorado River
Black Canyon
British Embassy To Again Import Liquor
The British embassy in Washington will resume liquor imports for the ambassador and staff for official and personal use. Sir Ronald Lindsay, the current ambassador, says the decision is personal and does not affect others or diplomatic privilege. Liquor will be served at social embassy functions as the ambassador desires.
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Washington
Esme Howard
Ronald Lindsay
Labor policy in the south warned as fatal to progress
Everett P. Partridge of Ann Arbor Michigan, associate editor of the American Chemical Society Journal, says a narrow labor policy will be fatal to social and industrial progress in the south. He notes cheaper southern labor attracts new industries but warns against repeating northeast labor conflicts in the next twenty five years.
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New York
Everett P. Partridge
Ann Arbor
Mich
American Chemical Society Journal
The
Society Today
South
United States
Theater Manager Is Exonerated of Culpable Homicide
Edinburgh May 2 Charles Dorward manager of the Paisley cinema theater where 70 children died in a New Year’s Eve fire panic was found not guilty of culpable homicide. Prosecutors claimed he padlocked an exit but Dorward said he unlocked the gate and left the padlock on a post before the matinee.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Charles Dorward
Paisley
Dorward
Torrential Rains Uncover Gold Mines
CORBACH Germany May 2 Torrential weekend rains uncover a gold deposit near the town once mined profitably in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Inhabitants await geologists reports with cautious excitement.
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Corbach
Germany
Cassel
Hyde Urges Independent Power Resource Control
Secretary Hyde urged creation of an independent power commission to regulate national resources before the House Interstate Commerce Committee. He said the current federal power commission cannot handle the workload and proposed expanding to five commissioners, supporting the Parker bill for a separate three to five member body.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Power Commission
Secretaries of Agriculture, Interior and War
Power Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Commission
Three Per Cent Money Fails To Check Selling
In New York on May 2 the New York federal reserve bank cut rediscount rate to 2 1/2 per cent a move rarely used. The decline did not curb selling on the stock exchange as huge early volume sent several major shares down from four to near ten dollars, with the market lagging behind by about twenty minutes before rallying and ticker activity catching up.
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New York
New York Federal Reserve Bank
New York Stock Exchange
Widow seeks disposal of prewar bottled in bond whisky
In Raleigh on May 2 an unnamed widow asked how to dispose of 120 quarts of prewar bottled in bond whisky received from her son in 1917 before he was killed in the army. The liquor has never been disturbed and the inquiry became public after she consulted an attorney.
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Raleigh
Bond
Hoover seeks second 250000 for law enforcement costs
Reports from Washington state that President Hoover asked Congress to immediately appropriate a second 250000 dollars for the expenses of the law enforcement commission. In France at Bourget Lena Bernstein, a French girl flyer, landed at 7 04 p m after a 35 hour 46 minute 55 second flight to beat the world endurance record for women.
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Ashington
Hoover
Congress
Law Enforcement Commission
ER Bourget
France
bLena Bernstein
House rejects Senate duty on silver in sugar tariff vote
The House today rejected the Senate proposal to impose a 30 cent per ounce duty on silver in the ongoing sugar tariff dispute. This move leaves the current free list intact and challenges the Senate plan.
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Ashington
House
Senate
Law
Three Are Hurt In Salisbury Mishaps
In Salisbury area yesterday three people were injured in separate accidents. Johnnie Rusty, 10, was seriously hurt after being knocked from his bicycle by a Turner Fretwell driven car from Louisville Kentucky. Tom Foreman Jr 6 and his nurse Bell Lane 20 both were knocked unconscious by C F Hotinger car from White Rock South Carolina but not seriously injured.
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Salisbury
Johnnie
Tom Rusty
Turner Fretwell
Louisville
Tom Foreman
Bell Lane
C. F E. Hotinger
White Rock
8. C
Bank of England Cuts Discount Rate to Three Percent
The Bank of England reduced the discount rate today from three and a half percent to three percent. The half point cut provided modest relief to traders and aligns with market expectation that the move was timely.
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London
Bank of England
Squatter Uses Apartment Before Rightful Tenant
Evanston Illinois May 2 A dispute erupts as K C Kirreherd arrives with furniture to find Max Karant occupying the vacant apartment. Karant claims squatter's rights and refuses to leave. Kirreherd seeks police magistrate action to eject the occupier while sleeping outside among the furniture.
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Karant
Kirreherd
High Point Tales in Enterprise Census Guess Contest
High Point is cast as the largest small town as P W Kirkman predicts the 1930 Federal Census will show 55097 residents. The Enterprise hosts a statewide guessing contest with hopeful estimators rushing in before the deadline. Carl Edmonds of 1420 Welborn is among the entrants.
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High Point
United States
P. W. Kirkman
Kirkman
Enterprise
Carl Edmonds
Welborn
Peiping To Resume Its Ancient Name
Peiping will be renamed Peking as capital of United China, announced by Dr. Tehou Gao Hsiang, foreign affairs commissioner for Yen Hsi Shan, noting Peiping also called Peping or Peking will resume its historic capital status under new northern rulers.
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Peiping
China
Nanking
Peking
Tehou Gao Hsiang
Yen Hsi Shan
Shansi
Yen
Peping
United China
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