North Carolina Federation Closes 26th Annual Meeting
At Wesley Memorial church in Pinehurst the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs concludes its 26th annual gathering. Charlotte wins 1929 convention bid over Pinehurst. New officers elected include Mrs. Charles E. Platt and Mrs. F. F. Smith.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wesley Memorial Church
Anna Garlin Spencer
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New York City
Sedged
Federation
Pinehurst
Goldsboro
Charles E. Platt
Asheville
F. F. Smith
Salisbury
Eugene Davis
Wilson
Thomas Berry
W. J. Brogden
Durham
Lionel Weil
S. P. Cooper
Wenderson
Schwab Receives Bessemer Medal From British Institute
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, accepts the Bessemer gold medal from the British Iron and Steel Institute in London. He voices American British steel ties and mutual respect, calling opportunity a guiding force in his career and noting the shared aims of English speaking peoples. Benjamin Talbot hails the award as a peak of technical achievement.
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London
Bessemer
British Iron and Steel Institute
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
America
Mr. Schwab
Great Britain
Benjamin Talbot
Donor Institute
Iron and Steel
Schwab
Mississippi flood control bill nears final form in conference
Washington May 3 UPI Conferees reaffirmed yesterday and today the report on the 325 million flood control measure from Cape Girardeau to head of passes. The bill creates a three engineer board to reconcile plans and directs the federal government to bear most costs while states provide rights of way.
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Washington
House
Senate
Coolidge
Passes
New Orleans
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Civil Life
Army Engineers
Mississippi River Commission
United States
Mississippi River
Head of
Mississippi
Native Of Guilford Is Heard Here
Mrs. R. D. Johnston of Birmingham and Winchester, aged 77, spoke at the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs welfare meeting in Greensboro. Born Blandwood Greensboro, she helped found the Alabama Boys Industrial School at Eastlake and served as state regent of the Hunt Vernon association while sustaining public welfare work.
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C. M. Waynick
Guilford County
R. D. Johnston
Birmingham
Ala
Winchester
Blandwood
Greensboro
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sheraton Hotel
Johnston
Johnsie Evans
Col. Evans
Morehead
North Carolina
Charlotte
Hamiltrop Jones
Johnston and Jones
Clarkson
North Carolina Supreme Court
Alabama Boys Industrial School
Eastlake
Birming
Hunt Vernon Association
Firshed
Alabama Room
Mount
Reynolds disputes Grissom report on cigarette output
The American Tobacco Company issued a statement in New York arguing that Gilliam Grissom’s tax and output figures for April are inaccurate. It claimed North Carolina shipments exceeded 365,000,000 cigarettes, surpassing last year, and that external factories showed a similar rise with no stockpiling.
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New York
The
American Tobacco Company
Gilliam Grissom
North Carolina
Woman Is Charged As A Swindler
Mrs. Florence E. Knapp, first woman to hold a New York state elective office, is tried for grand larceny over alleged census funds theft. Prosecutor Madalie portrays her as a neat swindler, citing a $2,875.06 state check stolen on November 17, 1925, with a chart of census salary payments to six relatives displayed in court.
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Florence Knapp
New York State
Albany
N. Y
Florence E
Knapp
George Z. Madale
Supreme Court
Callaghan
Medalie
State of
New York
Clemenceau Says France Cannot Pay Debt to United States
Paris reports Georges Clemenceau stating France will never repay the US debt, arguing payment is impossible and criticizing government courage. He recalls writing a second letter on the debt, delaying hopes for Dawes plan abolition, and contrasts French resolve with Paris government actions.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
Candidie
United States
Poincare
Dawes
Italia Heads To Arctic Waste On May Flight
STOCKHOLM May 3 General Umberto Nobile flying the Italia from Stolp toward Spitzbergen for arctic exploration reported fine weather over Sweden. The dirigible passed Oskarshamn at 730 and reached Stockholm at 11 with 10 Swedish warplanes in escort. Fire delayed launch briefly but troops helped prepare for departure as Nobile expressed hope to return with rich scientific results.
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Seddin Airdrome
North Polar
North Pole
Umberto Nobile
Titiana
Norge
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Citta de Milano
Stolp
Vadsee
Norway
Gothland
Stockholm
Italia
Peary
Lenin Land
Nicholas II Land
Germany
Copenhagen
Denmark
King’s Bay
Landssort
Karlskrona
Vaxholm
Sweden
Umberto Noble
Actic
Baltic
Oskarshann
Grisselhamn
Gulf of Bothnia
Reichswehr
Nobile
Daniels Rejects Third Party Bid Opposing Smith
Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, refused a third party vice presidential bid linked to Reed or Borah if Alfred E. Smith is nominated. He said he would support the Democratic nominees at Houston and saw little chance to wrest power from privilege unless Democrats win at the polls.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
New York
California
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
Wilbur Legette
Reed
Missouri
Senator Borah
Idaho
Smith
Borah
Los Angeles
Legette
Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Houston
Democratic Party
Baldwin sustained by hope of better world
London May 3 Premier Baldwin said that without the Bible’s hope for a better world he would resign. He spoke at the British and Foreign Bible Society annual meeting, asserting faith and civic service depend on the kingdom of God eventually spreading globally.
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Baldwin
London
The
British and Foreign Bible Society
Negro Slave Germ Theory Cited By Navy Surgeon General
Rear Admiral E. R. Stitt told the American Society of Tropical Medicine that many diseases in the United States trace to early African slave imports. He cited African trypanosomiasis and hookworm as brought by slaves from Central Africa, noting leprosy’s presence among slaves and occasional introductions by other groups.
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Washington
Africa
E. R. Stitt
Navy
American Society of Tropical Medicine
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons
Stitt
Central
California
Great Lakes Region
Norway
Sweden
Democratic State Convention Backs Smith for Presidency
Hartford Connecticut May 3 delegates at the democratic state convention endorsed Governor Alfred E Smith of New York for the presidency and adopted a resolution pledging the state delegation to vote for him until he releases them from the obligation.
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Hartford
Conn
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Ladies From Abroad Seek Meeting With Lindbergh In New York
Mrs James Fitz maurice and Mrs Hermann Koehl in New York hope to meet Col Charles A Lindbergh. They are in the city to view Broadway shops and bright lights and to arrange a possible audience with the Flying Colonel.
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New York
James Fitzmaurice
Hermann Koehl
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bremen
Broadway
American-born widow found dead in Villefranche bay
Authorities believe Mrs. William Sutherland Hogg committed suicide after her body was found in Villefranche bay. Born Gisele Reiter in Vienna in 1880, she appeared homesick for America and attempted to sail on the Patria but was refused due to lack of funds.
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Villevranche
France
William Sutherland Hogg
Gisele Reiter
Vienna
America
North China Forces Withdraw To Form New Defensive Line
Reports from northern China indicate further withdrawal of troops to consolidate a new line from Paoting Fu to the Yellow River. General Chiang Kai-shek moves with 20,000 men toward Ten Chow as Japanese forces cordon Tsingtao and maintain order. Looting and displacement affect foreigners as evacuation troops abandon towns and mission residences.
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Shanghai
China
Shansi
Chili Province
Paoting-Fu
Hokien-Fu
Tenchow
Yellow River
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tsinan-Fu
Shantung- Tsinan
Weihsien
Tsingtao
Connecticut Drops Suit Over Carpet Bagger Bonds
Raleigh May 3 Connecticut decides to drop its $209,000 claim in the bond suit over repudiated 1868 1869 Carpet-Bagger reconstruction bonds. Senator Simmons in Washington relayed word that Connecticut will discontinue prosecution of the case.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
McLean
Simmons
Washington
Connecticut
Brown and Miller Address North Carolina Bankers
Paul Brown secretary spoke and Julian S. Miller editor of the Charlotte News gave the principal address at the North Carolina Bankers association annual convention in Pinehurst. Several hundred bankers from multiple states attended as the meeting opened and the afternoon focused on sports.
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Pinehurst
Paul Brown
Julian S. Miller
Charlotte News
North Carolina Bankers Association
Banker Kreck Dies Suddenly at New York Bank
Lavin N. Kreck chairman of the board of trustees of the Equitable Trust Company, a leading New York bank, died suddenly in his office today.
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New York
Lavin N. Kreck
The
Equitable Trust Company
Coolidge Advised To Veto Farm Relief Bill
Washington May 3 President Coolidge was informed by Representative Fort that even if the equalization fee were eliminated the farm relief bill would remain objectionable Fort opposes the marketing agreements section giving the federal farm board power to contract foodstuffs Forts amendment to strike that provision failed 100 to 48 He says abolishing the fee without removing the section worsens the bill since treasury funding would be required without returns from fee collections.
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Washington
House
White House
Coolidge
Fort
New Jersey
House Agriculture Committee
Federal Farm Board
Representative Aswell
Louisiana
Federal
Treasury
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Cooldge
Liles Gatling
Committees On Rules and Regulations
Wake Forest
Dr. Burrus
Medical Society
Thurmond ‘D. Kitchin
North Carolina Medical Society
Kitchin
Wake Forest College
John T. Burrus
High Point
J. G. Murphy
Wilmington
Charles O’h. Laughinghouse
Laughinghouse
Health Board
Paul P. McCain
Bulgaria
Boris
Chirpan
Cooperative Bank
Steel Institute
Guilford
Reynolds
Grissom
Clemenceau
Tiger
Milan
Italy
Arctic
Dr. Stitt
Endorses
Lindy
North China
N. G
Miller
Bankers
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