Judge Barnhill Holds Two Counts in Bank Trial
Judge M W Barnhill declined to dismiss two counts accusing Wallace Davis Dr J A Sinclair and C W Brown of listing insolvent loans as assets in bank condition reports. He kept the motions in abeyance until all evidence is complete as testimony described the bank's balances and deposits with Central Hanover Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis, Sinclair and Brown
Asheville
N. C
M. W. Barnhill
Central Bank and Trust Company
Wallace Davis
J. A. Sinclair
C. W. Brown
State Corporation Commission
Barnhill
Corporation Commission
W. W. Duncan
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company
New York
New York Bank
Duncan
Hoover urges reductions in armament at world commerce meet
President Hoover urged international business leaders to back land armament reductions and naval limitation talks. He said world arms expenditure of about 5 billion dollars annually threatens economic recovery and stability. He noted U.S. indirect stake in peace and prosperity as nations discuss broad reduction in armament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
United States
Pritchard Contests Senate Win as Ballot Boxes Impounded
petitions filed by James S. Duncan ask North Carolina judges to impound ballot boxes in the Bailey Bailey contest. Judges Hayes Webb Meekins sign orders to seize boxes in their districts for the U S Senate election dispute. Bailey led by about 113000 votes. Pritchard claims after corrections he won by at least 10000 votes.
Bank Branch Set to Open in Kinston May Next Week
A North Carolina Bank and Trust Company branch to be opened in Kinston is expected to begin operations next Wednesday. Delays in securing quarters and staff pushed the start date from today. Kinston currently lacks banking facilities after the closure of three local banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
N. C
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Waite Joins Duke Physical Education Staff
Alex Waite of Asheville is added to the Duke University general physical education staff as an assistant. For five years he coached Asheville high school teams and worked with the city recreation system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waith
DUKE
Lightning strikes seven year old boy near New Bern
A lightning bolt from an almost clear sky killed Leslie Best a seven year old African American boy yesterday near New Bern North Carolina. He died instantly as the bolt struck in an open area.
Dentists Meet in Winston-Salem for State Convention
Dentists of North Carolina gathered in Winston-Salem for the state dental society convention commencing May 4 and running through Wednesday. The three day program includes addresses from dental authorities nationwide. Paul E. Jones of Farmville serves as president of the state society.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
State Dental Society
Paul FE. Jones
Farmville
State Society
Early Golf Service Planned at St George’s Church
Newport R I May 4. An unusual morning service will be held next Sunday at St George's Episcopal Church led by Rev John B Lyte. Parishioners are invited to attend in golfing attire and to park their clubs at the door.
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Newport
R. L
St. George's Episcopal Church
John B Lyte
Mr. Lyte
Set for Tonight Prediction 5 Vote Margin in Tax Fight
Raleigh May 4 Opponents of the luxury or selected commodities sales tax in the conference committee clash in the senate tonight. Leaders Grier and Folger admit the bill will pass the senate though others hope to block it. The revenue bill aims for second reading tonight with extended debate possible before a vote tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Conference Committee
Senate
Grier
Iredell
Folger
Surry
Gardner Reappoints Seven to North Carolina Prison Board
Governor Gardner announced the reappointment of seven members to the state prison board with terms expiring 1931 to 1935 and said the new prison project would begin soon with in-house labor. He would also send seven nominations for the new state highway commission to the Senate. Architect conferences will occur after the legislature adjourns.
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Gardner
Senate
Raleigh
J. Wilbur Bunn
Walter Laroque
Kinston
J. R. Smith
Mt. Airy
A. 8. Copeland
L. F. Abernethy
Hickory
Edwin B. Bridges
Charlotte
D. C. Barnes
Murfreesboro
B. B. Everett
Palmyra
General Assembly
Senate Tonight
State Highway Commission
E. B. Jeffress
Greensboro
Hurricane Claims Lives in Yucatan Peninsula Storm
Merida Yucatan May 4 Three people are known to have been killed as a hurricane swept the Yucatan peninsula. A small sailing vessel with two passengers and a crew member perished when it foundered during the storm off Celestun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merida
Yucatan
Yucatan Peninsula
Celestan
Racketeers Bomb Home of Butcher
Racketeers demanded 5000 dollars from Samuel Guerrara and bombed his home and butcher shop in Philadelphia's southern section early today. The attack targets Guerrara's residence and business, with police investigating the arson and extortion attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Samuel Guerrara
Portuguese Guinea Faces New Rebellion at Bolama
In Lisbon the Portuguese government reports a rebel Junta controls Bolama, capital of Portuguese Guinea, as Governor Leite Magalhaes returns with officers aboard the Maria Amelia. The colony, near Senegal on the Atlantic coast, has about 450000 people and 36000 square miles, with 412 troops, mostly natives.
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Africa
Lisbon
Portugal
Madeira
VL AI Trivca
Portuguese Guinea
Leite Magalhaes
Bolama
Hoover Is Swell Declares Untiedt
Bryan Untiedt, the Colorado hero, spent an hour and a half in Chicago en route home after his two day visit at the White House. He described President Hoover as swell and Mrs Hoover as awfully nice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hoover
Fatal Asheville Plane Crash Kills Three Youths
Federal authorities head to Fletcher North Carolina after a crash at Asheville Henderson Airport kills pilot Graham Gardner 17 and two passengers Sam McMillan 17 and Paul Yow 20. Witnesses say the plane failed to gain altitude and Gardner attempted a wing over into the wind. Authorities identify T J Roberts owner of Asheville Flying Service as the crash witness and Lawrence McClellan as in charge of the wreckage.
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Asheville
N. C
Fletcher
Graham Gardner
G. D. Gardner
Gardner Hospital
Sam McMillan
S. E. McMillan
Paul Yow
West Asheville
Gardner
Roberts
Aeronautical Bureau
Department of Commerce
Atlanta
Lawrence McClellan
Detroit Officers Recapture Raleigh Convict Bonnie Andres
Raleigh May 4. Bonnie Andres who escaped from state prison January 2, 1916 while serving a 20 year sentence for abduction and assault has been recaptured in Detroit Michigan. State prison officials announced he escaped under gun fire from Caledonia prison farm after serving only five years and will be brought back immediately.
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Raleigh
Bonnie Andres
State
Pitt County
Detroit
Mich
Andrews
Caledonia
Jessel Seeks Bodyguard After Ransom Letter
New York May 4. Comedian George Jessel says he has received a letter demanding $10,000 under threat of bodily harm and has requested a detective bodyguard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Jessel
Capone case pledge from Illinois investigator
Pat Roche, chief investigator for State Attorney John Swanson, said Capone would only be taken into custody if he walked into Roche’s office. Roche rejected Capone’s surrender offers and vowed to keep him behind bars after questioning in the torch murder case linked to Mike de Pike Heitler.
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Chicago
Pat Roche
John Swanson
Alphonse Capone
Capone
Roche
Mike de Pike
Heitler
Baker Rites Planned For George F. Baker In Quiet Burial
George F. Baker banker and philanthropist, who died Saturday night at 91, will be buried quietly tomorrow at Kensico cemetery beside his wife. Services will be held at noon at the Baker home in Tuxedo Park, N Y, with Rev. Dr Minot Simmons officiating. The First National Bank of New York he led will stay open and no ostentation is planned. Messages of condolence came from President Hoover Calvin Coolidge and other leaders. The Union League club will send a delegation headed by Elihu Root.
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New York
George Fisher Baker
Baker
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Minot Simmons
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Kensico
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
First National Bank of New York
Union League Club
Elihu Root
George F. Baker
Rebel Forces Massacre 50 in Honduras Garrison
The U S state department report based on Honduran information states rebel forces led by General Gregorio Ferrera killed about 50 members of the federal garrison at Santa Rosa de Copan after a surrender. The 350 strong rebel force faced a 100 man garrison. those unable to flee were slain including the governor and military commandant. Government forces totaling 1,000 were approaching under General Jose Maria Reina.
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Honduras
General Ferrera
Department
Washington
Gregorio Ferrera
Santa Rose de Copan
State Department
Ferrera
Santa Rosa
Jose Maria Reina
Bertie E. Tull River Steamer Damaged by Flames
The Patuxent river steamer Bertie E. Tull, a 100 foot oil burner, was badly damaged early today when flames started in the engine room and swept the upper decks while tied up at a Baltimore pier.
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Baltimore
Patuxent River
Bertie E. Tull
Oldest of Women Physicians Dies in London
Dr. Harriet Clisby, who turned 100 last August and was praised as the world’s oldest woman physician, has died at her home in west Kensington, London, according to reports from May 4.
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London
Harriet Clisby
West Kensington
Banker Strangles Wife Then Kills Self in Conshohocken
Conshohocken Pa May 4 Howard C Pedrick cashier of the First National Bank strangled his wife to death and then shot himself after auditors found he was about 45700 short in his accounts. Banks examiner B Davenport said Pedrick admitted embezzlement and named the exact deficit 45700 28 dollars.
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Conshohocken
Howard C. Pedrick
First National Bank
Pedrick
B. B. Davenport
National Bank
Davenport
Baron Rothschild Dislocates An Arm In Polo Accident
VIENNA May 4. Baron Louis Rothschild head of the Vienna branch of the banking family suffered a dislocation of his left arm today when his polo pony tripped and fell on him.
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Vienna
Baron Louis Rothschild
Trial Of Rafe King For Murder Is Begun Again
Rafe F. King, a member of a prominent North Carolina family, stands trial for a second time in Lancaster for the January 1920 slaying of his wife Faye Wilson King. Farmer W Lon Plexico testified that Mrs King was found dead in an outhouse on the King farm with froth on the lips and a cut on the forehead. a bottle lay nearby. The defense previously argued she poisoned herself. King was sentenced to die at the first trial, but a state supreme court reversal granted a new trial.
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Brown
al Capone
Chicago
Real Detective Magazine
Capone
Johnny Torrio
Giacomo Calabrese
Calabrese
Lancaster
8. C
Rafe F. King
North Carolina
Faye Wilson King
W. Lon Plexico
Plexico
King
State Supreme Court
North Carolina Senator Bailey Considers Ballot Box Petition
J W Bailey senator from North Carolina, whose election is being contested by George M Pritchard, received a telegram from Judge I M Meekins asking if he wishes to be heard on a Wilmington petition seeking impounding of ballot boxes. Bailey has not answered and wants to know petition contents and orders.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. W. Bailey
North Carolina
George M. Pritchard
I. M. Meekins
Wilmington
Bailey
New York Welcomes Siamese King Prajadhipok and Queen
King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai Barni arrived in New York for a royal ceremony at city hall after a motorcade from the Westchester estate. Mayor Walker welcomed the royal couple as national anthems played and salutes rang out.
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New York
Prajadhipok
Rambai Barni
Siam
Westchester
Walker
Prajahipok
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International Chamber of Commerce
Illinois U
Harry Woodburn Chase
University of de Carolina
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Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Chase
David Kinley
Johnson J. Hayes
E. Yates Webb
Meekins
Pritchard
Josiah W. Bailey
U.S. Marshall
Mide
District of North Carolina
Baron Rothschild
Rafe King
Venice
Sam
King Prajadhipok
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