North Carolina Senate wrestles with sales tax amid resignations
Senate conferees hear a bid to block any revenue bill with a sales tax as Hinsdale and Pritchett resign from the conference. New appointees Baggett and Blount take over while Clark is absent. Gravely opposes all sales tax motions as the duel over tax policy intensifies in Raleigh.
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Senate
Ewing
Raleigh
Gravely of
Nash
Senate Conference Committee
Joint Conference Committee
House
Hinsdale
Wake
Pritchett
Bertie
Conference Committee
Johnson
Duplin
Baggett
Harnett
Blount
Pitt
Dunlap
Anson
Clement
Rowan
Gravely
North Carolina Assembly
Clark
Bennett
Bernard
Burrus
Campbell
Grier
Gwyn
Hatchett
Haywood
Hendren
Hicks
Horton
Moore
International chamber hears attack on U S tariff policy
At the international chamber of commerce meeting Dr W H Coates British delegate warned Europe would shut out U S products if tariffs keep up. Theunis urged delegates to avoid political wrangling and work with governments to solve economic problems while other delegates from Switzerland France Netherlands Canada discussed tariffs.
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Washington
Georges Theunis
Belgium
International Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Coates
Europe
United States
Theunis
France
Henry Bell
M. Theunis
International Chamber
State Senator Requests Dismissal Without Hearing In North Carolina
North Carolina political dispute centers on Bailey vs Pritchard over the U S Senate contest. Bailey asks dismissal without a hearing, denying fraud allegations and arguing insufficient votes to change the outcome. Impounding ballots and court actions unfold as federal and state judges set hearings.
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Greensboro
James 8. Duncan
Josiah W. Bailey
U. S. Senate
Bailey
George M. Pritchard
Washington
North Carolina
Senate
Johnson J. Hayes
Eb, Yates Webb
Pritchard
Explosion injures eight in Sacramento store blast
Eight persons were injured by broken glass and concrete as a downtown store building door was torn off in an explosion. Firemen attributed the blast to leaking gas at the scene in Sacramento California late yesterday.
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Sacramento
Cal
Durham Policeman Impounds Ballot Boxes in Error
Patrolman Jim Boyles was ordered to collect ballot boxes in a city election and bring them to city hall. He found three too many and later learned they were at Duke University where an election was in progress. The boxes were returned immediately to the students.
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Durham
Jim Boyles
Boyles
Duke University
Martial Law Declared in Tiguana After Mayor's Aide Slain
In Tiguana Lower California martial law was declared after Roque Sabida Quijano, the mayor’s private secretary, died from gunshot wounds. The mayor and his party were attacked by seven men during a confrontation. Authorities distributed notices urging a street demonstration against Mayor Miguel Angel Menendez.
News briefs named professor
Dr. George Herman Avery of Duke University Durham N C has been appointed a national research fellow in the biological sciences.
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New London
Veterans Bureau distributes over 86 million to North Carolina
The regional office in Charlotte announced 86,818,720.87 was paid to North Carolina World War I veterans in April. The total exceeds March by about 1,000,000. All but roughly 400,000 were loans on adjusted compensation certificates.
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Charlotte
United States Veterans Bureau Today
North Carolina
Pilot cotton mills reopen amid orders on hand
Raleigh North Carolina May AP The Pilot cotton mills, closed for some time, began reopening today as officers reported orders for 60 to 90 days of work already on hand.
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Raleigh
WN. C. May
Pilot Cotton Mills
North Carolina House Debates 0.5 Mill Power Tax
The North Carolina House voted 30 to 87 to send the Ewing bill to a conference on a proposed half mill per kilowatt hour tax on electric energy. Rep McRae noted delays. Rep MacLean doubted a report tonight due to senate reshuffles. Spence argued the tax would burden power firms integral to state development.
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Raleigh
Ewing
North Carolina
Conference Committee
Young
Durham
McRae
Mecklenburg
House
MacLean
Beaufort
Senate
Cumberland
Spence of
Moore
Guardsmen Guard Evarts as Outbreak Fears Linger
Evarts Kentucky posts National Guardsmen at key points to curb coal field violence that has cost five lives in Harlan county. Col Dan M Carrell leads talks with mine operators and workers while Gov Sampson plans final announcements. past clashes left deputies and a miner dead and others wounded.
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Evarts
Sinan
NIMSD
Gifiivs
Dan M. Carrell
Harlan County
Flem D. Sampson
Bradley Burkhart
House Approves Senate Changes On Highway Patrol Expansion
Raleigh May 8 The House concurs in Senate changes to the Pitts bill abolishing patrol districts and allowing increased personnel if the highway commission deems it desirable. This marks the first House endorsement of a patrol expansion after prior failed bills.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Pitts
Highway Commission
Mill Superintendent James Gregory Commits Suicide
James G. Gregory 62 superintendent of the Elizabeth City cotton mill shot himself in his office today. Authorities reported no one else present at the time of the suicide.
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Elizabeth City
May
James G. Gregory
Defense Witness Admits Asking State Witness To Help Out
In Asheville a defense witness testified he urged the state’s chief witness to “help out” Wallace B. Davis as three former bankers face charges of falsifying a bank condition report. Vance Brown, ex assistant auditor of Central Bank and Trust Company, said he spoke to William McCants, who testified he ordered Brown to prepare a false report from Davis, the bank president, to the state corporation commission.
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W. B. Davis
R. Vance Brown
William McCants
Asheville
N. C
Wallace B. Davis
Vance Brown
Central Bank and Trust Company
Brown
Davis
State Corporation Commission
C.N. Brown
J. A. Sinclair
McCants
C. J. Ebbs
Corporation Commission
German Seaplane Do-X Prepares For Next Leg To Natal Brazil
The Do-X sea plane, after taxiing to Boubaque Island in Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, is ready to continue toward Natal Brazil. The flight mirrors Italo Balbo’s Italian fleet aiming to cross the Atlantic from this point.
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Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Jeba Delta
Bubaque Island
South America
Natal
Brazil
Italo Balbo
Wilmington Deals Daylight Saving Time Inauguration
The Wilmington city council approved a daylight saving time plan and urged the county delegation to introduce a local bill. The move follows a petition with 1,200 signatures and is supported by railroad workers, industrial interests, and business leaders who expect more recreation time.
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Wilmington, May
General Assembly
New Trial Denied To Leo V Brothers
Chicago crime report confirms Leo Y Brothers was denied a new trial for the murder of Alfred Lingle and was sentenced by Judge Joseph Sabath to 14 years in prison.
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Chicago
Leo Y. Brothers
Alfred Lingle
Tribune Crime
Joseph Sabath
Porterous D. Mahanney Cited For Courage in Cafe Incident
Fire inspector Porterous D. Mahanney was cited for courage after allegedly striking a woman in a cafe on April 18. Police say the woman had been threatening her husband with a gun and the citation was awarded in connection with the incident in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Porterous D. Mahanney
Emme
British Scientist Rescued From Greenland Ice Cap
Augustine Courtauld, a young British scientist, was brought to safety by a dog sledge party after spending a winter alone on the Greenland ice cap. The relief expedition was led by H. G. Watkins, head of the British arctic air route project, which had previously left him in an igloo with plans to return in March.
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Angmasalik
Greenland
Augustine Courtauld
Courtauld
H. G. Watkins
Watkins
Shaw Urges Journalists Toward Honest Reporting
London May 8 Bernard Shaw addressed the British Institute of Journalists for ten minutes urging accuracy and timeliness in reporting. He warned against time lags in recognizing events and urged journalists to convey life and self awareness, not just elegant phrases.
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London
Bernard Shaw
British Institute of Journalists
Soviet Union
Shaw
George Washington
Great Britain
Student Disorders Upset Montevideo
reports from Buenos Aires say Uriburu ordered cavalry to suppress student disorders in Buenos Aires. Police charged a mob injuring several. A crowd in the streets hailed General Justo appealing for Argentina to be saved.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Uriburu
Justo
Argentina
Edison Sees Oil Prospect in Florida
Fort Myers Florida May 8 Thomas A Edison at age eighty predicted oil or sulfur deposits will be found in Florida drillers would locate either crude oil or sulfur similar to Texas fields Edison based his forecast on his lifelong study of geology and oil bearing formations.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Thomas A. Edison
Florida
Texas
Hamilton Defends MacLean From Attack in Legislature
Rep A D MacLean of Beaufort faced attacks in the North Carolina Senate over remarks about bribery rumors. Rep Hamilton of Carteret rose to defend him calling the attack vicious and unjust. MacLean apologized after withdrawing his remarks and Senator Gravely condemned them as an infamous lie.
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Raleigh
A. D. Maclean
Beaufort
Senate
House
Hamilton
Carteret
MacLean
Gravely
Nash
Lightning Kills Girl in Laurens Area and Hail Injures Workers
A lightning strike killed Annie Hudgens a Laurens girl returning from school and her sister was knocked down with minor shock. Two other lightning injuries occurred in separate South Carolina locations while hail near Kirby's Cross Roads in Dillon injured six lumbermen and caused property damage.
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Columbia
S&l. C
South Carolina
Kirby's Cross Roads
Dillon
Annie Hudgens
Laurens
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