Revenue tax showdown looms in North Carolina assembly
North Carolina faces a crucial decision on funding schools with a luxury sales tax or a 20 cent ad valorem tax. The revenue bill sits with a conference committee as members prepare proposals for Monday, with a decisive vote expected on instructions rather than a full bill. Compromise talks include Dunlap’s plan to limit state support to elementary schools under the MacLean law, potentially avoiding a sales tax.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
General Assembly
House
Senate
Dunlap of
Anson
Ewing
Great Scientist Michelson Dies After Long Illness
Pasadena Calif Dr Albert A Michelson renowned for determining the speed of light died at 78 after a long illness. In poor health for two years he dictated final measurements with Prof Francis Pease at his bedside as researchers completed the last experiment.
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Pasadena
Calif
Albert A. “Mason
Michelson
Chicago
Francis
Pease
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Santa Ana
Davis Testifies to Save Self in Central Bank Trial
Wallace B. Davis took the stand in Buncombe county superior court denying charges and countering his chief auditor William McCants who testified Davis ordered changes to a 1930 report that allegedly falsified the bank's condition. Davis remains on the stand as defense testimony extends into next week amid a wide docket of related cases against bank officials and public figures.
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Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
Buncombe County Superior Court
Central Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina
William McCants
McCants
Davis
Corporation Commission
C. N. Brown
J. A. Sinclair
Tottering Central Bank
Wallace Davis
Duke Student Killed in Car Crash in Durham
A Duke University senior Seymour Jones of Okolona Mississippi was killed when a parked car’s headlights blinded Richard N. Hoggard and caused a crash near Durham north Carolina. Duke student Lawrence Lawless of Norfolk Virginia was critically injured and two sisters Louise Trice of Norfolk and Olivia Trice were injured. Driver Hoggard was hurt but no arrests were made. Sheriff Selvin ruled the crash unavoidable.
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Durham
Seymour &’. Jones
Okolona
Miss
Duke University
Lawrence C. Lawless
Norfolk
Duke
Louise Trice
Olivia ‘Trice
Richard N. Hoggard
Lewiston N. C
Hoggard
Von
Wb. G. Selvin
Catawba College to Award Doctor of Civil Laws to Frank Graham
Salisbury announces the May 27 commencement where Catawba College will confer a Doctor of Civil Laws on University of North Carolina president Frank Graham, who will deliver the principal address. Five injured in train collision near West Hickory involve Mr and Mrs R D Mull and three children. Tom Burrows, farmer from Stokes county, seriously wounded in gunfight with brother in law Eddie Moser near Rural Hall. Final sessions of UNC quadrennial institute on human relations begin in Chapel Hill, with adjournment planned.
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Hickory, May
R. D. Mull
Cary
Southern Railway
West Hickory
Winston-Salem
Tom Burrows
Stokes County
Eddie Moser
Rural Hall
Taylor
Moser
Danbury
Chapel Hill
May
Quadriennial Institute On Human Relations
University of North Carolina
Captain Ahrenberg Awarded Gold Medal in Sweden
The Swedish Aero club honors Captain Albin Ahrenberg, Swedish civilian pilot, with its gold medal for his Greenland flight to rescue Augustine Courtauld the missing British scientist who spent the winter on the Greenland ice cap.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Swedish Aero Club Today
Albin Ahrenberg
Greenland
Augustine Courtauld
Mother and Daughter Found Beaten to Death in Farm Home
Concord report details two women killed on a remote farm. Criss Starnes, 75, was found in the kitchen with head injuries. Ada Starnes, 40, hung from a barn rafter. Coroner Dr. I A Yow noted wounds suggesting assault and staged scene. No suspect identified, clues limited.
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Concord
Here
Min Hada
Criss Starnes
Ada
I. A. Yow
KR. L. Barker
Fifteen Rebels Sentenced in Rangoon Insurgent Move
In Rangoon Burma on May 3 fifteen rebels were sentenced to death and 656 were given transportation for life for participation in the January insurgent movement.
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Rangoon
Burma
Minister Killed In Auto Crash Near Gainesville
Rev. J. L. Jackson 53 a prominent Atlanta Baptist minister dies after a funeral party returning from Murphy North Carolina is injured in a Gainesville Georgia automobile accident. Survivors say steering gear failure caused the loss of control. Jackson served on Georgia Baptist convention executive committee and Home Mission Board. He studied at Howard College and Southern Baptist Seminary and pastored in Hartsboro and Orrville Alabama.
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Gainesville
J. L. Jackson
Atlanta
Jackson
Murphy
N. C
Johnson
Georgia Baptist Convention
Home Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Howard College
Birmingham
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Hartsboro
Orrville
Ala
Winston-Salem Sees Terrific Hailstorm Rifting City
A dramatic hailstorm struck Winston-Salem and nearby counties, damaging window panes, denting car tops, tearing fruit trees, and leaving 1.43 inches of rain. Hail covered lawns for hours, with some stones reaching 1.25 inches in diameter.
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Winston-Salem
Six Desperadoes Are Hustled Towards Jail
Six desperadoes seized in a raid at East St. Louis were moved by Illinois state police from Springfield to Sterling and then toward Morrison. They face warrants for the Lincoln National Bank robbery in Lincoln Nebraska and are tied to the Denver mint heist, other bank robberies, a kidnapping, and a ransom case.
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Chicago
America
East St. Louis
Ilinois
Springfield
Sterling
Ayall
Lincoln
Neb
National Bank
City Hall
Morrison
Lincoln Bank
Nebraska
Tommy Hayes
Thomas O'Connor
Jack Britt
Howard Lee E. Hawks
William McQuillan
Denver Mint
Illinois State Highway Police
Fred J. Blumer
Monroe
Wis
Brewer
Cook County
James Hackett
Gambler
Governor Bilbo Injured In Rain Car Crash
Governor Theo G Bilbo was injured when his car skidded off a hill in a rain storm and overturned into a ditch. He received first aid and went to the capitol for conferences despite abdominal injuries that may be serious and hinder breathing.
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Jackson
Miss
Theo G. Bilbo
Capitol
Golfer Shot by Girl Archers in San Francisco
William OH Whitthorne, a San Francisco attorney, was shot while concentrating on a putt. an arrow from a nearby girls school archery class struck him in the lower back. He received first aid at a hospital.
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San Francisco
William OH. Whitthorne
Francisco
Michelson among greatest scientists of all time
Chicago May 9 Dr A A Michelson famed scientist who died in California had hoped to reach a hundred years. He completed his speed of light measurement and said science amuses him. He headed the Chicago physics department for nearly forty years and won the first American Nobel prize in science.
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Chicago
A. A. Michelson
California
Michelson
University of Chicago
Sir Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Einstein Delivers Memorial Lecture in Oxford
Prof. Albert Einstein delivered the first of three Rhodes memorial lectures in Oxford on May 8. He recapped relativity theories and criticized general relativity for not addressing electromagnetic phenomena while noting its satisfactory gravitation theory. He spoke in German before a large audience.
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Oxford
England
Albert Einstein
Indictments From Special Grand Jury In Harlan County
Twenty nine indictments charging murder banding and confederating and related crimes were returned by a special grand jury probing disorders in Harlan county coal fields. Police Chief Asa Cusick Evarts and two others were arrested on murder indictments. W B Jones Evarts union secretary was arrested on a murder charge.
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Harlan, Ky
Harlan County
PNR
Schl Inun
J. H. Blair
Evarts
Kentucky National
Asa Cusick
al Benson
Joe Cawood
Here
National
Harlan
Solution of War Debt Problem Is Aim of Delegates
The International Chamber of Commerce closed its sixth biennial congress with 43 resolutions aimed at global economic issues including war debts. It endorsed reexamining obligations if conditions warrant while stressing the ability to pay, including military spending. It urged armament cuts, removal of tariff discrimination, and a world silver conference, but did not address trade with Soviet Russia.
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Washington
International Chamber of Commerce
Hoover
Congress
Chamber
Russia
Ballots Missing After Impounding Orders in North Carolina
In North Carolina three federal district courts impounded ballots from last fall's election where J. W. Bailey defeated George Pritchard. Deputy W. Bradley reported many precincts lacked ballots and some boxes were burned or scattered. Hearing Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. will address senate subcommittee authority to impound and inspect ballots in Washington.
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Greensboro
J. W. Bailey
George Pritchard
James 5. Duncan
State Republican Committee
Marshall
Middle
Duncen
W. €. Bradley
Ashe County
Alleghany County
Caswell County
Long Hill
Surry County
Stokes
Surry
Middle District
Johnson J. Hayes
Hayes
Senate
Washington
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