Davis Admits Bank Near Insolvency and Bailout Hope
In Raleigh on May 11 Judge I M Meekins vacated the May 4 order that allowed deputies to impound ballot boxes in the Bailey Pritchard senatorial contest. The state and United States Senate election subcommittee joined Senator Bailey against the order. The court upheld the right of North Carolina state officials to intervene, and deputies will return boxes to owners with receipts confirming no tampering.
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Raleigh
Ralley- Pritchard
Federal District Court
I. M. Meekins
United States Senate Sub-Committee On
North Carolina
J. W. Bailey
Senate
George M. Pritchard
Bailey
Washington bank purchase tied to Lea, Davis testifies
Wallace B. Davis, former president of Central Bank and Trust, testified in Asheville on May 11 that Colonel Luke Lea handled the Washington bank purchase and that four large mortgage companies were bought to prevent a $3,000,000 withdrawal. Davis said he may have shared in plans with Lea to buy the New York Investment Trust firm. He could not recall cash paid for Franklin American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Wallace
Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Central Bank
Caldwell and Company
Washington Bank
Colonel Lea
Investment Trust Company
New York City
Franklin American Company
Central Securities Corporation
Martial law declared as Madrid teeters in upheaval
In Madrid on May 11 the army moved to seize control as mobs attacked Catholic institutions. A church, Jesuit headquarters, and various targets were burned while the cabinet met in emergency session. Communists urged a general strike, traffic stalled, and police patrols filled the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Republic
Stock Exchange
Damasco Berenguer
Owner Of Farm On Which Two Women Were Slain Is Dead
The Woodstock area reports a mix of daylight saving and standard time causing confusion. County and court offices follow different clocks and stores serving farmers stick to standard time, creating a shifting schedule across town.
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Woodstock
Circuit Court
Thomasville Men Die In Highway Crash Near Salisbury
In Thomasville, George Marshall Hoover Jr. and Henry Sink were killed when their Pierce Arrow sedan left highway 560 south of Salisbury at 7 45 yesterday morning. Charles Anderson is hospitalized with a fractured skull. Funeral services for Hoover and Sink are scheduled in Thomasville.
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Thomasville
George Marshall Hoover, Jr
Henry “Buddie” Sink
Salisbury
Hoover
Charles Anderson
Charlotte
Mr. Hoover
George Marshall
Marsh’ Hoover
Charles
Hoover Chair Company
Lexington
Young Hoover
Mr. Sink
L. P. Sink
Anderson
Charles T. Anderson
Winston
John Marsh
High Point
Frank Foster
Asheville
Foster
East Main Street
Link
Cox Avenue
Seven Die in Bus Train Crash in Mercer California
A school bus colliding with a train in Mercer California on Thursday left seven dead, including seven year old Jean Oakes, a second grade pupil, with this latest death rising toll.
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Mercer
Cal
Jean Oakes
First Fishing Story of Year
A Kinston native recalls a tale shared by a friend who fished for pickerel and caught a 24 pound fish that hid a 2 pound chub inside which held a half pound perch and a tiny minnow used for bait revealing a nested sequence of fish.
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Kinston
N. C
A. Hobgood
Kinston Nature Society
Chicago Daily News Publisher Walter Strong Dies Suddenl
Walter A. Strong 47 publisher of the Chicago Daily News died suddenly from heart disease after a round of golf with his son in Winnetka. His daughter found him. funeral set for Wednesday at the Strong home with burial in Rosehill. Messages of condolence included one from President Hoover.
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Chicago
Walter A. Strong
Chicato Daily News
John
Winnetka
Mr. Strong
Strong
Rosehill
Mrs. Strong
Hoover
Daily News
the News
Victor Lawson
Melville E. Stone
Mr. Lawson
Advertising Federation of America
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Governor Cancels Talk in Athens Due to Session
Raleigh May 11 Governor O Max Gardner announced he would cancel a speaking engagement before the Institute of Public Relations at the University of Georgia Athens Ga The governor said legislative session and other state business prevented attendance He was to discuss reorganization of state government with the institute and members of the Georgia legislature expected to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Max Gardner
Institute of Public Relations
University of Georgia
Athens
Gardner
Georgia
Five Die, Several Hurt in Victoria Mine Blast
An explosion in No. 2 Victoria mine in River Hebert Nova Scotia killed five men and injured at least eight others, suspected to be caused by accumulated gas.
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River Hebert
N.S
Victoria Mine
Hero Boy Saves Family After Lake Rabun Boat Sinks
Hilton Wall, 12, rowed to aid his mother and Edna Griffin after a small outboard swamped on Lake Rabun in Georgia. He pulled them to shore though Mrs. Sharon Griffin died. Ervin Wall and John Simeton survived after Simeton towed the boy to safety.
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Lakemont
Hilton Wall
J. P. Wall
Sharon Griffin
Lake Rabun
Walls
Ervin
Griffins
Edna
John Simeton
Hilton
Stolen Car Recovered After Nighttime Theft in Richmond
In Richmond on Broad Street the Baars car was stolen about 11:30 pm and found abandoned nearby. Mrs Baars reported the theft. the 14 month old infant slept on the rear seat asleep when a patrolman located the vehicle within an hour.
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Richmond
Broad Street
S. W. Baars
Revenue Conferees Hope To Make Report Tonight
North Carolina's 20th week of the assembly opened in Raleigh as revenue conferees planned a 3 p m report. Aimed at school funding, the Grier Folger plan would create a 10 million dollar equalizing fund with a 3.5 million dollar boost, plus an ad valorem tax for schools. The senate favors ad valorem. the house may accept. If approved, the body could adjourn by Saturday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Grier-Folger
Senate Conference Committee
House
Workers Walk Out At 3 Harlan County Mines
In Harlan Kentucky more than 450 miners left three mines today after union leaders vowed to quit unless mine guards were disarmed. National Guardsmen remained on duty in Evarts as a grand jury prepared evidence from recent mine disorder cases.
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Evarts
Harlan, Ky
Harlan County
George Ward
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
Harlan
J. H. Blair
W. B. Jones
Asa Cusick
A. L. Bensonn
Cusick
Joe Cawood
Civil Liberties Union urges Haiti Marines withdrawal
Seven ACLU members address President Hoover warning of violent protests if U S Marines remain in Haiti. They argue Marines are unnecessary and dangerous to order and call for immediate withdrawal. Signers include Barnes Hays Herring Massey Pickens Pinchot Ward.
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Washington
Haiti
Hoover
American Civil Liberties Union
Harry Elmer Barnes
American Association For Advancement of Science
Arthur Garfield Hays
New York
Hubert C. Herring
R. Massey
Nation
William Pickens
Morgan’ College
Baltimore
Amos R. E. Pinchot
Harry F. Ward
New York City
Simple Rites Planned for Michelson in California
Dr Albert A Michelson who died in Pasadena on Saturday will be buried at Mountain View cemetery Altadena Tuesday or Wednesday depending on arrival of his two daughters Mrs Philip Maher of Chicago and Mrs Festus Foster of Dahlgreen Virginia Services will be private at his modest residence where he completed work on speed of light calculations.
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Pasadena
Calif
Albert A. Michelson
Mountain View Cemetery
Altadena
Aito
Philip Maher
Chicago
Festus Foster
Dahlgreen
Ballot box impounding widens Davidson county race dispute
Writs impound ballots from Davidson county in the Bailey versus Pritchard contest were served on the county clerk and board chair. Absentee ballots under marshal custody and registrars’ materials are questioned as 33 boxes across as many precincts are locked for transport to Washington. Meanwhile R L Barrier, widow murder links and suicides shake Concord community.
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Bailey- Pritchard
Lexington
Davidson County
Josiah William Bailey
George Moore Pritchard
E. C. Byerly
C. C. Hargrave
Davidson County Board of Elections
Johnson J. Hayes
Byerly
Hargrave
Washington
Auto Accidents Claim 3 Lives Across North Carolina
Weekend crashes across North Carolina killed three people and injured more than twenty. Henry Sink and Charles Anderson, both from Thomasville, died when Hoover's sedan left the road near China Grove. Duke University student Seymour James died near Durham and Lawless possibly died. Six injured near Greensboro and other accidents harmed families near Lenoir and Hickory.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
George Marshall Hoover, Jr
Henry Sink
Thomasville
Hoover
China Grove
Charles Anderson
Seymour James
Duke University
Durham
Lawless
Duke
Greensboro
Billy Wood
Asheboro
Sam Hines
Wisiston-Salem
Lenoir
Hickory
R. D. Mull
Carey
Duke Students Die In Durham Auto Crash
Lawrence C. Lawless 22 of Norfolk Virginia died in a Durham hospital after an automobile crash near Durham on Saturday. Seymour C. Jones Jr of Oklahoma Miss was killed instantly. Louise and Mary Ann Trice of Norfolk were injured but improving.
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Durham
N. C
Lawrence C. Lawless
Norfolk
Seymour C. Jones, Jr
Okadlona
Miss
Lawless
Louise
Mary Ann Trice
Durham- Duke
Seymour
Duke University
Four Burned to Death in Bus Crash at Saint Paul de Jarez
Four persons died when a motorbus plunged from a parapet into a ravine at Saint Paul Ba Jarez near Saint Etienne. The vehicle fell about 30 feet, trapping occupants and causing instant fatalities.
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Saint Etienne
France
Saint Paul Ba Jarez
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Lea
New York University
Walt Whitman
Brooklyn
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Camden
N. J
James Monroe
Virginia
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Fredericksburg
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Lowell, Mass
ARMY
Salesisnos
Barrier
Concord
George Hoover
Sink
Chicago Daily News
Harlan County Mines
Dr. Michelson
Davidson
Chris Starnes
R. L. Barrier
Chris Parently
Mt. Pleasant
Georgeville
Barker
Ben
Starnes
Durham Hospital
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