McBride Attacks Prohibition Referenda In Senate Testimony
Washington reports capture Senate lobby committee testimony by F Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League criticizing prohibition referenda and noting the dry law is not 100 percent perfect. He cited a Fort speech supporting home production of beer and light wine as legally permissible.
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Anti-Saloon League
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
F. Scott McBride
House
Fort
New Jersey
McBride
Reprimand by Teacher Tied to Youth’s Suicide
Chicago report states Harold Weinstein a 13 year old pupil hanged himself in his home cellar after a teacher reprimand for reciting before being called. His mother described him as unusually bright and never criticized before. An inquest heard testimony from the teacher and assistant principal.
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Chicago
Harold Weinstein
Harold
League of Nations League Washington Office Duties Revealed
Senator Blaine questioned league files as McBride testified the Washington office focused on securing the right kind of appointees. He noted aides sent information on prospective enforcement officers to federal officials and argued referenda are unauthorized and unenforceable.
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Blaine
Wisconsin
League
McBride
Washington
Reprimand and Politics at Methodist Conference South
The Methodist Episcopal Church South rejected a proposed written constitution by 205 to 188 votes. A conference committee reprimanded newspapers for alleged unfair coverage of episcopal matters, while Bishops Moore and Mouzon were cleared of charges. Cannon and Dubose faced no action yet.
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Moore
Mouton
Cannon
DuBose
Dallas
Tex
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Rembert Smith
Washington, Ga
Mouzon
James Cannon, Jr
Washington, D. C
Congress
Hoover
Maxon Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Indictment
James Matthew Maxon Jr. held in $15,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a second degree murder charge in general sessions court. He is charged with killing David Paynter, a boarding house resident, during a last month brawl. Bail discussion referenced a possible rise to $20,000 with bonding company backing.
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New York
James Matthew Maxon, Jr
Tennessee
Maxon
David Paynter
M. A. Walsh
Chattanooga
Walsh
Sholapur Seized as Martial Law Declares Amid Salt Raids
Martial law grips Sholapur as government troops seize the city of 119 581 population. Barricades rise and traffic halts while natives declare swaraj. Leaders like Dr. Sarojini Naidu and Manilal Gandhi face imprisonment as authorities harden stance. Shops close and mills suspend operations.
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Mahatma
Gandhi
Sholapur
Bombay
Mahabaleshwar
Sarojini Naidu
Manilal Gandhi
Abbas Tyabji
Naidu
Kitchlew
Tyabji
Grand York Rite Masons Open North Carolina Meet
Concord hosts the thirteenth annual Grand York Rite in Masonry with high priesthood at two pm and a two day opening of the Grand Royal Arch chapter led by W J Roach of Lowell. Royal and Select Master Masons council and Grand Commandery sessions follow through midweek as registrations climb.
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Concord
Order of High Priesthood
North Carolina
Grand Royal Arch Chapter
W. J. Roach
Lowell
Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons of
Grand
100th Anniversary Marked For Zeb Vance Birth In NC
Asheville and Buncombe county observed the 100th birthday of Zebulon Baird Vance with a wreath at the Vance monument in Pack Square and school ceremonies. In Raleigh the Sons of the American Revolution decorated Vance's statue and noted his roles as three time governor and long congressman.
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Zeb Vance
Asheville
Buncombe County
Zebulon Baird Vance
North Carolina
North
Raleigh
State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Capital Square
Governor Vance
State Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Franklin S. Blair Funeral Held in Mount Holly New Jersey
Funeral services were held today for Franklin Smith Blair 83 a retired Guilford College professor found dead at his Mount Holly home Death was due to heart disease The service at the Friends meeting house was led by the Rev William A Sunday Burial took place near Guilford College in North Carolina Blair is survived by his widow and two children from a former marriage
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Mount Holly
N. J
Franklin Smith Blair
Guilford College
North Carolina
Friends Meeting House
William A. Sunday
Sunday
Blair
Rotary Convention Registrations Top Five Hundred
Over 500 people have registered for the district Rotary convention in Winston-Salem, more than double last year’s figure. The event opens Wednesday night and the local club plans a record setting meet in North Carolina.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Williams bids navy farewell with inverted falling leaf maneuver
Lieutenant Alford J. Williams, a water naval aviator, performs a new aerial feat called the inverted falling leaf. In a high airborne display, he tilts the plane and dangles by a safety belt as it zigzags downward to avoid a deadly spin, a maneuver developed at home with model planes and shown just before his resignation.
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Oscar Leiding
Associated Press
Washington
Alford J. Williams
Navy
Williams
Campaign expense probe targets Illinois primary
Senate campaign funds committee plans hearings in Chicago to probe expenditures in the recent Illinois Republican primary. Chairman Nye cites unaccounted spending and Ruth Hanna McCormick reports personal expenditures of 252000 including 7000 in Cook County. The panel may delay Pennsylvania until after its primary.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Chicago
Capitol
Illinois
Nye
Senate
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Cook County
McCormick
Pennsylvania
Romanian Papers Barred From Using Prince Carol Name
Bucharest May 13 8 The government ordered confiscation of any newspaper mentioning exiled Prince Carol who renounced the throne for love of Mme Helene Lupescu The move followed Vinuila Bratianu's 190 000 copy pamphlet accusing the regency of plotting Carol's return Carol is in Paris and Bratianu is said to bolster Premier Maniu against the opposition
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Bucharest
Carol
Mme
Helene Lupescu
Vinuila Bratianu
Paris
M. Bratianu
Maniu
Carload Lumber Seized In Chicago Bootleg Whisky Found
Federal agents seized a carload of lumber in Illinois Central yards that contained genuine whisky with a bootleg value of 75068 dollars. The seizure followed raids on the Cotton Club cabaret in Cicero owned by Ralph Capone, providing key information.
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Chicago
Ilinois Central
Cotton Club
Cicero
Ralph Capone
Aiken Elected Governor of 58th Rotary District
Hendersonville May 13 J Boone Aiken of Florence South Carolina was chosen governor of the 58th Rotary district at the district convention closing session.
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Hendersonville
J. Boone Aiken
Florence
S. C
Rotary
Brass Not Dug From the Earth
Edenton May 13. A man named Andrew Lupton, described as a negro, was fined $5 and costs for vagrancy after claiming he digs brass for a living. He stated brass is dug, not made, while confessing he dug brass from Willie Mack's refuse pile and sold it. Lupton was among 15 people arraigned before Mayor Wiggins on vagrancy charges.
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Edenton
Andrew Lupton
Lupton
Wiggins
Willie Mack
T. Hobowsky
Senators Harrison Stephens Praised for Parker Support
In Jackson Mississippi on May 12 Senators Pat Harrison and Hubert Stephens won state senate praise for their fair and courageous backing of Judge John J Parker of North Carolina whose Supreme Court nomination was rejected. A unanimous resolution commends Hoover's choice as merited south recognition and blasts opposition as sordid and unfair to the region. It cites a lobby led by Congressman Ve Priest and inflammatory papers as influencing senators.
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Hoover
South
Ve Priest
Borglum Revises Coolidge History
New York May 13 Gutzon Borglum sculptor in a New York Times communication revealed changes to Calvin Coolidge 500 word Mount Rushmore inscription. He altered text to place events in 1776 and 1787, replacing phrases to fit historical narration and to emphasize eras.
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New York
Gutzon Borglum
New York Times Today
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
Borglum
Coolidge
Low Pressure Treatment Reports Cancer Cure in Rats
Dr E S Sundstroem of the University of California Medical School announced that low pressure therapy in rats cured cancer in many cases. In a tank simulating 1000 to 2000 feet, 24 to 83 percent of treated rats with skin or internal cancer showed definite or apparent recovery, though abrupt exposure killed about half without gradual adaptation.
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Berkley
Cal
E. S. Sundstroem
University of California Medical School
Sundstreoem
Hoover To Review Naval Maneuvers Near Virginia Capes
President Hoover will review the battle and scouting fleets of the navy off the Virginia Capes near Tuesday. The move signals a formal inspection of naval maneuvers and readiness by the administration.
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Hoover
Washington
Virginia Capes
Mrs Charping Wins Amateur Census Guess Prize near 1930 High Point Count
High Point residents submitted many estimates for the 1930 city population of 36 798. Mrs Paul Charping 221 Carter street guessed 36 698 just ten under the enumerators figure. The prize may be awarded after a possible figure recheck.
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Paul Charping
Carter Street
High Point
Nettie Waynick
Highway Patrol Tightens on S C Commercial Autos
Raleigh May 13. Orders to all highway patrol lieutenants authorizes concentrated policing along the North and South Carolina border. South Carolina vehicles used for commercial purposes in North Carolina must obtain North Carolina auto licenses. Officials cite reciprocity and respond to South Carolina’s stance.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
North
South Carolina
North Carolina
Charles D. Farmer
R. A. Coughton
State Highway Commission
Stimson Defends London Treaty Amid Senate Hearings
Secretary Stimson faced two hours of questioning before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee defending the London treaty provisions. He praised British American parity, supported trimming the big cruiser program, lauded Japan’s concessions, and said the treaty’s flexible clause harms no American interests. Hearings continue with Secretary Adams expected to testify before the Senate Naval Committee.
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Washington
London
Stimson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Borah
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Adams
Navy
High Society Blues at Broadhurst with Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell star in a tuneful comedy High Society Blues at the Broadhurst theater Tuesday and Wednesday. Readers may find their names in today or tomorrow's Enterprise ads to win a guest ticket valid at the Broadhurst for three days by visiting the Enterprise office.
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Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Broadhurst
Enterprise
Enterprise Office
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