British War Hero Lord Allenby Dies Sudden
Lord Allenby Britain's Palestine veteran and Jerusalem's conqueror died suddenly at Kensington Palace. The 86 year old viscount and marshal led the entry into Jerusalem and, as Lord Rector of Burgh University, opposed Old Imperial glory for a world force for peace. He had limited public activity since returning from duty in 1925, remaining close to the king.
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Lord Allenby
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Jerusalem
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North Carolina Democrats hold county meetings for delegates
The state party activity heats up as county meetings occur to select delegates for the June 12 convention. Clyde R. Hoey and others spoke in Hertford Edenton Lenoir Sanford and Carthage as campaigns for the United States Senate and gubernatorial nominations continue.
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Democratic Party
Catawba
Hill
Clyde R. Hoey
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City
T. Bh W. McDonald
Lenoir
Sandy
Sanford
lJohn A. McRae
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United
Liam H. Griffin
Ther Pines
Carthage
Ford
Escaped Convicts Recaptured Near Raleigh
Four escapees who seized a state truck and fled yesterday were captured today near Zebulon by state officers. Among those arrested were James Eberts and Charlie Lewis, previously serving time in Wayne and Iredell counties respectively, with charges including forgery.
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Raleigh
James Eberts
Charlie
Zebulon
State Division
James
Herbert Lewis
Neuse
Lewis
Wayne County
Eberts Weg
Iredell
Tax Supplements Yield For School Districts
Leigh May 14 J E principal accounting clerk reports state school supplement voted by 19 districts in 1933 would yield 2 500 000 in the coming fiscal year another district unit ballots on the tax supplement as parts of the state school finance plan.
Austria Crisis Signals Potential International Fallout
The Austrian cabinet shakeup pits Kurt Schuschnigg against Johann Schuschnigg’s rival factions as Starhemberg’s private army looms. Fascist sentiment, Mussolini ties, and Geneva’s role in postwar Austria color a tense, uncertain political landscape with possible wider repercussions.
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Ee von Po Han Rg
Bolle
Austria
Starhemberg
Helmwebhr
Mussblini
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
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Geneva
Germa
Movement For Hapsburg Restoration
Negro Sought In Chicago Killing
Chicago police marked a prowler as a suspect in the slaying of Mrs. Lillian Guild, a 50 year old widow, in her YWCA hotel quarters. Nurse Edna Fletcher, 20, was injured by a brick blow but not critically, during the attack at St Luke's hospital.
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Chicago
St. Luke's Hospital
Lillian Guild
Louis Rickert
Detroit
Mich
Edna Fletcher
Government Aid to Church Institutions Condemned
The Southern Baptist Convention Social Service Commission will present a report condemning government aid to church institutions as a danger to religious freedom. It argues such aid turns Baptist schools into government agencies and cites rising lynchings and crime, blaming repeal of Prohibition for social decline.
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ST. Louis
Southern Baptist Convention Social Service Commission
A. J. Barton
Temple Baptist Church
Wilmington
N. C
Italian Empire Is Formally Proclaimed in Rome
In Rome on May 14 the chamber deputies unanimously ratified the bill creating an Italian empire with Premier Mussolini presiding. Haron Pompeo Alois, head of the Italian delegation to the League of Nations, watched from the gallery as ambassadors from Germany Japan and Austria stood nearby while Mussolini read the decree of empire based on Ethiopia conquest.
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Haron Pompeo Alois
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Japan
Austria
Ethiopia
Monroe merchant L C Bickett dies after brief illness
L C Bickett aged 62, a Monroe merchant and brother of late Governor T W Bickett, died at a Charlotte hospital yesterday following a brief illness.
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May M
L. C. Bickett
Monroe
T. W. Bickett
Borah Attacks Party Leaders in Democratic Tensions
Senator Borah denounces Republican leaders over the Cleve convention and anti lynching bill plans. He accuses control figures of hypocrisy and warns that instructed delegates will dominate the nominating process as Ohio primary turmoil lingers.
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Washington
Borah
Ohio
Cleveland
Advance On Stock Market Pushes Prices Higher
Rallying forces lifted stocks with gains of 1 to about 6 points as business news spurred a recovery. Short covering appeared amid dwindling volume, bonds strengthened with stocks, commodities were mixed, cotton firm, and most gold currencies firmed against the dollar.
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New York
Duke Chapter Names 14 To Honor Group
Durham May 14 Omicron Delta Kappa the national honorary leadership fraternity at Duke University names 14 students to membership and will initiate them Saturday night. Selected are Richard M. Taliaferro from Columbia D C student government representative and football team member James Lambeth of Thomasville editor of Chanticleer. William Woodruff of Winston-Salem retiring Chanticleer editor James M. Daniels of Henderson baseball manager.
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Durham
Omicron Delta Kappa
Duke University
Richard M. Taliaferro
Columbia
D. C
James Lambeth
Thomasville
Chanticleer
William &. Woodruff
Winston-salem
James M. Daniels
Henderson
Tragic Drowning in Rand's Pond Claiming Child and Rescuer
In Clayton on May 14, a five year old white boy named Aubrey Duke Poole and a 21 year old Black man named Jack Tomlinson drowned in Rand's pond after Poole reportedly fell in and Tomlinson attempted a rescue. Authorities believe the child fell first and the rescuer perished while trying to save him.
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Clayton
Aubrey Duke Poole
Jack Tomlinson
Rand
Hoey and McDonald Clash Over State Tax in NC May Campaign
In Hertford on May 14 Clyde R. Hoey denounced a Democratic party campaign as class hate and warned the state faces danger. Ralph W. McDonald, speaking in Boon and Taylorsville, pledged to oppose returning tax burdens to land and urged replacing the sales tax with an income tax and other levies while warning the sales tax will spread if left to lobbyists and politicians.
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McDonald
Hertford
Democratic Party
Clyde R
Taylorsville
Ralph W. McDonald
Boome
McDonnald
North Carolina
Kidnaper Is In Atlanta Prison
Thom H. Robinson Jr. arrived in Atlanta by train from Louisville to serve a life sentence for abducting Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll in a case tied to multiple high profile kidnappings. He pleaded guilty in Louisville as federal authorities moved other suspects linked to Minnesota ransom cases. The judge ordered life imprisonment.
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Atlanta
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
White Stone
Glendale
Calif
Department of Justice
Alvin Karple
Harry Campbell
Edward G. Bremer
Willam Hamm
Minnesota
Robinson
Nashville
Tenn
Stoll
Indianapolis
United States
Bunk Gardner
Elwood Hamilton
Episcopalians To Meet In Twin City
The Episcopal diocese selects next year’s meeting site at St. Paul’s Church Winston-Salem. Delegates and alternates were chosen for the provincial synod in New Orleans in October. Executive council members and Thompson Orphanage trustees were elected for three year terms.
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Frees Ame
St. Paul's Episcopal Echurch
Winston-Salem
James McDowell Dick
Raleigh
B. N. Defoe Wagner
Warrenton
Holmes
Hobart Steele
Mra. W. J. Gordon
Ellerbe Powe, Jr
R. Bruce Owens
Thomas H. Webb
J. P. Stedman
Thompson Orphanage
New Orleans
Safety Conference Opens At Charlotte
The seventh annual North Carolina safety conference opened in Charlotte with South Carolina delegates. Sponsored by the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the event covers highway, home, and industry safety. South Carolina plans a likely conference next year.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
South Carolina
Voter May Not Change Party Affiliation After Closing Books
Raleigh May 14 The attorney general ruled a registered voter may not change party affiliation after the books close Under the same ruling independents may not vote in Democratic or Republican primaries This decision affects primary access and party registration rules statewide.
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Raleigh
A. A. F. Seawell
Federal Agent Killed in Cross-State Pursuit
John R. Foster of Marion and fellow agent Guy B. Goodin chased two men in a black Ford coupe on a highway near Hammond. A rifle shot through Foster’s windshield killed him. suspects escaped. Authorities tightened road checks across the Calumet region and launched a wider hunt in Indiana and Chicago areas.
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Alcohol Tax Unit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
John R. Foster
Marion
St. John
Hammond
Foster
Guy B. Goodin
Milwaukee, Wis
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John
Calumet
Indianapolis
Chicago
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Authem
Fleeing Convicts Abduct Farmer After Prison Break
Five convicts escaping from McAlester prison abducted William Doaks near Pittsburgh after forcing his wife to prepare breakfast. Two guards were wounded and many inmates were recaptured or remained at large as the break triggered a manhunt toward Blanco and the Arkansas border. Local sheriffs and guards intensified searches in the Kiamichi mountains for the fleeing group and the remaining hostages.
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Okla
McAlester Prison
William Doaks
Pittsburgh
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A. D. Powell
Morrill
Mike Isabel
Doaks
Blanco
Arkansas
Ugherly
Tack Cope
Vietor Conm
Record Flight by Hindenburg Completes Maiden Atlantic Run
The Hindenburg completed its first round trip between Germany and the United States with passengers mails and freight in 69 hours 3 minutes covering 4168.75 miles. It landed at 6 10 a m local time amid a city hall reception honoring Dr Hugo Behmer and Capt Ernest Lehmann. Officials presented silver cups to Eckner and Lehmann amid questions over Eckner's standing with the Propaganda ministry. Crowds gathered as the Zeppelin prepared for a second trans Atlantic flight scheduled to depart Saturday.
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Frankfort
Main
Germany
Atlantic
Hindemburg
Likehuret
N. J
Hindenburg
E.S.T
United States
Hugo Behmer
Zeppelin Company
Ernest Lehmann
Eckner
Lehmann
Jacob Sprenger
Propaganda Ministry
Efforts To Settle Strike Prove Futile At Spartan Mills
Spartanburg May 14 mills reopen after conferences failed to yield a settlement. Quiet reopening with city and county officers and special deputies supervising crowds at two gates. Union leaders, who called the strike, awaited word from Governor Olin D. Johson, who had come to assess the situation.
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Spartan Mills
Slsife
Govenor Olin D. Johmatom
Sais
Missionary Convention Opens in Oremnshoro
The Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Protestant church begins its annual convention in Oremnshoro. The gathering opened last night and runs through Sunday with delegates from all 30 conferences attending.
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Oremnshoro
Ampuel
Women's Missionary Society
Methodist Protestant Church
Former Twin City Boy Debuts At The Met Opera
Norman Gordon, a Winston-Salem native and governor’s nephew, and Amam Kaskas of Hartford both made Met debuts in Verdi's Rigotello. Critics praised Gordon’s baritone and stature while Kaskas impressed as Mandragona, with favorable notes on vocal power and stage presence.
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New York
Norman Cordon
Winston-Salem
Meophew
North Carolina
am@ Amam Kaskas
Hartford
Conn
New York Times
Corden
Count Menteron
Miss Kaskas
Condom
Timtes
Thom Bassim
Chyde William Sneith Killed in School Bus Stop Crash
Chyde William Sneith, 71, was killed at a school bus stop when he stepped into the path of a car driven by Albert Riddle, a Siler City resident, at 7 40 this morning near the Henry Siler home.
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Seler
Chyde
William Sneith
Henry Siler
Albert Riddie
Siler City
Weather Outlook For Friday In The South Central Region
Fridagy dry with light southerly winds. Highs near mid sixties in the south and central portions. A few afternoon clouds over the north with cooler readings expected. No significant precipitation anticipated across the area.
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