Graf Zeppelin Sails Tonight for U S Reach Lakehurst by Weekend
Graf Zeppelin set to depart between 5:30 and 6:00 a m central European time tomorrow with Dr Hugo Eckener stating favorable weather should allow a 65 to 70 hour flight. Captain Von Schiller reports Mrs Mary Pierce of New York cancelled her passage. The route plans Besancon to Loire mouth or Cape Finistero to reach the American coast near Lakehurst by Saturday night.
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Friedrichshafen
United States
Hugo Eckener
Berlin
von Schiller
Mary Pierce
New York
trans-Atlantic
Kurgarten Hotel
Lakehurst
Besanco
Besancon
The
Loire
Cape Finistero
Azores
American
Explosion at Cleveland Clinic hospital claims many lives
At least 89 people are known dead and scores injured after a deadly explosion and fire at the Cleveland Clinic hospital. Victims include patients unable to escape and those killed by poisonous gases and burns.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Cleveland Clinic
Presbyterians 10 Gather Tomorrow at General Assembly
The 89th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States opens at Montreat North Carolina with election talk for moderator among nominees including Dr W R Dobyna Dr J M Vandermeulen Dr T C Johnson Dr C F Myers Dr T W Sloan and Dr J L MacMillan Delegates from 92 presbyteries will decide on central treasurer merger of agencies and hosts Dr Harris E Kirk will preach the opening sermon and Dr L Sprole Lyons will give the stewardship address.
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Montreat
N. C
89Th General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In
United States
W. R. Dobyna
Birmingham
Ala
J. M. Vandermeulen
Louisville
T. C. Johnson
Richmond
C. F. Myers
Greensboro
T. W. Sloan
Greenville
S. C
J. L. MacMillan
Norfolk, Va
Harris E. Kirk
Baltimore
L. Sprole Lyons
Atlanta
R. C. Anderson
Mountain Retreat Association
Willis B. Wilson
Montreal
highway board hears county requests on state road additions
Delegations from Nash Franklin Wilson Wake Edgecombe Wayne and others appeared before the highway commission to push or counter proposals for state system roads. Capt. Charles D. Farmer presented 75 applicant names for the highway patrol training program to fill 27 new positions.
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Raleigh
Highway Commission
Nash County
Rocky Mount
Spring Hope
Wake Forest
Franklin
Wilson
Wake
Zebulon
Lawrence
Leggetts
Edgecombe
Wayne County
Goldsboro
Dunn
Charles D. Farmer
Highway Patrol Force
Lads Face Mann Act Charges After Drug Store Run
Taylor Mottley and Ernest Neff of Danville Va are to appear before U S Commissioner C T Barksdale on Mann Act violation charges. The complaint names Miss Martha Lee Gardner of Baltimore and Miss Kathleen Vaughan of Clarksville Va, alleging they were promised a ride to a drug store near Averett College but were driven across the North Carolina line at four in the morning and told to walk home forty miles away. There is emphasis on the alleged failure to stop at the drug store and the impropriety of the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
United States
C. T. Barksdale
Taylor Mottley
Ernest Neff
Martha Lee Gardner
Baltimore
Kathleen Vaughan
Clarksville
Averett College
North Carolina
Thomason Testifies On His I. P. & P. Dealings
Samuel E. Thomason testified before the federal trade commission that during the summer of 1928 he discussed with International Paper and Power officials a plan to acquire more than a dozen newspaper properties. He named the Globe-Democrat Dispatch Star and others and said I P & P owned all debenture bonds and preferred stock of his Bryan Thomason Newspapers Inc.
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Washington
International Paper and Power Company
Federal Trade Commission
Samuel T. Thomason
Chicago
Bryan-Thomason Newspapers, Inc
Thomason
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch
The
Kansas City Star
Milwaukee Journal
Detroit Free Press
Cleveland Plaindealer
Cleveland Times
Newark
N. J
Evening News
South Bend
Ind
News-Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
Indianapolis News
Minneapolis Star
Buffalo Times
Booth
Michigan
Star League
Indiana
Samuel E. Thomason
Bryan-Thom
Ason Newspapers, Inc
Chicago Journal
Greensboro, N. C
Record
Tampa, Fla
Tribune
International Paper & Power Company
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond
Greensboro
Tampa
International Company
the International
Soviet moves to ease religious restrictions in Russia
Soviet officials plan to amend the constitution to separate church and state and grant freedom of religious practice. Alexei Rykoff said the measure aims to remove persecution stimulus while continuing anti religious propaganda, marking a shift from prior church disestablishment actions. The change follows years of church seizure and suppression beginning in 1918.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Alexei Rykoff
Council of People’s Commissars
all-Russian
Congress of Soviets
M. Rykoff
Russia
Tariff Bill Objections Rise From Western Farmers
Washington May 15. House ways and means committee Republicans heard objections to the agricultural schedule from representatives of ten western farm states. Five members were heard yesterday as the panel invited changes and set up plans to advance acceptable proposals as privileged committee measures. Many farmers and some eastern lawmakers pressed for higher rates on cattle grazing and hides while seeking shifts from free to dutiable for leather. The plan targets flaxseed, figs, cotton, wool and casein with a flaxseed rise from 40 to 56 cents a bushel and a North Dakota Republican urging 70 cents.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hoover
Tariff Commission
Buriness
Republican
North Dakota
Big Train Back From Hospital to Lead Washington
Walter Johnson, who left the hospital Sunday, expects to resume command of the Washington baseball team when it returns home Friday from its western tour.
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Washington
Walter Johnson
Production consumption balance urged to secure U S prosperity
A report by the committee on recent economic changes of the president's conference on unemployment urges maintaining and extending the balance between production and consumption as the path to a more prosperous future for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Conference On
King George Returns to Windsor After Illness
King George and Queen Mary arrived at Windsor Castle to a hero’s welcome as the monarch returned from months of convalescence at Craigwell House in Bognor. The king’s two and a half hour journey drew Windsor’s crowds and the surrounding countryside, proud to see their sovereign back at home.
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Windsor
Eng
George
Queen Mary
Craigwell House
Bognor
French Tennis Entries Close With Stars In Paris
Entries for the French championships closing in Paris include Europe and the United States top players. The event begins Monday and features prominent men and women in a strong field.
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Paris
Europe
United States
Convicts Escaped With Food Fled Into Woods Near Farm
Two men described as escaped convicts were believed surrounded by a posse in woods near Goldsboro North Carolina after a farmer fired at them as they fled from a farmhouse where they had stopped for food.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Martial Law Considered in Elizabethton Strike Zone
In Elizabethton Tennessee a rayon workers strike sparked fears of martial law after 300 arrests for intimidation. A dynamite incident near Johnson City heightened tensions as Governor Horton and Adjutant General Boyd prepared to discuss declaring martial law over the strike zone.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Nashville
Henry H. Horton
W. C. Boyd
J. Bowling
Johnson City
Bowling
Roschell
Boyd
Horton
Dwight Davis Favored for Philippine Governorship
Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis in the Coolidge cabinet is the leading candidate for governor of the Philippines. A formal announcement waits on his decision to accept the post.
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Dwight Davis
Philippine Post
Washington
Dwight F. Davis
Coolidge
The
Phillipines
Sinclair Re-elected Chairman of Oil Board
Harry F. Sinclair, jailed for contempt of the senate, was re-elected chairman of the board of directors of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation at the annual stockholders meeting in New York on May 15.
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New York
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Cadet Hunger Strike At The Citadel Ends
The Citadel cadet corps in Charleston South Carolina dropped its hunger strike at breakfast time after protesting lack of variety and food quality. Cadets alleged synthetic eggs were served, but an officer stated there was nothing synthetic in the meals.
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Charleston
S. C
Cadet Corps of
the Citadel
Military College of
South Carolina
Cadet Corps
Mess Hall
Pioneer Tar Heel Textile Promoter Mauney Dies at 87
William Andrew Mauney 87 of Kings Mountain NC dies after five weeks ill at a Charlotte hospital. A founder of Kings Mountain he built the first house served as postmaster mayor and helped launch the textile industry here. Survived by widow four daughters a son two brothers a sister and numerous grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at St Matthews Lutheran Church conducted by Rev A M Huffman and Rev H B Schaeffer.
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W.A. Mauney
Tar Heel
Kings Mountain
Charlotte
William Andrew Mauney
N. C
Senate
St. Matthews Lutheran Church
A. M. Huffman
Witg
H. B. Schaeffer
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Mauney
Lutheran Church
Lenoir- Rhyne College
Wales to Play Golf With Walter Hagen
The Evening News reports the Prince of Wales will play a golf match with Walter Hagen this weekend on a southern course. If Hagen reaches the finals of the Thousand Guineas on Saturday the match will be Sunday. otherwise it will be held on Sunday only if Hagen is eliminated before Saturday at Moortown.
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Leeds
England
the Evening News
Prince of Wales
Walter Hagen
Prince
Hagen
Moortown
Carrier pigeon held in Greensboro near owner’s home
A carrier pigeon with an aluminum leg band inscribed NPA 28 64633 was found in Greensboro by Jones McAdoo of 329 McAdoo Avenue. A card tied to its neck read Found pigeon M V P Johnnie DD. McAdoo will keep the bird at home in hopes the owner claims it.
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Greensboro
NPA
Jones McAdoo
McAdoo Avenue
M.V. P
Johnnie DD
McAdoo
Gardner Paroles Three Prisoners Today in Raleigh
Gov. Gardner today paroled Grover Riggan of Vance County serving two to four years for statutory rape, Josh Commander of Pasquotank County for seduction, and Albert Hall of Pitt County who had served nearly ten years of a 16 to 20 year manslaughter sentence. Paroles recommended by executive counsel N A Townsend.
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Raleigh
Gov
Gardner
Grover Riggan
Vance County
Josh Commander
White
Pasquotank County
Albert Hall
Pitt County
N. A. Townsend
Asheville Lad Held for Slaying His Sweetheart
Glenn Griffin, 24, is held without bond in Buncombe County Jail on a murder charge for killing 13-year-old Mattie Smith after she refused his marriage proposal. He shot her yesterday and tried to shoot himself. witnesses say he threatened to kill her unless she would marry him.
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Asheville
Mattie Smith
Glenn Griffin
Buncombe County
Griffin
Little Smith
North Carolina Diocese Convention Advances Campaign Plan
Henderson May 15 The 113th annual convention of the diocese of North Carolina quits its second day with officer elections and two sessions. A move to raise 12000 to wipe out a Sewanee debt was approved under Bishop Penick. A forward movement budget around 77000 funds missions education and orphanages. Treasurers London and Wilkes reported near full budget compliance and all forward movement obligations met. Cox and Dortch reelected trustees for one year.
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Henderson
Diocese of
North Carolina
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sewanee University
Tennessee
Edwin A. Penick
Forward Movement
Henry M. London
Raleigh
J. R. Wilkes
Charlotte
Albert L. Cox
Gavin Dortch
Mrs Elizabeth Cheshire Dies In Raleigh At 1 Years Old
Mrs Elizabeth Mitchell Cheshire wife of North Carolina Episcopal Bishop J B Cheshire died at her Raleigh home early today She was daughter of the late Rev Walter A Mitchell and is 1 years old The funeral is set for tomorrow morning with interment at Tarboro Cremona Maryland near Washington D C mentioned in the obituary
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Raleigh
Elizabeth Mitchell Cheshire
J. B. Cheshire
North Carolina
Cheshire
Walter A. Mitchell
Tarboro
Cremona
Maryland
Waslsington
D. C
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Salt Lake City
John F. Bowman
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McNary
Agriculture Committee
Capper
Kansas
Ransdell
Louisiana
Norris
Nebraska
Smith
Federal Farm Board
Presbyterians
Euclid Avenue
East 93Rd Street
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Mr. Thomason
Interna
Soviet
U. S
Windsor Castle
H. §. Roschell
Sinclair
OIL Board
Wales
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