Graf Zeppelin Returns With Motor Trouble On Transatlantic Run
The Graf Zeppelin, after leaving Friedrichshafen on her second voyage to the United States, developed motor trouble and began returning to port. NBC reports said two motors were broken and the airship was heading back as it crossed Spain. Mrs. Pierce is noted as the only American woman aboard.
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Cleveland
Graf Zeppelin
Spain
United States
Pierce
New York
The
Columbia Broadcasting Company Today
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Paris
Friendrichshafen
Long impeachment trial ends without testimony
The Louisiana senate court of impeachment abandoned the trial of Governor Huey P. Long and dissolved by unanimous consent without hearing testimony on charges. Adjournment followed a signed motion by fifteen senators to acquit regardless of evidence, forcing end to the proceedings.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana Senate
Huey P. Long
Senate
Governor Long
Senate Farm Bill Get Fast Track Through Capitol
Washington May 16 House leaders agreed to expedite farm relief legislation by receiving the Senate debenture plan and sending the measure to conference. Rep Tilson questions constitutionality while McNary of the Senate Agriculture Committee moves to convene the conference once the House ratifies the decision. Senate focuses on census apportionment as tariff talks continue with hearings on proposed tariff changes.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Senate
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Conference Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Rev William R Dobyns Elected Moderator in Presbyterian Assembly
Montreat May 16. The Rev William R Robyns pastor of South Highlands Church Birmingham Alabama was unanimously elected moderator of the assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States here today.
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Montreat
William R. Robyns
South Highlands Church
Birmingham
Ala
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States
N. C
Sixty-Ninth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
Storm Warning Issued Along Atlantic Seaboard
The weather bureau released advisory at 10 30 a m warning of a northwest storm from Virginia Capes to Eastport Me. The storm, marked in tensity near Ottaway Ont, moves east northeastward.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Virginia Capes
Eastport
Ottaway
Ont
Presbyterian Assembly Opens at Montreat in 69th General Session
The sixty ninth Presbyterian General Assembly in Montreat N C opens with 300 commissioners from 17 states and DC hearing Dr Harris Elliott Kirk deliver the annual sermon on The Presbyterian Mind. Key items include divorce policy, agency reallocation, merger plans, a central treasurer, ministers annuity fund, and the women's auxiliary report.
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District of Columbia
Harris Elliott Kirk
Baltimore
Assembly
Woman’s Auxiliary
United Presbyterian Church
One Dead in Fight Near Morganton
Morganton May 16 Walker Jaynes aged 22 died after a fist fight at the Ollis home nine miles west of Morganton. Dan Ollis wounded and charged with murder was taken from jail to a hospital. four others slightly hurt. Ollis claims self defense while awaiting a preliminary hearing next Tuesday.
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Morganton
John
Bob Bailey
Homer Simpson
Highway No. 10
Jaynes
Ollis
Greensboro Watchman Killed by Train in Station Fall
Samuel T. Coggins, 60, watchman for the North Carolina Public Service Co., was killed instantly when he fell between coaches as a passenger train left Greensboro station. He reportedly leaped toward a moving coach to board it. three coaches passed over him. Survived by widow and daughter Mrs Scott Taylor of Gastonia.
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Greensboro
Samuel T. Coggins
North Carolina Public Service Company
Scott Taylor
Gastonia
Hagen Defeated in Yorkshire Tourney Round One
Walter Hagen and three fellow Americans fell in the first two rounds of the Yorkshire Evening News tournament at Moortown England May 16. Joe Turnesa defeated Horton Smith 3 and 2 Archie Compston beat Abe Mitchell 4 and 2 W H Davies ousted Arthur Tavers 3 and 2 Leo Diegel beat Ed Dudley 5 and 4 to reach the third round.
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Moortown
Eng
Walter Hagen
Yorkshire Evening News
Leo Diegel
Joe Turnesa
Horton Smith
Archie Compston
Abe Mitchell
W. H. Davies
Arthur Tavers
Ed Dudley
United States
Three paroles granted by Gardner
Wells Greene of South Carolina serving eight to ten years for second degree murder received parole from Governor Gardner. Also paroled were Jode Morgan, convicted in Stanley county in 1923 for manslaughter and given seven to ten years, and Mark Deberry, from Halifax county, sentenced five to eight years in 1927 for assault on a female.
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Raleigh
Wells Greene
South Carolina
Gardner
Jode Morgan
Stanley County
Mark Deberry
Halifax County
Southern retail furniture men open 17th convention in Spartanburg
Retail furniture dealers from North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia gather in Spartanburg South Carolina for the Southern Retail Furniture Association 17th annual convention which opens today and runs through tomorrow.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Southern Retail Furniture Association
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Post Editor Denies Boston Offer to Sell Paper to Insull Interests
Richard Grazier of the Boston Post testifies before the Federal Trade Commission about a February 1929 bid of 20 million dollars by Charles O Malley representing Samuel Insull interests. Grazier says the offer was bluff and the paper was not for sale.
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Washington
Richard Grazier
Boston
Mass
Post
Federal Trade Commission
Samuel Insull
Grazier
C. D. Carberry
Charles O’malley
Carberry
O’malley
O'Malley
Insull
Indianapolis News
The
Cox
Wingate
Boston Herald
Body of Bill Tyson Found After Drowning Incident
The body of Bill Tyson from Marshall was recovered from the French Broad River near Rock Creek. Coroner Frank Roberts postponed the inquest until Saturday as authorities pursue Wild Bill Anderson, believed to have knocked Tyson from a boat. Cora Anderson and Zack Ramsey were detained. Anderson remains at large.
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H. B. Ditmore
Tyson
Wild Bill’ Anderson
Cora Anderson
Zack Ramsey
Anderson
Offcers
National Bellas Hess to buy Gilmer's leases and fixtures
National Bellas Hess would purchase merchandise leases and fixtures of Gilmer's Inc. The offer was submitted to J. Rogers Holcomb, receiver, in Wilmington, Delaware. Stores in Lexington, Durham, Greensboro, High Point and Asheville would be included, with Winston-Salem wholesale and retail inventories also part of the sale.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
National Bellas Hess Company, Inc
Gilmer's Inc
J. Rogers Holcomb
Wilmington
Del
Lexington
Durham
Greensboro
High Point
Asheville
Winston- Salem
National Chain Store
Central Warehousing Corporation to be wound up soon
Receivers of the Central Warehousing Corporation report creditors paid in full with interest and preferred stock redeemed with dividends. Assets of 144,500 dollars were turned over to the parent Tri-State Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association in federal court, signaling an early discharge and winding up.
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Raleigh
Central Warehousing Corporation
Tri-State Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association
Shriners Host Large Ceremonial in Spartanburg
In Spartanburg South Carolina May 16 local Shriners hosted over a thousand nobles and their wives for the Hejaz Temple spring ceremonial in Greenville with a large novice class to be initiated.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Hejaz Temple
Greenville
Cleveland Clinic explosion among nation’s deadliest
The Cleveland Clinic Hospital blast and fire are listed among historic disasters in institutions and public buildings. The roll of linked tragedies names the Iroquois Theatre fire of 1903 with 575 dead, the Knickerbocker Theatre collapse of 1922, and others across the United States, detailing death tolls and locations.
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Cleveland Clinic Hospital
United States
Iroquois Theatre
Chicago
Conway's Theatre
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chode’s
Boyertown
Triange
New York
Pittsburgh
Morgan
Knickerbocker
Gapias Issued for Long and Councill in Bank Violations
May 16 Raleigh. Federal Judge Meekins ordered capiases for W L Long and W T Councill on 20 counts of violating national banking laws. Marshal Ward cannot say when officers will serve. George Green of Weldon says bonds will be posted when amounts are set. Long a former state senator and bank director. Councill was bank president at the time.
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Raleigh
Pj Capiases
W. Lunsford Long
W. T. Councill
Tf. M. Meekins
R. W. Ward
I. B. Tucker
George Green
Weldon
Long
Councill
First National Bank of
Roanoke Rapids
Hagen's match with Prince of Wales attracts global interest
London May 16 The anticipated showdown between Walter Hagen and the Prince of Wales draws keen British golf coverage. The prince, with a 16 handicap now improving under James Braid, is speculated to receive a small concession from Hagen perhaps a stroke per hole. The Mail cites a likely foursome format with a scratch partner for the prince.
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London
Prince of Wales
Walter Hagen
James Braid
Hagen
The
Mail
Poison Gas Fumes Kill Many in Cleveland Clinic Disaster
The Cleveland Clinic Hospital blast and fire released poisonous fumes that continued to claim lives, pushing deaths toward 150. About 1,230 died or were injured, many residents of Ohio cities. authorities and officials launched investigations as three more victims hovered near death at Mt Sinai hospital and 33 others were in critical condition.
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Cleveland, CO
Cleveland Clinic
Mt. Sinai Hospital
George Belcher
Bonnie Elliott
Henry H. Lustiga
Tear Bombs Quell Riot At Elizabethton
National Guardsmen used tear gas bombs to quell riotous demonstrations at Elizabethton Tennessee during a strike at the American Glanzstoff and Bem berg textile mills. Over 100 picketers were rounded up and held at the Carter County courthouse after dynamiting the water main cut off the city water supply. Local troops requested reinforcements for strike duty as officials planned further actions.
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Elizabethtown
Tenn
National
Elizabethton
Rayon Mills
Steamroller Used by Shields Callaway Tells Bible Union
Buffalo May 16 AP The Baptist Bible Union convention faced a clash as Dean Earl Callaway of Des Moines University said his side was steamrolled by Dr. T. T. Shields and the board after trustees dismissed the faculty, denying them a chance to present their case.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Baptist Bible Union Convention
Earl Callaway
Des Moines University
H. C. Wayman
T. T. Shields
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Montreal Normal School
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Gilmer
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Calumet
Mich
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Camden
Richmond
Seattle
Front Street
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Lake Denmark
N. J
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Grand Central Theatre
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Boyd
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