Baptists Oppose Neutral Prohibition Moves Calls For Patriot Voters
The Southern Baptist convention commission on social service frowns on straw ballots and urges patriotic citizens to oppose any candidate who does not support prohibition. The report, led by Dr. A. J. Barton, declares there is no neutral ground in the war between sobriety and liquor.
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New Orleans
Commission On Social Service
Southern Baptist Convention
Down
National Prohibition Survey
New York
Chicago
A. J. Barton
Atlanta
Anti-Saloon League of America
Senator Caraway seeks audit of Bishop Cannon trades
New York May 16. Senator Caraway chairing a judiciary subcommittee asked federal district attorney Charles H. Tuttle to allow subcommittee agents to review records of Bishop James Cannon Jr. with Charles Goldhurst and Kable & Company. Goldhurst testified Cannon used a partial payment plan and once showed a paper profit of 11.60 on a 2500 deposit.
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New York
T. H. Caraway
United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Charles H. Tuttle
James Cannon, Jr
Charles Goldhurst
Kable & Company
Tuttle
Department of Justice
Choldhurst
Kable and Company
Bishop Cannon
Goldhurst
Anti- Saloon League Legislative Committee
Washington
Greensboro Negro Attacks Collector
Greensboro May 16 George M. Wineberry 45 collector for a local mercantile concern was critically injured last night when attacked by Horace Robinson a Black man who was arrested today and jailed here pending Wineberrys condition The collector was found unconscious between two dwellings in the Black district with his skull fractured A Black woman witness said she saw Robinson strike Wineberry on the head with a shovel
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Greensboro
George M. Wineberry
Horace Robinson
Wineberry
Robinson
North Carolina women urge 55 hour textile work week
The North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs resolutions committee proposed a 55 hour week for day workers and 50 hour week for night workers in textiles, plus gradual end to night work for women and children, and raising the minimum education requirement to sixth grade for under 16 workers. The federation also honored Sallie Southall Cotton and heard speakers on welfare, education, and highway issues at its 28th session in Pinehurst.
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Pinehurst
N. C
W“P
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Sallie Southall Cotton
G. M. Poole
Brocton
Mass
General Federation
Hugh McRae
Wilmington
Sadie Dunbar
Portland
Ore
General Federation Public Welfare Department
Ernest R. Derindinger
Catawba College
Salisbury
Struthers Burt
Southern Pines
Mises Frieda Heller
Rowan County
E. J. Coltrane
North Carolina Education Association
H. G. Etheridge
Asheville
Peace prospects brighten as Gandhi talks loom in Bombay
Reports from Bombay and a secret All India Congress session hint at decisive government action toward negotiations with Gandhi the civil disobedience prisoner. Mme Sarojini Naidu arrested for salt raid at Dharshanana later released, with volunteers briefly detained. Rioting in Mymensingh injures about 90. police and guards clash with civil disobedience groups.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
all-India Congress
Sarojini Naidu
Mahatma
Arabas Yabji
Dharshanana
Libery
Mme. Naidu
Mymensindh
Benga
Dharshaana X
Mme, Naidu
Sholapur
Arrest in Liberty assault case as girl to identify suspect
In Greensboro area, near Liberty and Stokesdale, a black man about 20 was arrested by Guilford County officers after a late yesterday assault on a 14 year old girl. Bloodhounds aided by Asheboro crew hunted a wooded area while six suspects were released after the girl could not identify them. The victim and her father plan to travel to Greensboro to view the arrestee for identification.
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Greensboro
Liberty
Guilford County
Stokesdale
Spartanburg Construction Company
John Pickens Liberty
Liebrig
Asheboro
Durham Pays Host for 1931 Rotary Convention
Durham was chosen to host the 47th district Rotary convention in 1931 by Rotarians at the district meeting in Winston-Salem on May 16.
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Winston-Salem
Durham
Garner Sees Texas Split Into Five States to Strengthen South
Congressman Garner of Texas argues Texas could be divided into five states under federal authorization. He contends such a split would boost southern representation in the Senate by eight seats and raise the south’s electoral votes from 20 to 28, shifting national political power toward the south.
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Garner
Texas
Washington
House
New England
Congressional
Senate
Rhode Island
California
North Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Jarner
Congress
Republic
Fort to Oppose Morrow in New Jersey Senate Race
Newark May 16 Representative Franklin W Fort former secretary of the republican national committee announced he would enter the race for the republican nomination for U S senator from New Jersey against Ambassador Dwight W Morrow and former Senator Joseph S Frelinghuysen on a platform supporting the eighteenth amendment The Anti Saloon League scorned Morrow and Frelinghuysen and backed dry candidates while Fort advocates prohibition strength and Morrow faces internal party and interest group opposition
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Newark
N. J
Franklin W. Fort
U. S
New Jersey
Dwight W. Morrow
Josephs. Frelinghuysen
James K. Shields
Anti-Saloon League
Merrow
Dacy
League
F. Scott McBride
Morrow
Bachrach
Congress
Dawes to Confer with Hoover on London Naval Pact
Ambassador Dawes will return to the United States soon for talks with President Hoover on the London naval agreement. The White House said the trip is for diplomacy, not leave, and aims at confirming the pact details.
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Washington
Dawes
United States
Hoover
White House
Ambushed Moonshiner Kills Two Raiders
In Hohenwald Tennessee May 16 a moonshiner ambushes a prohibition raid deep in a ravine near his distillery. Deputy M L Newton 37 of Lawrence County is killed instantly. Deputy Luke Hinson 31 of Lewis County dies in hospital after being wounded. John P Hines Reu a farmer, arrested after the raid denies knowledge.
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Hohenwald
Tenn
M. L. Newton
Lawrence County
Luke Hinson
Lewis County
Hinson
John P. Hines
Reu
Favorable U S Trade Balance in April Report
U S April exports reached 334 million dollars while imports totaled 308 million, yielding a 26 million favorable trade balance. This marks a drop from last year and the lowest foreign shipments value in five years, with April gold imports at 656.5 million offset by 107 thousand in exports.
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Washington
United States
Jury Deadlocks in Chicken Theft Case
In Charlotte on May 16 a 12 man jury could not reach a verdict in the trial of Tom Thornburg who was accused of heading a local chicken theft ring. The jurors failed to agree after deliberations at a local hotel.
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Charlotte
Tom Thornburg
Two South Carolina Blacks Electrocuted
Aussie Moore aged 24 and George Washington 26, Allendale county, Negroes, were executed in the South Carolina state penitentiary for the murder of Shan Bates and killings of Frank Harley. Moore died at 6:25 a.m. and Washington at 6:32 a.m.
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Columbia
Aussie Moore
George Washington
Allendale County
Shan Bates
Frank Harley
Moore
Washington
New England Mill Work Curtailed
The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers reports New England mills have curtailed more than other regions. Mills rarely operate full 55 hour weeks with night shifts virtually absent. first quarter 1930 shows 73.2 hours less than legal limit per spindle. 2,000,000 spindles scrapped since 1922 and regional capacity at 81.8 percent on a 48 hour week.
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Boston
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Bulletin Today
New England
Bulletin
South
Sergeant York to Speak at Rutherford College Commencement
Sergeant Alvin C. York, world war hero from Tennessee, will deliver the commencement address to Rutherford College graduates next Tuesday in Hickory.
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Hickory
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
Rutherford College
Agreement Reached on Auto Tags Between States
Columbia S C May 16 Automobile owners with nonresident license plates will not be molested in either North or South Carolina before July 1 or until a reciprocal agreement is worked out. The decision followed a conference of road officials from both states to end the motor vehicle license war.
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Columbia
S. C
North
South Carolina
Commonwealths
Gold Star Mothers in Cherbourg Welcome Arrival
Some 231 Gold Star Mothers arrived in Cherbourg aboard the America at 2 45 pm escorted by two French military planes. Officials greeted them on the dock and four addresses followed before the train to Paris departed. A Paris reception awaited at Invalides station as thousands cheered on their disembarkation.
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Cherbourg
France
United States
America
Paris
the Invalides Station
Bentley Post
American Legion
Sarah G. Thompson
New York
Eva Lindsey
Bethel
Ohio
Felipa H. Crespin
Omaha
Nebraska
Thompson
Rotary district closes with farewell luncheon in Winston-Salem
The fifty seventh district conference of Rotary International ends with a farewell luncheon in Winston-Salem. Governor Henry R. Dwire presides. Dr. Howard Rondthaler, past district governor, speaks. Wade Marr of Raleigh discusses the Chicago convention and club singing. Dr. Charles Smith and Charles M. Ketchum address club service and vocational services. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise delivers the principal address.
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Winston-Salem
Rotary International
Henry R. Dwire
Howard Rondthaler
Wade Marr
Raleigh
International Convention Committee
Chicago
Charles “©. Smith
Salem, Va
Charles M. Ketchum
Greensboro
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
New York City
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Patrick J. Hurley
Cannon
Caraway
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Frances Sanderson
Trinity
Port Arthur
Frances
Baylor-Belton College
India
Gandhi
Piedmont North Carolina
Pivill
Ture
D. FE. Compton
High Point
W. B. Mckwen
Elwood Cox
H. R. Scott
Reidsville
Agnew Bahnson
Wineton- Salem
Ada Blair
8. H. Tomlinson
Garden Clubs of
North Carolina
H. A. Millis
Black
LION
Alabama Law Association
Nora Thomas
Jefferson County
Alabama
Alabama Women Lawyers’ Association
Birmingham
Sergeant York
Rutherford School
Hilary P. Jones
Dallas
Tex
Washington, D. C
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. J. Beauchamp
Bishop Beauchamp
Board of Temperance and Social Welfare
Dwight Morrow
James E. Hughson
Canada
Hughson
Prohibition Inquiry Committee
Virginia
H. M. Dubose
Nashville
Dallas News
E. D. Mouzon
Charlotte, N. C
Dr. Rondthaler
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