Senate campaign funds committee hearings on 1916 nominees
Washington reports the Senate Campaign Funds Committee summoned witnesses active in Smith and Hoover campaigns. Named were Segwick Kistler Oscar Wilt Harry Woodyard and Frank Hale with Guffey citing contributions of 5000 from Van Namee plus 6625 from 40 Pennsylvania Democrats to aid Smith in the state.
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Washington
Smith
Hoover
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Houston
Kansas City
Segwick Kistler
Philadelphia
New York
Oscar Wilt
Harry CC. Woodyard
Commerce
West Virginia
Frank J. Hale
Politics
Joseph F. Guffey
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Henry N. Moskowitz
New York City
Guffey
George R. van Namee
Sedgwick Kistler
Lockhaven
Oscar O. Wilt
Clarksburg
W. Va
Presbyterians Hear Address as 68th General Assembly Opens
In Atlanta, commissioners from 17 southern states gather for seven day session to elect a new moderator, organize the assembly, and set the annual budget. Overtures include severing ties with the Federal Council of Churches and studying scriptural grounds for divorce due to desertion.
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Atlanta
Robert F. Campbell
Asheville
N. C
The
Presbyterian Church
United States
Campbell
Committee On Assembly
Presbytery
Florida
Federal Council of Churches In America
Eldorado
Ark
Texas
Mangum
New Orleans
Colombian Air Chief Arrives to Plan Bogota Flight
Lieutenant Colonel Camilo Daza head of Colombia's air force arrives at Mitchell Field New York to fly to Bogota following Lindbergh's goodwill route. He plans to depart by June in a Swiss plane with a Gnome motor after assembling the aircraft at the field.
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Colombia
Viger
New York
Camilo Daza
Army Air Force of
Mitchel Field
Bogota
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Daza
A New Thrill in a Happy Magazine Snippet
A playful dialogue shows a pretty girl telling her father she is engaged, he questions it with disbelief, while she insists it is merely fun. The short exchange captures lighthearted humor from the magazine's pages.
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Pretty Girl
Happy Magazine
New Jersey Campaign Expenditures Under Study
The Reed campaign funds committee will review expenditures in the New Jersey Republican Senate primary amid accusations of up to 200000 paid for influence. Five candidates contested the race with Hamilton Kean leading and Edward C. Stokes as runner up. The panel may limit its inquiry to the Republican side as Democrat Edwards faces renomination unopposed.
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Campaign Funds
Washington
New Jersey
Reed Campaign Funds Committee
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Hamilton F. Kean
Edward C. Stokes
Stokes
Edwards
Senate Campaign Committee
North Carolina
Raleigh
Smith
George R. van Namee
New York
Smith campaign spending in North Carolina tops under $1000
Smith supporters in Raleigh say expenditures in the state total less than 1000 dollars with the main cost for hall, band, and loudspeakers for George Gordon Battle's Raleigh speech. James Griffin and W B Jones, Raleigh lawyers, handle and are the leading contributors to all North Carolina expenditures.
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Raleigh
Smith
North Carolina
Hall
George Gordon Battle
New York
James Griffin
W. B. Jones
Editorials Push Public Utility Views in Dam Controversy
A witness testified that an appeal flyer was published without source credit over the past year. Boney said he wrote to the Charlotte News editor believed to be Julian Miller and helped publish an editorial opposing Boulder dam. He argued municipal ownership slows industrial growth in the Carolinas.
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Boney
Charlotte
N. C
News
Julian Miller
Boulder Dam
Carolinas
Clement Named Judge for Eleventh District Court
Governor McLean appointed John H. Clement of Winston Salem as judge of the North Carolina superior court in the eleventh district effective May 26. He succeeds the resigned Roy L. Deal and will begin his first term in Jackson County.
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Clement
Raleigh
McLean
John H. Clement
Winston- Salem
Eleventh
Roy L. Deal
Jackson County
Durham Court Recess Follows Testimony On Ferry Bridge Screams
A Durham trial recessed at noon after Robert Dixon testified he saw a man he believed to be the defendant in a car near Holloway and Dillard streets between 7:30 and 8:00 PM. The case involves a son and daughter from South Carolina tied to the crime and a report of a woman's screams at the Ferry Bridge.
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South Carolina
Ferry Bridge
Lawrence
Robert Dixon
Durham
Holloway and
Dillard Streets
Jury seated in murder trial of W Herbert Lawrence
Twelve Chatham citizens join a panel in Pittsboro to hear evidence against Durham contractor W Herbert Lawrence charged with the March 24 murder of Annie B Terry. Prosecutors seek the death penalty as 67 salesmen were questioned for hours to select the jury. The defense claims an ironclad alibi.
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Pittsboro
N. C
Chatham
W. Herbert Lawrence
Durham
Annie B. Terry
Superior Court
Romulus A. Nunn
Clawson Williams
Lawrence
Avent’s Ferry
Lower Chatham
Cape Fear
T. H. Lawrence
Army Aviators Start Today For Nicaragua
Three United States Marine Corps fliers began a mission from Miami toward Managua Nicaragua at 5 15 a m in a transport monoplane Their route included a possible stop at Tela Honduras if darkness halted progress Reports noted favorable weather and continuous radio contact as Lieut H B Palmer Lieut R H Hughes and Sergeant Steel pursued the expedition against rebel Augusto Sandino The craft was reported near American Shoals light about 90 miles south of Key West at 7 35 a m
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Miami
Fla
United States Marine Corps
Managua
Nicaragua
Havana
Cuba
H. B. Palmer
R. H. Hughes
Steel
Marine
Augustino Sandino
Tela
Honduras
Tropical Radio Telegraph Company
Lieut. Hughes
E. F. Bourne
American Shoals Light
Key West
Nother Monstrosity Missed Train Retort Cited
In the Birmingham Post a humorous line recalls a passenger joking he chased a train off the platform after missing it. The quip reflects lighthearted rail travel humor from the era.
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Birmingham Post
Airplane Stocks Rally in Wild New York Market
New York May 17 Prices on the New York Stock Exchange fell one dollar to 6.50 at opening as investors dumped shares after yesterday's panic. The market then surged with violent speculation pushing some airplane stocks up from one to almost fifteen dollars, erasing early losses.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Market rally lifts aircraft and telecom stocks at midmorning
Wright Aeronautical gains to 224.50 as Curtiss climbs to 164.25 and AT&T jumps to 201 after宣布 185 million extra shares to be sold. International Harvester hits a record high near 268 while Ludlum Steel and others rise 2 to 4 dollars. Trading slows from earlier sessions with a brief 15 minute delay before noon.
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Wright Aeronautical
Curtiss
Comon
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
American International Corporation Common
International Harvester
Ludlum Steel
South Porto Rison Sugar
American Linseed
Nash Motors
American Brown Bovers
Equitable
Mrs Ellen Callicut Buried in Montgomery County
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen Callicut died at her Tryon street home were held yesterday at Dover in Montgomery county. She was 66. Survived by son C A Yow of High Point and ten daughters including Mrs C A Callicut of Kanapolis and Mrs N Y Davis of Steed.
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Ellen Callicut
Tryon Street
Dover
Montgomery County
Notable Family Members and Significant Grandchildren Count
Mrs. E. 8. Hicks and several relatives including Mrs. Jim Ray Draper and Mrs. Jack Johnson of Greensboro are listed with extensive descendant totals. The note names 63 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren associated with the families across Greensboro Greens boro High Point Hanes Reidsville.
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E. 8. Hicks
Steed
Jim Ray
Draper
Jack Johnson
Greensboro
T. B. New
High Point
L. F. Miller
Hanes
Robert Jones
R. R. McDonald
Reidsville
McClintock Funeral Set For Tomorrow
The body of John A McClintock, former High Point resident, died at the National Soldiers and Sailors Home Hampton Va arrived here this morning and was taken to Yows Funeral Home then moved to the home of sister Mrs M E Fogleman 1100 Thistle Street Funeral services will be held there tomorrow at 11 o clock with Rev E J Harbison officiating Burial will be in Gilead Cemetery Randolph County
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John A. MccClintock
High Point
National Soldiers and Sailors Home
Hampton
Yow
M. E. Fogleman
Thistle Street
E. J. Harbison
Wesley Memorial Church
Gilead Cemetery
Randolph County
Study finds female brain area more developed for speech
Researchers report that the brain region converting thought to speech is more developed in women, suggesting gender differences in verbal processing and communication. The finding adds to evidence of biological factors shaping language abilities.
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William
Haines
West Point
William Haines
Kelly
Joan Crawford
Phillys Haver
Chicago
DR. Campbell
Presbyterians
Lew Cody
Aileen Pringle
Buffalo Bill, JR
Bucaroo
Orpheum
the Family Theatre
Tom Mix
Tom Mix the
Anyon
Elinor Field
Truman van Dyke
Faa
Duchess of
Delaware
Miss du Pont
Lydia du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Alexis Felix du Pont
Duchess of Delaware
San Antonio
Tex
San Jacinto
Medici
Queen Elizabeth
Redpath
Tommy
Mrs. Gallicut
M’clintock
Miss Cox
Richmond
Virginia
Effie Cox
Johnson- Willis Hospital
J. Elwood Cox
Building & Loan
Jack Taylor
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