Acquittals in Asheville banking case prompt second trial
In Asheville, Wallace B. Davis, former Central Bank president, is found guilty of false report charges while C N Brown and Dr J A Sinclair are acquitted. A 125 member Madison county jury is ordered to report Tuesday as Davis faces further arraignment on conspiracy counts.
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Venice
Madison County
Ashevile
The
State Today
Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
C. N. Brown
J. A. Sinclair
Davis
Yancey County
Russell
Davis Brothers
Newton M. Anderson
County Board of Commissioners
James W. Grimes
J. O. McElroy
L. L. Jenkins
Charles N. Malone
Jenkins
American National Bank
Central
Central Bank
North Carolina
Buncombe County
American National
Carey elected Charlotte state deputy for Knights of Columbus
George T. Carey of Charlotte was elected North Carolina state deputy at a Knights of Columbus meeting in Charlotte. Other officers named include J. J. Allen Wilmington treasurer Rev. John T. Manley Raleigh chaplain I. M. Gurley Raleigh state warden and M. P. Mulvaney Asheville secretary.
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G. W. Gates
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
New York
Wilmington
Allen Gore
A. H. Stanland
North Wilkesboro
Raymond Johnson
Joe Benge
Hunting Creek
Wilkes County
Henge
Johnson
Benge
Red Cross to Celebrate Jubilees With Washington Dinner
National Red Cross plans mark twelve month jubilee year beginning with a Washington dinner for 800 guests led by President Hoover and Chief Justice Hughes. Clara Barton pioneers honored alongside three special guests including Major William McDowell and survivors from the 1881 founding.
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Washington
Red Cross
Dansville
N.Y
Geneva
International Red Cross
Hoover
Hughes
Max Huber
Switzerland
Clara Barton
National Red Cross
Peter Voorhees Degraw
Washington, D. C
Miss Barton
R. P. Andrews
Danville
N. Y
William McDowell
Johnstown
Bailey speaks at North Carolina student congress
Senator Josiah W. Bailey addressed the second annual congress of the North Carolina State Students in Durham urging youth to take an active interest in politics. The session opened with remarks from Frank Graham and W P Few and featured officers elected from 20 colleges.
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Durham
North Carolina
Frank W. Gorham
North Carolina State College
Charles Rose
University of North Carolina
Martha Pierce
Duke University
J. H. McKinnon
Davidson
Federation
North Carolina College For Women
Greensboro
Bailey
North Carolina Legislature mulls adjournment amid tax clash
Raleigh May 16 Legislation on a 15 cent ad valorem tax to fund schools faces a split in Raleigh as the MacLean caucus rejects the plan 44 to 4 while an anti sales tax faction hopes to form a majority in the House. Senate support remains fragile with possible adjournment next Saturday if both chambers pass the revenue bill.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
MacLean
Senate
House
Ewing
Old Cannon Ball Found in Magnolia Timber
Magnolia Missouri resident William Jones found a twelve inch diameter cannon ball embedded in a long dead stump while clearing timber land. The ball is believed to have been fired from a Civil War cannon during General Sterling Price’s campaign.
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Magnolia
Sterling Price
William Jones
Jones
North Carolina College for Women to Run Coaching School
The North Carolina College for Women in Greensboro will host its third annual ten day coaching school for women from May 28 to June 6. Basketball is the main subject with coaching and refereeing emphasis. exams may qualify students as official referees. Courses also cover tennis soccer track mass games clogging tap dancing folk dancing and swimming with Red Cross life saving included.
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North Carolina College For Women
Greensboro
Red Cross
Two Doctors Bitten by Rabid Dog in North Carolina
In Raleigh on May 11 6 a New Bern physician Dr. R N Duffy and Dr L F Koonce head of a dog and cat hospital were treated with Pasteur after a rabid dog owned by Charles L Abernethy Jr of New Bern bit both men. The dog died last night and lab tests confirmed rabies.
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Raleigh
New Bern
R. N. Duffy
L. F. Koonce
Charles L. Abernethy, Jr
Duffy
Koonce Hospital
Koonce
Clarence A. Shore
State Laboratory
Cave Woman Elizabeth Ryan in bearskin robe at festival
Elizabeth Ryan age 19 of Grants Pass appears in print wearing a bearskin robe at a local festival. The caption notes her as a cave woman figure and jokes about her eating habits, calling her a clubwoman after examining the item in her hand.
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Oregon
Elizabeth Ryan
Grant’s Pass
Chicago Faces Tax Sale Crisis as Delinquent Bills Mount
In Chicago on May 16, over half the city’s property faced possible tax sale after a new assessment system left 176 million dollars of 1929 taxes unpaid out of 276 million. Delinquents accrue 1 percent monthly, with real estate slated for sale after three months. Banks have bought 300 million in tax warrants to cover current wage bills amid ongoing fiscal strain.
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Chicago
State Tax Commission
Jordan Jordan Emeritus David Starr Jordan Reported Slightly Weaker
David Starr Jordan emeritus chancellor of Stanford University was reported slightly weaker today with no other change in the Jordan home bulletin noting his condition.
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Jordan
Palo Alto
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Small Capitol blaze recalled by early fire
Firemen rushed to the north wing of the Capitol in Washington and quickly extinguished a basement janitor’s storage room fire. Four engine and two truck companies answered a private alarm. one hose line was used. No injuries or exterior damage reported.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
Capitol Dome
Carey
Capitol Police Force
Capitol Plaza
All Army Flying Forces Take Air Under One Command
Fairfield Depot Ohio May 16 All army flying forces in the air today under one command for the first time in history. Squadron by squadron they rose from Wright Field and Fairfield air depot under orders of Brig Gen Benjamin D Foulois until 600 ships were on the wing. They formed into five groups and split to practice formation flying and group maneuvers heading in as many directions.
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Fairfield Depot
Dayton
Wrightfield
Fairfield Air Depot
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Chicago
New York
Boston
Washington
Price Agreement Reached By Tenn Park Commission
D C Chapman announced the Tennessee Park Commission paid 3 million dollars for 92 814 acres of timber land in the Great Smoky Mountain area. The compromise price arose from a Washington conference between Champion Fibre officials and North Carolina and Tennessee park commissions. About 40 000 acres are in Tennessee and 62 000 acres in North Carolina.
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Knoxville
Tenn
D. C
Tennessee
North Carolina
Greensboro Flower Show Set For Friday Downtown Venue
The Greens boro Council of Garden Clubs will stage its first Flower Show on Friday May 22 from noon to 10 pm occupying the Morrison Neese Furniture Co on the fifth floor. The event features thousands of specimens from 13 clubs with miniature gardens artistic arrangements and table decor. President Mrs Chas T Hagan and arrangements chair Mrs Mary V Elzemeyer lead a well prepared display celebrating civic planting.
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Greensboro
Greensboro Council of Garden Clubs
Morrison-Neese Furniture Co
Ccale
Chas. T. Hagan
Greensboro Council of Garden Clube
Mary V. Elzemeyer
Truck Victim Leaves Name On Road In Final Act
Albert Trent of Herrin died after his truck overturned near Tamarco. He crawled from the wreck and scrawled his name and address on the pavement for identification, a passing motorist found his body and the concrete message.
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Tamarca
Ill
Albert Trent
Herrin
Here
Trent
Mrs. Rowland Bryce Is Charged With Slander
Atlanta church worker Mrs. Rowland Bryce faces slander charges filed by Rev. Rembert G. Smith of Sparta Ga. Damages of 25000 are sought against Bryce for alleged defamatory statements about Smith. Separate suits name Bishops Mouzon Moore Cannon Jr and DuBose over Methodist General Conference controversy.
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Atlanta
Rowland Bryce
Rembert G. Smith
Sparta
Edwin D. Mouzon
Charlotte
N. C
John M. Moore
Dallas
Texas
Bryce
Mr. Smith
Methodist General Conference
Moore
Mouton
Smith
James E. Odum
Odum
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
E. D. Mouzon
Bishop Mouzon
E. D., Mouzon, Jr
Morrison Named President S. A. R
Senator Cameron Morrison headed a ticket elected by the North Carolina Sons of the American Revolution with ten honorary vice presidents authorized. The Mecklenburg chapter produced officers including W. A. Graham and Dr. John E. Davidson, with 53 new members added in the past year.
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Charlotte
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina
Malcolm B. Hunter
W. L. Herrill
W. G. MacFarland
E. L. Baxter Davidson
Plummer Stewart
J. V. Pomeroy
Bailey T. Groome
Robert B. Babington
Mecklenburg
Society
Monument Unveiled Over Grave of Samuel Wilson
A monument was unveiled at the grave of Samuel Wilson in Troy New York, famed as the source of the nickname Uncle Sam. Wilson supplied meat to troops during the War of 1812 and was known locally as Uncle Sam in his neighborhood.
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Troy
N. Y
Samuel Wilson
Uncle Sam
United States
Wilson
Greenbush
Newburgh
Judge Hayes Vacates Impounding Ballot Boxes
Federal Judge E Yates Webb vacated the order impounding ballot boxes from the Bailey Pritchard senatorial contest last fall. The move followed the actions of Judges Hayes and Meekins and ordered the return of seized boxes and contents with costs paid by petitioners. The original impoundment stemmed from a U S Senate Elections Committee inquiry into George Pritchard contesting the seat awarded to J W Bailey.
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Shelby
N. C
E. Yates Webb
J. J. Hayes
J. M. Meekins
Bailey-Pritchard
Buncombe County
J. K. Swain
Albert R. Bauman
Bancombe County Elections Board
U. S. Senate Elections Committee
George Pritchard
J. W. Bailey
Plan for a British empire superbank to control gold
J F Darling of British Midland Bank proposes a superbank to buy and control all gold and silver resources of the British empire and possibly the United States. He argues parity with gold can be kept and silver rehabilitation is urgent to avoid economic chaos. The plan would bind Commonwealth financial structures and set silver to gold at twenty to one.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
J. F. Darling
British Midland Bank
British Authority
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Margaret Elen Hoover
Iowa
Claude Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Peggy Ann
Edwin D. Mouton
John N. Moore
Hayes
Marshalls
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