Revolt in Canton Sees Provisional Government Talk
Reported upheaval in Canton with Sun Yat Sen’s son Sun Fo involved as insurrectionists vow a provisional government opposing Chiang Kai-Shek. Nationalist forces mobilize across Kwangsi, Hunan and adjoining provinces, with coastal steamers commandeered to move troops to Canton.
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Sun Po
Sun Yat-Sen
Canton
Suc
Kiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Element
Sun Fo
Cafton
Sun
Nanking
Kuomintang
People’s Party
Chiang
Ril
Kwangsi
Hunan
Kwangtung
Tientisin-Pukow
Wangtung
Lisbon bomb blasts injure fifteen during dictator era celebration
In Lisbon crowds celebrating General Carmona's rule were struck by three bombs injuring fifteen. A bomb in Praga de Rocio wounded thirteen. a second near Rua Nova Trinidade caused chaos and a riot at Republica newspaper. a third bomb hit Abito causing property damage as police attempted to restore order.
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Lisbon
Portugal
General Carmona
Praga de Rocio
Rua Nova Trinidade
Republican Guard
Free Masons
Republica
Abbo Ito
Revenue Wrangle Sets Special Term In Monroe
Governor Max Gardner called a special term of court in Monroe to try Wilson Autry a 20 year old negro charged with assaulting a white woman. Judge N A Sinclair presiding.
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Raleigh
Union County
Max Gardner
Monroe Jones
Wilson Autry
N. A. Sinclair
Camel Contest Winners Arrive in Winston-Salem
James Thomas Sharkey the Boston milkman arrives with two cars to collect the $25,000 first prize from the Camel cigarette contest in Winston-Salem. Accompanying him are Mrs. Walter Sweet of Brooklyn the $10,000 prize winner and Julius M. Nolte of Duluth Minnesota the $5,000 third prize recipient. Awards set for tomorrow.
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Winston-Salem
James Thomas Sharkey
Boston
Walter Sweet
Brooklyn
Julius M. Nolte
Duluth
Minn
Mountain Climber H. T. Mors Found Dead Near Maymo Burma
In Rangoon Burma on May 18 Lieutenant Colonel H. T. Mors, a two time Everest ascent leader, was found dead near Maymo after a yesterday ride. A horseman who had returned reported the incident and described blood on a ride.
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Rangoon
Burma
H. T. Morshead
Caleutus
Mount Everest
Maymo
Montgomery Kills Policeman Then Ends His Life at Night Club
In Washington a 25 year old, Robert B Montgomery from a prominent New York Boston family, wounded a club manager and killed Officer Jesse Taylor before shooting himself. He died en route to hospital. Coroner ruled no inquest necessary and the body was sent to his father Colonel Robert H Montgomery in New York.
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Washington
Robert
Montgomery
New York
Boston
Charles Garbett
Jesse Taylor
Taylor
J. Ramsey Nevitt
Robert H. Montgomery
Wall Collapse Kills Two Men at Gainesville Building
In Gainesville Texas two workers died and several were injured when a front wall collapsed in front of the Trew Brothers Motor Co and Kennerly Hardware building. Fire men and spectators were buried in debris. The dead include H C Talley 37 foreman of Texas Power and Light and Wayne Williams 28 railroad telegraph operator. Others injured were William Bigek Erick Giles Raymond Powell Morris Finley all of Gainesville. Fire origin is undetermined and losses are estimated at 100000.
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Gainesville
Texas
H. C. Talley
Texas Power and Light Company
Wayne Williams
William Bigek
Erick Giles
Raymond Powell
Morris Finley
Trew Brothers Motor Company
Kennerly Hardware Company
Officer Slain in Rum Warfare in Mississippi
Federal agents massed from Birmingham to New Orleans to pursue the slaying of Deputy U S Marshal Clyde Rivers in north Mississippi. The case follows the killings of Prohibition Agent H L Everett and farmer Wales Land as federal efforts to curb crime continue. Rouey Eaton named as leader of the bootlegger band. 25 men detained for questioning as searches focus on Dry Creek area in Prentiss and Tippah counties.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Birmingham
New Orleans
Mississippi
United States
Clyde Rivers
Lester Sack
Rivers
H. L. Everett
Collins
Wales Land
Columbus
Booneville
Earl Womack
Rouey Eaton
Dry Creek
Prentiss County
Tippah
Sack
Department of Justice
Washington
Mrs. Sarah Doggett Dies At Ohio Home
Mrs. Sarah Doggett 92, early crusader who helped found the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, died at her Hillsboro Ohio home.
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Sarah Doggett
Ohio
Hillsboro
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Indictments Presented Against 16 Girls in Arson Case
Moore county grand jury received bills of indictment charging 16 young women with first degree arson in the March 12 fire at Samarcand State institution for delinquent girls. Solicitor Don Phillips indicated action was expected. first degree arson carries a mandatory death sentence in North Carolina.
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Samarcand
Carthage
N. C
North Carolina
Moore County Grand Jury
Don Phillips
Robes Or County
Indictments Against Former Bank Officials Overruled
In Asheville May 18 AP former bankers and five county officials faced charges of conspiring to misuse public funds for the Central Bank and Trust Company. Judge M V Barnhill overruled their motion to quash the seven indictments, rejecting claims the grand jury was improperly constituted. The defendants plan further motions after reviewing the bills. Wallace B Davis and Russell Davis led the bank group with Newton M Anderson James Grimes J O McElroy L L Jenkins and C N Malone among the officials named. Wallace Davis had earlier been convicted of submitting a false bank condition report. A 125 member Madison County venue will select the jury here tomorrow.
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Asheville
Superior Court
Central Bank and Trust Company
M. V
Wallace B. Davis
Russell Davis
Newton M. Anderson
James Grimes
J. 0. McElroy
L. L. Jenkins
C. N. Malone
Wallace Davis
Madison County
Seven Young People Killed In Accident
In Calamus Iowa seven youths died when their car drifted from behind a moving freight train into the path of a Chicago and North Western passenger train en route to Denver. Five of the deceased were siblings.
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Calamus
Chicago Northwestern
Denver
Ancient Turk Zara Agha Carried From Court on Stretcher
London May 18 Zara Agha known as the Ancient Turk who recently visited the United States was taken ill while listening to a case in the court of criminal appeals and was carried out on a stretcher.
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London
Zara Agha
United States
Court of Criminal Appeals
Merchants Oppose General Sales Tax in NC Meeting
Greensboro May 18 The North Carolina Merchants Association opened its convention with strong opposition to a general sales tax. M E Newsom warned half the state’s merchants could go broke if passed, while Willard Dowell said passage was practically certain. J H Blount preferred a luxury tax and S O Lindeman urged modern advertising against chain stores.
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Greensboro
General Assembly
North Carolina Merchants Association
M. E. Newsom
Durham
Willard Dowell
Raleigh
Dowell
J. H. Blount
Greenville
S. O. Lindeman
MIT Students Quell Bonfire Uproar in Cambridge
Police dispersed several hundred pajama clad MIT students who torched bonfires and hampered firemen. Hose lines were pulled, a nozzle stolen, helmets carried away, and one firefighter locked in a dorm basement. Three bonfires burned over three hours as police kept bells from alarms.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
World wheat conference opens in London to ease surplus
Howard Ferguson the Canadian high commissioner convened a world wheat conference in London to outline methods to relieve the world surplus. Delegates from eleven exporting nations attended as Ferguson stressed two needs producers receive fair prices and wheat reaches customers when needed. The meeting adjourned to continue discussions tomorrow with US Canada Australia Argentina Bulgaria Hungary India Poland Romania Yugoslavia and Soviet Russia represented.
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London
Howard Ferguson
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Bulgaria
Hungary
India
Poland
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Soviet Russia
McKelvie
Nebraska
Farm Board
A. E. Taylor
Leland Stanford University
Nils A. Olsen
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Trend shows stronger prohibition laws in states
Washington May 18 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union reports in the last decade 22 states strengthened enforcement while only five repealed. Despite wet propaganda the wets lack political strength, with New Jersey cited as an example of failure as Tren ton adjourned with all wet proposals dead in committee and anti-prohibition efforts defeated in states like North Carolina.
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Washington
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
New Jersey
Trenton
Dwight Morrow
North Carolina
War era draft amendment proposed by Frear in Congress
Representative Frear proposes a constitutional amendment to bar conscription of men in time of war except for continental service and to require a public referendum before war declarations. He criticizes MacArthur mobilization plans for drafting men only and urges including property and enforcing civilian industry control.
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Washington
War Policies Commission
Representative Frear
Republican
Wisconsin
Frear
War Department
MacArthur
Congress
Hurley
Pope Pius Receives Raskob and Sullivan Delegation
Vatican City May 18 Pope Pius held a special audience with John J. Raskob chairman of the A heavy responsibility exists on Dr. Raymond Sullivan of New York Mrs Sullivan and their daughter.
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Vatican City
John J. Raskob
Raymond Sullivan
York
Revenue conference report read in North Carolina General Assembly
The May 18 session in Raleigh reported the revenue conferees' compromise on ad valorem taxes to support a six month school term. Most signers favored the ad valorem plan, while several senators and representatives refused, and Speaker Wills Smith ruled no amendments could be offered to the report.
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Raleigh
House
Spence
House Revenue Committee
Mittee
Gravely
Nash
Gaston
Dunlap
Anson
Surry
Clement
Rowan
McKee
Jackson
Clark
Edgecombe
Wake
Pritchett
Bertie
Representa
Moore
Allen
Granville
Cherry
Harris
Person
MacLean
Beaufort
Connor
Wilson
Hood
Wayne
Wills Smith
White
Robeson
Revenue conferees accept new compromise bill in Raleigh
Raleigh May 18 AP The revenue conferees meet and accept a five member sub committee draft. Report to be presented to the general assembly by 3 p m with a vote likely before midnight. Dr A T Allen says the bill will force teacher salary cuts of 20 to 25 percent for six months schooling.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
A. T. Allen
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Allen
Dr. Allen
Nine Die in Election Riot in Egypt
Cairo reports nine people killed and 30 wounded in weekend chaos during delegate elector elections to name Egypt's next parliament. Ballot boxes were stolen in several locations across the country.
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Cairo
Egypt
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