Tragic Bath Michigan School Massacre Claims Many Victims
In Bath Michigan a maniacal dynamiting spree killed 46 people including 36 children and five adults. Andrew Kehoe, the farmer and school treasurer, blew up the district school after wiring the basement to a timed device. Kehoe died in a final blast near his car.
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Bath, Mich
Andrew Kehoe
Kehoe
Emory E. Huyck
Glenn O. Smith
Nelson McFarren
Huyck
McFarren
Smith
Mrs Mitchell to Face Trial in Death Case
Asheville report states nurse Mildred Mitchell will stand trial in late June for murder in the death of Sue E. Clay from injuries on Hendersonville highway. Mitchell pleads self defense. driver W N Muir and Bryan English to testify. bail set at 2000 and 1000 respectively. Funeral for Clay held at Hillgrit Presbyterian church.
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Asheville
Mildred Mitchell
Sue E. Clay
Hendersonville
Mitchell
Buncombe County
Grand Jury
Clay
Muir
Bryan English
Nelson Harris Held on Murder Charge After Car Crash
Nelson Harris of Danville Virginia, descendant of Governor Morehead, is held on $5000 bond in Greensboro on a manslaughter charge after a collision killed Duff McCrary of Winston-Salem. Preliminary hearing slated for tomorrow. Harris reportedly intoxicated and placed in a local institution for treatment after arrest.
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Greensboro
Nelson Harris
Danville
Morehead
North Carolina
Harris
Duff McCrary
Winston-Salem
Forty Five Dead From Big Storm
Indianapolis residents suffered extensive damage as a storm roared across the area. The central portion of Indiana saw winds up to 80 miles per hour, injuring at least 45 people and destroying hundreds of homes and business structures. Flooding and power outages hampered relief, while reports indicated three trainmen died when a bridge was washed away near La Fontaine.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Terre Haute
Richmond
Big Four Railroad
la Fontaine
Chicago
Peoria
Ill
Indiana
Illinois
Farm Creek
East Peoria
Pekin
Les Jones
Walter Mueller
Mueller
Hartsburg
Hancock County
Carthage
State approves 382 miles of new North Carolina road additions
North Carolina highway commission authorizes 382 additional miles to a 6500 mile system with routes across 25 counties. Projects include Tyrell County Columbia to Fort Landing Gatesville to Route 32 Nash Rocky Mount to Rawson's Bridge Franklin Halifax Centerville to Route 40 Vance Henderson to Virginia line Harnett Wake Erwin to Route 21 Orange Chapel Hill Pittsboro Apex Moore Pinehurst to Southern Pines Richmond Hamiet to Cheraw road Davidson Randolph Thom asville to Troy Asheboro to New London Montgomery Candor to Route 512 Davie Farming ton to Route 65 Union Monroe to South Carolina line Ashe Watauga Jefferson to Tennessee line toward Trade Polk Rutherford Mill Springs to Lake Lure Cherokee to Tennessee line near Ducktown.
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Daleigh
State Highway Commission
Tyrell County
Columbia
Fort Landing
Gates
Gatesville
Northampton
Jackson
Seaboard
Pitt
Craven
Greenville
Vanceboro
Pender
Burgaw
Nash
Rocky Mount
Rawson’s Bridge
Franklin
Halifax
Centerville
Vance
Henderson
Virginia
Harnett
Wake
Erwin
Orange
Durham
Nelson
Chapel Hill
Chatham
Pittsboro
Apex
Moore
Pinehurst
Southern Pines
Richmond
Hamiet
South Carolina
Cheraw Road
Davidson
Randolph
Thomasville
Troy
Stanly
Asheboro
New London
Montgomery
Candor
Davie
Farmington
Union
Monroe
Ashe
Watauga
Jefferson
Tennessee
Trade
Polk
Rutherford
Mill Springs
Lake Lure
Cherokee
Murphy
Ducktown
Durham Hosiery Mills Reports 1926 Net Income
Durham Hosiery mills and affiliates earned a net income of 221682 for 1926. The figure equals 7.62 dollars per share on the preferred stock, compared with 74493 or 2.56 dollars per share on the preferred in 1925.
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New York
Durham Hosiery Mills
Wake Forest Presidents Speculation Over Murphree Prospects
Raleigh dispatch reports Wake Forest trustees may consider University of Florida head Dr. A A Murphree after Dr. William Louis Poteat retires June 1. Other names include Dr. W J McGlothlin of Furman University.
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Poteat
Wake Forest
A. A. Murphree
University of Florida
William Louis Poteat
Board of Trustees
Murphree
Gilbert T. Stephenson
Dr. Murphree
Stephenson
University of Florida At
Gainesville
State University
Florida
Florida General Assembly
William Jennings Bryan
South
North Carolina
W. J. McGlothlin
Furman University
Greenville
S. C
McGlothlin
Thirteen clubs organize youth groups in Gaston County
In Gastonia May 19 thirteen demonstration clubs with 350 boys and girls have formed across Gaston County. The clubs operate under home and farm agents with officers for each unit and captains for each project. Club fairs are planned in two communities as others may join.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
L. B. Altman
Altman
Dismissal push in Cumberland Presbyterian board leaders
Five of thirteen synods and presbyteries petition the 97th general assembly to remove the Cumberland Presbyterian church board of education members. The memorials urge upholding the educational commission findings amid denomi national disloyalty allegations linked to Beth el College.
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Lakeland
Fla
Board of Education
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
97Th General Assembly
Bethel College
McKenzie
Tenn
Synod of Arkansas
Educational Commission
West Tennessee Synod
Dyer
Obion Presbytery
Knoxville Presbytery
East Tennessee
Tennessee
Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee
Assembly
Hester Found Guilty in Thackston Murder Case
Jerry Hester was found guilty by a Greenville jury of murdering J. E. D. Thackston. His sons Charlie and Claud were acquitted, the jury recommending mercy. The sentence is life imprisonment.
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Greenville
S. C
Jerry Hester
J. E. D. Thackston
Charlie
Claud
Hester
Thackston
Shriners Meet in Goldsboro for Eleventh Sudan Temple Ceremonial
Five thousand Shriners gathered in Goldsboro for the Sudan Temple ceremonial of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine. Highlights included a noon street parade, 60 initiations, patrol drill, a potentates ball, and a session proposing a joint ceremonial with Oasis Temple at Chapel Hill in September. Potentate Frey B. Crowson of Goldsboro presided.
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Shriners
Goldsboro
Sudan
Mystic Shrine
Oasis Temple
Sudan Temple
Chapel Hill
Oasis
Greensboro
Frey. B. Crowson
Locust Plague Ravages 125000 Acres in Astrakhan
Locusts devastate grain fields across Astrakhan, Kalmuck, and Caucasus provinces, covering about 125000 acres and threatening crops in the region.
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Astrakhan
Russia
Kalmuck
Caucasus
Skinner Of Texas Praises Scientists At Assembly
Dr J W Skinner president of the Texas Mexican Industrial Institute for boys at Kingsville told the Presbyterian general assembly in El Dorado that scientists are expanding mankind’s capabilities. He said scientists have made the world safer and labor lighter, lifting ignorance and fear, and that a new creation may be in process.
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EL Dorado
Ark
J. W. Skinner
Texas- Mexican Industrial Institute For Boys
Kingsville
Texas
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States
Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Skinner
Bertaud Will Not Take Air With Partner
New York May 19 AP Lloyd Bertaud will not fly to Paris in the Bellanca monoplane with Clarence Chamberlin. Charles A Levine announced a successor has been chosen but declined to reveal the name until the plane is ready to depart.
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New York
Lloyd Bertaud
Paris
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Associated Press
Levine
Bertaud
Eight Lives Lost In Idaho Flood After Dam Collapse
Idaho Falls reports the Gros Ventre slide dam failed flooding Kelly and Wilson towns in Wyoming and Idaho. A wall of water moved through the valley for miles as 100000 acre feet of lake drained, drowning about eight people with others missing. Warnings extended to farms along a 100 mile stretch.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Gros Ventre River
Sheep Mountain
Kelly
Wyoming
Wilson
Snake River
Gros Ventre
Oregon Short Line
Oak Ridge Debate and Anniversary Exercises Highlight Institute Program
Oak Ridge Institute hosts a debate tonight between two literary societies at eight o clock. Class day exercises Thursday at 3 30 p m and an oratorical contest follow. Friday May 20 marks the 75th anniversary exercises with alumni speakers, as enrollment reaches 214 from several states and two foreign countries.
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Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Institute
North Carolina
Charlotte Man Held on Abortion Charge
May 19. Charles Heavner of Hickory and Dr. W E Wishart with Roy Davis and James M Smith of Charlotte were indicted by the Mecklenburg county grand jury after suit by Margaret Carpenter of Hickory. The charges stem from damages alleged from an operation in a hotel.
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Albemarle
R. L. Smith
John S. Efird
Efird
Smith
Charlotte
Charles Heavner
Hickory
W. E. Wishart
Roy Davis
James M. Smith
Mecklenburg County Grand Jury
Margaret Carpenter
Grand Jury
Midwestern Spring Storms Cause Severe Damage Across Two States
Peoria Illinois and Indianapolis Indiana suffered major impact as storms lashed Indiana Illinois area. Flooding hail and high winds wrecked homes trains and utilities. At least several deaths and hundreds injured with damages estimated in millions.
Flood Fear Prompts Mass Evacuation in Atchafalaya Basin
In western Atchafalaya basin Louisiana residents abandon homes as weather warnings intensify. More than 5 000 refugees crowd Opelousas and Eunice camps while rescue teams race to remove people from inundated areas along Beggs Bunkie Palmetto and Garland.
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New Orleans
Atchafalaya Basin
Weather Bureau
John M. Parker
Baton Rouge
Parker
Bayou Des Glaises
Atchafalaya
Melville
Bayou Des Glasses
St. Landry Parish
Beggs
Garland
Dubuisson
Whiteville
Bunkie
Southern Pacific
Opelousas
Palmetto
Swayze Lake
Belle Helene
Mississippi
McCrea
Hoover
Old River
Alexandria
Verdict Expected Today in Montague Case
Asheville May 19 AP Startling discoveries in the Cooper residence tighten the case against Mrs Anna Montague 45 nurse as coroner's jury inquest looms. Blood smeared lens found in a dresser drawer argues inside job. Robbery ruled out after funds found. Telegram from Marion Cooper arrives and estranged husband Dr S S Montague also comes to help.
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Asheville
Cooper
Anna Montague
Mary E., Cooper
Montague
John Anderson
Cleveland
Ohio
S. S. Montague
Oxford
N. C
Six Dollars Received for the Mississippi Flood Fund
The newspaper reports only six dollars received today for flood relief for Mississippi sufferers. Five dollars came from Miss Novella McIntire and one dollar in cash. Although High Point has donated the three thousand dollars asked, additional funds are still needed.
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Mississippi
Novella McIntire
High Point
Bandit Gang Cornered by Posse Near Quay Oklahoma
Mathew Kimes and his bandit crew who robbed two Beggs banks yesterday killed Chief W. J. McAnally and fled with 17961.49. A posse of over 100 armed locals and officers cornered them at Quay in Pawnee County after trailing through Bristol Hamrock Cushing and Yale, with Osage County as a suspected HQ.
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OK Mulgee
Okla
Mathew Kimes
Beggs
W. J. McAnally
Quay
Pawnee County
E. W. Jones
Jones
Bristow
Hamrock
Cushing
Yale
Osage County
Girl Is Jailed After DWI Crash Near Asheville
Ruth Bryson, a young Asheville woman, was jailed today in the county jail awaiting trial on charges of driving an automobile while intoxicated. She had been injured last Sunday in a single vehicle wreck just outside city limits, was discharged from the hospital, and bail set at 260 dollars, which she could not furnish.
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Charlotte
Ruth Bryson
Asheville
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Mrs. Mitchell
the Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Baskervile
Raleigh
Gaston
Nungesser
Cali
Efird's Counsel School
al TL
McKenzie, Tenn
Church
Charity
Bessie Lee Efird Morris
W. T. Efird
Church of God
Chamberlin
New York- Paris
Tlant
Charlotte Man
Middlewest
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