Murder trial halted briefly after defendant’s self harm
W Herbert Lawrence a Durham contractor slashed his throat and wrist in his Durham jail cell delaying proceedings for the murder of Annie Terry. An adjournment was set until Monday as doctors said he could face the jury unless complications arise.
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Pittsboro
W. Herbert Lawrence
Durham
Romulus A. Nunn
Annie Terry
Clyde Thomas
Chatham County
Lawrence
John Burns
Watts Hospital
Coolidge Addresses Phillips Academy Sesquicentennial
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge visit Andover for Phillips academy sesquicentennial celebration. crowds cheer as they arrive, receive gold commemorative medals, and hear an address stressing the importance of secondary schools in shaping citizenship and character.
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Andover
Mass
Coolidge
Washington
Phillips Academy
Alfred E. Stearns
Alfred E. Ripley
Academy
Samuel Phillips
Massachusetts
Ships Collide Off Sandy Hook In Heavy Fog May Be Opened To Public
The Red Star Liner Pennland collided with the inbound freighter Anniston City in heavy fog outside Sandy Hook. No injuries reported. Pennland anchored at Ambrose Channel entrance. Anniston City suffered a badly twisted stem and rapid flooding but required no immediate assistance. Pennland, on a two month Shanghai to Baltimore run, carried 141 first and 66 tourist passengers including Professor Henry Norris Russell and several named travelers.
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New York
Red Star
Pennland
Antwerp
Halifax
Anniston City
Baltimore
Sandy Hook
Coast Guard
Seminole
Ambrose Channel
Shanghai
St. Helena
Oregon
Panama Canal
Colon
Henry Norris Russell
Princeton University Observatory
John McGowan
Anne McGowan
Hugh Reilly
Elizabeth’ Reilly
Washington
Lyndon Evans
Chicago
Emily Chase
Frank Baldwin
Mabel J. Winsworth
Cleveland
G. Conway
Philadelphia
Carl Ericcson
Vivian Ericcson
Minneapolis
E. W. Burge
Agnes Darden
Macon
Henry Tom
Mary Tom
New Orleans
Senate campaign funds panel ends first phase with North Carolina inquiry
The Senate campaign funds committee wraps up a day of testimony on political financing in West Virginia Ohio and Indiana. It plans Raleigh probes next week into Smith supporters and Hoover’s Indiana effort led by Oscar Foellinger and M Bert Thurman.
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Washington
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Raleigh
N. C
Smith
Hoover
Senator Watson
Fort Wayne
Oscar Foellinger
Watson
M. Bert Thurman
Indianapolis
Watson Group
Allen County
North Carolina
Walter Murphy
Salisbury
Reed
Missouri
Murphy
Representative Hull
Tennessee
Heflin
Alabama
Nobile Plans Polar Flight After Italia Overhaul
General Umberto Nobile prepared for a North Pole venture in four days aboard the Italia. The airship, after a 2375 mile test toward Lenin Land, faced fog that blocked land observations and darkened meals as water froze during the return flight.
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Kings Bay
Spitsbergen
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Lenin Land
Greenland
Mackenzie River
Giles Land
Spitzbergen
Two Marines Die as Rebels Fire in Nicaragua Combat
In Northern Nicaragua near Paso Real a Marine and his commanding officer were killed in clashes with rebels while relief columns moved toward an isolated Marine patrol. An enlisted Marine and a Nicaraguan guard also died, five rebels were killed, and injuries were reported on both sides as aviation aided medical drops.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Paso Real
Robert S. Hunter
Quilali
Hunter
Nueva Segovia
Stanley E. Ridderhof
Seaplanes Readiness For Cur tiss Trophy Race
A mixed fleet of seaplanes gathers on the Potomac River awaiting the start of the Cur tiss Marine trophy race. Navy and Marine Corps entries compete across five classes with prizes, referees, and judges including Orville Wright. past winner Thomas P. Jeter set 130.94 mph in 1926.
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Washington
Potomac River
Naval Air Station
Navy Department
Marine Corps
C. A. Lutz
Brown Field
Quantico
H. C. Major
Bureau of Aeronautics
Marine
A. C. Miles
Navy
Walter Hinton
Orville Wright
Porter Davis
National Aeronautics Association
Thomas P. Jeter
Interest Centers in Meeting of Committee
Raleigh May 19 The State Democratic Executive committee meets tonight to decide if Democratic voters may express presidential preference in an informal primary The cost is estimated around 5000 by R A Coughton with other estimates varying Zeb Turlington Mooresville urged the primary Senator Simmons endorsed it in a telegram to chairman Dennis G Brummitt Cordell Hull’s campaign manager led the push
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Democratic Executive Committee
R. A. Coughton
Zeb. Turlington
Mooresville
Cordell Hull
Dennis G. Brummitt
Simmons
Brummitt
Jones Wins Carolina Women's Golf Championship at Biltmore Forest
Mrs. Robert R. Jones of Winston Salem defeated Mrs. Alan McDonald of Biltmore Forest 5 and 4 to claim the Carolina Women's Golf Association title at Biltmore Forest Country Club Asheville. Both players showed steady play with Jones maintaining composure through the final holes.
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Biltmore Forest
Winston-Salem Club
Asheville
Robert R. Jones
Winston Salem
Alan McDonald
Mrs. Jones
Baptist Convention Opposes Governor Smith for Prohibition
In Chattanooga on May 19 the Southern Baptist Convention debated for 90 minutes and voted nearly unanimously to pledge its constituency to break party lines to oppose any presidential candidate who is not an outspoken prohibitionist. The Governor of New York was mentioned four times during the heated discussions.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
New York
Naval Officers Die in Hawaiian Plane Crash
Two U S Navy officers were killed when a training aircraft crashed into the sea during maneuvers off Hawaii. Pilot Lieutenant H R Ballinger of San Pedro California and Ensign A C Koble of the naval reserve were aboard the West Virginia attached craft. The tail spin at about 1500 feet left no trace of the plane or crew.
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Washington
Navy Department
Hawaiian
Werreut
H. R. Ballinger
A. C. Koble
Naval Reserve
West Virginia
Ballinger
San Pedro
Calif
Koble
Smith Leading in Oregon Presidential Preference Vote
In Oregon's presidential preference primary 600 precincts reported on the Democratic side Alfred E. Smith led with 6 045 votes while Thomas J Walsh had 3 904 and James A Reed 2 233. On the Republican side Herbert Hoover led with 35 419 votes across 712 precincts with seven write ins for Frank O Lowden.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
James A. Reed
Missouri
Herbert Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Memphis Chosen For 1929 Southern Baptist Convention
Memphis Tennessee was selected for the 1929 Southern Baptist convention opening session to be held Tuesday May 10. Jacksonville St Petersburg Florida and San Antonio Texas were other bidders.
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Memphis
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Jacksonville
St. Petersburg
Fla
San Antonio
Tex
Furman Student John D Watkins Found Dead in Hudson River
The body of John D Watkins a Furman University senior from High Point North Carolina was found in the Hudson River Albany New York. He left Furman March 31 and came from Leesville Lexington County South Carolina where his family moved last fall to a store on the Winston Salem road near the M L Hedgecock farm Route 2. This report notes no signs of foul play and references a related telegram to Furman officials.
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Lawrence
Terry
Cape Fear
Avent’s Ferry
Chatham County
High Point
Hudson River
Furman
John D. Watkins
J. D. Watkins
Lexington County
Carolina
Winston- Salem Road
M. L. Hedgecock Farm
Route
Young Watkins
Greenville
N. C
N.C
Furman University
Albany
N. Y
S. C
Watkins
Leesville
Eastern rail merger approved by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the merger of Chesapeake and Ohio Pere Marquette and related lines, creating a 5,000 mile eastern network. The decision blocks C&O from stock control of the Erie but allows Pere Marquette stake purchase under conditions, affecting routes from Newport News to Chicago and through Michigan Indiana Ohio and Canada.
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Washington
United States
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pere Marquette
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Sweringen
Erie
Newport News
Virginia
Chicago
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Canada
Nominated as Federal Judge for Sixth Circuit
President Coolidge named Xenophon Hicks of Tennessee to the federal bench for the sixth circuit. John H. Cotteral of Oklahoma was named for the eighth circuit vacancy caused by the death of Judge W. H. Sanborn.
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Washington
Xenophon Hicks
Tennessee
President Coolidge
Sixth United States Circuit Court
John H. Cotteral
Oklahoma
Eighth Circuit
W. H. Sanborn
Boat Goes Aground Near Swinburne Island
The side wheel steamboat Smithfield, owned by the Keansburg Steamship Company of Perth Amboy New Jersey, ran aground today in thick fog near Swinburne Island in the lower harbor.
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New York
Smithfield
Keansburg Steamship Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
Swinburne Island
Lexington Gas Plant Approved for Lexington
A new gas plant for Lexington is assured after the Atlantic Gas Company of Philadelphia received official notice accepting the Lexington gas franchise. The company has organized Lexington Gas to establish and operate the plant, with surveys showing growing demand and local signups increasing as construction plans proceed.
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Lexington
Atlantic Gas Company
Philadelphia
Lexington Gas Company
H. A. Gaul
Senate Adopts Resolution on Postmaster Appointments
Washington May 19 The Senate adopted the George Harris resolution authorizing the Senate Post Office Committee to investigate circumstances surrounding the appointment of postmasters.
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Washington
Senate Today
George — Harris
Senate Post Office
Britain Backs Kellogg Peace Plan for World
London reports Sir Austen Chamberlain handed the U S Kellogg pact reply to Ambassador Alan B Houghton. He told Parliament the British government warmly welcomed the American initiative and hoped it would advance world peace with prompt acceptance by the government of the Kellogg proposals. Germany fully accepted the American proposals in a note made public in Washington.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Alanson B. Houghton
Foreign Office
Austen
House of Commons
United States
House of Lords
Marquis of Reading
Kellogg
Germany
Washington
Labor Union Plans Candidate Questionnaire Fight in County
The Central Labor Union of Winston Salem voted to issue a questionnaire to all county and state election candidates and to oppose Frank Grist the labor and printing commissioner seeking re election. The five questions cover immigration education convict labor collective bargaining and fair compensation laws for workers.
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Winston-Salem
Frank Grist
Labor and Printing
Central Labor Union of
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