Clyde Van Dusen Wins Turf Classic at Churchill Downs Derby
Clyde Van Dusen ridden by Linus McAtee won the 55th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in heavy rain and mud. He led early and held off Naishapur and Panchio to finish first, with Blue Larkspur fourth and a payout of $53,950. About 69,000 spectators witnessed the victory in rough going.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville
Clyde van Dusen
Herbert P. Gardner
Amsterdam
N. Y
Naishapur
Chaffee Earl
San Francisco
Panchio
D’s Stock Farm
Fort Worth
Texas
E. R. Bradley
Blue Larkspur
Matuels
Club House
Gardner
Linus
Pony
Blair May Retain Raleigh Revenue Post This Summer
The Enterprise Bureau reports delays in naming a successor to David Blair as commissioner of revenue. Washington favors Blair staying on. Partisans say Blair is current with June work and could turn over on July 1, preserving his credited achievements.
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Blair
Revenue Department
Presbyterian Assembly Debates Union With United Presbyterians
The Presbyterian general assembly at Montreat North Carolina opened debate on a plan for union with the United Presbyterian church of North America. Dr S L Morris argued the case, while R A Dunn opposed. The session adjourned debate to Monday with further hearings expected.
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Presbyterian Assembly
Montreat
N. C
United Presbyterian Church of North
L. Morris
Atlanta
William McPheeters
Morris
McPheeters
H. R. McFadvey
Donelson, Tenn
Albert W. Orr
Kansas City
Charles R. Hamphill
Louisville
M.hemphill
Graf Zeppelin Passenger Recounts perilous Atlantic flight
Dr. Hugo Eckener denounces sabotage rumors after Graf Zeppelin loses four of five motors on the journey to America. He plans engineering checks in Friedrichshafen and awaits technicians as the ship returns to a hangar in Cuers, with passengers recalling the dramatic struggle over southeastern France and the Gulf of Lion.
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Cuers
France
Hugo Eckener
America
Eckener
Berlin
Friedrichshafen
Dr. Eckener
Alexander .R. .von Kkryha
Associated Press
Alexander R. von Kryha
United States
Barcelona
Gulf of Lion
Nimes
Montelimar
Valence
Lindy and Morrows Rest During Maine Air Jaunt
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh his fiancee Miss Anne Morrow and her family rested quietly at the Morrow summer estate off the Maine coast after arriving by amphibian plane from New York with Josephine Craine and two Morrow sisters. Anne Morrow drove to tour the western end of the island while the rest stayed in seclusion.
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North Haven
Maine
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Morrow
Miss Morrow
Constance
Elizabeth
Mrs. Morrow
Penobscot Bay
Josephine Craime
Republicans Plead for Higher Duties on Agricultural Products
Washington May 18 Farm state Republicans pressed for higher tariff duties on agricultural products before the Ways and Means Committee in executive session. Representative Garner of Texas signaled he would offer an amendment to the sugar schedule to replace the 2.40 cent rate on Cuban raw sugar with a sliding scale. the present rate stands at 1.76 cents.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Garner
Texas
Senate and House Target Expert Debenture Clash
A Senate House conference battle over expert debentures in the farm bill appears certain with a deadlock likely. Conferees meet Monday to sort conflicting views after a 47 44 Senate vote plus Democratic support and 13 Republican independents. The House sent the measure to conference by 130 vote margin. some supporters may shift focus to the tariff bill.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
House
McNary
Oregon
Elizabethton Strikers Out Under Bond
Hight group of union textile workers freed on bond pending grand jury action after clashes with non union workers at American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff mills. Eight held for riot ringleaders bound over on $1000 bonds. others released or unnamed amid confusing identifications. Explosions and patrols continue as national guard maintains order. bus driver charged with murder attempt remains awaiting hearing.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Bemberg
Valley Forge
John Doe
Mary Doe
Boyd
W. C. Boyd
National Guard
Evelyn Heaton
Joe Calhoun
Carter
Citadel Hunger Strike Off For School Year
Charleston May 18 The hunger strike at the Citadel military college of South Carolina is off for the present school year cadets announced. The corps believes its attitude has been expressed and they will eat three meals daily. Colonel Oliver J Bond president said an investigation would be made but offered few specifics.
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Charleston
S. C
Citadel
Military College of South Carolina
Oliver J. Bond
Desperate Capone Effort To Avoid Prison Sentence
Philadelphia may 18 Al Capone known as Scareface faced a year in prison for carrying a loaded pistol. His lawyers sought leniency or a shorter sentence but Judge Walsh rejected mercy and treated Capone like other offenders. Detectives Malone and Creedon praised for spotting him and commented Capone showed displeasure at imprisonment.
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Philadelphia
al’ Capone
Chicago
John E. Walsh
Municipal Court
Capone
Cline
Malone
Deadly gas blast victims struggle as death toll rises
In Cleveland the Clinic disaster death list reached 124 with fifteen of fifty hospitalised in dire condition and unlikely to recover. Mrs. Arthur Richards of Sharon Pennsylvania died three days after the blast as investigators, led by Coroner A J Pearse, press on with a secret inquest and dramatized testimony from Buffrey Boggs about the blast’s start and escape.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Arthur Richards
Sharon
A. J. Pearse
Buffrey Boggs
Boggs
Pearse
Public Square
Confidence Expressed in Hearon Leader of Spartanburg Papers
Spartburg business men passed and signed resolutions expressing confidence in Charles P. Hearon editor in chief of the Spartanburg Herald and Spartanburg Journal and supervising editor of the Augusta Chronicle and Columbia Record. The action was taken in Spartanburg on May 18.
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Spartanburg, D. C
Charles P. Hearon
Spartanburg Herald
Spartanburg Journal
Augusta Chronicle
Columbia Record
Spaitaubure
Winston-Salem Firm Plans Bid to Carry Air Mail
A large Winston-Salem corporation with broad local interests said it is ready to bid to operate an air mail line from Cincinnati to Charlotte via Winston-Salem if the U S government authorizes. The company name was not disclosed at a board meeting in Winston-Salem. The session focused on a proposed Richmond to Jacksonville line, which appears unlikely.
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Winston-Salem
Cincinnati
Charlotte
U. S
Board of Industry
Richmond
Jacksonville
Fla
High School Athletic Divisions Arranged in NC
At its sixth annual meeting in Chapel Hill the North Carolina high school athletic association adopted a constitution amendment. It creates class 4A conferences for the seven largest western schools and eight largest eastern schools, with remaining member schools competing in general contests by elimination or percentage basis.
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Chapel Hill
High School Athletic Association of
North Carolina
State Association
Sham Air Battle Over Ohio Ends In Fatal Crash
Wright Field crews staged a large mock air war over Ohio with 200 aircraft from Norton and Wright Fields. The Cincinnati attack ended in disaster when Second Lieutenants E L Meadow of Nashville and A F Salter of Los Angeles collided and crashed. Salter survived by parachute. Major General Dennis Z Nolan reviewed the fleets at Norton Field as the Blue army claimed a 100 percent offensive effectiveness.
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Wright Field
Dayton
Cincinnati
Linden
United States Army
Ohio
North Airfield
Columbus
Norton Field
Sth
Nolan
Dennis Z. Nolan
Fifth Corps
E. L. Meadow
Nashville
Tenn
A. F. Salter
Los Angeles
Red Army
Blue Army
Meadow
Salter
95Th
Rockwell Field
Cal
Bryson College Receives $25,900 Aid From Synod
The Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South in Memphis voted to appropriate 25,000 for Bryson College at Fayetteville Tennessee to help lift a 50,000 debt over two years. Dr A J Ranson reported the school ran a deficit for years and faced potential limits on foreign mission funding. Reverend B L Hamilton spoke on Christianity in India and missions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Associated Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South
Bryson College
Fayetteville
A. J. Ranson
Church In
India
B.L. Hamilton
Foreign Missions Board
Federal Reserve Official Speaks at University
Charles A. Pepler deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond spoke at the University in Chapel Hill addressing two student groups on The Federal Reserve System and The Fundamentals of Credit Involved in the Present Credit Situation. He makes an annual visit to the University to discuss banking.
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Chapel Hill
Charles A. Pepler
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Pepler
Department of Economics and Commerce
Federal Reserve System
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Raleigh
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