North Carolina considers district county home plan
R Eugene Brown reports in Raleigh that Clay Graham and Cherokee counties may consolidate to form a district hospital home for indigent inmates. Macon Swain may join, with Graham and Clay already seeking economy through shared management. The plan targets reduced costs amid high state county home investments and inmate care expenses.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Clay
Graham
Cherokee
R. Eugéne Brown
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Macon
Swain
Brown
Mitchell, Avery
Yancey
Milwaukee Fight Ends With Outpoint Victory
Earl Maestro of Chicago defeated Jackie Cohen of New York on points in a last night bout in Milwaukee. In Asheville North Carolina Add Warren of Chapel Hill outpointed Jack League of San Antonio Texas over ten rounds.
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Milwaukee
Earl Maestro
Chicago
Jackie Cohen
New York
Asheville
N. C
Warren
Chapel Hill
Jack League
San Antonio
Tex
Gizzy Beats Babe Ruth in Wheeling Bout
In Wheeling West Virginia Gizzy from Pittsburgh outpointed Babe Ruth representing Louisville Kentucky in a ten round match.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Battling Gizzy
Pittsburgh
Babe Ruth
Louisville
Payne Outpoints Cox In Louisville Bout
Cecil Payne of Louisville defeats Racy Cox of Indianapolis by decision in a boxing match held in Louisville.
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Louisville
Cecil Payne
Racy Cox
Indianapolis
Johnny Cook Beats Cisneros In New Orleans Bout
Johnny Cook of New Orleans outpoints Chico Cisneros of Mexico City in a ten round boxing match held in New Orleans. Cook controlled the action with sharp jabs and effective combinations to win on points.
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New Orleans
Johnny Cook
Chico Cisneros
Mexico City
Partial Stoppage of Work By the Hindus
Bombay records a partial work stoppage in protest at arrests of nationalist volunteers who raided salt depots at Wadala and Dharsasana. Over 59,000 attended a funeral for a volunteer killed after a fast moving train incident, with the body moved from the All-India National Congress house to the crematory. Dispatches from Karachi report a British police superintendent and eight Indian constables injured by bomb blasts in Multan bazaars. forty arrests made.
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Bombay
Wadala
Dharsasana
all-India National Congress
Multan
Punjab
Humorist Quips On Marriage And Family Ties
A humorist quips that marrying his daughter would kill him, then asks if that could be counted on. The exchange highlights the speaker’s sharp wit about family bonds.
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Humorist
Tigers Split Twin Bill to Climb Standings Over Browns
Detroit beat St. Louis 5 to 4 in ten innings and 4 to 2 in the nightcap to take two against the Browns. The wins pull Detroit into seventh, push St. Louis to last, and keep the pennant race tight with Chicago and Pittsburgh in reach.
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Detroit
Tigers
St. Louis
Tiger
Sam Gr
Bill Killefer
Walter Stewart
Buckey Harris
Whitlow Wyatt
Chicago
White Sox
Boston
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn Dodgers
Gales Receives Jail Term In Shooting Case
William E. Gales of Hope Mills was bound over to superior court on a charge of shooting a finger off A. B. Edwards and sentenced to 18 months in jail on other charges. The trial revealed prior alleged acts including threats to kill his wife and harm others, carrying a concealed weapon, and menacing conduct in the Hope Mills section.
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Fayetteville
William E. Gales
Hope Mills
A. B. Edwards
Edwards
Tales
Hops Mills
Tigers Rally Past Browns in Doubleheader Sweep
In game one Marty McManus delivered a clutch single in the 10th to drive Gehringer home for a 5-4 win over the Browns. In game two Whitlow Wryatt scattered 19 Browns hits to secure a 4-2 victory for Detroit.
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Marty McManus
Tigers
Gehringer
Browns
Whitlow Wryatt
British Sportsmen's club to host Glenna Collett luncheon
The Daily Mail reports Miss Glenna Collett and other American women golfers plus the Walker Cup Team will be entertained by the British Sportsmen's club in London on Wednesday at luncheon. The Prince of Wales will attend.
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Glenna London
The
Daily Mail
Glenna Collett
England
British Sportsmen's Club
London
Prince of Wales
Pretty Lakewood student wins Hoover prize for essay
Pauline Lodge, a Lakewood High School senior, receives the 8500 Charles R Walgreen prize at the White House after her essay is judged best among 58000 submissions in the Gorgas Memorial high school essay contest. President Hoover presides during the award as the winner beams with the check in hand.
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Pauline Lodge
Lakewood
Ohio
Gorgas
Charles R. Walgreen
Hoover
White House
Rutherford Bank cashier waives hearing in banking case
Rutherfordton cashier W B Walker defends charges of banking law violations and is bound over to superior court on an $8000 bond. Wingate College awards 65 diplomas at commencement. A car driven by Shore overturned into a creek killing Shore and Elbert Finney of Yadkin County. Joe remains unnamed.
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Utherfordton
N. C
R —W. B. Walker
Rutherford County Bank and Trust Company
Man pleads guilty to second degree murder in wife killing
In Sheville North Carolina Robert Neighbors 44 admitted guilt in superior court for shooting and killing his wife while intoxicated. Judge Webb postponed sentencing pending further proceedings.
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Sheville
N. C
Robert Neighbors
Webb
Racehorse Chouette Destroyed After Belmont Accident
New York May 20. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt's Chouette winner of the Colorado Springs stakes at Jamaica has been destroyed after a severe injury at Belmont Park. The two year old son of Bubbling Over-Performance, purchased for $23,000 as a yearling last August, bolted into the rails and suffered critical harm.
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New York
Graham Fair Vanderbilt
Jamaica
Iaet
Belmont Park
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