Substitute For Coal Bill Drafted In Washington
A substitute for the invalidated Guffey coal bill was drafted in Washington for immediate introduction. The measure would reform the soft coal industry through a seven member national coal commission and new district boards while removing unconstitutional provisions.
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Washington
Con
Guffey
D-Pa
National
Ous Coal Commission
Foes
Roosevelt
Bereto
Commission
Millis and Slane Endorse Extra School Tax for High Point
J Ed Millis of Adams Millis Highland Cotton Mill and Cloverdale Dye Works and Willis H Slane of Lock Knit Hosiery Mills back a 15 cent 00 property levy to fund a supplementary school program. They acknowledge the tax but say they will bear part of the cost to improve local education as High Point votes in a May 26 special election.
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Clty
J. Ed Millis
Adams Millisation
Highland Cotton Mill
Cloverdale Dye Works
Willis H. Slane
Slane Hosiery Mills
High Point
Millis
Slane
Windfall Tax Modified by Senate Finance Committee
In its first decisive action on the tax bill the senate finance committee approved a modified 80 percent windfall tax on processors who avoided old AAA taxes. The changes ease application and offer three years to pay. The panel seeks technical amendments and refunds for floor stocks if the AAA is invalidated.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Opening Address Delivered by Dr J C Williams
More than 1,000 persons gathered in the First Methodist Protestant church auditorium as the biennial General Conference of the Methodist Protestant church began. Dr J C Williams delivered the opening address to start the sessions.
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J. C. Williams
Methodist Protestant Church
General Conference of the
Grinning Killer Dies in Gas Cell
Dr J C Broomfield and Rev T M Johnson lead a General Conference service in Pittsburgh with opening sermon by Rev J C Williams on Jesus as counselor. The afternoon panel will review officer elections and reports. music by High Point college choir.
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J. C. Broomfield
Pittsburgh
T. M. Johnson
North Carolina
J. C. Williams
D. D
Columbus
Joans
Broomfield
J. C. Madison
Hot Church
Grayson
R. M. Kee
High Point College
Margaret Sloan
Jesus
Dr. Williams
America
God
Dr. Whname
McRae Proposes Radio Debate With Rivals
Democratic gubernatorial candidate A McRae urged a 80 minute radio debate with rivals Bandy Clyde Hoey and Dr W McDonald. He suggested a date at least a week before June 6 and preferred Saturday afternoon to reach a larger audience.
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A. McRae
Clyde KR. Hoey
W. McDonald
Charlotte
Waynick Objects to Tariff on Asphalt Imports
GTON May 20. Capus M Waynick Carolina highway commissioner told the House Ways and Means Committee the Disney bill would tie tariffs on imported asphalt to 1,8 cents a gallon. He said the measure would raise the price of asphalt and hinder road building programs.
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GTON
Disney
Capus M. Waynick
Carolina Highway
Representa
D.-Okla
Waynick
Mecklenburg Celebrates Fourth of July Anniversary
In Blotte on May 20 a Mecklenburg County celebration honors the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. A gathering of local patriots marked the date in 1775 and reflected on a historic year before the Philadelphia Declaration. Public offices and a local band joined the observance.
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Blotte
Bure
Mecklenburg
Wealthy aviation partner killed in Baton Rouge crash
In a fatal late night crash near Baton Rouge, millionaire aviator Harry P. Williams and veteran pilot Johnnie Worthen died after their plane failed to climb following takeoff from the Baton Rouge airport. Williams, a Patterson former mayor and lumber sugar oil magnate, helped fund the Wedell-Williams Air Service with Jimmy Wedell.
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Baton Rouge
Harry P. Williams
Marguerite Clark
Here
Johnnie “Red” Worthen
Patterson
Worthen
Williams
Jimmy Wedell
Wedell
Walter
Wedell-Williams Air Service
Wedell-Williams
Annual meeting of publishers closes in Asheville
May 20. Delegates to the 34th Southern Newspaper Publishers Association session heard reports on classified advertising and engraving. Mark Ethridge of the Louisville Courier Journal spoke on the changing newspaper and the need for resources, intelligence, and courage. James B. Chappell was elected president.
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Asheville
Southern Newspaperblishers Association
Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
James B. Chappell
Birmingham News and Age Herald
F. Donahue
Tyler
Texas
Courier
H. W. Connell
Beaumont
Enterprise and Journal
Connell
Ethridge
The Blows Out Man Still Lives With Broken Neck
A 76 year old Toronto man with a broken neck vertebra was reported some better at Rea hospital Raleigh. His condition remained critical and his wife Mrs. Holmes also treated for shock. The couple and their son Harry Holmes were en route from Florida when a tire blowout caused a car accident. Mrs Hanson of Cleveland was driving at the time.
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Raleigh
T. G. Holmes
Toronto
Canada
Rea Hospital
Holmes
Cleveland
Ohio
Florida
Dudley Hanson
Mrs Keating Arrests Husband After 12 Hours of Marriage
Mrs Jews Keating accused her newlywed husband of beating her within twelve hours of their wedding. She had him arrested on a domestic violence charge in Libertyville, Al.
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Florine McKinney
Barry Trivers
Hollywood
London
Miss McKinney
Texas
Libertyville
Jews Keating
Eva Harvey
Zeppelin Completes Second North Atlantic Crossing to Lakehurst
The Hindenburg landed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station at 6 03 A M BST completing its second commercial crossing in 78 hours 27 minutes. Ground crew secured the airship outside the mast and passengers underwent final inspections before bus transport to the hangar and Newark.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
North Atlantic
Immigration, Public Health
Department of Agriculture and Customs
Newark
Word battles quicken preconvention fight in 1932
Washington reports sharp exchanges amid Democratic and Republican leaders. James A. Farley and Henry P. Fletcher trade letters as Metcalf attacks Roosevelt re election odds while Fahey counters HOLC losses claim. Meanwhile New Jersey primary returns show Landon leading Borah on incomplete tallies.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Senator Metcalf
R-Ri
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
John H. Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Metcalf
Farley
Roosevelt
Fahey
Pletcher
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
New Jersey
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Senator Borah
Idaho
Hamlet Vote Passes 25 Cent School Tax
Hamlet residents approve a 25 cent school supplement tax with 646 yes 157 no from 1081 registered voters. The May 20 tally shows strong local support for funding, reflecting community priorities in education.
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Hamlet
School supplement tax defeated in Rockingham vote
In Rockingham on May 20 a school supplementary tax was defeated. The registration was 735, needing 368 votes to pass, but only 345 supported it.
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Rockingham
Cannon Mills Donates Extra School Month
Kannapolis reports Cannon Mills will fund an additional school month, boosting the term to nine months at a cost of 11,000 dollars. The company previously financed two extra months when state funding covered six months.
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Kannapolis
Kannapolia
Cannon Mills Company
Cannon Company
President's Mother Injured in Hyde Park Fall
The White House reports Mia Sara Delano Roosevelt, 89, injured by a fall at her Hyde Park home. She has an injured hip and a cracked bone and is confined to the residence, with medical attention for her condition.
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Washington
White House
Mia
Sara Delano Roose
Velit
Hyde Park
Landon Leads Borah In New Jersey Presidential Primary
Landon ahead of Borah by more than two percent with 1 656 of 3 578 districts reporting in New Jersey. Landon 155 519 votes Borah 42 851. Landon poised to carry 26 of 32 convention votes with GOP organization backing. Roosevelt slate dominates Democratic side with 56 district delegates and eight at large pledged. Lindbergh adviser Breckinridge tallies 17 665 votes in 1 556 districts.
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Ark
N. J
Alt M. Landon
United States
William E. Borah
New Jersey
Landon
Borah
Roosevelt
Henry Breckinridge
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bell Awarded 400 In Action Against Local Panel Firm
A J Bell of High Point was awarded 460 dollars in a suit for 2000 against the Denny Roll and Panel Company over a foot injury from a nail last November 7. The plaintiff argued negligence for a crating piece with the nail placed on the sidewalk near the plant. The city of High Point was granted a non-suit upon completion of testimony for the plaintiff.
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Gulewraine
Greensboro
A. J. Bell
High Point
Denny Roll and Panel Company
Government Heads In Bolivia Resign
In Bolivia the army and socialist junta governing the nation resigned. A new military junta was expected to take over, with Col. German Busch remaining acting chief of staff and Col. David Toro to arrive from the Chaco to organize the new government.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Socialiste
German Busch
David Toro
Chaco
Toro
Pree'dent
Busch
Budget Leakage Denial By Colonial Secretary Thomas
Colonial Secretary J H Thomas testified for a second time denying knowledge of any individuals connected to alleged budget leakage. He stated he never heard of a financier claiming access to budget provisions from a cabinet member as the judicial inquiry explored reports of official secrets escaping.
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Lodon
J. H. Thomas
Lehman Will Not Seek Re-Election
Governor Lehman announced he will not run for reelection this fall surprising the capital where it had been expected he would seek a third term. Democratic leaders hoped for his candidacy to bolster President Roosevelt in New York state.
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Albany
Lehman
Roosevelt
New York State
Townsend Club Receipts Fuel Old Age Pension Push
Washington reports Dr. F E Townsend told a house committee that about a million dollars has been collected by the Townsend old age pension organization since its inception. He said contributors received the organization itself in return and cited 8000 clubs nationwide with a strong working structure.
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Washington
F. E. Townsend
House
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
Walter
Sparkplug
Warmbold
Townsend
California
Oklahoma
Sullivan
Gomer Smith
State Fair to Offer More Than 14000 in Premiums
Norman Chambliss, a State Fair operator, announced more than 14000 in premiums would be offered at the 1936 event in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Norman Chambliss
Old Randolph Gold Mine To Be Put In Operation Again
Winston-Salem reports A. White a mining engineer says a triple process mill is to start this week at the old Jones Keystone gold mine twelve miles west of Asheboro. He notes pumping out water from old shafts and using modern machinery will revive yields and resume operations.
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Old Randolph
Winston-Salem
AW. A. White
Jones-Keystone
Asheboro
White
North Carolina
Randolph
Charlotte
Cabarrua
North Caroline
Man Shot In Head By Enraged Husband
Edward M. McElroy a 38 year old Petersburg auto finance firm executive was shot in the forehead by J. J. Harding a middle aged Emporia wholesale grocer in a farmhouse bedroom near Emporia Virginia Mrs Harding aided the wounded man to Memorial hospital in Richmond after Harding surrendered to authorities
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Emporia
Edward M. McElroy
Petersburg
Here
J. J. Harding
CC. M. Grizzard
Greenville County
McElroy
Harding
Memorial Hospital
Richmond
North Carolina West Mostly Cloudy with Showers
Weather: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday across North Carolina with local showers in the south portion Thursday. similar pattern across South Carolina and Georgia with showers on Thursday.
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North Carolina
South Portion
South Carolina
Georgia
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