UNC President Hopeful Edwin Greenlaw Confers with Trustees
Johns Hopkins English professor Dr Edwin Greenlaw meets with North Carolina University trustees to discuss potential appointment as UNC president. A committee member, Judge John J Parker, recently faced Senate rejection for Supreme Court nomination as talks continue with other prospects.
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Baltimore
Edwin Greenlaw
Johns Hopkins University
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
John J. Parker
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Five Members Joined From Cleveland Fill North Carolina Vacancy
The five members arrived from Cleveland and returned to North Carolina after Dr. Harry W. Chase resigned to become University of Illinois president. Dr. Greenlaw, born in 1874 in Illinois, was formerly English professor at the Carolina Institution and became Dean of the Graduate School in 1920 before joining Johns Hopkins in 1925.
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Cleveland
North Carolina
Harry W. Chase
University of Illinois
Greenlaw
Illinois
Carolina Institution
Graduate School
Johns Hopkins
Church splits and stock market debate mark conference days
The conference denied printing a protest by G T Fitzhugh and others over Cannon's exon eration while anti Cannonites had opposed a resolution condemning stock market gambling. Leaders warned a final test on Cannon's fate loomed as temper ance nominations were read. Tonight's program. consecration of bishops A Frank Smith Arthur J Moore and Paul B Kern.
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Denny
G. T. Fitzhugh
Memphis
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Cannon
Fitzhugh
Temperance Committee
A. Frank Smith
Houston
Arthur J. Moore
Birmingham
Paul B. Kern
San Antonio
Girls' Glee Club Broadcast Over WNBC Tonight
The High Point high school girls' glee club under Miss Marian Burgess will air a program tonight on the High Point studio of Radio Station WNBC from 6:50 to 7 o'clock.
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High Point High School Girls’ Glee Club
Marian Burgess
High Point
WNBC
Business Slump Worldwide Says Forward Hurley
Edward N. Hurley, head of the American Manufacturers Export Association, tells the seventeenth national foreign trade convention that global business hesitation is international and American firms must cut costs while Yankee ingenuity proves its worth. He cites wartime prosperity, rising competition, and government support for trade associations as a path to collective policy in industry.
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Los Angeles
Edward N. Hurley
American Manufacturers’ Export Association
Federal Trade Commission
America
Yankee
Wilson
Department of Justice
Jamestown Man Modlin Dies at Morganton Hospital
Thomas A. Modlin, 73, of Jamestown, died at 11:30 this morning at the state hospital in Morganton after three months as a patient. Survived by widow Ida Modlin and five sons, five daughters, two brothers, one sister. Body to arrive tonight and be taken to Sechrest Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Thomas A. Modlin
James
State Hospital
Morganton
Mr. Modlin
Jamestown
Ida Modlin
Colfax
Enoch Modlin
Will Modlin
Walter Modlin
Pontiac
Mich
J. Ed Modlin
Claude Modlin
Tennessee
Hattie Bales
Mary Riddick
Thomasville
Lillie Mahone
Newport News
Myrtle Gibson
Maude Smith
Winston-Salem
Mack Modlin
Lincolnton
James Modlin
Andrews To Address Lutheran Brotherhood
Superintendent T Wingate Andrews will speak at Emmanuel Lutheran Brotherhood Friday at 6 45 PM The program will include Boys Night and a meal prepared by the Ladies Aid chaired by Mrs L C McSwain The event details are announced to members
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T. Wingate Andrews
Emmanuel Lutheran Brotherhood
Ladies’ Aid
L. C. McSwain
A Novel Treatment Offered Free to Epilepsy Sufferers
Reports claim an amazing treatment stops epileptic fits and is now offered free by R. Lepse of Island Ave Apt 64 Milwaukee Wisconsin. He invites all sufferers to write for free treatment, stating age and affliction.
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R. Lepse
Apt
Island Ave
Milwaukee
Wisc
Adv
Construction Co. Sued for Big Damages in Local Court
Three civil suits filed in municipal court seek large sums. Susan Whitlow sues R G Lassiter Construction for 10000 plus medical bills after a May 6 sidewalk injury from debris during street work. Bank sues Star Manufacturing for 1900 on a note. William Gray sues Rike brothers and Boswell for 2282.56 on a note. Also a political report notes Senator King of Utah facing lobby committee scrutiny over past campaign contributions.
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Susan Whitlow
C. H. Whitlow
R. G. Lassiter Construction Company
Whitlow
Park Street
Dudley M. Rike
King
Washington
Utah
Senate Lobby Committee
Capitol
Senate
Robinson
Indiana
Samuel Russell
Herman A. Metz
Newark
Octarian
Europe
Kalte divorce trial nears end in municipal court
J H Kalte sues for bed and board divorce and custody of their 11 year old daughter. He accuses wife of cruelty while she defends by detailing living conditions. Attorneys for both sides have presented witnesses as the trial heads toward closing arguments tomorrow afternoon. Large crowds attend each day.
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J. H. Kalte
Kalte
Mr. Kalte
Death of Local Teacher’s Father
News arrives that J. M. Deaton of Statesville, father of Bay Street School faculty member Miss Martha Neal Deaton, died last night. Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock in Statesville.
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J. M. Deaton
Statesville
Martha Neal Deaton
Bay Street
Deaton
Financial pledge records questioned in league inquiry
The league superintendent questioned whether pledged amounts were true assets as some were unpaid assessments. Senator Blaine cited that the cost of obtaining pledges and distributing literature ran about 99 cents per dollar, while getting pledges cost 76.82 cents per dollar, with uncertainty about a single fund.
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League
Blaine
Wisconsin
McBride
Conjure Doctor Arrests in Greene County Murder Case
George Henderson a known conjure doctor was jailed in Wilson North Carolina for allegedly selling poison to George Gay of Snow Hill. Gay faces murder charges after his wife died in suspected circumstances and was exhumed for toxic analysis. Preliminary hearing date pending.
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Wilson
Gay
Greene County
Snow Hill
Henderson
W. B. Morrill
Carpenter's Campaign Costs Run Light in State Race
Raleigh dispatch reports candidate expense filings offer a rare glimpse into campaign spending. John G Carpenter solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit listed small items including stamps envelopes and stationery totaling modest amounts. Also filed were accounts for Hl Newberry solicitor in the sixteenth district showing filing and automobile costs.
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Raleigh
John G. Carpenter
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Secretary of State
Carpenter
Newberry
Durham man pleads guilty to second degree murder
Victor Morgan admitted guilt in the killing of Jason Lawson in a hotel room on April 28. In Durham Superior Court Judge W C Harris sentenced him to 30 years in state prison after ruling evidence did not prove premeditation for a first degree conviction.
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Durham
Victor Morgan
Jason Lawson
Superior Court
W. C. Harris
Navy to Transport Forces to Nicaragua for Election Supervision
Three hundred enlisted men and ten officers of the navy will be moved to Nicaragua in July to supervise the November election. They will assemble at Coco Solo, Canal Zone, in June and move to Corinto and Bluefields in July, then be distributed across the country to oversee the voting process. Also shows population changes for Waterville, Monroe, Bayonne, Kearny, and West New York with increases and decreases.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Corinto
Bluefields
Waterville
N. Y
Monroe
Mich
Bayonne
N. J
Kearny
West New York
Murderous attack shocks New York contractor
Albert J. Schwartzler, wealthy contractor, was shot and wounded as he entered his car to go to his office. Detectives note his entry into the asphalt paving business and suggest jealousy by rivals in the field.
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New York
Albert J. Schwartzler
Park Officials Begin Inspection Tour in Great Smoky Mountains
Knoxville Tennessee May 22 Horace M Albright director of national parks and Governor Henry H Horton depart for an inspection tour of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to review proposed road routes into the area.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Horace M. Albright
National Parks
Henry H. Horton
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Albright
Big Increase Reported in Mount Holly
Mount Holly reports a population or metric rise on May 22 with 2,254 units, an increase of 1,084 or 94.3 percent. The data point emphasizes a sharp growth milestone for the area.
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Mount Holly
Cafe Hostess 9 on Trial Today in Murder Case
In Statesville North Carolina George Hilton of Mooresville and Mrs Cor die Longworth a former Charlotte cafe hostess go on trial in Iredell Superior Court on second degree murder charges in the death of Hubert Sherrill of Troutman last July 10 The jury was selected by noon The victim was found shot beside his locked car near Mooresville An earlier theory of self destruction was rejected and Hilton and Longworth were later indicted and jailed without bond
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Statesville
N. C
George Hilton
Mooresville
Cordie Longworth
Charlotte Cafe
Hubert Sherrill
Troutman
Iredell Superior Court
Sherrill
J. L. Sherrill
Iredell
Hilton
Longworth
Negro-electrocuted for 1929 murder in Moody
Jordan Scott, a black farmer from Moody Texas, was executed at Huntsville penitentiary at 12 07 a m for the March 7 1929 murder of white neighbors Mr and Mrs Robert Pedigo. He trembled before the electric chair, confessed guilt and asked forgiveness.
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Huntsville
Tex
Jordan Scott
Moody
Texas
Robert Pedigo
Scott
Southern Retail Furniture Association Holds Eighteenth Convention
Norfolk hosts the opening session as 200 delegates gather for the eighteenth annual convention of the Southern Retail Furniture Association. W. B. Elliott of Durham North Carolina delivers the welcome address as association president.
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Norfolk
Southern Retail Furniture Association
W. B. Elliott
Durham
N. C
Miss Amy Johnson Flies Over Bima En Route To Timor
Surabaya reports British aviatrix Amy Johnson crossing over Bima at 11 30 a m on her route from England to Australia toward Atamboca on the Timor northeast coast as part of her pioneering flight.
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Surabaya
Java
Amy Johnson
England
Australia
Bima
Here
Atamboca
Timor
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