Roosevelt Announces Tariff Increase on Cotton Cloth
President Roosevelt announced a tariff raise on cotton cloth under the 1930 flexible act to protect a failing domestic industry. The action follows a commission report on Japanese imports and aims to reduce foreign competition while maintaining reciprocal textile interests. Morrison of Washington, a seaman for the cotton textile institute, expects higher rates to curb Japanese competition.
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Roosevelt
Theis Empire
United N N
Greatain
Switzerland
Ction Costa
Morrison
Washington
Cotton Tex Institute
Plan of Unity For Three Methodist Denominations Embraced
Conference head presents plan to unite the Methodist Episcopal church South and the Methodist Protestant church calling them essentially one in origin belief and purpose. Leaders predicted 80 percent approval as Dr J C Broomfield urged adoption after his report at the First Methodist church in North Carolina.
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Methodist Protestant General Conference
Union
J. C. Broomfield
Pittsburgh
Commission of Church Union
Broomfield
J. W. Hawley
B. A. Sexsmith
William F. McDowell
M. E. Church
North Carolina
James H. Straughn
Commissions On
Stoney Announces Bid to Oppose Byrnes in Primary
Thomas F. Stoney former mayor of Charleston declares he will oppose U S Senator James F Byrnes in the South Carolina Democratic primary in August. He frames his platform as sharply critical of the Roosevelt administration and says the Democratic party principles must be upheld at the polls.
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Harleston
D. C
Thomas F. Stoney
Jor
Charleston
U. S
James F.nes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Jeynoter
Stoney
South Lina
Trick by Johnny Crowell in air stunt shocks Charlotte crowd
In Charlotte on May 22 a daring aerial stunt caused shock as aviator Johnny Crowell reportedly climbed high, cut his engine, glided, and performed an outside maneuver with the motor off while spectators reacted to the danger and the rush.
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Harlotte
Esses
Charlotte Air
Johnny Crowell
Powell
Froughton Named Democratic Keynote Speaker at State Convention
KLEIGH May 22. J. Froughton, Raleigh attorney and former state senator, will be the keynote speaker at the state democratic convention here in June. Wallace Winborne, chair of the Democratic executive committee, announced the selection.
Davidson College Summer Fine Arts Session Planned
WIDON May 22 report that Davidson College offers a six week summer session under Prof F Pleagle beginning in June. The program runs six weeks and covers a per session schedule directed by Pleagle.
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Widon
Davidson Col
F Pleagle
Man jailed for whipping child too hard in court
Cincinnati case described as the most outrageous in Judge Otis Hess's career. Robert Green, 28, a cook, received six months in the workhouse and a $100 fine plus costs for cruel treatment of his 8 year old son Robert. The court order stripped the boy to his waist and counted fifty welts from a whip.
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Cincinnati
Otis Hess
Robert Green
Robert
Unity in Methodism Framed as Path to Wider Mission
Bishop William F. McDowell at the General Conference argues that church union is a means to a larger end the salvation of men and society, not an end in itself. He warns against complacency and calls for a creative not stagnant church and a new interpretation of Methodism and Protestantism to empower the era.
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William F. McDowell
Washington, D. C
General Conference
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
North Carolina
Maryland
Columbus
Broomfield
Union
McDowell
Townsend faces possible trial over pension walkout
Dr F E Townsend may be prosecuted after defying a House investigative committee considering his old age pension plan. Speaker Burns calls the act contempt and says the case may go to the U S attorney. Townsend and Rev Gerald K Smith warned they will return only under arrest, amid political tension in Washington.
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F. E. Townsend
Townsend
Speaker Burns
United States Attorney's Office
Roosevelt
Herbert H.man
New York
Mississippi Valley
Senate
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Baltimore
Gerald K. Smith
Huey P. Long
Old Age Pension Plan
Old Fossils
Movement For Profit
Francis EB. Townsend
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Martin Smith
Townsend Weekly
Clare Hoffman
Michigan
Evans to Attend Public Employment Services Conference
Mrs. May Thompson Evans of the North Carolina Employment Service leaves Raleigh for the International Association of Public Employment Services convention in Indianapolis Indiana. She will stop in Washington and Cincinnati for related conferences.
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Raleigh
May Thompson Evans
North Carolina
Utilities Company Reduces Its Rates
RALEIGH May 22 Tidewater Power company in southeastern North Carolina will save customers $53 205 annually in rate reductions announced by Chairman Stanley Winborne of the state utilities commission. Reductions focus in New Hanover county with cuts from 7 to 20 percent benefiting small consumers as higher profits allow.
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Raleigh
Tomers
Tidewater Power Company
North Carolin
Stanley Winborne
State Utilities Commission
Winborne
New Hanover County
Wilmington
Man Dies While Kneeling To Pray
Rocky Mount notices death of John R. Ledbetter age 76 at prayer meeting. He kneeled to pray when he suffered a heart attack and died. Local report records the incident as a fatal medical event during a religious gathering.
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Rocky Mount
John R. Ledbetter
Doughton Denies Politicizing Relief Amid WPA Debates
Concord May 22 Rep. Doughton chairman of the house ways and means committee denied accusations by Sen. Dickinson that he mixed politics with relief. He said he never considered party with relief decisions and only makes recommendations for WPA jobs when authorities approve. The dispute centers on letters involving Lena Reynolds and Eugene A. Russell.
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Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dickson
R-Iown
Dickinson
Lena Reynolds
Eugene A. Russell
Watauga County
North Carolina
Reynolds
WPA
Winston-Salem
N. C
James Rivers
Russell
Townsend Scores Touchdown on Flatfooted Congressmen
A dramatic confrontation unfolds as Dr. Townsend, leader of a pension group, resists a congressional inquiry. Townsend and allies sprint through a caucus building scene, with Rev. Gerald K. Smith blocking police, ending in a rapid exit and a dramatic “Touchdown.”
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Townsend
Payroll Robbery Case Continues in Durham Trial
In Durham on May 22 the trial of Mrs. R. D. Herndon continued as four convicted men testified she plotted the August 16 payroll robbery of 10525 dollars from a bank transfer of funds from Durham to Chapel Hill. Claude Herndon testified she suggested the money would be easy to seize, with supporting testimony from Richard Chamberlain, Worth Caughan, and Lewis Rigsbee, all serving nine to ten year terms.
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Worth Caughan
Lewis Rigsbee
Delegate Suffers Heart Attack During Church Conference
Dr. France J. Bayliss of Bluffs Illinois a delegate to the Methodist Protestant quadrennial meeting at the First Methodist church collapsed while walking on East Washington Street and was taken to Guilford General Hospital. His condition was not considered serious and he remained a patient.
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France J. Bayliss
Bluffs, Ill
East Washington Street
Guilford General Hospital
Marker to honor Mecklenburg Declaration signees graves
May 22 report states a bronze marker will be placed this year on each grave of the men who signed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The plan was announced by the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Warrants Drawn In Textile Strike
In Spartanburg the second week of the United Textile Workers strike neared its end as mills opened on a single shift. Warrants were issued for 72 people for conspiracy to interfere with workers and one for disorderly conduct tied to a roundup of outside sympathizers. Seven others were detained on disorderly conduct and investigation charges, with an early 6:30 a.m. opening remaining quiet.
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Spartanburg
United Textile Workers
Spartan Mills
Hindenburg Nears European Shores
The Zeppelin Hindenburg approaches European shores after a swift Atlantic crossing. Captain Ernst Lehmann expects to reach Frankfort tonight, completing the second America Germany flight within about 38 hours from New York.
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Germany
North Atlantic
Ernst Lehmann
Europe
New York
Frankfort On-The-Main
Merger Plan Backed by Faculty at N C State
Raleigh May 22. North Carolina State College faculty pledged support for President Frank Graham s plan to consolidate the Great University of North Carolina. The Graham plan would move the engineering school from the Chapel Hill unit to NC State. Trustees are expected to act on the consolidation next month in Greensboro.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Graham
Chapel Hill
NGC
State College
Greensboro
Britain expands mobilization of industries for war readiness
Britain tightens controls to boost munitions output and aircraft supply after a Commons debate. Viscount Cranborne reports steps to locate Red Cross worker Bonner in Ethiopia while Prime Minister Baldwin vows no foreign interference in Palestine Egypt issues. Italy and Grandi discuss Ethiopian crisis as London plans 60 million dollar port improvements to speed life-line supply chains.
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Great Britain
House of Commons
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L. J. Bonner
Red Cross
Diredawa
Stanley Baldwin
Commons
Britain
Dino Grandi
Sidney G. van Sittart
Foreign Affairs
Grandi
Foreign Office
Ethiopia
Addia Ababa
Port of London Authority
Lower Thomas
Forward Movement of Business Seen
New York trade gathered momentum as Dun & Bradstreet reports a renewed forward movement in many branches after an earlier slowdown. The weekly review cites a resumption of activity in multiple sectors and a pickup in trade.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
No Vets Left in district report
A report from the eleventh district of the United Daughters of the Confederacy North Carolina Nash Wilson Pitt and Edgecombe counties shows that half a dozen Confederate veterans died in the district during the year leaving none in the area.
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Ith
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy of North Carolina
Nash, Wilson
Pitt
Edgecombe Counties
Window-Washer Survives Six-Story Fall Returns to Trade
Louisville report details 22-year-old Thomas R. Peterson Jr. who fell six stories from a window ledge and injured a foot. From his hospital bed he says high places don’t scare him and he will go back to window washing if needed, even if he cannot work as a landscaper.
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Louisville
Thomas R. Peterson, Jr
Senate Drops Tax on Taxes in New Corporate Plan
Washington May 22. The senate finance committee scrapped a proposed tax on taxes from its compromise corporate plan. The move would cut revenue by about 40 million dollars but the plan should raise 529 million annually under existing law plus around 100 million from a windfall tax on processors. Roosevelt seeks 792 million annually for three years and 620 million thereafter. Committee sources estimate about 629 million in the first year and 529 million in following years.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
D-Miss
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Southern Safety Contest Awarded to Eastern Lines
The Eastern lines of the Southern railway system won the national safety council contest for the greatest man-hours operated without a death on duty. A certificate commending the accomplishment for 26,785,000 man-hours was presented to H. A. DeButts, general manager for the eastern lines, yesterday in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Eastern Lines
Southern Railway System
National Safety Council
United States
H. A. DeButts
Campaigns Heat Up as Primary Nears
Raleigh reports a flurry of speeches as the Democratic gubernatorial race tightens. Strain, a Durham real estate man, attacks Clyde Hoey and Josiah Bailey and calls to move state government from Shelby to Raleigh. Other candidates Y. Guntain, Griffin, McRae, McDonald, and Graham campaigned in multiple towns with nine speeches logged. Hoey alters a speaking stop to Albemarle at 2:30 tomorrow.
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Raleigh
David L. Strain
United States Senate
Strain
Durham
Clyde Hoey
Josiah W. Bailey
Shelby
Hoey
R. T. Guntain
William
Griffin
Lexington
Thomasville
High Point
Senator Bailey
Washington
Oxford
John A. McRae
Mocksville
Mooresville
Ralph W. McDonald
Bule's Creek
Lillington
Angier
Fractional Gains On Mart Share Market
New York markets opened with cautious gains as leading shares in utilities steels and industrial specialties rose fractions. Trading remained quiet with commodities currencies and bonds showing little movement while rails firmed modestly after last week’s freight car loadings rose to the best level since October 1935.
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New York
Phi Beta Kappa Davidson Initiates Five Seniors
Phi Beta Kappa at Davidson College initiates five seniors for scholastic excellence. T. M Marchant of Greenville South Carolina W C Branton of Greenville North Carolina Miss W B Wartman of South Hill Virginia Archie W Shuford of Hickory and A A Kuhn of Davidson are named.
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PHI Beta Kappas
Davidson
Phi Beta Xeony
Davidson College
T. M Marchant
Greenville
Storm warnings issued for coastal waters from Charleston to Miami
The weather bureau issued small craft warnings across the coast from Charleston to Miami. A steep pressure gradient will bring fresh northeast to east winds, strong at exposed coastal locations.
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Jacksonville
Fis
Weather Bureau
Charleston
South Carolina
Miami
Florida
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