Elizabethton Strikes See Quiet Stand by All Sides
Union leaders and textile plant officials in Elizabethton Tennessee await 5000 striking workers response to open shop plan and return to work deadline. Trial of fifty strikers for contempt continues as guardsmen assist under governor orders.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Bemberg and
Glanzstoff
Arthur Mothwurf
New York
Mothwurf
William F. Kelly
United Textile Workers of America
Dan Taylor
C. E. Miller
Tennessee
Washington
Good
War Department
National Guard
Two Planes Ready for Ocean Hops at Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Maine May 23. Simultaneous takeoffs for trans Atlantic flights were announced with two planes bound for Rome and Paris. The Bernard 191 will be brought from Roosevelt Field New York for the Paris flight. Lotti Jr and crew to depart once weather clears while the Green Flash Rome flight is delayed by stormy Atlantic conditions.
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Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Rome
Paris
Prospect
Bernard 191
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Armano Lotti, Jr
Lotti
Jean Assolent
Rene Lefevre
Atlantic
Liquor Seized in Woods Near Greensboro
A sheriff’s tip led to the seizure of 38 half-gallon jars of corn liquor hidden in woods around Greensboro. The caches were found behind bushes, in a stream, and in various holes across several acres. No arrests were made.
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Greensboro
Sheriff’s Office
Mobile Press Origin Tied to Alabama Power Meeting
Mobile attorney Thomas M. Stevens testified before the federal trade commission that the Mobile Press began after a conference between Alabama Power officials and International Paper executives on Mobile industrial development. He described discussions at luncheon with Thomas W. Martin, president of Alabama Power, about starting another Mobile newspaper as part of the program.
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Mobile Press
Power Company
Alabama Power Company
Washington
Thomas M. Stevens
Mobile, Ala
Federal Trade Commission
International Paper Company
Mobile
Alabama
Stevens
Paper Company
Steves
Thomas W. Martin
Martin
Winston-Salem Lad to Be Returned Home After Year Missing
Seventeen-year-old Rommie Simmons of Winston-Salem North Carolina was found in Mobile Alabama and prepared to return to his parents after a year apart. The boy had traveled as a circus worker seaman and oyster industry worker along the southern coast seeking to see the world. His photograph helped identify him and his father regained contact after the reunion.
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Mobile
Ala
Rommie Simmons
Winston-Salem
N. C
Associated Press News
Rupert G. Whitt
Seaman's Church Institute
Rommie
Mohammedans Aid Chinese Nationalists in Shanghai
A Shanghai dispatch reports a significant Mohammedan aid movement for General Chiang Kai-Shek to defend the Nanking regime against General Feng Yu-Hsiang. Western China’s Mohammedan population could bolster Nationalist forces along the Hankiang and Pekin Hankow railway as censorship limits release of details.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hankiang
Pekin-Hankow
Nanking
Hankow
Illinois Lower House Challenges Congress on Medicinal Alcohol
The Illinois House voted 69 to 52 to direct the attorney general to sue in the U S Supreme Court over state rights under the 18th Amendment. Representative LeRoy Green of Rockford led the bill, arguing state action carries more weight than an individual suit. The measure moves to the Senate.
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Illinois
Congress
Springfield
Illinois House of Representatives
Attorney General
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
LeRoy Green
Rockford
Green
Senate
Clear Skies Aid Workers On Levees
Memphis dispatch reports clear skies improve conditions for Mississippi River levee crews at Hickman Kentucky Mounds Landing Mississippi Kennett Missouri and other sites. workers reinforce breaches while officials fear higher floods next month and Leroy Percy charges engineers ignored the danger.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Hickman
Mounds Landing
Miss
Kennett
Greenville
Delta
St. Francis
Arkansas
Red
White
Lower
Mississippi
U. S
Leroy Percy
W. M. Whittington
Percy
Tax net entangles movie celebrities in tax evasion case
Hollywood actress Eleanor Boardman and her husband director King Vidor were indicted for evading income taxes for 1925 to 1927 and 1925 to 1926 respectively. Tax counsellor J Marjorie Berger was already indicted for preparing false returns for Boardman and Vidor. Berger faces multiple indictments tied to star tax schemes.
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Eleanor Boardman
King Vidor
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Vidor
J. Marjorie Berger
Child with jackstone saved by Asheville doctors
Six month old Jackie Williams Cassada of Leicester was rushed to an Asheville hospital after a jackstone an inch in diameter became lodged in his throat. Surgeons removed the stone through the mouth without throat surgery, and the infant nearly recovered by noon.
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Asheville
Jackie Williams Cassada
Leicester
Wills and Cross Lose First Set in French Open Doubles
At Paris on May 23 Helen Wills and Edith Cross, both from California, fell 8-6 in the opening doubles set to Lili DAlvarez and Ken Bouman in the French championships. The Spaniard Dutch pair won a tight battle to take the lead.
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Paris
Helen Wills
Edith Cross
Lili D'Alvarez
Ken Bouman
Stock Speculators Rebuild Market After Disastrous Day
In New York on May 23, stock speculators began rebuilding the market after a drastic previous day that erased over a billion dollars in quoted values. Leading industrials and rails rallied as buyers supported prices, while some stocks fell amid ongoing nervous trading and new soft spots.
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New York
Case Threshing Machine
Auburn Auto
Ingersoll Rand
Burroughs
A. M. Byers
New York Federal Reserve
Southern Furniture Makers Hold Biennial Meet at Sedgefield
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers association opened a two day session at Sedgefield Ing with 60 members from five states. President Finch led the reports while Secretary Ryan highlighted North Carolina leading U.S. wooden bedroom furniture value in 1927 at 18.22 percent. Virginia ranked fifth in production.
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Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sedgefield Ing
Henry P. Fowler
United States Chamber of Commercce
T. A. Finch
Thomasville
Legislative Committee
J. T. Ryan
Ryan
North Carolina
United States
Virginia
Strange disease claims Gastonia furniture man
Jack Chandler 52 president of Rankin Chandler Furniture dies after 12 years with Raynaud's disease a malady doctors cannot trace. He developed blood poisoning and had a leg amputated last Sunday. funeral set for tomorrow morning.
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Gastonia
Jack Chandler
Rankin-Chandler Furniture Company
Chandler
Raynaud
Cantonese government reports Kwangsi defeat at Lupao
The Cantonese government notified foreign consuls that Kwangsi forces surrendered 5000 troops at Lupao, 25 miles northwest of Canton. The city, fearing capture and pillage, celebrated a wild jubilation as Kwangsi supply lines collapsed and generals failed to maintain ammo.
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Canton
China
Lupao
Here
AP Protest Over Senate Ruling on Floor Access
The Associated Press protests Vice President Curtis ruling barring AP from the Senate floor after the rules committee withdrew access following a secret roll call publication. The move, which may affect other newspapermen, does not affect press gallery admission and stems from an accidental publication rather than AP conduct.
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Curtis
Senate
Washington
Associated Press
Press Association
Rules Committee
United Press
Charlies Curtis
United
Lindbergh brings morrows to englewood mansion
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his fiancee Miss Anne Morrow, with her family, arrived at the Morrow home in Englewood New Jersey after a flight from North Haven Maine. The party included Miss Constance Morrow Miss Elizabeth Morrow Mrs Dwight W Morrow and her secretary. The amphibian plane landed in Manhasset Bay and passengers were dropped at Hempstead harbor in front of Harry Guggenheim’s home.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Englewood
N. J
North Haven
Lindberg
Constance Morrow
Elizabeth Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Josephine Graeme
Lindbergh
Manhaseet Bay
Hempstead Harbor
Harry F. Guggenheim
LaFollette Seeks Rule Change Over Senate Floor Access
Senator LaFollette proposes amending Senate rules to allow press representatives on the floor. The Wisconsin Republican criticized the denial of access to United Press reporters after the rules committee blocked their privilege following a controversial roll call on Irvine L. Letroot’s federal judgeship.
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Washington
Senate
LaFollette Republican
Wisconsin
United Press Associations
Irvine L. Letroot
Curtis
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Rules Committee
Bernet Seeks Lead Role in Major Railroad Merger
J. J. Bernet of Cleveland applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authorization to head the Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley and Pere Marquette railroads. W. J. Hardan of Richmond sought senior vice president. Bernet plans to resign as Erie president at an executive committee meeting tomorrow.
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Washington
J. J. Bernet
Cleveland
Ohio
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
Perea Marquette
W. J. Hardan
Richmond
Bennet
Erie Railroad
Night repair keeps endurance plane aloft over Long Island
Martin Jensen, one of the Three Musketeers, fixed a gas tank leak at night while piloting with Lieut H B Clark and William Ulbrich aboard the endurance monoplane over Long Island. The crew aimed to surpass the 150 hour record set by Question Mark, taking off at 7 48 50 daylight time with 160 gallons fuel and without midair refueling. Clarke exclaimed before the flight, two hundred hours of bust.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Long Island
Martin Jensen
Jensen
H. B. Clark
William Ulbrich
H. B. Clarke
Clarke
One Motored Plane Nears Endurance Record
Reg L. Robbins and James Kelly in the Fort Worth monoplane soar past 96 hours with no signs of fatigue or mechanical issues. If aloft at 6 13 15 p m Saturday they tie or exceed the army Question Mark record of 159 hours 49 minutes 15 seconds, after eight refueling contacts and daily engine servicing by Kelly under the nose perch.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Reg L. Robbins
James Kelly
R. L. Robbins
K. K. Hoffman
H. S. Jones
Kelly
Changes Asked in Tariff Rates
Washington May 23 The Ways and Means Committee proposed dozens of amendments to the remaking tariff bill aiming to ease GOP concerns. Proposals include 19 percent ad valorem on hides 12 to 39 percent on leather and 20 percent on boots and shoes. Live cattle duties would rise to two cents per pound under 890 pounds and two cents for heavier cattle. After a three hour session no rule for floor consideration was approved.
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Washington
Republican House
Republicans of the Ways and Means
Spence Acquitted in Saluda River Murder Case
Faris B. Spence aged 22 was acquitted of murder after a jury deliberated about 30 minutes. The body of Mrs. Clara Bryson Adams was found decomposed in the Saluda river near Anderson in early March, leading to the charge.
Governors group to invite Hoover to North Carolina fair
Governor Gardner will head a committee of prominent North Carolinians to go to Washington Monday and invite President Hoover to attend the state fair this fall. The invitation will be presented at 11 oclock Monday morning.
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Hoover
Aleigh
Gardner
Washington
North Carolina
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