Wet Plan to Oppose Pinchot in November
Philadelphia dispatch reports a wet coalition plan to field a liberal candidate against Pinchot after the primary. Randolph W. Childs, who led the wet campaign, says a party name will be pre empted for the general election but neither Phillips nor Hohlen will run. Pinchot leads Brown 631,028 to 385,? in early returns with Brown trailing. Phillips shows 264,462. James J. Davis increases his senatorial lead over Grundy as returns come in.
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Philadelphia
Pinchot
Randolph W. Childs
Francis H. Hohlen
Thos. W. Phillips, Jr
Robert K. Cassatt
Pennsylvania
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Phillips
Hohlen
Francis Shunk Brown
William S. Ware
The
U SA
Brown
Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Joseph R. Grundy
Davis
Grundy
Methodists Of Southern Branch Vote For Reunion Plan
The 21st quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South approved a 15 member commission to pursue union with the Northern Methodists and to exchange territory. The conference also authorized equal ministry rights for women by a 174 to 159 vote and discussed a unified budget and voluntary giving. Bishop James Cannon Jr. was cleared of allegations about stock and politics and named to the temperance and social service board. Three bishops were ordained after election.
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Dallas
Tex
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Northern Methodist Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
College of Bishops
James Cannon
Cannon
Washington, D. C
New York Stock Exchange
Alfred FE. Smith
Episcopacy
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Budget Commission
Presbyterians debate reunion at Southern church convention
At Charlottesville the 69 year split between Southern and Northern Presbyterians dominates the second day of the Southern Presbyterian general assembly. Overtures from 17 states favoring and opposing unification are read as Dr. Dobyns reports on union prospects. The assembly also considers clergy relief procedures and a plan to eject delinquent members.
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Charlottesville
South
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
William R. Dobyns
Birmingham
Ala
Presbyteries
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Shure
Presbytery of
St. Louis
Thomas W. Currie
Austin Theological Seminary
Austin
Texas
Red River Levee Threatens Shreveport Suburbs
A levee board official warned the main Red River levee near Shreveport appears to be crumbling prompting evacuation of Dixie Gardens and Broadmoor residents. About 100 men worked to build a ten foot secondary barrier as the river swelled, with many residents moving out while others stayed despite the danger.
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Shreveport
M. W. McClure
Caddo Levee Board
Red River
Dixie Gardens
Broadmoor
McClure
Family of 11 Ill From Raw Ham Trichinosis in Clyde
In Clyde New York May 23 an entire Compitello family including Mr and Mrs Fred Compitello and their eleven children fell ill with trichinosis traced to raw ham sandwiches. Only Compitello is seriously affected others not in danger. A doctor was called and the mother stated the ham was prepared properly but the family fell ill as the meat was served raw.
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Clyde
N. Y
Fred Compitello
Compitello
Senate Republicans to decide on London treaty at session
Washington May 23 Senate Republicans to meet Monday called by party leader Senator A Watson to decide whether the London naval treaty and the rivers and harbors bill should be disposed of this session.
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Washington
Senate
A Watson
Powell To Be Heard On Monday In Crickmore Shooting
Rocky Mount May 23 The first formal inquiry into the shooting of Frank Crickmore a Rocky Mount youth has been tentatively set for Monday Edgecombe authorities may seek a postponement to probe further Chief of Police Joe Powell of Battleboro father of Elizabeth Powell who was with Crickmore in his car when shot has been released from jail Parker Brantley remains imprisoned charged with secret assault with intent to kill Crickmore who is hospitalized and unable to speak says Elizabeth Powell may know who shot him.
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Rocky Mount
Frank Crickmore
Edgecombe County
Joe Powell
Battleboro
Elizabeth Powell
Crickmore
Tarboro
Walter Brantley
Brantley
Young Crickmore
Powell
Iredell Farmer Ends Life With Shotgun Self Inflicted
Statesville dispatch reports W. B. Smith, 55, farmer of Eagle Mill township, shot himself this morning, dying thirty minutes later. His wife, away from home, survives with one gun. Ill health blamed for the death by own action.
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Statesville
W. B. Smith
Eagle Mill Township
Two Candidates File Solicitorship Expenditure Notices
Raleigh May 23. Two candidates for solicitorships filed expenditure notices with Secretary of State James A. Hartness. Neither reported spending beyond the $20 filing fee. The candidates were Lee S. Spurling in the sixteenth district and William Bumstead in the tenth district.
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Raleigh
James A. Hartness
Lee S. Spurling
William Bumstead
Epps Transferred to Greensboro District Duty
Morton H. Epps formerly with the internal revenue service at Charleston S C has been moved to the Greensboro district and assigned to duty in Winston Salem W L Shuck district agent announced today in Greensboro
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Greensboro
Morton H. Epps
International Revenue Service
Charleston
S. C
Winston- Salem
W. L. Shuck
Grave Visit by Mothers to Quentin Roosevelt’s Grave in France
Fifty gold star mothers visited the grave of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt in Fere-en-Tardenois joining a trek to Cherbourg en route to other sites. They walked through mud to reach the monument and placed flowers, then toured gun emplacements at Coucy les Chateau and dined at Bethincourt with Anne Morgan. Later they planned a Belleau Wood stop as the “Devil Dogs” memory lingers. A separate report notes Mrs. Anna Platt of Miami suffered a heart attack at Chateau Thierry and was hospitalized.
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Fere EN Tardenois
France
Quentin Roosevelt
Quise-Aisne
Coucy Les Chateau
Bethincourt
Anne Morgan
Belleau Wood
America
Chateau Thierry
Anna Platt
Miami
Fla
Hotel Bonhomme
Attempt on Life of Lord Strickland in Malta
An assassination attempt occurred today in Malta as Lord Strickland, prime minister of the Maltese government, was shot at point blank but not harmed. Three rounds were fired, all missing. The incident follows an 18 month row between the Maltese government and the Vatican over political rights for Catholics amid upcoming elections.
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Vatican
Sarojini Naidu Sentenced for Salt Raid in India
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, leader of Gandhi’s civil disobedience salt protest at Dharsana, received nine months in prison. She led passive resistance volunteers after Abbas Tyabji’s arrest and conducted a second raid on government salt pans.
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Bombay
India
Sarojini Naidu
Dharsana
Naidu
Abbas Tyabji
Hamlet Officers Seize $200000 Whiskey Haul
Hamlet, May 23. Deputy Sheriff Lawrence McLean and Chief of Police Miller seized a shipment of about eight thousand gallons of whiskey en route from Savannah to Buffalo. The cargo, mostly quarts and pints labeled Round the World and King’s Ransom, was burned under sheriff Braswell’s supervision with a dozen deputies aiding. Railway officials seek the shipper and consignee.
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Hamlet
Lawrence McLean
Savannah
Buffalo
Braswell
Bailey Attacks Dickens Letter Used Against Him
North Carolina political contest heats up as Josiah William Bailey denounces a circulating Dickens letter as a crafted fraud. He claims campaign literature from Senator Simmons supporters aims to embarrass him and exposes it as a deliberate misrepresentation.
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Raleigh
F. M. Simmons
Josiah William Bailey
Simmons
Southern Woman Seeks Aid in New York City Home
Lizzie Williamson an 86 year old widow of a Civil War veteran from Allendale South Carolina asked the New York City magistrate for relief and was committed to the city home for the aged after receiving a $5 bill from the official. She said her son Frank deserted her three months ago after they came north.
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New York
Lizzie Williamson
Allendale
S. C
Frank
Loving Young Lady Picked Wrong Man
In Elgin on May 23 Bob Van Winkle a 22 year old trolley worker resigned after a passenger a 19 year old Marie Koch kissed him on the return trip. The girl was released to her parents and the disorderly conduct charge was dismissed by the court.
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Elgin
Robert van Winkle
van Winkle
Bob
Aurora
Marie Koch
Edgerton Urges Industry Action At Southern Furniture Meeting
J B Edgerton of Tennessee, president of the national association of manufacturers, closed the semi annual Southern Furniture Manufacturers association meeting at Sedgefield. He called the socialistic trend a problem for business leaders to manage and urged curtailment or new markets to end the current downturn. The session also discussed terms with A P Haacke and Alfred A Anderson, and attendees included Newton Carroll, J R Smith, J R Finley, F H Coffey, J D Bassett, A P Parker, T A Finch, and Charles Lincoln. Manager Wilson of the Chicago Furniture Mart spoke briefly.
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J. B. Edgerton
Tennessee
National Association of Manufacturers
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sedgefield
Edgerton
The
Times
A. P. Haacke
National Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association
Alfred A. Anderson
Jamestown
N. Y
Association
Newton Carroll
Rocky Mont
J. R. Smith
Mt. Airy
J. R. Finley
North Wilkesboro
Lenoir
J. D. Bassett
Bassett, Va
A. P. Parker
Johnston City
Marion
Wilson
Chicago Furniture Mart
Moran of Two Black Crows Stabilized After Major Operation
Los Angeles May 23 hospital officials said George Moran one half of the Moran and Mack blackface duo spent a very restful night and was not in serious danger following a major operation performed yesterday.
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Los Angeles
George Moran
Moran and
Mack
Spivey Dies Stating He Is Innocent
RALEIGH May 238. James Spivey a Lee county white man was electrocuted at the state prison for the criminal attack and murder of Bettie Spivey at her Tee county home last September He died professing innocence after two electric shocks the second white man to die in North Carolina since 1925 He claimed Bettie Spivey was not his partner and that two men fled the scene.
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Raleigh
James Spivey
Lee County
State Prison
Bettie Spivey
Tee County
Spivey
W. C
Elbert Stewart
Brunswick County
Three Injured In Auto Accident At Router Motor
Salisbury May 23 Three men were injured when their car crashed through a gate and fell 15 feet into an elevator shaft at the Router Motor Company. John Hethcock 65 suffered a compound fracture of the left leg. W W Scott company salesman and driver and Charles Myrick received minor cuts and bruises. The clutch hung up preventing stopping on the second floor near the shaft.
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Salisbury
Router Motor Company
John Hethcock
W. W. Scott
Charles Myrick
Scott
Husband Finds Wife Killed By Revolver
In Berwyn near Chicago on May 23 Mrs Marie Pelletter 49 mother of four was found shot twice in the chest near her home. Her husband who found the body thought she had taken poison and went for help. Police believe robbers caused the death.
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Chicago
Marie Pelletter
Berwyn
British Girl Continues Flight to Australia
Miss Amy Johnson arrives at Atambosa Java in a small aircraft from Halibelik after a forced landing near Rangoon May 13. She plans to depart at dawn for Port Darwin Australia, pursuing the England to Australia record and covering over 4500 miles of sea on the final leg of her flight.
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Atambosa
Java
Amy Johnson
Halibelik
England
Australia
Port Darwin
Miss Johnson
H. Bert Hinkler
Rangoon
Hinkler
Final Day To File Notice of Candidacy
Raleigh May 23 The barrier drops on candidates for the 1981 general assembly at midnight tonight. County offices from constable to commissioner must file with the state board of elections today. Filing time for congressional and state offices closed April 25, while May 23 is two weeks before the primaries.
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Raleigh
General Assembly of North Carolina
State Board of Elections
Motion Picture Star Jetta Gondal in Sanatorium Recovery
Jetta Gondal, Hollywood actress famous for temperament, rests in a Los Angeles sanitarium after a nervous breakdown. Officials say her condition is not critical as she plans a European visit. She previously won a $31,060 suit against Pathe Studios for back pay after a discharge for an alleged temperamental outburst.
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Los Angeles
Jetta Gondal
Europe
Miss Gondal
Hollywood
Pathe Studios, Inc
Speakeasy Telephone Raid Targets New York Men
Federal agents raided a West 49th street telephone speakeasy after notices in mail box circulars advertised up to date alcohol sales. The four men identified as Jack Schwartz Leo Meyer Ralph Richardson and Robert Russell Jr were held on conspiracy to violate prohibition law charges.
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New York
Jack
West 49Th Street
Jack Schwartz
Leo Meyer
Ralph Richardson
Robert Russell, Jr
Damage To Dirigible To Be Repaired Easily
CARDINGTON England May 23 No difficulty was expected today in repairing fabric of the R 100 British dirigible damaged yesterday during a test flight preparatory to its trip to Canada next week The dirigible had a thirty foot rent near the stern likely caused by high air pressure during flight
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Cardington
Eng
Canada
London
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Methodists of Southern Branch
Treasury
Southern Church
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David H. Blair
Mellon
Congress
Senate Lobby Committee
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Hoover
Coolidge
McBride
Caraway
Secretary of the Treasury
J. G. Brown
Port Huron
Michigan
McBride Brown
Iredell
Teddy
Cherbourg
Gandhi
Bailey
Baskerwills
Edgerton Speaker
Southern Furniture Makers
Sere
Weaver
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
William Phillips
Mae
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