Morgan Denies Income Tax for 1931 and 1932 Here
Senate committee dissension erupted as J. P. Morgan testified he paid no income tax for 1931 and 1932. He described a firm reorganization on January 2, 1931 and disclosed assets of $424,708,095.56 as of December 31, 1932 while denying detailed partnership minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
Senate Committee Today
Washington
Senate
Ferdinand Pecora
Morgan
Pecora
Senator Glass
Dva
the Treasury
John W. Davis
J. P. Morgan and Company
Geneva Sees Hope as Davis Shapes World Disarmament
U S representative Norman H Davis in Europe crafts policy easing tensions at the world disarmament conference. He pledges non interference with actions by the league of nations and signals readiness to join consultations if peace is threatened. A secret Big Five parley yields a compromise on armed forces war material and security talks. France insists on security assurances before any army or weapons cuts. The entente and smaller states plan to monitor Mussolini's peace pact while staying within the league framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Norman H. Davis
United States
Europe
League of Nations
America
Davis
Germany
France
Italy
Joseph Paul Boncour
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Rumania
Mussolini
Dalrymple Named Athletics Director at State Teachers College
Gerald Dalrymple, former Tulane football star, will be athletics director and head football coach at State Teachers College Conway next season, announced President Heber L. McAllister. The report came from Conway, Arkansas, in late news flashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Ark
Gerald Dalrymple
Tulane University
New Orleans
State Teachers College
Heber L. McAllister
Peace Evacuation Agree Said Peiping Under Japanese Armistice
Dispatches report a truce leaving most of North China under Japanese control with Peiping to be evacuated by Chinese forces. The Japanese claim Chinese agreed to withdraw while not allowing Peiping to be occupied. Six hundred Japanese troops were sent to reinforce the Peiping legation guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North China
Great Wall
Far East
Peiping
Tungchow
Japanese War Office
Tientsin
Ho Ying-Ching
Iading
Nelson T. Johnson
United States
Ricksha
Nanking
Morgan's Father Testified In 1912 Before Committee
AP reports that Senator Byrnes questioned J P Morgan, father of today's witness, before a congressional inquiry. The Pujo banking subcommittee heard Morgan in 1912, with Rep. Doughton as chair of the Ways and Means committee as the sole other member still in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. P. Morgan and Company
Congressional
James F. Byrnes
D. 8S. C
Byrnes
Pujo’’ Banking
House
J. P. Morgan
Doughton
D. N
Ways and Means
Congress
Union Trust Reopens After 10-Week Shutdown
Shelby reports Union Trust company and four branches reopen with a 5 to 10 percent wage boost across five textile mills. Banks resume operations in Rutherford and Cleveland counties, with 120603 dollars in new deposits. About 1200 workers at Ella unit of Consolidated Textile, Dover Ora and Eton mills in Shelby and Phoenix plant at King's Mountain. Increase takes effect yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Union Trust Company
Rutherford
Cleveland
King’s Mountain
Iie
Ella
Consolidated Textile Corporation
Dover, Ora and
Eton Mills
Phoenix
Mt Tabor Market Sees Big Bean Sale And Strong Totals
Five thousand bushels of snap beans sold at Mt Tabor today averaging $1.50 a bushel per B L Nesmith secretary of the Mt Tabor Produce Marketing Company. Season totals reach 24 carloads of beans and 107 carloads of berries to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Tabor
B. L. Nesmith
Tabor
Tornadoes Leave Death and Destruction Across Midwest
Storms ripped through the dust filled skies killing 13 people and injuring many as tornadoes hit Tryon and Liberal in Kansas, Bainville in Montana, and areas of Nebraska and Colorado. High winds, hail, and ruined communications accompanied the disaster, with measured winds up to 75 mph in Denver and widespread property damage.
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Midwest
Garden City
Kas
Wheat Country
Tryon
Neb
Liberal
Bainville
Mon
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Denver
H. L. Herring
Meade
North Platte
Dix
Big Springs
North Carolina forms new state school commission
Governor Ehringhaus swears in ten members of the new state school commission to administer the eight month term. LeRoy Martin elected executive secretary with a $4,000 salary, limited to $3,600 on the commission. The group begins drafting forms to gather school data and oversee policies for the state funded program.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
New State School Commission
United States
J. O. Carr
Wilmington
LeRoy Martin
Ehringhaus
State Board of Equalization
School Commission
Martin
W. P. Stacy
State Supreme Court
Loans Totals From Raleigh Regional Credit Corp Report
The Raleigh regional agricultural credit corporation announced loans totaling 5,327,818.68 since January 1 to 6,567 applicants across four states with offices in Raleigh and a Macon Georgia branch. Data show 10,432 applications for 10,475,293.57, 2,877 declines, 746 withdrawals, and 242 pending requests. Officers praised Stedman’s management and noted possible transfer to Columbia, South Carolina under federal reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of Raleigh
John P. Stedman
Carolinas
Macon
Georgia
Florida
Stedman
F. P. McCravy
Bassey
8. C
W. ©. Clark
Tarboro
Federal Farm Aid
Roosevelt
Raleigh Regional Credit Corporation
Columbia
S. C
Northern and Southern Baptists Unite After 88 Years
Washington event brings together leaders Dr. M. E. Dodd and Dr. C. Oscar Johnson in a symbolic end to the slavery era split. The gathering features a dedication of Baptist Memorial church, a sweatshop attack by Rev. Clyde Turner, and a large, convivial audience overcoming old lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. E. Dodd
Southern Baptist Convention
C. Oscar Johnson
Dr. Dodd
Mason-Dixon
New Baptist Memorial Church
Clyde Turner
Greensboro
N. C
Dodd
Physician links Jelke treatment to Jelke divorce case
Newport May 23 The physician treating Mrs Eugenia Woodward Jelke testified that the husband F F Jelke of New York and Newport caused her nervous breakdown in October 1931 The doctor said Jelke referred to his wife in harsh terms and noted Mrs Jelke later sought reconciliation The witness added she was in improved health by April this year indicating potential lasting effects of the alleged treatment history remains contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, R. IT
Eugenia Woodward Jelke
F. Frazier Jelke
New York
Newport
Premier Daladier Endorses U S Disarmament Plan
Paris reports Premier Edouard Daladier is pleased with President Roosevelt's disarmament plan unveiled at Geneva. He will proceed cautiously due to domestic politics and public distrust, according to his aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Roosevelt
Geneva
Hitler Salutes Navy at Kiel Grand Review
Chancellor Adolf Hitler took the naval salute for the first time in his life as most of Germanys small fleet passed before him in a grand review off Kiel. The event marked a rare display of military ceremony during the wartime political pageantry.
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Hitler
Kiel
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Diver to Seek Timber From Sunken Lands of New Madrid
Memphis Tennessee May 23 A deep sea diver will depart for southeast Missouri to recover timber believed buried in sunken lands created by the 1811 New Madrid earthquake. Captain C B Gartrell recounts salvaging cotton from a sunken steamer and cites logs of white oak and black walnut averaging six feet in diameter potential valuables for lumber.
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Memphis
Tenn
Missouri
New Madrid
Mississippi River
Reelfoot Lake
C. 8
Gartrell
Kate Adams
Arkansas
Gartreil
Lumbea
Textile Workers Strike Objects to Stretchout in Greenville Mill
Greenville South Carolina May 23 1919 a 450 weavers began a strike against the stretchout system at F W Poe Manufacturing Company. By midmorning the mill’s 1200 operatives were idle as weavers quit over 10 percent raises and higher work load. Other departments followed in sympathy and reports claimed forceful acts at boilers. Committees met with mill officials while workers lounged on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
8. C
F. W. Poe Manufacturing Company
Robbers Break into Selma Undertaking Firm and Bailey Store
In Selma during the night, thieves entered J. A. Sanders' undertaking establishment and stole a coffin. Simultaneously H. P. Bailey's store was broken into, with tobacco, canned goods and wearing apparel taken.
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Selma
Ito
J. A. Sanders
H. P. Bailey
Locusts Disrupt Evening Services in Hawfield Church
A swarm of locusts interrupted afternoon church services at Hawfield's church in South Alamance County causing a temporary halt during the sermon. No injuries reported and the congregation resumed after the disturbance.
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Burlington
Hawfield’s Church
South Alamance County
Furman President McGlothlin in Critical Condition
Dr. W. J. McGlothlin president of Furman University Greenville has been hospitalized in Gastonia North Carolina since a car wreck last week in which his wife was killed. He is described as in critical condition and getting worse as friends and relatives are advised of the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
W. J. McGlothlin
Furman University
Gastonia
N. C
Cobb Accepts Post as Cotton Production Administrator
Atlanta farm editor C A Cobb accepted appointment as cotton production administrator under the new farm adjustment act. He arrived at noon from Birmingham and said he was ready to get down to work at once.
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Washington
C. A. Cobb
Atlanta
Birmingham
Parents Forgot To Teach Morals To Children
The Right Rev. William J. Hafey, bishop of Raleigh, N Y, told the Pennsylvania Catholic Daughters of America that many parents failed to teach children morality. He warned against trusting modern nostrums and urged reliance on natural and God given remedies to prevent a descent into folly and danger.
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Philadelphia
William J. Hafey
Raleigh
N. Y
Pennsylvania Catholic Daughters of America
Mills announce 10 percent wage increase for 475 workers
Southern Worsted Mills Paragould announced a ten percent raise for its 475 employees. The boost adds about 500 dollars weekly to the mills' total payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
8. C
Southern Worsted Mills
Reopen Cotton Mill in Franklint on Monday
Plans were completed after a reorganization meeting to reopen the Sterling cotton mill in Franklinton where 400 workers will be hired. The mill had been closed since receivership last November and sold for taxes. J. A. Moore was elected president and A. H. Vann treasurer of the new corporation.
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Franklinton
Sterling Cotton Mills
J. A. Moore
A. H. Vann
Eight Million Yearly for Confederate Veterans Pensions
ATLANTA May 23. Eight of ten states show continued pension payments to Confederate veterans and widows totaling about eight million dollars annually. Virginia and North Carolina fund hundreds of veterans and thousands of widows from state appropriations while Georgia Alabama Tennessee South Carolina Louisiana and others rely on state taxes and special levies. Officials note veteran rolls shrink about 20 percent annually while widows decline around 5 percent.
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Atlanta
Appomattox
Lee
Jackson
South
Virginia
Texas
Grant
North Carolina
Tennessee
General Fund
South Carolina
Georgia
Labama
Louisiana
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Senate Committee
Huge Morgan Corporation
Waxey Gordon
Gordon
North White Lake
Norman Davis
U. S. Representative
Ulven
North
China
Pieping
Associated Press
Omaha
Harry Pizer
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Daladier
U. S. Plan
Locusts Halt
Appomattox South
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