5 Cent Levy Up in North Carolina Special Election
Voters in a city of 4 958 will cast ballots tomorrow on authorizing a levy up to 15 cents on the dollar for school support. The measure, seen as a test of local educational funding, follows state action in 1933 abolishing local school taxes as the state assumed eight months of schooling. Police pledge order at all polling places as returns come in after closing. The Enterprise will broadcast results from the English street side.
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Primitive Unit Is Recommended For Affiliation
A report by Dr J C Broomfield to the General Conference recommends steps for the Primitive Methodist church to join with the Methodist Protestant church while preserving ministerial and church status. The session notes 10 000 conversions by the Methodist Protestant lay evangelism committee in the past quadrennium and a goal of 10 000 more in 1940.
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J. C. Bloomfield
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Committee On Evangelism
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Winston-Salem
Brooks Hays Urges Constitutional Change in Arkansas
Brooks Hays assistant to the national resettlement admin said reforms are needed in the constitution to keep the American government functioning. He spoke at Arkansas college graduation, urging central control while preserving democratic principles.
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Widespread Spy Plot Uncovered in Memel Territory
Police in Memel report a wide spy plot tied to foreign powers during municipal council elections. Agents and an official were seized as Germany and Lithuania contest control of Memel, a point of bitter political quarrel that influenced recent Diet outcomes.
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Eddie Roberts Refuses Reform at Likker Castle
In strong Likker Castle, Pa on May 25 Eddie Roberts, 19, refused reform after toppling eighty three tombs. He said he had been drinking and felt like smashing more tombstones.
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New Deal Loses Supreme Court Challenge Over Bankruptcy Act
The 1984 municipal bankruptcy act was ruled unconstitutional by the U S Supreme Court in a five to four decision. The majority held the statute invalid though Justice Cardozo Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Brandeis and Stone dissented. Bondholders of Cameron County Texas Water Improvement District No 1 challenged the law claiming it deprived property without due process and intruded on states rights.
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Texas
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Man and Monsoon In Strange Race
London May 25 The British Everest expedition faces a monsoon sweep with heavy snow at Tibet’s summit delaying progress. Alipore Observatory reports ongoing stormy conditions likely for four to five days. Leader Hugh Ruttidge previously expected success with any reasonable weather.
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Psychiatrist Testifies Fiorenza Was Considered Potentially Insane
New York May 25 A state psychiatrist called by the defense in the trial of John Fiorenza 24 year old upholsterer s helper for the slaying of Mrs Nancy Evans Titterton testified Fiorenza was regarded as potentially insane three years earlier. Dr James Lincoln McCartney of Elmira reformatory said he examined Fiorenza on April 10 1933 after a grand larceny confinement and found him narcissistic with an oedipus complex and schizoid tendencies.
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John Fiorenga
Nancy Evans Titterton
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James Lincoln McCartney
Elmira Reformatory
Fiorenza
Murder and Kidnap Warrants For 13 Black Legion Members
Detroit May 25 Prosecutor Dun can C McCrea asked murder and kidnap warrants for 13 Black Legion members in the Poole slaying and for 12 John Does who may have attended the planning meeting. He accused the outlaw group of national scope and urged federal help to dismantle it.
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James Roy Lorance
Socialists Split Again Forming New Party In New York
The Socialist national convention rejected Earl Browder's united front proposal as factions clashed over the New York dispute. The rightist New York group led by Morris Hillquit and Louis Waldman moved to form a new Marxist party nationally, while Norman Thomas's leftist delegation was seated. The split followed New York seating decisions, with organization planned before July.
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Economic Field Triumphs To Be Sought By Italians
Rome reports Mussolini orders Italy to march straight ahead in economy. Guilds and credit institutes mobilize for economic conquest of the empire as the 21st anniversary of Italy’s entry into World War passes.
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Witness Describes Torture of Girls in Luciano Case
A state witness in the Luciano vice trial testified that some girls who talked were tortured. The witness, Thelma Jordan, said others had feet burned and stomach burned with cigar butts and tongues cut, detailing actions she claimed occurred in disorderly houses. She said fear influenced her earlier statements and that she later told the truth after consulting Special Prosecutor Dewey.
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New York
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Thelma Jordan
Benny Spiller
Luciano
David Siegal
Dewey
Madrid Beer Strike Spurs Citywide Shortages
Madrid on May 25 faced beer shortages as workers from all breweries walked out in solidarity with El Aguila brewery employees who are locked out. The stoppage affected local bars and distribution.
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el Aguila
Bold Venture Bowed Tendon Ends Racing Campaign
Belmont Park bulletin reports Bold Venture trained by Max Hirsch sustained a bowed tendon and will not race again this year, sidelining the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Morton L. Schwartz's colt.
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Morton L. Schwartz
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Commodity bill threatened as Senate aims rapid action
Senate majority leader Robinson warned the commodity exchange bill must be disposed of within a day or two or no action this session. Senator Smith presented new cotton futures amendments approved by the Senate agriculture committee, prompting Robinson to urge delaying amendments and restoring House passage for quick action.
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Highway funds to be spent in North Carolina
Raleigh reports more than 10 million dollars in highway funds will be spent in the state within five weeks. Chairman M. Waynick of the highway commission said major portions are already committed to projects with 171 contracts in progress and repair work in nearly every county.
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Adjourning the Fortnight in Doubt as Tax Plan Fails
Washington May 26. Senate finance committee grapples with drafting a tax program aimed to meet President Roosevelt's request and reach adjournment within the fortnight. House leaders push action against Dr. Townsend for defiance of the Bell committee. Byrns and Bankhead urge swift steps, with Byrns suggesting local courts may decide the matter. The House also adjourns briefly for the death of Rep Randolph Perkins. Separately, Reconstruction Corp official John Begringer accused of masterminding a plan to sell and dismantle the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway to shield Boston financier Frederick Prince. Securities charges allege manipulations of Kinner Airplane stock. broker Charles C. Wright seeks dismissal claiming unconstitutionality of the act.
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Frederick Prince
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Securities Commission
Charles C. Wright
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Kinner
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Wright
Security and Exchange Act
Socialists Win In Belgium Election
Belgiums socialists won the greatest representation in the new parliament with Emile Vandervelde poised to become premier. The Rexists gained 21 seats, sweeping up gains mainly at the expense of conservative Catholics, while the socialists maintained their early lead.
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Boy Lives After 150 Foot Dive From Huey Long Bridge
New Orleans May 25 19 Nineteen year old Louis Klein hoped to be released from a hospital today after leaping 150 feet into the Mississippi River from the Huey Long bridge. He had argued with friends for two weeks claiming he could do it and live. Klein said his best prior dive was eight feet from the Galvez bridge.
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The Enterprise to Broadcast Election Vote Matinee
The Enterprise plans a vote matinee tomorrow night at 8 30 p m with a large crowd expected for the school supplement election. The returns will be flashed live from English street facing Main street after ballots are tabulated by an experienced staff. The public is invited to be present for the first returns.
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Main Street
Southern Presbyterians weigh pastor terms and pay equity
In Augusta Georgia on May 25, Southern Presbyterians debated pastor salaries and term limits. A proposal for a $105000 equalization fund to support underpaid ministers and home mission workers was issued for discussion. Topics also included potential union with northern and reform branches and rotating pastors to new assignments. Site selection for the 1937 assembly was noted.
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Southern Presbyterians
Montreal
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Southern Presbyteriana
Italian Singer Claudia Muzio Dies at 44 in Rome
The renowned soprano Claudia Muzio died of a cerebral hemorrhage in her Rome hotel last night. Her husband Signor Renato Liberti was present as the famous artist who had thrilled audiences in North and South America and Europe passed away.
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Renato Liberti
Candidates with busiest day of speaking so far
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Dr Ralph W McDonald drew a crowd of over four thousand for a Memorial auditorium address. He and rivals visited Goldeboro Snow Hill Kinston while other candidates traveled Laurinburg Maxton Lumberton Nashville Louisburg Burlington Bryson City Waynesville Asheville and Burgaw for campaign events.
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Wake County
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Kinston
John A. McRae
Laurinburg
Maxton
Lumberton
Clyde R. Hoey
Nashville
Louisburg
Burlington
Sandy Graham
Bryson City
Waynesville
Asheville
Gilman Beeler
Townsend
Burgaw
Charles l. Abernethy, Jr
New Bern
William Griffi
United States Senate
Winston-Salem
Britain and Russia Open Naval Talks on Major Issues
London May 25 Britain and Russia moved to a discussion of fundamental issues in naval talks after Moscow announced any London limitation of the Soviet Far Eastern fleet must also bind Japan. A key point is Russia’s proposal to split its naval undertakings into Far Eastern and European spheres, while Britain argues for treating the fleet as a single unit. The talks followed a London invitation to Moscow to pursue limits on ship types and share construction information under the new London treaty.
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Japan
Soviet Union
Weather Outlook for the Carolinas and Georgia
North and South Carolina and Georgia expect generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. No precipitation signals or major hazards noted. temperatures likely mild with light winds across the region. Upper-level patterns remain quiet as coastal and inland areas share similar conditions.
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