Reorganization Move Divides Methodist Protestant Leaders
The Baltimore and Pittsburgh editors were unanimously re elected to key roles at the Methodist Protestant Conference. The body granted authority to pursue union with the Primitive Methodist Church if terms are met, with a final ratification pending at the General Conference. The Primitive Methodist Church has accepted a union basis, potentially joining with the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant bodies.
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Baltimore
Prim- Methodist
Conference
Primitive Methodist
Primitive Methodist Church
Methodist Mt Church
The
Methtant
Methodist Epis
Methodist Episcopal
High Point Favor for Supplementary School Support Near Victory
At 2 PM in High Point the supplementary school support measure neared the required 2,474 affirmative votes from 1,801 counted, as voters including factory workers and parents streamed to the polls. Proponents aimed for a strong margin before polls close at 7:37 PM, with orderly voting noted across ten precincts.
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Friends of the
High Point
High Point College
Johnson Street School
Ray Street School
Spartanburg Officials Face Injunction Over Street Blockade
Police chief H. ra said officers moved to enforce an injunction against blocking two streets near Spartan Mills where a protest had been in progress since May 10. County Judge R. Merchant signed action yesterday returning the case to the city court for reconsideration on June. Names mentioned include Robert Godfrey Ike Dyson and M. B. Dyson as parties in the injunction action.
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City of
Spartanburg
of of the
Valley battle between Jews and Arabs near Nazareth
Fragmentary report describes fighting in the Esdraelon valley near a Jewish settlement Alpha. British troops and Arab forces clash with concealed riflemen on a hillside. A crude bomb explodes causing damage but no casualties reported.
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Usalem
Brit
Esdraelon
Alpha
Roops
Nazareth
Men Perish In Veaton Colliery Mine Disaster
At Weat veaton Colliery an explosion or collapse trapped several workers. One body recovered. many believed dead. Rescue teams worked to reach other survivors as floodwaters rose to neck level.
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Don
Veaton
Weat
Police Second Best In Dress Reform Drive
Canton police campaign for women’s dress reform ends in embarrassment as two young women are arrested for exposing arms and legs. They are fined five dollars each, then released after presenting Japanese passports. The court and police apologize, and the campaign may be dropped.
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Police
Canton
Candidates List Their Expenses in North Carolina Race
Raleigh May 26 Democratic senatorial candidate William H Griffin reported 1600.25 spent while incumbent J W Bailey listed 1959.11 expenditures. Secretary of State Wade set midnight filing for all parties with detailed lists of campaign contributions.
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Raleigh
Willlam H. Griffin
Chapel Hill
J. W. Bailey
Stacey W. Wade
M. R. Dunnagan
Yadkin County
B. Dolly
Bullwinkle
B. X. Whitting
Bulwinkle
Zeb Weaver
W. Bruce Fisher
Weaver
Roosevelt calls conference on tax dispute as Townsend aides dodge inquiry
President Roosevelt convened a tax conference with Senate Finance Committee members to push a revised House tax bill and avoid delays. Townsend pension movement backers failed to appear before investigators, while a federal case on contempt loomed amid debate over Passamaquoddy and Florida canal projects. Major eastern bus lines planned fare cuts up to 25 percent starting June 1.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Townsend
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Harrison
D-Misa
F. B. Townsend
Federal
Treasury
Senate Commerce Committee
Robinson
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Florida Ship Canal
Eastern
Negro Is Arrested On Assault Charge
Myrtle Beach South Carolina police arrest James Haway, 17 year old Black man, on charges of attempting a criminal assault on a young white woman. He was taken to an undisclosed jail as authorities reported the incident after the woman and her sister reported the assault while she walked home from a neighbor's house.
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Myrtle Beach
8. C
James Haway
Reidsville Man Survived By Twenty Living Children
A. J. Chilton, who turns 70 on December 17, has twenty living children. They range in age from four months to 40 years, eleven from his second wife and nine from his first. Four children have survived.
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Reidsville
J. P. Chilton
Warrants Issued Against Black Legion Members in Michigan
Detroit reports 25 warrants charging kidnapping and felonious assault tied to the Black Legion. Jackson prosecutor Owen Dudley targets three guards at Southern Michigan prison, a Norvelle resident, and 21 John Does for the beating of Harley Smith. Also, 13 members face charges in the slaying of Charles Poole. In Oakland County, Howard Curtis homicide case reopened near Milford with a bullet to the head and body burned.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Jackson
Charles A. Poole
Owen Dudley
Southern Michigan
Norvelle
John Does
Harley Smith
Ray Ernest
Dudley
Glenn
Clarence
Allen Bascom
Ernest Brothers
Paul Every
Oakland County
Pontiac
Howard Curtis
Milford
Mrs Reagan Dies In Starting Fire Tragedy
A young mother, 21, died from burns after an early morning attempt to start a breakfast fire with kerosene at the Reagan home on the old Thomasville road. Husband and brother-in-law suffered burns while rescuing her as the house and nearby furniture burned. neighbors aided firefighters in stopping the blaze.
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Thomasville Road
Husband
Walter P. Reagan
Reagan
Barrus Memorial Hospital
Avery Reagan
Forest Fire in New Jersey Claims Multiple Lives
Seventeen or more men were missing as a massive forest fire swept the south Jersey coastal plain from New Gretna to Manahawkin. Four bodies lay at a morgue in Tuckerton, including CCC workers Stanley Carr and John La Salle, with Ira Morey among the fire fighters who died en route to hospital. CCC camps nearby reported unreported missing personnel while crews battled the blaze along a broad front.
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New Gretna
N. J
South Jersey
CCC
Chateworth
Manahwakin
John
Bass River
Tuckerton
Barnegat Bay
Atlantic City
Stanley Carr
Riverside
John la Salle
New Brunswick
Ira Morey
West Creek
Asbury Park
Keene identifes Worcester murder victim Elisabeth von Freel
Keene New Hampshire May 26 identification by Dr Harry Duprey Police Chief Michael Kelley and County Solicitor Arthur Olson confirms Elisabeth von Freel 60 of Clinton Massachusetts as the torch murder victim. She disappeared May 15 and left home frequently authorities seek an elderly man last seen with her at White River Junction. Olson says medical referee Weston ruled suicide unlikely and suggests a possible double death by own action pact.
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Keene
N. H
Wantasticquet Mountain
Elisabeth von Freel
Clinton
Mass
Robert B. Freel
Waucetts Electric Light Company
Harry ©. Duprey
Michael &. Kelley
Massachusetts
Arthur Olson
Olson
Probe Starts Into Fatal Plane Crash In Quebec
Investigators began probing a Canadian passenger plane crash that killed six men. The wreckage was found near Chibougamau lake, about half a mile from the site, after the disaster occurred last Sunday and remained secret for two days. Pilot Gath Edwards located the wreckage about 100 miles northeast of the mining town of Amos.
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Amos
Quebec
General Airways
Gath Edwards
Chibougamau Lake
Defense Rests In N Y Murder Trial
The defense in the John Fiorenga murder trial rested without calling a mysterious witness known as Mrs Vittorio a pseudonym to be called to testify to an attack by a fiend in Beekman Place where author Nancy Titterton was strangled.
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New York
John Fiorenga
Nancy Titterton
Vittorio
Henry Klauber
Yantering
Josephine Vittorio
Beekman Place
Major Unionism Debated at Georgia Presbyterian Assembly
In Augusta on May 26 Southern Presbyterians debated unionism pastor terms and budget fixes at their diamond jubilee assembly. The session showed a near split on uniting with northern and reform branches with three solutions offered postponement, union, or a middle path. A five member committee to seek a speedy compromise worked late, while issues of pastorless churches and unwanted ministers remained unsettled. One plan proposed hiring and firing ministers by an executive secretary in each of 88 presbyteries.
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Augusta
W. P. Robertson
Concord
N. C
Six Men Missing After Trawler Picador Sinks
London May 26. Six crew members of the steam trawler Picador are missing and presumed drowned after a collision with the tanker San Salvador in dense fog in the North Sea. The San Salvador rescued 14 Picador crew, while Lloyds had earlier reported 20 missing. Both vessels were British.
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London
San Salvador
North Sea
Lloyds
Relate Oe Is Takes' Winner Relate Oe Is Takes
RALEIGH May 26 P C Jones 28 year old state highway shop worker will use 2215 dollars won in the Irish hospital sweepstakes to start a stock raising business. Jones has no chance to increase his winnings as his horse Thed ingworth will not start.
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Raleigh
Vo P. C. Jones
Jones
Thedingworth
Senate approves relief-deficiency bill in Washington
May 26 report from Washington says a senate appropriations subcommittee approved the $2,364,000,000 relief-deficiency bill for next year's work relief program. The measure funds essential activities and follows prior debates on relief appropriations.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Appropriations
Woman Loses License Twice In One Year
RALEIGH May 26 Mrs Catherine Ruth of Raleigh was convicted of driving while drunk a second time within a year and her license suspended for an extra 12 months. She also received an 80 day jail sentence.
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Raleigh
Catherine Ruth
Ralegh
State Bank Resources Rise to $412 Million
A report from Banking Commissioner Gur ney P Hood shows resources of commercial industrial and national banks in the state reached 412 704 851 as of March 4 up from 239 486 497 on June 30 1933.
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Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
Election results to be broadcast tonight at 8 30
First official results from the High Point school supplement election will be announced tonight around 8 30 o clock via The Enterprise amplifying setup in the new building. A skilled staff from the paper will cover each precinct from poll close to tabulation. Final counts will be flashed to The Enterprise office and broadcast. The public may hear the returns on the English street side of the building.
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High Point
Enterprise
Enterprise Office
Committee May Report On Bill In Closed Session
Representative Sam Hill predicts favorable action by the Ways and Means Committee on the Guffey Vinson coal control bill after a two hour session. Justice Department and Bituminous Coal Commission testified and were asked to return later. Woodruff says the new law is all right and McCormack says his mind is open.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Sam Hill
D-Wash
Justice Department
Bituminous Coal Commission
Woodruff
Rmich
McCormack
Dmass
Man Murdered Near Distillery Reported in Wake County
Clifton, a young farmer from Forestville in Wake county, was found dead with his head and face beaten after being killed near a whisky still in Wake Forest township. Coroner L. M. Waring said the death occurred at least 24 hours prior and deputies were sent to seek three unnamed Negro suspects.
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Rs Clifton
Forestville
Wake County
Wake Forest
L. M. Waring
Woody Maddrey
Rufus Hoge
Record Vote Predicted As Candidates Keep Speaking
Raleigh May 26 Mrs Helen Robertson Wohl Democratic candidate for state treasurer predicted a record 500000 vote in the first primary June 6 After touring 17 western counties she noted strong interest in the governor race and widespread registration The four leading gubernatorial candidates Clyde Hoey Ralph McDonald Sandy Graham and John McRae pressed campaigns McDonald spoke in Nashville and Louisburg Hoey in Mocksville and Salisbury Graham in Yanceyville and Durham McRae in Whiteville and Elizabethtown In the Senate race R T Fountain made a radio address from Rocky Mount while William H Griffin visited Mount Airy North Wilkesboro and Lenoir
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Raleigh
Helen Robertson Wohl
Wohl
Clyde R. Hoey
Ralph W. McDonald
Sandy Graham
John A. McRae
McDonald
Nashville
Louisburg
Memorial Auditorium
Hoey
Mockesville
Salisbury
Graham
Yanceyville
Durham
McRae
Whitevee
Elizabethtown
R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount
William H. Griffin
Mount Airy
North Wilkesboro
Lenoir
Ferry Capsizes Drowning 31 on Thaya River
A ferry capsized on the Thaya River near Auspitz Czechoslovakia killing 31 people including thirty school children and one man. Rescue efforts were underway as authorities investigated the disaster.
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Auspitz
Czechoslovakia
Cabinet Resigns After Belgian Election Shifts
The cabinet of Premier Paul Van Zeeland resigned today after Sunday's elections in which the socialist party made sharp gains. May Remi reports from Brussels on the political shakeup and the immediate political fallout.
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Brussels
Remi
Paul van Zeeland
Socialiste
Weather outlook for Carolinas with showers in mountains
North Carolina foresees partly cloudy nights and Wednesday with scattered showers in the mountains tomorrow afternoon. South Carolina mirrors this trend with partly cloudy nights and Wednesday and showers in the extreme northwest portion.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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