Smith Narrowly Trails Hull in Missouri State Delegates
Precinct meetings in 67 of 100 counties show Hubert Hull with 376 state convention votes and Alfred E. Smith ahead with 398. uninstructed delegates total 604 while anti-Smith 96 and dry 35. Watauga to hold precinct meetings next Saturday ahead of the state primary. Other counties report varied tallies with McLean and doubtful votes noted.
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Yadkin
Watauga County
Hull
Smith
anti-Smith
Dry
Gov. A. W. McLean
Italia Hunted by Polar Quest as Amundsen Aids Search
News from Spitzbergen reports the Italia dirigible missing after ninety hours from base with General Nobile aboard. Amundsen, invited by Norway, joins the rescue effort while the Citta di Milano ships out. Officials fear a crash in fog and cold. crew prepared with food, rifles, and fishing gear for possible long survival. In contrast, Washington reports the tax bill advancing to Coolidge, projecting a 222 million dollar tax cut with no surtax changes and no inheritance tax repeal.
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Associated Press
Italia
Spitzbergen
Italy
Roald Amundsen
Umberto Nobile
Norge
North Pole
Arctic
Amundsen
Nobile
Citta di Milano
Charles E. Rosendahl
United States
Los Angeles
Rome
General Nobile
Washington
Capitol
Mellon
Treasury
Senate
Hawley
Ways and Means Committee
House
Garner
Texas
Ways and Means
Defense Is At An End In Slaying Trial
In Pittsboro on May 26 the defense rested in the W Herbert Lawrence murder trial of Mrs Annie Terry saying evidence was complete. Key testimony included a pocket book claim and car identification doubts while two witnesses recounted the night’s events from the Cape Fear river bank. The judge refused to dismiss the case and opening arguments for the state and defense were scheduled for Monday.
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Pittsboro
W. Herbert Lawrence
Durham
Annie Terry
Lawrence
Mary Yandle
Durham-Pittsboro
Terry
Walter Barton
Duke University
Powe
D. F. Osborne
Guy Tinger
Hear Broadway
Cape Fear
Avent’s Bridge
Jones Fuller
J. BE. Long
Percy Reade
Clawson Williams
Dawson Attacked at North Kinston Political Meeting
In Kinston on May 26 a fight broke out during a precinct meeting as John G. Dawson, Smith supporter and former state Democratic chairman, was struck in the face by Dr. Tom Parrott. Dawson said he had no state campaign manager and denied serving as a state Smith manager.
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Kinston
North Kinston
John G. Dawson
Smith
Tom Parrott
Dawson
Cordell Hull
Congressional
Alfred K. Smith
New York
Confidence in Hull Votes in North Carolina Delegations
Raleigh May 26 Mr Turlington expresses confidence that uninstructed delegations will back Hull. He calls the victory complete and magnificent and praises North Carolina Democrats for a glorious answer to assaults on party principles.
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Raleigh
Turlington
Hull
North Carolina
Presidential delegate preferences in North Carolina counties
Reports from 20 counties favor Hull, 15 favor Smith, 19 uninstructed, with various local rule outcomes. County results show Hull leading in many counties while Smith dominates in Concord and several other precincts, totaling 1394 delegates with a 1953 member state convention.
Italia Landed? Nobile Hopes For Help Reported
A Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung report from Oslo says a garbled radio message from the Italia at 11:00 p.m. Saturday night indicated the ship had landed and that Nobile was asking for help. The landing place and time could not be deciphered.
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Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Oslo
Norway
Italia
Nobile
Butler to retire from Massachusetts GOP post
Boston reports William M. Butler will retire as Massachusetts member of the Republican National Committee. Louis K. Liggett is discussed as likely successor. Butler departs for Kansas City next Wednesday with retirement announced beforehand. Successor elected by Massachusetts delegates at the national convention. Butler joined the committee in spring 1923 and became its chairman at the 1924 Cleveland convention.
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Boston
Boston Herald
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Louis K. Liggett
Butler
Kansas City
Herald
John W. Weeks
Cleveland
North Carolina Dean Invited to Address Agricultural Engineers
Dean I. O. Schaub of North Carolina State College will address the twenty second annual gathering of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in Washington DC June 19 to 22. The program covers drainage terracing reclamation farm buildings water systems and rural electrification with extension work featured.
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Dean Schaub
Gunmen Still at Liberty After Lamar Bank Raid
Scott City Kansas May 26 gunmen eluded hundreds of possemen after raiding the First National Bank of Lamar Colorado killing the bank president A N Parrish his son John Parrish and Dr W W Wineinger as they fled with 20000 while a kidnapped assistant cashier A E Kessinger remained missing.
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Scott City
Kans
First National Bank
Lamar
Col
Liberty
Kansas
Lamar Bank
A. N. Parrish
John Parrish
W. W. Wineinger
Dighton
A. E. Kessinger
Dr. Wineinger
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Colorado
McLean urges modern admin skills at Duke address
Governor Angus McLean spoke at Duke University urging trained leadership in public administration. He called for colleges to prepare leaders with budgeting and accounting knowledge and warned that outdated local government systems waste resources until modern business methods are adopted.
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Durham
Angus McLean
Duke University
North Carolina
McLean
Marion Turpie Wins Southern Golf Crown
Miss Marion Turpie of New Orleans regained the Southern women's title at Valley Country Club Birmingham Alabama by defeating Mrs Melvin Jones of Chicago 6 up and 5 to play in a 36 hole final. Turpie led after the final nine as Jones claimed a birdie at the tenth but Turpie won the 11th 12th and 13th to finish six up and clinch the title on the 13th green.
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Shades Valley Country Club
Birmingham
Ala
Marion Turpie
New Orleans
Dalton Reymond
Baton Rouge
Laurel
Miss
Melvin Jones
Chicago
Miss Turpie
General Albert L. Cox Nominated for National Legion Commander
In Raleigh on May 26, General Albert L. Cox, state commander of the American Legion, emerged as a candidate for national commander. His bid gained strong backing from the fourth district banquet where 95 veterans unanimously endorsed him to succeed Commander Edward Spafford.
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Raleigh
Albert L. Cox
American Legion
Fourth District Legion
Edward Spafford
Senate to vote on Tuesday adjournment hour for Congress
Washington May 26 The Senate will vote Monday on a House resolution fixing 5 pm Tuesday as the adjournment hour for Congress Leaders expect approval Despite demands for a longer session Senator Johnson proposes amendments one setting a week from Tuesday and another next Saturday Senator La Follette blocks immediate action forcing adjournment decision to Monday under Senate rules with completion hoped by Tuesday after appropriations and tax bills are cleared
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Griest
House Post Office Committee
Coolidge
One Cent Postal Board
Boulder Canyon Dam
Johnson
California
Curtis
Kansas
White House
la Follette
Wisconsin
Dawes
Speed boat crash endangers crowd at Cape Fear race
In Wilmington on May 26 the speed boat Ko Two struck the grandstand during a Cape Fear river race. Driver Carl Eagles escaped injury. the boat and pier were damaged but spectators remained unhurt as onlookers watched the Flying Pan Power Boat club event.
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Wilmington
Ko Two
Cape Fear
Carl Eagles
Flying Pan Power Boat Club
Jones declines bishop post after election
Dr. E. Stanley Jones, missionary in India, elected bishop by the Methodist Episcopal general conference, announced he would not accept the post.
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Kansas City
E. Stanley Jones
India
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
North Carolina Business Men's Clubs Close Convention
The second annual convention of the North Carolina association of Business Men's evangelistic clubs will close tomorrow afternoon with an address by Marshall L. Mott Jr. of Winston-Salem.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Association of Business Men’s Evangelistic Clubs
Marshall L. Mott, Jr
Winston-Salem
Fight for North Carolina delegates intensifies to June conventions
Raleigh May 26 The Corn dell Hall forces push toward county conventions and the June 12 state meeting. Hull and Smith factions both plan to maximize uninstructed delegates amid uncertain tallies as precincts report unclear results. The Smith camp disputes a ruling on voter binding while Hull aims to back the party nominee at Houston.
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Raleigh
Cordell Hall
Seth V. Turlington
Hull
North Carolina
Smith
Smith and Hull
Brummitt
Houston
Congressman Butler Dies at 72 in Washington
Representative Thomas Butler of Pennsylvania and chairman of the house naval committee died at his home in Washington at age 72 after a heart attack. He served 16 terms in the house from the eighth Pennsylvania district, with Brigadier General Smedley Butler among his sons. Mrs. Butler and two other sons were by his bedside.
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Washington
Thomas
Butler
Pennsylvania
House Naval Committee
House
Smedley Butler
American Marine Corps
China
Westchester
Interior Secretary to tour projects and attend convention
Secretary Work begins a national tour to study interior problems. He will attend Lincoln Memorial university commencement at Cumberland Gap Tennessee and inspect southern and western projects Indian reservations and national parks. He will tour Smoky Mountains National Park and attend the Republican National Convention in Kansas City as a Colorado delegate before inspecting reclamation projects in western states.
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South Washington
Department of Interior
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap
Tennessee
Work
Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Kansas City
Colorado
James Kerr Poet Laureate of South Carolina Dies at Home
James Edwin Kerr, hailed as the poet laureate of South Carolina, was found dead in his Aiken home this morning. A servant discovered him. physicians attributed death to heart failure.
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James Edwin Kerr
Aiken, &. C
South Carolina
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