North Carolina approves biennial appropriations and ad valorem plan
The North Carolina general assembly passes a biennial appropriations bill boosting education funds by 500 600 and authorizes allocations from fines for schools. The conference report raises annual spending to about 20 2 million with UNC slated to receive 721 000 yearly. The Senate also passes a machinery bill listing property for ad valorem taxes postponing revaluation to 1933 with 10 variance limits and allows counties to continue revaluation if under 20 variance.
Senator Clements Calls Lea Tennessee's Enem y on Impeachment Row
In Nashville on September 27 Senator Hal H. Clements branded Colonel Lea as the enemy Tennessee has ever known on the senate floor while impeachment talks loom over Governor Horton. The speech followed a Nashville Tennessean article alleging Senate influence by Crump faction to push impeachment.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lukeville
Oral Cne
Tennessee
Hal H. Clements
Knoxville
Senate
Clements
House
Henry H. Horton
Colonel Lea
Rogers Caldwell
Lea
Nashville Tennesseean
Lew Re
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Horton
Jesse Edington
Edington
Billy” Wilkerson
Revenue bill passed final with 27 to 17 vote in North Carolina
North Carolina's longest session ends with adjourning by 10 p m. The biennial revenue bill is approved without a sales tax and will create an annual deficit of about 1 million dollars. The MacLean law principle shifts school and county funding, with ad valorem tax for two years. The appropriations bill totals over 28.5 million, up 9 million, but imposes large cuts across state agencies and a 10 percent salary cut. The session also advances the local government commission act.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate
House
Kirkland Found Guilty of Assault in Arlene Draves Death
Virgil Kirkland, a Gary youth, was found guilty of assault and battery with intent to rape in the death of Arlene Draves and sentenced to one to ten years in the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton. The verdict ends his bid for murder and spares four co-defendants from further charges.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Virgil Kirkland
Gary
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
Arlene Draves
Robert Estill
Henry Shirk Leon Stanford
David Thompson
Paul Barton
Kirkland
Grant Crumpacker
Charles Draves
Arlene
Guy Weaver
Bernice Elser
Oscar Thiel
Weaver
Thiel
Davis to Leave Greensboro for YMCA Work in Springfield
Carl Davis director of athletics at Catawba college said he will move to Springfield Massachusetts next fall to aid athletic work at the YMCA. Davis an alumnus of Springfield college was Catawba's head coach until last fall and Harry Warner of Hickory was named his successor.
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Davis
Greensboro
Carl Davis
Catawba College
Greensboro Record
Springfield
Mass
Springfield College
Catawba
Harry Warner
Hickory
Junta Orders General Election in Peru for Sept. 13
Lima May 27 reports the junta government has ordered a general election for president and assembly members on September 13. The move confirms a transition plan and sets the voting date in the capital and across the nation.
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Lima
Peru
Junta
Assembly
Tariff Not Main Cause of Trade Slump Farrell Says
New York May 27 James A Farrell president of the national foreign trade council told the convention the tariff is not the primary trouble in the current trade recession. He cited price and wage cutting as major factors and said tariff discussions are mainly academic in a difficult period. Wallace R Farrington proposed an 11 point plan to expand foreign trade in the Pacific, including ending the oriental exclusion law.
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New York
James A. Farrell
National Foreign Trade Council
Council
Farrell
Iron and Steel Institute
Wallace R. Farrington
Hawaii
Pacific
Elizabeth City Fire Destroys Foreman Lumber Mill
Fire at the Foreman Lumber Company plant in Elizabeth City destroyed a planing mill, two million feet of dressed lumber, two barges and four freight cars. Damage was estimated at 150000 dollars with origin undetermined. Forty workers were left unemployed as regional mills suspended operations and peas shipments were delayed until the blaze was controlled.
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Elizabeth City
Foreman Lumber Company
Racing Measure Placed on Table in North Carolina
In Raleigh on May 27 the Neal bill to allow horse racing and pari mutuel betting in McDowell County was tabled by the Senate 25 to 6. The act had passed the House but its fate now rests on a two thirds vote to reconsider. Earlier, Buncombe County racing and Polk County bills faced similar reversals.
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Raleigh
Neal
McDowell County
Senate
House
Buncombe County
Girls May Attend Classes in Beach Pajamas
Roosevelt high school principal says girls may attend classes in beach pajamas if they desire. Lounging pajamas will not be permitted. The ruling reverses last week’s decision.
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Oakland
Calif
Harold H. Cousins
The
Roosevelt High School
Cousins
Court Upholds Sentence Upon J. J. Lattimore
The North Carolina supreme court upheld a five to eight year prison term for J. J. Lattimore, Shelby banker, for making false entries in bank books. The ruling notes false entries can deceive officers and damage assets, even without evidence of shortages. Other cases decided include Oldham et al versus McPheeters and Crosland and various dismissals or affirmations across several counties.
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Raleigh
J. J. Lattimore
Shelby
North Carolina Supreme Court
Lattimore
Cleveland Bank and Trust Company
Superior Court
Wholesale Liquor Ring Is Broken Up
Federal agents report they broke up a wholesale liquor ring operating in seven midwestern states with 20 arrests and seizure of records in Kansas City. Liquor imported from gulf and eastern points was processed for distribution in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas Colorado Nebraska and Texas.
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Kansas City
Middlewestern
Gulf
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Colorado
Ne ‘Braska
Texas
All Redistricting Bills Are Tabled By House By 39-30
In Raleigh on May 27 the House tabled all redistricting bills by 39 to 30, killing plans to redraw senatorial lines this session. The Senate followed with an oral vote to reapportion, delaying any redistricting or constitutional changes until 1941 at the earliest. Western counties had pressed for proportional representation after 1920–1930 population shifts.
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House
Senate
White
Robeson
Governor Calls Special Board of Health Meeting Tomorrow
Governor Gardner schedules a special meeting of the state board of health for 11 oclock tomorrow in Raleigh. The board is expected to consider naming a new state health officer and secretary, Dr. William P. Jacobs, who declined the post after being offered last fall following Dr. C O Laughinghouse’s death.
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Raleigh
Gardner
State Board of Health
William P. Jacobs
C. O'H. Laughinghouse
Two Killed in San Sebastian Strike Clashes
Martial law declared in San Sebastian after two killed and seven gravely wounded in battle between soldiers and striking fishermen. The disturbance followed a strike with clashes escalating to violence and casualties.
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San Sebastian
Spain
False Publication Of Advertisements Alleged In Trial
Ashevi lle May 27 Walton A Ward manager of the West Asheville News corroborated editor Oscar Barrett in testifying that Wallace B Davis forced false advertisements printing in old issues. Barrett testified in the perversion of public interest case against Davis and six others tied to the Central Bank and Trust Company. Anderson denied links to Barrett’s loan claim and said he did not know Barrett would be a witness.
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Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
Buncombe County
Walton A. Ward
The
West
Barrett
Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Anderson
M. W. Barnhill
C. Hendrix
Thomasville Boys Cleared in Oil Theft Alibi Case
Leon ard and Harvey Oakley of near Thomasville were found not guilty by a superior court jury on a charge of stealing a quart of oil from a local filling station. The evidence hinged on an alibi provided by their Thomasville employers for the day in question, the morning session drawing High Point interest.
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Greensboro
Leonard
Harvey Oakley
Thomasville
Here
Investigation Of Bribery Charges Won't Be Continued
The senate adopted the special bribery investigating committee report saying no senator violated oath or warranted further investigation. It found no competent testimony that Reynolds or Williams of R J Reynolds Tobacco Co attempted to bribe senators. It noted Hinsdale and Pope testimony was conflicting and should be referred to the solicitor for the fifth judicial district.
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Raleigh
Senate Today
Ward of
Beaufort
W. N. Reynolds
S. Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Hinsdale
Wake
David H. Pope
Wake County Board of Commissioners
Fifth Judicial District
Sixth Death Turns Up In Household of Accused Chicagoan
A sixth death in the household of Mrs. Margaret Summers, accused by a coroner's jury of poisoning four, was revealed as investigators prepared to seek four murder indictments. John A Meyers, her brother, died last August and may be exhumed.
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Chicago
Margaret Summers
John A. Meyers
Senate Tables bill to repeal child labor law
In Raleigh on May 27 the House passed a bill repealing the child labor law but the Senate tabled it. Representatives Norman and Harris urged repeal, while Turner Newman and Connor opposed it citing lateness and fairness. The law required completion of sixth grade and limits on hours for ages 14 to 16 and bans in dangerous industries.
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Senate
Raleigh
House
General Assembly
Norman
Washington
Harris
Turner
Guilford
Newman
New Hanover
Connor
Wilson
Graham Receives Doctor of Civil Laws at Catawba Commencement
Frank P. Graham president of the University of North Carolina was awarded the degree of doctor of civil laws at Catawba College's commencement in Salisbury. He delivered the address to 64 graduates urging pursuit of spiritual and intellectual frontiers and the development of freedom of thought equality of opportunity and spiritual growth. Stahle Linn praised Graham as a leader of education and interpreter of youth, with a dynamic personality.
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Salisbury
Catawba College
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Graham
Injunction Denied for Stribling Schmeling Bout in Cleveland
A Cleveland judge refused to halt the July 3 heavyweight boxing match between Stribling and Schmeling at Municipal Stadium. Attorney Joseph H. Mellen filed the suit for a Cleveland taxpayer, arguing the event would be a prizefight in Ohio.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Common Pleas
Thomas M. Kennedy
Joseph H. Mellen
Mellen
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