Italia Search Declared Still Mysterious by Rescue Effort
Rescue teams rush through Norway and Spitzbergen in a bid to locate the airship Italia. Roald Amundsen and Otto Sverdrup assist, with Riiser-Larsen commanding an auxiliary relief, as ice blocks progress from Kings Bay and Tromso. Byrd believes Nobile's party may have landed and could be saved with radio aid.
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Italia
Norway
Spitzbergen
Lueton Holm
Gings Bay
Roald Amundsen
Otto Sverdrup
Riiser-Larsen
Citta di Milano
Kings Bay
Braganza
Tromso
Oslo
Ffort
California
Byrd
New York
Evan Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
Umberto Nobile
Tourists Spend Huge Amounts Abroad in 1927
Washington reports show Americans spent about 770 million dollars abroad while government wartime debt receipts reached 200 million. The Commerce Department notes total foreign receipts in 1927 around 9 billion, with 206 million sent home by immigrants and 43 million in U S charitable contributions overseas.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Capone Enters Cleaning and Dyeing Business
Chicago May 28 AP reports Capone has joined the Sanitary Cleaning Shops Inc as a principal partner. Morris Becker, long-time cleaner and dyer, says the alliance offers protection from racketeers and violence. Becker argues Capone’s entry will quell fear and help restore order in the industry.
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Chicago
al Capone
Capone
Sanitary Cleaning Shops, Inc
Morris Becker
Becker
Employers’ Association
Jones Declares Smith Wins Favor in North Carolina Primary
Raleigh lawyer W B Jones claims a great majority of the Saturday preferential primary vote for Governor Smith. He disputes hostile press accounts and cites wins in Asheville Greensboro High Point Raleigh Oxford Henderson Fayetteville and other centers. He notes some counties held no primary and asserts NC will back Smith at Houston and in November.
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Raleigh
Houston
Hull
Smith
anti-Smith
A. W. McLean
United States
F. M. Simmons
Washington
North Carolina
South
W. B. Jones
Smith Committee
New Bern
Simmons
Kinston
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Greensboro
High Point
Oxford
Henderson
Fayetteville
Associated Press of
Newspapers Influence Is Appraised at National Meet
MEMPHIS May 28 The editor Charles M Jeredith of the Quaker town Free Press tells the national editorial association meeting that newspapers shape communities The talk urges editors to publish truth while keeping clean alumns and resisting questionable politics and advertising The association serves about 30 million readers with 300 editors present Jeredith plans to pass presidency to Erwin Funk of the Rogers Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cie Town
Charles M. Jeredith
Quaketown
Free Press
National Editorial Association
Meredith
J. Meredith
Erwin Funk
Rogers
Arksans) Dem
Mrs Knapp Suffering After Grand Larceny Conviction
Mrs Florence E S Knapp former secretary of state was found guilty of grand larceny by a jury in Albany County Supreme Court. She is in nervous collapse and a physicians’ consultation will determine when she can take the three months rest prescribed by her doctor. Judge Callaghan deferred sentence to September 4 and granted bail.
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Albany
N. Y
Florence E. S. Knapp
Albany County Supreme Court
A. R. Davignon
Stephen Callaghan
Mrs Hawkins Seeks Separation After 40 Years
In Ashton Clinton England Mrs Charles Hawkins, age 68, seeks legal separation from his wife, age 60, after 40 years of marriage. They are parents of 12 children and say they grew tired of seeing each other, noting a lifelong restraint on vacations despite thrift and no poverty.
Dawes Cast Deciding Vote on Congress Adjournment
Congress in session now indefinitely as Vice President Dawes casts the deciding no to adjournment. Senate earlier defeated attempts to extend the session and set new adjournment dates, keeping Boulder Dam debates unresolved amid last minute business.
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Congress
Dawes
Washington
Senate
House
Curtis
Johnson
California
New Mexico
Couzens
Michigan
Boulder Dam
Boulder Canyon
Thomas Gold Wins Paris Scholarship for Study Abroad
Thomas Jackson Gold Jr a University of North Carolina sophomore from High Point has won a one year Paris scholarship from the Institute of International Education. Six scholarships were awarded nationwide. the prize is worth 1000 dollars with a requirement to study abroad during junior year and return for senior year at UNC.
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Chapel Hill
Thomas Jackson Gold, Jr
High Point
University of North
Horton Opens Case in Terry Murder Trial at Pittsboro
W P Horton opened for the state detailing the March Cape Fear river murder of Annie Terry by Durham contractor Herbert Lawrence. Defense followed with James Poll starting his opening but court adjourned for lunch with Daniel L Bell set to continue.
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Pittsboro
W. P. Horton
Chatham County
W. Herbert Lawrence
Durham
Annie Terry
Cape Fear
Lawrence
Horton
James Poll
Daniel L. Bell
Presbyterians Discuss Union With Methodists
In Tulsa on May 28 a proposal for unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Presbyterian Church in the U S A was presented to the Presbyterian general assembly and referred to the church department of cooperation and union with instructions to report at the next assembly, deferring action for at least a year.
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Tulsa
Okla
Methodist Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian General Assembly
Church Department of Co-Operation and Union
General Assembly
Shurley May Be Tried In New Ground
York County officials discuss a venue change for John R. Shurley and three fellow bank executives amid seven related cases stemming from the Citizens Bank failure. Lawyers for Shurley urge a new venue to ensure a fair trial, citing public hostility and a pretrial campaign against him.
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Shurley
York
S. C
John R. Shurley
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Rock Hill
J. Lyes Glenn
W. B. Klugh
D. C. Johnston
W. R. Armstrong
Council For
Johnston and Armstrong
York County
Fatty Arbuckle admits separation from wife Doris Deane
Hollywood May 28 Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle former screen comedian said he and his wife Doris Deane Pasadena society girl and film actress have separated He lives at a hotel while she visits their Beverly Hills home We were not getting along for some time Arbuckle said They married in 1925 in a ceremony attended by many film executives and stars He was previously married to Minta Durfee Arbuckle in Paris the decree taking effect eight days before his second marriage.
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Hollywood
Cal
Roscoe
Fatty”Arbuckle
Doris Deane
Pasadena
Beverly Hills
Arbuckle
Minta Durfee Arbuckle
Paris
Surry Man Injured After Car Collision Near Kernersville
T M Wood, 72, of Thurman Surry County, suffered a fractured skull after being thrown from the rear seat of his car in a collision on the Bunker Hill road near Kernersville. Vehicle was driven by P D Wood, his son. Mrs P D Wood received minor lacerations. Wood remained in serious condition at a local hospital.
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Winston-Salem
T. M. Wood
Thurman
Surry County
Bunker Hill Road
Kernersville
P. D. Wood
Wood
Officials open bids for Raleigh state fair grandstand
Officials of the state fair in Raleigh opened bids today for the construction of a grandstand at the fair grounds. Bids for installation of sewerage facilities will be opened on June 6.
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Raleigh
State Fair
Fair Grounds
Suspect To Be Taken By Police In Rosenbaum Case
Youngstown police planned to arrest a man matching the driver’s description of the automobile used when Beatrice Rosenbaum was last seen alive May 14. The child’s body was found near Salem, Ohio, late yesterday as investigators linked the case to a farm after autopsy indicated death by starvation and exposure.
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Youngstown
Beatrice Rosenbaum
Salem
Ohio
M. E. Hayes
F. W. McNamara
Gardner Delivers Christian Message at High Point College Graduation
O Max Gardner of Shelby delivers the commencement address at High Point College as 45 graduates receive diplomas in Roberts Hall. He urges Christian citizenship and calls humanity the key in governance, urging North Carolina to solve social and economic issues through Christian example. He praises small colleges and denomination schools for shaping citizens.
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High Point College
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
North Carolina
Roberts Hall
State of
Gardner
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Hoover Had Benefit of Big Fund
Testimony before the senate campaign funds committee described attempts to probe Frank J. Hale while he led a prohibition office. Mrs. Mable Willebrandt testified that Hale secured an endorsement from Chamberlin, a friend of Lincoln C. Andrews, after which Hale controlled New York alcohol permits and significant deposits followed. Chamberlin’s bank activity surged from small to large sums, including a single twenty one thousand dollar display, as Hoover’s New York movement reported forty one thousand dollars in contributions through May 1 with expenditures around thirty thousand.
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Washington
Frank J. Hale
Hale
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Mable Willebrandt
Politics
Herbert Hoover
Chamberlin
Lincoln C. Andrews
New York
Chamberlain
Hoover
Senate
Wil
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Associated Press
U. S
Padre Giuseppe Gianfranceschi
Aldo Pontremoli
University of Milan
Ettore Pedretti
Behorick
Nobile
Titina
Tennessee
Charlotte
Cordell Hull
Gary
Alfred E. Smith
Jones
Carolina
New Yorker
Thomas Gold
France
Terry Case
Mrs. Terry
Fatty Arbuckle
Surry Man
College
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