Methodist Temperance Board backs transfer of prohibition enforcement
In Washington on May 28 AP report, Deets Pickett testified to the senate lobby committee that the Methodist board of temperance supported legislation moving prohibition enforcement from the treasury to the Justice Department. President Hoover signed the bill the day before. Clarence True Wilson opposed the transfer, claiming better handling under Mellon. Pickett said Hoover should have a free hand, while Wilson noted the move occurred before Hoover publicly favored it.
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Washington
Mitchell
Justice Department
Deets Pickett
Senate
Methodist Board of Temperance
Treasury
Hoover
Department of Justice
Wilson
Blaine
Wisconsin
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board
Pickett
Mellon
A. Mitchell Palmer
Harry M. Daugherty
Sargent
Mussolini
Caraway
Congress
Ford urges farming and manufacturing surge to lift economy
Henry Ford tells the Associated Press that rapid development of agriculture and related production is the shortest path out of the business downturn. He criticizes wage cuts, urges action over talk, and questions President Hoover's ability to stimulate recovery.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Associated Press
Indianapolis Tops Seattle In Census Rankings
The 100000-class city census shows Indianapolis narrowly ahead of Seattle with a 15 percent growth to 814,194, while Seattle advances 14.8 percent to 625,974 as the race shifts. Pittsburgh leads nearby with 644,795 and Baltimore at 789,921. Los Angeles remains behind.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Seattle
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Graf Zeppelin Sails From Pernambuco for Havana North American leg begins
Graf Zeppelin left Pernambuco Brazil at 11 13 am for Havana on a roughly 4500 mile stage skimming the Brazilian coast. The voyage Launched after lengthy rain delays and carries nineteen passengers including three women headed toward Lakehurst New Jersey and Friedrichshafen Germany with expected stopovers over the West Indies.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Graf Zeppelin
Havana
Graf
South America
Spain
West Indies
Amazon
Guianas
Jones defeats Tolley in British amateur at St Andrews
Bobby Jones eliminates Cyril Tolley in the fourth round at St Andrews 1 up after 19 holes in a tense match between US Open champion and British amateur champion. Francis Ouimet and George Voigt also won rounds as crowds packed the home green for the dramatic finish.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
Bobby Jones
Cyril Tolley
United States
Great Britain
Jones
Tolley
Voigt
George Voigt
Tolley Francis Ouimet
George von .Elm
Detroit
Navy
Walter H. Ricardo
West Cornwall
London
swWilean Burn
Dr. John R. Neal enters Tennessee senate race
Dr. John R. Neal of Knoxville announces his bid for the U S Senate. His entry adds a fourth Democratic candidate alongside Cordell Hull and Andrew I. Todd with Senator William E. Brock weighing a run. Neal, a liberal thinker known for the Scopes trial defense and the Aderholt case, draws regional attention.
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Nashville
Tenn
John R. Neal
Knoxville
John T. Scopes
Dayton
United States Senate
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Andrew I. Todd
Murfreesboro
William E. Brock
Chattanooga
Lawrence D. Tyson
Dr. Neal
North Carolina
Aderholt
Gastonia
Charlotte
O. F. Aderholt
King George Shows Improvement From Rheumatic Attack
Buckingham Palace issued a statement that King George's inflammatory rheumatic hip condition is improving. Doctors Lord Dawson of Penn and Sir Stanley Hewett visited the palace, and the king is making progress toward a speedy recovery, though a precise return to normal life remains uncertain.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Stanley Hewett
Palace
Liquor Party Blamed for Oklahoma Coliseum Fire
Oklahoma City May 28 state fire investigators probed reports that a liquor party caused a blaze that destroyed the Coliseum an auditorium yesterday with losses of 300000 and at least five deaths. Rescue parties faced hours of work lifting bodies under collapsed annex walls where 150 new cars were housed. Fire Marshal C R O Neal led the inquiry into a rumored drinking party in the north end and into a shout Get a car out and you can have it that lured bystanders into the fatal wreckage.
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Oklahoma City
C. R. O’ Neal
O'Neal
Annex
Thieves Take Safe and Truck Then Discover Empty Box
In Asheville on May 28 Charles C Barefoot wholesale fruit merchant reports thieves removed a small safe from his shop, followed by stealing the company truck. They relocated to a secluded spot, smashed the iron box, found it empty, and abandoned both safe and truck. Local police investigate.
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Asheville
Charles C. Barefoot
Artificial silk produced from water and carbon dioxide
Ottawa May 28. Dr Harold Hibbert described a method to make artificial silk from cellulose using sugar derived from carbon dioxide and water and a common bacteria. He noted current research is experimental and commercial viability remains uncertain. Hibbert heads a chemical institute linked to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association and McGill University.
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Ottawa
Harold Hibbert
Montreal
E. C. C. Bailey
Liverpool University
England
Hibbert
Chemical Institute
Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
McGill University
Ford Seeks Steps to Quicken Economic Recovery
In discussing recovery measures the speaker cites President Hoover and asks what actions could hasten business prosperity. The exchange frames a search for government effort to revive the economy and restore market confidence.
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Mr. Ford
Hoover
Famished Man Holds Up Asheville Woman
L. W. Barnes, 17, confessed to holding up Mrs. Mears for a dinner at pistol point after a string of failed job attempts. The court found him guilty, ordering costs, but officers later provided him another meal and released him after a local collection covered expenses.
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Asheville
L. W. Barnes
Equalizing Board Plans Distribution of State School Fund
Raleigh May 28 The state board of equalization continues planning the distribution of a 4.95 million dollar public school fund. Funds must be apportioned by June 1 to help 94 of 100 counties prepare budgets for 1930-31. Eastern counties push for greater state support amid crop failures and falling land values.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
Mus
Equalization Board
Camden
Currituck
Chowan
Perquimans
Pasquotank
Bertie
Martin
Washington
Tyrrell
Beaufort
Pitt
Gold Star Mothers Visit Meuse Argonne Battlefield
Gold Star mothers from one group visiting France tour the Meuse Argonne battlefield where many of their sons served and fell. They identify battle sites with help from Captain Laulnier as crowds wave from roadside. two ill mothers show signs of improvement in Paris.
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Laulnier
Paris
France
Battlefront
Cherbourg
Harding
Mary Reynolds
Damascus
Ohio
Hoover Praised for Supporting Business and Wages
The article quotes prominent figures praising President Hoover for advising and promoting policies to raise wages and stabilize industry. Henry Ford speaks on farm production and urban drift, arguing surplus can drive new uses and urging more education to move people from cities.
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Hoover
Santa Net
Jaynes Conviction Pheld By Stacy
The North Carolina Supreme Court issued 16 opinions, 15 civil. In State v B C Jaynes from Caldwell County the court remanded for a valid judgement. Jaynes was convicted for possession of utensils and contrivances for intoxicating liquor and the Chief Justice held states may legislate more stringently than federal laws.
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Supreme Court
Raleigh
State Supreme Court
B. C. Jaynes
Caldwell County
Stacy
Jaynes
Bar
Primary expense notices filed by 33 candidates in North Carolina
Thirty three candidates filed expense notices with Secretary of State James A. Hartness on the last filing day. Notable amounts include George E. Butler 507 dollars for U.S. Senate, F. Sams 2237.97, F. W. Hancock Jr 2286.16, H. C C. Jones 505, K. O. Burgwin 1005.30, John D. Humphreys 938.60, and D. M. Clark 659 for solicitor fifth district.
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Raleigh
James A. Hartness
George E. Butler
Clinton
United States
A F. Sams
F. W. Hancock, Jr
H. C C. Jones
K. O. Burgwin
John D. Humphreys
D. M. Clark
Mrs Lucy Robertson Dies At Greensboro College Leader
Mrs Lucy H Robertson longtime Greensboro college president and noted religious and educational leader died at the infirmary after months of illness. She served as college president from 158902 to 1913 and helped lead the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in North Carolina for 36 years. Funeral plans were set for tomorrow afternoon in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Lucy H. Robertson
Greensboro College
North Carolina
Cardinal Lucon Dies At Rheims
Cardinal Lucon archbishop of Rheims died in Rheims France at 87 after bronchial pneumonia He stayed in Rheims through the war keeping notes on the cathedral damage He took the last rites as the city endured German bombardment during 1914 1918.
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Rheims
France
Cardinal Lucon
Lucan
Glenwood Postmaster Still Missing in Greenwood
Glenwood postmaster J. E. B. Brown, 83, remains missing after vanishing last Thursday. His wife, who has served at the post since his disappearance, fears he was mentally unbalanced. Inspector R. W. Hodgin has reviewed local records but has not released findings.
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Greenwood
J. E B. Brown
Glenwood
Greensboro
R. W. Hodgin
Glenwoood
Goldsboro Yeggmen Net $3.90 In Haul
Amateur burglars worked last night in Goldsboro stealing from three sites. They pried two safes at Edgerton Oil and emptied drawers at Thompson Oil while taking 150 slot machine checks and small cash totalled 3.90 from Ward's Barber Shop.
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Goldsboro
Edgerton Oil Company
Thompson Oil Company
Ward
Albumen Spelled Correctly Wins National Contest
Helen Jensen a 13 year old from Council Bluffs Iowa won 81000 in gold the top prize in the sixth National spelling bee for spelling Albumen correctly Ruth Des Jardines 13 Detroit won 500 for second on Asceticism and Mildred Froning South Bend Indiana won 250 for third on Conflagration The bee was sponsored by 24 newspapers with National Broadcasting Company and featured Des Moines Register Detroit News and South Bend News Times as participant sponsors and outlets.
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Washington
Helen Jensen
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Ruth Des Jardines
Detroit
Mildred Froning
South Bend
Ind
National Broadcasting Company
Jensen
Des Moines Register
Miss Des Jardines
Detroit News
Miss Froning
South Bend News-Times
Zeppelin's Log From Seville to Havana
A diary of the airship journey noting times and places from Seville Spain to Pernambuco Rio de Janeiro and Havana. It records departures arrivals mail drops equator crossing and voyage legs including Canary Islands Cape Verde and Bahia passages.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Porto Praia
Cape Verde Islands
Start Delayed by Heavy Downpour Weather
A 7:00 a m start was disrupted as the night’s light conditions gave way to a heavy downpour forcing postponement for several hours. Major delays impacted planned events and schedules.
Secret Service Nets Large Counterfeit Ring in Brooklyn
New York secret service agents seized a large lithograph press on the top floor of 1726 Eighty-fifth Street Brooklyn along with expertly counterfeited $10 $20 and $50 gold certificates valued at over a million dollars. Three men Pericle Mannerini Joseph Denegros and Matto Mattera were arrested after being caught operating the press.
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Brooklyn
New York
Secret Service
Eighty-fifth Street
Pericle Mannerini
Joseph Denegros
Joseph Ross
Mattio Mattera
Wilmington man held then released in Thomas assault case
Burlington May 28 Willie Wright 25 Caswell county negro was held for possible connection with the assault on Miss Ann Thomas but released after the girl and Sheriff J Gatewood identified him as not the suspect.
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Burlington
Willie Wright
Caswell County
Ann Thomas
J. ¥. Gatewood
Yanceyville
Boston Obscenity Law Upheld Against Two Book Agents
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed verdicts against Cambridge bookseller James A. Delacey and New York publisher Donald S. Friede for selling obscene books. Delacey faced a $90 fine and one month in the house of correction for Lady Chatterleys Lover, while Friede was convicted for The American Tragedy with a $300 fine.
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Boston
State Supreme Court
James A. Delacey
Cambridge
Donald S. Friede
New York
Delacy
Lady Chatterly
House of Correction
Fosdick
Friede
Hayes
Superior Court
Court Presentees Make Only One Bow
Eight American girls and women presented at Buckingham Palace in the third court of the season had only one bow to Queen Mary due to King George absent with inflammatory rheumatism. The Prince of Wales deputized but did not receive on the same footing as the king and queen.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary
George
Prince of Wales
Television As Aviation Aid in War On Fog Seen as Possibility
Gloucester Mass May 28 The inventor John Hays Hammond Jr says television may aid aviation in fog by sending a landing field image to cockpit screens. A moving dot would show the plane’s position as radio compass stations and automatic transmitters plot its location near an airport.
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Hammond
Gloucester
Mass
John Hays Hammond, Jr
E. F. W. Alexanderson
Eral Electric Company
Alexanderson
Dentist's Alleged Home Breakup Blamed for Attack
Hammond Louisiana April 28 Isaac G Starnes one of five brothers arrested for tarring and feathering Dr Sedgie L Newsom prominent dentist issued a statement saying he attacked because the dentist broke up his home He said both the dentist and his wife admitted misconduct before witnesses Dr Newsom denied any improper relations with any women of the city
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Hammond
Isaac G. Starnes
Sedgie L. Newsom
Starnes
Two Are Killed In Attack of Moslems
In Rangoon Burma Indian Moslems clashed with Burmese crowds and attacked tram car riders. Military police fired on the party, killing two and injuring many on both sides as disorders continued from yesterday. The disturbance left dozens of tires burned and over seven hundred people hurt.
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Rangoon
Burma
India
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