Debates Rise Over Senate Finance Bill Tax Plan
Washington May 30 Opposing camps form as senate finance committee revises a bill to raise income surtaxes and hit corporations hardest Republicans face optics before debate on the compromise. Administration plans to press for House aligned goals while Black voices inserting stricter corporate profits cures. Leaders aim for Senate approval of a 3.37 billion deficiency appropriation as adjournment looms and June 6 goal nears.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Keevelt
Senate
House
Major Black
D.-Ala
Tohoped
Miners vote to strike Sunday at Tennessee Steel plant
Ingham Alabama May 30 More than 2000 iron ore miners have voted to strike at M tomorrow unless an agreement is rescinded George L Southern representative American Federation of Miners union members of the International Union of Mine Mill Smelter Workers are employed by the Tennessee Coal and Railroad company a subsidiary of States Steel the Souths largest steel producer
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Ingham
Ala
George L. Southern
American Federation of
Tional Union of
Tennessee Coal, and Railroad Company
States Steel
South
Judge Shooter Is Held In Jail
In ALRIGH Mississippi on May 30 sheriff said Bruce a 60 year old planter is in custody connected with the shooting of Circuit M Lane 54 who was shot in the groin as he left the courtroom. Bruce surrendered voluntarily and is jailed. Sheriff Parker said Bruce had threatened the judge while accusing him of voting.
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Alrigh
Miss
Smith County
Memorial Day Mishaps Claim Large Number
A mounting list of dead marred the holiday with motor, train and plane accidents claiming at least 58 lives. Drowning added fatalities. 43 died in automobile wrecks across 16 states. Three air crashes in Illinois and Massachusetts brought three more deaths, six drowned, two missing.
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Illinois
Massachusetts
Guthrie
Okla
Santa Fe
Youngstown
Richmond
Indianapolis
Republican
Colorado
Missouri
Three Die After Train Strikes Car Near Youngstown
A passenger train hit an auto on a crossing seven miles east of Youngstown Ohio killing Stamatatis Stamatakis 42 Olga Fistouri 62 and Catherine Stamatakis 6. The injured were Athena Stamatakis 35 and Olga Stamatakis 9 both from Youngstown.
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Youngstown, O
Here
Stamatatis Stamatakis
Olga Fistouri
Catherine Stamatakis
Athena Stamatakis
Olga Stamatakis
Youngstown
Greensboro Man Killed In Wreck
Greensboro resident George Hobbs, his son of W J Hobbs, a Guilford county jailer assistant, died from a head on collision near Hardies mill on the Reidsville highway. Seven others were injured, two seriously, in the crash involving S H Beck and R L Hall of Concord. Hobbs worked for a road embaphragm company on a job in Virginia.
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Greensboro
S. H. Beck
R. L. Hall
Concord
Hardie
Relief Fund Next in Line for Senators
The Senate advanced a $2.37 billion relief deficien cy bill with a Florida ship canal survey approved 35 to 30 but a Passamaquoddy tide harnessing study defeated 39 to 28. Debates narrowed to a public works allocation while a Friday adjournment deadline loomed.
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Washington
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Congress
Florida Canal
Robinson
Ator Hale
R-Me
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Holy Land Riots Rampage Through Arab Movement
Ambush and arson flare in the Holy Land as two British constables are ambushed near Beersheba, one wounded. Two Arabs die in scattered disorders. Fires ignite vegetation at Tiberias Hedera and Bal Fouria near Nazareth. Violence linked to Arab opposition to Jewish immigration and land sales.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Beersheba
Tiberias
Hedera
Balfouria
Nazareth
Deputy Sheriff Held For Murder
COPPERHILL Tenn May 30 former Polk county deputy sheriff Emmett Gaddis is held on a murder charge after a preliminary hearing. He posted a $10,000 bond and pleaded innocence. Witnesses described the detour road shooting of D M McFadden near Isabella May 17. The case will be investigated by the county grand jury at Ducktown in June.
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Copperhill
Tenn
Emmett Gaddis
Polk County
D. M. McFadden
Asheville
N C
Gaddis
Isabella
McFadden
Ducktown
Here
Conflicting Claims Mark Last Lap Of State Primary
In Raleigh four Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls pressed their optimistic forecasts on the eve of the first primary. John A. McRae reported encouraging eastward support, Clyde Hoey backers claimed leads in most counties, Sandy Graham allies predicted at least 20 eastern counties plus a nationwide edge, and Ralph W. McDonald backers expected to win the first primary and likely nomination with sustained effort.
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Raleigh
John A. McRae
Charlotte
Hubert Olive
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Hoey
Olive
A. D. Folger
Sandy Graham
Hillsboro
Graham
W. L. Lumpkin
Ralph W. McDonald
Doctor McDonald
Lumpkin
McDonald
North Carolina University approves engineering school concentration
Greensboro May 30 By a 60 to 24 vote the Greater University of North Carolina trustees sustain President Frank P Graham's plan to concentrate engineering schools at State College Raleigh The move draws protests over removing the engineering school from UNC at Chapel Hill while supporters praise uniting agricultural industrial and engineering disciplines at Raleigh within a consolidated university system.
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Greensboro
University of North Carolina
Woman's College
Frank P. Graham
State College
Raleigh
State College At
Chapel Hill
Graham
United College
United University
House To Continue Pension Plan Study
Washington report shows a House investigating committee planning a further study next week of I Townsend's old age pension plan. U S district attorney Leslie C Garnett gathered documents on Townsend's defiance and expects to submit the case to a grand jury early next week, with trial unlikely before next fall if indicted.
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Washington
F. B. Townsend
House
Leslie C. Garnett
United States
District of Columbia
I. Townsend
Qo Grand Jury
Beauty exams set for July 18 in North Carolina
Officials of the North Carolina board of cosmetic art examiners announced that the next exams will begin July 18. Applicants must file by that date. All 1985-36 apprentice and cosmetologist licenses must be renewed on or before June 30.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners
Athens to reduce TVA power rates for business use
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced that Athens Alabama will cut electrical rates for commercial and industrial customers by about ten percent effective June 1, marking the second anniversary of using TVA power from Wilson Dam.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Athens
Ala
Wilson Dam
Girl Continues Freedom Battle in Virginia Court of Appeals
Wytheville Va May 30 Maxwell's attorneys will carry her freedom fight before the Virginia Court of Appeals as Attorney General Staples represents the state opposing a new trial for the schoolteacher sentenced to 256 years for the murder of her father Trigg Maxwell a Pound Wise county blacksmith. She says only a slipper blew as she resisted a whipping. Judge H A W Sheen has twice refused to set aside the Cumberland mountain jury verdict from last November. The Supreme court agreed March 18 to review the case while a murder charge against Mrs Anne Maxwell joint indicted with her daughter is continued. Seven judges will hear a plea that Miss Maxwell be released on bond from jail where she has been confined nearly a year. Bail has been consistently denied by Judge Sheen.
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Wytheville
Ners Maxwell
Virginia Court of Appeals
Esday
A. P. Staples
Trigg Maxwell
Pound
Wise County
H. A. W. Sheen
Cumberland Mountain
Miss Maxwell
Supreme Court
Anne Maxwell
One Man Killed In Train Wreck At Cimarron River
In Guthrie Oklahoma a passenger train's baggage car plunged 35 feet into a rain swollen Cimarron river killing Leonard F. Guiff of Kansas City and leaving Raymond McNulty of Guthrie missing. About 150 travelers were aboard four cars but none others were seriously hurt. Rescue teams battled swift currents to reach the wreckage.
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Gutherie
Okla
Cimarron River
Santa Fe
Texas Ranger
Leonard F. Guiff
Kansas City
Raymond McNulty
Gutherle
Farmer Dies On Way To Funeral
Henderson, May 30. L. H. Langford an 80 year old retired farmer died today while en route to a church funeral six miles from his home.
American champ Woodard wins second straight in Queen's Plate
William Woodard, the U S. trio year old champion, captured the two mile Queen's Plate at Kempton Park for his second straight victory in England.
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London
William Woodard
Omaha
America
England
Kempton Park
School Opens Monday for Veterans Officers Training
Major A. J. Fietcher, commissioner of labor, said today a six month correspondence school for veterans' service officers will open Monday in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
A. J. Fietcher
Commissioner of
Labor
Veterans’ Service
Memorial Day marked by plea for peace across nations
President Roosevelt listened as Secretary Roper and General Pershing urged a global peace, warning that democracy must be defended and economic ties understood to avert conflict. Pershing warned against surrendering to dictatorial demands and emphasized self governance for lasting national strength.
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Roosevelt
Pershing
Roper
Argentine Moves For League Meet
Geneva reports indicate Argentina asks the League assembly to convene in mid June on the Italy-Ethiopia dispute. Supporters see it as a check on powers within the League while opponents warn a broad discussion could destabilize the delicate European situation.
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Geneva
Argentina
League Assembly
League
Zionchecks Again In Toils of Law
Washington Representative Marion A. Zioncheck was arrested by police after a chaotic 24 hour period ending in a local police station on a disorderly conduct charge.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Mayor Of Tientsen Ousted From Post
Tension in north China rises as Chinese and Japanese forces clash over Tientsin. Reports say the mayor Hsiao Chen-Ying and the customs prefect Lin Shi-Chen were ousted by Japanese officers. A Japanese detachment brings total garrison to 1,300. Chinese students strike in eight schools in protest. Japanese authorities cite an alleged assault on a Japanese girl as motive.
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Peiping
China
Ma Tientsin
Tientsin
Hsiao Chen-Ying
Lin Shi-Chen
Tsingtao
Japanese Residents’ Corporation
State Revenue Sees May 1936 Jump Across Major Funds
North Carolina tax receipts totaled 3 667 574 62 in May 1936, up 643 536 89 or 21 28 percent from May 1935. Revenue division rose 498 156 47, motor vehicle 145 380 42, with sales tax for 11 months at 9 332 822 14. Estate and franchise taxes also increased over 1935.
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Raleigh
State Department of Revenue
Motor Vehicle Division
Revenue Division
General Fund
Murderer Stringer Hanged for Vancouver Robbery Murder
Glenn R. Stringer aged 24 was hanged in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla for the murder of Herbert Caples a Vancouver tobacco salesman during a two year old robbery.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Glenn R. Stringer
Herbert Caples
Vancouver
Wash
Jailed for Baby's Death in Erwin
Charlie Honeycutt was sentenced by Judge N A Sinclair to eight to twelve years for the death last winter of his eight months old baby. He had pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
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Erwin
Charlie Honeycutt
N. A. Sinclair
Honeycutt
Black Legion Described as Loosely Federated Night Riders
Detroit May 30 The Black Legion is described by investigators as loosely federated night riding bands acting in several states with no central discipline beyond enforcing leaders ideas of Americanism. Officials doubt the claimed national membership of 6,000,000 and say the group is far smaller, perhaps under 100,000 in the Midwest and bordering southern states.
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Detroit
The
Black Legion
Bloodsworn Brotherhood
Charles A. Poole
Michigan
Duncan CC
McCrea
Mid-West
Roosevelt Cruises On Yacht Potomac
President Roosevelt after a drive in an open car boarded the yacht Potomac for a weekend cruise with a small party. He planned to witness a naval pageant in Dewey Basin and observe a reenactment of Steven Dectaur's recapture of the frigate Philadelphia in 1804. Guests include Samuel Rosenman and Mrs Rosenman Dr Stanley High and Mrs High Captain Paul Bastedo and Miss Marguerite Lehand.
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Annapolis
Roosevelt
Washington
Potomac
Dewey Basin
Naval Academy
Stephen Dectaur
Philadelphia
Tripoli
Chesapeake
Samuel Rosenman
New York Supreme Court
Prominent Planter E W Cook Found Murdered in Fire
E W Cook a 64 year old planter was found dead in the charred ruins of his Anguilla Mississippi home with body parts severed. A coroner jury could not agree on the cause of death though officers found no signs of foul play. A robbery theory was dropped after the safe opened and its contents were intact.
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Anguilla
Miss
E. W. Cook
W. T. McKinney
Board of Aldermen
Cook
Prisoner Escapes Reported Across North Carolina Jails
The state penal division says 38 prisoners escaped from North Carolina jails in May. Twenty five escapees were recaptured that month. In April there were 28 escapes and 30 recaptures.
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Raleigh
State Penal Division
North Carolina
Funeral for Mrs. Emeline Walker Ramey Held in Elkin
One hundred sixty descendants attended the funeral in Elkin for Mrs Emeline Walker Ramey 84 widow. The group included eight children 48 grandchildren 100 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
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Elkin
Emeline Walker Ramey
Rain Comes To Greenville After Dry May
A light shower fell in Greenville early tonight after long dry weather since May 1. The area had seen only .25 inches of rain for the month prior to tonight's shower, offering relief to the parched section.
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Greenville
Tenote
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