Asheville Youth Sentenced to Death in Attack Case
Alvin Mansel, 17, was found guilty of criminal attack by a jury in Asheville Superior Court and sentenced by Judge A. M. Stack to be electrocuted at Raleigh’s state prison on January 13, 1926. Mansel offered no defense beyond an attempted alibi and appealed the verdict.
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Asheville
Alvin Mansel
A. M. Stack
Raleigh
Stack
Company B
105Th Engineers
Morgantown
Mansel
Sunset Mountain
Supreme Court
Preston Neely
Auto License Tax Income of State Rise Noted
Raleigh Nov 5 AP During the past four months North Carolina motor vehicle bureau reports total automobile license and gasoline tax receipts rose to 5 936 564 59 from 6 879 391 40 year earlier an increase of 42 826 91 The rise reflects higher gasoline taxes and license fees after legislative changes.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicle Bureau
State Department of Revenue
Call Today
No License Issued in South Carolina Case
Columbia scene reports the South Carolina Supreme Court records show no license granted to Alfred C. Smith who allegedly presented a Virginia court with a forged South Carolina certificate. Officials say the records were not laid before Virginia authorities during Smith’s license investigation.
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Columbia
S. C
South Caro Supreme Court
Alfred C. Smith
Virginia
South Sylina
Therginia Law Association
Smith
Engineer Killed In Train Wreck Near Gainesville
Gainesville Florida November 5 Engineer C A Cameron engineer of ala was killed instantly and Will uis a negro fireman was badly injured when two units of an Atlantic Coast Line freight train derailed and left the track about miles south of here near chua Sink.
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Gainesville
Fla
C. A. Cameron
Ala
Will Uis
Atlantic Coast Line
Here
Chua Sink
Ensign Survives 1000-Foot Fall Into harbor
Ensign Garry Sanders escaped injury after plunging about 1000 feet into the harbor at the naval air station in Pensacola. He was rescued unharmed as the aircraft he was in was destroyed.
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Ensacola
Fla
Garry Sanders
Naval Air Station
Atlanta Man Offers To Pay For Gunman Body Exhibit
In Muskegon Michigan on November 5 an Atlanta man named George W Rollins offered 1000 dollars for the body of George Dutch Anderson the gunman hunted nationwide. He wired Chief of Police Hansen saying the body was for exhibition and he would provide bank references. The police chief favored selling the body to raise money for Detective Charles Hammonds widow but a state law would block the offer.
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Atlanta
Body of
Anderson
Muskegon, ‘Mich
George
Dutch) Anderson
George W. Rollins
Bellings
Hansen
Charles Hammond
Mellon Limit Agreed Upon For Tax Reductions
Washington November 5 The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively fixed a total tax reduction limit of 300 million dollars. Director Lord of the Budget testified to provide data guiding how far the committee should cut taxes while Secretary Mellon had already proposed the 300 million cap as the potential revenue loss for next year. The panel will then review income tax schedules once the limit is set.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lord
Mellon
The
Treasury
Director Lord
Papers Missing In Smith Appeal Case
Reports confirm missing papers at the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals clerk’s office regarding State Senator Alfred C. Smith of Norfolk. Missing documents include a certificate from the South Carolina Supreme Court proving licensure to practice law, which funded Smith’s admission to the Virginia bar.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Alfred C. Smith
Norfolk
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Smith
Senator Smith
Old Dominion
Feverish trading sweeps stocks as gains fade
New York November 5 trading in the stock market moved at feverish pace with initial gains by industrial leaders giving way to a broad sell off. Copper, smelting, chemical and tobacco shares hit new highs while Hudson Motors fell nine points and Chrysler eight points from prior close. U S Steel briefly hit a peak at 134 later eased to 133
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New York
Hudson Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
Marian Shirley laid to rest in Randleman
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Marian Shirley in Randleman with Rev. W. B. Davis of Main Street Methodist Church officiating. Pallbearers included J. H. Brown Sam Holland C. D. Hardin Jim Kye and John Council. Interment followed at St Paul church cemetery.
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Randleman
Marian Shirley
W. B. Davis
Main Street Methodist Church
J. H. Brown
Sam Holland
C. D. Hardin
Jim Kye
John Council
Miss Pearl Dickens
Paul Gordy
St. Paul Church Cemetery
Methodist Protestant Conference Hears Pastors Reports
The M P Conference in First M P Church opened with devotions led by Rev L W Gerringer. It heard pastors reports from about 82 active ministers and will tabulate results for later presentation by Rev H F Surratt. Noted Baltimore ministers Dr J M Sheridan and Dr E A Sexsmith attended and were welcomed.
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M. P
L. W. Gerringer
Greensboro
C. W. Bates
Conference
H. F. Surratt
Charlotte
J. M. Sheridan
E. A. Sexsmith
Baltimore
Dr. Sexsmith
Young People
General Confer
Plebiscite Commission approves Pershing motion on Tacna Arica
The plebiscitary commission adopted Pershing’s 11 point motion on November 2 demanding removal of military and civil officials from Tacna Arica, restoration of civil liberties, free voter entry, travel, propaganda rights, and return of deported persons at Chilean expense.
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Arica
Chile
John J. Pershing
Tacna
Peru
Carabineros
Carabinero
Tacna-Arica
Council Sets 1925 Tax Rate At 1.60 Increases 20 Cents
After long talks the High Point city council fixed the 1925 tax rate at 1.60 per 100 dollars of property value. The rate raises school and bond taxes while trimming the general fund. Water minimum rises to 75 cents and water usage by 10 percent. officials cite need for improved facilities but affirm the charge remains below peers in North Carolina.
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Council
High Point
General Fund
North Carolina
YMCA committees chart evangelistic club for young men and Bible class for employed women
The athletics advisory committee of the YMCA met, naming C. M. Waynick chairman and approving using material from the tabernacle for a temporary club building for evangelistic work in the YMCA yard. A Bible class for employed women will meet Friday at 7 30 PM at the First Presbyterian hut with Miss Clara Cox teaching. Mrs W W Dickerson leads as president. officers include Miss Blanche Albertson and Miss Nannie Burton. attendees urged to bring Bible and notebook.
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Association
Bailey
Edgar Hartley
F. R. Taylor
W. L. Jackson
C. M. Waynieck
Waynick
Taylor
Tabernacle
First Presbyterian
Clara Cox
W. W. Dickerson
Blanche Albertson
N. W. Blaes
Lia Cross
Nannie Burton
French Druse forces clash near Damascus in pitched battle
Paris dispatch says a pitched battle rages around Damascus as General Gamelin’s column encounters strong Druse resistance. The Druse forces, described as more numerous than previous actions, push the fighting to new intensity.
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Paris
Damascus
la Presse
Gamelin
Winston-Salem High Band Orchestrates Tuesday Concert
Local excitement rises for a Tuesday concert in the tabernacle by the Winston-Salem high school band and orchestra under C. D. Kutchinski. William Breach, noted director of school and community music, will join the program as a featured guest.
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Winston-Salem
Tabernacle
C. D. Kutchinski
Twin City
William Breach
Breach
Cremated Woman Believed Now to Be Missing White Girl
Investigators in Franklin Parish Louisiana renewed inquiries into the cremation of a woman found in the Tensas Swamps after new evidence suggested the victim was Florence McCurley, 17, of Oakdale, La., who had been missing since October 6. The remains were identified earlier as Cora McKnight, a black woman from Franklin Parish, whose husband had vanished when police went to arrest him.
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Ntchez
Miss
Tensas Swamps
Franklin Parish
Louisiana
Frankin Parish
Florence McCurley
Oakdale
Tensas Swamp
Cora McKnight
McKnight
Winnsboro
National effect of Smiths fight being estimated inspires the party
Democratic leaders hailed election results as proof of shifting momentum toward 1926 and 1928 targets. In New York City forecasts, Governor Al Smith's renomination prospects grew stronger after a sweeping mayoral win and a successful constitutional amendment drive.
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New York
Navy
al Smith
Washington
Oldfield
Democratic National Committee
Coolidge
New York City
Smith
Senate
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
New Jersey
A. Harry Moore
Anti-Saloon League
Edge
Arthur Whitney
Ku Klux Klan
Virginia
Philadelphia
John M. Patterson
Louisville
Kansas City
First Baptist Revival draws crowd and new members
A large crowd attended a revival at the First Baptist church where Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson preached on Daniel in the Lions Den. 22 joined the church and since Rev. George Stephens began his ministry 213 members have enrolled. Evansville expects more conversions as the revival continues with Powell Lee directing music and plans for Daniel as a Young Man tonight.
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First Baptist Church
Lloyd T. Wilson
Daniel
Lion’s den
George Stephens
Wilson
Powell Lee
Stephens
Crew Rescued After Fire Off Virginia Coast
The 17 crew members of the freight er Algiers were rescued by the British steamer Rassay after the vessel burned Sunday night off the Virginia coast. The update came via wireless from the Rassay cited by the maritime exchange.
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New York
Algiers
Virginia
Rassay
Maritime Exchange
Frustration of Anti Mussolini Plot Shocks Rome
In Rome a failed assassination attempt on Premier Mussolini during Armistice Day events led to arrests including former socialist deputy Zani Boni and his secretary. At Turin, retired General Louis Capello and a Mason, were detained en route abroad. The government ordered prefects to seize Masonic lodges subordinate to the Rome grand orient.
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Tome
Mussolini
Rome
Austria
Zani Boni
Turin
Louis Capello
Italy
Masonic Lodge
Grand Orient
Order
Dutch Anderson Son of Danish Nobility and Orchestrator of Crime
Rochester AP report reveals Dutch Anderson born Ivan Dahl Von Teller in Denmark, ran away at 20 to America, and rose as a famed bank robber. Attorney William J. Baker says the bandit, called the gentleman crook, used aliases and hoped to avoid capture alive, with a Danish mother awaiting news in Europe.
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Rochester
N. Y
Dutch” Anderson
Muskegon
Mich
Rochester Journal
The
Post Express
William J. Baker
Michigan City
America
Atlanta Federal Prison
Baker
George “Dutch” Anderson Hes
Teller
Tive
Ivan Dahl von Teller
Anderson
Brown
Heins
St. Louis
Denmark
South Carolina
Atlanta
Auburn
Newconcern Chartered Here Names Furniture Sales Inc
Raleigh date November 5 AP The following certificates of incorporation were issued by state secretary W N Everett Blue Ridge Real Estate Black Mountain and other firms with various authorized capitals and subscribers including Hegeman Walker Thomasson Henderson Davidson McCrea and others plus an amendment for Pegrams Inc to Charles E Lambeth Drug Company Greensboro Nehi Bottling Co and multiple changes in location and ownership.
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Raleigh
W. N. Everett
Blue Ridge
Black Mountain
A. A. Hegeman
D. E. Walker
G. A. Thomasson
Asheville
North State Coal Corporation
Burlington
Junius H. Harden
E. L. Henderson
H. M. Davidson
A. McCrea
Greensboro
Ford, Saunders and Norville, Inc
Rockingham
B. A. Ford
R. L. Saunders
G. N. Norvill
Taylor-Long Company
Charlotte
W. B. Taylor, Sr
Ralph Long
Winston-Salem
A. B. Taylor
Furniture Sales, Inc
High Point
D.E. Harllee
Ralph Griffin
Fr. B. Harllee
Greensboro Nehi Bottling Company, Inc
A. D. Cone
C. C. Martin
J. R. Robbins
Jamestown
Pershing Motion Accepted by Chile for Fair Plebiscite
Chilean foreign ministry says Chile accepts Gen. John J. Pershing's guarantees for a fair Tacna Arica plebiscite. Measures include removing officials and censorship, reducing troops, and easing travel within the plebiscite zone.
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Santiago
Chile
Foreign Minister
John J. Pershing
Coolidge
Tacna
Arica
Royal Arch Masons Meet Friday Night
High Point chapter No. 70, Royal Arch Masons, will hold a meeting in the Masonic temple Friday night at 7 30. Work in the Mark Master degree will be conducted and all chapter members are urged to attend.
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High Point
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Call for Help From Unidentified Vessel Offshore
The Independent Wireless Telegraph Company announced an S. O. S. from an unidentified vessel at latitude 36 32 north longitude 74 44 west. The distress, "All Sails gone," came from the yacht Oceanus owned by John W. Kiser of New York.
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New York
Independent Wireless Telegraph Company
Oceanus
John W. Kiser
Texas Courts Get Highway Argument
Texas Attorney General Dan Moody filed suit seeking cancellation of all state highway contracts held by the American Road Company. The action cites fraud and requests cancellation of the company's charter, marking the culmination of an AG led highway investigation that spurred calls for a special legislative session to probe departments at Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
American Road Company
Dan Moody
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Jury
House Ways and Means
FE. A. Sexsmith
Pershing
Dutch Anderson
Lad
Furniture Sales
Newconcern
Harllees
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