Affidavits Suppo rt Alleged Misuse of Confederate Pension Funds
Two affidavits and seven check copies filed in Guilford County allege improper pension distributions to Confederate veterans. Logan Ozment swears his father R L Ozment died in 1929 yet a December 1929 check and a June 1930 check were not received by the estate, and a stamp reading MAIL DEPOSIT appears on the latter.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
Office of Register of Deeds
Enterprise
Mason W. Gant
Superior Court
Logan S. Ozment
R. L. Ozment
Superior Court of
Confusing 1930 Gems Tariff Drawback Loophole
The 1930 tariff cut diamond duties in half but the drawback provision invites schemes to reclaim duties by exporting US made jewelry using imported stones. Dealers could import unset diamonds, pay 20 000 in duties, export manufacture into cases or rings, and reimport with almost full refunds, prompting customs to warn against such tactics.
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Customs Service
United States
Europe
Prohibition Failures Highlight Wheeler Montana Senator Statement
Montana Democrat Senator Burton K Wheeler declared national prohibition a failure and urged states to regulate liquor per local majorities. He recalled voting for prohibition to end saloon influence but said bootleggers now wield greater political power and corruption. a judiciary inquiry may be revived next session. Senator Walsh backed a Montana referendum on prohibition. Jones of Washington echoed the stance.
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Washington
APY
Burton Kk. Wheeler
Montana
Congress
Motana
Wheeler
Judiciary Committees
Walsh
Senate
Jones
Albert J. Galen
Gardner Urges Dairying To Save North Carolina Farms
Governor O Max Gardner told about 2000 attendees of the North Carolina Dairymen’s Association in Greensboro that livestock, not crops, holds the key to farmer salvation. He argued substitution of dairying for cotton and tobacco can end overproduction and boost livestock value to match farm outputs. Dr Clarence Poe echoed calls for more dairying and less crop output at the first annual meeting.
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Greensboro
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina Dairymen’s Association
North Carolina
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
State Association
Defeated Candidate Plans Statewide Recount Request
Detroit Sept 12. Alex J. Groesbeck defeated for the Republican nomination for governor by Wilbur M. Rucker announces he will file a petition asking for a recount of the vote in all Michigan counties.
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Detroit
Alex J. Groesbeck
Wilbur M. Rucker
Slight Improvement Reported on Major Stedman Condition
Physicians say a very, very slight improvement was noted in the condition of Representative Charles M. Stedman of North Carolina after an apoplectic stroke. The 89 year old Civil War veteran and congressman was stricken Tuesday and remains critically ill in Washington.
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Washington
Charles M. Stedman
North Carolina
Congress
Missing Justice Crater Linked to Hidden Securities
New clues from Crater case reveal $15 000 in securities in his safe deposit box. Police pursue two men seen at Racquette Lake lodge Aug 30 31 while seeking Crater who vanished Aug 6. Officials also connect the Ewald inquiry to Crater and Tammany activities with various payments noted.
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New York
New York World
Joseph Force Crater
Supreme Court
Justice Crater
George F. Ewald
United States
Tuttle
Martin J. Healy
Tammany
Ewald
American Box Company
Tammany Club
Healy
New Orleans Woman Supports Roosevelt
Mrs. Stella Hamlin of Louisiana, a Democratic National Committee woman, backs Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt’s stance against Prohibition. She praises Roosevelt as America’s most progressive governor and supports repeal of the 18th Amendment with states handling liquor laws.
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New Orleans
Stella Hamlin
Democratic National Committee
Louisiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Hamlin
America
Roosevelt
Davidson President Addresses Students
President W. L. Lingle spoke briefly to the 1930 31 Davidson college student body about using unused advice from last year. He urged the nearly 690 men to pick up and apply the guidance.
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Davidson
W. L. Lingle
Davidson College
Nixon brothers plead guilty to manslaughter in warden slaying
Edenton North Carolina September 12 AP Levy Nixon and Kermit Nixon charged with killing deputy game warden John Hollowell pleaded guilty to manslaughter in superior court. Judge W C Harris sentenced Levy to 10 to 15 years and Kermit to 7 to 12 years in state prison.
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Edenton
N. C
Levy
Kermit Nixon
John Hollowell
W. C. Harris
Kermit
French flyers begin 15000 mile goodwill tour Monday
French trans Atlantic fliers Dieu donne Coste and Maurice Bellonte start a 25 day goodwill tour flying 15000 miles through 30 states with 29 stops for meals or lodging. City stops eyed include state capitals though some fields are unsuitable and a few circles replace landings.
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New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Million Dollar Slander Suit Filed in Raleigh
Carl M. Behr of Wake County filed a one million dollar defamation suit in Wake Superior Court against Guardian Casualty Co. for damages. The case cites alleged threats, intimidation, and slander, claiming the company endangered his life and liberty. A separate suit by Merchants Agency Co. seeks delivery of Behr’s property and premiums.
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Raleigh
Carl M. Behr
Wake County
Guardian Casualty Company
Behr
Merchants Agency Company, Incorporated
New York
Superior Court
Baltimore
Richards Sees Roosevelt Out of 1932 Nomination
Governor Richards says Franklin D. Roosevelt has removed himself as a presidential contender for 1932 due to his stance on prohibition. He told a news agency he does not favor repealing the 18th Amendment and believes the law should remain in force.
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Columbia
S&l. C
Richards
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Hurricane Reported Off Carolina Coast
A tropical disturbance due east of Wilmington at sea fifty miles is expected to move inland late this afternoon near Beaufort. Meteorologist Paul Hess of the Weather Bureau says the disturbance is of hurricane intensity.
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Wilmington
Beaufort
Paul Hess
United States Weather Bureau
Bedaux efficiency plan raises wage say Bedaux man here
D S Keogh of New York president of the Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Company tool the Bedaux system raises workers pay at Tomlinson’s plant in High Point. He defended the system against labor unrest and noted departments showed higher pay after installation while workers could observe the process.
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Bedaux
D. S. Keogh
New York
Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Company
Tomlinson’s
South
Keogh
Tobacco Co op Likely in State
In Raleigh North Carolina a large meeting of about 2000 farmers warehousemen and business leaders discussed the price crisis on the bright leaf market. A resolution called for immediate organization of an Eastern tobacco farmers cooperative marketing association and a governor led conference with South Carolina Georgia and Virginia. James O C Stone may be invited next week to discuss formation of the association.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
James OC. Stone
Federal Farm Board
Casey Statement Read In Murder Trial Near Kinston
A sworn statement by Herman Casey about his movements the day lumberman James C. Causey was killed near Kinston is read in his murder trial. The document cites Casey seeing Causey’s burning car and places him with Milton Wood, who corroborates the account.
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Kinston
Herman Casey
James C. Causey
Suffolk
A. C. Benton
Norfolk
Casey
Causey
Staton
Benton
Milton Wood
Wood
Norwood Evans
Evans
Robert E. Lee
Roosevelt Parish
DAY LAW REPEAL SEEN AS EMPLOYMENT AID
United Textile Workers of America endorsed repeal of the eighteenth amendment and a six hour day and five day week to curb unemployment. A 30 hour week was approved in principle to create jobs, with a plan to organize silk mill workers in Pennsylvania and actions against insurance policy practices. The union also urged a 45 year age limit in group policies and to cut Connecticut textile hours. A bureau of information was authorized to study labor conditions nationwide. Alfred Hoffman and 60 others in Marion North Carolina face trials. the executive council to assist.
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New York
The
United Textile Workers of America
Resolutions Committee
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Executive Council
Connecticut
Bureau of Information
Alfred Hoffman
Marion
N. C
Fire Claims Two Children in Newark Tenement Blaze
A three story brick tenement on Prospect Street in Newark was destroyed by fire. Two children died and ten adults were injured in the blaze. Local fire crews battled the flames and evacuated residents. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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Newark
N. J
Prospect Street
Meekins to Rule Soon in Co Op Receivership Fees Case
Federal Judge I M Meekins said he would issue his decision within 24 hours on a petition seeking $75 000 in additional fees for three attorneys involved in placing the Tri State Tobacco Growers Co operative in receivership The case involves whether the growers benefited and if lawyers should receive 5000 each The ruling will affect about 90000 members and roughly 400 000 in proceeds from the defunct organization.
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Raleigh
I. M. Meekins
Tri-State Tobacco Growers Co- Operative Association
Meekins
E. P. Buford
Lawrenceville
Willie M. Person
P. W. Gildewell
Reidsville
Circuit Court of Appeals
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Treasury receipts for September 10 totaled 7.49 million dollars with expenditures of 14.36 million and a balance of 36.50 million. The data reflects official government cash flow figures for the day.
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Treasury
Washington
Mock funeral at sea buries Depression figures in Virginia
In Chesapeake Bay a mock ceremony aboard the steamer Virginia Lee buried three dummies labeled Old Man Low Mood Dame Pessimism and Miss Fortune as Governor Pollard urged optimism. The event formed part of a Western Shore to Eastern Shore goodwill tour with a funeral read by Rev. P. Rowland Wagner.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Business D. Pression
Pessimism
Miss Fortune
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
America
Pollard
Editor Threatened Over Creech Attacks in Wilmington
Lamont Smith editor of the Wilmington Star and News received a second anonymous death threat tied to coverage of Rev. J. M. Creech faith healer. The note, including a razor blade, was sent after local papers reported a suit against Creech for alienation of affection.
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Wilmington
Lamont Smith
Flemington Star and News
J. M. Creech
Creech
Washington, D. C
Star and News
Delaware county official shoots woman then kills himself
Muskoge, Okla, Sept 12 Dave Chandler court clerk of Delaware county and Democratic nominee to the state legislature shot and killed Mrs Dick Stafford former actress wife of Tahlequah musician in his car near Tahlequah He reportedly made a death by own action pact and may have fatally wounded himself Jack Stafford the woman's husband a touring orchestra trombone player was believed to be in Louisiana
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Muskogee
Okla
Dave Chandler
Delaware County
Dick Stafford
Tahlequah
Chandler
Jack Stafford
Louisiana
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R. L. Dixon
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Mary Frick
Mabel Yarborough
Willie Ena Taa LY
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Honeycutt
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Concord
Miss Frick
Ray Brown
China Grove
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Atlanta
Miss Yarborough
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Clement
Nixons
Trenton
Lincoln
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Omaha
Denver
Tallahassee
Fla
Pensacola
St. Joseph
Carolina Coast
Mr. Keogh
Tomlinson Plants
Gardner
Conference of Governors
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China
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Chesapeake
Johnny Payroll
Miss Good Fortune
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