Latest Happenings. . . News Events of the Day in the State and Nation
Vice President Marshall will address the North Carolina Bankers’ Association which meets in Rocky Mount June 8.
Lieut. Richard W. Thomas of Raleigh, attached to the U.S. Naval Air Station at Rockaway Point, N.Y., was drowned in Jamaica Bay Monday.
Albemarle witnessed one of the most terrific storms of its history late Wednesday night. No personal injuries have been reported but the property damage was considerable.
The body of a 2-year-old child of Mrs. Ramsey of Belmont, who is believed to have hurled herself in the Catawba river, holding the child in her arms, was taken from the river Wednesday afternoon at Fort Mills, S.C. No trace of the mother’s body has been found. A negro fisherman found the infant’s body.
Lester Pruett, 14-year-old boy employed by the Shuford Mills near Hickory, was electrocuted when he took hold of a wire fence enclosing the transformer at the mill, which had been charged by the current.
Demoted because alleged shortage in her accounts, Mrs. Neva Spencer, postmistress of Lupton, N.C., poisoned her two children, drank a quantity herself and then tried to hurry death by slashing her throat. The youngest child is dead, the mother’s death is expected any moment, but the second child will probably recover.
Thursday night at the University of North Carolina 176 high school debaters competed for the State Championship. The teams will be debarred from the final contest by the process of elimination and a decision will be made tonight.
Nearly $25,000 worth of material used in the manufacture of whiskey was destroyed in Eastern North Carolina from March 1 to April 19 by Federal prohibition agents. In addition to the property destroyed the value of property seized including automobiles and other vehicles was about $28,000. A total of 150 stills were broken up.
Thousands of homeless New Yorkers are expected to live in tents furnished by the United States Army until the present housing dearth is remedied. From 1,500 to 2,000 families will make their homes in Pelhata Bay Park alone, and many other sections will have their tent colonies by May 1st.
The overall and gingham movement supported by many prominent men and women continues to gain converts in New York City. Heads of business concerns, officials and actors have announced their intention of backing the campaign. Monday several hundred bankers of the movement marched through the theatrical districts singing and urging spectators to join.
A tornado of great strength struck Mississippi, Georgia and Southern Tennessee Tuesday, killing 145 people, injuring many and destroying millions of dollars’ worth of property. In several instances entire families were killed and whole towns and villages were demolished. The American Red Cross in response to appeals has sent thousands of dollars to the devastated sections. In Meridian, Miss., $20,000 were raised for the homeless people by subscription in a short time.
With an increase in its population of 139,368 during the last decade, Akron, Ohio, has made the largest gain in number of any city yet reported in the 14th census.
The revolutionary movement in Mexico led by the state of Sonora continues to grow in strength. Two new states, Hidalgo and Tlaxia, supported by their legislatures and state troops, joined the secession movement yesterday.
A mob which grew until it numbered 7,000 made ineffectual attempts Thursday to take a negro from the Marion county jail in Indiana. The negro, William Ray, 19 years old, is the confessed murderer of a 14-year-old white girl. It is feared that other attempts will e made to take the negro and lynch him.
A mob estimated to have numbered 1,000 people on Tuesday surrounded the jail at Mulberry, Kan., seized a negro identified as having attacked a young white girl, and hanged him to a telephone pole. The girl was found tied to two trees and her throat was slashed. She will probably recover.
The French Senate has rendered a verdict of “guilty of commerce and correspondence with the enemy” against Joseph Caillaux, former premier of France and twice minister of finance. This is the first verdict of the sort rendered in any of the allied countries since the war began. It is a case of placing personal ambition above the interests of his country.
No comments:
Post a Comment