Greenbrier Jury Hears Testimony In Stull Murder Trial
In Greenbrier county, jurors hear testimonies about Mickey Stull's dying prayer and claims that Minnie Stull pushed him into boiling water. The judge rules out the boy’s dying declaration as evidence due to incompetence. State seeks death penalty. defense challenges admissibility of statements.
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Mickey Stull
Lad
Lewisburg
Minnie Stull
Mickey
Princeton
Mercer County
Stull
Greenbrier County
Summers H. Sharp
Mercer County Criminal Court
Alma
Claytor Hoke
John R. Pendleton
Sharp
Pinchot Proposes Fourth of Income for Relief
Harrisburg Pa November 30 The Pinchot-Davis debate over private relief gifts grows sharper as Gov Pinchot cites 1930 gross income of 526650.46 and says a fourth would be 13 essential to relief. Davis retorts with Barnum quip and the governor outlines his net income of 37139.49 and gross 5250.46 with plans to contribute a quarter of 1931 income if higher.
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Harrisburg
chot-Davis
Washington
Davis
T. Barnum
U. S. Treasury Department
Rosa
Ork
Govrnor
Two Tots Die In Basement Fire Near Beckley
Beckley West Virginia November 30 two children George Fred Thompson aged four and Mary Joan Farley aged three burned to death in the basement of a Harper road home. Fred Thompson detected smoke and flames surged from the cellar when he opened the door. Firemen from Beckley extinguished the blaze confined to the basement where the bodies lay before a furnace. A gasoline can with about three gallons near the scene had its cap blown off, suggesting a gasoline explosion may have started the fire. Mary Joan was visiting the Thompson home while her mother Mrs Roberta Farley taught other children at a Beckley school.
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Beckley
W. Va
Harper Road
George Fred Thompson
Mary Joan Farley
Fred Thompson
Mary Joan
Thompson
Roberta Farley
Walker, Governor Will Meet Today in Mooney Pardon Effort
San Francisco notices James J. Walker, mayor of New York, is ill but attending a Downtown association luncheon at a hotel. He plans to join an appeal to Gov. James Rolph Jr. for a Mooney pardon, recalling his earlier song writings and collaborations with Ernest Ball.
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San Francisco
James J. Walker
Tom Mooney
New York
James Rolph Jr
San Quentin
John Gallwey
Tolay Walker
California
Mooney
Tlam
Walker
Ernest R. Ball
Ball
Hundreds of Men to Be Hired for Golden Gate Wire
Pittsburgh officials said Page Steel and Wire Company of Monessen will hire several hundred workers to fulfill a $6,000,000 wire order for the Golden Gate Bridge. The contract, among the largest here, was let two months ago but delayed by California litigation. The bridge will span San Francisco Bay.
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Pittsburgh
Page Steel and Wire Company
Moneséen
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
New Eyesight From X Rays Could Save Ulcer Patients
Dr. Lewis Gregory Cole of New York presented advances in X ray imaging at the Radiological Society of North America in St. Louis showing speed film X rays provide clearer inside-body views. He said enhanced eyesight could make stomach ulcers far less fatal.
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St. Louis
Radiological Society of North
Jealous high school boy kills sweetheart then shoots self
Chicago reports 16-year-old Henry Sio shooting 12-year-old Ruth Wicklund on a way to class. He bought a pistol for 1.50 and left a diary indicating premeditation before he killed Ruth and then himself with a shot to the head in a basement.
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Chicago
Henry Sio
Ruth Wicklund
Henry
Hank
Ruth
Italy
Louis Naseer
Nasser
Hunger marchers under Secret Service scrutiny in Washington
Federal agents traced telegrams to President Hoover demanding free food and lodging for self styled Hunger Marchers aiming at Washington. The movement, labeled Communist led, spurred police and Secret Service inquiries and preparations for possible demonstrations at week’s end. Benjamin of the Washington arrangement committee sought to meet Governor Ritchie, stressing rights while promising no provocation if laws are followed.
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Washington
Secret Service
Hoover
White House
Metropolito
Benjamin
Washington Arrangement Committee
Edwards
Washington Police
Enjamin
Governor Ritchie
Maryland
Curtis Won't Seek Senate Seat in Kansas in 1932
Vice President Curtis announced he would not run for the U S Senate from Kansas and would accept a possible vice presidential nomination if offered He indicated he would support the national Republican ticket in 1932 while Hoover forces viewed the move as a favorable omen for the party Curtis did not fully address discussions with President Hoover and left questions about future plans unresolved The Kansas political scene showed mixed reactions with Senator Moses predicting a strong old ticket comeback and others urging party harmony before next year’s races
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Washington
Curtis
Senate
Kansas
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Coolidge
Moses
New Hampshire
Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Beam
McGill
Henry J. Allen
Allen
United States
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Protests Filed Against Truck Line Permit Applications
Three railways and the Railway Express Agency protested truck line applications before F. O. Sanders, state road commission supervisor. J. K. Craft faced challenges to lines Mullens Welch and Mullens Elmore and similar bids Mullenge Beckley Jaeger Welch were delayed. Chesapeake and Ohio and Pocahontas Portation also contested routes Huntington Logan and Bluefield Mullins. Some bids were dismissed for no appearance.
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Charleston
W. Va
Railway Express Agency
F. O. Sanders
Transsportation
State Road Commission
Virginian
Norfolk and Western Lines
The
Express Agency
J. K. Craft
Mullene
Mullens
Welch
Mullena
I Ers
Craft
Mullenge
Beckley
Jaeger Welch
Railway Expressane Oy
Chesapeake and Ohio
J. K. Browning
Hunton
Huntington
Logan
Lamdere
Pocahontas Portation Company
J. R. Rosenteant
Tazewell
Bluefield
P. T. Barton
Mull
Mullins
Elmore
Bridge
Giotto
Lindbergh Lands at Aberdeen in Weather Swap
Cpl. Charles A. Lindbergh diverted to Aberdeen Proving Grounds Md from Jacksonville to New York due to bad weather. He reported no injuries and the aircraft pane remained undamaged after the landing at 6 o clock.
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Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jacksonville
New York
Three Logan Men Die in Gas Explosion at Mine
Three Logan men James Minnick Frank Thomas and Will Ball were killed in a gas explosion at Monitor Coal No 1 mine near Logan West Virginia while cutting a tunnel under Island Creek. Rescue crews waded through water four feet deep as pumps worked to clear flooded sections and recover bodies. Authorities inspect the blast cause and suspect a gas pocket ignition with an undetermined spark.
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Will Ball
Ed Ms Thomas
One Thousand Men to Report for Work in KC Project
Kansas City will begin a $40 million unemployment relief program with 1000 men selected from about 18 000 applicants reporting for work tomorrow on municipal projects financed by bonds. City manager H F McElroy said 50 to 100 more men will be hired daily until about 4000 are employed within two weeks.
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Kansas City
H. F. McElroy
Legal attack directed at Cannon's indictment in DC court
Bishop James Cannon Jr faced a barrage of legal arguments challenging a federal campaign finance indictment. Six attorneys argued the corrupt practices law is unconstitutional while Assistant DA John Wilson presented the government's reply. Hearing continues tomorrow before Justice James Proctor. Ada Burroughs of Richmond named in charges did not attend.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Ot Methodist
District of Columbia Supreme Court
John Wilson
James Proctor
Ada L. Burroughs
Richmond
anti-Smith Democratic Committee
Edwin C. Jameson
New York
Covecen
Accused Harlan Union Leader Denies Slaying Charges
Mt. Sterling Ky Nov 30 W B Jones Harlan county mine union leader on trial for slaying Deputy Sheriff James Daniels denied on the stand he plotted the killing or urged it He said unions in Harlan county were formed by unemployed men and he was elected financial secretary of the Evarts union He urged men to abide by the law and not damage others property
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Mt. Sterling
W. B. Jones
Harlan County
James Daniels
Daniels
Evarts Union
Brian
Jim Daniele
B. Childers
Black Mountain
Snell Nominated By Republicans For Speakership
Rep Charles Snell of New York secured the Republican nomination for speaker after seven ballots, as party rivals fought over floor leadership with Tilson of Connecticut contesting control. A party conference deferred final decisions until Congress convenes, leaving the speakership outcome unsettled and Tilson’s fate in question.
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Tilson
Connecticut
Congress
Washington
Snell
New York
Representative Tilson
Nicholas Longworth
New Yorker
LaGuardia
Cooper
Ohio
House
Salvage attempt for Egypt treasure off Brest continues
Off Brest France Nov 30 a renewed effort by the Italian salvage ship Artiglio seeks the sunken liner Egypt treasure. Five tons of gold and forty five tons of silver worth about 5.27 million lie 396 feet down in the strongroom amid dangerous tides. The Egypt sank May 30 1920 after a collision killing 100. Divers faced slack water only in good weather as they reopen decks and the treasure chamber.
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Brest
France
Artiglio
Egypt
Florence
Scores of workers return to mill jobs in Pueblo
Pueblo Colorado, Nov 30. Scores of steel workers returned to work at the Colorado Fuel and Iron plant, with more to be added in December as the rail mill, open hearth, and blast furnaces prepare to reopen in January. The company secured orders from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe for 7 500 tons of spikes tie plates and other rail fastenings and for 32 500 tons of steel rails.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Reserve System Opposes Hoover Discount Reform Proposals
The Federal Reserve System rejects changes proposed by President Hoover to liberalize discount requirements. Senate debates on Capitol Hill include calls for higher income taxes and a plan to empower the Farm Board with a $1.5 billion revolving fund to fix prices. Glass and subcommittee members push to tighten credit rules and curb stock market speculation while banks resist altering rediscount eligibility.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve Eystem
Senate
Capitol
Jones
Appropriations Committee
Brookhart
Iowa
Farm Board
Glass
Federal Reserve
Reserve
National Credit Pool
Federal Reserve Act
Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
Congress
Hoyger
Preston County Sheriff Robbed of 9500 Dollars in Route to Bank
Kingwood West Virginia November 30 two robbers struck Sheriff W W Williams while he carried tax money to a Rowlesburg bank. They bound him and drove off with him near Blueville taking 9500 dollars in cash and more than 10000 in tax checks before throwing him from the car.
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Kingwood
W. Va
W. W. Williams
Preston County
Rowlesburg
Williams
Blueville
Prohibition Reform Group Reports Congress Replies
With less than half of the canvass complete the women's organization for national prohibition reform says 149 of 631 members of the seventy-second Congress spoke yes to submitting the eighteenth amendment to a popular vote. Forty-nine answered no and 53 were noncommittal. The group sent the query to all House and Senate members asking will you vote to consider and vote in favor of a proposal.
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New York
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform Tonight
Seventy-Second Congress
House
Senate
Nanking Accepts League Proposal Amid New Threats
Southern Manchuria remained quiet but tensions rose as General Mah Chan-Shan reportedly rebuilt his force near Takelhar after a rout. Reinforcements were dispatched from Mukden to defend the walled city. Nanking said it accepts the League plan for a neutral zone and notified Chin chow authorities. Tokyo urged talks to resolve issues. Peiping reports deny any halt to hostilities while negotiations continue.
China Accepts League Plan for Neutral Zone in Manchuria
Nanking reports China has accepted the League of Nations proposal to create a neutral zone between Chinese and Japanese forces in Manchuria. The decision was cabled to the Chinese commander at Chinchow who will notify frontline forenekers. Nelson Jetts of the American foreign office called the observers neutral and on the spot.
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Nanking
China
League of Nations
Manchuria
Chinchow
Neeksers
Nelson Jetts
Am Foreign
Japan expects difficulties over neutral zone in Manchuria
Tokyo officials foresee trouble with the proposal to set a neutral zone between China and Japan in Manchuria. Negotiations with China's Foreign Minister J. Wellington Koo are under way. The press claims a US military note leak by Secretary Stimson and Foreign Minister Shidehara warrants serious scrutiny by the house of peers.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Manchuria
J. Wellington Koo
Lticacu
Nichi Nichi
Stimson
Shidehera
United States
House of Peers
Henry Walters Anil Ghief Dies In New York
Henry Walters 83 a noted railroad builder and yachtsman died at his New York home. He chaired the Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville railroads and managed offices in New York Wilmington and Baltimore. Funeral services will be private with burial in Greenmount Baltimore.
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New York
Henry Walters
Harriman
Hill Morgan and Schiff
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville and Nashville Road
Walters
Wilmington
N. C
Baltimore
Greenmount Cemetery
Walter
Ad Coast Line
The
Valley Railroad
Virg
Georgetown Versity
Paris
Valley Road
Oeal Ai Enden
Pittsbur Concetigfie
al ¢Oas ‘Lineecame Ayager
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Pinchot
Cive
Pinchot-Davis
Blaze
Federal
LINDY
Monitor
Cannon
Harlan
Senate Banking Group
Capitol Hill
Solong
Women’s Organization
Mah
Tsitsihar
Associated Press
Mukden
Mah Chan-Shan
Anganchi-Tsitsihar
Takelhar
Lere
Peiping
Anil Ghief
A. C. L. Board
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