Smith Attacks Roosevelt as Demo Unity Meeting Grows Tense
Alfred E. Smith assails Franklin D. Roosevelt amid a crowded Jefferson Day gathering in Washington signaling a fierce fight for the Democratic nomination. Smith denounces demagogic class warfare while urging debt relief and U S trade boosts as he rails against prohibition and favors a direct constitutional referendum proposal. Police were summoned as a bonus hearing devolved into disorder with a delegation pressed for out of order consideration.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Albany
Smith
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Bluecoats
Ways and Means Committee
Hefei i
Republicans Nominate Frazier and Newell for North Carolina Offices
The 1932 North Carolina GOP convention in Charlotte nominated Clifford Frazier of Greensboro for governor and Jake F Newell of Charlotte for the U S Senate. George Depriest of Shelby plans a primary challenge. Lieutenant Governor nominee Brownlow Jackson defeated Boone Tillett 802 to 638. Other picks include S B Jennings for state auditor C R Brady secretary of state Holland Holton for superintendent of public instruction H S Williams attorney general A J Ferree for labor commissioner and P H Gwyn treasurer.
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Charlotte
Clifford Frazier
Greensboro
North Carolina
Jake F. Newell
United States Senate
George Depriest
Shelby
Hoover
Chas A. Jonas
Brownlow Jackson
Hendersonville
Boone Tillett
Tillett
Jackson
Jennings
Lenoir
C. R. Brady
Conover
Holland Holton
Duke University
Durham
H. 5S. Williams
Concord
John M. Phalps
Creswell
J. Ferree
Asheboro
P. H. Gwyn
Leaksville
William H. Grogan
Brevard
Virge McClure
Haywood County
WAGE CUTS DEBATE DELAYED IN HOOVER EMPLOYMENT PLAN
The House economy committee postponed action on the McDuffie federal wage cutting plan awaiting President Hoover's employment stagger arrangement. Speaker Garner and Chairs McDuffie Burns met after a White House conference failed to produce an agreement.
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Washington
House Economy Committee
Hoover
House
White House
Garner
McDuffie
Economy Committee
Burns
Appropriations Committee
J. C. Roop
United action campaign nears half way mark for jobs
New York April 14 The united action campaign to find a million jobs for unemployed ex reported progress as the drive nears its half way point. Officials said reports from 28 states received yesterday raised the total to 498 859 jobs promised or found.
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New York
United Action Campaign
Darrow Defense Secrecy Hovers Over Kahahawai Trial
In Honolulu four defendants await Clarence Darrow as he plans a secret defense strategy in the Kahahawai lynching case. Prosecutor John C. Kelley closed his case with gruesome exhibits and testimony from Mrs. Granville Fortescue, her friends, and other witnesses. Darrow signaled readiness to proceed as court adjourned with one more witness possible.
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Honolulu
Joseph Kahahawai
Clarence Darrow
Mt Ee
John C. Kelley
Granville Fortescue
Fortescue
Charles §. Davis
Darrow
Kelley
Floyd Gibbons and China War Talk in California Letter
Beverly Hills April 13. Will writes that Floyd Gibbons warned he would speak before leaving town and that Sir Victor Sasoon is key on China and India matters. They say Japan holds Manchuria until Russia is ready, China risks civil war again, and pacifists have little hope in the Far East.
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Espite Crisp
Stenber
Crisp
Beverly Holas
Cal
Floyd Gibbons
China
Floyd
Sir Victor Sasoon
India
J. P. Morgan
Gibbons
Sasoon
Japan
Russia
Far East
Lenoir Man Confesses in NC Merchant Slaying
Alvin Eller, 23, arrested in Los Angeles for the February 18 hold up that killed Gus Bonous of Valdese, North Carolina. Eller alleges Dwight Beard of Lenoir fired the fatal shots and that Jesse Lee Sigmund assisted. He says $1,500 was taken, with Eller receiving $400.
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Los Angeles
Cali
Alvin Eller
Gus Bonous
Valdese
N. C
Merchant
Dwight Beard
Lenoir
Jesse Lee
Sigmund
Eller
Bonous
Beard
J. P. Coffer
Bearded Suspect Said to Flee to Tennessee
Raleigh April 14. Dwight Beard linked by Alvin Eller to the Gus Bono holdup and murder in Valdese February is thought to be in Tennessee now. Ernest Moore a State College professor who knew the youth well said.
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Raleigh
Dwight Beard
Alvin Eller
Gus Bonous
Valdese
Tennessee
Ernest Moore
State College
Stevens Says Legion Has Made Its Stand
Indianapolis April 14 Henry L Stevens Jr national commander of the American Legion Warsaw NC says the last national convention action clearly restrains the Legion from asking for immediate payment of adjusted service certificates A Detroit action at the September convention and a majority report followed by a binding resolution are cited.
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Indianapolis
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
Warsaw
N. C
The
American Legion
Legion
Detroit
Convention Committee On
America
Railroad fight blocks Cotton Belt takeover in Kentucky
Missouri Pacific and Texas and Pacific sue in Frankfort federal court to stop Southern Pacific from taking over the Cotton Belt. They allege the Interstate Commerce Commission decision approving the action was erroneous and seek court review, delaying the 3,300 mile St Louis Southwestern deal.
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Washington
Missouri Pacific
Texas and Pacific Railroads
Frankfort
Cotton Belt
Southern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas and Pacific
Kentucky
St. Louis
Senator Harris In Worse Condition After Relapse
Washington April 14 The condition of Senator Harris of Georgia 64 described as quite serious by his physician He was pronounced not so well today with increased pulse rate and considerable pain overnight A consultation of doctors was held this morning He is suffering from an intestinal ailment and his heart has shown signs of weakening under a long siege of illness
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Washington
Harris
Georgia
Eight Die In Altoona Fire Near Henshey Town
A late night blaze at the Michael Dillon home in Hensheytown near Altoona killed seven children and a woman. The victims include Roy Charles Krutner two weeks, Levi Krunter three, Anna Dillon ten, Lillian Pearl Dillon eight, Edna Grace Dillon six, John Lawrence Dillon five, Minnie Dillon three. Mrs Dillon and others were unable to escape as flames spread. Fire crews from Altoona and Tyrone saved the Shaners' nearby home and searched the ruins. Mrs Dillon collapsed at home and received medical care. Mr Dillon was at work and unaware until later.
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Altoona
Michael Dillon
Hensheytown
Dillon
Bellwood
Golde Krutner
Roy Charles Krutner
Levi Krunter
Anna Dillon
Lillian Pearl Dillon
Edna Grace Dillon
John Lawrence Dillon
Minnie Dillon
Tyrone
Ephraim Shaner
Shaners
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hitler calls April 24 retaliation day as Nazis banned
Adolf Hitler denounces the dissolution order as a last blow of despair and urges a sweeping finishing stroke on April 24 the date of diet elections in Prussia and other German states. Police close Nazi headquarters and arrest hundreds as uniforms and materials are seized.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist
Prussia
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
National Socialist Movement
Germany
Tenement Fire Fatal for Mother and Five Children
A boy dropped a lit match into benzine causing a five story tenement blaze in New York. A mother Celia Sanders, 42, and her five children aged four to 15 died. 20 residents were aided to safety as flames trapped stairways and exits on the fifth floor.
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New York
Celia Sanders
Esther Skolki
William
Congress Activity Report Highlights Immediate Agenda
Senate takes up appropriations for commerce labor justice and state departments and judiciary subcommittee continues hearings on prohibition measures and the bankruptcy bill. Secretary Mills is called before the finance committee on a billion dollar tax bill. Banking and currency committee weighs Glass banking reform bill. Commerce committee votes on Wagner employment system bill. House pursues legislative appropriation bill while Ways and Means continues bonus hearings. Coinage committee probes silver price stabilization.
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Senate
Commerce
Labor
Justice
State Departments
Judiciary
Mills
Finance Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
HOUSE
Ways and Means
Coinage
Banking
Red Troops Threaten Changchow In Fukien Push
Dispatches from PIEPING say Chinese Red armies in Fukien province converge on Changchow with immediate danger of capture. Chang Chun, Fukien governor, mobilizes provincial troops and commandeers vehicles to resist the assault as Americans on the mainland seek refuge at Amoy.
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Red
Changchow
Pieping
Fukien Province
United States
Amoy
Chang Chun
Fukien
Convention Closes in Charlotte With Final Business Session
The Western North Carolina conference women’s missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South held the last day in Charlotte. Reports from group heads and a final 2 p m business session capped the convention. Bishop Edwin D Mouzon addressed attendees last night.
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Charlotte
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Western North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Edwin D. Mouzon
Dare County Inlet Storm May Be Bridged
Dare County engineers and the State Department of Conservation and Development study bridging the storm created inlet opened March 6. A crossing by automobile is planned as vehicles cannot travel from Hatteras to the northern island. Fishermen want the inlet kept open for enriched fish waters.
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Mantec
N. C
State Department of Conservation and Development
Dare County
Hatteras
Dare
Lindbergh Kidnapping Cash Traced But Trail Remains Cold
Secret Service continues needle in haystack work to trace a $50,000 ransom paid for Lindbergh baby. Dr. John F. P. Condon and officials including Col. Henry Breckinridge and Maj. Charles Schoeffel move amid secret messages and overseas inquiries as investigators seek the kidnapers.
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Hopewell
N. J
Secret Service
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col
Henry Breckinridge
Condon
Norfolk
Dean H. Dobson- Peacock
John H. Curtis
Guy Burrage
Maj
Charles H. Schoeffel
New Jersey
Vienna
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
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