Democrats Map Broad Plans For New Congress
Democrats prepare for the opening of congress with a focus on party unity and responsible policy. Rep. John N. Garner steers secrecy while Garner and Senate leader Joe Robinson press for disciplined actions to shape the party’s presidential election prospects.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
John N. Garner
House
Senate
Madison Square Garden
New York
National Committee
Mystery Woman on Long Island Faces Deportation
Miss May Gledhill a Canadian unwed mother lies dying in a Mineola hospital. Her illness uncovers she and her baby lived with Mrs William Connor in Floral Park. Immigration officers plan deportation for moral turpitude while Canada bans the infant.
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Miss May Gledhill
Mineola
Long Island
Floral Park
William Connor
Miss Gledhill
Cornor
Russel Priest
Slavery Charges Probed On Levee Camps
Washington reports a broad inquiry into alleged near slavery practices in levee construction camps along the lower Mississippi. A labor investigator federation will report abuses of brutality and peonage by contractors on the flood control project with possible congressional action. Major General Lytle Brown faces scrutiny as regional engineers prepare a full condition report and officials consider venturing into employee suspicions in Vicksburg hops.
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Mississippi
Federation of Labor
War Department
Congress
Army Engineers
Lytle Brown
Army
Labor Federation
Ross Jolt
Jolt
Brown Aleady
Vicksburg
Missippi
Mrs Hattie Caraway Nominated to Arkansas Senate Seat
Mrs Hattie W Caraway widow of Thaddeus Caraway was unanimously nominated by the Arkansas Democratic State Central committee to fill the unexpired term ending in 1933. The election is set for January 12 and nomination is viewed as victory. Governor Harvey Parnell backed Caraway against Frank Pace in a dramatic contest.
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Ark
Arkansas
United States Senate
Hattie W. Caraway
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Arkansas Democratic State Central Committee
Central Committee
Republican Party
Caraway
Harvey Parnell
Frank Pace
Pace
Wedell Sets New Three-Country Hop Record
James Wedell of New Orleans established a new Agua Caliente Vancouver flight record, flying six hours 40 minutes from Mexico then resting in Vancouver. Captain Frank Hawks, also seeking speed, was hospitalized in Yreka, California after inhaling carbon monoxide during a southbound record attempt. The previous mark was held by James G. Hall of New York.
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San Francisco
James Wedell
New Orleans
Vancouver
Frank Hawks
Wedell
Mexico
Hawks
Yreka
Cali
James G. Hall
New York
Atlanta Votes on Time Standard Change
About 19,000 Atlanta residents qualified to vote on whether the city should keep its present central standard time schedule or switch to eastern standard time. Newspapers civic groups labor factions and other agencies joined a heated campaign ahead of the election day.
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Atlanta
Senate to vote on prohibition in coming session
Washington December 2 1931 senators pledge a dry law vote as both parties expect action in the house soon. Rainey Snell Linthicum LaGuardia and other leaders urge an early decision to shift focus to economic issues while pro and anti prohibition forces push for a ruling.
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Senate
Watson
Indiana
House
Congress
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Rainey
Representative Snell
New York
New Yorker
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
Representative LaGuardia
Farm and Home Meet Tackles North Carolina Farm Woes
Wilmington December meeting opens a series of farm and home economics conferences. About 125 extension workers agents farmers and farm women attend as C H Sheffield warns of hard times ahead and discussions focus on relief measures.
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Wilmington
North Carolina
C. H. Sheffield
State Extension Service
Snell Promises Congress Action On Prohibition
Washington December 2 The new Republican House leader Bertrand Snell says the prohibition issue must be settled by Congress this winter amid a rules debate that could allow a straight vote on anti dry proposals. Wets hail the remark as vital while dry leaders push ahead with party majorities and a one third faction plan to force legislation. Acker man’s death in New Jersey adds to the unsettled tally as Democrats mull their stance on autocracy in the House.
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Washington
Congress
Republican House
Bertrand Snell
New York
Snell
New Jersey
Acker
Convict Letters Shed Light on Bizarre Triad Case
Revelations from Ernest Cornor now show a prison bound love triangle with his wife Inez and May Gledhill. Letters dated November reveal affection for May and a plea for freedom. Gledhill collapsed at the Cornor home and remains hospitalized.
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Mineola
L. J
Ernest Cornor
Inez
May Gledhill
Cornor
Vermont
Connor
May
Conner
Inez Noah Connor
Third Party Sees TS Blossoming in Middle West
In Omaha, representatives of the Liberty party met with a midwest farmer labor group to form a new political party. The gathering aimed to draft a platform and select candidates, with notes favoring free silver and opposition to the federal reserve system. Harvey, the Liberty party presidential candidate, may headline the merged movement with A G Nordskog as vice president candidate.
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Omaha
Neb
Liberty Party
W. H
Coin
South Dakota
Reed
Federal Reserve System
Harvey
William Jennings Bryan
A. G. Nordskog
Los Angeles
Byrnes Moves to Abolish Federal Farm Board
Senator James F Byrnes of South Carolina drafts a measure to abolish the federal farm board transferring cooperative marketing to the agriculture department and ending price stabilization. Introduced as Congress opens December 7 Byrnes leads the campaign with Senator Bulow likely to join as agrarian states resist.
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James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Federal Farm Board
Byrnes
Department of Agriculture
Farm Board
Cole L. Blease
Senate
Aiken
Spartanburg
Bulow
Congress
Dems See New Jersey Victory as Omen for 1932
Democrats optimistic after Percy Stewart wins New Jersey seat making 219 party members in the House with a narrow majority. Leaders call Stewart’s win an omen for 1932 as they target the last vacant New Hampshire district seat before January 5 special election.
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New Jersey
New Hampshire
Percy Stewart
Plainfield
Garner
Texas
Stewart
House
Manchester
Tar Heel Youth Wins $500 4-H Club Award
Max A. Culp of Mooresville Iredell County North Carolina was named a $500 4-H club scholarship winner by the International Harvester company. One hundred scholarships were awarded for outstanding 4-H work with Culp honored for his dairy project.
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Chicago
Max A. Culp
Mooresville
Iredell County
North Carolina
International Harvester Company
Culp
Mooney case hinges on governor decision within a month
San Francisco dispatch reports New York Mayor Walker pressing for an unconditional pardon for labor agitator Thomas J. Mooney. Governor Rolph promised a decision in about 30 days after a dramatic hearing in which Walker and counsel urged clemency.
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Walker
Ralph
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
California
James Rolph, Jr
James J. Walker
New York City
Mooney
Rolph
Legal action seeks receiver for Radio-Keith-Orpheum chain
Baltimore attorney J Cookman Boyd filed in circuit court for himself to appoint a receiver for Radio-Keith-Orpheum, one of the nation’s largest theatrical firms. The day’s other items include Senator Wheeler backing a congressional probe of wage scale evasion on government projects, and Kentucky tobacco farmers delaying a sale after prices fell about four dollars per hundred. Also noted is Lou Reichers’ non stop attempt to beat Capt Hawks’ Havana time, arriving in Miami en route to Havana with aims to eclipse the New York to Havana record.
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J. Cookman Boyd
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation
Miami
Fia
Lou Reichers
Pan- American Airport
E. S
Havana
Frank Hawks
New York
New York-Miami
Hawks
Ocean voyage notes from Empress of Russia diary aboard ship
Aboard the Empress of Russia the writer comments on the calm sea and wireless reports improving. He jokes about Republicans and Esquimaux and recalls a 1905 New York horseback debut with Jack Mulhall's Wild West. The writer mentions plans to tour Asia after Charley Dawes ends the war.
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Esquimaux
Madison Square Garden
Tom
New York
Jack Mulhall
Charley Dawes
Japan
China
Wil
Indefinite Buncombe Probe Ends Amid No Witnesses
Judge A M Stack abandoned his Buncombe county jury fixing inquiry after no witnesses appeared. He said the investigation produced no evidence to support Wickes Wamboldt’s accusations and left open a possible revival if new information emerges.
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A. M. Stack
Buncombe County
Stack
Wickes Wamboldt
Wamboldt
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