Hoover asks 150 million for emergency public works fund
President Hoover sent Congress a supplemental 150 million dollar emergency construction appropriation to accelerate already authorized projects and boost employment. The plan would favor projects with proven economic impact and avoid delays from new project selections. A cabinet committee would allocate funds.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Woods
House Appropriations Committee
Cabinet
Secretary’s of the Treasury
War
Havy
Commerce and Agriculture
Bureau of Budget
Gant Case Verdict Might Come Today
Midday recess ends with most arguments finished in the state summary proceedings against Mason W. Gant and Aetna Casualty. Judge Schenck says the charge to the jury will take under an hour, and a verdict could arrive later today. The state seeks 66 184 92 against the bonding company while Gant faces 90 519 44 judgment if the case closes without delay.
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Enterprise Greenboro
Mason W. Gant
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
O. L. Sapp
IGF Mul Lousisliubg
Gant
Mellon Sees Dip in Revenue and Rising Deficit
Secretary Melton today to Congress outlined a $180 million deficit forecast for the year ending next June. He urged legislation to allow refunding of the national debt at a lower interest rate without making specific recommendations. The 1930 surplus was $183,789,215, all used to retire debt as the year closed, with the debt at $16,185,308,299.
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Melton
Congress
Treasury
Paris Government Falls In Senate Confidence Vote
The Tardieu government was defeated in the French senate on a confidence vote driven by internal and financial policy concerns. Official figures show a four vote margin, 149 to 145.
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Paris
Tardieu
Senate
Charity Football Game Tomorrow Between All Stars and High Point College
Hundreds of tickets sold for the charity benefit football game at the high school athletic field tomorrow at 2 30 p m between the local All Stars and High Point College Referee Wade Marlette to whistle the match Proceeds go to the Empty Stocking Fund C M Waynick treasurer One standout player from the All Stars Charles L Amos will participate Bunn Hackney flown in from Chapel Hill for the game Pilot Paul F Davis will bring Hackney to the field Barber Hall Printing joins local businesses to close for attendance City government departments to attend the Panthers receive a half holiday Miss Velva Hayden newly elected sponsor leads the high school band
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High Pointe College
Wade Marlette
C. M. Waynick
Charles L. Amos
Bunn Hackney
Chapel Hill
University
Paul F. Davis
Hackney
Charles Kenner
Barber-Hall Printing Company
W. B. Hall
Panthers
Pilot Life Insurance
Velva Hayden
Senate rejection urged over Hoover power board pick
Representative Warren of North Carolina denounced President Hoover’s choice of Frank R. McNinch for the power commission, calling him unfit and a likely anti-democrat figure with ties to the anti-Smith group. Warren urged scrutiny by Senators Robinson Walsh and Norris, while Senator Overman sought to confirm McNinch’s party alignment and any power trust ties. Bailey protests in Raleigh as transition shows political clash.
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Washington
Warren
North Carolina
Frank R. McNinch
Hoover
Power Commission
Robinson
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Norris
Nebraska
McNin
McNinch
anti-Smith
Overman
McNineh
Power Trust
Bailey
Raleigh
Josigh William Bailey
Pollard Studies Danville Police Strength in Schoolfield
Virginia Governor Pollard conferred with Judge Turner Clement on boosting police in the Schoolfield textile strike area while threatening to keep National Guardsmen if civil authorities cannot maintain order. Pittsylvania designated Lindsey Lee Moore to head a special police force. Nine officers and 106 guardsmen were withdrawn, leaving 44 officers and 550 men on duty as 4,000 textile workers strike in Riverside and Dan River mills. A petition from 142 Danville citizens urged removal of troops.
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Richmond
Pollard
Turner Clement
Pittsylvania Circuit Court
Schoolfield
Pittsylvania
Lindsey Lee Moore
116Th Infantry Regiment
Riverside
Dan River
Danville
Armed trio frees six inmates at Matthewan State hospital
Three men armed with guns invaded the Matthewan State hospital for the criminal insane early today, overpowered four employees and liberated six inmates. The leaders were identified by hospital attendants as a former inmate named William Nelson.
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Beacon
N. Y
Matthewan State Hospital
William Nelson
Failure of Bank Locks Charlotte Oldest National
Charlotte scene darkens as the First National Bank of Charlotte closes after heavy deposit withdrawals and the cost of its new 21 story building. Officials assure depositors will be paid in full as liquidators take charge.
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First National Bank of
Charlotte
N. C
First National Bank
First National
First National Bank of Charlotte
Henry M. McAden
R. C. Johnson
McAden
Adventure Comedy In Three Day Run At The Broadhurst
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn come to life in Mark Twain adventure at the Broadhurst for a three day engagement. The notice hints at familiar names in today's classified ads and invites readers to claim tickets in person.
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the Broadhurst
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Becky Thatcher
Mark Twain
Bank Employee Found Dead in Concord Front Yard
Tom Gay Coltrane 27 son of L D Coltrane cashier at Concord National Bank was found dead in the front yard of Dr E A Misenheimer likely from a fall that fractured his skull autopsy confirms injury. He was a Davidson College graduate and longtime bank employee survived by his parents a sister and a brother. He had been visiting the Misenheimer home the prior night.
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Concord
Tom Gay Coltrane
L. D. Coltrane
Concord National Bank
E. A. Misenheimer
Coltrane
Davidson College
National Bank
Mariam Coltrane
L. D. Coltrane, Jr
Misenheimer
Asheville seeks state aid to meet debts in financial crisis
Representatives from Asheville, Buncombe county, and the old Asheville school district pressed the state sinking fund commission for aid. City and county officials argued debt payments are paramount, seeking new legislation and possible state loans or collateralized notes to sustain operations despite tied deposits of eight million dollars and potential losses.
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Raleigh
N. C
Asheville
Buncombe County
Old Asheville
State
Sinking Fund Commission
Charles N. Malone
County Board of Education
Mr. Malone
O. Max Gardner
Nathan O’berry
Poisonous Liquor Blamed In Deaths Of Nine Negroes
In North Carolina the poisonous liquor toll rose to nine deaths within ten days, all victims being Black. Two more deaths occurred locally in Lumberton, with three more men seriously ill. The tainted alcohol was traced to a garage and a filling station in Guilford county cases.
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Lumberton
N. C
North Carolina
Guilford County
Guilford
Wet campaign to swell anti prohibition bloc in congress
The wets open a drive to recruit members and oppose funding for denaturing industrial alcohol while seeking to block a 2 million dollar increase for the prohibition bureau. Linthicum vows an individual fight, predicting prohibition's end in future congresses as churches push an educational temperance program.
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Washington
Wets
Judiciary Committee
Industrial Alcohol Bureau
Treasury
House
Prohibition Bureau
Linthicum
Democrat
Maryland
Federal Council of Churches
Benjamin S. Winchester
Woman and Three Children Die in Montville Fire
A woman Mrs Wanda Durken and her three children Madeline 5 Joseph Durken Jr and a six year old perished in a house fire in an isolated section near Montville New Jersey. Fire destroyed the home and authorities reported the victims at the scene.
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Montvile
N. J
Montville
Wanda Durken
Madeline Durken
Joseph Durken
Ty Cobb Eyes Phillies Purchase If Price Is Right
Ty Cobb, in a telephone talk from Augusta, says he might buy the Philadelphia National League club at the right price if Baker heirs sell their Baker share. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reports Cobb had discussed the idea with the Phillies president since his retirement and even during the recent World Series talks.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Today
Ty Cobb
Augusta
William F. Baker
Baker
Cobb
Phillies
Shorter and Safer Rail Jobs Aim
Five big railroad brotherhood executives met to shorten and safe guard railroad jobs, aiding an estimated 50,000 unemployed. They seek a six hour day without wage cuts, using crew hour reductions and trip limits, while urging costs stay stable.
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Cleveland
Brotherhoods
David B. Robertson
Robertson
Fire Breaks Out Again On River Front At Gotham
Fire at the Pratt works of Standard Oil on the Brooklyn waterfront reignites this forenoon after earlier control. Two alarms call out extra apparatus. About 200000 gallons of gasoline crude oil and turpentine and 18 tanks destroyed. Piers barges a fireboat and a tanker damaged as flames pour into the East river. Company estimates loss between 250000 and 500000 dollars with earlier department figures near a million.
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New York
Pratt Works
Standard Oil Company
Brooklyn
East River
Aeroplane To Bring Grid Star Home For Charity Game Here
Carolina quarterback Bunn Hackney, a key Tar Heel contributor, will fly from Chapel Hill to High Point to play in a charity game between the local All-Stars and High Point College at 2 30. Hackney serves as a Boy Scout executive for the Uwharrie Council and will attend a scout executives seminar at the University before joining the contest. Paul F. Davis, Charles Kenner airport operations manager, will pilot one of C L Amos planes to Chapel Hill to bring Hackney home and will also play as quarterback in the game.
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Bunn Hackney
Carolina
Chapel Hill
High Point
High Point College
Hackney
Uwharrie Council
Collegians
Paul F. Davis
Charles Kenner
C. L. Amos
Davis
Local labor favored for new High Point postoffice project
Senator Couzens introduces a federal bill to reserve contracts for local workers at High Point’s new post office. The measure requires contractors on government buildings to hire district labor and pay prevailing local wages, with nonlocal workers allowed only when local labor is unavailable. Residents are defined as those living in the work district at least 90 days.
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Washington
High Point
Senate
Couzens
Michigan
Congress
Senate panel approves Doak for labor secretary
The labor committee in the Senate voted unanimously to confirm William N. Doak of Virginia as secretary of labor. Senate leaders planned to push the nomination further in the session.
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Labor Committee of
Senate
Doak
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
William N. Doak
Virgina
Labor
Jobless total pegged at 4.86 million in November
American Federation of Labor president William Green estimates 4,860,000 workers were unemployed in November after comparing union reports from 24 cities with Labor Department data. He warns February could reach 7,000,000 if the trend continues, noting office and farm laborers are not counted.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Department of Labor
Green
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