Intervention Of Powers Condemned By Litvinoff
In Washington Secretary Stimson said the United States has closed public actions on the Chinese Soviet Manchuria issue. In Moscow Maxim Litvinoff, acting Soviet foreign minister, urged the powers to focus on South America, Chinese waters, and colonial armies rather than Sino Soviet talks. He spoke to the Communist Party executive committee at the Kremlin with sarcastic remarks about the Kellogg Pact on the Manduring problem.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
Manchuria
Moscow
America
France
Great Britain
South America
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Communist Party
U.S
S. R
Turner Won't Be Buried With Girl
Hickory reports Luther Turner 19 and Elsie Poovey 18 died after Turner drove into the Catawba river to join his girlfriend in death. He left a note requesting they be buried together. Bodies found in Poovey’s submerged car. separate funerals planned for Elsie and Luther.
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Turner
Hickory
Luther Turner
Highlands
Catawba River
Mel Dim
Elsie Poovey
Lenoir Rhyne College
Luther
Elsie
W. C. Poovey
Mount Olive Lutheran Cemetery
Poovey
St. Stevens Lutheran Cemetery
Arate
Body of Lost Airman Nelson Found in Snowstorm
The body of Pilot Thomas P. Nelson and his air mail plane were found near Chagrin Falls after a three day search. Nelson was en route from Bellefonte to Cleveland in heavy snow when disaster struck. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh supervised a 15-aircraft search over Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Thomas P. Nelson
Chagrin Falls
Here
Nelson
Bellefonte
Joseph Vincent
Pennsylvania
Charles A. Lindbergh
Youngstown
Imke Erie
Alabama Court Holds Buyer of Liquor Guilty
The Alabama supreme court ruled under the state's bone dry prohibition law that the purchaser or possessor is equally guilty as the seller of liquor. The decision was announced in Montgomery with implications for enforcement and penalties across the state.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Typhoid Outbreak Strikes Belgrade in Jugo-Slavia
Typhoid fever hits Belgrade with severe outbreak. Three hundred cases are hospitalized and more than 309 in attended homes. Public health officials report the surge amid the city’s ongoing sanitary challenges.
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Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Budget At A Glance Highlights War Debt Share
President Hoover released a concise budget outline showing that 72 percent of next year’s federal spending covers past wars and defense, with eight cents for government operations, thirteen cents for social aids, and seven cents for fiscal affairs. The total request is 3,830,445,281 dollars, of which 2,733,213,283 goes to debt service and veterans and defense costs.
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Hoover
Washington
Congress
Goy’t
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Diegel Holds Lead Over Sarazen in PGA Championship
Leo Diegel, the defending champion, led Gene Sarazen of New York by three holes after the morning 18 of the third round in the National Professional Golfers Association championship in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Leo Diegel
Gene Sarazen
New York
Spanish Royalty Leaves Britain After London Visit
The queen of Spain and her two daughters departed London today for Paris and Madrid following a visit with the British royal family. The Prince of Wales and other notables bade them farewell at the railway station.
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London
Queen of
Spain
Paris
Madrid
Prince of Wales
Coal mine barred from workers insurance after convict labor use
The Carolina Coal and By-Products Company mine near Sanford, once employing state convicts, was deemed too risky for workers compensation coverage. An Industrial Commission report fined the firm 3150 but offered a remittance if paid 3221.90 to the widow and children of Dan A. Moore who died last August. The company may self insure or reject the law since standard insurers will not cover it.
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Raleigh
Carolina, Coal and By-Products Company
Sanford
Dewitt Dorsett
Dan C. Boney
Dner
Dorsett
Dan A. Moore
Methodist board calls for probe of all pro prohibition groups
The board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church urged probing all associations appearing before Congress for or against prohibition. They asked Senator Caraway to lead a lobby investigation and backed bills to protect worship and rest, criticizing tobacco advertising and endorsing funds for stronger prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Managers
Caraway
Arkansas
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
United Staes Congress
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Methodist Board
Federal Counsel of Churches
District of Columbia
Harris
Georgia
Senate
Work To Be Keynote Hoover Says
President Hoover named the "good old word work" as the keynote for American business in the months ahead. He spoke before hundreds of business leaders gathered by the United States Chamber of Commerce to study conditions and counter stock market panic with action and job creation.
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Washington
Hoover
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Lamont
Commerce Department
Julius Klein
Julius Barnes
Chamber of Commercce
William Butterworth
Will H. Hays
Motion Picture
F. S. Snyder
Institute of American Meat Packers
Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette Square
White House
Tellegen's Wife Granted Divorce in Los Angeles
Mrs Isabel Craven Tellegen obtained a final decree of divorce from Lou Tellegen in Los Angeles. She won custody of their 5 year old son Rex. The couple wed December 17 1923 and the complaint cited admitted infidelity. Tellegen had been married previously to opera singer Geraldine Farrar.
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Los Angeles
Isabel Craven Tellegen
Lou Tellegen
Rex
Tellegens
Tellegen
Geraldine Farrar
Italian Sovereigns Visit Pope Pius XI at Vatican
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena became the first united Italian sovereigns to enter the Vatican in modern times. They arrived with a large retinue to present gifts and mark tacit approval of the Lateran treaties meeting at the Holy See. The procession drew vast crowds as Rome displayed tricolor flags and papal colors.
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Rome
Victor Emanuel
Helena
Pius XI
Italy
Vatican
Vatican City
Dino Grandi
Count de Vecchi
Holy See
Lateran Palace
Charlemagne
Santa Maria
Senate wrangles over Vare seat in closing days
Senate leaders move toward a late day vote on the Vare case while also deciding whether to exclude Senator-Elect Vare of Pennsylvania for campaign expenditures. The elections committee backs dismissal of the Wilson contest but splits on Vare’s right to the seat.
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Senate
Vare
Norris
Penna
Washington
Pennsylvania
Elections Committee
Ware
William B. Wilson
Shortridge
Nebraska
Vare-Wilson
Wilson
Fifteen Drowned Off Land's End in Gale
Fifteen crew members of the British steamer Frances Duncan were killed when the vessel sank during a gale off Land's End near Penzance. The tragedy was reported from Land's End with AP confirming the loss.
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Penzance, Eng
Frances Duncan
Land's End
Empty Stocking Fund Reaches 251 50 With Three More Checks
The Empty Stocking Fund grows to 251 dollars and 50 cents after three new contributions. George E. Marvin gives 5 dollars, J. Welch Harriss 10 dollars, and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Pleming 25 dollars. The Plemings’ letter discusses mending toys by firemen and urges community support. Local groups and individuals donate amounts ranging from 1 to 50 dollars, lifting the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Life
George E. Marvin
J. Welch Harriss
W. F. Pleming
Kiwanis Club
Wilbur Jones
Elk’s Club
Fifth District Highway
EF. A. Wells
Annie Lou Doctor
Willie Londen
B. W. Marshall
Ladies Aid Bactery
Wesley Memorial
RK. F. Edmisten
Carson
Deal
Imperial Life Ins. Co
W. (. Royster
PF. J
PF. J. Fpormiop
Matt Wall
Gladys Kelly
R. Parker
George FE. Marvin
British Isles Aterrific gale sweeps across lands
A terrific gale swept the British Isles last night damaging buildings delaying inland transport and driving battered ships to port. No loss of life reported. The storm hit Ireland Wales Cornwall Devonshire and London area with ten hurt at Islington as walls collapsed. Seaports reported heavy seas and Hull trawlers returned battered.
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London
British Isles
Ireland
Wales
Cornwall
Devonshire
Islington
Hull
Super Brained Race Foreseen by Vienna Psychiatrist
Dr Constantin Von Economo of the University of Vienna predicts a future race of super brains arising from evolution. In an address before a New York medical center psychiatry unit he said the human brain will continue to improve without a limit to cerebral functions.
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New York
Constantin von Economo
University of Vienna
Survivors Rescued After Norwich City Wreck
The steamer Trongate reports all 24 survivors of the British freighter Norwich City, wrecked on a reef at Gard ner Island in the Phoenix group last Saturday, were rescued. Eleven crew members drowned. survivors reached the island, then were taken off by rocket line and rescue ship.
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Gardner Island
Phoenix Group
Norwich City
Interior Supply Bill Pared By House Appropriations Panel
The House appropriations committee reported a $283,189,973 interior department bill for the next fiscal year as the first major supply measure under the Hoover administration. The proposal trims the department budget by $2,444,102 from last year and $148,674 from the president's plan, with total outlay $304,302,347.Highlights include a pension bureau cut of $5,111,913 due to veterans deaths and a boost of $3,112,913 for the Indian affairs bureau. Pension needs drop to $235,099,400 while the Indian bureau would rise to $19,786,129 from $16,673,215.
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Washington
Interior Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Hoover
Department
Pension Bureau
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Bureau
Martial Law Declared in Haiti Amid Teacher Strike
The republic of Haiti declares martial law as American marines occupy the country. The gendarmerie is led by marine officers. President Hoover plans a commission to study the Haitian situation and possible withdrawal of troops. It is unclear if martial law covers only Port au Prince or the entire republic. Government officials await further details.
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Washington
Republic of
Haiti
Republic
Marine Corps
Hoover
Congress
Port-au-Prince
Three Die in Munhall Post Office Blast Blast Hits Pittsburgh Suburb
Three people were killed and more than fifty injured when an explosion destroyed the Munhall post office in a Pittsburgh suburb as a trolley car passed by. Passengers suffered cuts from shattered glass.
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Pittsburgh
Munhall
Judge Nott Acquits McManus In Rothstein Case
New York December fifth AP report Judge Charles Ne Nott Jr directs a verdict of acquittal in the murder case of George A McManus who shot his gambler associate Arnold Rothstein. The judge criticized state wire service hostility and noted circumstantial evidence alone did not prove guilt. McManus greets supporters and plans to see his mother while remaining silent on the case.
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New York
Charles Ne Nott, Jr
George A. McManus
Arnold Roth
Nott
McManus
M McManus
Southern Textile Workers Carrying Pistols, Beal Says
Waterbury a meeting of Lithuanian Hall heard Fred Beal a communist organizer claim southern textile workers own pistols and will use them in the future. He accused United Textile Workers of betraying Charlotte leaders in 1919 1920 and alleged a Gastonia trial frame up. He also alleged a dummy of Ella May Wiggins killer police chief QO F Aderholt and hired gunmen shot her during the April strike.
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Waterbury
Conn
South
Fred Beal
Beal
United Textile Workers
American Federation of Labor
Textile Workers of
Charlotte
N. C
Gastonia
QO. F. Aderholt
Ella May Wiggins
Goldberg Interests Buy Three Arm Strong Mills in Gastonia
In Gastonia on December 5 three Armstrong chain cotton mills the Clara the Dunn and the Armstrong were sold to the Goldberg interests of Bessemer City. Armstrong will be taken over this month with Clara and Dunn to follow in the spring. Capital stock values cited are Armstrong 230000 Clara 400000 and Dunn 300000. The purchase price was not disclosed. The Goldbergs manufacture three fabrics.
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Gastonia
Armstrong
Clara
Dunn
Armstrong Mills
Goldberg Interests
Bessemer City
Goldbergs
Dixie Temperatures Rise Above Freezing
The South sees milder weather as temperatures climb above freezing after a cold spell. A new death toll includes Mary Rawlings, 3, of Sevierville Tennessee, who burned fleeing a grate fire. Tennessee and Kentucky report the region’s lowest readings with sub-80 degree minima.
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Atlanta
Southland
Mary Rawlings
Sevierville
Tenn
Tennessee
Kentucky
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Foreign Department
Diegel
Britain
Gov. Gar
M. EF
Church Board of Temperance
Pope Pius
Victor Emanuele II
Walington
High Point
Pope Pius XJ
Stein
Goldbergs Bay
Gastonia Mills
Dixie
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