Franco German Treaty Feared By Russia Isolating Prospect
Soviet Russia warned France against any special political pact with another nation while awaiting the eastern securities project. France aims to recruit Germany and Russia into the Eastern Locarno pact to secure its eastern frontier, with Laval and Litvinoff involved and Neurath approving police force deployment in the Saar for the plebiscite.
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Russia
Soviets
France
Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
Germany
Soviet
League of Nations
Far East
Pierre Laval
Maxim Litvinoff
Konstantini von Neurath
Krauer
Saar Basin
66 Russians Executed in Speedy Trial in Moscow and Leningrad
Moscow and Leningrad carried out swift executions of 66 alleged enemies with no defense, no prosecutors, and no appeals following the assassination of Sergei Kiroff. The government announced 37 died in Leningrad, 29 in Moscow, and three held.
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Moscow
Dec
Soviet
Russia
Sergei Kiroff
Red
Leningrad
Kiroff
Red Square
Joseph Stalin
Lenin
Nicholas
Romanoffs
Finland
Latvia
Poland
Indictments Served on Fisher Family in Tax Probe
A U S grand jury in New Orleans returned indictments against State Senator Jules G Fisher and his nephew Representative Joseph Fisher. Both are political allies of Huey P Long and face federal income tax inquiry in Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States Grand Jury
Jules G. Fisher
Joseph Fisher
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Cadet Abandoned After Explosion Off Saulsrierville
A flare of explosion lights the Cadet burning from stem to stern in St Marys bay as her four crew members abandon ship. The vessel carried 1,500 gallons of fuel oil and was rapidly consumed by fire. No injuries reported.
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Saulnierville
A. OS
Cadet
St. Marys Bay
Mississippi towns back TVA power push
Mayor Milton C. Smith of Greenville Mississippi says in a long distance call that 21 northern Mississippi cities have joined a movement to organize and request Tennessee Valley Authority power for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Austria Extradites Captain Poderjay in Bride Disappearance Case
Austria granted the United States request to extradite Captain Ivan Poderjay amid a New York bigamy charge linked to the disappearance of his bride Agnes Turverson. Poderjay has been jailed by Austria for six months awaiting extradition.
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Vienna
Austria
United States
Ivan Poderjay
Agnes Turverson
Detroit
New York
Insull faces first step to clear bankruptcy case
CHICAGO December 6 Sam oa Finead Sr. lost his first attack on a second federal charge accusing him of violating bankruptcy laws and was ordered to appear for arraignment on December 18 before Federal Judge James H Wilkerson. The case follows Insull's recent acquittal in a $100 million mail fraud trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samoa Finead, Sr
James H. Wilkerson
Insull
Corporation Securities Company
Wilkerson
Floyd E. Thompson
Aikerson
U. S
Dwight H. Green
Weather marks mixed winds and overcast across Carolina region
The report notes varied winds from northwest to west across South Carolina and coastal areas with overcast skies and possible rain. It also mentions official weather bureau records of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at dawn in principal cotton growing regions and surrounding areas.
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
North
Bandy Hook
South
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Hungarians in Yugoslavia Expelled by Belgrade Government
Belgrade announces expulsion of all 27 000 Hungarians living in Yugoslavia. Gradual, relentless removal continues as about 2 000 had already left, leaving 300 stateless in three trains in No Man's Land near the Hungarian frontier.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
No Man's Land
Hungary to take Yugoslav expulsion issue to League
The Hungarian government will present the expulsion and alleged ill treatment of Hungarian refugees by Yugoslavia to the League of Nations. Officials are in Szeged and border posts gathering testimonies while orders curb reporting on refugee numbers. The move follows tensions after King Alexander's assassination and Yugoslav accusations against Hungary.
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Budapest
Hungary
League of Nations
Yugoslavia
Szeged
Alexander
Geneva
Belgrade
Pitt County Negro Granted Two-Week Reprieve
Jim Greene, a Pitt county man scheduled for electrocution tomorrow for criminal assault on a white girl, received a two week reprieve from Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill. The stay, while unexpected, came as officials had planned a quadruple execution that day and indicated it would be avoided.
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Raleigh
Jim Greene
Pitt County
Edwin M. Gill
Nelson's Widow Breaks Silence on Dillinger Gang
Chicago dispatch reports federal agents nearing a major crackdown on the Dillinger gang. Mrs. Gillis, widow of Baby Face Nelson, is being questioned as authorities pursue secrets about the gang amid possible relocation to Madison for federal sentencing on harboring Dillinger and Tommy Carroll.
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Chicago
Baby Face
Nelson
John Dillinger
Gillis
Hollis
Department Justice
Barrington
Dillinger
Juliette Fitzsimmons
H. H. Clegg
Madison
Wis
Tommy Carroll
Little Bohemia
Mercer
Missing Flyers Searched Across Pacific After Plane Down
In Honolulu authorities continued the search for flight lieutenant Charles T. P. Ulm, co-pilot George Littlejohn, and navigator J. L. Skilling after their trans Pacific monoplane Star of Australia ran out of fuel and ditched at sea. Navy seaplanes mapped 200000 square miles of ocean as hopes faded with each passing hour.
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Honolulu
Charles T. P. Ulm
Pacific
Star of Australia
Ulm
George Littlejohn
J. L. Skilling
U. S. Favors Substantial Slash Of Naval Armaments
In London Norman H. Davis warned Japan that scrapping the Washington treaty would endanger security and spark a costly naval race. He said Roosevelt proposed a substantial all around reduction while advocating continuing the Washington and London treaties for equal security. Davis stressed that abandoning these principles would create insecurity and international suspicion.
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U. S
Japan
London
Norman H. Davis
Roosevelt
American Correspondents ‘Association
United States
Washington
Davis
Pacific
Far East
Great Britain
State budget panel to finalize revenue bill in Raleigh
The state advisory budget commission meets in Raleigh on December 13 for its final session before the legislature. It will push to complete a draft revenue bill at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Advisory Budget Commission
Opened North Carolina Census Office in Greensboro
Greensboro is home to the state headquarters as James L. Harrison, supervisor of the agricultural census for North Carolina, opened the office. The move marks a formal start to statewide census operations from this location.
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Greensboro
James L. Harrison
North Carolina
Judge Meekins Hurt in Auto Accident Near Bailey
Federal Judge I M Meekins of Elizabeth City sustained painful but not serious injuries in a car crash near Bailey. He was taken to a Wilson hospital for treatment.
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Meekins
Raleigh
I. M. Meekins
Elizabeth City
Bailey
Wilson Hospital
North Carolina Relief Fund Totals 1.2 Million For December
Mrs. Thomas Oberry state relief administrator said $1,200,000 will be available for general relief in December from a federal allotment of $1,954,825. The remaining funds are earmarked for transient relief 38000 cattle program 450000 emergency education 80000 student aid 36825 and rural rehabilitation 150000.
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Raleigh
Thomas O'Berry
North Carolina
Germany May Trade 30 Million In Cotton For Nitrates
Washington reports authoritative sources say Germany will exchange about 30 million dollars worth of American cotton for nitrates and other German goods if the United States agrees to buy a similar amount of German products. The plan hinges on state and treasury approval with the Export-Import Bank handling payments in German marks. The swap aims to reduce American cotton surpluses as imports fall, with potential treasury approval anticipated soon despite political urging.
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Washington
Germany
Reich
United States
State
Treasury Departments
Treasury
State Department
Camp Manufacturing head injured in wreck near Lumberton
J. L. Camp Jr., president of Camp Manufacturing of Franklin Virginia, was seriously injured when his car overturned several times on a curve near Lumberton.
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Lumberton
J. L. Camp, Jr
Franklin, Va
Camp Manufacturing Company
Major Changes Loom for NRA
Washington reports indicate the NRA will adopt a simpler operation aligning government and business. Donald Richberg suggested permanent legislation to enshrine flexible codes and workers' rights to bargain, while critics expect price and production controls to be dropped as the next Congress acts.
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Washington
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Jury disbands Grice case as two jurors jailed
In Goldsboro Judge R Hunt Parker voided the jury over the Grice murder case and jailed two jurors for false responses during voir dire. Hood received 30 days and Talston five days. a new venire from Johnston County will be summoned for future proceedings.
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Venice
Goldsboro
R. Hunt Parker
Ruby
Grice
Donald Sasser
JouMng
Sasser
Parker
Johnston County
Hood
Talton
Walter Hines
Powder Sent to China by Dutch Route
Evidence indicates Remington Arms officials tried to block embargo legislation and acted quickly in Washington after rumors spread that an embargo would be proclaimed. The information was submitted today to the munitions committee.
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China
Washington
Dec
Remington Arms Pany
Waston
Munitions Committee
Senate probes munitions ships to China amid embargo inquiry
Senator Clark pressed witnesses in a tense hearing on shipments of powder to Holland and re shipment to China in 1929. Du Pont official Casey admitted the company knew the powder would reach China and paid costs, with Clark questioning arms makers access to sensitive equipment.
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Charles P. Washington
Dec
Pont Company
Holland
China
Senate
D-Mo
Herbert Hoover
Geneva
Frank B. Kelley
Clark Irenece du Pont
Clark
Amer
K. K. V. Casey
du Pont Copany
Pany
Ministers Petition For Commutation Of Black Sentence
Governor Ehringhaus received a Raleigh Ministerial association petition asking for commutation of the death sentence for R F Black, one of three High Point men convicted in the murder of T C Karnes, a Taylorsville bank cashier. The Rev Forrest Weezer presented the petition. The governor declined to change the case.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Raleigh Ministerial Association
R. EF. Black
High Point
T. C. Karnes
Taylorsville Bank
Forrest Weezer
Aviator Kingsford Smith praised navigation in lunch chat
Beverly Hills Calif December 5. During lunch with Sir Kingsford Smith the Australian ace spoke of navigation over the ocean. He praised Gatty Lindbergh and Post as top navigators and stressed knowledge of astronomy for precise oceanic travel. He recalled the Hawaiian Island incident and lauded Australia and the starry guidance of the sun moon and stars.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Sir Kingsford-Smith
Hawaiian
Australia
Gatty
Lindbergh
Post
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William Kiesel
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