Prince Humbert and sisters visit Pope Pius XI in Rome
Crown Prince Humbert and sisters Giovanna and Maria visit Pope Pius XI at the Vatican with Count De Vecchi. The trio kneel and receive a blessing as crowds cheer in Rome. Humbert’s engagement to Marie Jose of Belgium is noted and Cardinal Gamba may perform the wedding.
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Humbert
Giovanna
Maria
Pius XI
Quirinal Palace
Vatican
Count de Vecchi
Holy See
Victor Emmanuel
Marie Jose
Belgium
Brussels
Vatican City
Comendatore Erafini
San Damaso
Pius
House of Savoy
Cardinal Gamba
Turin
Italy
Pope
Milan
Cardinal Gasparri
St. Peters
Apostles
Mrs Spreckels Engaged to Young Aviator in San Francisco
The examiner reports Sidi Wirt Spreckels former wife of Prince Suad Chakir of Turkey is engaged to Lieutenant Rogers Alan Gardner a 27 year old army aviator and West Point graduate. Opposed by Gardner's family the match prompted his transfer from Crissy Field to Langley Field. Gardner's home is San Francisco.
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San Francisco
the Examiner Today
Sidi Wirt Spreckels
Suad Chakir
Turkey
Rogers Alan Gardner
Spreckles
Gardner
Crissy Field
Langley Field
West Point
Goldsboro Man Found Guilty In Manslaughter Case
Wooten Hobbs of LaGrange was found not guilty by a Wayne County jury in a manslaughter case stemming from a 1927 collision that killed M. J. Strickland of Goldsboro. The panel deliberated from morning until 8:30 p.m.
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Goldsboro
Wooten Hobbs
LaGrange
Wayne County Superior Court
M. J. Strickland
Strickland
Hobbs
Fox Interests Unite Under Fox Trustee Board
Control of the Fox motion picture interests headed by William Fox was vested in a trustees board. The board includes Fox, John Otierson of Electrical Research Products Inc., a Western Electric subsidiary, and H. L. Stuart of Halsey, Stuart and company. The Fox Film and Fox Theatres corporations are main entities under supervision.
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New York
William Fox
Western Electric Company
Wall Street
Fox
John Otierson
Electrical Research Products, Inc
H. L. Stuart
Halsey, Stuart and Company
Fox Film Corporation
Fox Theatres Corporation
Fox Holdings
Both
Girl Dies in Asheboro Auto Crash
Miss Genevieve Ingold died after an automobile accident at a street intersection in east Asheboro. Her sister Miss Mary Ingold drove one car and L. Smith of Franklinville rode in the other. Both drivers were bonded for preliminary hearing today.
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Asheboro
Genevieve Ingold
Mary Ingold
L. Smith
Franklinville
Blinding Snow Helps Police Nab Wisconsin Bank Robbers
A blizzard aided the capture of three men amid a $2,000 bank robbery in Superior Wisconsin. Edward Kosnic Joliet Jr Jack Burton and George Henning Chicago were jailed after police recovered all the stolen money and the bandits surrendered following a high speed chase and a wreck at a light pole in the city center.
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Superior
Wis
Wisconsin State Bank
South Superior
Edward Kosnic
Joliet, Jr
Jack Burton
Chicago
George Henning
Vasconcelos Threatens Insurrection in Mexico Fight
Mexican rival Vasconcelos declares he will return with armed followers to seize the presidency after losing to Ortiz Rubio. Ortiz Rubio dismisses the manifesto as of no consequence and says the source is known. Vasconcelos arrives in San Antonio after crossing from El Paso, planning talks in Los Angeles and a revolution.
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Rubio
San Antonio
Mexico
Tex
Rio Grande
Jose Vasconcelos
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
el Paso
America
Ortiz Rubio
Hot Springs
Ark
Flags
United States
Revolutionary Party
Vasconcelistas
Hurley visits widow of former War Secretary in mourning
Washington notices Patrick J. Hurley of Oklahoma, named Secretary of War by President Hoover, paused his duties to comfort Mrs. James W. Good widow of the late war department head. Hurley, 46, faces confirmation in Congress likely without opposition as Senate is in recess.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Hurley
War Department
Army
Good
Mr. Hurley
Senate
Capitol
Tax Cut Favored by Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee today reported favorably on a 8180,000,000 tax reduction resolution. the action advances the measure toward possible floor consideration and outlines support from committee members.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Colored Orphanage Swindler Dies In North Carolina
The body of A. McKay alias Rev. T. P. Adams, an alleged operator of an orphanage swindle, lay unclaimed in Goldsboro. He claimed to solicit for a Negro orphanage in Oxford, but a wire from H. P. Cheatham showed he had no authorization. He had collected funds in Rocky Mount Wilson Wilmington Washington High Point Parkton Greenville Burgaw New Bern.
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Goldsboro
N. C
A. McKay
T. P. Adams
North Carolina
McKay
Oxford
H. P. Cheatham
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Wilmington
Washington
High Point
Parkton
Greenville
Burgaw
New Bern
Atlantic and North Carolina Declares Dividend
Directors of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad declared a regular semi annual dividend of 1.75 percent, bringing the total for the year to 8.12 percent. The board met in Raleigh and discussed Beaufort port development.
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Raleigh
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Beaufort
Gardner
Barnes Plans Giant National Council To Guard U S Business
Julius Barnes leads efforts to form a national council with a large committee and a smaller working group to monitor business trends and avert wage and employment slack. The plan aims to unify industry sectors and coordinate federal state construction activity under a new Commerce Department division.
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Washington
Julius Barnes
Barnes
Hoover
Lamont
White House
Commerce Department
Mrs L M Mauney Dies At Gastonia
Mrs Laula Murphy Mauney widow of Moses L Mauney died at her Gastonia home today after three weeks illness. She had been an invalid for five years following a hip fracture. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p m at Main Street Methodist Church conducted by Rev J B Craven with Rev J H M Hendersonlite assisting.
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Gastonia
N. C
Laula Murphy Mauney
Moses L. Mauney
Main Street Methodist Church
J. B. Craven
J. H. M Henderlite
First Presbyterian Church
Woman With Seven Little Children In Need Of Help
Ruth Woodcock reports a High Point mother, seven children aged from less than a year to fourteen, facing a hard winter. Absent income and failed marriages left the family in a three room shack with no bedding or food. Welfare aid covers basics, but Christmas needs outstrip funds from Empty Stocking.
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Ruth Woodcock
High Point
Additional Marines Being Sent To Haiti
Washington reports that President Hoover asked Congress for an immediate Haitian relations commission and ordered more Marines to Haiti for emergencies. In Aux Cayes a 500 man mob armed with machetes fought a Marine patrol. five attackers were killed and twenty wounded. Port au Prince and Cape Haitien remain quiet with Marines patrolling. martial law in effect only in Port au Prince and not extended to the two cities.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
United States
Port - AU - Prince
Haiti
Aux Cayes
Port-Au-Prince
Cape
Haitien
Marine Corps
Leogane
Cayes
Grundy Favored for Vares Seat in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Pa Dec 7 Speculation on the man Governor John S Fisher will name to fill the Junior U S Senate seat from Pennsylvania vacated by the rejection of William S Ware runs wide today. Joseph R Grundy of Bristol heads a list of a dozen possible appointees.
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Johns. Fisher
Pennsylvania
William S. Ware
Joseph R. Grundy
Bristol
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Grundy
Senate
Fisher
Ware
Vare
Mr. Ware
Premier Switalsky resigns as Poland cabinet quits
Premier Switalsky submitted the cabinet’s resignation to President Moscicki who accepted it and asked the ministry to stay in office temporarily.
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Switalsky
Warsaw
Poland
Moscicki
Boston College Founder Dr. Warren Dies of Pneumonia
Dr. William Fairfield Warren, president emeritus of Boston University and first president of Boston University, died at his Brookline home at age 95. Born in Williamsburg, he led the Boston Theological Seminary and helped establish Boston University, serving as its president for 30 years and later as dean of theology before becoming president emeritus in 1925.
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Mass
William Fairfield Warren
Boston University
Warren
Williamsburg
Wesleyan University
Mobile
Ala
Andover Theological Seminary
Wilbraham
Boston
Boston Theological Seminary
School of Theology
University
Ex-Service Men of State May Lose
Six thousand former service men in North Carolina face losing $6,000,000 if they do not file adjusted compensation certificates before January 1, 1930. J. M. Caldwell, state adjutant of the North Carolina American Legion, said daily that about six thousand have not yet submitted their applications and Congress is unlikely to extend the deadline.
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Goldsboro
Dec. T
North Carolina
J. M. Caldwell
England And Continent Swept By Bad Storm
A severe Atlantic storm battered Britain and continental Europe with at least 26 known deaths and many ships in distress. The Frances Duncan sank off Land's End with 16 lost. the Radyr reportedly foundered with all hands. Lifeboats and coast guard crews rushed to assist as ships struggled in gale and high seas from Liverpool to Ushant and Ferrol Harbor.
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Great Britain
Frances Duncan
Land's End
Radyr
Culvercliff
Hartland Point
Bideport
SOS
Liverpool
Carinthia
Minnedosa
Deseado
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Oakgrove
Lloyd
Aba
West Africa
Ushant
Flamouth
Ferrol
Prince Alfonso
Jaime
Spain
Five Infants Burned In Orphanage Fire
Five infants under a year old suffered burns or smoke inhalation at Wright Refuge in Durham. Superintendent Octavia Evans was severely burned rescuing the children as a heater ignited the baby room, with staff at breakfast when the fire started.
Aga Khan Weds Young French Business Woman in France
Mile Carron a 21 year old Paris candy shop owner married Aga Khan in a civil ceremony with a Moslem rite. The wedding drew over a hundred journalists despite his wish for secrecy and included a racing colors themed gown and a €1 million settlement reported before the ceremony.
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France
Mmile
Andree Josephine Carron
Aga Khan
Carron
Paris
Mlle. Carron
Sir Sultan Mahomet Shah Aga Khan
Indian Empire
British India
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