Radio Corporation of America Plummets on New York Exchange
Stocks show a third straight rush as Radio Corporation of America falls 72 points from yesterday’s close to hit 296 a share. Cotton slides nearly 4.5 a bale as government crop estimates beat expectations and early call results spark heavy selling. NYSE observers estimate over 2.5 billion dollars erased in two days with General Motors alone down more than 300 million.
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New York
Radio Corporation of America
New York Stock Exchange
New Orleans
General Motors
Mexico's Political Crisis Eases After Calles Stance
In Mexico City on December 8 the political tension eased as ex president Calles declined to oppose Portes Gil s government. CROM split with the government and Calles favored labor, calming fears of a major clash with Morones and the labor federation. A protest outside the deputies chamber was dispersed by firemen.
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Calles
Labor Federation
Mexico City
Portes Gil
Mexican Federation of Labor
National Chamber of Deputies
Marique
Morones
Luis M. Morones
C. R. O. M. Aurelio
Three Unidentified Men Die In Tanker Explosion
In Port Arthur Texas three unnamed men were killed and at least three others injured when the Gulf Refining tanker Gulfland exploded at 5 30 am. The blast damaged the pump room below the crew quarters and fire followed until about 8 am. Ship papers will aid identification of the victims as seamen escaped into the ship canal. The vessel had docked to load gasoline for coastwise ports.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf Refining Company
Gulfland
Magner Rips Duke Line Jankoski Also Stars
North Carolina defeats Duke 14 to 7 at Kenan Memorial Stadium as Duke misses state title bid. Jankoski sparks Duke’s early attack while Erickson and Fenner help UNC rally in the second half to finish undefeated against state teams.
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Magner
Duke
Jankoski
Devils
Heels
Maus
Fenner
DIUM
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Duke University
Blue Devils
Carolina
Erickson
Tar Heels
Mays
North Carolina State
Rowe
Koeniz
Murray
Koenig
Buie
Buck Gresham
Jimmy Ward
Gresham
Nash
Farris
Snow Begins In Eastern Carolina Entering Winter Decor
Snow started to fall in Northeastern Carolina with several light flurries overnight but did not stick to the ground due to prior rain. Reports indicate similar weather across the region with rain snow and sleet and no lightning in sight.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Carolina
Nicaraguan Bandits Slay U.S. Marine
In Nicaragua a Marine patrol intercepted bandits in Nueva Segovia. Gunnery Sergeant Charles Williams of Asotria New York was fatally wounded by a stray bullet and died an hour later. The bandits killed a peasant south of Ocotal before being routed.
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Charles Williams
Asotria
N. Y
Department of
Nueva Segovia
Ocotal
Maurice G. Holmes
Pontotoc
Miss
Telepahca
Williams
Marine Corps
Marine Headquarters
14 373 000 Bales Cotton Forecast for Year Declared
The Agriculture Department announced final cotton production estimates for the year at 14 373 000 equivalent 500 pound bales, up from 12 955 000 last year. It lists state by state yields and area for harvest plus abandonment rates and average yield per acre.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Mexico
Manslaughter Charge Against Howard Student Likely Dropped
In Birmingham Alabama official cancellation of second degree manslaughter charges against O H Westbrook Howard College junior in the death of Montress Freeman Birmingham Southern freshman was expected. The Jefferson county grand jury was to exonerate Westbrook in its report and a no bill was reported from the solicitor's office. Westbrook had been held under a $1000 bond since a preliminary hearing last week. The shooting occurred November 22 ending weeks of rivalry between local colleges.
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Birmingham
Ala
O. H. Westbrook
Howard College
Montress Freeman
Birmingham Southern
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Westbrook
Freeman
Hoover Visited Chile on Stopover Before Bolivia Greeting
President elect Hoover arrived aboard the U S S Maryland at Antofagasta Chile for a welcoming stop with Bolivian foreign minister Alberto Palacios and cabinet members aboard. The Maryland, escorted by Chilean cruiser Chacapuco, hosted a luncheon for over a hundred aboard before sailing to Valparaiso then on to Santiago for onward travel to Buenos Aires.
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Maryland
South America
Hoover
Antofagasta
Chile
Bolivia
Alberto Palacios
Simon Bolivar
Geo. Washington
Antofagaéta
Chacapuco
Valparaiso
Santiago
Capital
Andes
Buenos Aires
Stolen California Church Treasures Recovered From Convict
A former San Quentin inmate, Ralph Joseph Sawyer, alias Sauer, confessed to stealing gold and silver chalices encrusted with stones and other liturgical articles valued at over 100000 dollars from ninety Catholic churches in California and Mexico. Police recovered most of the loot in shops in San Francisco and Los Angeles and Sawyer implicated two others.
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San Francisco
California
Mexico
San Quentin
Ralph Joseph Sawyer
Sauer
Los Angeles
Sawyer
Uniform Labor Laws For Women And Children Debated
Washington notes a proposed constitutional amendment to empower Congress to set uniform labor laws for women and children. Rep. Frederick W. Dallinger argues for uniform standards, while a separate equal rights amendment challenges any law favoring or discriminating by gender. The issue divides groups, with opposition from the National Woman's Party on potential wording changes.
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Washington
Congress
Frederick W. Dallinger
Massachusetts
Dallinger
Senate
Curtis
Judiciary
National Woman
Fascists Wear Black Shirts as Italian Lawmakers Open
In Rome the chamber of deputies reconvened with Fascist members in black shirts. Over 300 deputies had returned to Rome and more arrived by morning. The galleries were packed and 3,500 applied for special tickets, only 350 granted.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Fascist Party
National Chamber Council Chooses Columbus for Next Meeting
The National Council of the Chamber of Commerce selects Columbus Ohio as the next meeting site with dates to be fixed for the upcoming autumn. The announcement comes from headquarters in Washington.
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Chamber OF Commerce Council
Louisville
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
National Council of the Chamber of Commerce
House Passes Billion Dollar Post Office Bill Amid Boulder Dam Debate
The House approved a 1 billion dollar post office treasury appropriation while talks on Boulder Dam and river water distribution stirred debate. Senate leaders expected to proceed. Kellogg Briand treaty faced cautious committee scrutiny with Borah predicting early action. Wets and drys clashed as the bill advanced without a roll call.
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Washington
Post Office
Treasury
House
Senate
Boulder Dam
Coolidge
Congress
Johnson
California
Hayden
Arizona
Colorado
Kellogg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Idaho
Treasury Post Office
Weather Delays New York Atlanta Airmail Route
Weather kept New York to Atlanta airmail planes from dispatching last night with a low ceiling delaying both northbound and southbound mail. Officials said northbound mail would reach New York about 2 PM and the southbound to Atlanta around the same time.
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Richmond
New York-Atlanta
New York
Atlanta
Gangsters Slay Second Policeman
Chicago reports a county policeman Ernest Schubert shot in the left leg as gangsters kill police chief Leroy Gilbert in South Chicago Heights. Schubert’s shooting follows Gilbert’s death and a coroner’s jury criticized the local police for an earlier fatal car ambush of Thomas Scanlon.
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Leroy Gilbert
Chicago Heights
Ernest Schubert
Schubert
Niles Center
John A. Swanson
Cook County
Gilbert
South
Thomas Scanlon
Scanlon
Prohibition Bureau Reports Rise in Arrests and Seizures
The 1928 annual report by Prohibition Commissioner Doran shows 75,507 arrests and 58,835 convictions, up 10,000 arrests from the prior year. Bureau operations with 4,488 staff seized over 1.4 million gallons of illegal alcohol products and 217,278 fermentation strains, plus versions of distilled spirits and wine, while aiding 15,077 state cases with 9,025 convictions. Jail terms totaled 5,631 years and fines reached 7,031,109 dollars.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Doran
Bureau
Couzens Receives $989,833 Tax Refund
The treasury refunded Senator Couzens of Michigan 989,833 dollars after it sought an extra 10 million dollars in taxes. The Republican senator avoids paying the larger assessed amount.
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Couzens
Washington
The
Treasury
Michigan
Little Cop Licks Giant Longshoreman In Practical Joke
John Jaslowski a six foot longshoreman weighing 203 pounds and known for jokes phoned Greenpoint police saying he was robbed of 350. Patrolman William Real responded and Jaslowski admitted the stunt. He swung at the officer and was knocked down with a left to the eye. He was arraigned and jailed for three days. Magistrate Folwell praised the police.
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New York
John Jaslowski
John
Greenpoint
William Real
Folwell
Real
Clara Bow’s stepmother avoids deportation ruling
Tui Lorraine also known as Mrs. Robert Bow and Clara Bow’s stepmother won her deportation fight in Hollywood. She first came to the United States in 1925 from New Zealand and served as Clara Bow’s secretary. Although readmitted from Mexico in 1926, irregularities were alleged at border crossing and an order to deport was issued September 24. She then married Robert Bow and appealed to Secretary of Labor Davis after records were reviewed in Victoria British Columbia.
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Hollywood
Cal
Tui Lorraine
Robert Bow
Clara Bow
Victoria
B. C
Believe Wanderer Said to Seek Vengeance in Infirmary Slayings
In Van Buren Arkansas a 44 year old infirmary superintendent Clifford Deffenbaugh his 24 year old wife and 68 year old inmate John Nicholson were shot to death in their living room. Police suspect an elderly man named Bill Howell expelled from the infirmary earlier in the week carried out the killings. Two children survived as posses with bloodhounds hunted for Howell.
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van Buren
Ark
Crawford County Infirmary
Clifford Deffenbaugh
John Nicholson
Bill” Howell
Deffenbaugh
Nicholson
Anderson May Face A Second Trial
Dr. Albert Anderson the 85 year old superintendent of the state hospital for the insane faced a possible second trial in superior court. Solicitor Leon S Brassfield said he would ask Governor McLean for a January special term to hear embezzlement indictments. The hospital board kept Anderson in office calling the acts an error in judgment. Jim Adams foreman of the hospital farm is co defendant on the embezzlement charges.
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Raleigh
Albert Anderson
State Hospital For the
Superior Court
Leon S&S. _ Brassfield
McLean
Anderson
Supreme Court
Jim Adams
Hospital Farm
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Chicago
Aboyne Castle
Aberdeenshire
England
Kenan
U.S. Marine
Managua
Nicaragua
Howard
Calif
Atlanta Air Mail
Earl
Prohibition Commissioner
Believe Wanderer
Brassfield
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