Chiang Kai Shek Targeted as Chinese Revolt Expands
Shanghai dispatches report widespread unrest against the nationalist government led by Chiang Kai Shek. Martial law spreads to Shanghai Nanking Canton and Hankow as troops mutiny and rebels advance. A British ship evacuates civilians from Nanking amid the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Chiang Kai Shek
Nanking
China
Chiang Sai-Shek
Paris
Tang Hsi-Shan
Shanjing
Ovince
Canton
Hankow
Suffolk
Hankchow
Nationalists face revolt as marines deployed to Haiti
President Hoover asks Congress for authority to send a commission to Haiti to shape future policy while 500 more marines depart Norfolk to join 700 already in Port Au Prince. Brigadier General John H. Russell reports concern for American safety amid widespread disturbances.
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Washington
Hoover
Haiti
Congress
Island Republic
Norfolk
John H. Russell
Port Au Prince
Aux Cayes
House
Senate
Commission of Inquiry
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Vare Vows to Fight On for PA Senate Seat
William S. Vare returns to Philadelphia after being counted out by the Senate and declares he is a candidate to the finish to defend Pennsylvania's right to name its own U.S. senator. He is greeted by about 2,000 supporters as he asserts his bid amid a heated political climate and possible gubernatorial reconsiderations.
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Philadelphia
William
Vare
United States Senate
Pennsylvania
Senate
Fisher
Congress
Washington
Bill Vare
Bill
United States
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Rockefeller nearly makes hole in one in Florida
John D. Rockefeller Sr., 90, in his first winter golf game at Ormond Beach, Florida, hit a long drive from the eighth tee that stopped two feet from the pin. He danced with delight and exclaimed that the drive was wonderful and he was proud of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
Freedom of Press Upheld By Court
Milwaukee Judge Gustave G Gehrz ruled the Milwaukee Post was not guilty of inciting violence for publishing a letter protesting extra zone street car fares. The Milwaukee Electric Light and Railway Co failed to show sufficient cause for an injunction, upholding press freedom unless abuse is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Gustave G. Gehrz
Milwaukee Post
Gehrz
Milwaukee Electric Light and Railway Company
Ships In Distress After Hurricane Off British Isles
Forty one ships and numerous fishing craft were in distress off Great Britain and Ireland after a major hurricane centered near the British Isles. The Radyr foundered with 21 crew lost. Frances Duncan sank with 16 dead. The Leonardo da Vinci, carrying priceless art, was unaccounted for after passing Gibraltar. Eight people died inland from collapsed structures as winds reached 108 mph.
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London
Great Britain
Ireland
British Isles
Spain
Scandinavia
Radyr
Bireford Bay
Devonshire
Frances Duncan
Land’s End
Casmona
Edinburgh Castle
Arlanza
186 Nurses Pass NC Board Exam in October
In Greensboro on December 7 the North Carolina board of nurses examiners announced that 186 of 258 nurses passed the October examination and will be licensed as registered nurses. The Raleigh quiz results list includes several from High Point Salisbury and Wilmington among those who achieved the required grade.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Bessie Troutman
Bertha Smith
Salisbury
Mary F. Phillips
Virginia Hawkins Trichenor
Wilmington
Beadie Elizabeth Britt
Esther Lorena Bundy
Elsie Williams Selby
Alena Anderssen
Winter Snow Delivers Cold Wave to Midwest
A fresh snow cover and a biting cold grip the West North Dakota and Minnesota saw temperatures plunge far below zero while Winnipeg hit 17 below. The sharp cold wave disrupts the Chicago region and nearby Iowa Missouri with forecasts of warmer weather approaching tonight.
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Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Winnipeg
Iowa
Missouri
Coolidge Silent on 1930 U S Senate Bid
Northampton December 7 former president Calvin Coolidge remained uncommunicative about reports he might run for the United States Senate in 1930. A secretary said he would not comment and noted his warning that reporters pursue scoops by denying rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
United States Senate
Washington
Senate
Transcript
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Unidentified Man’s Body Recovered Near Pinckney Island
The body of an unidentified man surfaced near Pinckney Island Light House off Beaufort South Carolina late today. Sheriff A. E. McTeer was notified by Mr. Du Bois of Hilton Head.
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Beaufort
S. C
Pinckney Island
A. E. McTeer
Sheriff Sees Slick Move in Identification of Farm Hand
In Batesville Arkansas authorities announce a man found in another county may be Connie Franklin, the supposed murdered farm hand from Stone county. Defense attorney Lyman Sl Feeder says the man is identified as Franklin while Joe White and Herman Greenway acknowledge the claim as they await a final identification with Reecer’s plan to move the suspect to Mountain View.
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Batesville
Ark
Connie Franklin
St. James
Stone County
Tiller Ruminer
Franklin
Associated Press
Lyman Sl
Feeder
Joe White
Herman Greenway
Reecer
Johnson
Reeder
Mountainview
Here
Senate forecast adoption of 160 million tax cut
The Senate Finance Committee backed a 160 million dollar tax reduction with plans to bring the measure to a vote early next week. Leaders expect adoption in largely the same form as the House, with talks of temporarily sidelining tariffs to move the tax bill. The proposal targets primarily smaller incomes, aiming to cut taxes for about 2.095 million filers paying under 10 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Watson
Indiana
Smoot
Finance Committee
Borah
Idaho
Simmons
North Carolina
Connally
Texas
Thomas
Oklahoma
Nye
North Dakota
Mills
the Treasury
Little Fellows
Car repairman awarded verdict against railways
A Wake County jury found Seaboard and Southern railways liable for 33,875 to R. A. Hamilton a car repairman injured at work in the yards at Franklin Virginia He sought fifty thousand dollars the verdict was returned in Wake County Superior Court Raleigh December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wake County Superior Court
Seaboard and
Southern Railways
R. A. Hamilton
Wake County
Franklin
Hamilton
Subsidization of Athletes Probed in Big Six
Kansas City December 7. A fact finding committee to investigate rumors of subsidization of athletes in the Big Six conference will be formed, announced by Herb D. Gish Nebraska athletic director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Herb D. Gish
University of Nebraska
Bar Association Heads to Mid-Winter Meeting
The American Bar Association executive committee will hold its mid winter meeting at Asheville on Monday January 20, announced Kenneth C Royall president of the North Carolina Bar Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Ass'n
Raleigh
American Bar Association
Asheville
Kenneth C. Royall
North Carolina Bar Association
Homeric Docks Cherbourg After 12-Hour Delay
The liner Homeric reached Cherbourg France after a fierce gale delayed it by 12 hours. Four passengers were slightly injured including Georges Carpentier the boxer. The ship did not conduct a rescue at sea as previously reported.
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Cherbourg
France
Homeric
Georges Carpentier
ORGANIZER TO FACE OUTBOUND LINERS CHARGE OF MURDER
In Gastonia the Observer reports charges of murder may be brought against a National Textile Workers Union organizer linked to the June clash that killed Chief of Police O F Aderholt. Robert Allen testified the organizer said he fired two shots. In New York a dense fog caused two outbound liners to collide near the Battery. both returned to piers with minor damage and no injuries.
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Charlotte
the Observer
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
National Textile Workers Union
Gaston County
Robert Allen
Aderholt
New York
Transylvania
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Europe
West 14Th Street
11Th Street
David Bone
Lindbergh narrowly escapes crowd at Hadley Airport
Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at Hadley Airport Nassau after funeral in Plainfield for Thomas P. Nelson. A crowd of about 300 surged toward his plane as he stepped out, forcing aides to shield him and guide him to safety before he departed for Valley Stream.
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Lindbergh
Valley Stream, Re. 4
Two Airmen Die In Open Cockpit Plane Crash
Two United States Army aviators Lieut. R. H. Gilley 25 of Houston Texas and Lieut. J. Q. Adams 24 of Inglewood California stationed at March Field Riverside Calif were killed when their open cockpit biplane crashed and burned near the Inspiration mine four miles north of Miami Arizona Witnesses reported an unidentified Mexican who ran to the scene lit a cigarette and added a burning match to the gasoline soaked ground causing the wreckage to ignite Gilley was believed to have burned to death while Adams died in the wreck
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Miami
Ariz
United States Army
R. H. Gilley
Houston
Texas
J. Q. Adams
Inglewood
Calif
March Field
Riverside
Inspiration Mine
Here
Gilley
Adams
University Trustees To Meet Wednesday
RALEIGH December first. Four joint meeting of the building committee and executive committee of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina will be held in Governor Gardner’s offices next Wednesday morning. The advisability of remodeling Memorial Hall will be discussed.
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Raleigh
Board of Trustees
The
University of North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
Roxy Headed to Carolinas Meeting
Charles Picquet of Pinehurst, VP of the Motion Picture Theater Owners Assn of America, learned Rothafel of New York has left for Pinehurst to attend the annual convention of the Theater Owners Association of North and South Carolina. The convention starts Monday in Pinehurst.
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Pinehurst
Charles Picquet
Motion Picture Theater Owners Association of America
New York
S. L. Rothafel
Roxy
Theater Owners Association of
North and
South Carolina
Aga Khan Marries French Businesswoman Mile Carron
A civil ceremony in ATX-LES-BAINS unites Mile Carron and Aga Khan. They plan a European tour via Modane Turin and Lake Como, with a future trip to India. Carron, in emerald and chocolate attire, expressed joy at the India prospect and donated $10,000 to the city poor box.
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Atx-Les-Bains
France
Mile
Andree Carron
Aga Khan
Modane
Turin
Italy
Lake Como
Paris
Henri Clerc
Milo
Carron
Aga Kahn
India
Capitalist's Wife Drowns In Her Auto
Mrs. William Pitt Trimble wife of a Seattle capitalist died when her car plunged from a dock into Elliott Bay and became trapped underwater. Harbor patrol hauled the submerged vehicle to the surface but she could not be rescued.
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Seattle
Wash
Elliott Bay
William Pitt Trimble
Harbor Patrol
Toreador Kicks Cow in Exhibition. Woman Wins on Points
In Atlanta, N. B. Pruitt argued with a novice bullfighting cow. The cow kicked him three times, Pruitt fell, he retaliated with a strong kick, the cow stopped him with her horn, and the heifer won the match on points. Pruitt is left with a broken ankle and no praise for matadors or cows.
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Atlanta
Rome
Mnovice
Pruitt
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Honan
Hupeh
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John D
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Bay of Biscay
Leonardo da _ Vinci
England
Leonardo da Vinci
Gibraltar
Madeira
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Falmouth
Scilly Isles
Mexico
Baltimore
Pascual Ortiz-Rubio
Brownsville
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Rubio
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Albert EB
Rankin
Mary Burgin
High Point
Lindy
Carolinas
Aga Khans
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