Danville Police Use Tear Bombs to Break Riverside Mill Picket Line
About 1,500 strikers gathered at eight Riverside mill gates at opening time. Police with tear bombs dispersed the crowd after an order to disperse was ignored. 35 arrests followed as National Guard units nearby remained on duty but not used.
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Danville, Va
Danville
Riverside Cotton Mills
Hanibal Martin
Henry C. Leigh
Commonwealth
John W. Carter
Grover Brumfield
National Guard
Dan River Mills
Schoolfield
Martin
United Textile Workers of America
Trapped troops and ship raids in Hupeh and Yangtse
News from China reports nearly 20 000 provincial troops trapped between Kwangshui and Hwangan in northern Hupeh were massacred by bandit reds as Chiang Kai Shek assumes command of a north central drive. Shipping on the upper Yangtse faces continued attacks by reds despite government promises of 300 000 troops and air support. In the Carolinas a deadly week end sees eight deaths from car train crashes and wrecks across North and South Carolina.
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Hankow
China
Kwangshui
Hwangan
Hupeh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinese Republic
Yangtse
Charlotte
Carolinas
Mount Airy
N. C
Fancy Gap
Margaret McKenzie
Fannie McKenzie
Galax
Rita McKenzie
Sis
Margaret
Katherine Dotson
Jessie Dotson
Josephine Dotson
Cliffview
Roy Crawford
Harry Wilson
Camel Starling
Samuel High
J. B. Locus
Simms
Walter Long
Spartanburg
Roebuck
S. C
Belmont
Lankford Kirby
Greenville
William Cain
University of North Carolina
A. R. Glover
C. W. SS. Bishop
Retta Belton
Camden
Gant Pleads Guilty and Receives Ten Years in State Prison
Mason W. Gant was sentenced to 10 years in state prison by Judge W. A. Devin after pleas of guilty and nolo contendere. Six of his counsel sought a stay until March 1 to aid receivers and auditors. the motion faced likely rejection. Gant showed restrained emotion and was described as in fragile health, though presenting a strong appearance in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Dec. S
Mason W. Gant
W. A. Devin
Oxford
FE. D. Broadhurst
Gant
Devin
Hoover Proposals Defended and Debated in Congress
In Washington the Senate voiced sharp attacks on President Hoover's drought and unemployment relief plans while signaling early action. Secretary Adams testified on a naval construction program estimated at 134.35 million dollars. The Senate sent a 30 million dollar bill to modernize three battleships. Debate opened on a 60 million drought relief loan fund with 33 million more than requested. The House considered an employment emergency construction bill and Interior Department funding totaling 36.852 million for the next year, with total public construction appropriations at 110.0008 million versus 150.0 million requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Congress
Adams
House Naval Committee
House
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Agriculture Committee
Capitol
Cranton
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Well Known Raleigh Negro Buried Today
Jacob J. Jones a well known Raleigh negro and 1927 St Augustine's graduate was buried yesterday after dying suddenly Friday night at a Spanish-American War veterans meeting. The race veteran left a self made death certificate dated October 27 and coroner L M Waring listed heart trouble as cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Jacob J. Jones
L. M. Waring
State Sinking Fund Lacks Power to Aid Asheville
RALEIGH, Dec. The State Sinking Fund commission ruled it has no legal power to direct the City of Asheville and Buncombe County funds to help in the Western North Carolina financial crisis.
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Raleigh
N. C
Dec
State Sinking Fund Commission
Asheville
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Hoover asks 150 million for Farm Board expansion
President Hoover sought Congress to appropriate an additional 150 million dollars for the Federal Farm Board. The request follows budget bureau guidance and would use funds from the act’s 500 million total authorized, with earlier allocations totaling 3100,000,0000. If approved, only 100 million more would remain for appropriation under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Budge Bureau
Farm Board
Senate Debates Jones Mothers aid bill and tariff questions
Debates continue in the Senate on the Jones mothers aid measure as the finance committee presses tariff commission questions. House discussions cover interior department supply while education committee hears Governor Roosevelt of Porto Rico. Appropriations panel reviews justice department funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Education Committee
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Appropriations
Justice Department
Danish King Hart In Auto Collision
King Christian of Denmark suffered serious facial injuries after a car collision while returning to Fredensborg from an opera in Copenhagen. Police release details place the accident near midnight as the monarch's vehicle was involved in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Hart
Copenhagen
Denmark
Christian
Fredensborg
Cotton crop estimate for 1933 shows 14 243 000 bales
Washington December 8. The Department of Agriculture pegs this year’s cotton crop at 14 243 000 bales of 500 pounds crossweight on December 1 conditions. Last month’s estimate was 14 438 000. Ginnings by state list Alabama 1 381 066, Mississippi 7 377 165, Texas 3 686 288 and other states totaling 5 531 running bales in all.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Glidewell vows to speak on court contempt ruling
Raleigh reports P. W. Glidewell of Reidsville says he may risk jail to challenge Judge I. M. Meekins' denial of $25,000 in extra fees from the defunct Tri-State Tobacco Growers association. Buford and the late Col. W. M. Person also sought more pay. receivers plan to split about 5 million among about 40 000 members before Christmas if no further appeals are filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
P. W. Glidewell
Reidsville
I. M. Meekins
Tri-State Tobacco Growers Association
Glidewell
B. W. Buford
Lawrenceville
Col. W. M. Person
Louisburg
Meekins
Missing UNC Freshman Morgan Moorer Found in Texas
Asheville report says Morgan P. Moorer Jr., UNC freshman who vanished last spring, likely located in Pampas Texas. Salvation Army captain sent word that Moorer was staying in a flop house on Fort Worth highway, Pampas, Texas. His mother Eva Moorer now lives at 144 Thirteenth Street Washington DC.
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Asheville
N. C
Morgan P. Moorer
University of North Carolina
Pampas
Texas
Edward G. Trimyer
Galveston
Salvation Army
Messers of
Flop
Fort Worth
Eva P. Moorer
Thirteenth Street
Washington, DC
Hello Dolly Hello Alice Heard At White House
Mrs Gann and Mrs Longworth greeted each other by first names at a White House reception. Mrs Longworth said Hello Dolly to Alice Gann, and Mrs Gann answered Hello Alice to Mrs Longworth, wife of Speaker Longworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
Alice
White House
Washington
Temperance Faction Plans Aggressive Prohibition Campaign
Delegates to the national temperance council gather behind closed doors to map a aggressive campaign for prohibition in the coming decade. Hoover's law enforcement commission meets for the first time in 12 days as groups push to finalize a dry law report soon. Dr Ira Landrith opens the national convention urging plans to win campaigns for the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Temperance Council
Prohibition
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Net
Ira Landrith
Chicago
Laval Asked To Form a Cabinet In France
Paris December 8. President Doumergue asked Pierre Laval to form a new ministry to replace M Tardieu. Laval said he would begin talks immediately and return with a definite reply tomorrow. Barthou failed to form a cabinet.
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Paris
Doumergue
Pierre Laval
Tardieu
M. Tardieu
M. Laval
Louis Barthou
Asheville Tobacco Market Opens After Heavy Preparations
More than 125,800 pounds of western North Carolina burley tobacco filled the floor of the new Asheville warehouse as 24 hour shifts began ahead of the market opening on Wednesday. The floor capacity is 400,890 pounds and B. B. Saunders of Aberdeen and Valdosta led preparations.
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Asheville
B. B. Saunders
Aberdeen
Valdosta
Soviet Engineers See Death Sentences Cut to Ten Years
In Moscow the Soviet Central Executive Committee commuted death sentences for five engineers convicted of a plot to overthrow the regime to ten years. The ten-year terms given to the other three defendants were reduced to eight years, in a highly publicized broadcast trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet
Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
Lindsey's Trial Delayed as Former Judge Faces Disorderly Conduct
Former Judge Ben B. Lindsey, ejected from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine after clashing with Bishop Manning, wins a continuance to December 12 in a disorderly conduct case. Lindseypleads not guilty and cites speaking engagements. Hays may subpoena Manning and other clergy. Darrow availability failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
St. John the Divine
William T. Manning
West Side Court
Dreyer
Lindsey
William F. May
Lidsey
Manning
Arthur Garfield Hays
Clarence Darrow
Samuel Unermyer
California citrus growers spend millions on pest battle
California citrus growers have spent nearly 4 million dollars this year fighting pests with aircraft sprayers dusting groves with sulphur and releasing millions of ladybird beetles to eat mealy bugs and other insects.
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Los Angeles
California
Severe Formosa quake kills four in western island region
Reno News Agency reports a 13 minute quake striking southwestern Formosa near Taichu south of Kagi. Four dead and 253 houses collapsed. Seismic center likely in the Pescadores channel. Tainan and Tabhaku are noted as major localities on the island.
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Tokyo
Reno
Taiwan
Formosa
Taichu
Kagi
Tokyo Central Observatory
Pescadorses Channel
Strait of
Amoy
Tainan
Tabhaku
Philippine
Luzon
Ryukyu Islands
Liquidation Agent Named for Asheville Banks
G N Henson of the state banking department will liquidate the suspended Central Bank and Trust Company and oversee closures of the Biltmore Green Bank Bank of Leicester and Bank of Black Mountain in Buncombe County. Johnson Smarthers and Rollins were appointed as attorneys. Auditors began preparing customer balance statements.
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Asheville
N. C
G. N. Henson
State Banking Department
Central Bank and Trust Company
Biltmore-Green Bank
Bank of Leicester
Bank of Black Mountain
Commonweath Bank and Trust Company
John H. Mitchell
Raleigh
State Bank
Henson
Buncombe County
Johnson, Smarthers and Rollins
Zeb V. Conyers Dies in Greensboro at 63
Zeb V. Conyers, 63, a prominent Greensboro druggist, died today after a brief illness. His widow serves as secretary of the North Carolina Nurses' association.
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Greensboro
Zeb V. Conyers
The
North Carolina Nurses’ Association
Last Minute Bargains Offer Urgent Rush to Buy
Urgent note urges shoppers to seize today as bargains abound and delaying could lead to regret. The message emphasizes timing and appeal of taking advantage now rather than putting it off.
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Lee
Fran Ann
Stay
Guilford Superior Court
Riverside
Santa Claus
J. E. Kirkman
Enterprise
Welfare Board
High Point
J. E. Wee
Mountain Curve
Cain
Artiglio
Lorient
France
Florence
Houat
Hoedic
Egypt
Elizabeth
Brittany
Rostro
Attiglio
Hoedie Island
Delay
Nolo
Joop
Budget Bureau
Meerkins
Morgan Moorer
Temperance Folk Plan Campaign
Formosan
Island of
Mitchell
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