Ten Perish In New York Studio Blaze-Several Missing
Irondon Dec 10 Known deaths in the week long storm battering Great Britain and coastlines rose to 163 with most losses at sea. The British Isles area reported at least 69 vessels wrecked or damaged and French coast reports counted 52 deaths.
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New York
Blaze
Irondon
Great Britain
Continental
British Isles
Paris
Maibar
Philadelphia
London
England
Thames
Great Yarmouth
North Sea
Europe
Seek Saylors For Aderholt Slaying
Gastonia December 10. Police seek C L Saylors organizer for the International Labor Defense in the slaying of Gastonia police chief C F Aderholt during textile strike disorders last summer. A warrant sworn by city solicitor Mason was sent to Charlotte where Saylors has lived. Seven men tied to a strike at Loray mill have been convicted of second degree murder. they appealed and are free on bonds. Aderholt was fatally shot June 7 when armed guards fired on officers at the NTWU headquarters. Saylors testified at a flogging trial and was indicted for perjury after naming a mob member.
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Gastonia
C. F. Aderholt
C. L. Saylors
International Labor Defense
Saylors
George B. Mason
Charlotte
National Textile Workers Union
Loray
Manville- Jenckes Company
Aderholt
State Supreme Court
Textile
Communist Party of the United States
Ben Wells
C. M. Sell
Wells
John G. Carpenter
Mecklenburg County
S C Highway Bonds With Supreme Court
A petition for a writ of error to the state supreme court's decision upholding a 65 million road bond issue will be heard today by Chief Justice R C Watts. Attorneys from Spartanburg for Clarence L Johnson and others seek U S Supreme Court review, arguing the act violated section 14 of the federal constitution by not being put to taxpayers for a vote.
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Columbia
D. C
State Supreme Court
R. C. Watts
United States Supreme Court
Spartanburg
Clarence L. Johnson
S. C
J. H. Munro
Clarence Johnson
Johnson
General Assembly
Watts
State Highway Department
Three Children Die In Brooklyn Bomb Blast
Three Falzone children Rose 8 Mary 15 and Philip 13 were killed when a mysterious Christmas package exploded in their Brooklyn home after they woke. Police seek three enemies of their contractor father Joseph Falzone who had received threats.
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Rose
Philip
Mary Falzone
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary
Joseph Falzone
Jury selection in McDowell deputy case proceeds slowly
In Burnsville North Carolina eight McDowell county deputy sheriffs face murder charges from a Marion textile riot as jurors are questioned and the venue change crowds the courtroom. Defendants Ward Robbins Greene Tate Fender Owens Jarrett Twiggs sit in the front outside the bar due to limited space while the first twelve veniremen await examination before lunch.
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Burnsville
N. C
McDowell County
Marion
Robert Ward
B. L. Robbins
Taylor Greene
Charley Tate
W. A. Fender
Jim Owens
Dave Jarrett
William Twiggs
Cigar Maker Surrenders in Atlanta Mystery of Professor Johnson Death
Elwell L. Hardegree a cigar maker confessed in Atlanta he killed Professor Alexander Hamilton Johnson at the NRA convention last June after a confrontation in a car. He said both were drinking and he acted in self defense. Johnson's body was found in a city street automobile. Hardegree is held on suspicion pending further questioning. He named encounters in Cincinnati and Montgomery and said he told M. L. Padgett of Monroe, Louisiana, about the killing.
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Atlanta
Elwell L. Hardegree
Atlanta Constitution
Alexander Hamilton Johnson
Hartwell
National Educational Association
Hardegree
Johnson
Cincinnati
Montgomery
Ala
M. L. Padgett
Monroe
Louisville
Helen Marie Norwalt
Hamilton Street
Indianapolis
World Court Entry Plan Faces Senate Opposition
Washington reports opposition in the Senate to the new plan for US entry into the World Court. A key bloc that opposed adhesion before remains dissatisfied with changes to court rules and warns the modifications are unacceptable. A new protocol was signed in Geneva and awaits ratification after Secretary Stimson returns from London.
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Washington
Sen
United States
International Tribunal
Senate
Geneva
Hoover
Stimson
London
League of Nations
Chang Fak-Wei Rebels Press Canton Front
Rebels near Canton after a rapid advance with artillery fires heard around the city. Reports say Loyalist lines breached in the Tsingyun district 50 miles north as mines and stampeding water buffalo aided the attack. Chiang Kai-shek ordered two divisions to Nanking as Canton braces for possible fall.
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Canton
Tsingyun
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kwangtung
Nanking
Willebrandt Charges Deemed Ridiculous in Peddling Ring Case
Charleston report says U S district attorney J D E Meyer and detectives J J Healey along with deputies Lawrence Hendricks and W J Wells dismissed as ridiculous the charges they are tied to a liquor and dope ring with southern reach.
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Charleston
S. C
J. D. E. Meyer
United States
J. J. Healey
Lawrence C. Hendricks
W. J. Wells
South
Textile Leaders to Discuss Southern Fabric Situation in Greenville
Greenville South Carolina December 10 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor has been invited to hold his meeting to discuss the southern textile situation J S Hall head of the central trades and labor council announced today
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Greenville
William Green
American Federation of Labor
J. S. Hall
Central Trades and Labor Council
Soldiers Called For Scheduled Coal Strike
A writ of error signed by Chief Justice Watts delays a $65 million state road bond appeal. The case questions whether the act was voter approved. Meanwhile, at Peabody Coal Company mines in Kincaid Illinois, National Guard troops man machine gun positions as miners from the United Mine Workers strike, with militiamen patrolling mine approaches and roads, preventing entry except for workers.
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Taylorville
Freeman F. Thompson
Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
Mexican President Elect In New York
Pascual Ortiz Rubio, president elect of Mexico, arrived in New York aboard a Pennsylvania train for talks with Mexican leaders including former President Plutarco Calles. Rubio will stay a week at the Hotel Ambassador as a guest of the city. Calles is due aboard the Bremen from Europe Thursday.
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New York
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Pennsylvania
Plutarco Calles
Bremen
Europe
Ambassador
Minister Philip Vollmer Dies in Palmyra at 69
Rev. Dr. Phillip Vollmer aged 69, a Reformed Church minister, died at his Palmyra home. Survivors include his son Dr. Clement Vollmer of Durham, N. C. Funeral arrangements not listed in the report.
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Palmyra
N. Y
Phillip Vollmer
The
Reformed Church
Clement Vollmer
Durham
Empty Stocking Fund Receives Record Daily Boost
Fourteen gifts totaling 153 dollars in one day push the Empty Stocking Fund to a new daily high, but organizers say a 3,000 dollar daily target is needed through Christmas. About 200 city families rely on the fund for Christmas dinners, more than last year, as no special Christmas funding exists. Donations listed include individuals, churches, clubs, and cash, with a grand total of 550.50 dollars.
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W. C. Hammond
Board of Public Welfare
Cape Fear Bridge Opens as Symbol of State Unity
The Cape Fear river bridge near Wilmington was inaugurated by Governor O Max Gardner and officials. The $1 million structure links eastern North Carolina to the state, signaling reduced sectionalism and a shift toward statewide economic unity. Gardner traced regional history and noted Wilmington’s role as a historic seaport and later industrial shift toward inland highways.
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Wilmington
Cape Fear River
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Gardner
Cape Fear
Piedmont Carolina
Piedmont
Raleigh
Statesville
Winston- Salem
Banks Mebane Ends Life in Greensboro
Banks H. Mebane a young Greensboro attorney died at his home from a self inflicted pistol wound. Relatives cited ill health as the motive and said he had bought the pistol the day before. He leaves a widow a three year old son and a brother Allen Mebane of Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Banks H. Mebane
Mebane
Mr. Mebane
Allen Mebane
Grundy Influence Questioned by Senate Lobby Panel
The lobby committee reported it is virtually certain Joseph R. Grundy of Pennsylvania helped raise Republican funds to influence con gressional action. The panel cited manganese and tariff issues, noting large donations from manufacturers and Grundy efforts to secure tariff promises. The study alleges he sought to ensure contributors were made whole and defended tariff provisions in the Kansas City platform.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Grundy
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Republican National Committee For
Kansas City
Greek president Kondouriotis resigns after six days
In Athens Admiral Kondouriotis resigns as chief executive of the Grecian republic, a post he received on December 4, 1926. He stepped down today, December 10. The move alters leadership amid ongoing political uncertainty in Greece.
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Atens
Greece
Admiral Kondouriotis
Grecian Republic
Inferno at New York Studio Kills Ten in Fire
A three story studio on Park Avenue and 144th Street in upper Manhattan burned in minutes. About 100 people were inside as a miniature revue prepared stage lighting flashed and flames engulfed the building. Ten dead, many injured, likely studio staff.
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le Tlying
Park Avenue
144Th Street
Manhattan Studios, Inc
Pathe Motion Picture Exchange
Olock
Thea
Upper Manhattan
Bronx
Harlem River
124Th Street
Nine Killed In Belgian Train Wreck Near Namur Station
Nine people died and 40 were injured when a workman's train derailed on approach to Namur station after the brakes failed on a Brussels to Alon run. Emergency crews lifted wrecked coaches with cranes and transported the injured to hospital.
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Brussels
Namur
Alon
Fishermen From New Town Return After 540 Mile Sea Drift
Eleven New Town fishermen and crew of the schooner Ganderdeal reached New York aboard the Republic after being blown 540 miles from St Johns. The fleet, carrying winter supplies and Christmas goods, scattered. some vessels reached port while two ships remained missing.
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New Foundland
Ganderdeal
United States
Republic
New Town
Bonavista Bay
Johns
St. Johns
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