Supreme Court Rules Johnson Seated on City Council
The North Carolina Supreme Court confirmed the lower court ruling in the Bouldin case against W A Davis. Prof T C Johnson will take the seat representing the second ward, replacing Davis, with Davis ousted and Johnson entitled to back pay from the election period.
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State Supreme Court
State of
North Carolina
D. AL. Bouldin
W. A. Davis
T. C. Johnson
Mr. Davis
Supreme Court
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
City Election Board
Bouldin
Henry Robins
Asheboro
Davis
Robins
Superior Court
High Point
Senate Seeks World Court Protocol Adherence
President Hoover sent to the Senate the protocol for American adherence to the world court with an accompanying letter. The move follows earlier attempts and a 1920s pattern of reservations. Elihu Root helped redraw rules to fit American reservations. The World Court issue returns to Borah and the Foreign Relations Committee for future action.
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Washington
Dec
Hoover
World Court
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
America
Elihu Root
Insull Urges Self Help as Bright Days Return
Samuel Insull told the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce centenary luncheon that the nation’s recovery must come from people and business effort. He cited 1905 firms in business 100 years or more and warned against reliance on government aid while praising courage and character.
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Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
Samuel Insull
Insull Utilities
Chamber
Insull
Chicago
Lord Macaulay
England
Macaulay
Macauley
Guilford Lawyers Back Teague in Judge Vacancy Hearing
Gov. O. Max Gardner said he would hear a Guilford Bar delegation. The group endorsed Lewis E. Teague for the vacancy created by the death of John D. Humphreys. No date set for presenting Teague. Gardner did not confirm rumored successors and will announce later in December.
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Gardner
Guilford
Teague
Says
Humphreys
Raleigh
Max Gardner
John D. Humphreys
Guilford Bar Association
Guilford Association
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
Mr. Teague
Bar Association
Seceed
T. J
Hoover Blame Sparks Republican Split Across Relief Stance
Washington dispatch reports rising Republican tensions as President Hoover accuses relief sponsors of political maneuvering. Senate leaders convene on the rift while the Appropriations Committee moves the 119 million dollar public improvements bill, with Vanderberg pressing cash bonus payments for World War II veterans’ insurance.
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Senate
Democratic-Republican Cooperation Movement
Hoover
House
Einstein to Attend Honor Events in New York
On the Belgenland voyage Albert Einstein will go ashore during four days in New York to attend events in his honor. He will be luncheon guest of Adolph Ochs at the Times building and receive a delegation from the Jewish National Fund and the Zionist Organization of America aboard the ship.
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S. Belgenland
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Albert Einstein
New York
Adolph Ochs
New York Times
Times
Jewish National Fund
Zionist Organization of America
Wisconsin Badgers Face Ultimatum Over Football Coach
Sophomore members of the 1930 Badger football team issue an ultimatum to the Atlantic council demanding Glenn Thistlethwaite be retained as coach or the team will not participate in the sport. The confrontation unfolds in Madison, Wisconsin, as the Dec 10 report notes.
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SOPH
Madison
Wis
Glenn Thistlethwaite
University of Wisconsin
Badger
Atlantic Council
Kellogg Receives Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Frank B. Kellogg former American secretary of state received the Nobel Peace Prize for 1929 in Oslo in the presence of King Haakon and a distinguished audience. Dr Nathan Soederblom archbishop of Upsala also received the 1939 peace prize. the awards recall Kellogg Briand pact efforts and urge peaceful dispute resolution.
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King Haakon
Oslo
Norway
Soederblom
Frank B. Kellogg
Haakon
Nathan Soederblom
Upsala
Kellogg
Stockholm
McNinch Heads to Washington for Senate Hearing
Charlotte dispatch: Frank McNinch, NC anti Smith campaign leader in 1928, travels to Washington to face the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee over his nomination by President Hoover to the Federal Power Commission. Mecklenburg Bar Association members gather to discuss endorsing his character and ability amid party opposition.
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Charlotte
Frank McNineh
North Carolina
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Hoover
Federal Power Commission
Mecklenburg County Bar Association
McNinch
Democratic Party
Ruth Nichols Starts Second Lap Toward Transcontinental Flight
Miss Ruth Nichols of Rye New York begins the final leg of her transcontinental record attempt from Wichita Kansas at 7 41 a m bound for New York. The society aviatrix completes the second and final lap in her across the continent journey.
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Wichita
Wkas
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N. Y
Society Aviatrix
New York
Bank Robberies Hit Two Cities in One Day
Three bandits robbed Peoples' bank at Tanton Tennessee, with one wielding a shotgun. vault loot estimated over 8000 dollars. In Kansas City another gang robbed Interstate National Bank in the Livestock Exchange building, taking 50 000 to 55 000 dollars in currency.
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Tanton
Tenn
Peoples’ Bank
Dan Phillips
Ansas City
Interstate National Bank
Livestock Exchange
Italian Troops Rout Desert Tribesmen in 22 Hour Fight
In a long running battle near Tripoli Italian forces halted a native tribesman group after 22 hours and 65 miles of desert. Forty tribesmen were killed and several taken prisoner. The slain included Salah El Ateuse’s son.
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Ufra
Tripoli
Salah el Ateuse
Fuller Wins Contract for Louisiana Capitol Building
The G. A. Fuller Construction Company of Washington, D. C., secured the general contract to construct Louisiana's new state capitol building at a total cost of 2,304,000 dollars.
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Aton Rouge
Dee
G. A. Fuller Construction Company
Washington, D. C
Louisiana
Five Billions In Relief Proposals In Congress
Washington December 10 The AP reports that if all relief proposals in Congress became law the treasury would need five billion dollars in appropriations. Only two bills aiding employment and farmers harmed by drought have advanced, totaling 170,600,000 for public works and seed and fertilizer loans. One plan would require 3,500,000,000 for immediate World War veterans' compensation certificates under the Patman measure, stalled in committee with efforts to advance.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Legislative Mill
Patman
Sight Restored By Removal of Teeth
CHICAGO December 10 Mrs Lillian Wallace experienced relief after five teeth were pulled. While rubbing her jaw she covered her right eye and found her left eye, long blind for 14 years, could see again. The dentist cited infection and pressure that may have paralyzed the optic nerve.
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Chicago
Lillian Wallace
Eas
Senator Overman Confined at Home With Cold
Senator Overman of North Carolina is confined to his Washington home with a cold. His office said he is not feeling well today but not seriously ill.
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Washington
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Capitol
Kingsford Smith Weds Irish Australian Girl
Wing Commander Charles Wingsford-Smith, noted transatlantic and transpacific aviator, married Miss Mary Powell at Scots Church Melbourne. 10,000 people gathered outside as air force officers formed an arch of honor for the couple leaving.
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Melbourne
Australia
Charles Wingsford-Smith
Mary Powell
Air Force
Airforce
C. T. P. Ulm
Denatured Alcohol Substitute Deemed Safe Replacement
A new denaturant named Alcotate, produced in California and Mexico, is reported by the industrial alcohol bureau to replace wood alcohol as a denaturant for industrial alcohol. Commissioner Doran says Alcotate has an eggy garlic taste and odor, is effective, and harmless to humans with orders to implement it within three weeks.
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Washington
California
Industrial Alcohol Bureau
Doran
Music groups offer Christmas concert for Empty Stocking Fund
L L Stookey announces a 3 30 Sunday concert by the city schools symphony orchestra and combined glee clubs to raise funds for the High Point Enterprise Empty Stocking Fund. A collection will aid distressed local families, including a two-week-pending recovery for a father and several children under 14.
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L. L. Stookey
Symphony
Burapty Stocking Fund
High Point Enterprise
Board of Public Welfare
Caudle Trial Starts Despite Objections
The Caudle embezzlement case began in Guilford superior court with charges totaling 8437 against R. M. Caudle for misapplication and failure to turn over funds from the High Point municipal court between July 1927 and February 1929. Jurors were selected amid objections over bill of particulars and counts, while witnesses including Lois Welborn and W. P. Moffitt testified and the clerk’s missing docket was noted.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
R. M. Caudle
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
W. A. Devin
Caudle
Frank Spruill
Horace 8. Haworth
Devin
Candle
Lois Welborn
W. P. Moffitt
BD. F
Gant Held Back From Prison After Sentence
Greensboro December 10 Mason W. Gant former Guilford superior court clerk sentenced to ten years in state prison for converting Confederate pension funds to his own use had not been taken to Raleigh. Judge W A Devin denied Gant's plea to defer starting sentence until March 1 1931.
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Greensboro
Mason W. Gant
Guilford Superior Court
Raleigh
W. A. Devin
Gant
Laval Fails to Form New Cabinet in Paris
Pierre Laval informed the president he could not form a new cabinet after meetings with former President Poimeare and elder statesmen. Rumors in chamber circles said he faced steady opposition to Au dre Tardieu and might abandon the effort.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Laval
Poimeare
Chamber
Audre Tardieu
Greenville National Bank Closes After Heavy Withdrawals
Greenville National Bank halted operations today after directors posted a notice due to heavy withdrawals. The $100,000 capital institution reported $1,021,222 in deposits as of September 24 and faced ongoing withdrawals over several weeks. President J. L. Little and cashier F. J. Forbes led the closure meeting, while nearby banks reported some withdrawals but remained able to meet demand.
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Greenville
N. C
National Bank of Greenville
J. L. Little
F. J. Forbes
Greenville Bank and Trust Company
Hood Industrial Bank
National Bank
Sinclair Lewis Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Sinclair Lewis of Sauk Center Minnesota received the 1930 Nobel prize for literature from King Gustaf of Sweden in Stockholm. The event drew other laureates and focused attention on his vigorous personality and creation of George F. Babbit.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Sinclair Lewis
Sauk Center
Minn
Gustaf
George H. Babbitt
Soviet Opens Anti- Christmas Campaign
In Moscow on December 10 the All-Union Society of Militant Atheists announced mobilization of thousands of professors, teachers, lecturers and students to educate the public that Christmas is a snare and a delusion. Lecturers will denounce clergy attempts to use Christ’s birth for counter revolutionary aims. Christmas night theaters and clubs will offer extra entertainment to draw people from church services.
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Moscow
All-Union Society of Militant
Atheists
First Atlanta New York mail passenger service lands
The first plane of the Atlanta New York combined passenger and mail service landed in Charlotte after noon. A second plane followed at Candler Field Atlanta carrying six passengers and mail. Postmaster General Walter Brown and officials from Eastern Air Transport led the inauguration ceremonies.
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Charlotte
N. C
Eastern Air Transport
Walter Brown
Thomas B. Doe
Frederick G. Coburn
The
Aviation Corporation
Uncle Sam Urges Early Christmas Mail and Shopping
The piece urges readers to mail gifts and do Christmas shopping early to ensure parcels travel fast. It notes that despite federal efforts to speed mail, delays occur if people delay mailing and shopping.
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Uncle Sam
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