Prohibition Groups Refuse National Dry Support in 1932 Plan
Washington dispatch reports a fresh city staff lineup to coordinate 1932 campaign strategy for eighteenth amendment backers. The National Association of Organizations supporting Prohibition formed a unified strategy committee led by Mrs. Ella A. Boole to press a solid front on legislative issues and oppose a national referendum. The group questioned Prohibition Director Woodcock on enforcement and grape concentrate prosecutions and backed budget bills for enforcement and court relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Organizations
Ella A. Boole
Itelf
Woodcock
Prohibition
Wickersham
Orsons
James M. Doran
McNinch Gets Endorsement From Charlotte Bar
Frank McNinch won local bar endorsement as he prepared for Senate examination for a seat on the Federal Power Commission. The Charlotte bar urged Simmons and Overman to support his confirmation while noting ties to his 1928 anti Smith campaign activity and unresolved campaign fund disclosures.
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Charlotte
N. C
Frank RR. MecNinch
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Hoover
Bar Association
McNinch
Simmons and Overman
North Carolina
MecNinch
Couzens
Michigan
Brummitt
Josiah W. Bailey
Einstein Pleads To End Militarism
Nobel physicist Albert Einstein arrived in the United States and used a radio address to urge an end to militarism. From the Bergenland liner he spoke in German praising liberty and free government, while reporters pressed close as he joked with them during quarantine in New York.
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New York
Albert Einstein
United States
Bergenland
Einstein
Postponement of World Court issue to next session urged
President Hoover sent the world court question to the Senate for next year. Senator Swanson urged postponement while Senator Watson demanded the issue not be tied to the short session. Opponents claim at least 28 votes against adherence as a vote looms uncertain for this session.
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Swanson
Watson
Senate
Hoover
Government group endorses dispensaries to handle liquor
Washington reports a National Institutional convention resolution proposing a government controlled dispensary system. The plan urges immediate changes to allow manufacture transport and sale of beer and wine below intoxicating limits. Dispensaries would not replace existing bans in larger areas and only one could be placed in towns under 50 000.
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Washington
National Institutional Convention
F. W. Buck
Federal Dispensary Reduction League
Cowper Denies New Trial for Condemned Casey
In Kinston Judge Cowper rules he lacks power to grant a new trial for Herman Casey, 44, truck driver condemned to death for the killing of J. C. Causey of Folk, Virginia. Defense argued for relief. lawyers plan to appeal to the state supreme court.
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Kinston
Ron Cowper
Hermansey
J. C. Causey
Ffolk
Judgewper
W. Avin
Casey
Empty Stocking Fund aids pitiful eight member family
An Enterprise report outlines a starving eight member family living on seven dollars weekly with a mother ill of influenza and a child with tuberculosis. The case worker seeks aid to feed, medicate, and provide medicine while detailing new and previous contributions to the Empty Stocking Fund totaling 9403.00.
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Board of Public Welfare
I. Hyman
High Point Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
E. A. Jarrett
Bad Motor Forces Hawks Back After Start For Houston
Captain Frank B. Hawks returned to Valley Stream airport after an abortive attempt to fly to Houston in bad weather. He said a troublesome front motor vibration caused the return, not fog. Associates doubted a second departure today.
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Hawks
Houston
Valley Stream
N. Y
Frank B. Hawks
Tex
The Big Trail Promises Romantic Pioneer Epic
FE Brendel leads large cast in a film about pioneers who cross the setting sun to build a new empire. The production is a mammoth effort with months needed for scarce communications. The newspaper urges readers to read daily ads for valuable notices and opportunities.
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Brendel
Deputy Slain in Ardmore Theft Chase
Deputy Sheriff Don Kiersey, 37, was fatally shot here during an incident involving two young automobile theft suspects. The deputy died after being shot by one of the suspects as the pair tried to flee.
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Ardmore
Okla
Don Kiersey
New Unemployment Census Planned for Early Next Month
Director Steuart of the census bureau said the federal agency plans a new unemployment survey early next month. He declined to provide details, saying the department of commerce would release information later.
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Washington
Steuart
Census Bureau
Federal
Department of Commerce
Higher Wages Lower Prices And Shorter Hours Frank's Plea
President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin urged higher wages shorter hours and lower prices as the remedy for the nation’s economic crisis. He contrasted productive acceleration with unequal wealth distribution noting the current panic stems from planless past.
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Frank
New York
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
United States
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Cuban Constitutional Guarantees Suspended
Constitutional guarantees throughout Cuba were suspended this evening in Havana. The report notes the move was announced from the capital on December 11. No further details on the authorities or rationale are provided.
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Havana
Cuba
Reorganization in Asheville Government Amid Bank Turmoil
Asheville moves toward a government reorganization after the Central Bank and Trust collapse left over 4 million in city funds at risk. Mayor Gallatin Roberts and two commissioners face resignation as new leaders and a possible new mayor seek to stabilize finances with support from reshuffled posts.
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Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company
Gallatin Roberts
L. B. Rogers
Harry W. Plummer
Plummer
Parker
Gay Green
Roberts
Germany Bans All Quiet on the Western Front
Berlin authorities bar the film All Quiet on the Western Front from German theaters claiming it endangers international standing. Riots linked to the national socialist party had occurred at a local cinema amid earlier showings. The ban followed producers’ pledge to remove the film from circulation if censored.
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Berlin
Germany
Board of Film Directors
National Socialist
General George C. Barnhardt Dies at Fort Bliss
General George C. Barnhardt 62 commanding officer at Fort Bliss died in a hospital from blood poisoning. A toe infection after a golf round is believed to have caused the complications. Survived by a widow and daughter Mrs. Wilson Saville of Houston and a brother T Barnhardt of Norwood North Carolina.
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EL Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
George C. Barnhardt
T. Earnhardt
Norwood
N. C
Robert W. Wheaton
Wilson Savilie
Houston
United States Military Academy
Earnhardt
France
Wilson Saville
T. Barnhardt
Norwood, N. C
Bishops to Meet at Charlotte Conference
Fourteen bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church south will attend the annual meeting of the college of bishops in Charlotte tomorrow. Bishop James Cannon Jr. of Washington and Bishop Paul B. Kern on a mission to the orient will be unable to attend.
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Charlotte
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
College of Bishops of the Church
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
Paul B. Kern
Orient
Caudle Trial Brings Testimony On Embezzlement Case
The state rested in the Caudle embezzlement trial as defense moved for dismissal. Witnesses including L. D. Liles and O. C. Pitts testified about payments and audits showing Caudle handled fines and costs at the High Point clerk’s office. George Stansbury described the audit and sought repayment of a claimed shortage.
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Greensboro
R. M. Caudle
High Point Municipal Court
W. A. Devin
Caudle
Willis Booth
I. S. Ingram
C. M. Brown
O. C. Pitts
W. M. Green
George Stansbury
Lewis E. Teague
Defaulting Efland Banker Faces Prison Term
Hillsboro area report says Robert Riley, cashier of the Bank of Efland, pleaded guilty to misappropriating about $40,000. Judge Henry A. Grady sentenced him to 7 to 10 years in prison, citing his inability to refuse friends’ loans as the cause. Riley claimed the shortage grew over years from loans to people denied credit by bank officials, and he denied personal profit.
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Hillsboro
Robert Riley
Henry A. Grady
Bank of Efland
Riley
Gant Transferred to State Prison for Embezzlement
R W Dallas Guilford county jailer escorted Mason W Gant a former clerk of superior court to the state penitentiary after his 10 year sentence for embezzling Confederate pension funds the plea cited he allegedly misapplied 57539 dollars and the move occurred in Greensboro
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Greensboro
Dec
R. W. Dallas
Guilford County
State Penitentiary
Mason W. Gant
Superior Court
Gant
Bank of the United States branches closed as state takes control
Notices posted at the Bank of the United States Main Office and several branches indicate the institution is under the State Banking Department. The move follows heavy withdrawals and banker conferences at the New York Federal Reserve. The bank, not government-owned despite its name, started in 1913 and grew to 59 branches with resources of 254 million dollars and deposits around 203 million.
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New York
State Banking Department
Bank of the United States
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Lower East Side
Wall Street
Financial District
Pollard Assured of Halt In Eviction
Governor Pollard said he was assured by attorney Malcolm Harris that there would be no further evictions of families of striking mill workers from mill owned homes in Danville and Schoolfield. Harris said 47 eviction notices issued by Riverside and Dan River mills target strikers who interfered with others wishing to work.
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Richmond
Pollard
Malcolm K. Harris
Riverside
Dan River
Danville
Schoolfield
Harris
Wheat hand out opposed by Legge
Washington December 11 Chairman Legge of the farm board warned the senate agriculture committee that enacting the Copper resolution to distribute 40 million bushels of the Stabilization Corporation wheat for relief to the unemployed could depress prices. He said the corporation would need to buy back much of the released wheat to sustain prices and would bear the surplus burden.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Christmas shopping rush still ahead this year
The piece urges prompt action as Christmas shopping remains several days away. It warns that delays risk the last minute rush and emphasizes mailing packages on time.
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Santy
George
Charlotte Bar
Power Commission
Simmons
Overman
Belzenland
Finstein
Cowper
Gov
Mayor Roberts
N.C
Man
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