Rebellion Quelled By Spanish Troops
In a dawn battle near Averbe federal forces captured about a hundred rebels, seized equipment, and drove a struggling regiment back to Jaca, the garrison town where unrest had flared yesterday. The action followed near Madrid where anti Smith activities are cited as barriers to nominees. Hawes opposes McNinch confirmation.
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Hawes
McNinch
Madrid
Averbe
Jaca
Berengues
Alfonso
Saragossa
Hoover Nominee Fight Tests Senate Support
Frank McNinch's anti Smith campaign and donations were examined as he nears confirmation to the Federal Power Commission. Missouri Democrat Senator Hawes opposed based on McNinch voting history. testimony disclosed donors including J M Morehead and R L Patterson, with several Charlotte figures named.
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Missouri
Charlotte Man
Washington
Frank McNinch
Aderal Power Commission
North Carolina
mti-Smith
Cade
Interstate Commerce
Hoover
Senator Hawes
Emocrat
Hawes
Enrich
Jonas McNinch
Charls A. Jonas
North Corona
anti-Smith
Northarolina
McNinch
Committee For
Tat
Arough
J. L. Morehead
Duram
N. C
Morehead
Elinch
Ward H. Wood
Charlotte
Curtis Johnson
Sted
Theoney
The
J. M. Morehead
New York
Ter
Hoov
Sweden
Morelead
R. Latterson
Winston-Salem, N. C
Patterson
State Mourns At Bier Of Overman
Salisbury watches as Lee Slater Overman rests in state in Washington and his body arrives in North Carolina. Delegations from the Senate and House attend, and simple rites are planned at the First Methodist church with Dr. Earnhardt and Rev. Sprinkle in charge. Governor Gardner attends as services near.
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Overman
Salisbury
N. C
Lee Slater Overman
Washington
American Legion
House
Senate
Senator Overman
First Methodist Church
J. H. Earnhardt
H. W. Sprinkle
O. Max Gardner
Appointment of Successor to Overman Likely
Raleigh dispatch notes two frontrunners for North Carolina’s U S Senate seat after Lee Overman’s death. Clyde Hoey of Shelby and Cameron Morrison of Charlotte top Gov. Gardner’s short list with Hoey favored by some insiders, Morrison seen as fallback if Hoey stays out. Also mentioned are Mull, Gregory, Newland, Coughton, Brooks, and Shuping as other names in circulation.
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Raleigh, N. C
Clyde Kroey
Shelby
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
United States
North Carolina
Lee S. Overman
O. Max Gardner
Hoey
Morrison
Raleigh
Overman
Gardner
O. M. Mull
Edwin T. Gregory
W. C. Newland
Lenoir
R. A. Coughton
State Highway Commission
A. L. Brooks
C. L. Shuping
Greensboro
Motorcycle Officer Arrested After Charlotte Wreck
Charlotte December 13. Motorcycle Officer Charles Orr Jr of the Charlotte police was arrested and jailed following an automobile crash that injured a seven year old boy. Orr was charged with drunkenness driving while drunk assault with a deadly weapon and hit and run. Dr R Martin Jr was hurled through the windshield of his mother's car when Orr's motorcycle deswiped the machine and sped it.
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Charlotte
N. C
Charles Jr
Orr
R. Martin, Jr
Age of Eggs Is Chicago Worry
Chicago inspectors urged action on egg age and proposed a bill for January to drop the term cold storage from eggs and call them plain eggs. The measure would define fresh eggs as those under ten days old.
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Chicago
State Agricultural Department
Further Arrests Likely in B. and L. Defalcations
December report from Los Angeles details a sweeping probe into Gilbert H. Bessemyer of the Guaranty Building and Loan, with Rupert L. Fleury and Miss Ethel Flanagan taken into custody. Bessemyer confessed to diverting about $7.66 million for private use amid audits of three affiliated firms under way and a $250000 bond arranged.
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Los Angeles
Gilbert H. Bessemyer
Bessemyer
Rupert L. Fleury
Guaranty Company
Ethel Flanagan
Grand Jury
North American Bond and Mortgage Company
Guaranty Holding Corporation
Bond and Mortgage Company
Charles A. Whitmore
State Building and Loan
Milton O. Shaw
Trio of Bandits Executed in Sing Sing
Three teens known as cry baby bandits were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the Long Island druggist killing. James Bolger 19 James Butler 20 and Italio Fernandi 22 faced Governor Roosevelt after refusals to commute to life. Each spoke briefly as they faced death following last meals. Roosevelt cited proven culpability and confessions to seven robberies yet to be tried.
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Ossining
N. Y
Long Island
James Bolger
James Butler
Italio Fernandi
Sing Sing
Roosevelt
Butler
Fernandi
Bolger
Congress may recess Christmas week to early January
Washington AP dispatch reports Speaker Longworth expects no recess before December 23 and resumes January 5. In Columbia South Carolina an AP item says James R. Thomas, convicted of murdering his 15 year old son Maxie in Anderson county, was granted a new trial by the state supreme court in a ruling issued today.
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Ashington
Longworth
Congress
Columbia
S. C
James R. Thomas
Anderson County
Maxie
Supreme Court
Washington and Lee opposes southern conference spring practice ban
Delegates leaving the executive session said Washington and Lee's proposal to ban spring football practice in the Southern Conference was turned down. No official announcement was given before adjournment.
Bomb blast hits Corey Hill houses in Boston
A bomb at the side entrance of Barney Kravit's home in the Corey Hill section exploded early today destroying windows on two adjacent houses. No injuries were reported.
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Bookline
Mass
Barney Kravit
Boston
Corey Hill
Three youths held after patrolman killing in hackensack meadows
Raymond George 19 alias Raymond McClain and two other Black youths were arrested after a dramatic manhunt through the Hackensack meadows in South Kearny for the murder of Motorcycle Patrolman Edward Ruark.
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Ersey City
N. Y
Hackensack Meadows
South Kearny
Raymond George
Raymond McClain
Edward Ruark
Memorial services for Taft and Sanford held by Supreme Court
Memorial services for the late Chief Justice William Howard Taft and for the late Associate Justice Edward Terry Sanford were held this morning by the bar of the United States Supreme Court.
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Ashington
William Howard Taft
Edward Terry Sanford
United States Supreme Court
Fearrington Bags 66th Possum This Season
In Winston-Salem North Carolina on December 18 an AP report notes W C Fearrington boasting as a hunter and claiming his 66th possum of the season. He says he prides himself on the odd tally and keeps count with routine hunts.
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Inston-Salem
N. C
W. CC
Fearrington
Two Suspects Arrested After Post Office Break-In
In Perenne North Carolina two black men Moses Lane and Washington Grimes were captured after an early morning break-in at the local post office. They were jailed awaiting federal court trial and are said to have carried about 88 dollars in cash.
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Perenne
N. C
Moses Lane
Washington Grimes
White House Adds Large Mirror to Welcome Ladies
The White House repurposed the old laundry area into a social office and installed a full length gilt framed mirror. The expansive looking glass lets guests check their train lengths and tiaras before greeting President Hoover and Mrs Hoover at receptions.
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Washington
White House
Mim. Hoover
Many Arrests of Cuban Agitators
Havana reports the government quietly pursuing numerous warrants for nationalists and anti administration figures amid island wide suspension of constitutional guarantees. Some journalists face arrests for alleged exaggeration with Julio Gunnard Ramon Arroyo connected to Karikato. Jose Ignacio Rivero of Diario de la Marina took a 30 day US leave after criticism. Juan Maza Y Artola among those arrested by interior department orders.
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Havana
United States
Julio Gunnard
Ramon Arroyo
Karikato
Jose Ignacio Rivero
Diario de la Marina
Cuba
Juan Maza Y Artola
National University
Department of Interior
Christmas evergreens flow into eastern North Carolina
The Christmas evergreens season is in full swing in eastern North Carolina as twenty carloads of holly and mistletoe have already been shipped from Clinton to northern cities.
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Evergreen
Goldsboro
N. C
North Carolina
Clinton
Citip
Asheville to Liquidate Collateral After Bank Failure
Asheville mayor orders immediate liquidation of collateral backing over 4.6 million dollars in public funds insured by the Central Bank and Trust, which failed on November 20. The plan begins with auditing the security list, then collecting on matured notes and securities as a temporary measure to meet current obligations. City officials seek refinancing to cover 4.5 million dollars in short term notes due in six months and renewed a 65 thousand dollar city hall note, maturing June 12.
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Asheville
Harry W. Plummer
Central Bank and Trust Company
Central Bank
Moorer to be buried in Georgetown after campus disappearance
Morgan P Moorer Jr a 17 year old University of North Carolina freshman will be buried in Georgetown N C after funeral services at Chapel Hill Episcopal church. His body was identified as the missing student last February 28 ending a nationwide search. Coroner S A Nathan ruled death by his own hand.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Morgan P. Moorer
University of North Carolina
Georgetown
Episcopal Church
Sigma Delta
Eva Moorer
Catawba Dropped By Two North State Schools
Guilford and Elon dropped Catawba from their 1931 football schedules after a meeting of the North State Association schedule committee at Guilford college. The action followed a prior dispute over eligibility of Catawba halfback George Zaengle. High Point and Lenoir-Rhyne tentatively agreed to play Catawba. Appalachee status undecided.
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Guilford
Elon
Indians
High Point
Greensboro
N. C
Catawba
North State Association
George Zaengle
Guilford-Catawba
Zaengle
Catawba Athletic Committee
Western Pennsylvania Teachers College
Chicago Kidnapers Take Wrong Girl
In Chicago an 18 year old girl Cece lia Giegoldt was abducted by two men who smothered her screams with a robe and held her in a car for hours before realizing they had the wrong girl. Police searched for the captors.
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Chicago
Cecelia Giegoldt
Tobacco sales total on Wilson market hit high average
Wilson North Carolina market reported 644,004 pounds sold bringing season total to 76,725,374 pounds at an average of 14.72 dollars per hundred. Yesterday’s average was 13.05 dollars. The market will close from December 17 to January 6 for Christmas holidays.
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Wilson
N. C
Bishops Review Church Progress Across Far Flung Fields
Fourteen members of the Southern Methodist church college of bishops met in Charlotte for a fall session. They reported progress despite hard times, noting church work in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, Mississippi, and overseas in Brazil and China.
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Charlotte
College of Bishops
Southern Methodist Church, South
James Cannon, Jr
Washington
Paul HK. Kern
Nashville
Tennu
Kern
China
Cannon
Brazil
H. M. Dubose
Tenn
Assembly of Bishops
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
West Virginia
Illinois
Mississippi
Einstein Ventures Out To See Carmen
Albert Einstein left his ocean liner suite to attend the Metropolitan Opera in New York on December 13. He and his wife watched Carmen in a Diamond Horseshoe box, bowed to applause, and afterward met Maria Jeritza and fellow performers backstage.
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New York
Albert Einstein
Metropolitan Opera House
Wagner
Siegfried
Bizet
Carmen
Maria Jeritza
Gold Strike Report Sparks Nevada Prospectors
Word of a new gold strike spreads from the rabbit hole mining district in northwest Nevada. Brothers Charlies and James Scossa arrived in Lovelock with twelve sacks of ore, assaying 75.5 per pound and valued at 46 276 per ton, signaling potential wealth.
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Reno
Nevada
Miznt
Rabbit Hole
Black Rock Desert
Charlies
James Scossa
Lovelock
Southern Pacific Railroad
Prudential Insurance declares record dividends in Newark
The Prudential Insurance Company of America announced dividends totaling 86.299 million dollars for the year, rising 15.268 million from 1929 and setting a new high. The announcement was made in Newark New Jersey on December 13.
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Newark
N. J
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Treasury receipts for December 1 were 9 344 801 03 dollars. Expenditures totaled 11 534 240 83 dollars, leaving a balance of 33 373 362 85 dollars.
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Treasury
Washington
Christmas Gift Variety in Local Stores
Notice urges shoppers to hurry as many new and appropriate gifts arrive for all ages including Grandma and the little boy who has everything. Time is running short and choice may be gone if delays persist.
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Basy
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Trio OF Bandits
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Moorer
Graham
Bishops Review Church Progress
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