Trial of Deputies Continues in Marion Textile Disorder Case
Arguments resumed in the case of eight deputy sheriffs charged with killing six men during a textile disorder at Marion North Carolina on October 2. Defense counsel BE F Watson and Charles Hutchison of Burnsville addressed the jury as Wallace Winborne of Marion attacked state testimony.
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Burnsville
N. C
Marion
BE. F. Watson
Charles Hutchison
American Federation of Labor
Wallace Winborne
Winborne
Oscar Adkins
Marion Manufacturing Company
Ed Johnston
Johnston
Winter Weather Grips Nation With Severe Cold and Ice
A nationwide broadcast warns of blizzards and record cold from Canada to Dixie. Dozens of deaths blamed on gales and sub zero temperatures as Ontario to New England suffer ice and transportation disruptions.
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Prairies
Lakes
Canada
Dixie
Rockies
New England
Winter
Midwest
Dominion
New Orleans
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
Carolinas
Ontario
New York
Boston
Auto Thefts In North Carolina Hit 129 In November
Raleigh reports 129 automobiles stolen in November with 169 cars recovered. Harris director of the motor theft bureau cites “floaters” from northern areas during winter as main cause and notes several recent thefts in the state were recovered in Florida. He urges owners to lock and secure vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Lelang S. Harris
Motor Theft Bureau
State Department of Revenue
Florida
Less Activity In Cotton Spinning
Washington December 19 The cotton spinning showed decreased activity in November compared with October and below November last year. Total active spindle hours were 7 811 606 790 for an average of 226 hours per spindle compared with 9 003 522 885 and 258 in October and 9 524 399 388 and 241 in November last year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Passengers Safe After Fort Victoria Sinking Near New York
250 passengers aboard the steamship Fort Victoria were saved after a collision with the S S Algonquin near Ambrose lightship. The Algonquin bound for Miami and Galveston carried 189 passengers. Captain A R Francis and 12 crew stayed aboard until the ship sank at 7 30 p m. Lifeboats were picked up by pilot boats Sandy Hook and New Yorker, while most of the 165 crew were rescued by tugs.
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New York
New York Bay
Fort Victoria
Ambrose
Miami
Galveston
Sandy Hook
New Yorker
A. R. Francis
Stapleton
Staten Island
Manhattan
McLean Declines Senate Challenge to Simmons
Former Governor Angus W. McLean announced in Greensboro that he will not run against Senator F. M. Simmons in the upcoming United States senate race. When asked if he would enter the Democratic primary in June he said no and offered no further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Angus W. McLean
United States Senate
F. M. Simmons
McLean
Simmons
Mr. McLean
Pope Adds Six Cardinals on Eve of Priesthood Jubilee
Vatican announces Pope Pius XI elevates six new cardinals to the College of Cardinals on the eve of his fiftieth priesthood anniversary. The new appointees include Monsignors Cerejeira, Savyprano, Minoretti, MacRory, Verdier, Pacelli, plus Archbishops O Connell Dougherty Hayes Mundelein and others from Lisbon Genoa Armagh Paris and Berlin. The ceremony honored by Cardinal Gasparri featured the red hat and gown and underscored the pope’s gratitude for their service.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Sacred College of Princes of
Cardinal Gasparri
Lisbon
Monsignor
Emanuele Gonzales
Cerejeira
Savyprano
Palermo
Sicily
Minoretti
Genoa
Exhume Ether Woman’s Body For Investigation
Investigators exhumed Mrs. Vanda Ward of Ether New York after her December 4 death attributed to a bed fire. Neighbors recall a prior fight with her husband, who is charged with first degree murder and held without bond as Montgomery county officials pursue what could be a January grand jury case.
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Vanda Ward
Ether
N. Y
E. R. Wallace
Dover Church
DePriest Supports Aviators Killed Porter Resolution
In Washington the Porter resolution for a Haiti study advances after Christmas with House action and Senate attention. Rep DePriest urged self determination for Haiti and called out racial politics as he backed Hoover’s plan for a commission member of African descent. Nearby in Tunis, two RAF fliers died in a crash while attempting a 6000 mile flight from England to Capetown, with wreckage found on a Tunisian mountainside and weather blamed for the tragedy.
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Washington
Porter
Hoover
Haiti
Senate
Chamber
House
Moore
Virginia
Fish
New York
New Yorker
Oscar DePriest
Illinois
DePriest
America
Tunis
Royal Air Force
England
Africa
Here
St. Marie D’azit
Jones-Williams
A. H. Jenkins
Cranwell Airdrome
Capetown
South Africa
Mediterranean
Secretaries Named For Naval Delegates
Washington reports nearly two dozen girls selected as secretaries for the American delegation to the London naval conference. They are described as keeping quiet, with plans to visit London landmarks like London Bridge and Buckingham Palace while their bosses attend the conference.
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Washington
Dec
Europe
London
London Bridge
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Nationalists Charge Bad Faith On Part of Russians In Manchuria
The nationalist government via the Kuomin News Agency accuses Russia of bad faith in the Manchurian dispute. It cites continued Soviet attacks on the Manchurian border and incursions into Chinese territory despite preliminary Sino Soviet talks at Khabarovsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Shanghat
Kuomin
Russia
China
Khamarovsk
Former Bank Clerk At Morganton Faces Transporting Charge
ASHEVILLE Dec. 19. T. M. Brinkley a former bank clerk of Morganton faces a charge of transporting liquor. Brinkley was arrested last night by local police officers who also seized an automobile and a small quantity of liquor in connection with the arrest. They said the automobile was specially equipped for rum running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
T. M. Brinkley
Morganton
Brinkley
Bank Probe In Prospect After Holidays in Congress
Washington December 19 After a year of debate at the Capitol a study of the banking situation with emphasis on federal reserve facilities in the speculative market appears likely after the Christmas recess The senate banking committee will take up the King resolution early January with preliminary hearings possibly including fed reserve board officers The move aims to gauge credit conditions and approach remedial legislation may follow but no bill has been announced by Senator Glass and he is unsure about January presentation
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Federal Reserve
Senate Banking Committee
King
Senate
Norbeck
Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Glass
Virginia
Publisher's Wife Seeks Divorce in Nevada Case
Mrs. Dorothy Binney Putnam wife of publisher George Palmer Putnam files for divorce on grounds of failure to provide. They wed October 26 1911 at Sound Beach Conn and have two sons. Out of court agreement gives custody mainly to Mrs Putnam and support from Putnam. no alimony sought. Mrs Putnam is independently wealthy.
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Reno
Dorothy Binney Putnam
George Palmer Putnam
Sound Beach
Conn
Firing Squad Executes Gen Carlos Bouquet in Nogales
In Nogales Sonora on December 18 a firing squad executed General Carlos Bouquet the alleged head of Vasconcelos supporters. Mexican federal officials confirmed the killing saying Bouquet was defeated in the presidential campaign and executed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
Carlos Bouquet
Jose Vasconcelos
Empty Stocking Fund Nears 1300 As Donations Pile Up
Contributions to the Empty Stocking Fund push the total toward 1300 dollars. A $50 check arrives from the High Point Boxing Commission chaired by Harry Raymond. Letters describe families in need and ensure no duplication with Salvation Army lists. Other gifts include donations from A. Y. Wishart, Barbara Thomas, Cavalier Service Station, and Union Hill School staff. Grand total reaches 1240.87 with prior totals noted.
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High Point Boxing Commission
Harry Raymond
Commission
C. M. Hauser
K. C. Denny
J. Ed Millis
I. T. Manh
W. C. Hammond
Board of Public Welfare
Salvation Army
A. TY. Wishart
Mary Anne Thomas
Tradford Thomas
Barbara Thomas
Anne McMullan
Des
D. F
A. P. Oo
Jackie Price
J. D. Bacon
Cavalier
W. F. Crateone
Union Hill School
Franklin Case Jury Deadlocked in Torture Murder Trial
In Mountain View Arkansas the Connie Franklin murder trial jury reported deadlock after initial deliberations. Judge Bone urged renewed effort to reach agreement and consider second degree murder. later the jury indicated a 7 to 6 split with one member changing position.
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Mountain View
Ark
Connie Franklin
M. Bone
Franklin
Ihe Troreman
A. Moore
Bone
Shoes and stockings soaked with kerosene in Mrs. Souther’s death
In Hendersonville the coroner’s inquest into Mrs. Sadie Souther’s Naples home death heard Sheriff Garren testify that her shoes and stockings were drenched with kerosene and that kerosene stains covered the floor and blanket. Her husband Fred Souther is jailed without bond while Miss Margaret Branks is held as a material witness.
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Fred Souther
Hendersonville
Sadie Souther
Naples
Here
W. A. Garren
Margaret Branks
Garren
Miss Jean Fowler
Large Increases in Income Taxes Reported
Washington December 19 AP large increases in income tax collections for the first five and a half months of the current fiscal year raised total receipts to 858 428 160 for the period ending December 17 up from 687 074 369 a year earlier. Government expenditures for the year to date stood at 1 841 732 840, 156 078 292 more than income but 67 469 690 less than the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Hoover
Newspapermen Dine With Gardner Tonight
More than 200 newspaper folk from across North Carolina will gather at the Governor's Mansion for a Live at Home supper hosted by Governor C. Max Gardner and his wife. The informal dinner begins at 7 pm with the State College orchestra providing music. Entertainers include Sherwood Brockwell, the OConnell Sisters, and Miss Julia Bradham, Miss North Carolina.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Governor’s Mansion
C. Max Gardner
State College
Sherwood Brockwell
State Insurance Department
O'Connell Sisters
Greensboro
Juslia Bradham
Rocky Mount
Miss
Tobacco Sales At Winston Are Heavier This Year
Pre Christmas sales on the Winston-Salem tobacco market exceeded five million pounds more than in 1928. Official figures show 49 053 146 pounds sold through the market close at an average of 17.55 dollars per hundred. Last year 43 577 496 pounds sold at 17.95 dollars per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Snow Brief Falls in Pensacola for First Time Since 1926
Light snow touched Pensacola this morning marking the first snowfall since January 1926. The flakes melted almost immediately as they reached the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Greenville Mill To Be Sold At Auction
Greenville mill property including two main buildings with 12038 spindles and 432 looms, twenty five acres of land, warehouses and 112 worker houses will be sold at public auction on January 15, trustees announce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville, &. C
Bee
Former Gastonia Mayor Wiley Rankin Dies in Florida
Wiley T. Rankin former mayor of Gastonia died at his winter home in Fort Lauderdale Florida last night death from apoplexy relayed to relatives in Gastonia. Rankin had long served in public life and was a prominent local figure in Gaston County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
N. C
Wiley T. Rankin
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Vesuvius Snow Caps Naples in First Snowfall of Season
Vesuvius snow capped Naples today marking the volcano's first wintry cover of the season. Residents reported the white plume dusting the crater and surrounding slopes as cold air settled over the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesuvius
Naples
Italy
Investigators to Probe Mine Blast in Oklahoma
Four investigators planned to enter the old town coal mine at Okmulgee to determine the blast cause that killed 59 miners on Tuesday. Relief funds circulated statewide for destitute families as rescue efforts faced extreme cold and dangerous conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
le Mcalester
Okla
Old Town Coal Company
Hugh Rice
Hay
McManamy Named I. C. C. Chairman for 1930
Frank McManamy was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission for 1930, succeeding Ernest I. Lewis. The chairmanship rotates annually among commissioners.
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Washington
Frank McManamy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ernest I. Lewis
Gaunt Black Mule Survives Oklahoma Mine Disaster
At the Old Town Coal Company Mine in McAlister Oklahoma an explosion killed 59 miners. A gaunt black mule emerged from the shaft and distanced itself from rescuers before wandering toward hay, as onlookers reacted with disbelief and laughter.
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Mcalister
Okla
Old Town
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Associano Press
Switzerland
Jean Musy
New York Harbor
Porter Resolution
C. W. Garrison
Gardner
Winston
Greenville
W. T. Rankin
Dad
McManamy
I. C
Gaunt, Black Mule
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